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Online Resources for Strullu-Derrien et al - The 330–320 Million-Year-Old Tranchée des Malécots (Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, South of the Armorican Massif, France): a Rare Geoheritage Site Containing In Situ Palaeobotanical Remains
No full textThis repository contains the following files associate with "The 330–320 Million-Year-Old Tranchée des Malécots (Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, South of the Armorican Massif, France): a Rare Geoheritage Site Containing In Situ Palaeobotanical Remains" by Christine Strullu-Derrien, Alan RT Spencer, Christopher J Cleal and Victor O. Leshyk
Online Resources for Strullu-Derrien et al - The 330–320 Million-Year-Old Tranchée des Malécots (Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, South of the Armorican Massif, France): a Rare Geoheritage Site Containing In Situ Palaeobotanical Remains
No full textThis repository contains the following files associate with "The 330–320 Million-Year-Old Tranchée des Malécots (Chaudefonds-sur-Layon, South of the Armorican Massif, France): a Rare Geoheritage Site Containing In Situ Palaeobotanical Remains" by Christine Strullu-Derrien, Alan RT Spencer, Christopher J Cleal and Victor O. Leshyk.
Online Resource 1 Model data as a .zip archive (301.5MB) containing .obj/.mtl and texture files for each 3D reconstruction (Models #1-4, whole site reconstruction, detailed reconstruction of the trench, and model of the mine site).
Online Resource 2 Video animation showing whole site 3D model (.mp4 | 37.7MB), with quick fly-through of the Tranchée des Malécots showing exposed rock and bedding of the SW wall.
Online Resource 3 Video animation showing 3D Model #1 (.mp4 | 35.1MB).
Online Resource 4 Video animation showing 3D Model #2 (.mp4 | 83.5MB).
Online Resource 5 Video animation showing 3D Model #3 (.mp4 | 45.3MB).
Online Resource 6 Video animation showing 3D Model #4 (.mp4 | 65.8MB).
Online Resource 7 Video animation showing 3D model of the Malécots mine headframe (.mp4 | 14.9.0MB)
The earliest fungal plant pathogen?
No full textDataset and animation movies related to this submitted paper:
"The earliest fungal plant pathogen?"
authored by:
Christine Strullu-Derrien1,2*, Tomasz Goral3,4, Alan RT Spencer1,5, Paul Kenrick1, Ester Gaya6, David L Hawksworth1,6,7,8
1Science Group, The Natural History Museum, London, UK; 2Institut Systématique Évolution Biodiversité, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; 3Imaging and Analysis Centre, The Natural History Museum, London, UK; 4Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; 5Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK; 6Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK; 7Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, Jilin Province, China; 8 Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
What is included in the repository:
Original datasets produced by the Nikon A1-Si for specimens: NHMUK V16403 and NMS G.1925-9-11. In addition .mp4 animations produced from NIS-Elements of these datasets are included.
How to open Nikon ND2 (.nd2) files:
These files can be open in ImageJ (https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/) using the nd2-reader plugin (https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/plugins/nd2-reader.html).
These files can be opened without plugins using FIJI (https://fiji.sc/).
These files can be opened with NIS-Elements Viewer (https://www.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/products/software/nis-elements/viewer)
The productive ward: releasing time to care - learning and impact review
No full textThe Productive Ward: Releasing time to care™ programme aims to empower ward teams to identify areas for improvement by giving staff the information, skills and time they need to regain control of their ward and the care they provide.The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement commissioned Kings College London to undertake a review of the Productive Ward programme. This review (undertaken February-June 2009) set out to establish the overall learning from and impact of The Productive Ward programme since its conception in 2005, and to suggest how this can be spread and sustained.The review applies an evidence-based Diffusion of Innovation framework to The Productive Ward programme to examine multi-level perspectives (national, regional, local) of learning and impact. The findings are informed by in-depth interviews with national and regional stakeholders, a national online-survey of frontline staff, and case studies of implementation within five NHS acute Trusts.Overall, this review finds The Productive Ward programme has been successfully framed and communicated in a way that connects with frontline NHS staffs’ need and will for change, and that it thrives where local leadership and ownership are strong. The review suggests 15 ‘top tips’, which comprise of key lessons from the programme to date that will assist trusts in local implementation in the future
Markkinointiviestinnän strategia talotekniikka-alan yritykselle
No full textTämän opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli laatia markkinointiviestinnän strategia Terawatt Oy:lle. Strategian avulla yrityksen on helpompi toteuttaa operatiivista markkinointiviestintää. Tämän työn avulla pääsen myös itse toteuttamaan markkinointiviestintästrategiaa ja saan lisää näkemystä yrityksen toiminnasta, sillä työskentelen yrityksessä markkinoinnin tehtävissä. Terawatt Oy on talotekniikka-alan yritys, joka toimii koko Suomen alueella. Yritys tarjoaa asiakkailleen LVI- ja sähkösuunnittelun sekä asennukset kokonaispalveluna. Terawatt Oy:n pääasiakasryhmiä ovat asuinrakennus-, linjasaneeraus- ja toimitila-asiakkaat. Yrityksen pääasiakkaat muodostuvat talotehtaista, rakennusliikkeistä ja rakennuttajista sekä pääurakoitsijoista. Yritys toteuttaa tarjoamiaan palveluitaan uudis- ja saneerauskohteisiin.
