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Transforming Practice: Checklists for Delivering Change
No full textCopyright © 2022 The Authors. Delivering a revolution in evidence use requires a cultural change across society. For a wide range of groups (practitioners, knowledge brokers, organisations, organisational leaders, policy makers, funders, researchers, journal publishers, the wider conservation community, educators, writers, and journalists), options are described to facilitate a change in practice, and a series of downloadable checklists are provided.Copyright © 2022 Tatsuya Amano, Longji Bako, Marina Best, Nicolas Boenisch, Philipp Boersch-Supan, Des Browne, Yvonne Buckley, Mark Burgman, Marc W. Cadotte, Stefano Canessa, Samantha H. Cheng, Alec P. Christie, Geoffroy Citegetse, Carly N. Cook, Steven J. Cooke, Gemma Cranston, Lynn V. Dicks, Angelita De la Luz, Iain Dickson, Harriet Downey, Johanna Eklund, Nafeesa Esmail, Paul J. Ferraro, Alison Field, Martin Fisher, Robert Freckleton, Winifred Frick, H. Charles J. Godfray, Matthew J. Grainger, Rhys Green, Mark Hancock, Victoria Hemming, Jonathan Hughes, Robyn Irvine, Hazel A. Jackson, Kaylene E. Keller, Julia Koricheva, Charles Latrémouille, Marissa McBride, Angela R. McLean, Tom McPherson, William H. Morgan, Matt Muir*, Nibedita Mukherjee, David O’Brien, Nancy Ockendon, Danni Parks, Silviu Petrovan, Maud Quinzin, Nicola Randall, Ali Mohammad Rezaie, Dilys Roe, David Rose, Libby Rumpff, Ullrika Sahlin, Nick Salafsky, Stefan Schindler, Tom Sheldon, Ashley T. Simkins, Rebecca K. Smith, Jonathan Spencer, William J. Sutherland, Iroro Tanshi, Nigel G Taylor, Eleanor R. Tew, Des B.A. Thompson, Ann Thornton, Paul Tinsley-Marshall, Thomas B. White, Kate Willott Jeremy D. Wilson, Bonnie C. Wintle, Thomas A. Worthington, Hiromi Yamashita, Lindsay C. Young
Scanning horizons in research, policy and practice
No full textNew and emerging environmental issues make policy and practice difficult. A pressing need to respond when knowledge of the problem is limited is added to an already challenging conservation agenda. Horizon-scanning is an evolving approach that draws on diverse information sources to identify early indications of poorly recognised threats and opportunities. There are many ways to conduct horizon scans, ranging from automated techniques that scan online content and mine text to manual methods that systematically consult large groups of people (often experts). These different approaches aim to sort through vast volumes of information to look for signals of change, for example the rise in microplastics or the use of mobile phones to gather data in remote forests. Identifying these new threats and opportunities is the first important step towards further researching and managing them. This chapter reviews different approaches to horizon-scanning, together with ways of encouraging uptake of scanning outputs. It concludes by introducing emerging technologies that will add value to horizon-scanning in the future
Ashburn Anstalt v WJ Arnold & Co. Ltd [1989] Ch 1, Court of Appeal
No full textEssential Cases: Land Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in Ashburn Anstalt v WJ Arnold & Co. Ltd [1989] Ch 1, Court of Appeal. The document also includes supporting commentary from author Aruna Nair.</p
Put conservation into practice
No full textThe Conservation Handbook: Research, Management and Policy
By WJ Sutherland, Blackwell Science, UK. 2000. 296 pp.
