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Fahal, Iman Hassan. "Phytoplankton blooms and fish larvae off the Northumberland Coast during the period 1992-1994." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389569.
Full textForsythe, Wes. "Improving Insularity: An Archaeology of the Islands off the north coast of Ireland in the Later Historic Period, 1700-1847." Thesis, Ulster University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.487704.
Full textVicens, Bordas Jordi. "Physical performance and hamstring injury risk factors during the off-season period in footballers: inertial flywheel versus gravity-dependent resistance training methods." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672301.
Full textLes demandes condicionals (carreres a alta-intensitat i esprints) dels futbolistes en un partit es relacionen amb un increment del risc de lesions de la musculatura isquiosural. Alguns dels efectes negatius relacionats aquestes lesions són els dèficits neuromusculars i la reducció del rendiment. La història de lesió i l’edat són factors de risc per futures lesions, tot i que la relació amb la força excèntrica i el rendiment durant el període transitori en futbolistes semiprofessionals no s’ha estudiat detalladament. Existeixen diferents mètodes d’entrenament per poder millorar el rendiment i la força, on l’entrenament amb màquines inercials està donant resultats interessants. Els objectius de la tesi són, comparar l’ús de l’entrenament amb màquines inercials amb l’entrenament amb mètodes gravitacionals per la millora del rendiment físic i la força; i avaluar si la lesió prèvia, l’edat i el període transitori afecten el rendiment i la força excèntrica isquiosural en futbolistes semiprofessionals i amateurs
Programa de Doctorat en Biologia Molecular, Biomedicina i Salut
Kale, Ozkan. "An Empirical Relationship Based On High-pass Filtering To Estimate Usable Period Range For Nonlinear Sdof Response." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611432/index.pdf.
Full text) levels. The usable period ranges that depend on magnitude, recording quality, level of inelasticity and level of degradation are determined for SDIE through robust probabilistic methodologies.
Cholevová, Anna. "Hodnocení investičního projektu - výstavba fotovoltaické elektrárny." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-76497.
Full textLewis, Skoglund Jim, and Aron Steinsson. "Tvåvaktssystem : En kvalitativ undersökning om förutsättningar för sunda vanor i tvåvaktssystem." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Sjöfartshögskolan (SJÖ), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-52703.
Full textPersons that perform shift work are part of a risk group for health related stress as result of difficulties with developing personal routines for eating, sleeping and physical wellness. Sailors that work in ships where a two watch system with 6 hour watches is applied are therefore included in this risk group where work is generally concentrated over an extended period of time. This study presents an investigation on how people with experience in the two watch system with six hour watches, experience the conditions for creating healthy routines for sleep, diet and physical wellness. The result is a story about the perceived opportunities in which the following two interesting conclusions emerged: respondents feel that the off duty period's theoretical timeframe for regeneration doesn't correspond to reality in which the time does not suffice. Hence, sleep and nutrition is prioritized while the need for physical wellness suffers. Personal routines are essential, but prerequisites for developing healthy routines for sleep, diet and wellness are directly related to the possibility of having the off duty period undisturbed from ordered operational tasks.
Khazanehei, Hamidreza. "Impacts of reducing the dry period to 40 days and eliminating the far-off diet on milk production, rumen and blood parameters, liver gene expression and rumen microbiome profile of holstein dairy cows." Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31005.
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Krčmař, Michal. "Podnikatelský záměr: Výstavba a provoz hotelu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222707.
Full textMEZZETTI, MATTEO. "Nuove indagini sul metabolismo e la risposta immunitaria dalla messa in asciutta all'avvio di lattazione." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/59476.
