8 research outputs found
High-resolution scenario building support for offshore grid development studies in a geographical information system
No full textOn the roadmap to reach the climate targets, Europe is committed to increase offshore wind power generation substantially from today towards 2050. This raises the question, what infrastructure layout efficiently integrates offshore wind power into the transmission grid. It is commonly addressed via scenario based optimisation studies to benchmark arbitrarily defined grid topology layouts such as radial connections of wind farms to shore against multi terminal offshore hubs or hybrid interconnectors. This paper proposes a new workflow to improve the design and calibration of topology scenarios for offshore grid studies with help of an automated process in a geographical information system. Against the backdrop of the recently adopted maritime spatial plans by EU member states, a high-resolution and large scale search graph of the future offshore grid is created with a multi-criteria analysis. Complexity reduction techniques are proposed to simplify this graph for subsequent investment optimisation studies. It is found that respecting the geographic reality of the heavily managed sea space not only reduces uncertainty for future offshore projects for more accurate cost estimates and cable trajectories. The consideration of designation areas in the sea also consolidates future grid planning options into common paths of transmission which facilitates the identification of relevant scenarios for analysis. It can be shown, that the commonly chosen benchmark of an “all radial” connection of wind farms to shore is a questionable choice to which an alternative is provided. The strategic relevance of the existence of spatial planning and access to high-resolution data for an improved grid development is demonstrated at the example of Baltic and North Sea
Management Accounting Techniques for Supply Chain Managenent
No full textTraditional intra-firm cost accounting tools are not appropriate in the context of supply chain management. Various costing approaches such as activity based costing (ABC), target costing and open book accounting have been introduced to provide timely, accurate and relevant financial information for enable supply chain managers to make and execute effective decision-making. The author also argues that the total cost of ownership (TCO) approach provides huge potential which has not yet been fully exploited
IT Aspects of the Process Approach as a Component Maturity Model Risk Management
No full textCelem niniejszego artykułu jest – po przedstawieniu istoty zarządzania ryzykiem i roli audytu w procesie zarządzania ryzykiem – zaprezentowanie modelu dojrzałości zarządzania ryzykiem oraz jego aspektów procesowych i na tym tle scharakteryzowanie
zakresu wsparcia tego modelu przez technologie informatyczne wykorzystywane w ramach audytu, w tym przez rozwiązania nowatorskie rozwijane przez autora artykułu.The purpose of this article is – after the presentation of the essence of risk management and the role of audit in the risk management process – to demonstrate the maturity model for risk management and process aspects, and on this background characteristic of the support of this model by information technology used in the audit, including the innovative solutions developed by the author of the article
Method of identifying and analyzing business processes
No full textCelem artykułu jest przedstawienie metody identyfikacji i analizy procesów
biznesowych, których realizacja jest wspierana przez technologie informatyczne, co oznacza,
że dane procesowe, będące podstawą tejże identyfikacji i analizy, mogą zostać pozyskane
z repozytoriów bazodanowych. Poza zaprezentowaniem istoty proponowanej metody,
wyeksponowano proceduralne aspekty identyfikacji procesów biznesowych oraz –
ponieważ autor testował także tę metodę w obszarze procesów ewidencji księgowej organizacji/
instytucji – w celach ilustracyjnych przedstawiono studium przypadku dotyczące
procesu obróbki faktur.The aim of this paper is to present a method of identifying and analyzing
business processes, supported by information technology, which means that the process
data underlying this identification and analysis can be obtained from database repositories.