Työn tavoitteena oli selvittää yrityksen markkinointiviestinnän nykytila, tavoitteet ja kohderyhmät, joiden pohjalta toteutettiin markkinointiviestinnän strategia. Päätavoitteena oli toteuttaa yritykselle toimiva markkinointiviestinnän strategia, jota se pystyy hyödyntämään omassa markkinointiviestinnässään.
Opinnäytetyön tietoperusta on koottu alan kirjallisuudesta. Teoriaosuus koostuu strategian, markkinointiviestinnän suunnittelun ja markkinointiviestintästrategian aihealueista. Työssä on hyödynnetty tilastokeskuksen, teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT:n ja rakennusteollisuus RT ry:n tekemiä tutkimuksia sekä Terawatt Oy:n omia raportteja ja asiakastyytyväisyystutkimuksia. Tietoa on kerätty myös havainnoinnin, henkilöhaastattelujen ja keskustelujen avulla. Yrityksen lähtökohtatilannetta selvitettiin erilaisten analyysien, kuten toimiala-, PESTE-, yritys-, strateginen tuote-/markkina-, asiakas-, kilpailu- ja kilpailija sekä SWOT-analyysien avulla.
Lähtökohta-analyysien pohjalta toteutettiin markkinointiviestinnän strategia, jossa asetettiin yrityksen markkinointiviestinnälle tavoitteet, kohderyhmät, sanomat ja kanavat. Toteutetun markkinointiviestintästrategian avulla yritys voi alkaa toteuttamaan operatiivista markkinointiviestintää. Markkinointiviestinnän strategiaa on hyvä seurata vuosittain strategiaprosessin yhteydessä ja varmistaa, että toteutettu markkinointiviestinnän strategia tukee yrityksen asettamia tavoitteita.The purpose of this thesis was to create a marketing communications strategy for Terawatt Ltd. Terawatt Ltd is a technical building services company which provides its services throughout Finland. The company´s services in clude HPAC and electric planning as well as installations. There are three kinds of customers: those how require services related to 1) residential buildings, 2) pipeline operations, and 3) offices. The company implemented its services in new and renovation buildings.
The aim of this thesis was study the current state, objectives and target groups of the company´s marketing communication´s. On the basis of this information marketing communication strategy was created. Another aim was to get to know the company better because the author works on a marketing tasks for the company.
This thesis includes a theory section and a hands-on section that deals with the case company. Based on the literature of the field the theory section discusses the strategy, marketing communication planning and marketing communication strategy. The hands-on section is based on various analyses, such as industry, PESTE, company, strategic product/market, customer, competitive and competitor as well as SWOT analyses. In addition, this thesis has used various studies from Statistics Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, and Finnish Construction Industries RT.
Based on the starting points and the analysis a marketing communication strategy was created and it sets the objectives, target groups, messages and channels of marketing communications. The marketing communication strategy allows the company to implement operational marketing communication. It is a good idea to monitor the marketing communication strategy annually in connection with the strategy process. This is because the marketing strategy supports the company's goals
The combination of abundance and infection rates of Culicoides sonorensis estimates risk of subsequent bluetongue virus infection of sentinel cattle on California dairy farms
No full textBluetongue (BT) is an important viral disease of ruminants that is transmitted by hematophagous Culicoides midges. We examined the seasonal patterns of abundance and infection of Culicoides sonorensis at four dairy farms in the northern Central Valley of California to develop estimates of risk for bluetongue virus (BTV) transmission to cattle at each farm. These four farms were selected because of their similar meteorological conditions but varying levels of vector abundance and BTV infection of cattle. C. sonorensis midges were collected weekly at each farm during the seasonal transmission period, using three different trapping methods: traps baited with either carbon dioxide (CO2) alone or traps with CO2 and UV light, and by direct aspiration of midges from sentinel cattle. Analysis of BTV-infected midges using group and serotype-specific quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assays confirmed that BTV serotypes 10, 11, 13 and 17 are all present in the region, but that midge infection rates and the number of BTV serotypes circulating differed markedly among the individual farms. Furthermore, more serotypes of BTV were present in midges than in sentinel cattle at individual farms where BTV circulated, and the virus was detected at each farm in midges prior to detection in cattle. BTV infection rates were remarkably lower among female C. sonorensis midges collected by CO2 traps with UV light than among midges collected by either animal-baited aspirations or in CO2 traps without light. A subsample of female midges examined from each collection method showed no overall differences in the proportion of female midges that had previously fed on a host. Findings from this study confirm the importance of using sensitive surveillance methods for both midge collection and virus detection in epidemiological studies of BTV infection, which is especially critical if the data are to be used for development of mathematical models to predict the occurrence of BTV infection of livestock.Source type: Electronic(1
The cost-effectiveness of left ventricular assist devices in end stage heart failure
