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New Strategies For Reducing Transportation Emissions And Preparing For Climate Impacts, Gabriel Pacyniak, Kathryn Zyla, Vicki Arroyo Jan 2017

New Strategies For Reducing Transportation Emissions And Preparing For Climate Impacts, Gabriel Pacyniak, Kathryn Zyla, Vicki Arroyo

Faculty Scholarship

The transportation sector is becoming the largest source of greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions in the United States. The Obama Administration put in place federal vehicle and fuel standards that are significantly reducing emissions. However, these regulations will be insufficient to put the United States on track to achieve needed reductions needed long-term. This is especially true if the 2025 standards announced by the Obama Administration are rolled back by the new Trump Administration. Because current federal standards alone will not attain ambitious climate goals and may be rolled back, state and local activity is essential to make progress towards meeting …


Implementing Medical Revalidation In The United Kingdom: Findings About Organisational Changes And Impacts From A Survey Of Responsible Officers, Kieran Walshe, Alan Boyd, Marie Bryce, Kayleigh Luscombe, Abigail Tazzyman, John Tredinnick-Rowe, Julian Archer Jan 2017

Implementing Medical Revalidation In The United Kingdom: Findings About Organisational Changes And Impacts From A Survey Of Responsible Officers, Kieran Walshe, Alan Boyd, Marie Bryce, Kayleigh Luscombe, Abigail Tazzyman, John Tredinnick-Rowe, Julian Archer

Peninsula Medical School

Objective To describe the implementation of medical revalidation in healthcare organisations in the United Kingdom and to examine reported changes and impacts on the quality of care. Design A cross-sectional online survey gathering both quantitative and qualitative data about structures and processes for medical revalidation and wider quality management in the organisations which employ or contract with doctors (termed ‘designated bodies’) from the senior doctor in each organisation with statutory responsibility for medical revalidation (termed the ‘Responsible Officer’). Setting United Kingdom Participants Responsible Officers in designated bodies in the United Kingdom. Five hundred and ninety-five survey invitations were sent and …


The Right To An Independent Judiciary And The Avoidance Of Constitutional Conflict: The Burger Court’S Flawed Reasoning In Chandler V. Judicial Council Of The Tenth Circuit And Its Unfortunate Legacy, Joshua E. Kastenberg Jan 2017

The Right To An Independent Judiciary And The Avoidance Of Constitutional Conflict: The Burger Court’S Flawed Reasoning In Chandler V. Judicial Council Of The Tenth Circuit And Its Unfortunate Legacy, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

In 1970, the United States Supreme Court issued Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit in which five Justices determined that the federal courts of appeals possessed an administrative authority to manage the district court judges within an appellate court’s respective circuit. The decision enabled the Tenth Circuit to decide the fitness of a judge to preside over cases without a formal motion from a litigant. Although Congress had enabled the courts of appeals to oversee basic judicial functions (such as temporarily assigning district court judges to overworked districts), Congress did not intend to grant the power to remove …


Pathophysiology Of Chronic Subdural Haematoma: Inflammation, Angiogenesis And Implications For Pharmacotherapy, Ellie Edlmann, Susan Giorgi-Coll, Peter C. Whitfield, Keri L.H. Carpenter, Peter J. Hutchinson Jan 2017

Pathophysiology Of Chronic Subdural Haematoma: Inflammation, Angiogenesis And Implications For Pharmacotherapy, Ellie Edlmann, Susan Giorgi-Coll, Peter C. Whitfield, Keri L.H. Carpenter, Peter J. Hutchinson

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.


The Semiotics Of Minority Language Branding: A Study Of The Celtic Languages, J Tredinnick-Rowe Jan 2017

The Semiotics Of Minority Language Branding: A Study Of The Celtic Languages, J Tredinnick-Rowe

Peninsula Medical School

This paper investigates the role of minority language commodification in alcoholic drinks' branding, with a specific focus on Celtic languages and a particular emphasis on Cornish. The topic is introduced by exploring the ongoing and significant connection between language, culture and food, taking phrases and rhymes from historical sources and comparing their use. The aim is to establish cross-disciplinary synergies between semiotics and cultural analysis and to shed new light on marketing issues in the alcoholic drinks sector. The methodology section features the first ever analysis of alcoholic drinks' labels from four Celtic national minorities (N = 1.937) that illustrates …


