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Restructuring regional and local economies : towards a comparative study of Scotland and Upper Silesia

Introductory overview: Transforming (worn out) industrial dynamos into strong regional economies - a comparison of the west of Scotland and Upper Silesia, George Blazyca and Andrzej Klasik regional problems - regional policy and regional well-being - what have we learned in recent years? , Mike Danson. Economic transformation and restructuring - from heavy industry to weightless economy? : can regional policy meet the challenge of regional problems in Poland? , George Blazyca, Krystian Heffner and Ewa Helinska-Hughes Polish regional policy and the problems of Upper Silesia after the first transformation decade, Andrzej Klasik and Krystian Heffner the economic restructuring of the west of Scotland 1945-2000: some lessons from a historical perspective, John Foster. Social partnership and regional economic development: urban policy, "Modesty" and "Misunderstanding": on the mythology of "'Partnership" in urban Scotland, Chik Collins building regional development capacity in Upper Silesia - problems and progress, Malgorzata Czornik and Krzysztof Wrana social mobilization and local economic development, Janusz Hryniewicz society in transition - social aspects in restructuring heavy industry regions, Marek Szczepanski. Stimulating enterprise: SMEs and regeneration - a comparison between Scotland and Poland, Mike Danson, Ewa Helinska-Hughes and Geoff Whittam enterprise development in Upper Silesia - a difficult path in regional restructuring, Bogumil Szczupak enterprise development: lessons for enterprise and enterprise clusters from Scotland's experience of regional policy, Mike Danson and Geoff Whittam. What Role for FDI? : foreign direct investment in Scotland: the Silicon Glen experience, Alistair Young foreign direct investment in Upper Silesia - experience and lessons, Adam Drobniak.
Waldbau auf ökologischer Grundlage

Das von Alfred Dengler 1930 begründete Buch wurde für die 8. Auflage überarbeitet, aktualisiert, deutlich erweitert und gestalterisch modernisiert. Nach einer umfassenden Einführung in die Ziele des Waldmanagements im Kontext der Geschichte des Waldbaus und den aktuellen Anforderungen liefert das moderne Lehr- und Handbuch Studierenden der Forstwirtschaft das komplette Handwerkszeug des Waldbaus: Baumartenwahl, Begründung, Verjüngung und Pflege von Waldbeständen sowie die Gestaltung der Wälder in Betriebsarten und Verjüngungsformen.
N ov 2 01 4 Novel Phase Transitions in the Breathing Pyrochlore Lattice : 7 Li-NMR

We report Li-NMR studies on LiInCr4O8 and LiGaCr4O8, in which Cr 3+ ions with spin 3/2 form a breathing pyrochlore lattice, a network of tetrahedra with alternating sizes. In LiInCr4O8 with large alternation, the nuclear relaxation rate 1/T1 shows an activated temperature (T ) dependence down to 18 K, indicating a singlet ground state with a spin gap. This behavior, however, is disrupted by an antiferromagnetic (AF) transition at 13 K, which is preceded by another, most likely structural, transition at 16 K. In contrast, LiGaCr4O8 with small alternation shows no spin gap but exhibits a first-order AF transition over a distributed T -range 13–20 K. Nevertheless, 1/T1 of the paramagnetic phase diverges toward 13 K, indicating proximity to a second-order transition. The results indicate that LiGaCr4O8 is located in the vicinity of a tricritical point in the phase diagram.
Methodology for evaluating the landscape character of Malaysian heritage urban river corridors

