2,691 research outputs found
Derogation on the EU Nitrates Directive: does it make a difference?
No full textThe paper discusses an ex ante evaluation of the derogation on the Nitrates Directive for Flanders, Belgium, which is a case of intensive but highly productive livestock areas. The aim is to develop an accurate simulation model to detect small differences in manure surpluses caused by changes of manure production and/or utilization. The system of models consists of various modules to fine tune the calculations of manure production, fertilizing behaviour and manure allocation and disposal on and off farm. The results show that derogation may cause the existing manure surpluses to expire, if only nitrogen limits are considered and no transactions costs are taken into account. When also phosphate fertilization limits are considered, the increase in manuring possibilities is much lower than expected. Ongoing research focuses on the marginal shifts in manure surplus at farm level and possible effects of transactions costs.Nitrates Directive, derogation, modelling, Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,
Utopia at Five Hundred: Some Reflections
No full textPublished in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia has come to signify attempts to reform society in a dramatic, radical, and substantial manner. Thanks to the influence of Karl Marx in the twentieth century, it has become identified as the classic precursor of the modern argument for communism as the solution to mankind's most essential woes. This article will sketch the main themes and context of Utopia, suggesting that to modern readers More presents a highly ambiguous, even "dystopian" portrait of an "ideal society." It then trace the contours of the development of the utopian idea across the centuries to the present, focussing on the relationship between utopianism and millenarianism in particular, and the development of euchronia and the modern idea of progress in the eighteenth century. It will then ask what relevance, if any, More's central themes have to the modern reader, and suggest that in its warnings about the effects of machinery upon humanity and in its varied visions of global environmental catastrophe the dystopian tradition offers later modern readers a stark warning about our possible future.A&HCIARTICLE3,SI402-4112
Audio Visual Materials - Photographs and Negatives - Claeys house, 2000
No full textOnce the .zip file has been downloaded, viewers should navigate to the 'data' folder within it and then to the numerically-named folder inside 'data.'Three interior photographs of a home designed by Robert Metcalf for the Claeys family.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/117386/1/Metcalf_Claeys.zip-
Microscopic Interpretation of the Noise-Temperature Spectrum in Two-Terminal Devices
No full texted. by C. Claeys and E. Simoe
Cost-benefit analysis of abatement measures for nutrient emission from agriculture
No full textIn intensive animal husbandry areas surface water N and P concentrations often remain too high. The Water Framework Directive calls for additional nutrient emission abatement measures. Therefore, costs and benefits for possible agricultural measures in Flanders were first analysed in terms of soil balance surplus. Finally, abatement measures for agriculture, households and industry were set off against each other and ranked according to their cost-efficiency by the Environmental Costing Model. Increased dairy cattle efficiency, winter cover crops and increased pig feed efficiency turn out very cost efficient. Other agricultural measures are less cost efficient than for instance collective treatment for households and industry.nitrogen and phosphorus abatement, surface water, cost efficiency, Environmental Economics and Policy, Livestock Production/Industries,
Mistaking publics. A challenge for environmental governance
No full textThe chapter reflects on recent trends in environmental governance, focusing on a type of paradox. New policy instruments appear to be creating stronger links between policy makers and addressees, policy formulation and implementation, strengthening the role of the public. Yet looking closer, their rationale seems at odds with such a goal or outcome. Regulatory arrangements may mistake the public they play a role in building, failing to address the latter’s actual interests and concerns.