Complexity Confers Stability: Climate Variability, Vegetation Response And Sand Transport On Longitudinal Sand Dunes In Australia’S Deserts, Paul P. Hesse, Matt W. Telfer, Will Farebrother Jan 2017

Complexity Confers Stability: Climate Variability, Vegetation Response And Sand Transport On Longitudinal Sand Dunes In Australia’S Deserts, Paul P. Hesse, Matt W. Telfer, Will Farebrother

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Abstract The relationship between antecedent precipitation, vegetation cover and sand movement on sand dunes in the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts was investigated by repeated (up to four) surveys of dune crest plots (≈25 × 25 m) over a drought cycle (2002–2012) in both winter (low wind) and spring (high wind). Vegetation varied dramatically between surveys on vegetated and active dune crests. Indices of sand movement had significant correlations with vegetation cover: the depth of loose sand has a strong inverse relationship with crust (cyanobacterial and/or physical) while the area covered by ripples has a strong inverse relationship with the areal …


Editorial Introduction: Fourth Planetary Dunes Workshop Special Issue, Matthew Chojnacki, Matt W. Telfer Jan 2017

Editorial Introduction: Fourth Planetary Dunes Workshop Special Issue, Matthew Chojnacki, Matt W. Telfer

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Sonic Affects And The Production Of Space: ‘Music By Handle’ And The Politics Of Street Music In Victorian London, Paul Simpson Jan 2017

Sonic Affects And The Production Of Space: ‘Music By Handle’ And The Politics Of Street Music In Victorian London, Paul Simpson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This article examines the affective capacities of sound and its role in the on-going production of social spaces. More specifically, the article seeks to understand the situated nature of sound’s affectivity within particular social-political-material contexts or circumstances. This is developed through a discussion of an empirical case study related to the history of street music: the ‘street music debates’ of Victorian London. The interrelation here of the sounds street musicians made, the broader urban soundscape of the time, who played street music and who it was that found themselves listening to this music demonstrate clearly the situated affective capacities of …


A Sense Of The Cycling Environment: Felt Experiences Of Infrastructure And Atmospheres, Paul Simpson Jan 2017

A Sense Of The Cycling Environment: Felt Experiences Of Infrastructure And Atmospheres, Paul Simpson

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper explores how cyclists gain a sense of the environments they move through by considering their felt experiences of the affective atmospheres that emerge in and through their movements. More specifically, the focus falls upon how various forms of transport infrastructure choreograph bodies in their movements through the city and so contributes towards the co-production of various affective atmospheres between differently mobile bodies. Drawing on video interviews with 24 commuter cyclists in Plymouth, UK, the roles that such infrastructures and atmospheres play in shaping the experience of cycling through shared forms of transport space are considered. Based on this, …


Sea-Ice Dynamics In An Arctic Coastal Polynya During The Past 6500 Years, J Knies, I Pathirana, P Cabedo-Sanz, A Banica, K Fabian, Tl Rasmussen, M Forwick, St Belt Jan 2017

Sea-Ice Dynamics In An Arctic Coastal Polynya During The Past 6500 Years, J Knies, I Pathirana, P Cabedo-Sanz, A Banica, K Fabian, Tl Rasmussen, M Forwick, St Belt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The production of high-salinity brines during sea-ice freezing in circum-arctic coastal polynyas is thought to be part of northern deep water formation as it supplies additional dense waters to the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation system. To better predict the effect of possible future summer ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean on global climate, it is important to improve our understanding of how climate change has affected sea-ice and brine formation, and thus finally dense water formation during the past. Here, we show temporal coherence between sea-ice conditions in a key Arctic polynya (Storfjorden, Svalbard) and patterns of deep water convection …