ISBN 0632053445
GBP 24.99 Euro 41.7
Improving the Reliability of Judgements
No full textCopyright © 2022 Bonnie C. Wintle, Nibedita Mukherjee, Victoria Hemming, Stefano Canessa, Marissa McBride. Judgements underpin all aspects of decision making, whether assessing the nature of the problem, interpreting evidence, or deciding upon the risks and benefits of different actions. Serious problems arise with conventional means of deriving judgements to inform decisions, such as confusing values and facts, listening to a single expert, or deploying processes prone to individual and group biases such as forced consensus. Thankfully there are methods that reduce the impact of such biases including processes such as the Delphi Technique and the IDEA protocol. This chapter outlines these methods to aid in eliciting better judgements in decision making
Model-Independent Probes of Cosmology & Gravitation
No full textPhDCosmology & Gravitation are the fundamental studies in understanding the physics of the universe that we reside in. The approach in achieving the knowledge of the physical laws which govern our universe, is via the observations of the dynamics, geometries, and evolution of the astrophysical structures within it. Recent cosmological observations have tted well to a cosmological model known as CDM; where our universe's energy content is dominated a cosmological constant ( ) and Cold Dark Matter (CDM). The CDM model is based with gravity described by Einstein's theory of General Relativity (GR); where GR also provides the best description of gravity on all scales. However, the CDM plus GR model requires a cold, non-baryonic, non-visible CDM component, and DE to t the cosmological data. At present, there is no decisive detection of DM leaving an open window for Modi ed Gravity (MG) theories attempting to explain data without the inclusion of DM; and the CDM model contains loose constraints on the Epoch of Reionization (EoR), the epoch at which the rst galaxies and Super Massive Black Holes (SMBH) began to form. This thesis consists of model-independent probes of cosmology & gravitation. Part of this thesis involves searching for high redshift, z 6.5 quasars, with the VISTA Kilo-degree INfrared Galaxy (VIKING), where we expand on the search criteria used by Findlay et al. (2012) and Venemans et al. (2013), by applying various speci c cut methods, resulting in an extended search for these high redshift quasars within the VISTA Science Archive (VSA) database. These quasars can be used as cosmological probes of the EoR by constraining the redshift at which EoR begun, and the formation & evolution of the rst galaxies and SMBHs. Another part of this thesis is the prospects of testing gravity in very low acceleration regimes via Wide Binary (WB) stellar systems, with separations & 3 kAU. These WB systems can achieve low accelerations, on scales . 10 10 ms 2, which is comparable to the value where galaxy rotation curves attens due to DM or a MG. Thus, WBs can probe these low acceleration regimes without the presence of DM, hence making them `clean' and powerful probes of gravity. Our work consists of simulating a large sample of random orbits in various MG models, and predict the observed relative velocities and projected separations, comparing Newtonian prediction against other MG models. This work then follows into using the latest data release from GAIA to select a clean, unperturbed sample of WB systems, obtaining their projected velocities and separations. The selected WBs can then be followed-up with high-resolution ground-based spectroscopy, obtaining their radial velocities, allowing tests of gravity.This work was supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), grant number: ST/M503733/1
Treść i dynamika objawienia imienia Bożego w Księdze Wyjścia Część I: Analiza narracji Wj 3,16–24,18
No full textThe article addresses the significance of the formulas of the Divine Name: יְהוָה, אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, and אֶהְיֶה (Exod 3:14–15). Referring to the narrative character of the Book of Exodus and assuming that the ambiguous formulas of the Divine Name in the initial part of the story are elements of a deliberate literary strategy, the author proposes interpreting these formulas using a narrative method. An analysis of two narrative sections of the Book of Exodus (3:16–18:27; 19:1–24:18) reveals that God, whose presence is initially depicted as concealed, is later portrayed, through the presentation of the Name formulas, as manifesting His presence through active intervention. The narrated events, in which YHWH acts on behalf of the Israelites against their enemies (Exod 3:16–18:27) and subsequently leads them to covenantal commitment (Exod 19:1–24:18), present God-YHWH as being. This notion clearly aligns with the declaration embedded in the Name formulas.Artykuł podejmuje zagadnienie znaczenia formuł imienia Bożego: יְהוָה, אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה oraz אֶהְיֶה (Wj 3,14-15). Odwołując się do narracyjnego charakteru Księgi Wyjścia oraz przyjmując założenie, że niejednoznaczne formuły imienia Bożego w początkowej części opowieści stanowią element przemyślanej strategii literackiej, autor proponuje tłumaczenie tych formuł za pomocą metody narratywnej. Przeprowadzona analiza dwóch fragmentów narracji Księgi Wyjścia (3,16–18,27; 19,1–24,18) pozwala zauważyć, iż Bóg, którego obecność na początkowym etapie opowieści zaprezentowana zostaje jako niejawna, wraz z przedstawieniem formuł imienia, ukazany zostaje jako manifestujący swoją obecność w aktywnym działaniu. Opowiedziane wydarzenia, w których JHWH jest podmiotem działającym na rzecz Izraelitów przeciw ich wrogom (Wj 3,16–18,27), a następnie doprowadzającym ich do zawarcia przymierza (Wj 19,1–24,18), ukazują Boga-JHWH jako będącego, co w czytelny sposób koresponduje z deklaracją zawartą w formułach imienia