Full textImmune system is made of a variety of cells, molecules and biological processes that interacts to prevent microbial invasions, recognize foreign molecules and eliminate existing sources of cellular injuries to restore tissues to their normal functions once problem has been solved. Innate immunity is the primary defense line against pathogens invasions. Its functioning typically undergoes severe alterations during transition period (TP) of dairy cows. An impairment of polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) functions related to reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM) production, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, chemotaxis and phagocytosis has been reported in this phase. Bovine PMN have an altered abundance in mRNA transcripts encoding for such functions between -1 and 2 weeks from calving, in comparison to the level found at 4 weeks after calving for the same genes. The exact cause of immune dysfunctions occurring in peripartum has never been clearly identified. Reduced immune competence could arise from the interaction of different factors affected from the typical peripartum trends (i.e. changes in endocrine asset, limitations of maternal immune responses against the allogeneic conceptus, alterations in energy balance and oxidative stress status). Nevertheless, its duration could be modified when peripartal changes exceed the control of homeorhetic and homeostatic mechanisms, leading to the physiological imbalance (PI) condition. Such a condition could also trigger the inflammatory-like status. It consists in a prepartal raise of pro-inflammatory cytokines (PICs) levels, that is linked to a raise in body temperature at calving, and that typically affects liver metabolism, implying severe losses in hepatic functions and a shift of anabolic priority of the organ in early lactation. The liver produces more α-globulins, known as positive acute phase proteins (APP), i.e. haptoglobin, ceruloplasmin and serum amyloid alpha (SAA). Conversely, it reduces the synthesis of albumin, retinol binding protein, paraoxonase (PON) and lipoproteins, known as negative APP and sequesters minerals, as zinc and iron, from blood flow. Inflammation lead to the activation of PMN, while the reduced immune competence commonly reported in TP has been associated to an opposite effect on leukocytes. Thus, these should be considered as two distinct phenomena, but they could arise from a common cause with a different magnitude and duration. Nutritional strategies to optimize dairy cow’s immunity during TP should be focused on reducing the PI degree related to calving, as this condition could be referred as a common denominator between immune dysfunction and diseases causes. Among such nutritional strategies, the correct management of energy sources to fit with altered requirements should be considered. Furthermore, fatty acids profile of lipid sources administered could also modify immune functions. Finally, the administration of supplementary products exerting antioxidant or anti-inflammatory activities, as well as methyl donors species, could be beneficial for dairy cows immunity in TP. In a wider perspective, although feed additives and nutritional strategy could be effective in mitigate immune alterations, we can conclude that adoption of proper management practices aimed to avoid PI condition in peripartal period of dairy cows could be the most effective strategy to prevent dysfunctions. Three experiments have been designed to elucidate the linkage between sudden changes occurring in peripartum and immune alterations in dairy cows. Throughout such experiments Holstein dairy cows were housed in tied stalls and monitored regularly for body condition score (BCS), body weight (BW), dry matter intake (DMI), milk yield (MY) and rumination time. Blood samples were collected regularly to assess a wide hematochemical profile and to test white blood cell functions through ex-vivo challenges. Furthermore, PMN diapedesis has been tested in-vivo through a carrageenan-skin test and rumen samples were collected at 30 days from calving (DFC). The first experiment was aimed in investigate the main causes of metabolic changes occurring at dry-off and the contribution of MY in such alterations. In fact, dry-off is related to deep changes in feeding behavior, gastro intestinal adaptations, metabolism and immune parameters in high-yielding cow’s career. Indeed, the release of cortisol, signals of systemic inflammation and altered redox balance have been reported immediately after milking interruption, and high MY have a role in aggravating such conditions. In our study, a group of 13 Holstein dairy cows were dried off at 55 days from expected calving day, and regularly monitored from -7 to 34 days from dry-off (DFD). Animals were retrospectively divided in two groups according to their average MY in the last week of lactation, assuming a cut-off of 15 kg*d-1: low MY (6 cows) and high MY (7 cows). Data were submitted to ANOVA using a mixed model for repeated measures including MY at dry-off, time and their interaction as fixed effects. Increased fiber amounts of dry ration reduced DMI and increased rumination time. Leukocytes migration into mammary gland to contribute in the involution phase decreased