9 research outputs found
Post Pandemic Reflection: The Changing Role of the Event Designer/Planner
No full textIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This study is to assess the potential changes COVID-19 has had on the event, tourism, and hospitality industry; specifically, how the skillsets of event professional have changed. While the event, tourism, and hospitality industry is ever changing, COVID-19 vastly shifted roles, responsibilities, and jobs for event professionals. So far, few studies have been conducted to identify the potential changes in skillsets that current and future event planners need to be prepared for their job. Using data from event professionals via focus groups and a survey, this study identifies these new or heightened skillsets. The findings provide useful information for current event professionals in addition to educational programs who can adapt their curricula to best prepare future event professionals
A post-pandemic reflection of the changing role of contemporary event professionals: Implications for event professionals and higher education
No full textWhile the event, tourism, and hospitality industry is constantly evolving, COVID-19 vastly shifted the roles, responsibilities, and jobs for event professionals, which caused event management educators to reevaluate their curriculum and course offerings. This study investigated the potential changes COVID-19 has had on event professionals’ skill sets. A mixed-methods research design was adopted, where data were collected from event professionals via focus groups and a national survey. The results highlighted the importance of general business management skillsets (communication, business writing, negotiation) as well as specific event management skills (digital and technology skills). Through a timely reflection on these changes during the pandemic, this study not only highlights the requirements for contemporary event professionals, but also offers implications for higher education institutions regarding how to effectively embrace the new landscape of event management in post-pandemic times
A meta-analysis on the malleability of automatic gender stereotypes
No full textThis meta-analytic review examined the efficacy of interventions aimed at reducing automatic gender stereotypes. Such interventions included attentional distraction, salience of within-category heterogeneity, and stereotype suppression. A small but significant main effect (g?=?.32) suggests that these interventions are successful but that their scope is limited. The intervention main effect was moderated by publication status, sample nationality, and intervention type. The meta-analytic findings suggest several issues worthy of further investigation, such as whether (a) other categories of intervention not yet identified or tested could be more effective, (b) suppression necessarily produces ironic effects in automatic stereotyping, (c) various indirect measures are differentially sensitive to stereotype change, and (d) automatic stereotypes about men differ in their malleability from those about women.<br/
User-centred car design and the role of feedback in driving
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.A survey of car manufacturers reveals an impressive list of upcoming technologies, the combined effect of which is likely to have a profound impact upon feedback to the driver. Feedback is information that the situation provides back to the driver and is specified with reference to content, source, and timing. Feedback quality is achieved when the information requirements of the task, derived from a new task analysis of driving, are matched to the sources, content, and timing of feedback provided by the environment and the vehicle. An exploratory on-road study begins by observing that better quality feedback is
implicated in increasing driver's situational awareness (even though drivers have little self awareness of this fact), and optimising mental workload. The exploratory level of analysis builds into the experimental, whereby a highly controlled simulator study replicates and builds upon these findings. Feedback is again seen to positively influence situational awareness, where changes in driver's confidence ratings as to the presence or absence of feedback information in the simulation were observed, according to the modality of feedback presented. This was achieved with a probe recall paradigm, and using psychophysical techniques as a
useful extension to the Situational awareness Global Assessment Technique
(SAGAI). Similarly, an analysis of mental workload via the NASA TLX self report
questionnaire demonstrates that a combination of visual, steering force feedback and auditory feedback gives rise to lower mental workload, lower driver frustration, and lower, though possibly more realistic self ratings of performance. This knowledge can be discussed with reference to a feedback framework of driving that provides the theoretical backdrop to the key psychological variables implicated in driving task performance. Overall, the findings contribute to knowledge in terms of new and imaginative ways of designing future vehicle technologies in order to maximise safety, efficiency, and enjoyment.This research is funded by the Hamilton Research Studentship
Modelling the seasonal and spatial variation of malaria transmission in relation to mortality in Africa
No full textAbout three billion people worldwide are estimated to be at risk of malaria transmission. In developing countries, malaria is believed to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality, mostly in children under five years. It is among the indirect causes of maternal mortality and infants’ deaths due to low-birth-weights. Malaria brings huge economic burden due to number of days lost during sickness and deaths, sustaining a vicious cycle of disease and poverty in sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and high attribute of disability-adjusted life years.
A number of malaria control interventions to reduce intensity of transmission have been successfully implemented in the regions of SSA, however, elimination of malaria is still a dream in many developing countries today. Failures in global eradication are related to resistance in insecticides and anti-malarial drugs, and health systems related factors. The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership reinforced new strategies to combat malaria with long-term goal of eradicating the disease globally. This was facilitated by increasing funding for malaria research, improve multi disciplinary initiatives and make malaria among the main agenda of all international health and development forums. The reduction in mortality, especially in children has been reported recently and is associated with achievements in intervention strategies, improvements in malaria diagnosis and treatment. However, poor natural acquisition of malaria immunity in children as a consequence of weak or no exposure is a major epidemiological concern and brings a fear of higher mortality rates or shifting of age of death to older children. Understanding and quantify links between transmission, intervention, immunity and mortality is key for sustainable progress towards malaria control targets.
