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Changing dimensions of single European market Implications for the non-member countries : a case study on India' s textile and clothing exports
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Political correspondence relating to Kingston-upon-Hull, 1678-1835
Full text linkThis study covers aspects of political life at Kingston-upon-Hull between 1678 and 1835, and is part history and part edition. The historical section is an essay on the character and course of Hull politics between these dates. The edition on which that essay is based, consists of a selection from the surviving correspondence. The resulting picture is fragmentary, but it does contribute to our understanding of Hull at that time.
The years 1678 to 1835 were marked by a political stability
at Hull established during the first ten years and challenged only during the concluding five. Until the mid 1830's local political power was held by a merchant-maritime oligarchy which in times of need called upon local magnates who served the town as High Stewards.
The Crown had some influence at Hull, as it was a garrison
town and port; but the town corporation, Trinity House, Dock Company, and a number of wealthy families, some of whom had reached gentry status, held the monopoly of political influence. The freeman electorate was large, and as elections approached, unregistered voters pressed
the Bench for their franchise. Some attempt was made by the corporation to restrict this. The paying of polling money was almost inevitable, especially in the later eighteenth century, and wise candidates also contributed to local charities, clubs and racing plates.
Members of Parliament kept the town fully informed of national political issues especially up to about 1710. From then until the late 1760's the members seem less assiduous in their correspondence, and also in their performance in the Commons. Between 1766 and 1820 the Rockingham Fitzwilliam interest returned many personal nominees, and the quality of many of the members rose. These Whig magnates did not, however, have a monopoly at Hull. Wilberforce stood as an independent and later several government, or perhaps Tory candidates, were returned. Closely contested and expensive elections were common after 1796.
Threats from Jacobites and American privateers, with the possibility of a French invasion, caused local political squabbles, but the French danger may have helped prevent the spread of revolutionary societies and Radicalism was really born in Hull in 1818 with the Political Protestants. However it played some part in turning Hull Whig/Liberal opinion against Liverpool's Tory government.
The 1830's, with the campaign for the Reform and Municipal
Corporation Acts, led to a crystallisation of local political parties which culminated in the defeat of the Tory corporation in the municipal election of 1835. The activities of the radical Acland added to the political strife, but he overplayed his hand. The stability
created by conflict in the 1680's was transformed by conflict in the 1830's. The intervening years thus have some unity
Simple drag prediction strategies for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle’s hull shape
No full textThe range of an AUV is dictated by its finite energy source and minimising the energy consumption is required to maximise its endurance. One option to extend the endurance is by obtaining the optimum hydrodynamic hull shape with balancing the trade-off between computational cost and fluid dynamic fidelity. An AUV hull form has been optimised to obtain low resistance hull. Hydrodynamic optimisation of hull form has been carried out by employing five parametric geometry models with a streamlined constraint. Three Genetic Algorithm optimisation procedures are applied by three simple drag predictions which are based on the potential flow method. The results highlight the effectiveness of considering the proposed hull shape optimisation procedure for the early stage of AUV hull desig
Recommendations for changes in UK National Recovery Guidance (NRG) and associated guidance from the perspective of Lancaster University's Hull Flood Studies
Full text linkThis report was commissioned by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) following the publication of Lancaster University‟s Hull Flood Project and Hull Children‟s Flood Project. Its principal purpose is to identify how findings made as a result of the two research projects could be integrated into the Cabinet Office‟s National Recovery Guidance (NRG), as a means to improve affected communities‟ ability to recover from emergency events.
The report, in effect, details a desktop analysis of UK Civil Protection (CP) guidance, from a bottom-up perspective (i.e. using as its critical lens, the lived experiences of members of the public who were tested by the Hull flooding of 2007 and its aftermath)
Hull, John S.
No full textcurrentJohn is an Associate Professor in the Tourism Management Programme. In 1998, John completed his Ph D. in tourism geography at McGill University in Montreal. His present research addresses many aspects of sustainable tourism in peripheral regions with a specific focus on community-based tourism development. Additional research interests include: mountain tourism, health and wellness tourism, creative tourism, polar tourism, culinary tourism, cruise tourism, and nature-based tourism.