No full textWith a limited supply of donor hearts, individuals with end-stage heart failure have been offered hope through the use of mechanical devices. Left ventricular-assist devices (LVADs) are a technology designed to work in parallel with the heart but have yet to see widespread use since uncertainty remains as to the cost–effectiveness of this evolving new technology. We have systematically reviewed evidence of cost–effectiveness for LVADs in the bridge-to-transplant and long-term chronic support indications. A total of 18 studies reporting costs were identified. Of these, only four studies reported results in cost–effectiveness terms; two in cost per life-year saved and two in cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY). The majority of the other studies were simple cost summations (cost per day or incremental cost) without consideration of efficacy. In the bridge-to-transplant indication, a Danish abstract reported a cost per life-year saved of DKK270k (US78,000) and a Canadian study reported a cost per life-year saved of Can86,000). Regarding the long-term chronic support indication, the same Canadian study reported a cost per life-year saved of Can56,000), whereas a US study reported a cost per QALY of 59,000) per QALY, there is arguably stronger evidence to support the cost–effectiveness of LVAD technology for the long-term chronic support indication. However, the methodological quality of the majority of studies was poor, as was their generalizability, raising concerns over the reliability of these figures. With the limited and declining availability of donor hearts for transplantation, it appears that the future of this technology is in its use as long-term chronic support. Further analyses should be undertaken, particularly alongside randomized, controlled trials and utilizing second- and third-generation devices<br/
The 'true use of reading' : Sarah Fielding and mid eighteenth-century literary strategies.
No full textPhDThe aim of this thesis is to explore, by examining her life and
works, how Sarah Fielding (1710-68) established her identity as an author.
The definition of her role involves her notions of the functions of
writing and reading.
Sarah Fielding attempts to invite readers to form a sense of ties
by tacit understanding of her messages. As she believes that a work
of literature is produced through collaboration between the writer and
the reader, it is an important task in her view to show her attentiveness
toward reading practice. In her consideration of reading, she has two
distinct, even opposite views of her audience: on the one hand a familiar
and limited circle of readers with shared moral and cultural values and
on the other potential readers among the unknown mass of people. The
dual targets direct her to devise various strategies. She tries to
appeal to those who can endorse and appreciate her moral values as well
as her learning. Her writings and letters testify that she is sensitive
to the demands of the literary market, trying to lead the taste of readers
by inventing new forms.
The thesis opens with an overview of Sarah Fielding's career,
followed by a consideration of her critical attention to the roles of
reading. I go on to examine the narrative structures and strategies
she deploys, with a particular emphasis on her use of the epistolary
method. The following chapter deals with her attention to the reading
of the moral message tangibly embodied in her educational writing. It
is followed by an analysis of the activity which earned her a reputation
as a learned woman. Various as the forms of her works are, they invariably
reflect her attempt to balance herself between the two demands of
inventiveness and familiarity
New insights into the evolutionary history of Fungi from a 407 Ma Blastocladiomycota fossil showing a complex hyphal thallus
No full textZoosporic fungi are key saprotrophs and parasites of plants, animals and other fungi, playing important roles in ecosystems. They comprise at least three phyla, of which two, Chytridiomycota and Blastocladiomycota, developed a range of thallus morphologies including branching hyphae. Here we describe Retesporangicus lyonii gen. et sp. nov., an exceptionally well preserved fossil, which is the earliest known to produce multiple sporangia on an expanded hyphal network. To better characterize the fungus we develop a new method to render surfaces from image stacks generated by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Here, the method helps to reveal thallus structure. Comparisons with cultures of living species and character state reconstructions analysed against recent molecular phylogenies of 24 modern zoosporic fungi indicate an affinity with Blastocladiomycota. We argue that in zoosporic fungi, kinds of filaments such as hyphae, rhizoids and rhizomycelium are developmentally similar structures adapted for varied functions including nutrient absorption and anchorage. The fossil is the earliest known type to develop hyphae which likely served as a saprotrophic adaptation to patchy resource availability. Evidence from the Rhynie chert provides our earliest insights into the biology of fungi and their roles in the environment. It demonstrates that zoosporic fungi were already diverse in 407 million-year-old terrestrial ecosystems.
This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘The Rhynie cherts: our earliest terrestrial ecosystem revisited’.Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. The attached file is the published version of the article.NHM Repositor
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