Changes in hot spring temperature and hydrogeology of the Alpine Fault hanging wall, New Zealand, induced by distal South Island earthquakes
No full textThermal springs in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, originate through penetration of fluids into a thermal anomaly generated by rapid uplift and exhumation on the Alpine Fault. Copland hot spring (43.629S, 169.946E) is one of the most vigorously flowing, hottest of the springs, discharging strongly effervescent CO2-rich 56–58°C water at 6 ± 1 litre sec-1. Shaking from the Mw7.8 Dusky Sound (Fiordland) 2009 and Mw7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) 2010 earthquakes, 350 and 180 km from the spring, respectively, resulted in a characteristic approximately 1°C delayed cooling over 5 days. A decrease in conductivity and increase in pH were measured following the Mw7.1 Darfield earthquake. Earthquake-induced decreases in Cl, Li, B, Na, K, Sr and Ba concentrations and an increase in SO4 concentration reflect higher proportions of shallow-circulating meteoric fluid mixing in the subsurface. Shaking at amplitudes of approximately 0.5% g Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) and/or 0.05–0.10 MPa dynamic stress influences Copland hot spring temperature, which did not respond during the Mw6.3 Christchurch 2011 aftershock or other minor earthquakes. Such thresholds should be exceeded every 1–10 years in the central Southern Alps. The characteristic cooling response at low shaking intensities (MM III–IV) and seismic energy densities (approximately 10?1 J m?3) from intermediate-field distances was independent of variations in spectral frequency, without the need for post-seismic recovery. Observed temperature and fluid chemistry responses are inferred to reflect subtle changes in the fracture permeability of schist mountains adjacent to the spring. Permanent 10-7–10-6 strains recorded by cGPS reflect opening or generation of fractures, allowing greater quantities of relatively cool near-surface groundwater to mix with upwelling hot water. Active deformation, tectonic and topographic stress in the Alpine Fault hanging wall, where orographic rainfall, uplift and erosion are extreme, make the Southern Alps hydrothermal system particularly susceptible to earthquake-induced transient permeability
Treść i dynamika objawienia imienia Bożego w księdze Wyjścia Część II: Analiza narracji Wj 25,1-40,38
No full textThe article constitutes a continuation of the study addressing the significance of the formulas of the Divine Name: יְהוָה, אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, and אֶהְיֶה (Exod 3:14–15). The analysis focuses on the subsequent textual material of the Book of Exodus (Exod 25:1–40:38), where YHWH is primarily portrayed as manifesting His presence in the Tabernacle, which He commands to be built as His dwelling place. Applying the method of narrative analysis to the entirety of the narrative material, the author concludes that the primary communicative aim of the book is to present God as being. This concept is signaled in the formulas of the Divine Name and confirmed throughout the narrative representation of the events. The depiction of YHWH’s presence intensifies progressively as the narrative unfolds, with God transitioning from an unknown name and imperceptible presence to being known by the name YHWH and permanently present among the Israelites.Artykuł stanowi kontynuację studium podejmującego temat znaczenia formuł imienia Bożego: יְהוָה, אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה oraz אֶהְיֶה (Wj 3,14-15). Analizie poddana zostaje dalsza partia materiału tekstualnego Księgi Wyjścia (Wj 25,1–40,38), gdzie JHWH zaprezentowany jest przede wszystkim jako manifestujący swoją obecność w przybytku, który nakazuje zbudować na mieszkanie dla siebie. Stosując metodę analizy narratywnej do całości materiału narracyjnego, autor dochodzi do wniosku, że głównym celem komunikacyjnym księgi jest ukazanie Boga jako będącego, co jest sygnalizowane w formułach imienia Bożego i potwierdzone w całej narracyjnej reprezentacji wydarzeń. Prezentacja obecności JHWH staje się coraz bardziej intensywna wraz z postępem narracji, a Bóg przechodzi od nieznanego imienia i niedostrzegalnej obecności do bycia znanym w imieniu JHWH i trwale obecnym pośród Izraelitów
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