their abundance in blood at dry-off, and their activity. Such activation of leukocytes at mammary site increased the abundance of nitrogen species in plasma and triggered a systemic inflammation in all the animals, as reflected from increased concentrations of positive and reduced concentrations of negative APPs. Such inflammation impaired liver functions, as suggested from the increased gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) concentrations. Both the production of nitrogen species and the systemic inflammatory status contributed in the depletion of antioxidant system in blood (thiol groups -SHp-, tocopherol, β-carotene, ferric reducing antioxidant power -FRAP- and oxygen reactive antioxidant capacity -ORAC-). Animals with higher MY at dry-off showed the worst condition, likely for the deeper metabolic changes they faced at milking interruption, and to the greater amount of mammary parenchyma to be reabsorbed. This study highlights the dry-off as a thorny point to manage dairy cows’ health and depose for a relationship between dry-off and immune alteration that typically occurs at calving. The second experiment was aimed in investigate changes occurring in the immune system prior to ketosis onset to elucidate their role in disease occurrence. Thus, a group of 13 Holstein dairy cows were monitored from -48 to 35 DFC and retrospectively divided into 2 groups basing on their plasma BHB levels: lower (CTR; 7 cows) or higher than 1.4 mMol/L (KET; 6 cows). Data were submitted to ANOVA using a mixed model for repeated measures including health status, time and their interaction as fixed effects. KET cows had a greater activation of the immune system prior to calving (higher plasma concentrations of PICs, myeloperoxidase and oxidant species, and greater interferon gamma responses to Mycobacterium avium) impaired liver functions (higher blood concentration of GGT) and lower plasma minerals. High plasma NEFA, BHB and glucose levels in KET cows suggest an insulin resistance status and a marked mobilization of body fat occurring during dry period. They were also associated to reduced DMI around calving and worse negative energy balance in early lactation. This caused in turn reduced MY and increased fat mobilization in early lactation. Impairment of liver function and activation of leukocytes during the dry period accentuated the acute phase response in KET cows after calving (greater concentrations of positive APPs and lower concentration of retinol binding protein), further impairing liver function (higher blood concentrations of glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase -AST-GOT- and bilirubin). Leukocytes of KET cows had reduced inflammatory functions after an ex vivo stimulation assay (lower production of PICs and greater production of lactate). These alterations on WBC could be driven by the combined action of metabolites related to the mobilization of lipids and of anti-inflammatory actions aimed to prevent over exuberant inflammation. This suggests that prepartal trends of immune parameters be highly related with the likelihood of developing diseases in early lactation. The third experiment consisted in the administration of Omnigen-AF (OAF), an immune stimulant that is effective in increasing leukocytes functions in immunosuppressed animals and in reducing incidence of infectious diseases in early lactating dairy cows. Its mode of action has never been elucidated, and a wider perspective of its metabolic effect could highlight its effectiveness in facing metabolic disorders of transition period also. Thus, a group of 10 Holstein dairy cows were divided into 2 groups: treated group (TRT; 5 cows) received 32.5 g of Omnigen-AF® (Phibro Animal Health Corporation) twice a day (65 g d-1) as top-dress on the morning and afternoon feeds, while control group (CTR; 5 cows) did not receive any supplementation. From -62 to 42 DFC animals were monitored regularly. Data were submitted to ANOVA using a mixed model for repeated measures including treatment, time and their interaction as fixed effects. Administration of OAF at dry-off did not affect BW, BCS, milk yield, milk and rumen fluid composition, and neither affected blood neutrophils concentrations. Nevertheless, it increased rumination time and improved the energy metabolism after calving (lower NEFA and BHB concentrations). TRT cows had an increased lymphocytes abundance at blood level, and their leukocytes had greater efficiency in facing biological stressors during the peripartum (lower lactate production and lower glucose consumption after a challenge with bacterial lipopolysaccharides). Despite these positive effects on immune cells, OAF did not affect the positive APPs concentrations after calving. A reduced abundance of albumin, PON and antioxidants also occurred with OAF after calving, suggesting some impairment of hepatic functions to occur. Nevertheless, the lack of any effect on main biomarkers related to liver function (bilirubin) and liver damage (GGT, AST-GOT, ALP) dismisses a real impairment of liver activities to occur with OAF. Positive effects in favoring the recovery of rumen functions, reducing mobilization of body fats after calving suggest OAF to be an effective strategy in preventing metabolic disorders of transition period.
