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Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijn: Consequenties voor Rijkswaterstaat
No full textRijkswaterstaat heeft als bevoegd gezag met betrekking tot de rijkswateren en als initiatiefnemer van (grootschalige) projecten de verantwoordelijkheid om zorgvuldig om te gaan met de Europese Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijn. Binnen Rijkswaterstaat zijn in de afgelopen periode vele vragen gesteld met betrekking tot deze richtlijnen, die zowel procesmatig als inhoudelijk van aard zijn. Veel van deze vragen hebben betrekking op activiteiten van Rijkswaterstaat in de kustzone. Om aan deze vragen tegemoet te komen heeft het RIKZ op verzoek van het hoofdkantoor van Rijkswaterstaat dit document opgesteld. Het document geeft een overzicht van de verplichtingen die voortvloeien uit beide richtlijnen en op welke manier (regionale) directies van Rijkswaterstaat hiermee om kunnen gaan bij de uitvoering van hun activiteiten. De nadruk wordt hierbij gelegd op het toetsen van plannen en projecten aan beide richtlijnen. De toetsing aan beide Europese richtlijnen wordt in twee schema\u92s gepresenteerd. Deze schema\u92s kunnen binnen bestaande procedures (b.v. vergunningverlening) worden toegepast. Iedere stap in het schema wordt expliciet toegelicht. Dit document kan geen antwoord geven op alle vragen, maar is bedoeld om medewerkers van Rijkswaterstaat die betrokken zijn bij toetsing aan de Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijn de juiste weg te wijzen. Een drietal activiteiten waarbij Rijkswaterstaat in de kustzone te maken krijgt met toetsing aan de Vogel- en Habitatrichtlijn worden als voorbeeld nader toegelicht
Dr. Steven Vogel Lecture
No full textDr. Steven Vogel will give a public Sigma Xi Distinguished Scientist lecture and a research seminar in the School of Marine Sciences seminar series. A noted author on bio-mechanics, Dr. Vogel\u27s expertise spans many disciplines including biology, marine science, physics, mathematics, and engineering. His public seminar will address the physics of living, and touch on strategies for engaging K-16 students in learning physics
Worldview Preaching in the Church: The Preaching Ministries of J. Gresham Machen and Timothy J. Keller
No full textABSTRACT
WORLDVIEW PREACHING IN THE CHURCH:
THE PREACHING MINISTRIES OF J. GRESHAM MACHAN
AND TIMOTHY J. KELLER
Michael Raymond Galdamez, Ph.D.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012
Chair: Dr. Robert A. Vogel
The thesis of this dissertation is that J. Gresham Machen and Timothy J. Keller provide contemporary pulpits with two examples of preachers who present a consistent worldview. This thesis is demonstrated through a description and evaluation of their preaching based on four elements of a worldview in James Sire's book The Universe Next Door. By presenting Machen and Keller as examples of worldview preaching, this dissertation provides a study on the use of the worldview concept in evangelical preaching, in order to discover what these two preachers consistently do in their preaching so as to be categorized as worldview preachers. Thus the study provides homiletic students with two examples of how the worldview concept might be applied to contemporary preaching.
Chapter 2 presents a brief biographical sketch of Machen and Keller in order to set their writings and preaching in their distinct historical and cultural contexts. Specific focus is upon Machen's battle with theological modernism and Keller's ministry to skeptical New Yorkers through Redeemer Presbyterian Church.
Chapter 3 provides descriptions of Machen's and Keller's worldviews. These descriptions are organized around Sire's four worldview elements. A number of their popular writings are examined and summarized in order to construct their worldviews from Sire's paradigm. This chapter provides the basis for the evaluation of their preaching in chapter 4.
Chapter 4 evaluates Machen's and Keller's preaching based on their consistency with their constructed worldviews of chapter 3. This evaluation provides enough description to demonstrate the level of consistency between their stated worldviews and what they in fact preach in the pulpit.
Chapter 5 compares and contrasts Machen's and Keller's worldview preaching in order to specify areas of strengths and weaknesses in their worldview preaching. This comparison of their preaching also provides some reflection on the application of Machen's and Keller's approach for contemporary preachers.