A comprehensive analysis of information on malaria transmission, vital events, drivers of transmission and mortality-related risk factors is required to achieve that. Lack of vital registration systems in developing countries hinders availability of appropriate data to conduct such analysis. Establishment of Demographic Surveillance Systems (DSS) in many developing countries aims to fill these information gaps. One of the initiatives integrated within DSSs is the Malaria Transmission Intensity and Mortality Burden across Africa (MTIMBA) project. The project compiled a database of mosquito collections at selected sites in Africa over a large number of locations, using standardized methodologies for a period of three years. The entomological parameters were linked with routinely monitored vital events within the DSS. The MTIMBA database is the most comprehensive entomological database ever collected in Africa which allows studying spatial-temporal variation in malaria transmission in relation to mortality.
Malaria is an environmental disease hence transmission varies with climate as it modifies population, survival, distribution and infectivity of malaria vectors. Quantification of association between climate and transmission is important to allow prediction of risk even in areas that field data cannot be easily obtained. Development in geographical information systems (GIS) and availability of remote sensing (RS) data facilitates availability of environment and climate data at high space and time resolutions allowing accurate estimation of outcome-factor relationship.
However, DSS data are large, sparse, zero-inflated and are characterized by seasonal patterns, spatial and temporal correlations. Standard models assume independence between observations, an assumption which do not hold for correlated data, hence utilizing these models might result into biased estimates. Geostatistical modeling of large, sparse and zero inflated space-time data is computational challenging specifically in the estimation of the spatial processes. The spatial correlation is accounted by introducing location-specific random effect parameters which are assumed to arise from a spatial process quantified by a multivariate normal distribution. The models are highly parameterized and their fit is computationally intensive. Bayesian computational algorithms such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) can be used to fit these models. Estimation of the spatial process requires inversion of the covariance matrix at each simulation point. The dimension of the matrix increases exponentially with number of locations and the inversion becomes infeasible when the size is too large. Recent techniques overcome this problem by approximating the spatial process from a subset of locations. These methods have been applied on Gaussian outcomes observed over a grid. Extension and formulation of rigorous methods to efficient model MTIMBA data are needed to allow precise prediction of malaria transmission at locations with mortality data to enhance studying the association. Lastly, seasonality in climatic conditions which introduces seasonal patterns in transmission and mortality data, should be accounted for when modelling such data.
The objectives of this thesis were to i) develop Bayesian geostatistical models to analyze very large and sparse geostatistical and temporal non-Gaussian data with seasonal patterns and ii) apply these models to (a) estimate space-time heterogeneity in malaria transmission (b) assess mortality variations between different ages during the first year of life while adjusting for seasonality and (c) determine the relation between transmission intensity and risk of mortality in children and adult population after taking into account control interventions. This work used an extract of MTIMBA data from the Rufiji DSS (RDSS) collected between October 2001 and September 2004.
Evaluation of approaches to capture seasonal pattern is discussed in Chapter 2 and applied to estimate mortality peaks at different stages of infant life. In Chapter 3, models approximating the spatial process from a subset of locations were developed to assess effect of climate, seasonal and spatial pattern of sporozoite rate (SR) of An. funestus and An. gambiae in RDSS. A rigorous approach to analyze malaria transmission data using Entomology Inoculation Rate (EIR) data, which is the product of mosquito density and SR, is discussed in Chapter 4. Zero-inflated models were used to account for over-dispersion and zero-inflation in the data. High resolution EIR estimates were produced for the RDSS. Exposure surfaces obtained in Chapter 4, were aligned with mortality events to assess the relationship between all-cause mortality and malaria transmission. Geostatistical Bernoulli discrete-time regression models adjusted for age and ITN possession were used for that analysis. The results of these analyses are presented in Chapters 5 and 6. The EIR was incorporated in the model as a covariate with measure of uncertainty.
This work is a building block on the insight and understanding of association between malaria transmission and all-cause mortality. The strength of results of this work relies on EIR estimates predicted at high spatial (household level) and temporal resolution by employing rigorous geostatistical models fitted on large entomological data. The better exposure estimates obtained are able to more accurately estimate the mortality-transmission relation
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No full textI Personal and Local \
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Friday, October 23—
". A. Fault of gtabarcadero road
waa registered et a hotel la Sacra-
neato yeaterday.