Kadla, Jiří. "Realizace podnikatelského záměru - výstavba penzionu na Tišnovsku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222210.
Full textAlexander, Ian T. "Late Quaternary sedimentation off the Queensland continental margin (northeast Australia) in response to sea level fluctuations." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8161.
Full textŠrom, Marek. "Hodnocení úspěšnosti developerského projektu." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222316.
Full textOdensten, Martin. "Drying off the dairy cow : effects on metabolism and udder health /." Uppsala : Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. http://epsilon.slu.se/200618.pdf.
Full textD'AMBROSIO, SASHA. "SLEEPING WHILE AWAKE: A NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION ON SLEEP DURING WAKEFULNESS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/707369.
Full textSleep and wakefulness are considered two mutually exclusive states. The alternation between those two states seems to be a defining characteristic of our life, a ubiquitous phenomenon demonstrated in every animal species investigated so far. However, during the last decade, advances in neurophysiology have blurred the boundaries between those states. The mechanisms of sleep have always intrigued neurophysiologists and great advances have been made over the last century in understanding them: we now know that the defining characteristic underlying sleep activity is a specific pattern of neuronal activity, namely the slow oscillation. The slow oscillation, which is characterized by the periodic alternation between periods of activity (ON-periods) and periods of hyperpolarization and neuronal silence (OFF-periods) is the default mode of activity of the sleeping cortex. This alternation is due to the tendency of neurons to fall into a silent period after an initial activation; such tendency is known as “bistability”. There is accumulating evidence that sleep-like bistability, and the ensuing OFF-periods, may occur locally in the awake human brain in some pathological conditions, in sleep transition, as well as after sleep deprivation. Therefore, to the extent that bistability and OFF periods represents the basic neuronal features of sleep, a paradigm shift is in place: from a neurophysiological perspective sleep can intrude into wakefulness. In this thesis, I explore the fluid boundaries between sleep and wakefulness and investigate their possible implications on the problem of personal persistence over time. Moreover, I study the clinical implications of the intrusion of sleep into wakefulness in patients with focal brain injury due to stroke. Specifically, I aim to: 1) show how the sleep-like bistability can be responsible for the loss of function in stroke patients. This may have implications for understanding the pathophysiology of stroke and helping to foster recovery; 2) establish the basis for a model of local sleep that might be present in the everyday life, id est the sensation of sleepiness. Indeed, sleepiness could reflect islands of sleep during wakefulness; 3) advocate the biological criterion of identity, in which the continuity necessary for maintaining ourselves over time could be represented by never resting activity in the brain.
Štefan, Petr. "Finanční a ekonomická strategie společnosti." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221953.
Full textŠtěpánová, Jana. "Využití finančních nástrojů pro rozšíření dopravní firmy." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-221805.
Full textPetersen, Petra Elisabeth. "An investigation of genetic and reproductive differences between Faroe Plateau and Faroe Bank cod (Gadus morhua L.)." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21613.
Full textMai, Nadin. "The aesthetics of absence and duration in the post-trauma cinema of Lav Diaz." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22990.
Full textCai, Yong-Shun. "The silence of the dislocated Chinese laid-off employees in the reform period /." 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/51844149.html.
Full textLong, Hsu Kau, and 許國隆. "A Study on the Properment of Peak-Off Period of Time-Of-Use Rate." Thesis, 1994. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96036255814240431377.
Full textXu, Guo-Long, and 許國隆. "A Study on the Properment of Peak-Off Period of Time-Of-Use Rate." Thesis, 1994. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64552720696024788648.
Full textChen, Pei-Hsien, and 陳倍嫻. "The Cooling-off Period in the Standard Form Contracts of the On-line Game Industry." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67399142821194154718.
