249 research outputs found
Robert Monteith
No full textDon Theatre signboard with Sessue Hayakawa and public notice advertisement.Orr, Robin.Date:1934-0
The reality of addressing God in prayer
No full textGraham Monteith uses the thought of the eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid to explore ways in which modern speech act theory can be employed to extend our understanding of communication with God through prayer.Publisher PD
Author Sharon Monteith to give Radical South lecture Thursday
No full textWritten By Brian Powers Author Sharon Monteith will lecture on The Radical South: Southern Activism, Past and Present, Narrating Activism in the 1960s at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 30 at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on the University of Mississippi campus. Her session is part of the 24th annual Oxford Conference for the Book
UK Upland Waters Monitoring Network data interpretation 1988-2019
No full textThis report is the latest in a series of occasional interpretive reports to Defra, extending back to 1993, that have documented trends in the chemistry and biota of UK Upland Waters Monitoring (UWMN) sites
Lepanus storeyi Weir & Monteith 2010
No full text<i>Lepanus storeyi</i> Weir & Monteith, 2010 <p>(Figs. 9B; 10 C–D; 11B, 12A)</p> <p> <i>Lepanus storeyi</i> Weir & Monteith, 2010: 235.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype: ♂ “</b> QLD 28.260° S x 153.167 ° E, Lamington NP, Plot # IQ-1100-C, 1106m, 16–26.i.2007, rainforest, flight intercept trap, G.B. Monteith 22177.” (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E) (T145443 specimen in QM). <b>Paratypes (4 ♂, 4 ♀):</b> Lamington National Park, Plot # IQ-1100-C (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E), 1106 m, 16–26.i.2007, G.B. Monteith (T145444 1 specimen ♂ in QM); Lamington National Park, Plot # IQ1100-C (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E), 1106 m, 22–27.x.2006, R. Menendez & G.B. Monteith (T145441 1 specimen ♂ in QM); Springbrook Repeater [28°14’00”S, 153°16’00”E], 1000 m, 31.x–31.xii.1997, G.B. Monteith (25-058041 1 specimen ♂, 1 specimen ♀ in ANIC also as T83548–49); Springbrook Repeater [28°14’00”S, 153°16’00”E], 1000 m, 9.i–19.ii.1995, G.B. Monteith (T65324, T83546 2 specimens ♀); Lamington National Park, IBISCA, Queensland plot #IQ–1100–B 28°15’32”S, 153°09’43”E, 1142 m, 17.x.2006 – 27.x.2006, G.B. Monteith (25-058042 1 specimen ♂ in ANIC also as T145442); Lamington National Park, IBISCA, Queensland plot #IQ–1100–B 28°15’32”S, 153°09’43”E, 1142 m, 27.i.2008, A. Nakamura, (T155875 1 specimen ♀ in QM).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Head black, pronotum reddish brown, elytra black with a metallic sheen, humeri and apical edges orange-yellow. Pygidium orange-yellow. Antennal clubs white.</p> <p>Total length: 2.4–2.7 mm. Paratype measurement (25-058042 ♂): Total length 2.6 mm elytral width 1.8 mm.</p> <p> <i>Male</i>. Head: Width to length ratio 41: 30. Surface smooth and nitid, with fine punctation, becoming very fine anteriorly. Dorsal part of eyes narrow, separated by an interocular space approximately 16–17 times eye width (33: 2).</p> <p>Prothorax: Pronotum anterior angles sharp. Surface smooth, nitid, finely punctate. A row of slightly elongate punctures present along middle two thirds of hind margin. Hypomeral surface smooth. Hypomeral stria less than half the length of the hypomeron and very close to lateral margin, which almost appears double at that point. Pronotum width to length ratio 61: 34.</p> <p>Elytra: Surface smooth, nitid, with obsolete striae. Stria 6 not extending to the elytral base. Epipleura smooth not reticulate. Ratio of length of the elytra along suture to maximum elytral width 80: 85.</p> <p>Legs: Protibia with 2 teeth on outer edge, front edge deeply angulate between outer tooth and apical digit. Apical digit parallel sided, truncate and slightly notched at the apex. Mesotibia with a brush of setae apically on inner side.</p> <p>Abdomen: Pygidium smooth and nitid, without medial depression, with a fine transverse sinuate fold that runs parallel to the base and extends to the lateral angles. Abdominal ventrites only reticulate at the sides. Ventrite 6 very finely punctate.</p> <p>Pterothorax: Medial lobe of metaventrite virtually impunctate, broadly margined between mesocoxae. Lateral lobe of metaventrite punctate and setose. Surface of mesoventrite and mesepimeron smooth. Metanepisternum reticulate.</p> <p> <i>Female.</i> Pygidium with distinct large ovoid depression with sharp edges and inner surface reticulate; depression larger than half the size of pygidial disc. A fine transverse fold on each side runs from lateral angles close to and parallel to the base to meet the edges of the depression. Apical digit shorter than in males, giving rise to a long apical spur. Mesotibia without a brush of setae apically on inner edge.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Only known from high elevation temperate rainforests in Lamington and Springbrook National Parks in the South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) IBRA bioregion (Fig. 12A). All specimens have been collected above 1000 m. This species represents a short-range endemic and is only known from four sites within a circle of 10 km diameter.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> <i>Lepanus storeyi</i> is the most sexually dimorphic species of the genus, particularly in respect to the pygidium. All type material in QM and ANIC was examined by author T.W. at time of its description (Weir & Monteith 2010). The holotype was not examined for this study but paratypes of both sexes were available in ANIC.</p> <p> This species is rare in collections despite intensive surveys within the area and there is no evidence to suggest this species feeds on mammal dung (Weir & Monteith 2010, Ebert <i>et al</i>. 