- • • *
R. K. Anderson, maaager of the
Chaparral, la ont of hospital again,
after being la bed for three weeka
with a lane foot.
» • *
Mrs, Alice.Park spoke before tbe
W, C. T. V. In tbe old Prcsbylertsn
Church yeeterday afternoon, es*
plaining aome of tbe proposed California constltntlonal measures to be
voted on at tbs state election November 3d.
see
airs. H. Taubner Goethe underwent an operation tor* appendicitis
yesterday, aad Is reported recover*
Ing as rapidly as could be eipected.
see
Altaert^Hlckmao. a Harvard grsd-
«B-fS"Tntha clsss ot t*»*. writer of
(Century Maaailne stories of Canada,
recently published -In book form nn*
der the title "Canadian Night**." bas
Vlgvented a unique and revolutionary
water sled or rydrome tbst hss
msde 36 1-! mites an hour, it is
Bomewbat tbe shape a book would
present If partly opened snd back
up so tbst the edges would touch a
table. In the motor sled the edges
thai touch hav* runners snd psrt of
tbe enclosed spsce Is a vacuum.
Mrs. Alfred Scale Is coovslsctng
from sn operation for appendicitis.
• • •
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, the California author***, for whose fsmltr
Atherton is named, hsn dedicated
her new book. '■California—a History." published by Harper'*, to
James t- Phelan, former mayor of
.--■tii Kranclsco, now a candidate for
I'nlted Siait-a senstor.
• a *
Mrs. II VV. Orr entertained ber
embroidery rlnb with Halloween .f**-
ttrtties thl saflemtmn.
• • •
Miss Maude Stevens addressed the
Daughters of the Amerlran Revolution on the constitution of Caltfor-
nls James Itryce ssld tbst th*
'•* constitution of this state Is a horrl
b|e eiample of what a constitution
ought not to be. It Ib a bundle of
statutes rather than a constitution
Jou» proposition on the ballot Is to
call a constitutional convention to
draw up a new one.
Monday, October **6~ ^
Bora, to Mr. aad Mrs. R M. Riley
of Mealo Park. Tuesday. October tt,
girt
Mlsa Edna Horn of San Frsnclsco
haa beea vtaftfog frltnds tn Menlo
Park this week.
8. Vi. Folk, an aged resident of
Los Altos, oearly aevered a thumb
but wsek while tiling a pair of
pruning shears. The instrument
slipped aad caught htm where he
was holdlag a branch to be clipped
* * *
Theodore Mirth, for the past eleven years connected wltb tb* Haa-
tlnas elotblery bouse In dan Kranclsco, hss moved to Pslo Alto with
bis wife and tbelr two children,
aged 10 and 1:, and will occupy tbe
hom* at •>:•*. Addison avean*. Ile
owns a thirty-acre orchard tract
near l*os Altos, and tbat fact and
tb* school opportunities snd bom*
lite of falo Alio w*r* actuating
causes In bts cqmlnir to Palo Alio as
an addition to the sales staff of the
Regent, which now has nine men,
constituting one of tb* largest payrolls on I'alvendty asenue. Tbe increased fore* Is du* lo increase ot
1'eicriu buslnesa.
H.^Wr-atnrBnirftns-Taw^rreff-wv
that a survey for the new railroad
to the Mascot co)ip*r mine passes
through Ihe middle of his 00-arr«
ranch near Wtllcos. Arts: 11* wilt
bav* the moat convenient location
for a new townslte.
Mrs. J. W. Wells Is confined to
t|>* house with n broken ankle
Mrs. 1" V Alhee, who lm* been
seriously lit tor some weeks, (s now
reported much Improved,
too
Saturday. October 24—
T. P. Gregory and family have
taken th* Picker ^>ome tn the Coleman tract at\l*ni'»v,ftfr' th* winter
V * 7
Archbishop R^o/dob. continued a
class of seVenty.&Ve children at thr
.Menlo Park Church of the Nativity
la*t Sunday.
Warren* S*. MrCtaln. formerly of
tbls elty. waa married to Helen Ruth
Anderson at Eseter. October 3.
1M*J. After a honeymoon at I*o*
Angeles they wilt make iheb; home
at Eseter.
Hon. E. A. Hayes has just returned from Washington and visited
Pahs Alto 1st* yesterday. He will
visit the southern counties In this
canvass for re-election to congress.
• • *
Rev Thomas Atkinson will -preach
tomorrow at the St.. Paul Methodist
Church. South in Snn Jose ion
row morning and evening. Th* new
pastor at Ma>8etd Methodist Church
— Mr. Atkinson*** sucreasor—Is 3.
II, Phillips.