The effects of rapid development have increased pressures on these places exacerbated by the competition between two key industry sectors, commercial base and tourism development. This, in supplement with urbanisation and industrialisation, has posted a high demand for the uses of these spaces. The political scenario and lack of adaptation on ecological principles and public participations in its design approach have sparked stiff environmental, historical and cultural constraint towards its landscape character as well as the ecological system. Therefore, a holistic approach towards improving the landscape design process is extremely necessary to protect human well being, cultural, environmental and historical values of these places. Limited research also has been carried out to overcome this situation. This further has created an urgent need to explore better ways to improve the landscape design process of Malaysian heritage urban river corridor developments that encompass the needs and aspirations of the Malaysian multi-ethnic society without making any drastic changes to the landscape character of the rivers. This paper presents a methodology to develop an advanced Landscape Character Assessment (aLCA) framework for evaluating the landscape character of the places, derived from the perception of two keys yet oppositional stakeholders: urban design team and special interest public. The triangulation of subjectivist paradigm methodologies: the psychophysical approach; the psychological approach; and, the phenomenological approach will be employed. The outcome will be used to improve the present landscape design process for future development of these places. Unless a range of perspectives can be brought to bear on enhancing the form and function of their future development and management, urban river corridors in the Malaysian context will continue to decline.
Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa

‘Loss and Damage’ refers to the adverse effects of climate variability and climate change that occur despite efforts in global mitigation and local adaptation. This chapter reports on five case studies on loss and damage as a result of drought and floods in rural areas in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique and The Gambia using a questionnaire survey (N = 1,973) and participatory research tools. The research goes beyond existing knowledge on adaptation and coping mechanisms by examining the limits, constraints and residual impact of household measures to cope and adapt. Only 28% of the households surveyed successfully avoided loss and damage from drought or floods but those that introduced agricultural adaptations, such as planting drought-resistant crop varieties, or diversified their livelihoods with non-farm activities were significantly more successful than others. Migration, on the other hand, was associated with the failure to avoid loss and damage. The chapter uses examples from five case studies and is structured around three ‘loss and damage pathways’ to illustrate the consequences of not being able to cope and adapt adequately. The findings presented here indicate that climaterelated losses and damage are already a reality in many rural African communities
Automatic classification of positive time-frequency distributions

A method of performing automatic classification of positive time-frequency distributions is presented. These distributions are computed via constrained optimization, minimizing the cross-entropy of the distribution subject to a set of constraints. An algorithm for clustering using cross-entropy as the distance measure between vectors was derived by Shore and Gray (see IEEE Trans. PAMI, vol.4, no.1, p.11-17). We apply this method to the time-frequency case, and derive an efficient classification scheme. An advantage of this method is that the time-frequency distributions of the data to be classified do not need to be directly computed; thus, the method can be applied to real-time classification. <<ETX>>
A Combinatorial Characterization of the Testable Graph Properties: It's All About Regularity

A common thread in all of the recent results concerning the testing of dense graphs is the use of Szemeredi's regularity lemma. In this paper we show that in some sense this is not a coincidence. Our first result is that the property defined by having any given Szemeredi-partition is testable with a constant number of queries. Our second and main result is a purely combinatorial characterization of the graph properties that are testable with a constant number of queries. This characterization (roughly) says that a graph property ${\cal P}$ can be tested with a constant number of queries if and only if testing ${\cal P}$ can be reduced to testing the property of satisfying one of finitely many Szemeredi-partitions. This means that in some sense, testing for Szemeredi-partitions is as hard as testing any testable graph property. We thus resolve one of the main open problems in the area of property-testing, which was first raised by Goldreich, Goldwasser, and Ron [J. ACM, 45 (1998), pp. 653-750] in the paper that initiated the study of graph property-testing. This characterization also gives an intuitive explanation as to what makes a graph property testable.
"Anaerobic threshold": problems of determination and validation.

