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Rapson, Jeffrey William 1971. "Private wilderness playgrounds : understanding the competitive effects of environmentally oriented master-planned communities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32221.
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Thesis (S.M. and M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178).
The thesis of this work is to better understand the competitive effects of developing second-home master-planned communities in an environmentally oriented fashion. The competitive effects, are understood by examining the "traditional" land development approach and comparing it to the approach used in two case studies in this research-Spring Island and Dewees island. These measurements and comparisons are used to understand and nform the effectiveness of an environmentally-oriented development approach, whereby these development strategies can be put forth and adopted as an approach to create value in future residential developments. The study derives its information from personal interviews and secondary research on the two developments. The research then presents a comprehensive synopsis of the competitive strategies so that the subtle relationships between consumer preferences, development risks, and market feasibility can be better understood. This thesis is intended to better inform community developers of the benefits, financial and otherwise, that one can capture through a whole-systems approach to master-planned community development. A whole-systems approach to residential development is defined by taking the three primary drivers for decision-making, economics, community and environment, and actively considering the interconnections between the systems in a balanced orientation. This concept is often referred to as the 'solutions multiplier' effect. This thesis finds that residential community developers in the South Carolina Low Country secondhome market can generate significant premiums and differentiate their communities in a highly competitive marketplace, while making better decisions that are more responsive to a project's social, aesthetic, environmental, and economic site through a whole-systems market-based development approach. It will be shown that bringing these three primary drivers together and capitalizing on their interconnections has realized multiple benefits over their competition while creating a new community development prototype.
by Jeffrey William Rapson.
S.M.and M.C.P.
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Grimaldi, Jordan. "The Living Community Challenge: An unCase Study in Biophilic Master Planning." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2020. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/219.
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In a world that is quickly urbanizing with a climate that is rapidly changing, the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) Living Community Challenge (LCC) offers a whimsical yet highly relevant model for sustainable development—creating cities that are as connected and beautiful as forests. As no certified Living Community exists yet, this thesis serves as an “uncase study” of North Rainier, a neighborhood in Seattle that has registered for the Challenge. In an effort to assess the LCC’s perceived effectiveness as a model for sustainable development, this thesis first summarizes nearly 400 centuries of U.S. developmental history to give greater context to the current moment and how we can quickly, effectively, and fundamentally transform the built environment to support a more sustainable future. A comparative analysis with EcoDistricts and LEED for Neighborhood Development revealed strengths (i.e., advocacy and capacity building) and weaknesses (i.e., equity and stasis) of predominant urban assessment tools in the U.S. The case study then uses a combination of GIS analysis, community surveys, and semi-structured interviews with members of the neighborhood association overseeing the pursuit of the LCC in North Rainier as well as with staff members at ILFI to assess the LCC’s effectiveness. Environmental health disparities in North Rainier found within the GIS analysis were echoed in the surveys and interviews, which indicated feelings of neglect from the city of Seattle who is occupied with record-setting growth, demonstrates how the LCC can be considered as an “act of optimism” and as a rejection of historically imposed top-down planning. Overall, in theory, several of the LCC’s Petals address many of the systemic issues facing the built environment (i.e., sprawl and dependence on automobiles and fossil fuels). However, despite its vision for a socially just and culturally rich future, the LCC—specifically the Equity Petal—does not offer a guarantee that displacement of low-income and communities of color and/or environmental injustices will not be perpetuated.
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Lawson, Troy A. "CAL POLY PIER MASTER PLAN." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2020. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2202.
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The Cal Poly Pier (Pier) Master/Facility Plan (FP) document provides the vision of the future for the Pier, a marine science research facility. The Plan facilitates project development and management of the Pier while meeting university and department research goals. Specifically, the FP document establishes goals and strategies to direct long-term development of the Pier, streamlines agency approval and permit requirements, provides context for pier management, and assists the permitting process for future development as it relates to regulatory permits and programmatic growth on the Cal Poly Pier to help meet goals of the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences (CCMS). The Cal Poly Pier is the marine field station for the California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) CCMS and is one of several facilities that supports research and educational activities. The CCMS is a CSU Campus Center research organization that provides research and education activities as a part of Cal Poly’s overall mission while offering opportunities to interested parties beyond Cal Poly, such as private and public entities. The 3,057-foot long pier provides students, faculty, researchers, and other users unrivaled access to the marine environment of the Central Coast and fosters hands-on learning opportunities to progress marine research and science. The Master Plan name was changed to Facility Plan to streamline the plan approval process and to minimize the potential for errors.
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Sand, Melanie G. "Transforming Sustainability thru Adaptive Co-Management: A Critique of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2012. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1512.
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To achieve true sustainability, planners must balance the interests of environmental protection, economic development, and social equity. In a critically changing, complex ecosystem such as Louisiana’s coast, challenges to achieve the perfect equilibrium are further compounded. Following the logic of emerging adaptive co-management literature, the planning framework for Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan could be transformed into a more collaborative, democratic process. Adaptive co-management is a regime which provides power to local citizens, often in possession of invaluable traditional ecological knowledge. In general, it focuses on constant learning and collaboration. Through power-sharing and participatory action, we embrace science, but step back from technocracy. We utilize local knowledge, and combine it with expertise.