Charlea—narndensteln of San
Frfinclfwo,. has bought the Perry
Moors home in Menlo Parktfor 18.-
Mrs. Marcus H. Wlndus.nf San
I'ranclsro hns lieen visiting her
mother, Mrs. il. Sullivan, at the
Country Club in Menlo Park.
The Junior Assembly, a club of
-.oung people of Menlo Park, will
hold a masquerade dance on th*
20th of November.
Captain and Mrs. MHo K»M have
returned to ihelr winter apartment.*
In Sail Francisco, filter spending, the
summer In Menlo Park.
K. I*. Eyre and fsmlly have taken
up their apartments In San Pran-
cidto, after spending the summer at
their home,In Meoio Park.
M-s'b ,**'l*
inn-avenue primary school.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swenson *"f
Long Reach and their niece,. Miss
Florence Miller of Pasadena, " are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rome \to\-
llngsworth for a few days.
Mrs Lottie L. Willard and Mrs.
"TCva-lL t'mphreys have returned
from a trip to San Olego. where
they attended lh* grand chapter of
the Eastern Star. ; Mrs. II. Srhom
berg remained for another wsek In
flan Diego. \"
Mr. and Mrs O. O. Rhodes have
returned from Hesldsburg. where
they were called on account of the
death of Mrs. C. 31. l*ewls, mother of
Mrs. Rhodea. Mrs. l.e win hsd vl
Ited In Palo Alto at various time*..
Sumner P. Wing. Stanford '13
and son of Proressor Wing of Stanford, ths rlty councilman and former -mayor, has Joined a Rrttlsh
ambulance corps al London and ex
iiri-tty-tn be sent lo the front for
duty In Franre.
Judge and Mrs. P. F. Gosbey and
Judge Vi. A. Heasly nnd a parly of
San Josr friends, attended the flower
show Saturday night.
M't**Kathrryo Keegan. sister of
Mrs. W. F. ltanrnhan and Mrs. Ted
Mellen. has returned from s trip -
New York,
I>r, I. P, Rob*rts returned h
Berkeley Ihis morning, after a visit
with relatives nnd frlenda Here. If<
.-*.,.«'. t» to sot* at Fresno after eon
eluding his visit with bis daughter.
Mas. Mary Roberts Coolidge nl
Urrkeley.
John Francis- Jones has signed
contract with th* California Censer*
vaiory of Music of San" Francisco
and will commence leaching.there
immediately. He will still make his
hom* In Palo Alio.
Thcsday, October 27—
Moaroe Appel, who has
working at Mortar!, Arts., tor the
past Ive Ot sli months, rsturoeJ
home yesterday. He waa employed
by the Moreael Water Company,
hlch anpptles the numerous copper
salnee In that aeellon.
- ... v
Egerton Lakln appsars In the
latest issue of the Sao Joee Poet to
the esteat of half a column, which
comaaeuda the showing he made at
Milpitas tn the course of his political campaign as Progressive candidate fnr the assembly- -
Ml
Dr. aad Mrs. T. Sydney Smith re-
tamed yesterday from Loadon.
where Doctor Smith waa one of
eleven or tw*!** American repre-
saatattv** at aa international dental
aaaortstloa. At the close of th*
convention tbey marl* a tour of the
British Isles. They r*port' little Inconvenience 00 account of th* wav
except tbat they altered their intention of making a tour of continental
Europe.
Dr. laovelt Langstroth. Stanford
'OK and z*u Psi. who graduated
from Cooper Medical Colleg* In
ISIS, was married ln_>Ssn,Francl*ro
Saturday, his bride being Mlsa Dora
Winn.
il ii Green. Stanford 'OH. for a
time after graduation auperlnlen
dent of srhool* at Ignaclo. a small
town tn Colorado, is nu* a senlor-
claaa law student at Topeka. Kan
where he Is also city editor of tbo
TopeKa Dally Capital.
• » »
Mm. M. C. l*ord. formerly of :■*-.-.
Waverley street and now at Sonora
Tuolumne county, writes that repeatedly recently th* saloon element
of that town has ripped down and
destroyed billboard posters put up
by the drya. She riles Ihe modi
lions to Indicate what sort of a
itch 1 th* dry* hsv* quietly to meet
In atmng saloon sections.
• * *
itn R. H. Campbell altended the
Installation ceremonies al Ibe First
Congregational Church of-Oakland
Monday nlghj. when Rev. i-'ranrla
Van Hurt waa Inducted into bis office of iiaator of tbe church. The
IrjaUltalton Hermon .wss delivered by
Rev, Washington Gladden. Mr. Van
Horn la lhe successor nf R*v. H. A.
Jump, who took charg* of this
church upon the-resignation or Iter.
Charles llrown a (*"*' years sgo. He
comes from Seattle, where he has
been successful In building up a
strong Institutional church.