Despite the popularity of the concept of "anaerobic threshold" (AT), the noninvasive detection criteria remain subjective, and invasive validations of AT have been based on lactate data of arterial, mixed venous, venous, and capillary blood samples without any concern for the possible lactate differences from these sources. Eight normal subjects underwent two exercise tests on a bicycle ergometer. The protocol consisted of 3 min of rest, 3 min of 0 work load, and a 20 W/min ramp (1 W/3 s) until exhaustion. Simultaneous arterial and venous blood samples were drawn during the second test. Noninvasive gas response data were measured using a computerized breath-by-breath stress test system. Threshold phenomenon of the lactate accumulation was not found. The arterial lactate levels increased continuously after the start of the exercise ramp. The rise in venous lactate lagged behind the rise of the arterial lactate by about 1.5 min, and therefore venous lactate was not considered suitable for AT detection. Four independent exercise physiologists determined AT from the gas response data. The reviewer variability (avg range 16%) of AT for a given subject was representative of AT values reported for untrained and trained individuals (40-70% maximum O2 consumption). We concluded that 1) AT is not detectable using invasive methods (arterial and venous lactates); and 2) the noninvasive gas response determination has such a large range of reviewer variability that it is unsuitable for clinical use.
Memory Dysfunction

Purpose of Review: This article highlights the dissociable human memory systems of episodic, semantic, and procedural memory in the context of neurologic illnesses known to adversely affect specific neuroanatomic structures relevant to each memory system. Recent Findings: Advances in functional neuroimaging and refinement of neuropsychological and bedside assessment tools continue to support a model of multiple memory systems that are distinct yet complementary and to support the potential for one system to be engaged as a compensatory strategy when a counterpart system fails. Summary: Episodic memory, the ability to recall personal episodes, is the subtype of memory most often perceived as dysfunctional by patients and informants. Medial temporal lobe structures, especially the hippocampal formation and associated cortical and subcortical structures, are most often associated with episodic memory loss. Episodic memory dysfunction may present acutely, as in concussion; transiently, as in transient global amnesia (TGA); subacutely, as in thiamine deficiency; or chronically, as in Alzheimer disease. Semantic memory refers to acquired knowledge about the world. Anterior and inferior temporal lobe structures are most often associated with semantic memory loss. The semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) is the paradigmatic disorder resulting in predominant semantic memory dysfunction. Working memory, associated with frontal lobe function, is the active maintenance of information in the mind that can be potentially manipulated to complete goal-directed tasks. Procedural memory, the ability to learn skills that become automatic, involves the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and supplementary motor cortex. Parkinson disease and related disorders result in procedural memory deficits. Most memory concerns warrant bedside cognitive or neuropsychological evaluation and neuroimaging to assess for specific neuropathologies and guide treatment.
Design of order-of-addition experiments

In an order-of-addition experiment, each treatment is a permutation of $m$ components. It is often unaffordable to test all the $m! $ possible treatments, and thus the design problem arises. We consider a flexible model that incorporates the order of each pair of components and can also account for the distance between the two components in every such pair. Under this model, the optimality of the uniform design measure is established, via the approximate theory, for a broad range of criteria. Coupled with an eigenanalysis, this result serves as a benchmark that paves the way for assessing the efficiency and robustness of any exact design. The closed-form construction of a class of robust optimal fractional designs that can also facilitate model selection is explored and illustrated.
New Mandates and Imperatives in the Revised ACA Code of Ethics

The first major revision of the ACA Code of Ethics in a decade occurred in late 2005, with the updated edition containing important new mandates and imperatives. This article provides interviews with members of the Ethics Revision Task Force that flesh out seminal changes in the revised ACA Code of Ethics in the areas of confidentiality, romantic and sexual interactions, dual relationships, end-of-life care for terminally ill clients, cultural sensitivity, diagnosis, interventions, practice termination, technology, and deceased clients.
1999 NASA/ASEE SUMMER FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA TESTING PLANT RESPONSES TO RARIFIED ATMOSPHERES FOR INFLATABLE GREENHOUSES

