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Forms and foundations of action research
No full textAs described in Chapter 1, the core philosophy of our research approach can be described as developing a powerful combination between practice-driven research and theoretically informed scientific research. Practice-driven research means that we take guidance from the stakeholders in our case studies as the primary source of questions, dilemmas, and empirical data regarding the governance of adaptation, but also collaborate with these stakeholders in testing insights and strategies, and evaluating their usefulness. The purpose is to develop effective, legitimate, and resilient governance arrangements for climate adaptation. The ambition is to achieve scientific quality by placing this co-production of knowledge in a well-founded theoretical framework, and by involving partners working on climate adaptation in the field.</p
The governance of adaptation to climate change and the need for actionable knowledge: the challenges of climate change adaptation and the promise of action research
No full textThe governance of adaptation to climate change and the need for actionable knowledge: the challenges of climate change adaptation and the promise of action research
No full textIs the state against fatherhood?
No full textJasper Gerard, journalist and father of two, argues that, in the infamously tangled and strangely secretive world of the family court, a great injustice is being done to British fathers. Copyright (c) 2008 The Author. Journal compilation (c) 2008 ippr.
Variance in Response to Heat Treatment in Perkinsville Jasper
No full textabstract: The heat treatment of lithic raw material is a globally dispersed technology that improves the flaking quality of toolstone. While not all types of stone respond to heat treatment, many forms of microcrystalline silicates do, including jasper. Here, we aim to better understand how Perkinsville jasper responds to heat treatment. Perkinsville jasper occurs in the Perkinsville Valley of Yavapai County, Arizona, and was utilized prehistorically by the Prescott, Sinagua, and Hohokam cultures. For our study, we collected seven boulders of jasper from private land (with permission) in Yavapai County. These boulders were flintknapped into 74 spalls which were subsequently heated in an electric kiln using 20 treatment protocols with systematically varying combinations of maximum temperature and maximum heating times. Afterward, we compared multiple quantitative and qualitative characteristics of unheated and heated flakes taken from the same nodule pre- and post-heat treatment. Our heating protocol allows us to determine an ‘optimal heating context’ for Perkinsville jasper and to better understand how variation in time and temperature influences flaking quality of the stone. Lastly, this research develops an experimental reference dataset that can be used by other researchers studying raw material use and heat treatment in the Southwest United States. (abstract
Action research for the governance of adaptation to climate change. Conclusions and lessons learnt
No full textBirds of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Get PDFJasper Park, with an area of approximately 4,200 square miles, is the largest accessible primeval wildlife sanctuary on this continent and as such its bird life is of the greatest interest. The meagre available records of earlier conditions indicate that noteworthy changes in the park\u27s avifauna have taken place in the last 50 years. There can be little doubt that other changes will take place during the years to come. For this reason, then, if for no other, it seems desirable that as complete a record as possible of the current situation be made, for only against it can the significance of future trends be evaluated.
In 1943 the author spent a week in the Athabasca Valley in mid-April, and in July, August, and September travelled the south boundary trail, entering over Nigel Pass and passing by way of Jonas Pass and Indian Pass to the Brazeau icefields. From there in to Jasper the same route was followed as used by Clarke on his way out. The north boundary was ridden from Devona to Robson by way of Snake Indian Pass.
Field work of 1944 covered much of the same areas as that of the previous year. Beginning on May 2, the author, accompanied by James Hatter, ascended the Snake Indian to Blue Creek and Topaz Lake, worked the Athabasca and Miette Valleys trom Yellowhead Pass to East Gate and the Banff-Jasper Highway area, and finally travelled the south boundary by way of Poboktan Pass, Brazeau River, Southesk River and Pass, and down the Rocky to Jacques Lake. This time the Maligne Lake area was visited and the lake explored along its entire length. In December of the same year observations were made at Jasper and Devona. Additional field work was carried on in the Athabasca Valley in July, 1945 and in May and June, 1946
Interview with the author
No full textA change has come to popular media. Every day, we are digitally invited into the homes and
lives of the creators whose work we love. We are pushed to become attached to them as we
become attached to their work. How can we as viewers healthily interact with the creators whose
work we enjoy, and how can we as creators healthily interact with the people that enjoy our
work? How intimate can we become? How intimate should we become? What harm can we do to
each other? Interview with the Author is a visual novel that asks its players to engage with these
questions while taking the role of web columnist Reed Knightly as they interview science fiction
author Arthur Wright. Stemming from a semester-long inquiry into the subject of parasocial
relationships, Death of the Author, and the intersection of the two theories, Interview lets its
players can ask Arthur a variety of questions related to topics like their professional work, their
fandom, and their time as a fanfiction writer. The answers they receive dynamically shift
depending on the player’s perceived interest or disinterest in parasocial connections between
authors, readers and fictional characters. Interview represents a continued exploration of the
subject of communication in my work, and of the way individuals and constructs build
connections with one another.Thesis (B.?)Honors Colleg
Animation of data link protocols using JASPER tool
Get PDFV diplomski nalogi smo implementirali protokol z oddajo z mirovanjem in protokol s selektivno ponovno oddajo iz učbenika Computer Networks A. S. Tanenbauma s pomočjo orodja JASPER z namenom, prikazati obnašanje protokolov z animacijo. Najprej smo na kratko opisali vlogo in namen animacije protokolov ter navedli nekatera znana animacijska orodja. V jedru naloge smo najprej na splošno opisali orodje JASPER, njegovo zgradbo in koncept delovanja. Nato smo opisali oba protokola ter preslikavo njune implementacije iz programskega jezika C, kot si jo je zamislil avtor učbenika, v programski jezik našega orodja, javo. Pravilno delovanje razvite kode smo prikazali s podajo posnetkov animacije ter nekaterih možnih scenarijev v delovanju obeh protokolov.In this diploma thesis, we implemented an idle RQ protocol and a selective repeat protocol from A. S. Tanenbaum\u27s textbook Computer Networks by using JASPER tool with the purpose to show protocol behavior with animation. First, we briefly described the role and purpose of protocol animation and stated some well-known animation tools. In the central part of our thesis, we first provided a general description of JASPER tool, its structure and concept of operation. We then described both protocols and the mapping of their implementation from C programming language as suggested by the author of the textbook into Java, the programming language of our tool. We demonstrated the proper functioning of the developed code by presenting snapshots of the animation and some possible scenarios from the operation of the two protocols
WHY CAN’T THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM BE REALIZED DESPITE MANY EFFORTS TO THAT END?
Get PDFThis thesis aims at studying institutional change and why institutions resist change. The United
Nations Security Council is chosen as the case study. The Security Council is an unprecedent
organization crowned as the only organization that can legitimize use of force and its reform is
a long-standing issue. While there are considerable efforts and tremendous public support to
realize a reform, initiatives to that end seem to be destined to fail. To understand the nature of
these attempts and the reasons of their nonsuccess, path dependency and principal agent theory
will be utilized as they are both successful and complementary in understanding change in
institutions. Official meeting records of the United Nations General Assembly meetings will
be employed as the primary sources of information. With this, how member states justify their
positions will be highlighted and matters of contentions will be determined
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