• * •
Professor B. II. Krehbiel went to
Pacific Grove tin. evening lo ad
dre... lhe dlstrirt federation of wo
men's clubs.
Tlnir-tilav. October ****—
Joseph Vanta_ . Vandrllll. an
ploye of the Slauffer chemical
works near Redwood, was caught In
a Ball-crushing machine yesterday
and' mangled so badly that It be
rame necessary at tbe San Mateo
hospital to **.mpuliile hi* right les
and.two lingers ou his left hand
Mr. and -Mrs. P. Ositng ar* u
pytng their home at Mmlo for a
Mlsa Ksther Poison entertained
the membera of lhe St. Margaret's
Guild at her Menlo home recently.
Lit lie Corftnne Abernetlty of
Menlo fell Wednesdsy und broke bet
right arm In two places,
• • •
Mrs. J. E. Lnthnn. waa fn Menlo
during the weak visiting her mother.
Mr*. Jamea hrur*.
Clumber lutic Concerts
Prombtd By
Savinnth
String Quartet Will Se -ftsaiatc-i
by Well Known Local
Musicians
A group of three chamber music
concerts haa been arranged for Son-
day afternoons—November 1*. December I and January 17—by tba
Savannah String Quartet of Saa
Praaclsco. aaatsted by Mrs. Leonard
Ely. soprano, Mrs. P. J. Woodward
and Louis 11. Raton. plaatBts. The
concerts will be held at the Maaonlc
Tempt* at 3 o'clock each Sunday
afi*raoon. Samuel Savannah, dl.
rector of the quartet, la well known
to musicians here, and tickets tor
th* jwmou wilt no doubt meet with
,*'ready--j.aia -*he program an*
noianred for th* respect is* concerts
Is as follows:
Wr** Omeeft
1 Siring quart*! IMusari).
2. Songs—Mr*. l-«onard Kly.
3 Quintet (Schumann!- Mrs. F. J.
Woodward al Ihe piano.
Sect mi! Omrert /
1. I'lano qitsrlel tltrelhoVn).
2. Sonata for vtoltn and piano
iCaeoar Franckt—Miw. Wood*
ward and Mrs. Savannah,
3. String quartet IDevorakl "Plan
tation Melinite-.*! "
Ttilnl tVwrett
I String quartet (Haydn).
Sonsla for two violins and piano
lllarhi Mr. and Mrs. Savannah, and Mr. Katun al Ihe planu
t Slrlng^quarlet. Op. II (Tschal-
kowaky
Season Uckela Wilt be notd
II r.o. Single ti.iiiiinhi.il.lis wtll be
T.*i cents.
LOCAL LIBRARIANS IN
DISTRICT CONVENTION
Mlaa Frances l> Patterson, Stan)
ford *01, of the Palo Alto library
stall, waa elected a member of tbe
stale Hbrartsits' nomlnntlng committee at th* annual convention of 11
brarlans of ihis dlstrirt held
at San Jose Saturday.
All members nf the falo Alto
staff were In atlendnnre, and In addition (luy ('. .Miller, trustee or the
tueal library, arrompanled by Mr-
Quy C. Miller. Mr*. Alice Park
was also present from Palo Alto.
Mlsa Halley, assistant rounty librarian. Mlas Foi. Miss Patterson
and Mlas dale were the Palo Altn
represent* live*.
About fifty librarians were present. Stale Librarian Otllla rrom
Sarratutnto spoke In favor of the
prO|t*i*rd stale..apprr>prfktton lor a
great new library building antl Mb
er needed stair building* Hint would
lie paid for by rorporatlon '»>"- If
soled laa al the romlng slatr election, On* C Miller, manager of
the Stanford bookstore 011 the cam
pus und experienced for sumo year
In hsindllttK commercial h-noki-, read
a pap**r ou books. tb*lr publishing.
advertising, prices, copyrights edl
liana dr luxe, dealers, reprints, und
mentioning .iIm* out-of-print books.
second-band books, holiday book:
And extra editions all In a wn.* Ihat
entertained the assemblage
SENATOR H. C. JONES
GIVES VOTING TIPS
Stale Senator Herbert C, Jones of
San Joss, a Stanford grsdtiftle of
twelve years ago and practically assured Of r*-*[*ct!on to the legists,
lure neit Tuesday, addressed e
meeting of th* clvtr league at Mason it- Tempt* yesterday sfterooon,
H* discussed th* twenty-two amendments, tbe fifteen lalttsllva measure*, the four refereadem measure*.
Ibe alx bond lasu* bttla and th* one
resolution tor a constitutional con-
ventlon—all comprising *tb* forty*
eight proposlttoos to be voted on hy
the l.stso.fOO elector* In California
nesi Tuesday.