Reduced atmospheric pressures will likely be used to minimize mass and engineering requirements for plant growth habitats used in extraterrestrial applications. A chamber with high vacuum capability was used to design and begin construction of a system for testing plant responses to reduced pressure atmospheres. Several preliminary tests were conducted to evaluate chamber suitability for plant tests and to determine performance of thermal and vacuum systems at ambient and reduced pressure atmospheres down to 0.1 atm. The first tests consisted of measurements of internal gas volume and leakage rate. The method for volume determination was quite sensitive and will be needed for plant gas exchange measurements and calculations. This information will also be used in conjunction with the leak rate. Measured leak rates on the order of 0.46 mm Hg/min at 76 mm Hg pressure are low enough to conduct sensitive carbon dioxide exchange rate measurements at reduced pressure given an adequate plant sample (0.5 to 1.0 m2 area). A test rack with lighting provided by 3, highpressure sodium vapor lamps was built to accommodate both short-term and long-term plant responses. Initial short-term experiments with lettuce showed that a pressure of 77 mm Hg resulted in a 6.1-fold increase in the rate of water loss compared to water loss at ambient pressure. Plants were severely wilted after 30 minutes exposure to 77 mm Hg. Water loss was found to be inversely correlated with atmospheric pressure over the range of pressures from 0.2 to 1.0 atm; the rate of water loss at 0.2 atm was 4.3 times higher than water loss at ambient pressure. Older leaves showed moderate wilting during exposure to 156 mm Hg, but those exposed to 345 mm Hg remained turgid. Results suggest a reduced atmospheric pressure limit of 0.2 to 0.3 arm for lettuce grown in a solid medium. Follow-up experiments with carbon dioxide control and control at high relative humidity (> 90 %) will be needed to further confirm and define safe reduced pressure limits that are feasible for plant tolerance and growth. 207 https://ntrs.nasa. gov/search.jsp? R=20010068381 2019-06-16T08:56:21+00:00Z
Information technology, organizational change and firm productivity: A panel study of complementarity effects and clustering patterns in Manufacturing and Services

Organizational complementarities are an essential factor in the process of creating business value from information technology (IT) investments. Organizational change (OC) is an important complementarity. This paper investigates complementarities between IT capital and OC initiatives of the firm. It analyzes the productivity impact of different clusters of IT and OC in the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Three dimensions of OC are studied: process, structure, and boundary changes. Two distinct econometric approaches are applied to a unique and detailed sample of 32,619 firm-level observations in the Netherlands for the period 1994-2006. The results reveal that the productivity effect of IT significantly increases when technology investments are accompanied by relevant organizational changes. The observed complementarity effects between IT and OC are stronger for services than for manufacturing firms. The effects become stronger if different types of change are combined with each other and form clusters. In contrast to IT capital, non-IT capital and OC exhibit a substitutability relationship. As to another finding of the research, IT seems to play a dual role with respect to change: generating or stimulating it and complementing or supporting it. The first role is more dominant among manufacturing, while the second is among services firms.
Information Technology-Enabled Transformation: Research That Bridges the Functional Divide

The field of information systems can do more to clarify the significance of its research in relation to other management disciplines. Few external stakeholders, including faculty in other fields, deans, practitioners, senior managers, and policy makers, are able to identify common topics in IS research, and fewer still know what it is that draws IS researchers to a particular problem or an unexplained phenomenon. This panel considers the proposition that understanding IT-driven transformations is one of the core themes of the IS research field. The panel focuses on the role that research on IT-enabled transformations can play in offering a compelling story about the field and its scholarly and practical contributions. Because IT-enabled transformations inevitably influence and are influenced by a range of environmental and contextual factors, these phenomena cannot be examined in isolation and must necessarily draw upon theories and insights developed in other functional disciplines. Transformations are non-incremental, leap-frogging advances in the use of IT that reshape markets, radically alter cost structures, and lead to entirely new digital products. Focusing on the role of research in knowing what gives rise to IT-enabled transformations (and how various players and organizations will succeed or are disrupted) bridges the different areas of IS research, and offers the most compelling story about our field to those outside it.
Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities.

