8,578 research outputs found
Ian Thomson, 89
No full textIan Thomson, a longtime Palo Alto resident who was a sailor and a businessman, has died. He was 89. Thomson, who died on Sept. 10 was born in Ilford, United Kingdom, on Dec. 18, 1929
Ian Thomson, December 18, 1929 - September 10, 2019
No full textLong time Palo Alto resident and businessman Ian Thomson passed away in his sleep on September 10th 2019
Una conversazione a Palermo con Leonardo Sciascia
No full textIn 1985 Ian Thomson interviewed the Sicilian detective novelist and essayist in Sicily's capital, Palermo. Here is the complete interview; appended is a correspondence that took place afterwards between Thomson and Sciascia
Death of an Inquisitor and Other Stories
No full textTranslation from the Italian by Ian Thomson of three fictionalized essays by the Sicilian crime writer Leonardo Sciascia
1939: Before Darkness Fell
No full textThis is an essay from a work-in-progress. The idea for it grew out of a piece on Eric Ambler by Ian Thomson which was originally published in Slightly Foxed magazin
The hydrology of the degrading soil cliffs at Naish Farm, Hampshire
No full textThe purpose of the study was to increase understanding of the inter-relationship between hydrology and mass movements in an area of actively degrading soil cliffs. An undefended section of the Barton Clay cliffs of Christchurch Bay was used as the exemplar. Similar studies of such areas have been neglected in the past. It is considered that many of the difficulties encountered, techniques used, and ideas developed could usefully be employed in other similar areas.The cliffs in the study area are composed of Plateau Gravel overlying the Barton Clay. The field studies included a survey of the gravel thickness, meteorological measurements, piezometric observations in the Plateau Gravel, Barton Clay and undercliff colluvium, and soil moisture measurements using a Neutron Probe in the undercliff colluvium. The inter-relationship between these measurements and the mass movements was investigated. Estimates were made of the seepage into the undercliff colluvium and its water balance.A field monitoring programme was carried out over two years, from October 1982 to October 1984. During this time, the Plateau Gravel contributed a considerable amount of groundwater flow to the undercliff. An estimate was made of its temporal variation. It was shown that intercepting this flow would have a considerable effect on the undercliff water balance.A model was developed which related meteorological conditions to groundwater levels. The model was used to determine the relative level of groundwater levels at the time of occurrence of a number of slumps. It was found that the timing of slumps was dependent on both the groundwater level fluctuation, as a result of meteorological conditions, and the gradual loss of lateral support afforded by the undercliff colluvium. The deeper the base of the slump, the less the groundwater level fluctuation, and the greater the influence of the variation in lateral support.Groundwater flow in the undercliff colluvium is mainly via permeable tension cracks, shear surfaces and gravel seams. Thus, groundwater levels, and hence mass movement, respond rapidly to meteorological conditions. Mass movement is also considerably influenced by changes in the distribution of loading. The groundwater levels are themselves affected by mass movement due to the changing boundary conditions of the groundwater flow regime. The content of this thesis adds considerable understanding to the inter-relationship between the hydrology and mass movement of the soil cliffs at Naish Farm. The methodology of this work could usefully be used in similar studies of other areas. </p
Designing environmental impact-valuation assemblages for sustainable decision-making
No full textWe exist in a time of apparently unresolvable environmental problems. If environmental management accounting is to play a meaningful role in resolving these problems, there is a need to build capacity to design environmental impact-valuation assemblages appropriate for sustainable transformation. Impacts are typically described in terms of impacting on what, impacting on whom, quantification of change, responsibility for the impact, risk and uncertainty, impacting where and when, and legitimacy of impact measurement. Each environmental impact-valuation is dependent on a series of choices on how to undertake this work. This chapter presents a framework to help make choices that avoid known pitfalls and increase the chances of more sustainable governance and decision-making. The complex process of measurement or valuation of environmental impact involves creating accounts of the consequences of a decision on selected socio-ecological systems. Paradoxically, the calculation of environmental impacts is designed to prevent them ever happening or to put in place mitigation or restorative measures.</p
Before research methods comes “methodising”:implications for environmental accounting research
No full textEnvironmental accounting and reporting exists in ill-defined, dynamic problem spaces and interacts with different scientific disciplines. These problem spaces require the creation of adaptive, hybrid research methods, rather than just “turning the handle” of existing models. Researchers must imagine and create a compelling case for what and how they are problematising, proposing to change or contributing to future research. This chapter explores the invisible, often silenced work associated with designing research projects by distinguishing the shiny and idealised account of research methods that act to scientifically legitimate findings with the messy process associated with the discovery of these findings. Research method sections in journal articles serve an important function in the communication of findings, but bear no resemblance to the work involved in capturing sufficient, compelling and meaningful evidence. This chapter outlines eight critical stages in bundling together an appropriate research design to address meaningful environmental accounting research questions and by providing an environmental accounting example of methodising.</p
A new genus and two new species of Pteroplatini Thomson from Central America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
No full textSwift, Ian (2008): A new genus and two new species of Pteroplatini Thomson from Central America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Insecta Mundi 2008 (45): 1-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516991
Megachile (Megachile) lapponica Thomson 1872
No full text<i>Megachile</i> (<i>Megachile</i>) <i>lapponica</i> Thomson, 1872 <p>Counties: Beltrami, Cook, Roseau, Saint Louis.</p>Published as part of <i>Portman, Zachary M., Gardner, Joel, Lane, Ian G., Gerjets, Nicole, Petersen, Jessica D., Ascher, John S., Arduser, Mike, Evans, Elaine C., Boyd, Crystal, Thomson, Robin & Cariveau, Daniel P., 2023, A checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Minnesota, pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 5304 (1)</i> on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5304.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8048569">http://zenodo.org/record/8048569</a>
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