615 research outputs found
Analyzes of genome-wide association follow-up study for calving traits in dairy cattle
No full textConclusions: The follow-up study for GWAS in cattle will depend on the aim of the study. If the aim is to discover novel QTL, analyses of the COMB dataset is recommended, while in case of identification of the causal mutation underlying a QTL, confirmation of the discovered SNPs are necessary to avoid following a false positive
The principle of Ultra Vires and the local authorities’ decisions in England
No full textThe hypothesis of this thesis is that valid administrative decisions from local authorities are guaranteed via clear and precise enabling clauses in the primary legislation. Taking examples from local government in England, the author argues that the style of drafting local authorities’ legislations influences decisions taken by local authorities - so in attempting to exercise implied powers conferred by the imprecise enabling legislation and insufficient guidance, local authorities tend to go beyond intended legal powers and as a result take unreasonable, arbitrary and invalid decisions
Exploring Consensus to Develop Global Standards in Response to Sea Level Rise (SLR): Evaluating the Standardisation Scope of SLR Adaptation Using the Delphi Technique
No full textAnthropogenic climate change has led to irreversible Sea level rise (SLR), underscoring the urgency to implement adaptation measures. With there being a series of challenges to implement SLR adaptation, international standardisation emerges out to be a solution to address these challenges. In this research, an attempt is made to identify SLR adaptation measures that could be globally standardised using a consensus-based approach. The methodology for the research is a combination of desk-research and the Delphi method – involving rounds of surveys with an expert panel to reach consensus – that run a sequential manner. The research also aims at demonstrating the Delphi method as a cost-effective and time-saving method to develop adaptation standards. The research is able to develop a synthesis of a comprehensive list of adaptation measures that are in turn posed as the candidates to be standardised. A total of six adaptation measures attain consensus that include: (1) early warning systems, (2) seawalls, (3) levees, (4) sandbags, (5) dikes and (6) breakwaters. These adaptation options are chosen based on the identified meta-criteria developed as part of the results of the Delphi study. The meta-criteria is based on the reasons to develop an adaptation measure into standard and assesses three key themes that checks if an adaptation measure: (1) is a technical measure, (2) has a pre-existing methodology or standard that could be revised or newly drafted for SLR adaptation and (3) has a global data stream that could facilitate SLR based data sharing, collection and interoperability. These identified measures help in prioritising the adaptation measures that could be globally standardised. A key theme for the opposition of standardisation found in the literature and substantiated by the expert inputs is found to be of location-specific considerations for SLR adaptation implementation. Thus, to address such an apprehension of the panellists, the study makes crucial theoretical contribution to include an explanation to the relevance of standardisation to the challenges with SLR adaptation implementation. Furthermore, to propose and demonstrate the adoption of the Delphi method as a starting point to identify suitable options that could be standardised, the research develops an understanding of consensus in standardisation vis-‘a-vis the Delphi method. The study’s main limitations arise out of the limited numbers of rounds conducted that leave room for increasing the consensus levels for adaptation options as well as the missing interactions between the panellists that could have further added to the findings. Based on the findings the study provides three actionable policy recommendations to support the process of SLR international standardisation – (1) develop a consistent global language for SLR adaptation strategies and measures, including a classification of these measures, (2) raise awareness about the significance of standardisation in SLR adaptation among the world-wide community of stakeholders in this field, (3) establish a global platform for sharing appropriate SLR information usable across various adaptation measures. The study concludes with acknowledging that SLR adaptation global standards so developed need to be flexible and adaptive in order to incorporate location-specific considerations for each of the adaptation measures.Engineering and Policy Analysi
An Evaluation of New Estimates from GPS, GRACE and Load Models compared to SLR
No full textpeer reviewedChanges in J2, resulting from past and present
changes in Earth’s climate, are traditionally observed by
Satellite Laser ranging (SLR). Assuming an elastic Earth,
it is possible to infer changes in J2 from changes in
Earth’s shape observed by GPS. We compare estimates
of non‐secular J2 changes from GPS, SLR, GRACE, and
a load model. The GPS and SLR annual signals agree
but are different (16%) to the load model. Subtraction of
the load model removes the annual variation from GPS,
SLR, and GRACE, and the semi‐annual variation in
GPS. The GPS and SLR long‐term signals are highly
correlated, but GPS is better correlated with the loading
model. Subtraction of the load model removes the 1998
anomaly from the GPS J2 series but not completely from
the SLR J2 series, suggesting that the SLR anomaly may
not be entirely due to mass re‐distribution as has been
presumed
Drafting conventions, templates and legislative precedents and their effects on the drafting process and the drafter
No full textThis dissertation examines the use of drafting conventions, templates and legislative precedents in legislative drafting and their effects on the drafter and the drafting style. The author highlights the importance of clarity and communication in drafting and draws examples from the situation in Ghana
homogeneous plate deformation as monitored by SLR networks and analysed using 3d affine transformation models