On the non-sale of game be ad*
vised to vols ye*
One measure permits th* governor 10 become a United Stales
senator.. And Jons* declared there
ta no reason why a governor might
aot become a senator. Vote ye*.
He advised against No. 14. whlrh
would increase the per diem allow*
ance of ripens** in lb* legislature
from Ita preaent total ot f&OO to
■COO.
He advised aa lni|*ortant voting
yea for tbe bill providing for new
state hulldlngs. as library and olher
structure* are Inadequate at Sacra*
oiwitor
He advised voting for ibe red-
light abatement bill which passed
both houses and was held up on
petition from San I'ranrlsro. tt
alms at the landlords ihat are In tb1
background reaping big profits off
i'ii 1: underworld womrui. He also
said tb.it the blue-sky law ta good
and should lae voted In.
He urged voting no on No. 4
whlrh. ho said Is Hie proposition
lhe Uquor dealers to o£**xthrow ,,||
th* local optlnn laws Ihat have al-
ready gon* Intif>*«•■■ i ~
He advised voting no on Nn. ID,
the abolition of the road tax,
Hu. present lax ta ih* only plan that
compels thousanda of aliens to ron-
tribute toward the expenses of lh*
state government thai protect*
them.
C. J, Peterson. Stanford 'h9,
:-' '■■****,..'" ''"' campus after
Howard Saunders snares with Ar-
rhl* Rice Ih* unique distinction ofjerni years of englneerlnl work !n
having seen every Inlrrrolleglate
football cam* between Stanford and
California since Stanford wsa found
ed.
Nicaragua, which he describe*
-exceedingly wet .and muddy becsus
of an annual rainfall of*300 Inche
where lie was .• ,ni'..|i.'ii
Mr*. W. II Allen and son Lloyd
are reru iterating ai Raymond's
ranch, above I-os Gates, after lhe
boy's long Illness. Allen and his
parents. Mr, and Mm. II. tt. Allen,
■pent Sunday there and enjoyed one
or the Raymond's famous Sunday
dinners.
• * *
O. R. Perry lefl yesterday for
New York, where .he will make his
headquarters during the winter. He
s|«*nt the weekend hea"« with"his
parents. Major nnd Mrs.*H. F. Perry.
Perry is* general manager of tbe
Yukon 0«td Company, operating
[chiefly round l>awson.
< JnsDplius'Daniels,, secretary of (hr
j navy. In a «hurch celebration at
'.Washington -last -nlgbt-advo*al*d 4
j union of the northern-and routhern
branches of the Methodist Churrh.
Ho HRld It would result la a great
! national body of 5,2**>MCf Methodists.
Miss Gertrude Wallace. Stanfor I
ex. 12 and a member of Delta Delta
Drlta Sorority, was recently married
at Uot Angeles fo Cory Taylor.
■ * •
Miss Ina'Crow- ol Menlo will entertain a numt>er or tier Uttle friends
at' a Halloween parly Saturday
night.
C. R. Wallers and family bn\e
returned from a Kuropean trip and
v*'u probably spend *iheBwinter at
thetr home In Alhcrion,
IteaJamln Franklin said "A man
wbo trims hlnifcelf to suit everbody
will- kooii whittle himsolf away,"
Will Irwin. Stanford ' %. editor
of-Stanford - dally, yrll leadfr, enthusiast, m&gailno writer, bas a *-;•*■
ciiii -story In tbe la'toal numhor of
the American Magaxlne relating bis
personal ex|i*?rlenre* In tbe war
zone In Uelglum.
More Booth Home Books
Tli* Pain Alio donations of 111'
nils books made Io the Mnud Dpotll
Horn* through The Times and fol
towing ibis neper's suggestion bai
passed the _■<•" mark. Many donors
have sllpited Into th* ntltrr. frfl ar
armful of hook* and departed with
out. their names being known, whlh
others have requested Ihat the'J
names I*** not mentioned. Tbe
latest donation, by a young I'aP
Alto woman student at the Murker
School, consists of tlrhi*-. ele
boobs: "Joan of' Jumper Inn,"
"Mountain LeniwJ and Maidenhair,1
"Mllllcen'i tn Dreamland." "J'.mc-j.Ii
Ine," "Morjurlr's Vacation," "Th
Lillle Gray House." "Betty Wale*
Sophomore.". "Adventure* 'if
I'rownfe," "Abide Ann." "Animal
Heroes," "The Moon Princess."
'**m****-m ******* *********
Mr.'and Mrs. K. II. Ryan. Mr. and
Mrs. K \V. Hopkins. Mr. Holbrook,
closed tbelr various homes In Menlo
and Mr. mid Mrs. Sllnn Palmer hav«.