Full text國立交通大學
管理學院科技法律學程
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The evolution of the internet has been widespread around the world, and the electronic commerce brings a whole new consumption vision to all mankind. At this age, we have to open our mind to accept any kind of novel business models, and review or amend, if necessary, our existing rules and regulations at the same time. The cooling-off period is a period of time during which the purchaser shall have the right to return the goods for a refund, and cancel the agreement without penalty. People who ever have the on-line shopping experience will be acquainted with it very well. However, the cooling-off period provided in the Consumer Protection Act(“Act”) is initially for the traditional mail-or-telephone order sales, and here comes a question with the rapid development of electronic commerce: is the existing regulation related to the cooling-off period enough or proper for all kinds of transactions via internet, especially for the digital goods and the on-line service? Comparing to physical goods or service in the traditional transactions, digital goods and on-line service are only transmitted and provided via internet. Furthermore, the digital goods can be reproduced efficiently and completely at very low cost, so the purchaser can claim a refund during the cooling-off period and easily keep a back-up copy as well. It also happens to the on-line service that the purchaser can ask a refund according to the cooling-off period regulation even though he/she has accepted the service non-returnable before the cancellation of the agreement. In such event, the purchaser will obtain both of the refund and the digital goods or the interest of the service at the same time, and this unfair situation obviously is not why we set up the cooling-off period in the Act. Maybe it is the time when we need to re-consider if the existing regulation related to the cooling-off period has its limitation, or it is applicable for all kinds of on-lime shopping transactions. The on-line game industry grows very fast in the recent years and has built up many different kinds of business models, including the software licensing, the on-line service and the virtual property purchasing either via internet or through the physical stores such as the convenient store. In addition, its administrative authority, Industrial Development Bureau of Ministry of Electronic Affairs, has announced the official standard form contract for the on-line game industry to protect the consumer rights and prevent disputes arising out of the game. According to such official standard form contract, no matter in which business models, the consumer has the rights to return the goods to or cancel the agreement with on-line game company for a refund without any cause within 7 days after the purchase or the start of the game. Nevertheless, after the cancellation, the consumer will get the refund and the entertainment interest of such agreement accepted before then. In order to prevent the non-fairness interferes with the development of the on-line game industry and all electronic commerce, this thesis, by reviewing the existing regulations and conducting a qualitative research to the on-line game industry, is trying to induct a new rule to balance the protection of consumer rights and the development of electronic commerce.
Lin, Tzu-hao, and 林子皓. "The Competitive Model Based on the Demand Response in the Off-peak Load Period for Taipower System." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/euchdq.
Full text大同大學
電機工程學系(所)
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The liberalization is the major trend of power industry reform in the modern countries. Many countries have a reform that carried on different form and extent. However, Taiwan has not finished the relevant legislative procedure so far, the power market is still engaged in without competition by Taiwan Power Company, so rate is stipulated and still needed to be checked and ratified by the government. In design of rate, in order to implement the load management strategy, the Taipower adopts the time-of-use rate to reduce the growth of peak load. For lack of base-load generation units, a certain portion of the system demand is supplied by LNG-fired and oil-fired units. Following the governments policy, Taipower adopts the time-of-use rate which charges a pretty low price in the off-peak load period. Because of time-of-use rate is implemented, Taipower cause a large amount deficit in the off-peak load period. This paper applies the strategy of the demand response either to reduce load in the peak load period or to reduce the consumption of the expensive fuel in the off-peak load period. This paper proposes the competitive model based on the demand response in order to restrain or reduce the usage of the expensive fuel in the off-peak load period. By providing a compensation tariff, the deficit can be reduced and Taipower can run profitably.
SHU-MEI, CHEN, and 陳淑美. "A Study on the Settlement Mechanisms for the Emergent Labor-Management Disputes ---- “cooling-off period” as the Core Subject." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61682557035470824762.