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Paton, Kathryn Louise. "At home or abroad : Tuvaluans shaping a Tuvaluan future : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Development Studies /." ResearchArchive @Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/957.
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Aitken, Christopher. "Changing climate and changing behaviour : perceptions of powerlessness and the commons dilemma : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/958.
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Parker, John Russell. "An analysis of urban ecological knowledge and behaviour in Wellington, New Zealand : a 90 point thesis submitted to Victoria University of Wellington as partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1263.
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Barry, Martin. "Distributed small-scale wind in New Zealand : advantages, barriers and policy support instruments : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/87.
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Addison, Vicki. "Water allocation and the sustainability of dairying in the upper Waitaki river basin : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1021.
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Blackwell, Sally Frances. "Electricity conservation in context : a mixed methods study of residential conservation behaviour during an electricity shortage in New Zealand : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Studies /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1098.
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Kuang, Xiaomin. "Modelling and performance studies of integrated network scenarios in a hospital environment a dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Computer and Information Sciences, 2008 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/539.
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Thesis (MCIS - Computer and Information Sciences) -- AUT University, 2007.Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (xiii, 105 leaves ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 362.110285468 KUA)
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Maulhardt, Alison. "Restoring the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana Ecological Tradeoffs and Barriers to Action." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2015. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2098.
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This study investigates the Louisiana 2012 Coastal Master Plan’s ability to reconcile conflicting economic and ecological demands on coastal resources. The Louisiana Coastal Master Plan was unique in combining flood control and coastal restoration under one authority. However, the objectives of flood control and coastal restoration can be in conflict. The plan was also unique in its approach of restoration from a working coast perspective. However, the objectives of ecological restoration and economic productivity do not always agree. By conducting semi-structured interviews with major coastal stakeholders, this research will explore how the planning process has accommodated the views and values of key stakeholder parties. This research aims to make more transparent the inherent environmental tradeoffs of restoration from a working coast perspective. A working coast is a compromise between economic and environmental stakeholder needs. The approach requires a balance of power to ensure that the projects selected best serve the needs of all parties. The study found that while there is industry buy in, mechanisms for mitigating economic externalities is lacking in the plan, corporate infrastructure benefits while wildlife resources are in decline.
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Bopp, Jennifer. "Older Pedestrians in Brisbane Suburban Settings: Two Case Studies to Investigate the Concept of a "Safe and Attractive" Pedestrian Environment." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2005. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16144/1/Jennifer_Bopp_Thesis.pdf.
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Older Australians walk for many reasons: health, recreation and transport. However, road safety statistics show that pedestrians over 65 represent one-third of Australia's pedestrian deaths. As Australia's population ages in place and older people take up a walking regime for health and transportation reasons, they need a supportive suburban setting. Urban design theories discuss such "pedestrian-friendly" concepts as sense of place, sense of community, responsive environments, traditional neighbourhood design, transit-oriented development, and crime prevention through environmental design. To investigate these concepts in relation to older pedestrians, this study brings together two areas of literature - research into older pedestrians in relation to urban design theories.
Qualitative research methods were used in two case studies, to reveal how older people's interpretation of their local walking environment relates to urban design theories concerning walkable suburbs. The two Brisbane suburbs of Bulimba and Forest Lake were chosen for study, as they have different histories, topographies, street patterns, and other variations. Analysis of key themes gathered from two focus group discussions, one from each suburb, revealed the significance for participants of social interaction when walking for health. A photographic exercise performed by the Forest Lake focus group provided pictorial information for analysis, and revealed participants' interest in the lake's fauna and flora, and in its ongoing maintenance. The study was limited by an unforeseen failure to obtain the cooperation of the Bulimba group in the photographic exercise.
In support of the claims made in the literature review, it seems that when older pedestrians walk through suburban streets, they avoid steep hills, busy roads, and intersections where possible, and require footpaths with even surfaces and shelters. When walking for health reasons, participants in this study did not favour local streets, but preferred "natural" places designed exclusively for walkers. Forest Lake participants stated a preference for driving to places they deemed suitable for walking, which suggests a need for more detailed design attention to the urban design qualities of local streets, so that those older people without cars are not disadvantaged.
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Bopp, Jennifer. "Older Pedestrians in Brisbane Suburban Settings: Two Case Studies to Investigate the Concept of a "Safe and Attractive" Pedestrian Environment." Queensland University of Technology, 2005. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16144/.
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Older Australians walk for many reasons: health, recreation and transport. However, road safety statistics show that pedestrians over 65 represent one-third of Australia's pedestrian deaths. As Australia's population ages in place and older people take up a walking regime for health and transportation reasons, they need a supportive suburban setting. Urban design theories discuss such "pedestrian-friendly" concepts as sense of place, sense of community, responsive environments, traditional neighbourhood design, transit-oriented development, and crime prevention through environmental design. To investigate these concepts in relation to older pedestrians, this study brings together two areas of literature - research into older pedestrians in relation to urban design theories. Qualitative research methods were used in two case studies, to reveal how older people's interpretation of their local walking environment relates to urban design theories concerning walkable suburbs. The two Brisbane suburbs of Bulimba and Forest Lake were chosen for study, as they have different histories, topographies, street patterns, and other variations. Analysis of key themes gathered from two focus group discussions, one from each suburb, revealed the significance for participants of social interaction when walking for health. A photographic exercise performed by the Forest Lake focus group provided pictorial information for analysis, and revealed participants' interest in the lake's fauna and flora, and in its ongoing maintenance. The study was limited by an unforeseen failure to obtain the cooperation of the Bulimba group in the photographic exercise. In support of the claims made in the literature review, it seems that when older pedestrians walk through suburban streets, they avoid steep hills, busy roads, and intersections where possible, and require footpaths with even surfaces and shelters. When walking for health reasons, participants in this study did not favour local streets, but preferred "natural" places designed exclusively for walkers. Forest Lake participants stated a preference for driving to places they deemed suitable for walking, which suggests a need for more detailed design attention to the urban design qualities of local streets, so that those older people without cars are not disadvantaged.