Diversity And Carbon Storage Across The Tropical Forest Biome, Martin J.P. Sullivan, Joey Talbot, Simon L. Lewis, Oliver L. Phillips, Lan Qie, Serge K. Begne, Jerôme Chave, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Wannes Hubau, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Lera Miles, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Bonaventure Sonké, Terry Sunderland, Steege H Ter, Lee J.T. White, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Shin Ichiro Aiba, Almeida Ec De, Oliveira Ea De, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Esteban Álvarez Dávila, Ana Andrade, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Peter Ashton, Gerardo A. Aymard, Timothy R. Baker, Michael Balinga, Lindsay F. Banin, Christopher Baraloto, Jean Francois Bastin, Nicholas Berry, Jan Bogaert, Damien Bonal, Frans Bongers, Roel Brienen, José Luís C. Camargo, Carlos Cerón, Victor Chama Moscoso, Eric Chezeaux, Connie J. Clark, Álvaro Cogollo Pacheco, James A. Comiskey, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Eurídice N.Honorio Coronado, Greta Dargie, Stuart J. Davies, Canniere C De, Marie Noel Djuikouo, Jean Louis Doucet, Terry L. Erwin, Javier Silva Espejo, Corneille E.N. Ewango, Sophie Fauset, Ted R. Feldpausch, Rafael Herrera, Martin Gilpin, Emanuel Gloor, Jefferson S. Hall, David J. Harris, Terese B. Hart, Kuswata Kartawinata, Lip Khoon Kho, Kanehiro Kitayama, Sgw Laurance, Wf Laurance, Miguel E. Leal, Thomas Lovejoy, Jon C. Lovett, Faustin Mpanya Lukasu, Jean Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Leandro Maracahipes, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Andrew R. Marshall, Paulo S. Morandi, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Jaques Mukinzi, Reuben Nilus, Percy Núñez Vargas, Nadir C.Pallqui Camacho, Guido Pardo, Marielos Peña-Claros, N/A Pétrone Jan 2017

Diversity And Carbon Storage Across The Tropical Forest Biome, Martin J.P. Sullivan, Joey Talbot, Simon L. Lewis, Oliver L. Phillips, Lan Qie, Serge K. Begne, Jerôme Chave, Aida Cuni-Sanchez, Wannes Hubau, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Lera Miles, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Bonaventure Sonké, Terry Sunderland, Steege H Ter, Lee J.T. White, Kofi Affum-Baffoe, Shin Ichiro Aiba, Almeida Ec De, Oliveira Ea De, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Esteban Álvarez Dávila, Ana Andrade, Luiz E.O.C. Aragão, Peter Ashton, Gerardo A. Aymard, Timothy R. Baker, Michael Balinga, Lindsay F. Banin, Christopher Baraloto, Jean Francois Bastin, Nicholas Berry, Jan Bogaert, Damien Bonal, Frans Bongers, Roel Brienen, José Luís C. Camargo, Carlos Cerón, Victor Chama Moscoso, Eric Chezeaux, Connie J. Clark, Álvaro Cogollo Pacheco, James A. Comiskey, Fernando Cornejo Valverde, Eurídice N.Honorio Coronado, Greta Dargie, Stuart J. Davies, Canniere C De, Marie Noel Djuikouo, Jean Louis Doucet, Terry L. Erwin, Javier Silva Espejo, Corneille E.N. Ewango, Sophie Fauset, Ted R. Feldpausch, Rafael Herrera, Martin Gilpin, Emanuel Gloor, Jefferson S. Hall, David J. Harris, Terese B. Hart, Kuswata Kartawinata, Lip Khoon Kho, Kanehiro Kitayama, Sgw Laurance, Wf Laurance, Miguel E. Leal, Thomas Lovejoy, Jon C. Lovett, Faustin Mpanya Lukasu, Jean Remy Makana, Yadvinder Malhi, Leandro Maracahipes, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon Junior, Andrew R. Marshall, Paulo S. Morandi, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Jaques Mukinzi, Reuben Nilus, Percy Núñez Vargas, Nadir C.Pallqui Camacho, Guido Pardo, Marielos Peña-Claros, N/A Pétrone

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Coupled Changes Between The H-Print Biomarker And Delta N-15 Indicates A Variable Sea Ice Carbon Contribution To The Diet Of Cumberland Sound Beluga Whales, T. A. Brown, E. Chrystal, S. H. Ferguson, D. J. Yurkowski, C. Watt, N. E. Hussey, T. C. Kelley, S. T. Belt Jan 2017

