1,797 research outputs found
Ecological performance of construction materials subject to ocean climate change
No full textAbstract not availableKay L. Davis, Melinda A. Coleman, Sean D. Connell, Bayden D. Russell,
Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Brendan P. Kelahe
Notes on the population structure of the piked spurdog (Squalus megalops) in southeastern Australia
No full textOpportunistic sampling suggested a complex population structure for Squalus megalops in southeastern Australia. A total of 929 sharks were analyzed. The sex ratio was biased towards females and there was sexual size dimorphism, with females attaining a larger maximum size than males. Individual analysis of selected fishing shots suggested that S. megalops had a complex population structure, and was segregated by sex, size and breeding condition. Small females and males segregated from large females. In addition, large females in the first year of pregnancy seemed to be separated from those in the second year of pregnancy.J.M. Braccini, B.M. Gillanders, T.I. Walke
Coral Reefs: naturally dynamic and increasingly disturbed ecosystems
No full textAuthors PL Harrison and DJ Boot
BM-5102: Organizational Behavior: Reflective Critique Report
No full textThis is a Reflective Critique Report on the experiences of the author while undergoing the BM-5102: Organizational Behavior module for Master of Management under UBD
"BM Auto" marketing opportunities in social media in Latvia
No full textBakalaura darba tēma ir „Uzņēmuma SIA „BM Auto” mārketinga iespējas sociālajos medijos Latvijā”. Šajā darbā autore sniedz informāciju par to, kā mārketinga aktivitātes sociālajos medijos veidot pareizi un kā tās pilnveidot.
Bakalaura darba mērķis: izpētīt Latvijas uzņēmuma SIA „BM Auto” mārketinga iespējas sociālajos medijos. Lai šo mērķi sasniegtu, izvirzīti vairāki darba uzdevumi, kas īstenoti katrā no darba nodaļām:
1.Iegūt teorētisko bāzi par mārketinga un sociālo mediju attīstību un tendencēm;
2.Izanalizēt sociālo mediju lietotāju paradumus un uzņēmuma SIA „BM Auto” darbību sociālajos medijos;
3.Izstrādāt viena no uzņēmuma SIA „BM Auto” pārstāvētā „MINI” zīmola mārketinga pilnveidošanas plānu komunikācijai sociālajos medijos.
Bakalaura darbs sastāv no trim nodaļām:
Pirmajā nodaļā autore iegūst teorētisko bāzi par mārketinga attīstību un tendencēm, kā arī sociālo mediju attīstību un vidi Latvijā.
Otrajā nodaļā autore apraksta darbā izmantoto metodoloģiju. Trešajā nodaļā, lai veiksmīgi izstrādātu SIA „BM Auto” Latvijā pārstāvētā „MINI” zīmola mārketinga pilnveidošanas plānu komunikācijai sociālajos medijos, tiek analizētas SIA „BM Auto” mārketinga aktivitātes sociālajos medijos 2011.gadā, tiek analizēti sociālo mediju lietotāju paradumi un intervēta uzņēmuma SIA „BM Auto” mārketinga direktore Diāna Gaidaša.
Nobeigumā apkopoti secinājumi un izstrādāti priekšlikumi situācijas uzlabošanai.
Darbā pielietotās pētniecības metodes: Bakalaura darbā izmantota kvalitatīvā pētniecības metode - daļēji strukturētā intervija, kā arī kvantitatīvā pētniecības metode - anketēšana. Autore izmanto abas minētās pētniecības metodes, lai secinājumi darba nobeigumā būtu precīzāki un daudzpusīgāki.The topic of this Paper is „“BM Auto” marketing opportunities in social media in Latvia”. The author of this paper gives information on how to properly build marketing activities in social media and how to improve them.
The aim of this Paper: to analyze company’s “BM Auto” Ltd. marketing choices in the social media. To achieve this goal, a series of work tasks are proposed, and achieved in every chapter of this Paper:
1.To gain theoretical basis about marketing and the social media development and tendencies;
2.To analyze social media user habits, as well as company’s “BM Auto” Ltd. activities in the social media;
3.To work out marketing development plan for communication in the social media, for brand “MINI”, represented by company “BM Auto” Ltd.
Bachelor thesis consists of three chapters:
In the first chapter, author works out theoretical basis about marketing development tendencies, as well as development of the social media in Latvia.