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Tungale, Rose. "Livelihoods and customary marine resource management under customary marine tenure : case studies in the Solomon Islands : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in International Rural Development at Lincoln University /." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/861.
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In many ways, coastal marine resources have provided an important source of protein, income and even employment for coastal rural Solomon Islands communities. Fishing, for instance, has always played a very important role in these communities' culture and tradition. Subsistence fishing is traditional in most rural coastal communities. Small-scale fishing is also wide-spread. Traditionally marine areas and resources were managed by the custodians of the adjacent land and the traditional leaders in some local communities. While small-scale fisheries are managed by the Government, much of the enforcement responsibility is in the hands of the community leaders, given the realities of what that Government can provide. This research has explored the interaction between rural coastal livelihoods and marine resource management under Customary Marine Tenure (CMT) in one area of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Specifically the research seeks to explore, explain and describe how the livelihoods of the rural coastal villagers influence the use, access and management of marine resources and vice versa. Particular attention has been given to: first exploring the traditional marine resource management under CMT and livelihoods in the three villages; second, how the changes in the villagers' livelihoods system affects the customary marine resource management in the three case study villages; third, how changes in customary marine resource management influences the livelihoods of the villagers and finally the nature of the relationship between livelihoods and customary marine resource management is described for the first time for this part of the Solomon Islands. The research results showed that villagers' livelihoods have changed over the past decade and much of these changes have affected the customary marine resource management in the three case study villages. Consequently, customary marine resource management under CMT is no longer effective. The changes in customary marine resource also have implications on the villagers' livelihoods. For this reason the study argues that when trying to understand the factors affecting customary marine resource, the entire livelihoods system of the people should be considered. The study states that the nature of the interactions between livelihoods and customary marine resource management is a two-way relationship, dynamic and very complex. Should there be further marine resource development, the study suggests that understanding the livelihoods of the people concerned is important for better management.
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Hall, Melinda Jean. "Preparing Chinese students for the New Zealand academic environment : the Foundation Studies programme : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Chinese /." ResearchArchive @Victoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1074.
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Chase, Steve. "Activist Training in the Academy: Developing a Master's Program in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing at Antioch New England Graduate School." [Yellow Springs, Ohio] : Antioch University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1163790650.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Antioch University New England, 2006.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Apr. 12, 2007). Advisor: Heidi Watts. "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy [in] Environmental Studies at Antioch New England Graduate School 2006"--The title page. Keywords: environmental advocacy, activist training, social movements, curriculum action research, master's curriculum, environmental studies, popular education, critical pedagogy, education for citizenship. Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-357).
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Provencher, Olga JoAnn. "Ecofeminism and Religion: Christianity and the Ethical Approach to the Environment." UNF Digital Commons, 2013. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/482.
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In this paper I attempt to formulate the Christianity-based ecocentric ethics, to answer the ecofeminists' quest to spiritually ground such ethics; I use the living example of the practices of the Catholic ''green sisters''.
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Morrison, Paula. "Master of Education portfolio." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003554.
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This report is the culmination of a six year process during which emerged the need to establish a meeting or indaba place for the collaborative 'People and Parks' partnership of the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service (NCS) in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park (HUP) and stake-holder communities adjacent to the Park. Comprising two parts which compliment each other, the report has been developed to inform, guide and advise the NCS in the planning and development of an education centre in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park. Part I documents the processes of engagement and interaction between the NCS in HUP and neighbouring communities during this period, which led to the need for an education centre, whilst placing and contextualizing the process within historical, socio-political and organisational processes. This is taken further with a description of the research process and an analytical narrative of four key programmes. Part I concludes with a summary of the outcomes of the planning process which shows how through local community input and partiCipation, and through networking with other EE practitioners, a conceptual development plan for the Mambeni Education Centre emerged. The second part of this report (Part 2) is the conceptual development plan which has emerged out of the processes described in Part 1. This plan constitutes practical guidelines for the NCS on how to develop and manage the Mambeni Education Centre. More specifically the plan provides ideas about: what type of centre it should be and where it should be located; who the stake-holders are, their educational neees and ideas for possible programmes; the physical and logistical requirements; managemynt and staffing structures and a detailed business plan. The report intends to draw the reader into understanding the complex social and environmental issues that the collaborative partnership of 'People and Parks' are engaging with, so that the Mambeni Environmental Education Centre can playa [more] meaningful and responsive role in contributing to processes of social transformation. In sharing this environmental education re(search) story which represents a unique approach to centre development, it is hoped that the notion of environmental education centres might be viewed by environmental educators through a different set of lenses. Through having the participants' views represented, I wish the report to reflect the richness of the research process.