Although ecologists have long considered morphology and life history to be important determinants of the distribution, abundance, and dynamics of plants in nature, this book contains the first theory to predict explicitly both the evolution of plant traits and the effects of these traits on plant community structure and dynamics. David Tilman focuses on the universal requirement of terrestrial plants for both below-ground and above-ground resources. The physical separation of these resources means that plants face an unavoidable tradeoff. To obtain a higher proportion of one resource, a plant must allocate more of its growth to the structures involved in its acquisition, and thus necessarily obtain a lower proportion of another resource. Professor Tilman presents a simple theory that includes this constraint and tradeoff, and uses the theory to explore the evolution of plant life histories and morphologies along productivity and disturbance gradients. The book shows that relative growth rate, which is predicted to be strongly influenced by a plant's proportional allocation to leaves, is a major determinant of the transient dynamics of competition. These dynamics may explain the differences between successions on poor versus rich soils and suggest that most field experiments performed to date have been of too short a duration to allow unambiguous interpretation of their results.
Síndrome de Cockayne: Informe de cuatro casos y revisión de la literatura

Resumen El sindrome de Cockayne es una enfermedad de origen hereditario, de transmision autonomica recesiva de prevalencia poco conocida pero muy poco frecuente en Colombia. Su presencia ha sido de dificil reconocimiento pero sus caracteristicas fisicas son muy reconocibles. El diagnostico temprano orienta al manejo de las patologias asociadas como cataratas, alteraciones en piel y desordenes de desarrollo neurologico. Su reconocimiento ayuda a las familias, medicos y sociedad a entender su apariencia caquectica ademas de otras caracteristicas de su fenotipo, facilita su manejo fisico y psicologico previniendo morbimortalidad. [Blandon B, Serrano JC. Sindrome de Cockayne: informe de cuatro casos y revision de la literatura. MedUNAB 2007; 10:133-136]. Palabras clave: Sindrome de Cockayne, Cataratas, Caries dentales, Enoftalmus.
MODELLING THE IMPACTS OF ADVANCED TRAVELLER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

This paper outlines a research project which examined the travel behaviour of Brisbane commuters on a congested corridor, and in particular how they respond to information. The focus of this study is on gaining a comprehensive understanding of the traffic information needs of Brisbane drivers and how they deal with unexpected (incident-induced) congestion duping the pre-trip and en-route stage, and how they might respond to messages given to them by an advanced traveller information system (ATIS). A mail-back questionnaire was developed to explore the various factors influencing travel behaviour in the revealed and stated preference context. Travellers' propensity to change route, leave earlier, leave later, take public transport, go by bike or foot, and cancel trip were examined. The questionnaires were distributed to commuters along Moggill Road at the intersection with Jephson Street, Toowong. The results from a univariant analysis indicate that: a strong car dependency exists along the study corridor; congestion is a problem and often causes commuters to be late to work; and ATIS devices can be used to alter commuters' travel patterns and ultimately, reduce congestion in Brisbane. This study is unique in that it is the first investigation into the human response to ATIS undertaken in Brisbane - overcoming the geographical uniqueness of previous studies. Future analysis of the survey data lends itself to the use of discrete choice models to accurately describe drivers' travel behaviour. This research makes it possible to draw conclusions and recommendations for the improvement, development and design of motorist information systems and provide a new factor in network level traffic analysis. (a)
TERTIARY PALEOTECTONICS AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SALINIAN BLOCK

Contrasts in right-lateral strike-slip separation of pre-Tertiary and Tertiary geologic features along the San Andreas fault in central and northern California give rise to two popular yet contrasting views of the evolution of the fault system. One model includes two major episodes of right-slip on the San Andreas fault, one Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary and one post-Oligocene. The other model recognizes only the later episode and requires significant right-slip on other faults of the Neogene San Andreas fault system, in addition to the San Andreas fault proper. Recent studies strongly support the concept of Neogene right-slip on several faults, and argue for a diminished role for proto-San Andreas faulting in the evolution of the fault system.