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River Plym SAP Consultation
No full textThis is the River Plym Salmon Action Plan Consultation document produced by the Environment Agency in 2003. The report pays attention on the external consultation of the River Plym Salmon Action Plan (SAP). This strategy represents an entirely new approach to salmon management within the UK and introduces the concept of river-specific salmon spawning targets as a salmon management tool. The River Plym SAP follows the format of those completed for the rivers Tamar, Lynher, Tavy, Camel and Fowey. It is the sixth of seven action plans that will be produced for salmon rivers managed by Cornwall Area. The River Plym SAP contains a description of the river catchment and highlights particular features that are relevant to the salmon population and the associated fishery. Notably, there are historic workings for china clay and a significant potable water supply at Burrator Reservoir. The main River Plym has been designated as River Ecosystem class 1 for its water quality objectives. This is the highest water quality target set for rivers. This standard has been met in all reaches of the main River Plym and River Meavy.Environment Agency Archives South Wes
River Plym SAP Final Plan
No full textThis is the River Plym Salmon Action Plan Final document produced by the Environment Agency in 2003. This final Salmon Action Plan (SAP) for the River Plym catchment has been produced after consideration of feedback from external consultation. It provides a list of the agreed issues and actions for the next five years to maintain and improve the River Lynher salmon stock. These issues and actions follow on from the detailed analysis of the catchment, which is presented in the River Plym SAP Consultation document.The actions presented within this final Salmon Action Plan clarify the important issues and factors currently limiting the salmon stock on the river. The resolution of these issues should ensure that a sustainable salmon population will be maintained for future generations. The main objective of the River Plym SAP therefore, is to maintain, improve and develop the River Plym salmon stocks to a sustainable level that, on the basis of historic catch records, the catchment can clearly support. The River Plym has failed to pass its conservation limit since 1996, and the consultees felt very strongly that there were three major factors limiting the salmon stock of the River Plym
River Plym SAP Consultation
No full textThis is the River Plym Salmon Action Plan Consultation document produced by the Environment Agency in 2003. The report pays attention on the external consultation of the River Plym Salmon Action Plan (SAP). This strategy represents an entirely new approach to salmon management within the UK and introduces the concept of river-specific salmon spawning targets as a salmon management tool. The River Plym SAP follows the format of those completed for the rivers Tamar, Lynher, Tavy, Camel and Fowey. It is the sixth of seven action plans that will be produced for salmon rivers managed by Cornwall Area. The River Plym SAP contains a description of the river catchment and highlights particular features that are relevant to the salmon population and the associated fishery. Notably, there are historic workings for china clay and a significant potable water supply at Burrator Reservoir. The main River Plym has been designated as River Ecosystem class 1 for its water quality objectives. This is the highest water quality target set for rivers. This standard has been met in all reaches of the main River Plym and River Meavy
River Plym SAP Final Plan
No full textThis is the River Plym Salmon Action Plan Final document produced by the Environment Agency in 2003. This final Salmon Action Plan (SAP) for the River Plym catchment has been produced after consideration of feedback from external consultation. It provides a list of the agreed issues and actions for the next five years to maintain and improve the River Lynher salmon stock. These issues and actions follow on from the detailed analysis of the catchment, which is presented in the River Plym SAP Consultation document.The actions presented within this final Salmon Action Plan clarify the important issues and factors currently limiting the salmon stock on the river. The resolution of these issues should ensure that a sustainable salmon population will be maintained for future generations. The main objective of the River Plym SAP therefore, is to maintain, improve and develop the River Plym salmon stocks to a sustainable level that, on the basis of historic catch records, the catchment can clearly support. The River Plym has failed to pass its conservation limit since 1996, and the consultees felt very strongly that there were three major factors limiting the salmon stock of the River Plym.Environment Agency Archives South Wes
[Photograph of the Mouth of Plym River]
No full textPhotograph of the Mouth of Plym River. Rows of boats sit on the left of the photograph beside a brick wall and large rocks. A steep, flat hill stands in the background with a small tower. Storage buildings line up along the hill in the distance , including a large white building in the center. A small city and a large, green hill sit in the background. A large wall in the water peaks out slightly to the right
Legal Dimensions of Rights of Nature Applied in the Context of the River Plym: River Plym Project Phase 1 Appendix