Coupled Changes Between The H-Print Biomarker And Delta N-15 Indicates A Variable Sea Ice Carbon Contribution To The Diet Of Cumberland Sound Beluga Whales, T. A. Brown, E. Chrystal, S. H. Ferguson, D. J. Yurkowski, C. Watt, N. E. Hussey, T. C. Kelley, S. T. Belt

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Variable Dissolution Rates Of Sacrificial Zinc Anodes: A Case Study Of The Hamble Estuary, Uk, Aldous B. Rees, Anthony Gallagher, Sean Comber, Laurence A. Wright Jan 2017

An Analysis Of Variable Dissolution Rates Of Sacrificial Zinc Anodes: A Case Study Of The Hamble Estuary, Uk, Aldous B. Rees, Anthony Gallagher, Sean Comber, Laurence A. Wright

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Resolving Discrepancies Between Field And Modelled Relative Sea-Level Data: Lessons From Western Ireland, Robin Edwards, W. Roland Gehrels, Anthony Brooks, Ralph Fyfe, Katie Pullen, Joseph Kuchar, Kieran Craven Jan 2017

Resolving Discrepancies Between Field And Modelled Relative Sea-Level Data: Lessons From Western Ireland, Robin Edwards, W. Roland Gehrels, Anthony Brooks, Ralph Fyfe, Katie Pullen, Joseph Kuchar, Kieran Craven

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Neural Correlates Of Similarity- And Rule-Based Generalization, Fraser Milton, Pippa Bealing, Kathryn L. Carpenter, Abdelmalek Bennattayallah, Andy J. Wills Jan 2017

The Neural Correlates Of Similarity- And Rule-Based Generalization, Fraser Milton, Pippa Bealing, Kathryn L. Carpenter, Abdelmalek Bennattayallah, Andy J. Wills

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.


Tropical Forest Light Regimes In A Human-Modified Landscape, Sophie Fauset, Manuel U. Gloor, Marcos P.M. Aidar, Helber C. Freitas, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Mauro A. Marabesi, Andre L.C. Rochelle, Alexander Shenkin, Simone A. Vieira, Carlos A. Joly Jan 2017

Tropical Forest Light Regimes In A Human-Modified Landscape, Sophie Fauset, Manuel U. Gloor, Marcos P.M. Aidar, Helber C. Freitas, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, Mauro A. Marabesi, Andre L.C. Rochelle, Alexander Shenkin, Simone A. Vieira, Carlos A. Joly

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Questioning The Preparatory Function Of Counterfactual Thinking, Hugo Mercier, Jonathan J. Rolison, Marta Stragà, Donatella Ferrante, Clare R. Walsh, Vittorio Girotto Jan 2017

Questioning The Preparatory Function Of Counterfactual Thinking, Hugo Mercier, Jonathan J. Rolison, Marta Stragà, Donatella Ferrante, Clare R. Walsh, Vittorio Girotto

School of Psychology

No abstract provided.


Methodological Perspectives On The Application Of Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Fingerprinting For Sediment Source Apportionment, Hari R. Upadhayay, Samuel Bodé, Marco Griepentrog, Dries Huygens, Roshan M. Bajracharya, William H. Blake, Gerd Dercon, Lionel Mabit, Max Gibbs, Brice X. Semmens, Brian C. Stock, Wim Cornelis, Pascal Boeckx Jan 2017

Methodological Perspectives On The Application Of Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Fingerprinting For Sediment Source Apportionment, Hari R. Upadhayay, Samuel Bodé, Marco Griepentrog, Dries Huygens, Roshan M. Bajracharya, William H. Blake, Gerd Dercon, Lionel Mabit, Max Gibbs, Brice X. Semmens, Brian C. Stock, Wim Cornelis, Pascal Boeckx

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


River Terraces And Alluvial Fans: The Case For An Integrated Quaternary Fluvial Archive, A. E. Mather, M. Stokes, E. Whitfield Jan 2017

River Terraces And Alluvial Fans: The Case For An Integrated Quaternary Fluvial Archive, A. E. Mather, M. Stokes, E. Whitfield

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Managing Sino-Ghanaian Fishery Relations: A Political Ecology Approach, Ryan Penney, Geoff Wilson, Lynda Rodwell Jan 2017

Managing Sino-Ghanaian Fishery Relations: A Political Ecology Approach, Ryan Penney, Geoff Wilson, Lynda Rodwell

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.