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Alvey, N. D. S. "Studies of the dusty environment of high-mass protostars." Thesis, University of Kent, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365204.
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Tiondi, Evaline. "Women, Environment and Development: Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America." Scholar Commons, 2000. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000028.
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Gobes-Ryan, Sheila. "Organizational Office Space in the Virtual Age: The Role of Shared Space in Communication." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000048.
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Прокопенко, Ольга Володимирівна, Ольга Владимировна Прокопенко, Olha Volodymyrivna Prokopenko, Тетяна Володимирівна Пімоненко, Татьяна Владимировна Пимоненко, Tetiana Volodymyrivna Pimonenko, and J. Cebula. "Promotion of master`s program «environmental protection» for sustainable development." Thesis, ТОВ "ДД "Папірус", 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/37529.
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The modern conditions of society are determined the searching and implementation of the new mechanisms to solve the problems to improve environmental protection. However, effective implementations of the mechanisms to the work are not possible without an existing base of skilled professionals in this area. In this regard, it is necessary to disseminate and promote the global market of international training programs master’s degree in «Environmental Protection». This will provide a qualitative and fundamental training in solving urgent problems protection and restoration of the environment, which in turn will help economies to implement the sustainable development.
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Powae, Wayne Ishmael. "Fair trade coffee supply chains in the highlands of Papua New Guinea : do they give higher returns to smallholders? : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University /." Diss., Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1413.
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This research focussed on Fair Trade (FT) coffee supply chains in Papua New Guinea. Three research questions were asked. First, do small holders in the FT chains receive higher returns than the smallholders in the conventional chains? Secondly, if smallholders in the FT coffee chains receive higher returns from their coffee than the smallholders in the conventional chains, what are the sources of these higher returns? Finally, if smallholders in the FT chains don't receive higher returns than in the conventional chains, what are the constraints to smallholders receiving higher returns from the FT coffee chains than the conventional chains? A conceptual framework for agribusiness supply chain was developed that was used to guide the field work. A comparative case study methodology was selcted as an appropriate method for eliciting the required information. Four case study chains were selected. A paired FT and conventional coffee chains from Okapa and another paired FT and conventional chains from Kainantu districts, Eastern Highlands Province were selected for the study. The research found that smallholders in the FT chains and vonventional chains receive very similar prices for their coffee (parchment price equivalent). Hence, there was no evidence that smallholders in the FT chains received higher prices or returns from their coffee production than smallholders in conventional chains. This study also found that there was no evidence of FLO certification improving returns to smallholders in the FT chains over those returns received in the conventional chains, but the community that the FT smallholder producers come from did benefit. The sources of these community benefits lies in the shorter FT chains and the distributions of the margin that would have been otherwise made by processors to producers, exporters and the community. In addition, this study found that constraints associated with value creation are similar in all the four chains studies. However, there are some added hurdles for the FT chains in adhering to FT and organic coffee standards. Moreover, FT co-oeratives lacked capacity to trade and their only functions were to help with FLO certification and distribute the FT premium to the community. The findings of this research support some aspects of the literature, but not others. The research contribution is the finding that in this period of high conventional coffee prices, returns to smallholders from FT chains were no bettter than the returns gained in conventional chains, which leads to oppotunism and lack of loyalty by smallholders in the FT chains. The other contribution of this research is in identifying a particular type of free rider who is not a member of the FT co-operative but has right to the community benefits generated by the FT chain.
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Sullivan, Kristina D. R. "The environmental views of a master cartoonist: Walt Kelly and Pogo." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382031761.
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Cuellar, Eduardo, and Eduardo Cuellar. "Tokugawa Zen Master Shidō Munan." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621441.
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Shidō Munan (至道無難, 1602-1676) was an early Tokugawa Zen master mostly active in Edo. He was the teacher of Shōju Rōjin, who is in turn considered the main teacher of Hakuin Ekaku. He is best known for the phrase that one must“die while alive,”made famous by D.T. Suzuki. Other than this, his work has not been much analyzed, nor his thought placed into the context of the early Tokugawa period he inhabited. It is the aim of this work to analyze some of the major themes in his writings, the Jishōki (自性記), Sokushinki (即心記), Ryūtakuji ShozōHōgo (龍沢寺所蔵法語), and the Dōka (道歌). Special attention is paid to his views on Neo-Confucianism, Pure Land thought, and Shinto- traditions which can be shown through their prevalence in his writings to have placed Zen on the defensive during this time period. His teachings on death are also expanded on and analyzed, as well as some of the other common themes in his writing, such as his teachings on kōan practice and advice for monastics. In looking at these themes, it is possible to both compare and contrast him from some of his better-known contemporaries, such as Bankei and Suzuki Shōsan. Additionally, selected passages from his writings are offered in translation.
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Sadza, Peter Bernard. "Environmental Hypocrisy--or Environmental Quota?" W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626641.
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Edwards-Ingram, Ywone. "Master-Slave Relations: A Williamsburg Perspective." W&M ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625579.
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Redavid, Claudio. "Virtual Test Environment for Motion Capture Shoots." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-21300.