Full text國立中正大學
勞工研究所
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A Study on the Settlement Mechanisms for the Emergent Labor-Management Disputes ---- “cooling-off period” as the Core Subject Abstract This thesis aims at exploring the importance of the settlement mechanisms for the emergent labor-management disputes, particularly on the subject of the “cooling-off period”. The settlement mechanisms for the emergent labor-management disputes in general and the provisions relating to the “cooling-off period” in particular, incorporated in the 2002 amended version of the “Labor-management Dispute Resolution Act“, proposed by the Executive Yuan of this government, were examined. By analyzing the relevant literature and information, including the case of “lockout at US west coast ports-2002” as supportive argument, this research has found that both the labor laws of United States and Japan have well-defined essential elements and resolving mechanisms for the emergent labor-management disputes, with special integration of the “cooling-off period” by which the government can invoke power on the emergent settlement of the disputes. Thus, the “cooling-off period” becomes a major mechanism in these two countries in dealing with emergent labor-management disputes. Additionally, the procedure of the “advance notice of dispute actions”, which offers a period for cooling both sides involved in the dispute and hence avoiding major negative impact, can also be considered as a supplementary mechanism. For the purposes of preserving national security and public interest, the amending “Labor-management Dispute Resolution Act” of this government has incorporated provisions to prevent and resolve the emergent labor-management disputes, including particularly the partial compulsory arbitration, the divesting special professional groups of the rights of dispute actions, and to the specific groups of businesses, the obligation of the “advance notice of strike” and the restrain from dispute actions in the “cooling-off period”. However, among them, the provisions of “advance notice of strike” and the “cooling-off period” are less comprehensively considered and less well-defined, as comparing to those in the labor laws of United States and Japan. Therefore, this thesis recommends that, this government must take into consideration the employer’s dispute actions, such as lockout, in the advance-notice regulation. For effective execution of the law, the content and procedure of the advance notice, as well as the penalty for violation must clearly be defined. Amendment of a least three-day period prior to the dispute actions, which is subjected to the consensus of both parties, is also recommended. More importantly, a clear-cut defining of the essential elements for the emergent labor-management disputes and the “cooling-off period” is necessary. The procedures by which the government can invoke power and apply “cooling-off period” to deal with the emergent settlement of the disputes must be explicitly formulated. In accord with the current administrative system of this nation, the Council of Labor Affairs should be assigned the duty of training staffs with expertise to deal with the emergent disputes, and the Director of the Executive Yuan should be granted the highest authority and responsibility to cope with the emergent labor-management disputes. Keywords: emergent labor-management dispute, cooling-off period.
Yang, Chia-Hua, and 楊佳樺. "Effect of atmospheric forcing on primary production in the Kuroshio water northeast off Taiwan during Asian dust storm period." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11308977310822929354.
Full text國立臺灣海洋大學
海洋環境化學與生態研究所
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Marine primary production is not only the base of the food chain, it also has the functions of absorbing carbon dioxide and regulating climate. The key in this study, climate changing on marine system operation, is to understand the effects of atmospheric forcing on the primary production. Although there are many researches that indicate the effects of atmospheric duststorm can increase the primary productivity in the high nutrient low chlorophyll sea area, there are only few studies for low nutrient low chlorophyll sea area. Five spring cruises between year 2005 (03/20-22, 04/14) and 2006 (03/16-18, 03/21-23, 03/29-30) were investigated. Hydrography, nutrients, chlorophyll and primary productivity data observed from the cruises were used to study the effect of atmospheric forcing on primary production in the Kuroshio water northeast off Taiwan. The result of surface photosynthetic active radiation, mean wind speed and mean PM10 was 15.6~74.7 Einstein m-2 d-1, 3~13 m s-1, 31~137 µg m-3. Further studies have shown that the surface photosynthetic active radiation above 60 or below 20 Einstein m-2 d-1 restrain the primary production. Exclude of the light limit, the dramatic changes in productivity based on the strength of the wind speed showed a significant positive correlation, but PM10 did not correlated. Dust settlement for primary production contributed only about 2.7 %. Inference of the spring dust storm on the oligotrophic Kuroshio Sea affecting the level of productivity was mainly caused by wind-driven water disturbance that control the mechanism of upward transport of nutrients.