In the second chapter author describes used methodology. In the third chapter, to successfully work out a marketing development plan for communication in the social media for brand “MINI”, represented by company “BM Auto” Ltd., author has looked at company’s “BM Auto” Ltd. marketing activities in the social media in the year 2011, as well the author has looked at the social media user habits. Also, company’s “BM Auto” Ltd. marketing director Diāna Gaidaša was interviewed, for more precise information.
In the last chapter, author summarizes conclusions and offers proposals to improve the situation.
The research methods used in this Paper are: qualitative research method – semi-structured interview, and quantitative research method – survey. Author uses both research methods in order for the conclusions to be more precise and extensive
Attributive Indiscernibility and the notion of BM-Spaces
No full textIn this paper, the author describes the concept of attributive indiscernibility and defines the notion of B-metric, discrete B-metric, and BM-spaces. The significance of B-metric and BM-spaces are discussed and consequently some of their characteristics are studied
Comparison of growth rates between estuarine and coastal reef populations of Achoerodus viridis (Pisces:Labridae)
No full textBM roadmapping approach: overcoming the barriers for the implementation of Lead Time Based Pricing
No full textThis research explores the factors that challenge the implementation of Revenue Management (RM) in manufacturing industries. Previous research focused mainly on Order Management to explain how RM could be applied with studies that are mathematical by nature. However, there is no empirical study explaining the implementation process of RM in manufacturing industries. This research adopts a differential approach and methodology which aims at filling the existing implementation gap. First, to avoid vagueness, the research proposes Lead Time based Pricing as the specific RM strategy to pursue. Then, the research focuses on creating a roadmap for the RM implementation. In order to create such roadmap, the research focuses on the field of Business Model Innovation (BMI). In this field, the research describes the BM ontology and BM roadmapping, tools which will be used for constructing the roadmap. It proposes to combines BM roadmapping with the BMI process to help facilitating the task of roadmapping and finally, upon the discovery issues hindering the real implementation of RM, the research identifies BMI barriers which are, afterwards, compared with the data collected to confirm its significance on the RM (specifically LTBP) case. With the assistance of Infineon Technologies, a semiconductor manufacturer, the research approach chosen is an instrumental case study with semi-structured interviews as a data collection methodology. The data is quoted, codified and analyzed with Atlas.ti 8.0 and the information is useful to pursue the realization of the BM roadmapping, giving answer to the main research question of this research. Management of Technology (MoT
Interpreting diel activity patterns from acoustic telemetry: the need for controls
No full textAcoustic telemetry has emerged as a leading approach to infer diel, tidal and lunar rhythmicity in the movements of aquatic organisms in a range of taxa. Typically, studies examine the relative frequency of detections from individuals tagged with acoustic transmitters, and then infer patterns in the species’ behaviour, but studies to date have not controlled for factors that may influence tag detection patterns in the absence of animal behaviour. We compared patterns in acoustic detections from tagged cuttlefish Sepia apama and several fixed-location control tags, and used these data to highlight the danger of misinterpreting patterns in the absence of adequate controls. Cuttlefish and control tags displayed similar detection patterns, and correcting cuttlefish-detection data for the influence of environmental factors resulted in the opposite pattern of cuttlefish activity displayed prior to correction. This study highlights the danger of using acoustic data to infer animal behaviour in the absence of adequate controls.Nicholas L. Payne, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Dale M. Webber and Jayson M. Semmen
A meta-analysis of multiple stressors on seagrasses in the context of marine spatial cumulative impacts assessment
No full textPublished online: 20 July 2020Humans are placing more strain on the world’s oceans than ever before. Furthermore, marine ecosystems are seldom subjected to single stressors, rather they are frequently exposed to multiple, concurrent stressors. When the combined effect of these stressors is calculated and mapped through cumulative impact assessments, it is often assumed that the effects are additive. However, there is increasing evidence that different combinations of stressors can have non-additive impacts, potentially leading to synergistic and unpredictable impacts on ecosystems. Accurately predicting how stressors interact is important in conservation, as removal of certain stressors could provide a greater benefit, or be more detrimental than would be predicted by an additive model. Here, we conduct a meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of additive, synergistic, and antagonistic stressor interaction effects using seagrasses as case study ecosystems. We found that additive interactions were the most commonly reported in seagrass studies. Synergistic and antagonistic interactions were also common, but there was no clear way of predicting where these non-additive interactions occurred. More studies which synthesise the results of stressor interactions are needed to be able to generalise interactions across ecosystem types, which can then be used to improve models for assessing cumulative impacts.Jackson Stockbridge, Alice R. Jones and Bronwyn M. Gillander
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