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When you grew up or how old you are? a review of theory and evidence on generational and age differences in psychological contracts
No full textin Symposium: Generational Diversity at Work: New Research Perspectives, Organizer and Chair: Emma Parry, Cranfield School of Manageme
R.J. Sommers
No full textThe single-spaced paragraph on the “About the Author” page of R.J. Sommers’ latest novel says she lives in a one-story house on the edge of a city. It says she is renowned for writing relatable characters and compelling relationships. It says nothing about her own friends.
Gazing from a photo at the top of the page, R.J. Sommers appears to point a camera toward her readers..
Buenos Aires and Kyoto targets do little to reduce climate change impacts
No full textSodium caseinate hydrolysates were generated at laboratory-scale using 28 commercial protease preparations of bacterial, fungal, plant and animal origin. Caseinophosphopeptides (CPPs) were enriched from these hydrolysates by calcium chloride aggregation at pH 7.5 followed by ethanol precipitation of the aggregates. CPP yield ranged from 3.4 to 16.0% (w/w) of the original protein. The calcium binding and solubilising abilities of the enriched CPPs ranged from 0.40 to 0.61 and 7.4 to 24.0mg Ca2+mg-1CPP, respectively. Hydrolysis of sodium caseinate with Bioprotease N100L resulted in a 16.0% yield of CPPs which could solubilise 19.1mgCa2+mg-1 CPP. Significant differences in the gel permeation and reversed-phase chromatography profiles for the various enriched CPPs were evident. In general, no apparent relationship was observed between hydrolysate degree of hydrolysis (DH%), CPP yield, CPP calcium binding and solubilising abilities, and CPP apparent molecular mass distribution and hydrophobic peptide profile
Adapting to the inevitable
No full textGreenhouse-gas emissions targets to be discussed in Buenos Aires next month will have little effect on the potential impacts of climate change. We should be exploring ways of adapting to impacts, some of which are inevitable.<br/
Estimating the Welfare Effect of Congestion Taxes: The Critical Importance of Other Distortions within the Transport System
No full textThis paper uses analytical and numerical models to illustrate how the presence of other distortions within the transport system changes the overall welfare effect of a congestion tax. These other distortions include a transit fare subsidy, congestion on competing (unpriced) routes, accident externalities, gasoline taxes, and pollution externalities. Each of these pre-existing distortions can substantially alter the welfare effect of a congestion tax that would be predicted by a first-best analysis. If congestion taxes encourage travel on other congested routes, they can produce sizeable indirect welfare losses. In addition, induced reductions in the demand for gasoline can lead to substantial welfare losses when, as appears to be the case for European countries, gasoline taxes significantly exceed marginal pollution damages. On the other hand, congestion taxes may produce significant welfare gains by offsetting accident externalities, though these gains are partially offset by increased accidents on competing roadways. To the extent that congestion taxes increase the demand for transit, they can induce significant welfare gains or losses, depending on whether transit fares are above or below marginal supply costs. The importance of other distortions varies considerably across different transport systems and across different countries. Our generic analysis illustrates the proportionate change in the welfare effect of a congestion tax due to each of these distortions over a wide range of parameter scenarios.
The implications on the UK of the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on critical coastal infrastructure overseas, 2010 to 2100
No full textA Tax-Based Approach to Slowing Global Climate Change
No full textIn this paper, we discuss the design of carbon dioxide (CO2) taxes at the domestic and international level and the choice of taxes versus a cap-and-trade system. A strong case can be made for taxes on uncertainty, fiscal, and distributional grounds, though this critically hinges on policy specifics and how revenues are used. The efficient near-term tax is at least 20 per ton of CO2 and the tax should be imposed upstream with incentives for downstream sequestration and abatement of other greenhouse gases. At the international level, a key challenge is the possibility that emissions taxes might be undermined through offsetting changes in other energy policies.Global climate change, CO2 tax, cap-and-trade, policy design
Author Co-Citation Analysis (ACA): a powerful tool for representing implicit knowledge of scholar knowledge workers
No full textIn the last decade, knowledge has emerged as one of the most important and valuable organizational assets. Gradually this importance caused to emergence of new discipline entitled ―knowledge management‖. However one of the major challenges of knowledge management is conversion implicit or tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge. Thus Making knowledge visible so that it can be better accessed, discussed, valued or generally managed is a long-standing objective in knowledge management. Accordingly in this paper author co- citation analysis (ACA) will be proposed as an efficient technique of knowledge visualization in academia (Scholar knowledge workers)
Report on industrial attachment with R.J. Crocker Consultants Pte Ltd
No full textThis report documents the undertaking of the author’s six months of industrial attachment. It was the industrial attachment that gave him the opportunity to discover the innovative skills and expertise from his fellow colleagues working the organization. Throughout the attachment, the author had learnt a great deal from various trained and experienced engineers. He had been exposed to a variety of training namely (1) reinforcement concrete design, (2) steel and connection design, (3) modelling structures for design and analysis using software, (4) visual inspections for buildings, (5) preparing tender documents, (6) drawing, presentation and attending and (7) handling online submissions for building inspections, structural plans, design calculations, etc. Furthermore, by attending project meetings, preparing materials for presentations, tendering documents and drawings to privatized companies and public sectors all bestowed the author a concrete understanding of the type and quality of work required of and produced by a qualified engineer. Without the industrial attachment, all these practical skills and knowledge might not have been attainable by learning in the university alone. It was overall a fruitful experience
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