In addition to presenting the essence of the proposed method, the procedural aspects
of business process identification were highlighted and – as the author also tested this
method in the accounting area of organizations/institutions – a case study on the invoice
processing process was presented for illustrative purposes
Ungleichheit differenziert gemessen: Armut und materielle Not in der Europäischen Union
No full text"Ein Vergleich der materiellen Versorgung in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten für die Jahre 2003 und 2007 zeigt, dass es in der Mehrzahl der Länder zu Verbesserungen gekommen ist und dass die neuen Mitgliedstaaten den Abstand zu den westlichen Mitgliedstaaten verringern konnten. Es gibt aber immer noch große und meistens sogar wachsende Unterschiede zwischen Wohlhabenden und Armen innerhalb der Nationalstaaten. Die Spanne der Ungleichheit ist in den reicheren Ländern in der Regel geringer, in den neuen Mitgliedsländern meist größer. In Deutschland ist die Ungleichheit für westeuropäische Verhältnisse verhältnismäßig groß und entspricht derjenigen in Bulgarien, Ungarn und Zypern."[Autorenreferat]"A comparison of the level of material well-being between 2003 and 2007 shows that most EU member states have recorded progress in recent years and that the new member states have reduced the gap to the old member states. There continue to be vast and in most countries even growing discrepancies between richer and poorer strata within single nations, however. The margin of inequality tends to be smallest in affluent countries and largest in the new member states. Germany stands out with a high level of inequality, comparable to Bulgaria, Hungary, and Cyprus."[author´s abstract
Sprachlich-kulturelle Mittlung in einer digitalen Lernumgebung: Das Forschungsprojekt Virtual Multilingual Learning Encounters in the Language Classroom (ViMuLEnc)
No full textThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Österreichische Bundesverlag via the URL in this recordDer vorliegende Beitrag liefert Einblicke in ein virtuelles Schulprojekt, in dem Schülerinnen und Schüler der gymnasialen Oberstufe im Rahmen einer außercurricularen Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit internationalen Forschenden, Hochschuldozierenden und Lehramtsstudierenden (im Folgenden Expertinnen und Experten) zu globalen Themen in den Austausch kamen. Hierbei sollten die Lernenden authentische Gesprächssituationen erleben, in denen sie sich motiviert fühlten, neben der Lingua franca Englisch ihr mehrsprachiges und plurikulturelles Repertoire zu nutzen und weiterzuentwickeln. Nachfolgend werden erste Erkenntnisse zu sprachlich-kulturellen Mittlungsprozessen und zur Sicht einiger Schülerinnen und Schüler auf die digitale und mehrkulturelle Projektumgebung
vorgestellt
Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris, n. sp.
No full textPandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890) Scorpio viatoris Pocock, 1890: 100, 101, pl. I, fig. 1. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) bartolozii Rossi, 2015a: 10, 11, 22–26, 28, 37, 40, 42, 55, 65, table 2, figs. 46–56, 125, syn. nov. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) flagellicauda Rossi, 2015a: 10, 11, 22–25, 28, 29, 34, 37, 39, 41, 56, 65, table 2, figs. 57–66, 125, syn. nov. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) lorenzoi Rossi, 2015a: 10, 11, 13, 23, 25, 26, 29, 37, 40, 42, 58, 65, table 2, figs. 74–80, 125, syn. nov. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pantinii Rossi, 2015a: 10, 11, 26, 27, 37, 39, 41, 60, 65, table 2, figs. 90–98, 125, syn. nov. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pygmaeus Rossi, 2015a: 10, 11, 26, 28, 29, 36, 39, 41, 61, 65, table 1, figs. 99–105, 125, syn. nov. TYPE MATERIAL: Scorpio viatoris: Holotype ♂ (BMNH 1890.4.15.1) [examined], “East Africa” [probably Malawi or Zambia]. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) bartolozii: Holotype ♂ (MZUF 1059), allotype ♀ (MZUF 1456), Kolwezi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D. R.C.), ii.1990, D. Mosca. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) flagellicauda: Holotype ♂ (MZUF 1457), allotype ♀, 4 ♀ paratypes (MZUF 1458), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ paratypes (ARPC 0251, 0252 ex MZUF), Kolwezi, Shaba, D. R.C., ii.1990, D. Mosca. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) lorenzoi: Holotype ♂ (ARPC 0024), Morogoro, Kigulunyembe, Mt. Uluguru, Tanzania, 18-31.iii.2008. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pantinii: Holotype ♂ (MSNB), Balaka, Malawi, xii.2004, E. Ferrario. Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pygmaeus: Holotype ♀ [subad.] (MSNB), Likasi, S.-E. Shaba, D. R.C., ii.1986, K. Tshikamba. The type locality of P. viatoris is unknown, but the holotype described by Pocock (1888) probably originated from former British colonial territory, either Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) or Nyasaland (now Malawi), rather than former German colonial territory (Tanganyika, now Tanzania) as suggested by Rossi (2015a: 65, fig. 125). There are at present no confirmed records of P. viatoris from Kenya (former British East Africa). DISTRIBUTION: Prendini et al. (2003: 234) discussed putative records of P. viatoris from Zimbabwe, demonstrated that these records actually occur in Zambia, and noted that there are no credible records of Pandinus south of the Zambezi River. Kovařík (2012: 19, fig. 64) did not cite Prendini et al. (2003) and erroneously plotted three points for P. viatoris south of the Zambezi River, one in the extreme north of Zimbabwe (presumably, the specimen erroneously labelled “ Mashonaland ” [ZMB 35310]) and two in Mozambique, corresponding to the approximate locations of Tete and Beira, where this species does not appear to occur based on surveys by the author. Rossi (2015a: 29) discussed the reliability of Kovařík’s (2012) Zimbabwean record, but apparently missed the point about the Zambezi River, as he did not mention the other two localities, and went on to describe a new Pandinurus species allegedly from Messina, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa (see above). REMARKS: Rossi (2015a) described five new species in a new subgenus Pandipalpus, three based on singletons, among them an immature specimen, two from the same locality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and one from a locality nearby. With one exception, the meristic data (total body length, pedipalp trichobothrial counts, pectinal tooth counts and counts of spiniform macrosetae in the pro- and retroventral rows of the telotarsi) listed as diagnostic for the five species by Rossi (2015a: 23–25, 27, 28, 36, 37, table 1, 2) overlap entirely with one another and with the ranges given for P.viatoris (reproduced here in table 6) with which they are evidently conspecific. The putatively diagnostic difference in total body length between P. pygmaeus and the other species may be dismissed on account of the immaturity of the holotype of the former. As with P. janae, discussed above, Rossi (2015a: 29) mistakenly regarded the holotype of P. pygmaeus to be adult and this assumption formed the basis of his justification for its recognition as a new species: “ Pandinurus (Pandipalpus subgen. n.) pygmaeus n. sp. ha dimensioni minori, 83 mm, contro 100– 125 mm.” It is, however, clear from Rossi’s (2015a: 28, 36, 61, table 1) meristic data and figures 99–105 that the holotype of P. pygmaeus