No full textThis thesis deals with plate deformation as monitored in widely spaced SLR networks and analysed using the theory of 3D affine transformations, as an alternative for the more conventional strain analysis. The study is done in the framework of the WEGENER-MEDLAS project, a project to investigate crustal motion in the area of the Eastern Mediterranean by repeated determination of a widely spaced network by satellite laser ranging (SLR). Homogeneous deformation of a continuous plate can be described mathematically by a simplified 3D affine transformation model with 12 parameters relating position vectors of the plate’s material points in two different coordinate systems. The affine transformation model is decomposed in translational, rotational and pure deformation components and expressed in both cartesian and spherical coordinates. The 12 affine transformation parameters can be solved for in a least squares adjustment if a sufficient number of points is known in both coordinate systems. Formulating specific coordinate functions, sets of transfoimation parameters can be computed separately. The selection of the coordinate functions is such that only independent combinations between points are used, to avoid singularity in the least squares adjustment due to dependency of the (derived) observations. Plate deformation is monitored by the repeated determination of a widely spaced SLR network. Baselines being the most accurate observables, the distortion of the network is expressed in terms of baseline extensions and affine transformation parameters describing pure deformation of the plate. As the network stations are situated on the surface of the plate a spherical earth with invariant radius is assumed. The horizontal distortion of the network along the surface of the plate is then expressed in terms of angular baseline extensions and affine transformation parameters describing rotation and pure deformation of the plate.Civil Engineering and Geoscience
The SLR test – neurodynamics and biomechanics
No full textCichosz Michał, Jetwuch Monika, Kochański Bartosz, Kałużny Krystian, Zukow Xawery. The SLR test – neurodynamics and biomechanics. Pedagogy and Psychology of Sport. 2020;6(1):73-84. elSSN 2450-6605. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/PPS.2020.06.01.006
https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/PPS/article/view/PPS.2020.06.01.006
https://zenodo.org/record/4017162
The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019.
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Received: 25.02.2020. Revised: 26.02.2020. Accepted: 08.03.2020.
The SLR test – neurodynamics and biomechanics
Michał Cichosz1,2, Monika Jetwuch1, Bartosz Kochański3, Krystian Kałużny4, Xawery Zukow5
1. Szpital rehabilitacyjny Popielówek
2. Bonifraterskie Centrum Zdrowia Wrocław
3. Bydgoska Szkoła Wyższa w Bydgoszczy
4. Katedra Rehabilitacji, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
5. Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii UG i GUMed
Summary
The SLR test (straight leg raise), often reffered to as Lasègue's test, is one of the most often used provocative manoeuvres among patients with the pain ailments of the lower back (LBP). For the first time it was described in 1880 by a Serbian doctor called Lazerevic and since then numerous versions od this test has developed (1).
According to the authors' own experience, despite its large popularity in the clinical practice, the practitioners' interpretation of the test is often incorrect and is entirely confined to indicating the results in the dichotomous scale with the determination of the pain level. Such interpretation of the test cannot indicate the source of the pain ailments reported by the patients, all the more become a reference point for the treatment strategy. This study focues on the basic rules of neurodynamics and biomechanics of the SLR test and its varieties- the dynamic test of tibal, peroneal and sural nerves, which should serve as a model for working with the LBP patients.
Key words: SLR tes
Impacts Of SLR-upscaled Nourishment Scenarios On Decadal Cross-shore Dynamics
No full textProjections of high rates of sea level rise have stimulated proposals for adaptation strategies with increasingly high nourishment volumes. Nourishment strategies involving higher sand volumes can be accomplished by increasing the volume of individual nourishments or by decreasing the time interval between successive nourishments. The optimal placement of the sediment volumes in the cross-shore and alongshore to attain our coastal management goals is still under debate. From a long term, large scale perspective only the added sediment volume may be considered, regardless of the placement. A widely accepted perception is that coastal profiles respond to nourishment by rapid equilibration to an equilibrium shape including the added sand volume. However, the timescale of the redistribution of the sediment may be slower than the desired spreading rate of the added sediment, causing sediment to accumulate at some parts of the profile, while leaving other elevations sediment starved. This research aims to examine decadal-scale coastal profile response to nourishment strategies upscaled with sea level rise (SLR) whereby potential nourishment strategy impacts for beach width (fluctuations), dune growth potential and momentary coastline are mapped.Coastal EngineeringCivil Engineering & Geoscience
Turnover Intention : A systematic literature review (SLR)
No full textThe purpose of this research is to systematically review existing research regards Turnover Intention in organization. Besides, the purpose of writing this article is to find out the factors that cause Turnover, so that companies can anticipate and maintain existing human resources. Because the issue of Turnover Intention is a very big thing at this time also detrimental to the company such as loss. All articles that cited have been systematically review by author. Author filtered with quality of articles from Q1 until Q2, it will strengthen the validity and reliability of articles that will be reviewed. The findings from our study indicate that research using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method shows various variables that can support Turnover Intention. Antecedent variables that come from external factors, namely organization, culture, leadership and internal factors. In addition, there are mediating and moderating variables that can strengthen the relationship between antecedents and Turnover Intention, for example trust in supervisor, commitment, job embeddedness. The review has several limitations that require further research. Conduct research focused only on certain sectors, so that it will be more visible the appropriate culture to implement Turnover-related problem solving
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