Chapter 6 provides a summary and conclusion of this dissertation. Worldview preaching is essential in the preaching ministry of the evangelical church. Machen's and Keller's preaching provides a clear understanding of the application of the worldview concept to preaching
De novo sequencing of the Hypericum perforatum L. flower transcriptome to identify potential genes that are related to plant reproduction sensu lato
No full textBackground: St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) is a medicinal plant that produces important metabolites with antidepressant and anticancer activities. Recently gained biological information has shown that this species is also an attractive model system for the study of a naturally occurring form of asexual reproduction called apomixis, which allows cloning plants through seeds. In aposporic gametogenesis, one or multiple somatic cells belonging to the ovule nucellus change their fate by dividing mitotically and developing functionally unreduced embryo sacs by mimicking sexual gametogenesis. Although the introduction of apomixis into agronomically important crops could have revolutionary implications for plant breeding, the genetic control of this mechanism of seed formation is still not well understood for most of the model species investigated so far. We used Roche 454 technology to sequence the entire H. perforatum flower transcriptome of whole flower buds and single flower verticils collected from obligately sexual and unrelated highly or facultatively apomictic genotypes, which enabled us to identify RNAs that are likely exclusive to flower organs (i.e., sepals, petals, stamens and carpels) or reproductive strategies (i.e., sexual vs. apomictic). Results: Here we sequenced and annotated the flower transcriptome of H. perforatum with particular reference to reproductive organs and processes. In particular, in our study we characterized approximately 37,000 transcripts found expressed in male and/or female reproductive organs, including tissues or cells of sexual and apomictic flower buds. Ontological annotation was applied to identify major biological processes and molecular functions involved in flower development and plant reproduction. Starting from this dataset, we were able to recover and annotate a large number of transcripts related to meiosis, gametophyte/gamete formation, and embryogenesis, as well as genes that are exclusively or preferentially expressed in sexual or apomictic libraries. Real-Time RT-qPCR assays on pistils and anthers collected at different developmental stages from accessions showing alternative modes of reproduction were used to identify potential genes that are related to plant reproduction sensu lato in H. perforatum. Conclusions: Our approach of sequencing flowers from two fully obligate sexual genotypes and two unrelated highly apomictic genotypes, in addition to different flower parts dissected from a facultatively apomictic accession, enabled us to analyze the complexity of the flower transcriptome according to its main reproductive organs as well as for alternative reproductive behaviors. Both annotation and expression data provided original results supporting the hypothesis that apomixis in H. perforatum relies upon spatial or temporal mis-expression of genes acting during female sexual reproduction. The present analyses aim to pave the way toward a better understanding of the molecular basis of flower development and plant reproduction, by identifying genes or RNAs that may differentiate or regulate the sexual and apomictic reproductive pathways in H. perforatum
MICROBIAL CANNIBALISM IN EXTREME STARVED ENVIRONMENT
No full textDue to their geochemical characteristics, some soils can be considered as extreme. This is the case with some New Caledonia soils, such as ultramafic soils, that are characterized by deficiencies in essential elements and overabundance of heavy metals, particularly nickel. This phenomenon is amplified in mine spoils where carbon and nitrogen concentrations are extremely low, thus, classifying mine spoils as starved environments. Our objective was to determine which adaptive strategies enable bacterial populations to adapt to extreme environments. A comparative metagenomic analysis applied to partial metagenomic sequences of two ultramafic soils (pristine ultramafic soil, mine spoils) and two “classical“ soils (prairie soil and corn field soil) was developed to detect genes and bacterial populations specific to each soil. The new program and the graphical interface that we developed specifically for this study helped highlight the effect of the ultramafic origin, the “human” influence (mining, farming), and the starvation conditions on bacterial community function. Our results highlight the originality of the bacterial community structure and its metabolism in the mine spoils. To adapt to these extreme edaphic conditions, bacterial populations tend to minimize nutrient loss and to enhance biosynthetic pathways reaction by using dead bacterial cells as nutrients
METAGENOMIC: INSIGHTS ON EXTREME METABOLISM
