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Jens Christian Grøndahl
No full textThis is a short presentation of the main works of the Danish author Jens Christian Grøndahl
Jens August Schade
No full textShort presentation of Danish author Jens August Schade and his main work
Preventive snow avalanche release: Summarizing report
No full textRapporten oppsummerer Statens vegvesens erfaringer med forebyggende snøskredkontroll. Rapporten er utarbeidet av delprosjekt 4 i FoU-prosjektet RESPONS ("Reagere effektivt og samordna på natur- og skredfare"). Prosjektet har pågått i perioden 2018-2019.
Forebyggende snøskredkontroll er en fellesbetegnelse på alle metoder hvor man aktivt foretar seg noe for å utløse snøskred preventivt. Hovedmålsetningen med arbeidet har vært å innhente Statens vegvesens erfaringer med bruk av ulike metoder av dette, og å komme med anbefalinger for videre bruk av metodene.
Rapporten er utarbeidet av Njål Farestveit, Andreas Persson, Jens Tveit, Ole-André Helgaas, Trond Jøran Nilsen og Lene Lundgren Kristensen.Statens vegvesen Vegdirektorate
Interview with Jens Zimmermann: Author of ‘Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction’
Full text linkDr. Jens Zimmermann is a German-Canadian philosopher and J.I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College. As the author of Hermeneutics: A Very Short Introduction, he held a lecture titled “Gadamer, Ricoeur and the Future of Philosophical Hermeneutics” at SFU. Hosted by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, the lecture focused on how we can use the art of hermeneutics to interpret literature and our identities of being human
Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities
No full textLarge mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants compared with native megafauna. Using a meta-analysis of 3995 plot-scale plant abundance and diversity responses from 221 studies, we found no evidence that megafauna impacts were shaped by nativeness, “invasiveness,” “feralness,” coevolutionary history, or functional and phylogenetic novelty. Nor was there evidence that introduced megafauna facilitate introduced plants more than native megafauna. Instead, we found strong evidence that functional traits shaped megafauna impacts, with larger-bodied and bulk-feeding megafauna promoting plant diversity. Our work suggests that trait-based ecology provides better insight into interactions between megafauna and plants than do concepts of nativeness.Editor’s summary
Large herbivores shape ecosystems by consuming vegetation, dispersing seeds, and creating disturbances. Due to extirpations of many large herbivorous mammals and the spread of others by people, many ecosystems host megaherbivores that did not coevolve with the local plant species. Lundgren
et al
. investigated whether introduced species therefore have stronger and more negative effects on plant abundance and diversity (see the Perspective by Buckley and Torsney). In their meta-analysis of more than 200 studies, they found no differences between introduced and native megaherbivore impacts or evidence for stronger impacts of functionally novel species. Instead, large-bodied herbivores and those with selective diets had a stronger effect on vegetation (e.g., grass feeders reducing graminoid diversity), suggesting a stronger role for species’ traits than origins in determining their impacts. —Bianca LopezLarge herbivores’ effects on plants depend more on their size and breadth of diet than whether they were introduced or native.Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants compared with native megafauna. Using a meta-analysis of 3995 plot-scale plant abundance and diversity responses from 221 studies, we found no evidence that megafauna impacts were shaped by nativeness, “invasiveness,” “feralness,” coevolutionary history, or functional and phylogenetic novelty. Nor was there evidence that introduced megafauna facilitate introduced plants more than native megafauna. Instead, we found strong evidence that functional traits shaped megafauna impacts, with larger-bodied and bulk-feeding megafauna promoting plant diversity. Our work suggests that trait-based ecology provides better insight into interactions between megafauna and plants than do concepts of nativeness.Editor’s summary
Large herbivores shape ecosystems by consuming vegetation, dispersing seeds, and creating disturbances. Due to extirpations of many large herbivorous mammals and the spread of others by people, many ecosystems host megaherbivores that did not coevolve with the local plant species. Lundgren
et al
. investigated whether introduced species therefore have stronger and more negative effects on plant abundance and diversity (see the Perspective by Buckley and Torsney). In their meta-analysis of more than 200 studies, they found no differences between introduced and native megaherbivore impacts or evidence for stronger impacts of functionally novel species. Instead, large-bodied herbivores and those with selective diets had a stronger effect on vegetation (e.g., grass feeders reducing graminoid diversity), suggesting a stronger role for species’ traits than origins in determining their impacts. —Bianca LopezLarge herbivores’ effects on plants depend more on their size and breadth of diet than whether they were introduced or native.Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to have unusually negative effects on plants compared with native megafauna. Using a meta-analysis of 3995 plot-scale plant abundance and diversity responses from 221 studies, we found no evidence that megafauna impacts were shaped by nativeness, “invasiveness,” “feralness,” coevolutionary history, or functional and phylogenetic novelty. Nor was there evidence that introduced megafauna facilitate introduced plants more than native megafauna. Instead, we found strong evidence that functional traits shaped megafauna impacts, with larger-bodied and bulk-feeding megafauna promoting plant diversity. Our work suggests that trait-based ecology provides better insight into interactions between megafauna and plants than do concepts of nativeness.Editor’s summary
Large herbivores shape ecosystems by consuming vegetation, dispersing seeds, and creating disturbances. Due to extirpations of many large herbivorous mammals and the spread of others by people, many ecosystems host megaherbivores that did not coevolve with the local plant species. Lundgren
et al
. investigated whether introduced species therefore have stronger and more negative effects on plant abundance and diversity (see the Perspective by Buckley and Torsney). In their meta-analysis of more than 200 studies, they found no differences between introduced and native megaherbivore impacts or evidence for stronger impacts of functionally novel species. Instead, large-bodied herbivores and those with selective diets had a stronger effect on vegetation (e.g., grass feeders reducing graminoid diversity), suggesting a stronger role for species’ traits than origins in determining their impacts. —Bianca LopezLarge herbivores’ effects on plants depend more on their size and breadth of diet than whether they were introduced or native
Commentary: Death in the era of potent antiretroviral therapy: shifting causes, new challenges
Full text linkAdvanced pharmaceutical solids / Jens T. Carstensen.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.viii, 518 pages :Explores the principles, instrumentation, processes, and programs of pharmaceutical solid science as well as fresh aspects on one-component systems, micromeritics, polymorphism, solid-state stability, cohesion, powder flow, blending, single-unit sustained release, and tablet coatin
Reputation and Organizational Politics: Inside the EU Commission
No full textThe replication data contains the data and do-file necessary to replicate the results presented in "Reputation and Organizational Politics: Inside the European Commission" by Jens Blom-Hansen and Daniel Finke, forthcoming in the Journal of Politics. Corresponding Author: Jens Blom-Hansen, [email protected].
The raw data is a report of the activities recorded in the CIS-net data base operated by the European Commission in 2015 and 2016 (cisnet20152016_jop.dta). The CIS-net data base is further described in the article
Reputation and Organizational Politics: Inside the EU Commission
No full textThe replication data contains the data and do-file necessary to replicate the results presented in "Reputation and Organizational Politics: Inside the European Commission" by Jens Blom-Hansen and Daniel Finke, forthcoming in the Journal of Politics. Corresponding Author: Jens Blom-Hansen, [email protected].
The raw data is a report of the activities recorded in the CIS-net data base operated by the European Commission in 2015 and 2016 (cisnet20152016_jop.dta). The CIS-net data base is further described in the article
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