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This master thesis presents the design of an implementation of a working prototype for an augmented motion capture acting environment. Motion capture (MoCap), the recording of movements to be applied to characters or objects in computer graphics simulations, is widely used in video games, advertisement, and cinema. MoCap is realized through different techniques, where one common problem is the efficiency to capture actor’s motion performances. To capture motions without obstacles for the motion detectors, actors act blindly, without graphic references while acting. Mistakes or a poor correlation between the actors performances and the computer graphics simulation requires the scene either to be taken many times or to be corrected afterwards in time-consuming post-production. These issues slow down the production process or lead to a low quality product.We suggest that one way to limit the problem of efficiency in motion capture is to let actors perform in a virtual environment. To this end, this master thesis presents a simple prototypeenvironment with the goal to support actors’ performances to improve motion capture efficiency. The idea is to surround an actor with four screens which display the virtual environment. A Microsoft Kinect camera is utilized for motion capture. Gestures are usedto trigger interactions between the actor and the virtual environment. Furthermore, the thesis explores the applicability of open source libraries, game engines, and inexpensivegeneral purpose technology. We suggest, as indicated by demonstrated validity, that virtual environments and augmented motion capture improve the conditions for actors, thus providing more efficient motion capture shots. However, further research and quantitative measurements are needed to understand and fully evaluate the effect of the presented prototype tool.
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Cihlar, Mark T. "Real estate master planning for multinational corporations : a developing model." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65236.
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Jux, Cassara. "Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and its role in master planned communities /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19786.pdf.
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Deniz, Deniz Seçkin Yavuz. "Sustainability And Environmental Issues In Industrial Product Design/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2002. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/endustriurunleritasarimi/T000136.pdf.
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Haydu, Brandon. "City of Davis Greenbelt Master Plan." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/270.
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The City of Davis is currently updating its Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. During the update, greenbelts were identified as a highly used and desired facility. This Greenbelt Master Plan serves as a plan focused on the opportunities greenbelts can provide as recreational and transportation facilities. This report has analyzed community feedback, greenbelt coverage, greenbelt capacity, and existing local, state, and federal design guidelines. The final plan is a set of goals, objectives, policies, and programs, along with a greenbelt map, which is aimed at improving the greenbelt infrastructure in Davis through the year 2020.
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Dinaburg, Mark P. (Mark Paul). "A Russian-American collaboration for the St. Petersburg master plan competition." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65681.
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Gen, Sheldon. "Meta-Analysis of Environmental Valuation Studies." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4843.
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Cost-benefit analysis has long been a dominant method of policy analysis. When applied to policies affecting the environment, however, it faced a serious problem. Many policies exert environmental impacts that are external to market transactions, so the values of these impacts resist monetary measurement. This shortcoming in cost-benefit analysis led some researchers to develop indirect and nonmarket methods of valuing environmental goods monetarily. They include the travel cost method, hedonic pricing, and contingent valuation. The popularity of these methods has grown since their inceptions, but so have controversies over their use. Economists and others have taken all sides of the debate over the validity of the methods and their normative implications. These methods popularity and controversies necessitate their critical evaluation. This research fills this need through an extensive meta-analysis of 228 existing environmental valuation studies representing the contemporary practices in each method, and capturing varieties of environmental goods and settings. The analysis tested the convergent validity of the three valuation methods, and measured the moderating effects of select variables. The results show that effect sizes of the hedonic pricing and travel cost methods converge, but contingent valuation produces effect sizes that average 40% to 55% less than the other two methods. This difference varies significantly with the environment good being valued. Other significant moderating variables include the magnitude of the environmental change, the description of the change, and the location of the study. The year of study does not significantly moderate effect sizes. These results supplement descriptive and normative frameworks for environmental valuation described by Barbier (1994), Navrud and Pruckner (1997), and Norton (1995). When the evidence and these frameworks are considered together, the defensible uses of these three valuation methods become very limited. Valuation efforts should focus on multiple dimensions of environmental value, besides economic dimensions, that reflect ecological health and public concerns for the environment.
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Hu, Yue. "Microbial DNA Sequencing in Environmental Studies." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Skolan för bioteknologi (BIO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-204897.
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The field of microbial ecology has just entered a new era of rapid technological development and generation of big data. The high-throughput sequencing techniques presently available provide an opportunity to extensively inventorize the blueprints of life. Now, millions of microbes of natural microbial communities can be studied simultaneously without prior cultivation. New species and new functions (genes) can be discovered just by mining sequencing data. However, there is still a tremendous number of microorganisms not yet examined, nor are the ecosystem functions these carry out. The modern genomic technologies can contribute to solve environmental problems and help us understand ecosystems, but to most efficiently do so, methods need to be continuously optimised. During my Ph. D. studies, I developed a method to survey eukaryotic microbial diversity with a higher accuracy, and applied various sequencing-based approaches in an attempt to answer questions of importance in environmental research and ecology. In PAPER-I, we developed a set of 18S rRNA gene PCR primers with high taxonomic coverage, meeting the requirements of currently popular sequencing technologies and matching the richness of 18S rRNA reference sequences accumulated so far. In PAPER-II, we conducted the first sequencing-based spatial survey on the combined eukaryotic and bacterial planktonic community in the Baltic Sea to uncover the relationship of microbial diversity and environmental conditions. Here, the 18S primers designed in PAPER-I and a pair of broad-coverage 16S primers were employed to target the rRNA genes of protists and bacterioplankton for amplicon sequencing. In PAPER-III, we integrated metagenomic, metabarcoding, and metatranscriptomic data in an effort to scrutinise the protein synthesis potential (i.e., activity) of microbes in the sediment at a depth of 460 m in the Baltic Sea and, thus, disclosing microbial diversity and their possible ecological functions within such an extreme environment. Lastly, in PAPER-IV, we compared the performance of E. coli culturing, high-throughput sequencing, and portable real-time sequencing in tracking wastewater contamination in an urban stormwater system. From the aspects of cost, mobility and accuracy, we evaluated the usage of sequencing-based approaches in civil engineering, and for the first time, validated the real-time sequencing device in use within water quality monitoring. In summary, these studies demonstrate how DNA sequencing of microbial communities can be applied in environmental monitoring and ecological research.Yue Hu was supported by a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council (CSC #201206950024)
Yue Hu has been publishing papers under the name "Yue O. O. Hu".
