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Thomson, Robert, Malaya
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/421391Surname: THOMSON. Given Name(s) or Initials: ROBERT. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: MALAYA. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 14983.246106
Item: [2016.0049.53652] "Thomson, Robert, Malaya
The Manx Traditionary Ballad
No full textThomson Robert Leith. The Manx Traditionary Ballad. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 9, fascicule 2, 1961. pp. 521-548
The Manx Traditionary Ballad (suite et fin)
No full textThomson Robert Leith. The Manx Traditionary Ballad (suite et fin). In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 10, fascicule 1, 1962. pp. 60-87
The syntax of the verb in Manx Gaelic
No full textThomson Robert Leith. The syntax of the verb in Manx Gaelic. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 5, fascicule 2, 1950. pp. 260-292
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
Comparison of expert judgements with each other and with information from council documentation
No full textThis chapter provides a comparison of expert judgements with each other and with information from council documentatio
Research design : measuring actors positions', saliences and capabilities
No full textThis chapter looks at measuring actors positions', saliences and capabilities within the context of research desig
Consultations with interest groups and the empowerment of executives : evidence from the European Union
No full textWe examine how an executive's consultations with interest groups during the formative stage of the policy process affect its bargaining success during the decision-making stage after it has proposed new policies to legislative actors. Our theory sets out how consultations with interest groups strengthen the executive by bolstering its formal and informal agenda-setting power. The empirical testing ground for our theory is the European Union (EU), and in particular the consultations held by the European Commission. The analysis assesses the effects of these consultations on the congruence between the Commission's legislative proposals on controversial issues and EU laws. Our analysis incorporates detailed information on the type and scope of each consultation. In line with our theory, we find that the Commission had more success during the decision-making stage after conducting open consultations with large numbers of interest groups during the policy formation stage
Imprecise Synthesis
No full textAround a third of significant faults in embedded systems are caused by defective requirements specifications. Industrial case studies using existing techniques to construct analytical requirements models have been frustrated because of imprecise compositional semantics in the industrial specifications. The paper describes a method for synthesising analytical models from imprecise MSC requirements specifications that ensures the models reflect the intended compositions, and not those that result from the imprecision within the requirements
Model Synthesis from Imprecise Specifications
No full textThe paper defines a formal semantics for MSC scenarios that is a weakening of the state semantics from [6], whilst permitting some additional semantics in the spirit of Live Sequence Charts (LSCs) [4]. The semantics here differs from that of LSCs in that mandatory behaviour is defined dynamically within the domain of possible scenarios. This permits a semantics which uses domain knowledge to define when compositions of imprecise requirements are valid. This has been implemented by Motorola UK Research Labs, and is being used in a pilot study for a new telecommunications mobile 3G handset
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