Pnrk and will return-to San Fn
rlsco before the first of November,
, John Galen Howard, arrhltect M
the University of California. Is Hoon.
to have completed the grentrant-;
I*anellli* that Is being erccti-d'oo tbi*
Berkeley campus. It will b** 5001
fret htgh. or alinfoit the bright ot«
thc Call buIldlnK In Snn Francisco;
which Is 318 feet-to the i..i■•■ at the
flagpole and has eighteen stories.;
At a helf-hi of 100 feet the jcvn**
panetllr* wtll have an - observntTon j
ki it-mi j from which 'a w underfill 1
p.inoromlc view wilt be attalnrd ofj
Rerkeley, the San Franrlacq hay anJ
the Golden Gate.
Starvation in Jerusalem ,
An Amerlran vice-consul Just arrived In New Yfirk from ths |ioly
land reports that tn lh* city of Jerusalem Ihere are about 100,000
Iieople thai are faring alsrvstlon,
wiih the cold rainy ****** **'''
proachtng. They had TfoHourls't
trad* this aummer -because of thi
war. Two-iblrds of th* populstlnn
of lhe rlty ot Jerusalem are Jews
Tli* only Inrome of many of these
iieople rams through Ihc visitation
of thousands of tourist* frnm Rorope
nd America.
HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL
TO HAVE BOOTH SALES
Twanty-foor woman aad girls nf
Talo Alto hav* been chosen to pre*
eide at aad assist ta the HaHovaw
f*etlval to be given In Ramona Hell
this Friday and ftaturdsy aa a benefit to the Catholic Church. lloth
days there will be a food aals at the
rrtresbmsnt booth—rake* and plea
and such things as aaay be carried
to campus or Palo Alto home* tor
later enthusiastic apprtsclatlrm, with
or without spectator*.
Th* various departments Sad '
tbo** wbo will help to mak* them a
success are;
R*tr*shm*nt booth**-Mrs. J, F..
Oreen, assisted by Mrs. J. P. Karrell.
Mrf. P. Waterhnitae. Mrs R. H.
Melon*. Mr*. O. J. Carey. Mlsa Two-
blg. Mlsa Kathrrin C. Kay,
Amussment booth (grabbag. flsh*
pond, eft*.) -Mrs. F. 3. Stanley, as*
slated by Mrs. In. L»nch, Mrs. Ted
Mellrn. Mrs. H Oallego*, Mrs. A.
M. tCsplnooa. Mrs. J. A. Stanton.
Fancywork booth—Mrs. Walter
I'himan. aaslsted by Mr*. J. K. (Ton-
over, Mr*. Jame* Ilrophy. Mrs. C. K.
(lllchrlst, Mlsa qulnn. Mlaa Maud
Manaton, Mtss K (Vl*eary, Mlsa 3.
Shilling
Religious good*-Mr*. Fllsgersld.
assisted h> Mtas I. Hart, Mta*' M.
Walker. * «*
Davenport Hotel Bums
The Hells Vials hotel, a combination boarding house, store and saloon al lhe cement work* at Haven*
tmri In Baala (Trux rrmnty. burned
to the ground early Sunday morning
anil the workmen bad in Jump from
upstairs window* In rsrape. The
cause of Ibe blase Is unknown. In-
siirnnre on the pro-i*rty was 13.000.
The building wilt be reronatrucled
Immediately.
European War Letter
tn a Kuropeau war letter written
tn a young woman 'friend living In
Palo Alto. Mrs. Rlrhard Niton of
Portland, Or*., daughter af thi- late
t'nltfil State* Senator Ralph of Ore-
l,on. are given some Interesting
rnmparlsiniH between condition* ahe*
tbserved lu Paris and In London.
Ibe following are rhararterlstlc es-
tract*:
"Most of th* milk supply of 1 »
was furnished by s larg* Oerman "
concern, and th* report got roun 1
that th* milk waa being pol*on*d.
Whereupon people proceeded to
wreck all th* branch** tn town.
dogma and doiens of Ihem. Tr, o of
Ihem w*r* aarked Just In front of
our pension. K*e.y omnlbu* in
Paris wsa requisitioned the day after
mobllliattnn. every motor truck and
all the motor cabs. Ooly on* or
two trsln* were running Tbe city
ws* pot In a stale nf alee**, and
«v*rylhlng was undar martial law.
Cafes closed at 8, restaurants at
11:30; att lights out st »; front
doors kept shul during the day*
lime; newspsper estraa every few
minutes. To stsy In Paris we hnd
to get a permit. To leave Paris w*
had lo get a permit- To eoter England we had to gel a pennlL .