This argument is developed through exploring the notion of public, looking at the conditions of use of environmental resources, examining the controversy over the latest generation of governance arrangements, elaborating on the latter’s logic and briefly reflecting on alternative directions
Primary structure and functional expression of the mouse and frog α-subunit of the gastric H<sup>+</sup>-K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase
No full text Pages C1207-C1214: Paul M. Mathews, Dirk Claeys, Frédéric Jaisser, Käthi Geering, Jean-Daniel Horisberger, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, and Bernard C. Rossier. “Primary structure and functional expression of the mouse and frog agr-subunit of the gastric H+-K+-ATPase.” Page C1214: the following sentence was inadvertently omitted from the acknowledgments: Paul M. Mathews and Dirk Claeys contributed equally to this study. </jats:p
The organizational voice : the role of vocal cues in times of crisis
No full textEvery organization is vulnerable to crises, which are unexpected events that have a large impact on an organization's operations, and which have negative consequences for the organization (Coombs, 2015). One of the most important consequences of a crisis is reputation damage (Avery, Lariscy, Kim, & Hocke, 2010). In order to limit the negative consequences of a crisis, crisis communication is crucial, because research has shown that crisis communication influences the perception of the crisis and the organization (Coombs, 2007). Most research on the impact of crisis communication has focused on the content of crisis communication, such as the impact of crisis response strategies on organizational reputation (Avery et al., 2010; Kim, Avery, & Lariscy, 2011).
However, people often receive news about organizations through audiovisual media, such as television or videos on the internet (Coombs & Holladay, 2009; Veil, Buehner, & Palenchar, 2011). Moreover, organizations increasingly use social media for crisis communication, which often contain video messages (Schultz, Utz, & Göritz, 2011; Utz, Schultz, & Glocka, 2013). Those audiovisual messages contain not only verbal cues, but also nonverbal cues (e.g., voice pitch, hand gestures) (Coombs & Holladay, 2009). Research from social psychology and interpersonal communication has repeatedly shown that nonverbal cues affects the perception of a speaker and the attitudes and behavior of a listener (e.g., Tigue, Borak, O'Connor, Schandl, & Feinberg, 2012).
Despite this potential importance of nonverbal communication for spokespersons in times of crisis, nonverbal cues have received little attention in the context of crisis communication. A few studies have examined the effects of visual cues in crisis communication, such as a spokesperson's race, facial features, or the use of powerful gestures (e.g., Claeys & Cauberghe, 2014; Gorn, Jiang, & Johar, 2008; Hong & Len-Riós, 2015). Research on vocal cues in crisis communication is limited to one study that examined the impact of one vocal cue (voice pitch) on the perceptions of a spokesperson (Claeys & Cauberghe, 2014). This study showed that a spokesperson's voice indeed has an impact on the perception of a spokesperson in times of crisis.
However, research on the impact of voice pitch on the evaluation of an organization and on consumers' behavioral intentions is nonexistent. Moreover, social psychology research indicates that several other cues (e.g., speech rate) have effects that could be relevant in crisis communication as well (e.g., credibility) (cf. Peterson, Cannito, & Brown, 1995). Also, the voice plays an important role in conveying emotions (Murray & Arnott, 1993). Researchers have recognized the importance of emotions in crisis communication (Claeys, Cauberghe, & Leysen, 2013; van der Meer & Verhoeven, 2014), but the impact of emotions in the voice has not been addressed. Furthermore, in audiovisual crisis communication, visual and vocal cues occur simultaneously, but their interaction has also not been addressed in crisis communication research.
Therefore, this research project wants to thoroughly examine the impact of the voice in crisis communication, in order to provide insights into how managers and spokespersons can use their voice effectively in times of crisis.
Avery, E. J., Lariscy, R. W., Kim, S., & Hocke, T. (2010). A quantitative review of crisis communication research in public relations from 1991 to 2009. Public Relations Review, 36(2), 190-192.
Claeys, A. S., & Cauberghe, V. (2014). Keeping control: The importance of nonverbal expressions of power by organizational spokespersons in times of crisis. Journal of Communication, 64(6), 1160-1180.
Claeys, A.-S., Cauberghe, V., & Leysen, J. (2013). Implications of stealing thunder for the impact of expressing emotions in organizational crisis communication. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 41(3), 293-308.