John has worked on tourism projects in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa, and Asia. Past clients include the UNWTO, UNCBD, UNEP, UNESCO, World Bank, Nordic Council, European Tourism Research Institute, Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Canadian Tourism Commission, Tourism Atlantic, and Parks Canada.
John is presently a visiting professor at the University College of Southern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway, the Harz University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode, Germany and he is a member of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), New Zealand. He is also a member of the Sonnino Working Group, Italy, a research group focused on food and wine tourism. He has worked as a visiting professor at the University of Trento, Italy, MCI Innsbruck, Austria, and at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, Akureyri, Iceland
Hull, John S.
No full textcurrentJohn is an Associate Professor in the Tourism Management Programme. In 1998, John completed his Ph D. in tourism geography at McGill University in Montreal. His present research addresses many aspects of sustainable tourism in peripheral regions with a specific focus on community-based tourism development. Additional research interests include: mountain tourism, health and wellness tourism, creative tourism, polar tourism, culinary tourism, cruise tourism, and nature-based tourism.
John has worked on tourism projects in North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa, and Asia. Past clients include the UNWTO, UNCBD, UNEP, UNESCO, World Bank, Nordic Council, European Tourism Research Institute, Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Canadian Tourism Commission, Tourism Atlantic, and Parks Canada.
John is presently a visiting professor at the University College of Southern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway, the Harz University of Applied Sciences, Wernigerode, Germany and he is a member of the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute (NZTRI), New Zealand. He is also a member of the Sonnino Working Group, Italy, a research group focused on food and wine tourism. He has worked as a visiting professor at the University of Trento, Italy, MCI Innsbruck, Austria, and at the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre, Akureyri, Iceland
The i-process and CEMP-r/s stars
Full text link© Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence. We investigate whether the anomalous elemental abundance patterns in some of the C-enhanced metal-poor-r/s (CEMP-r/s) stars are consistent with predictions of nucleosynthesis yields from the i-process, a neutron-capture regime at neutron densities intermediate between those typical for the slow (s) and rapid (r) processes. Conditions necessary for the i-process are expected to be met at multiple stellar sites, such as the He-core and He-shell flashes in low-metallicity low-mass stars, super-AGB and post-AGB stars, as well as low-metallicity massive stars. We have found that single-exposure one-zone simulations of the i-process reproduce the abundance patterns in some of the CEMP-r/s stars much better than the model that assumes a superposition of yields from s and r-process sources. Our previous study of nuclear data uncertainties relevant to the i-process revealed that they could have a significant impact on the i-process yields obtained in our idealized one-zone calculations, leading, for example, to ∼ 0:7dex uncertainty in our predicted [Ba/La] ratio. Recent 3D hydrodynamic simulations of convection driven by a He-shell flash in post-AGB Sakurai's object have discovered a new mode of non-radial instabilities: the Global Oscillation of Shell H-ingestion. This has demonstrated that spherically symmetric stellar evolution simulations cannot be used to accurately model physical conditions for the i-process
Edward S. Hull
No full textThe Oklahoma A&M College World War I Veterans collection captures the memories and experiences of the men and women of Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College who served in World War I. In 1919, a project headed by Maude Cass, the editor of the 1919 Redskin; Professor Maroney of the Department of History; Margaret Walters, Librarian; and J.W. Cantwell, the College President, was undertaken to survey these veterans. The surveys were returned along with photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings documenting these veterans’ experiences during World War I
The i-process and CEMP-r/s stars