No full textThis review of the literature and legal framing of so-called river rights – loosely understood by reference to the extension of certain characteristics or a particular status upon the river – has been collated in the context of the River Plym-citizenship advocacy project. It aims to examine the legal and policy potential for the attribution of ‘rights’ upon the River Plym. It does so by outlining the challenges facing the waterway, in common with many others, and noting the limitations of the current regulatory systems applied to it. The paper then offers a commentary of legal alternatives to the current situation and explains the notion of granting rights to non-legal entities and provides examples of where that has been done across the globe
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Breast and prostate cancer : the impact of diagnosis and treatment on sick leave and work
No full textTreatment for breast or prostate cancer can have negative consequences on working life. In addition to sick leave during treatment, women and men with breast or prostate cancer are at increased risk of permanent absence from work, although data on the underlying reasons for this are sparse. The overall aim of this thesis was to study the impact of breast and prostate cancer and their specific treatments on sick leave and work using population-based Swedish register data.Studies I and II examined the influence of prostate cancer treatment on sick leave and receipt of disability pension. Two different types of surgery (robot-assisted and open retropubic radical prostatectomy) were studied in men with low-, intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer, as were the treatment strategies (surgery, radiotherapy, or active surveillance) for men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer. The studies included working-aged men diagnosed with prostate cancer from 2007 onward and matched prostate cancer-free men identified in the Prostate Cancer Data Base Sweden (PCBaSe). In 2,571 men with low-, intermediate- or high-risk prostate cancer (Study I), we found that robot-assisted surgery was associated with an earlier return to work compared with open surgery. Surgery type, however, had no influence on long-term rates of sick leave and disability pension receipt. In 8,699 men with low- or intermediate-risk prostate cancer (Study II), men on active surveillance spent less than half as many days on sick leave due to prostate cancer compared with those treated with primary radical prostatectomy or primary radiotherapy in the first 5 years after diagnosis. At year 5 after diagnosis, there were no major differences in the proportion of men on sick leave, disability pension, and death between treatment strategies.Studies III and IV were based on working-aged women diagnosed with breast cancer from 1997 onward and matched breast cancer-free women identified in the Breast Cancer Data Base Sweden (BCBaSe). In Study III, we quantified the permanent loss of working time due to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Permanent loss was defined as disability pension receipt of at least 75%, early old-age retirement, or death. The study included 19,661 women with breast cancer and 81,303 breast cancer-free women. We estimated that women aged 50 at diagnosis on average lost between 0 years (for in situ and subgroups of stage I breast cancer) and 8 years (for stage IV breast cancer) of their remaining working time due to breast cancer. Study IV examined the underlying causes of sick leave and disability pension receipt after a breast cancer diagnosis. In 16,603 women with stage I to stage III breast cancer, we found that cancer was the most commonly reported cause of sick leave and disability pension receipt, with cancer progression as the strongest determinant. In addition, sick leave and/or disability pension receipt due to lymphedema, fatigue-related conditions, mental disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and inflammatory diseases was more common in women with breast cancer compared with breast cancer-free women.The results of this thesis show that prostate cancer treatment type has an impact on sick leave and work mainly in the first year of diagnosis. Breast cancer may have a considerable impact on working life, although it is reassuring that many women with early-stage breast cancer are able to remain in the labor market. Disease progression is not the only reason for absence from work in women with breast cancer; our findings suggest that a wide range of physical and physiological conditions underlie the increased risk of permanent absence from work observed in both our studies and others. As a whole, the findings of this thesis can be used to improve the management and rehabilitation of breast and prostate cancer diagnosed in working-aged women and men.List of scientific papersI. Plym A, Chiesa F, Voss M, Holmberg L, Johansson E, Stattin P, Lambe M. Work disability after robot-assisted or open radical prostatectomy: A nationwide, population-based study. European Urology. 2016;70(1):64–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2015.12.049 II. Plym A, Clements M, Voss M, Holmberg L, Stattin P, Lambe M. Sick leave and disability pension after active surveillance, surgery, or radiotherapy in men with localized prostate cancer in Sweden. [Manuscript]III. Plym A, Bower H, Fredriksson I, Holmberg L, Lambert PC, Lambe M. Loss in working years after a breast cancer diagnosis. British Journal of Cancer. 2018;118(5):738–743. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.456 IV. Plym A, Johansson ALV, Bower H, Voss M, Holmberg L, Fredriksson I, Lambe M. Causes of sick leave, disability pension, and death following a breast cancer diagnosis in women of working age. [Submitted]</p
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