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Emprin-Gilardini, Vincenzo (Vincenzo Marco) 1973. "Master builder of the Middle Ages and design build of today : an analysis and comparison." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8976.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 73).
Design and build is both an old and a new method of project delivery. It is rooted in antiquity, when the master builder was usually both the designer and the constructor of the projects he envisioned. Labor force was used to haul large blocks of stone that skilled craftsmen would later fashion into useful components of a structure. Throughout this process, their efforts were controlled by the individual responsible for the project's design. The plans were often little more than an image in the designer's mind, and were realized only in the course of the actual construction. It was essential, therefore, that the designer be the builder as well. During the Renaissance, building design became so complex that the master builder could no longer be responsible for both the design and the construction of a project. The traditional method of project delivery grew out of this need for more extensive resources, until the design and build method once practiced by the master builder regained popularity in the 1970s. The reason of this phenomenon lays in the need of clients to investigate ways of controlling project costs and reducing delivering time. Today the term design and build refers to a method of project delivery in which a single entity provides to the client all of the services necessary to both design and construct all or a portion of the project. An analysis of the role of the master builder in the Middle Ages is provided. The reason why the Middle Ages were chosen lays in the fact that during this period outstanding projects were completed in Europe and the role of the master builder as a designer and constructor was then best represented. The construction of the cathedral of Chartres in France is used as an example. The modern concept of design and build is analyzed as well, providing the Oresund Tunnel project between Sweden and Denmark as an example. Finally, master builder and design and build are compared, with a focus on the similarities, the differences, what can be learned from the past and how it can be applied.
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Solomon, Kelsey Alannah. "New Appalachians of the Twenty-First Century: Reinventing Metanarratives and Master-Images of Southern Appalachian Literature." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3022.
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The Appalachian studies tradition ascertains that Appalachian people politically, socially, and academically represent a heterogeneous minority group of our own. In post-capitalistic America, however, the Appalachian region serves as a hotspot for media misrepresentation and tourism that perpetuate through works of fiction, nonfiction, and scholarship both negative and positive stereotypes in the overall American consciousness. Twenty-first-century Appalachian authors, I contend, are reinventing Appalachia from its postmodern rubble through fictionalized reconceptualizations of our region’s history, shifts in our collective consciousness from anthropocentric to ecocentric, and subversions of the heteronormative discourse of our internal colony through explorations of the psychosexual. The contemporary Appalachian texts that exemplify these abilities are Ron Rash’s The Cove, Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer and Jeff Mann’s Loving Mountains, Loving Men because each represents a paradigm shift within their own aesthetic metanarratives in Appalachian literary history.
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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes December 5, 2011." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209889.
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Çakın, Ayça Gökçen Gülden. "Environmental effects of geothermal applications case study: Balçova geothermal field/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2003. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/cevremuh/T000300.pdf.
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Baxter, Christie I. "In search of the master builder : government use of design/build contracts." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14050.
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Harvey, Sarah Elyse. "Stability of Monomethylmercury in Water." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1432918224.
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Kalan, Heeten Kanti 1970. "Environmental impact assessments in South Africa : improving developmental and environmental decisions." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67520.
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Fiorito, Giancarlo. "Studies in environmental, production and transport economics." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/462767.
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Aquesta tesi de doctorat fa servir l’estadística i el modelatge d’econometria per explorar, en termes empírics, tres qüestions sobre energia i economia ambiental.
El primer estudi aborda la connexió energia-economia en una perspectiva amplia: emprant l’energia, dades d’ingressos i població de 133 països durant quatre dècades, proporciona un examen gràfic de la intensitat energètica combinant anàlisis estàtics i dinàmics per avaluar la utilitat d’aquest popular indicador. L’ús de ‘Gapminder’ permet la visualització de quatre variables a la vegada per tal de donar a conèixer els patrons que caracteritzen les dades de l’energia i del PIB a llarg termini. Les conclusions de l’article responen negativament a la pregunta del títol.
El segon estudi entra en la producció. Amb un enfocament sobre les entrades, la capacitat de substitució capital/energia s’investiga mitjançant la estimació de la funció de producció del sector manufacturer de set països de la OECD. Utilitzant una especificació de ‘Translog’ de quatre entrades, la substitució de les entrades és quantificada per la elasticitat creuada de substitució. Aquest tractament econòmic tradicional proporciona figures actualitzades sobre els límits tecnològics dins els quals els sistemes econòmics han d’operar durant temps d’escassetat d’energia, restriccions ambientals i volatilitat dels preus dels recursos. Una altra prova de que l’energia (barata) i matèries primeres són entrades essencials per la producció, tal com la coneixem i, per tant, que el món no pot seguir avançant sense recursos naturals.