No full textDue to their geochemical characteristics, some soil can be considered as extreme. Such is the case in New Caledonia, where the ultramafic soils are characterized by their deficiency in essential elements, and their excess in heavy metals, particularly nickel. This phenomenon is amplified in mine spoils where carbon and nitrogen concentrations are extremely low. The aim of this work was to evaluate the adaptive strategies of soil microbial communities to extreme environments. A combination of metagenomic tools were used (16S rRNA libraries, microarray, cosmid clone libraries and pyrosequencing) and a comparative metagenomic analysis, including metagenomes of “classical “ soils, was performed to demonstrate the differences between bacterial communities and their functions. Statistical differences were examined in order to explore genes/populations specific to extreme soils. Results highlighted the original bacterial community structure and metabolism in the mine spoils, characteristic of its extreme edaphic conditions. Microbial communities evolved by favoring biosynthetic pathways and minimizing nutrient loss
The Simple Generator
No full textI argue that the shift of explanatory burden from the generator to the evaluator in OT syntax – together with the difficulties that arise when we try to formulate a working theory of the interfaces of syntax – leads to a number of assumptions about syntactic structures in OT which are quite different from those typical of minimalist syntax: formal features, as driving forces behind syntactic movement, are useless, and derivational and representational economy are problematic for both empirical and conceptual reasons. The notion of markedness, central in Optimality Theory, is not fully compatible with the idea of synactic economy. Even more so, seemingly obvious cases of blocking by structural economy do not seem to result from grammar proper, but reflect (economical) aspects of language use.The definitive version of this paper is published in Linguistics in Potsdam 25 (2006).Vogel, R. (2006). The Simple Generator. In H. Broekhuis & R. Vogel (Eds), Linguistics in Potsdam 25. Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A possible Convergence? Potsdam : Universitätsverlag PotsdamISBN: 9783939469544 (published book)The work on this paper was partially supported by a grant for the research group “Conflicting Rules in Language and Cognition”, project A3, “Minimality in Optimality Theory”, FOR-375/A3
Awangardowe oblicze realizmu. Montaż literacki Debory Vogel
No full textThe article discusses poetics of realism in the works of Debora Vogel, while focusing on the selection of her poems entitled “Akacje kwitną. Montaże” (Acacias in Blossom. Montages). The author presents the realistic element within Debora Vogel‟s prose and points out the basic principles standing behind her aesthetics: constructivism, simultanism, and new realism. The focus is primarily on the avant-garde elements of Vogel‟s prose: the modernist characteristics of her writing. A special attention is given to literary montage and to the notion of realism as the basic mode of representation within the analysed genre. Realism-oriented approach visible in Debora Vogel‟s prose goes hand in hand with characteristic features of montage as a literary genre that answers to the dominant worldview and to the changes in aesthetic theory that are visible in three stages of Vogel‟s realism-related search (constructivism, simultanism, new realism). The conclusion is that the interpretation of literary works by Debora Vogel has to concern two issues: individual and autonomous character of her writing on the one hand and its connection with the multicultural, modernist project of the Polish interwar literature on the other, as it is in this cultural and literary context that her realism-oriented practices are performed.Zeszyty Naukowe TDU
Crime and Inflation in U. S. Cities
No full textObjectivesThe current study replicates prior national-level research on the relationship between crimes committed for monetary gain and inflation in a sample of 17 U. S. cities between 1960 and 2013. Methods A random coefficients model is used to estimate the effects of inflation on the change in acquisitive crime over time, controlling for other influences. Results The estimates yield significant effects of inflation on acquisitive crime rates in the 17 cities. City-specific coefficients reveal nontrivial variation across the cities in the significance, size, and impact of inflation on acquisitive crime.Conclusions Continued low inflation rates should restrain future crime increases in many US cities. U. S. monetary policy should be evaluated with respect to its effect on crime.Accepted Author ManuscriptOLD Urban Renewal and Housin
Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A Possible Convergence?
No full textThis issue of Linguistics in Potsdam contains a number of papers that grew out of the workshop Descriptive and Empirical Adequacy in Linguistics held in Berlin on December 17-19 December, 2005. One of the goals of this meeting was to bring together scholars working in various frameworks (with emphasis on the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory) and to discuss matters concerning descriptive and empirical adequacy. Another explicit goal was to discuss the question whether Minimalism and Optimality Theory should be considered incompatible and, hence, competing theories, or whether the two frameworks should rather be considered complementary in certain respects (see http://let.uvt.nl/deal05/call.html for the call for papers). Five of the seven papers in this volume directly grew out of the oral presentations given at the workshop.This is the editors' final version of the book Linguistics in Potsdam 25 (2006), published by Universitätsbibliothek, Potsdam.Broekhuis, H., Vogel, R. (2006). Optimality theory and minimalism: A possible convergence?. Potsdam: Universitätsbibliothek.ISBN: 9783939469544 (published book
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