"Here aa I writ* (In London) I
can llalen to the. msrllat mUBlc In
tha recruiting camps, and several
times a day long lines of cavalry
pass our window^. Hyde Park Is
full of tent*, and drilling goes on
tber* continually. Ilut l-ondon I*
very different from Pari*, for b*re
business 'I* going along as usual,
and. escept for the msrrhlng of tbe
recruit*, you would hardly know
Knglsnd wna engngnd ln a great
I Where Do You Spend i
I :-: Sunday?
e e
j Get the Street Car Habit! !
: The Peninsular Way Is The Best :
* "I'll tf>.*V(-|tKSH HI'HIN'-QS
•
* FROM PAtAt AI-TO
e
J Cars leave 7:31 a. tn„ 10
* a. m., '11:61 a. m.; lost car
a from Congress Springs for
J 'alo Alto leaves at ft-.IO p. m.
* No change on .tbla car.'
e
* A delightful trip along tlie
e
2 foothill*. Rouail trip Stic.
TO ALI'M HOCK J
e
frltOSI 1-AlaO ALTO •
Half-hourly serrlce from a
San Jono 10 Alum Rock Park. . •
Cars leave Palo Alto ^r Saa *
Joee at 1:40 a. hi., 9 a. tn., a
10 a. m. o
***" a
Hound trip from Palo Alto J
to Han. Joae ISOe; Man Jo*« to Z
Alum Rock Park lOe eoth sra/ *
• AT THK ft-H'THKHN l*A01Pf ONLY AT COMPANV'S OPFICK
e musn-TItlP Tit 'KKTS SOLIK* HKI*OT,
PTBE PENINSULAR
RAILWA
Assessing the balance between greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions from Irish pastures amended with cattle slurry
No full textAgriculture in Ireland is the main source of ammonia (NH3) and contributes 30% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), with the majority of these emissions associated with livestock production. As a result, strategies promoting reductions in NH3 and GHG emissions are required. The aim of this work was: (i) to assess the impact of various NH3 abatement techniques on GHG release from a grassland soil; (ii) to investigate the consequences of organic nitrogen (N) applications in terms of carbon (C) sequestration in soils.
The effects of slurry dry-matter content, application technique and timing of application were studied in a fifteen month field-plot experiment where gaseous emissions (CO2, N2O, CH4 and NH3) post-application were monitored. The natural abundance 13C tracer technique was also used to investigate the short-term dynamic of slurry-derived C and its consequences on soil CO2 efflux. Finally, 15N labelled slurries, supplemented or not with an additional C substrate, were used in a lysimeter study, under controlled conditions, to characterise the interactions between soil C and N processes post-organic fertilisation.
Trailing-shoe application technique was shown to be and efficient way to lower NH3 volatilisation from land spread slurry. However, such benefice could be easily offset by an increase in direct N2O emissions and ecosystem respiration. Conversely, adjusting the timing of slurry spreading to get favourable soil and weather conditions, and to better meet herbage N requirements, had a positive effect on field N balance through a simultaneous reduction of both NH3 and N2O emissions.
Emission factors (EF) calculated for slurry-induced N2O emissions were significantly lower than those calculated for mineral fertiliser and were greatly affected by weather and soil conditions. Such results support the widely spread idea of an inappropriate use of a single default EF value of 1% for both fertiliser types, under the IPCC Tier 1 methodology for national GHG inventories, and calls for the development of region-specific emission factors based on local soil types and climatic conditions.About 60% of slurry-derived C was shown to remain in the soil, even after 6 months, thus contributing to an increase of SOC pools. However, such incorporation of slurry-derived C may be offset by a positive priming effect of slurry on the degradation of the SOM. Such short-term priming of soil CO2 efflux may be, under certain conditions, compensated by a subsequent negative PE, thus minimising the impact of such phenomenon on the long-term sequestration of added slurry C. The long-term impact of these priming effects on nutrient and GHG balances remains to be further investigated, as these phenomena may occur on a regular basis in grassland ecosystems
Turn down the heat
No full textThis report provides a snapshot of recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4° Celsius warming within this century. It is a rigorous attempt to outline a range of risks, focusing on developing countries and especially the poor. A 4°C world would be one of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, with serious impacts on ecosystems and associated services. But with action, a 4°C world can be avoided and we can likely hold warming below 2°C.
Without further commitments and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the world is likely to warm by more than 3°C above the preindustrial climate. Even with the current mitigation commitments and pledges fully implemented, there is roughly a 20 percent likelihood of exceeding 4°C by 2100.
If they are not met, a warming of 4°C could occur as early as the 2060s. Such a warming level and associated sea-level rise of 0.5 to 1 meter, or more, by 2100 would not be the end point: a further warming to levels over 6°C, with several meters of sea-level rise, would likely occur over the following centuries