L’últim capítol tracta una qüestió urgent tant per la salut humana com pel medi ambient: les sempre creixents emissions del sector del transport, i focalitzant sobre vehicles de carretera. Després d’estimar la demanda dels consumidors tant pels combustibles tradicionals i com pels eco-combustibles àmpliament disponibles, i el gas liquat del petroli (GLP) i el metà, simulo els efectes d’introduir una taxa de carboni a Itàlia tant sobre l’elecció de combustible/vehicle i com en les emissions. Els resultats indiquen una positiva resposta del consumidor cap al GLP i metà, dirigint-se cap a una significant reducció del CO2; sent la difusió de la seva infraestructura de proveïment un factor essencial.
Tots els estudis estan publicats a revistes científiques, i fan servir dades originals i verificables i procediments de càlcul, per tal de contribuir sobre noves i rellevants idees.This PhD thesis uses statistics and econometric modelling to explore in empirical terms three energy and environmental economics issues. The first study approaches the energy-economy connection in a broad perspective: employing energy, population and income data for 133 countries over four decades, it provides a graphical examination of energy intensity combining static and dynamic analyses to assess the usefulness of this popular indicator. The use of Gapminder graphical tool allows the visualization of four variables at the time so as to unveil long term patterns characterizing energy and GDP data. The article conclusions answer negatively to the title’s question. The second study enters into production. With a focus on inputs, capital/energy substitutability is investigated by estimating the production function of the manufacturing sector for seven OECD countries. Using a four-input translog specification, input substitution is quantified by the cross-price elasticity of substitution. This traditional economics treatment provides updated figures about the technological limits in which economic systems have to operate during times of energy scarcity, environmental constraints and resource price volatility. One more proof that (cheap) energy and raw materials are essential inputs in production, as we know it and, thus, the world cannot get along without natural resources. The last chapter concerns an urgent issue for both human health and the environment: the ever-increasing emissions form the transport sector, focusing on road vehicles. After estimating consumer demand for both traditional and widely-available eco-fuels, LPG and methane, I simulate the effects of the introducing a carbon tax in Italy on both fuel/vehicle choice and emissions. The results indicate a positive responsiveness of consumer toward LPG and methane, leading to significant CO2 reduction; an essential factor being the diffusion of their refueling infrastructure. All the studies, are published in scientific journals, and they use original and verifiable data and calculation procedures, to contribute to relevant and new insights.
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Haider, Khaled. "Using Spatial Data for Geo-Environmental Studies." Diss., lmu, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-135089.
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Petsul, Peter Haei. "Micro-flow injection analysis for environmental studies." Thesis, University of Hull, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322521.
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Egarr, Darrell A. "Studies of fluidic systems for environmental applications." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2005. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54657/.
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A Hydrodynamic Vortex Separator (HDVS) is a form of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) used for solid-liquid separation. HDVSs are also used at sewage treatment works for the separation of grits that are transported through the sewer network. The residence time of the fluid that passes through these devices is increased by the rotational nature of the flow and hence, the time that gravity has to act on particulates is also increased. This feature of the fluid dynamics means that a HDVS may also be used as a contact vessel for disinfection of wastewater during a CSO event. To date the physics of these systems is not completely understood in terms of particulate separation. To achieve a greater understanding of the HDVS an initial sensitivity study using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was carried out looking at factors that may influence the efficiency and to gain an insight into variables that should be accounted for during experimentation and test rig design. Following this sensitivity study a 0.75m diameter HDVS was studied under laboratory conditions where it was found that a parameter described as the particle surface load controls the efficiency of the HDVS and not the particle settling velocity as previously thought. A model was developed to describe the retention efficiency and was also applied to scaling. However, more work is required to achieve a greater understanding of the application of the retention efficiency model to larger separators. Experimental trials on a 3.4m diameter HDVS were undertaken and from this it was found that the most suitable residence time distribution model for a HDVS is the axial dispersion model. Attempts to use CFD to model the separation efficiency of such systems have to date failed. However, validations of the residence time characteristics are reasonable. This has allowed CFD to be used to study the application of residence time to disinfection where it has been shown that an existing disinfection model may be developed to describe the disinfection performance of a HDVS. Scaling laws have also been developed using CFD for the residence time and CFD has consequently given an insight into the fluid dynamics within the HDVS.
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Lindh, Jonas. "Cryptogenic Polyneuropathy : Clinical, Environmental, And Genetic Studies." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Neurologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71215.
