317 research outputs found
Humphry Davy: Science, Authorship, and the Changing Romantic
Full text linkIn the mid to late 1700s, men of letters became more and more interested in the natural world. From studies in astronomy to biology, chemistry, and medicine, these philosophers pioneered what would become our current scientific categories. While the significance of their contributions to these fields has been widely appreciated historically, the interconnection between these men and their literary counterparts has not. A study of the Romantic man of science reveals how much that figure has in common with the traditional Romantic literary figure embodied by poets like William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This thesis interrogates connections between Romantic literature and science by examining the figure of the Romantic author. In his 1969 essay What is an Author? Foucault called into question the way we think about authorship. Foucault states that before the late eighteenth-century, what we call literary texts were accepted, put into circulation and valorized without any question about the identity of the author (108). Simultaneously, scientific texts were accepted in the Middle Ages, [. . .] only when marked with the name of their author (109). Foucault argues that norms of authorship underwent a reversal in the eighteenth century. The result of this shift is that literary discourses came to be accepted only when endowed with the author function while in the sciences, the author function faded away (109). A case study of the scientist Humphry Davy disrupts Foucault\u27s suggestion that a total reversal in the workings of the author function was achieved by the Romantic period. I argue that Davy is an exception to Foucault\u27s history of authorship and that Davy\u27s authorial identity in the sciences as the public man of science is equal to the author function of literary figures of the same period. Davy pioneered the public man of science, a figure who corresponds nearly perfectly with the emerging figure of the author in the literary sphere. Ultimately we see Davy as a figure who embodies and reconstructs the Romantic I and requires us to reconsider the category of scientific authorship and the figure of the scientist as author
Davy James : Sensation
No full textItem located in folder hy-dm-marks-folk-1965-1995-001. Not all items in folder uploaded.The article focused on 21 year old Davy James who was considered to have promising talent which would challenge well known musicians. The author also mentioned that James had recently signed with the Gallo Organisation to showcase his talent in both writing the words and music to all his songs. According to the author, James had achieved success despite his stammer which at times had prevented him from beginning a word
A route to school informational intervention for air pollution exposure reduction
No full textA route to school informational intervention for air pollution exposure reduction (Author Accepted Manuscript
A Generic Data-driven Sequential Clustering Algorithm Determining Activity Skeletons
No full textAbstractMany activity-based models start by scheduling inflexible or mandatory activities (if present), before more flexible activities. Often work and educational activities are assumed as most stringent and recognized as the only mandatory activities. According to this definition, only 45% of all schedules contains a mandatory activity (OVG single-day travel survey in Flanders, Belgium). This means 55% of schedules does not have a traditional mandatory-flexible activity structure. This research proposes a completely data-driven approach to reveal the real basic structure of individuals’ schedules, i.e. the skeleton schedule sequence. To this end, a sequential clustering algorithm was developed. Furthermore, an in-depth analysis of the parameter settings was performed. The proposed method reveals a set of skeleton activity schedules and confirms the importance of work and education
Population ecology and conservation of red-billed choughs in Scotland. Final report on Knowledge Transfer Project
Full text linkThis report summarises the results of a Knowledge Transfer Research Project that was
undertaken by Dr Jane Reid (University of Aberdeen), Professor Pat Monaghan, (University
of Glasgow), Dr Eric and Mrs Sue Bignal (Scottish Chough Study Group) and Dr Davy
McCracken (Scottish Agricultural College). Dr Maria Bogdanova was employed as the postdoctoral
research assistant on the project. The work was carried out in partnership with
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
Funding was provided by a Knowledge Transfer Grant from the Natural Environment
Research Council (NERC, PIs P. Monaghan & J. Reid), with matching partnership funding
and in-kind support from SNH and RSPB.
The overall aims of the project were to develop the scientific understanding of the population
ecology of choughs on Islay, and to use this understanding to inform the development of
appropriate conservation strategies and policies. The project built on existing long-term
research on Islay’s choughs. It involved further analysis of long-term data, plus two years of
intensive fieldwork designed to answer specific questions. The work aimed primarily to
understand the ecology of choughs in their sub-adult years (ie, from fledging to breeding
age). Survival from fledging to breeding is a key factor in causing population change.
However, relatively little was previously known about the behaviour and ecology of choughs
during this time.
This report provides an overview of the results of the scientific study and focuses on
presenting the scientific evidence on which resulting recommendations for chough
conservation management on Islay are based. The report is written with the intention of
presenting the results of the data analyses, and the rationale underlying those analyses, in a
way that is accessible to non-specialists. Further details of analyses and technicalities are
provided in published, peer-reviewed papers and/or are available on request.
The report provides information that will be of use to policy makers and conservation
practitioners, and also highlights topics where further research is required before informed
management decisions can be taken
Simplistic understandings of farmer motivations could undermine the environmental potential of the common agricultural policy
Full text linkThe European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has failed to achieve its aim of preserving European farmland biodiversity, despite massive investment in subsidies to incentivise environmentally-beneficial farming practices. This failure calls into question the design of the subsidy schemes, which are intended to either function as a safety net and make farming profitable or compensate farmers for costs and loss of income while undertaking environmental management. In this study, we assess whether the design of environmental payments in the CAP reflects current knowledge about farmers’ decision-making as found in the research literature. We do so on the basis of a comprehensive literature review on farmers’ uptake of agri-environmental management practices over the past 10 years and interviews specifically focused on Ecological Focus Areas with policy-makers, advisors and farmers in seven European countries. We find that economic and structural factors are the most commonly-identified determinants of farmers’ adoption of environmental management practices in the literature and in interviews. However, the literature suggests that these are complemented by – and partially dependent on – a broad range of social, attitudinal and other contextual factors that are not recognised in interview responses or, potentially, in policy design. The relatively simplistic conceptualisation of farmer behaviour that underlies some aspects of policy design may hamper the effectiveness of environmental payments in the CAP by over-emphasising economic considerations, potentially corroding farmer attitudes to policy and environmental objectives. We conclude that an urgent redesign of agricultural subsidies is needed to better align them with the economic, social and environmental factors affecting farmer decision-making in a complex production climate, and therefore to maximise potential environmental benefits.<br/
SUPERSTRUCTURE DESIGN WITH COST MANAGEMENT OF MEETING, INCENTIVE, CONVENTION, AND EXHIBITION BUILDING IN TANGERANG PT. DAVY SUKAMTA AND PARTNERS
Full text linkBuilding infrastructure development is a construction process that includes
planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining buildings that serve various
functions in the community. In real life, infrastructure development is critical to
economic development, community well-being, and regional development.