is immature and that it is conspecific with P.viatoris. The holotypes of P. bartolozii and P. flagellicauda, originally part of the same series of specimens, were previously examined by F. Kovařík (in 1997), considered conspecific, and identified as P. viatoris (Kovařík and Whitman, 2005: 114; Kovařík, 2012: 21). Curiously, Rossi (2015a: 25) appears to have regarded the sympatric occurrence of these specimens as evidence for their distinctiveness, despite the lack of data supporting any possible ecological difference: Pandinurus (Pandipalpus subgen. n.) flagellicauda n. sp. vive in simpatria con la specie Pandinurus (Pandipalpus subgen. n.) bartolozzii n. sp. dalla quale differisce in modo netto. Purtroppo il raccoglitore non ha allegato informazioni ecologiche ai campioni raccolti per cui possiamo solo ipotizzare che le due specie condividano lo stesso ambiente della foresta pluviale. In view of the evidence, the following new synonyms are presented: Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) bartolozii Rossi, 2015 = Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890), syn. nov.; Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) flagellicauda Rossi, 2015 = Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890), syn. nov.; Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) lorenzoi Rossi, 2015 = Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890), syn. nov.; Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pantinii Rossi, 2015 = Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890), syn. nov.; Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) pyg- maeus Rossi, 2015 = Pandinurus (Pandipalpus) viatoris (Pocock, 1890), syn. nov. Ongoing research has revealed low levels of genetic divergence between populations of P. viatoris in Malawi and Tanzania, further supporting the conclusion that P. viatoris is a single, panmictic species (L. Prendini, unpublished data). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED: 1 subad. ♀ (AMNH). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Haut-Katanga Prov.: Lukafu, 10°31′S 027°33′E, 1930, G.F. de Witte, 1 ♀ (MRAC 61.608 old 23.806), 6–22.xii.1930, G.F. de Witte, 3 juv. ♀ (MRAC 23.970–972), 1 juv. ♂, 2 juv. ♀ (MRAC 23.973–975); Monasterie N.O. de Béthanie [04°24′S 019°19′E], Katanga, 10°00′S 027°00′E, 1947, R. R. Soeurs, 1 ♂ (MRAC 57.722). Haut-Lomami Prov.: Bukama, 09°12′S 025°51′E, 1937, P. Brien, 1 ex. (MRAC 168.782); Kabongo, 07°20′S 025°35′E, 1952, Dierkx, 1 ♀ (MRAC 73.615); Kamina [08°44′S 024°59′E], Luabo [09°03′S 024°47′E], 1949, Ecole Normale, 1 ♀ (MRAC 65.801); Kisanga [06°51′S 024°10′E], Kele [06°55′S 023°10′E], Katanga, 1959, R.F.A. van Oost, 5 ex. (MRAC 207.425). Lualaba Prov.: Muema, 10°25′S 024°49′E, 1927, A. Bayet, 3 ♂, 2 juv. (MRAC 130.812), 3 ex. (MRAC 130.813). Zilo [10°30′S 025°28′E], Shaba, v.1991, 1 ♂ (NHRM [JF, 57]). Maniema Prov.: Misosa [?Musasa, 03°53′S 026°49′E], vii.1939, H.J. Bredo, 13 ex. (MRAC 57.597–610), 19 ex. (MRAC 57.611–630), 19 ex. (MRAC 57.631–650). North Kivu Prov.: Beni, 00°29′N 029°28′E, Lisfrane, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MRAC 57.743). Tanganyika Prov.: Tanganika, J. Hecq, 1 ♂ (MRAC 130.814); Baudouinville [Kirungu], 07°02′S 029°47′E, iii.1954, H. Bomans, 1 juv. (MRAC 78.968). KENYA: Rifl Valley Prov.: Narok Distr.: S Guaso Nejiro, Toita plains, 1 subad. ♀ (USNM). MALAWI: Southern (Blantyre) Region: Mangochi Distr.: Fort Johnston [Mangochi, 14°29′S 035°16′E], Sir Alfred, 1 ♂ (TM 17462 ex AM 2179); Mangochi [14°28′S 035°16′E], Rift Valley 1 ♂ (AMNH); Monkey Bay [14°03′S 034°55′E], 14.vii.1975, D. Eccles, 1 ♀ (AMNH [AH 204]), 3 juv. ♂ (AMNH [AH 191, 192, 230]), 2 juv. ♀ (AMNH [AH 229, 231]), 19.vi.1975, D. Eccles, found in burrow with mother, 1 juv. ♂, 1 juv. ♀ (AMNH), 23.xii.1993, C. R. Owen, 1 juv. ♂, 1 juv. ♀ (NHRM [JF 140]); Monkey Bay, ca. 1 km S on road S128 to Mangochi, 14°06′25″S 034°55′01″E, 13.xii.2007, L. Prendini & W. R. Schmidt, 485 m, mesic savanna (Miombo Woodland) on flat plain with low granite/dolerite koppies (plains in between), coarse sandy-loam soils, UV light detection on warm, dark (overcast), humid night after rain, sitting motionless on soil surface near base of tree, 1 ♂ (AMNH), [leg] (AMCC [LP 8025]). Zomba Distr.: Chinsewu Village, 20.5 km W Zomba on Namadidi Road, 15°19′20″S 35°11′28″E, 11–14. xii.2007, L. Prendini, W. R. Schmidt & R. Mbaya, 584 m, mesic savanna (Miombo Woodland) remnants on flat plain in old lands (subsistence agriculture/hoed fields of maize) in between freshly-hoed lands, well-drained sandy/clayey-loam soil, excavated from burrows in open ground and at base of bushes, burrows often multi-entranced, with several individuals (mixed sex and age) occupying same burrow, 13 ♂, 14 ♀, 6 subad. ♂, 9 subad. ♀, 21 juv. ♂, 20 juv. ♀ (AMNH), 2 juv. ♀ (AMCC [LP 8026]). MOZAMBIQUE: Chifurubasi, iv–v.1905, W. Tiesler, 1 ♂ (ZMB 1092/05). Nampula Prov.: Nampula Distr.: Nampula Mountain [Nampula, 15°07′S 39°16′E, iii.1976, K. Groseh, 1 ♀ (NM 10984). Zambézia Prov.: Gurué Distr.: Lioma [15°10′S 036°48′E], 22.ii.2001, C. R. Owen, 1 ♀ (NHRM [JF 110]), 1 subad. ♂ (NHRM [JF 112]), 28.ii.2001, C. R. Owen, 1 ♀ (NHRM [JF 111]). TANZANIA: Imported for pet trade, probably Serengeti area, 1994, ex M. Scharmach, 2 ♂, 1 subad. ♀, 1 juv. ♂ (AMNH [LP 332]), 2 ♂ (AMNH [LP 337]), 1 ♂ (AMCC 101704 [LP 1557]). Arusha Prov.: Karatu Distr.: Karatu, 03°21.177′S 035°48.871′E, 6.viii.2015, M. Roppo, 1264 m, 1 juv. [leg] (AMCC [LP 13453]). Dodoma Prov.: Kondoa Distr.: Kath Mission, Kwa Mtoro [05°14′S 035°26′E], Ussandawi, i–ii.1912, Dr. E. Obst, 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 subad. ♀ (ZMH). Lindi Prov.: Kilwa Distr.: Mbarawala Plateaux, 09°02.374′S 039°07.206′E, 29.ii–4.iii.2008, P. Hawkes, 270 m, 1 ♂ (AMNH). Liwale Distr.: Liwale [09°08′S 038°17′E], iv.1948, C.P.J. Iomides, 1 ♂ (NMK 295). Mara Prov.: Serengeti Distr.: Serengeti, 1 ♀ (NMK 298), x.1949, 1 ♂ (NMK 296), ii.1959, 1 juv. ♂ (NMK 297 old 42). Seren- geti National Park, Wandamu Kopjes, 02°29.441′S 034°55.367′E, 1.viii.2015, M. Roppo, 1523 m, 1 juv. [leg] (AMCC [LP 13452]). Rukwa Prov.: Mpanda Distr.: Lake Tanganyika, Smithsonian Institution African Expedition, 1 ♂ (USNM 156/396); Mpanda town, 06°30′S 031°30′E, xii.1980, K.M. Howell, 1 ♀ (MRAC 159.310). Singida Prov.: Singida Distr.: Mangasini [04°53′S 034°09′E], 14.xii.1929, A. Loveridge, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (MCZ 15573); Usandawi, 1929–1930, Fliegner, 1 ♀ (ZMB 146D/33); Usandawi, Mangasini [04°53′S 034°09′E], 13.xii.1929, A. Loveridge, 1 juv. ♀ (MCZ 15572). ZAMBIA: Eastern Prov.: Chipata Distr.: Chief Sayiri area, 30 mi. from Fort Jameson [Chipata, 13°38′S 032°39′E], 6–18.i.1965, V.J. Wilson, 2 ♂, 2 subad. ♂, 2 subad. ♀, 1 juv. ♂ (NM 9090); Fort Jameson, V.L. Wilson, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (NM 18772), i.1965, V.J. Wilson, 1 ♂ (TM 17461). Northern Prov.: Mpulungu Distr.: Mpulungu, 08°46′S 031°08′E, 1994, P.D. Plisnier, 1 ♂ (MRAC 209.525). ERRONEOUS RECORD: Mashonaland [Zimbabwe], 1893, R. Bartels, 1 ex. (ZMB 35310 old 1247/1911).Published as part of Prendini, Lorenzo, 2016, Redefinition And Systematic Revision Of The East African Scorpion Genus Pandinoides (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae) With Critique Of The Taxonomy Of Pandinus, Sensu Lato, pp. 1-66 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (407) on pages 59-62, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-407.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/461273