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Objectives: The purpose of this medical thesis was to describe the clinical and neurophysiological features and to evaluate the health related quality of life (HR-QoL) in patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy. We also wanted to investigate different occupational, and leisure time exposures as determinants for cryptogenic polyneuropathy, and to analyze whether polymorphisms for the null alleles of Glutathione S-Transferase Mu-1 (GSTM1), and Theta-1 (GSTT1), and a low activity genetic variation of epoxide hydrolase (EPHX) affect the risk of developing polyneuropathy. These genes were chosen because their enzymes are important in the metabolism of toxic compounds. Methods: The medical records of all patients aged 40–79 years with the diagnosis of cryptogenic polyneuropathy from 1993 to 2000 were analyzed, and data regarding clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and neurophysiological findings at diagnosis were collected. 255 cases were found. When the medical records were reevaluated assessment to a protocol 168 patients remained as cryptogenic. Two validated instruments (SF-36 and EQ-5D) for measuring HR-QoL were sent to patients, and a reference group from the general population. Additional clinical information, and data on occupational, and leisure time exposure was obtained from postal questionnaires. Crude odds ratios (COR), and logistic regression odds ratios (LOR) were calculated for exposures with five or more exposed cases and referents taken together. We also tested for genetic polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTT1, and epoxide hydrolase exon three, EPHX*3. Results: 68% of the patients were men. The mean age at first symptom was 61 years and at diagnosis 64 years. Distal numbness was the most common symptom, but pain, pedal paresthesias, and impairment of balance were also common. The most common clinical findings were decreased or lost proprioception or sense of vibration (80%), and loss of ankle jerks (78%). Neurography showed mixed sensorimotor polyneuropathy of axonal or mixed axonal and demyelinating type. QOL was significantly affected concerning motor functions, with 42% of the patients reporting problems to walk, 3% having problems with daily activities, and 85% were suffering from pain. Mental health was preserved. Mobility was declining with increasing age, but was not affected by disease duration. Increased risks were found in men for occupational exposure to sulphur dioxide, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, and herbicides and in women for occupational exposure to lead, nitrous oxide, and insecticides. Interaction between occupational and leisure time exposure were seen for several exposures. No significant correlation was found between GSTM1, GSTT1, and EPHX1 polymorphisms in patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy compared with controls. A tendency, however, was seen for the GSTT1 null phenotype, which was enhanced among smokers compared to controls (OR 3.7). Conclusions: Cryptogenic polyneuropathy is a slowly progressive sensorimotor nerve lesion of mainly axonal type. Patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy have a lower QOL compared to the general population, although mental health scores did not differ between the groups. Our results show that known determinants could be confirmed, but also some new appeared i.e. sulphur dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, fungicides, and vibrations in the feet. Moreover our results point to a synergistic effect of various exposures. Our hypothesis is that the GSTT1 null polymorphism may be related to an impaired metabolism of toxic substances and reactive oxygen that could lead to nerve damage in the peripheral nervous system. Our results are indicating that components in cigarette smoke might increase the risk of axonal neuropathy in genetically predisposed patients.
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Goel, S. K. (Sushil Kumar). "Environmental problems : fundamental studies and global ramifications." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10614.
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MacLeod, Fiona. "Isotopic studies of selenium in environmental samples." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2355.
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Selenium has aroused much interest in the last decade. It is an essential trace element for man and animals and has been found to be the cofactor in two enzyme systems. The first, glutathionine peroxidase, acts as an anti-oxidant by destroying peroxides which attack cellular membranes. The second, iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase, converts thyroxine to triiodothyronine with the release of iodine. Selenium is obtained in the diet from plant and animal products and the amount present is dependent largely on the Se content and the chemical species present in local soils. Soils low in Se can lead to deficiency problems to the grazing ruminants, and have necessitated the use of Se fertilisers or direct Se injection into the livestock. The disposal of sewage sludge onto agricultural land will increase as new EC legislation comes into force in 1998. This may alleviate Se deficiency in soils or result in toxicity problems. The aims of this project were firstly to develop and validate a method to accurately measure Se in plants, soils and sewage sludges, examine which soil fractions Se was associated with and finally to study the uptake of Se by plants grown on sewage sludge amended soils. The Se concentration in samples was determined using isotope dilution - mass spectrometry by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). This was the first application of the determination of Se in environmental samples and the use of a benchtop GC-MS for those analyses. Samples were spiked with 76-Se isotope solution. Plants were digested using nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide initially on a heating block and latterly by microwave oven digestion techniques. Soils and sewage sludges were digested using nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid. Selenium in the digests was reduced to Se(IV) and derivatised to 5'-nitropiazselenol. Validation of the methodology was achieved by the use of certified reference materials which gave results within the certified range with a low standard deviation. The Se content of four different freely drained acid Scottish soils under grasslands was in the range 0.5-0.8 mg-1 air dried soil and three sewage sludge samples contained between 1.1 and 3.5 mg g-1 dry matter. The ability of the digestion techniques to release organically bound Se as selenomethionine and selenocysteine was found to be around 100% efficient and the use of a microwave oven increased the number of samples which could be processed. A sequential extraction procedure was used to determine the soil fractions with which Se was associated. The four soils and the sewage sludge examined were all found to have less than 5% of the total Se available for plant uptake. The uptake of Se by plants grown in soils to which Se had been added as sodium selenate or sodium selenate was studied using both stable and radio isotopes of Se. Results obtained showed that the uptake of Se by plants grown in soils treated with selenite could be related to the soil characteristics, with ferric oxide levels, clay levels and organic matter content being the important factors. The uptake of Se by plants in the soils treated with selenate were less obviously related to soil properties but pH and P levels both appear to be important factors. Good reproducibility was obtained in all cases. Plants grown on sewage sludge amended soils were not found to contain measurable amounts of Se.