Full text link© Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licence. We investigate whether the anomalous elemental abundance patterns in some of the C-enhanced metal-poor-r/s (CEMP-r/s) stars are consistent with predictions of nucleosynthesis yields from the i-process, a neutron-capture regime at neutron densities intermediate between those typical for the slow (s) and rapid (r) processes. Conditions necessary for the i-process are expected to be met at multiple stellar sites, such as the He-core and He-shell flashes in low-metallicity low-mass stars, super-AGB and post-AGB stars, as well as low-metallicity massive stars. We have found that single-exposure one-zone simulations of the i-process reproduce the abundance patterns in some of the CEMP-r/s stars much better than the model that assumes a superposition of yields from s and r-process sources. Our previous study of nuclear data uncertainties relevant to the i-process revealed that they could have a significant impact on the i-process yields obtained in our idealized one-zone calculations, leading, for example, to ∼ 0:7dex uncertainty in our predicted [Ba/La] ratio. Recent 3D hydrodynamic simulations of convection driven by a He-shell flash in post-AGB Sakurai's object have discovered a new mode of non-radial instabilities: the Global Oscillation of Shell H-ingestion. This has demonstrated that spherically symmetric stellar evolution simulations cannot be used to accurately model physical conditions for the i-process
Svenska sällskapshundars hull
Full text linkFetma och övervikt är idag den vanligaste nutritionella sjukdomen som drabbar sällskapshundar. Ökade fettdepåer är ett rent fysiskt hinder för ett normalt hundliv, men predisponerar även individen för flera sjukdomar. Olika riskfaktorer och hälsoeffekter tas upp i detta arbete. För att få reda på hundens kroppsammansättning kan flera metoder användas, där utrustningen ibland är mycket dyr eller tidskrävande att använda. I denna studie presenteras ett undersökningssätt som inte kräver någon utrustning och som är lätt att använda för den praktiserande veterinären, där hullet bedöms med hjälp av syn och palpation.
Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka en grupp svenska sällskapshundar avseende foder-/motionsvanor, hull och eventuella häsoproblem. Ägaren tillfrågades även om sin egen ålder, generella bakgrundsfrågor och hullbedömning av sin hund. Hundens hull och rörelser bedömdes sedan av författaren. Hundarna skulle uppfylla vissa kriterier för att kunna delta i studien avseende ålder, aktivitetsnivå och sjukdomar. De deltagande individerna söktes upp på två hunddagis, i parker och på en smådjursklinik.
102 hundar och deras ägare deltog i studien. Hullet i testpopulationen varierade mellan 2-9 (niogradig skala), där medelhull var 5. Resultaten visade att 29% av de undersökta hundarna hade ett hull över optimal nivå (>5) när de undersöktes av författaren, men endast hälften av djurägarna gjorde samma bedömning. Enligt kappa test överrensstämde ägarens och författarens hullbedömning till 28% och 35% av ägarna underskattade sin hunds hull i jämförelse med författarens bedömning. Några faktorer som påverkade hundens hull var om hunden och/eller ägaren var av hög ålder, om hunden var lågaktiv på promenaderna eller om hunden utfodrades med minst 10% (viktprocent) godis, matrester eller annat (t.ex. ätbart hittat på promenad). Många av resultaten i denna studie överensstämmer med tidigare publicerade arbeten inom ämnesområdet.Obesity and overweight are currently the most common nutritional disorder that affects companion dogs. Increased fat depots are not only a physical obstacle to a normal dog life, but also predispose for several diseases. Various risk factors and health effects are further addressed in this paper. To assess the dog's body composition, several methods can be used, but the equipment is sometimes very expensive or the measurements are time consuming. This study presents a method that does not require any equipment and is easy to use for the practicing veterinarian, where the body composition is assessed by sight and palpation.
The aim of this study were to examine a group of Swedish companion dogs with regards to feeding and exercise habits, body condition and known health problems. The owners were also asked about their own age, general background questions and an estimation of their dog´s body condition. The dog´s body composition and movements were then assessed by the author. The dogs had to meet certain criteria in order to participate in the study with respect to age, activity level and diseases. The participating individuals were found at two daycares, in parks and at a small animal clinic.
102 dogs and their owners participated. Body condition ranged from 2-9 (nine-point scale), with a mean condition score of 5. The results showed that 29% of the examined dogs had a body condition score above the optimal level, and only half of the owners made the same estimation. According to a kappa test the owner´s and the author´s estimation of the body condition were of 28% agreement and 35% of owners underestimated their dog's body condition in comparison with the author's assessment. Some factors that was linked to high body condition score were if the dog and / or owner were of older age, if the dog was less active on the walks or if the dog were fed with at least 10% (weight percent) of snacks, food scraps or another food intake (e.g. findings outdoor). Many of the results in this study are in agreement with earlier studies on this topic
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