Sousa, Alexandra José Nóbrega Teixeira de. "O direito de arrependimento nos contratos celebrados à distância e fora do estabelecimento." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15186.
Full textO objetivo deste trabalho consiste em tentar compreender o direito de arrependimento e as suas implicações tanto nos contratos celebrados à distância como nos contratos celebrados fora do estabelecimento comercial, devido à manifesta importância de ambos na atual sociedade de consumo. Analisa-se o que são e quais as especificidades dos contratos celebrados à distância e dos contratos celebrados fora do estabelecimento bem como a justificação para a atribuição de um direito de arrependimento em cada uma destas modalidades. Tentamos também compreender o direito de arrependimento nestes contratos de consumo, nomeadamente, o seu conceito e demais aspetos que o caracterizam, as suas origens, a sua evolução no direito europeu e no direito português e as suas implicações nas posições contratuais do profissional e do consumidor, procedendo-se a uma análise do regime jurídico vigente em Portugal. O direito de arrependimento permite que o consumidor se desvincule de forma unilateral e imotivada de qualquer um destes contratos, durante um período de reflexão de 14 dias. A existência desta figura prende-se, nos casos em apreço, ou com os motivos que levaram à celebração do contrato ou com as circunstâncias em que este foi celebrado.
Garcia, Sabrina Angelic Moreira. "Identification of skates, rays and mantas off the coast of São Miguel Island, Azores : preliminary study of potential tourist development (scientific period of training)." Bachelor's thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/204.
Full textRajiformes are a group within the cartilaginous fish that have become increasingly studied over the last decades. However, these animals still remain poorly studied in the archipelago of the Azores. Little is known about their assemblages, biology, social structure etc. This study has given us a glimpse of the more common species that exist off the Coast of São Miguel Island and their possible seasonal variation considering the fact that they appeared scarce during the winter months (February to May 2008) and more abundant during the summer. D. pastinaca and Myliobatis aquila were the only species registered during the dives carried out for this work, from February to September 2008, while Mobula mobular was registered during whale-watching trips. Information on the potential touristic interest was also gathered from questionnaires handed out to the stakeholders, where a high (almost 50%) interest was shown in this activity. 85% of the people that were questioned showed they would be willing to participate in dives with rays, skates and manta-rays and pay the same or more compared to normal dives. This information is important, however, more studies on these animals‟ behaviour need to be undertaken.
Santos, Débora Filipa Castro. "O direito de arrependimento na contratação celebrada à distância e fora do estabelecimento comercial." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/50486.
Full textA presente dissertação visa compreender e analisar o direito de arrependimento e suas consequências no âmbito dos contratos celebrados à distância e dos contratos celebrados fora do estabelecimento comercial. Optamos por tal temática devido à sua relevância e frequência na atual sociedade. Propomo-nos a analisar os conceitos e especificidades dos contratos celebrados à distância e dos contratos celebrados fora do estabelecimento comercial, bem como a justificar o motivo de necessidade de existência de um direito de arrependimento no âmbito de tal tipo de contratação. Tentamos também explanar todos os aspectos relevantes acerca da figura do direito de arrependimento. O direito de arrependimento permite ao consumidor desvincular-se de forma unilateral e imotivada de qualquer dos contratos explanados, após um período de reflexão de 14 dias.
This dissertation aims to understand and analyze the right of withdrawal and its consequences within distance and off-premises contracts. We chose this theme due to its relevance and frequency in the current society. We propose to analyze the concepts and characteristics of both distance and offpremises contracts, as well as the reason why a right of withdrawal is required. We also try to understand all the relevant aspects related to the right of withdrawal. The Right of withdrawal allows the consumer to withdraw from a distance or off-premises contract, unilaterally, without having to indicate any motive to justify the decision, after a cooling-off period of 14 calendar days.
Del, Fabbro Giada Alessia. "A review of South African perspectives on serial murder." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29232.