Because of that, Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta make a requirements for their
students to achieve bachelor’s degree of Civil Engineering Study Program. The
final project infrastructure report is given with intention of producing capable
undergraduate graduates who can develop infrastructure in the field of civil
engineering and as the culmination of the knowledge acquired and studied during
the lecture process.
In this study, author design and estimating the Meeting, Incentive,
Convention and Exhibition Building in Tangerang that designed by PT. Davy
Sukamta and Partners. The Convention and Exhibition Centre has four stories: the
first floor, which serves as the parking area, the second floor as the main hall, the
mezzanine floor, and the third floor. This plan includes supper structure planning
as well as construction management by breaking down the cost analysis.
The reinforcements design of this building is also given as author’s
assignment during her internship in PT. Davy Sukamta and Partners. So that, to
fulfill the final project requirements, besides design the reinforcements of
superstructure, author also estimates the construction
Editorial:High Nature Value farming systems in Europe
Full text linkThe high nature value (HNV) farming concept recognizes that many European habitats and landscapes considered important for biodiversity conservation depend on the continuation of specific farming systems. It has developed in three main phases over the past 30 years
A personalized mobility based intervention to promote pro-environmental travel behavior
No full textThe development of effective behavioral change strategies that will convince individuals to voluntarily switch to pro-environmental travel behavior is a core research area for transportation and environmental experts. Personalized travel planning (PTP) is considered as an effective approach that encourages individuals to adopt environmental-friendly travel choices. This paper describes the design and implementation of a PTP intervention that was developed based on the persuasive techniques and the stage model of self-regulated behavior change (SSBC). Based on the recorded travel diary of the individuals, web-based customized pro-environmental travel plans were suggested along with pro-environmental and pro-healthy impacts. The effectiveness was assessed by comparing the travel behavior along with consequences before and after the implemented intervention. Significant differences were observed in an individual travel behavior regarding car dependency and active mobility with an effect size of 0.28 and 0.45 (Cohen's d) respectively. On an average, 4.25 percentage points decrease in CO2 emission and 6.10 percentage point increase in physical activity level per individual was found due to their change in travel behavior. Stage analysis of the individual travel behavior revealed that the implemented PTP intervention triggers an individual's transition towards more action-oriented stages in this behavior change process. Based on the results, it is concluded that intervention is effective to promote pro-environmental and pro-healthy travel choices and can bring higher benefits when implemented on a broader level.This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 689954. This paper reflects the authors views. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.Adnan, M (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, Agoralaan, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Long term management effects on leatherjackets - data
No full textThis dataset was generated on 2024-01-11 by Aisling Moffat, for the Wiley, Journal of Applied Entomology publication entitled: Long term effects of management intensity and bioclimatic variables on leatherjacket (Tipula paludosa Meigen) populations at farm-scale.Date of data collection: 2009-12-08 to 2018-01-16Geographic location of data collection: Various locations in Scotland: Ayrshire, Dumfries, Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Stirlingshire, Stranraer.DATA & FILE OVERVIEWFiles:Filename: LJHistoricData_AmMoffat.xlsxDescription: Used for linear mixed effect model. Response variable of larval counts, and random effect as Farm.Filename: MetData_AMoffat.xlsxDescription: Data used to assess the effect of temperature and rainfall on each life stage of Tipula paludosa.Filename: TMI_Calc_Codes_AMoffat.xlsxDescription: Dataset showing the breakdown of each variable and its categories, alongside their associated intensity score.Filename: TMI_Calc_AMoffat.xlsxDescription: Dataset showing how the Total Management Intensity (TMI) scores were calculated per field (as per Anhar et al., 2021 https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2021-0220).Relationship between files:TMI_Calc_Codes_AMoffat.xlsx explains the ranking and scoring of categories in TMI_Calc_AMoffat.xlsx.Are there multiple versions of the dataset? NoDescription of methods used for collection/generation of data:Field sites included within this study were sampled uniformly between 2009 and 2018. Landowner permission was sought prior to soil sampling, and all locations were anonymized for data analysis. All sites were under grassland management regimes, and 25 cylindrical soil cores (of 6.5 cm diameter x 10 cm length) were collected in each field, as in the methods of McCracken et al., (1994)( https://doi.org/10.1016/0929-1393(95)00048-P). Leatherjacket larvae were extracted through the Blasdale (1974)( https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.1974.tb01811.x) method, using a heat source from above to expel the soil organisms. Field counts were extrapolated to population/ha, by transforming the total surface area of all cores to one hectare. Field areas ranged from 2.3 to 22.3 ha. Throughout the time of Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) annual leatherjacket surveys, where possible, SRUC aimed to re-visit and sample the same fields each year in the autumn/winter period. Access to a limited range of historic data in relation to these fields was subsequently obtained. This included the size of field, field aspect, altitude, time since cultivation, use of field and details of field applications including, but not limited to, fertiliser and pesticide
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