Coombs, W. T. (2007). Protecting organization reputations during a crisis: the development and application of situational crisis communication theory. Corporate Reputation Review, 10(3), 163-176.
Coombs, W. T. (2015). Ongoing crisis communication: planning, managing, and responding. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.
Coombs, W. T., & Holladay, S. J. (2009). Further explorations of post-crisis communication: Effects of media and response strategies on perceptions and intentions. Public Relations Review, 35(1), 1-6.
Gorn, G., Jiang, Y., & Johar, G. V. (2008). Babyfaces, trait inferences, and company evaluations in a public relations crisis. Journal of Consumer Research, 35(1), 36-49.
Hong, S., & Len-Riós, M. E. (2015). Does race matter? Implicit and explicit measures of the effect of the PR spokesman's race on evaluations of spokesman source credibility and perceptions of a PR crisis' severity. Journal of Public Relations Research, 27(1), 63-80.
Kim, S., Avery, E. J., & Lariscy, R. W. (2009). Are crisis communicators practicing what we preach? An evaluation of crisis response strategy analyzed in public relations research from 1991 to 2009. Public Relations Review, 35(4), 446-448.
Murray, I. R., & Arnott, J. L. (1993). Toward the simulation of emotion in synthetic speech: A review of the literature on human vocal emotion. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 93(2), 1097-1108. doi:10.1121/1.405558
Peterson, R. A., Cannito, M. P., & Brown, S.P. (1995). An exploratory investigation of voice characteristics and selling effectiveness. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 15(1), 1-15.
Schultz, F., Utz, S., & Göritz, A. (2011). Is the medium the message? Perceptions of and reactions to crisis communication via twitter, blogs and traditional media. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 20-27.
Tigue, C. C., Borak, D. J., O'Connor, J. J. M., Schandl, C., & Feinberg, D. R. (2012). Voice pitch influences voting behavior. Evolution and Human Behavior, 33(3), 210-216.
Utz, S., Schultz, F., & Glocka, S. (2013). Crisis communication online: How medium, crisis type and emotions affected public reactions in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Public Relations Review, 39(1), 40-46.
Van der Meer, T. G. L. A., & Verhoeven, J. W. M. (2014). Emotional crisis communication. Public Relations Review, 40(3), 526-536.
Veil, S. R., Buehner, T., & Palenchar, M. J. (2011). A work-in-process literature review : Incorporating social media in risk and crisis communication. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 19(2), 110-122.status: Publishe
The development of an in-situ X-ray diffraction cell for Fischer-Tropsch catalyst characterisation
No full textIncludes synopsis.Includes bibliographical references.In the current study, the successful development of a novel in-situ X-ray diffraction cell is described. This cell allows the direct observation of crystallite changes to be made under reaction conditions and in real time. The cell permits operation up to 500°C and 25 bar to be realised, with more severe conditions being achievable upon changing the reactor component. The design is such that it can be mounted to any commercial, laboratory-scale X-ray diffractometer or synchrotron facility
If you want me to stay, pay
No full textDevolution of political power is constantly on the political agenda in both Italy and Spain. Fiscal policy in these countries has granted specific privileges to some regions. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste (VdA) and País Vasco/Euskadi (PV) have an extensive say over spending decisions, and receive nearly all regional tax revenues. Although both VdA and PV are among the richest regions in each country, both are net beneficiaries of the fiscal equalisation system. This preferential treatment is the outcome of a fiscal system with limits on taxing power and debt issuance, and is meant as a compensation for the lack of autonomy. It so prevents calls for more fiscal autonomy, or even outright secession. The economic effects of this asymmetric federalism are negative. Although partial equalisation reduces excessive redistribution built in the fiscal equalisation system, more autonomy could pay off with more efficient government. Asymmetric federalism moreover creates a political impasse in the negotiation of a more efficient tax system and financing arrangement.fiscal federalism, equalisation, secession, Valle d’Aosta, País Vasco. JEL classification:H70, H73, H77
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