2019). It has been collected in flight intercept and pitfall traps (two unbaited and one baited with mushroom (Weir & Monteith 2010)). Two specimens were collected in the food preference study of Ebert <i>et al.</i> (2019), both of which came to traps baited with invertebrate carrion (earthworm). Weir & Monteith (2010) discuss the conservation status of <i>L. storeyi</i> concluding it is vulnerable to climate change due to its restricted geographic range at high elevation and its rarity in its habitat.</p>Published as part of <i>Gunter, Nicole L. & Weir, Thomas A., 2021, Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): review of the L. ustulatus, L. storeyi, and L. nitidus species groups and description of eight new species, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4923 (1)</i> on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4923.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4496757">http://zenodo.org/record/4496757</a>
Evaluation of Stability for Different Stoping Sequences through the use of Numerical Modelling: Case Study - Cavanacaw Gold Mine, Northern Ireland
No full textThe current plan of bottom to top bottom sublevel stoping for the Kearney gold vein at the Cavanacaw mine, Omagh, Northern Ireland may not be the most effective in terms of stability. The Kearney ore body is a narrow vein gold deposit, which has been previously exploited through an open pit and is currently being developed as an underground operation using sublevel stoping (modified Avoca mining method). Stability within the mine is one of the key factors to be considered when it comes to hard rock mining. It should be considered equally as important from a safety and economic point of view. The extraction sequence plays an important role when considering the stability of a designed mine. This thesis aims to establish if the current planned sequence of extraction of bottom to top sublevel stoping is the most effective in terms of overall rock stability, or whether an alternative plan would be better? In the context of this thesis, the modified Avoca mining method is a form of sublevel stoping where material is extracted (stoped) between two drives (blind tunnels) and then backfilled.The project addressed, a conceptual study, field testing and laboratory testing in order to yield the information required to build several numerical models. The numerical modelling was carried out on several different stoping orders which met the constraints set out by Galantas, using the Hoek-Brown model within Plaxis2D. The analysis was conducted on the total displacements, phase displacements, predicted failure points and safety factors. The analysis of the different models showed that an alter- native stoping method of middle to top bottom to middle sublevel stoping peformed better in terms of stability. This improvement in stability was shown by an increase in the minimum safety factor from 3.20 to 3.50, over the current plan. There is further evidence in the reduction of the total number of predicted failure point by 25%.Applied Earth Sciences | European Mining Cours
Centennial Committee award winners
No full textIncluded are Frank Anderson, Rob Monteith, Connie Kokonis, Sid Warder, Bob Gilchirst, John Atanrahan, Jack Ellet, Gayle Gregoire, Don Glover, Daphne Thuillier, Arnold Jansen, Charles Wills, Ron Baker
Chase baseball team and manager
No full textL-R back: Jack Herman, Walt Montieth, Billy Mosher, Stan Monteith, Lloyd McConnell, Henry Switner. Front: Mackie Haldane, Don Wittner, John Aulin, Jack Mosher, Ambrose Ogle
The UK Environmental Change Network after twenty years of integrated ecosystem assessment: key findings and future perspectives
No full textThe UK Environmental Change Network (ECN), the UK's Long-Term Ecosystem Research (LTER) network, has now been operating for over twenty years. It was established in 1992 as a set of terrestrial sites at which sustained observations relevant to a range of ecological indicators and environmental parameters could be made. An additional ECN freshwater network was launched in 1994. In this paper we provide a brief history of the network, and describe its current structure and role within a complementary wider range of UK environmental monitoring and observation programmes that are either more focussed on specific parameters or habitats, or operate at different temporal and spatial scales. We then provide a review of the other papers within this Special Issue, which exemplifies the broad range of environmental concerns that ECN data and sites are helping to address. These include network-wide summaries of environmental and biological trends over the first two decades of monitoring, more site-specific assessment of the ecological impacts of local pressures resulting from changes in management, biological and ecosystem service indicator development, and the testing of new monitoring technologies. We go on to consider: (i) future directions of network development and adaptation in light of recently emerging environmental concerns, dwindling financial resources and the consequent need for greater efficiency; (ii) the desire for tighter integration with other monitoring and observation programmes both nationally internationally; (iii) opportunities raised by recent technological developments; and (iv) the need to process and make available data more rapidly to increase the capacity of ECN sites as early warning systems. In its first two decades of operation the ECN has accumulated a robust set of baseline data that describe environmental and biological variability across a range of habitats in unprecedented detail. With appropriate, informed development, these should prove invaluable in discerning the causes and consequences of environmental change for decades to come
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