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Poirier, Etienne. "L'antibiorésistance acquise des bactéries de la glande mammaire et des intestins en fonction des traitements intramammaires de tarissement chez les bovins laitiers." Thèse, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/7169.
Full text"An Empirical Assessment of the Magician's "Off-beat"." Doctoral diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18156.
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ŠVARCOVÁ, Petra. "Zhodnocení efektivnosti konkrétního investičního záměru fotovoltaické elektrárny." Master's thesis, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-52204.
Full textMagomo, Norma Tariro. "Does capital structure theory remain relevant under abnormal macroeconomic environment: the case of Zimbabwean manufacturing firms during the period 2009-2018." Diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27902.
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Gooley, Nathan John. "Evergreen, bank funding & liquidity management." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1310643.
Full textGovernment mandated institutions in Australia and Canada have continuously progressed banking regulation throughout time by making gradual alterations to prudential frameworks and supervisory practices. This has included the prompt domestic adaptation of the three Basel accords. A main objective is to ensure banking organisations become more resilient to stresses that impact their capital and liquidity adequacy. Banking organisations are faced with the task of transforming their balance sheets and funding profiles to not only strengthen their balance sheets but to curb heighted liquidity costs that have been brought on by regulatory reform. A review of existing literature on the components of bank funding, liquidity and procyclicality recognises their significance in ensuring individual bank stability and the prevarication of broader systemic implications in the wider economy. This dissertation has examined the historical evolution of the regulatory environments in both Australia and Canada and compared the components of bank balance sheets that offer insights into their funding preference and liquidity holdings, and provide early indicators for procyclicality within the banking sector. It has also had the goal of developing existing research and knowledge of liquidity stresses within bank balance sheets. This research has endeavoured to further balance sheet innovation, through action research that has been carried out over a five year period, to provide banking organisations with options to alter their balance sheets in order to meet the Basel III package of reforms and better deal with liquidity pressures, such as those that were evident in many countries throughout the most recent financial crisis. A new methodology for balance sheet transformation under Basel III, “evergreen” is articulated, with a suite of evergreen asset and liability products and balance sheet exposures being assessed for impact and acceptance within the banking industry. Verification of the evergreen method is demonstrated by the banking industry including it within their strategy for future balance sheet innovation; banks designing and constructing evergreen capability; the regulator encompassing it within prudential standards; and widespread acceptance of evergreen by investors and other financial market participants. Whilst components of evergreen are increasingly becoming a greater part of the banking industry within Australia, it is recognised that the concepts and models of evergreen, are at a primary juncture in their development and require substantial additional focus and research. The usefulness of this dissertation will be established through the particulars of future research settings and must be appraised to the degree that it appears correct, original and apt. Regarding deposits, this dissertation finds that: the existence of voluntary deposit insurance schemes would allow the competitive landscape for retail deposits to become about more than just price; operational deposits are not immune from procyclical competition; Australian banks have a much greater appetite and tolerance for at-call deposit raising; liquidity regulation has permanently shifted the ‘market rate’ for deposit funding above its ‘natural rate’; and foreign currency deposit raising may lead to banks running unhedged positions or developing a larger reliance towards United States Dollars. For wholesale funding, it is observed that: liquidity regulation has increased the reliance of banks on domestic financial markets to fulfil their financing needs; the volume of short-dated prime bank paper being issued in Australia has declined where there are consequences for the Bank Bill Swap Rates; and large differentials in the semi/quarterly spread can substantially impact the profitability of banking book products. The domestic implementation of the Basel III package of reforms on liquidity in both Australia and Canada has, in many ways, imitated the historical approach taken towards bank capital regulation. This dissertation deducts that, as there is for capital, the concept of ‘regulatory’ and ’economic’ liquidity now exists. Furthermore, regulation has introduced a predisposition to government bonds, which may have unintended consequences for both government sponsored issuers and bank investors. Finally, procyclicality must be monitored and managed by the government sponsored institution tasked with the role of implementing monetary policy, rather than institutions that implement and enforce prudential regulation.