Reviewing Reservoir Operations: Can Federal Water Projects Adapt To Change?, Reed D. Benson Jan 2017

Reviewing Reservoir Operations: Can Federal Water Projects Adapt To Change?, Reed D. Benson

Faculty Scholarship

This Article begins by reviewing the purposes for federal water projects, and identifies some of the trade-offs involved in operating projects for certain purposes. It then addresses the legal factors that determine or influence project operations, beginning with project authorizing statutes and ending with federal environmental laws. The Article examines Corps and Bureau policies regarding project operating plans, the reasons for agency reluctance to review and revise their plans, and some of the factors that prompt the agencies to proceed with reviews. It then summarizes periodic review requirements in two analogous contexts—federal land management plans, and hydropower project licenses—and considers …


Life Cycle Assessment Of The Environmental Performance Of Conventional And Organic Methods Of Open Field Pepper Cultivation System, Efthalia Chatzisymeon, Spyros Foteinis, Alistair G.L. Borthwick Jan 2017

Life Cycle Assessment Of The Environmental Performance Of Conventional And Organic Methods Of Open Field Pepper Cultivation System, Efthalia Chatzisymeon, Spyros Foteinis, Alistair G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Environmental Impact Assessments Of The Xiaolangdi Reservoir On The Most Hyperconcentrated Laden River, Yellow River, China, Dongxian Kong, Chiyuan Miao, Jingwen Wu, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Qingyun Duan, Xiaoming Zhang Jan 2017

Environmental Impact Assessments Of The Xiaolangdi Reservoir On The Most Hyperconcentrated Laden River, Yellow River, China, Dongxian Kong, Chiyuan Miao, Jingwen Wu, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Qingyun Duan, Xiaoming Zhang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Resource Characterization Of Sites In The Vicinity Of An Island Near A Landmass, Alberto Pérez-Ortiz, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, James Mcnaughton, Helen C.M. Smith, Qing Xiao Jan 2017

Resource Characterization Of Sites In The Vicinity Of An Island Near A Landmass, Alberto Pérez-Ortiz, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, James Mcnaughton, Helen C.M. Smith, Qing Xiao

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Wave Directional Spreading From Point Field Measurements, M. L. Mcallister, V. Venugopal, A. G.L. Borthwick Jan 2017

Wave Directional Spreading From Point Field Measurements, M. L. Mcallister, V. Venugopal, A. G.L. Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Ocean waves have multidirectional components. Most wave measurements are taken at a single point, and so fail to capture information about the relative directions of the wave components directly. Conventional means of directional estimation require a minimum of three concurrent time series of measurements at different spatial locations in order to derive information on local directional wave spreading. Here, the relationship between wave nonlinearity and directionality is utilized to estimate local spreading without the need for multiple concurrent measurements, following Adcock & Taylor (Adcock & Taylor 2009 Proc. R. Soc. A 465 , 3361–3381. ( doi:10.1098/rspa.2009.0031 )), with the assumption …


Thermodynamics Of An Owc Containing Real Gas, E. Medina-López, A. Moñino, A. G.L. Borthwick, M. Clavero Jan 2017

Thermodynamics Of An Owc Containing Real Gas, E. Medina-López, A. Moñino, A. G.L. Borthwick, M. Clavero

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater By Employing Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells As Renewable Power Sources, Caixing Tian, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yunlong Li, Wen Liu Jan 2017

Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater By Employing Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells As Renewable Power Sources, Caixing Tian, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yunlong Li, Wen Liu

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Offshore Monopile In The Southern North Sea: Part I, Calibrated Input Sea State, Ariel J. Edesess, Denis Kelliher, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Gareth P. Thomas Jan 2017

Offshore Monopile In The Southern North Sea: Part I, Calibrated Input Sea State, Ariel J. Edesess, Denis Kelliher, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Gareth P. Thomas

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Safe, reliable access is an essential precondition for the successful maintenance of offshore wind farms. Access from vessels to wind turbines depends on the severity of the sea state in the vicinity of the turbine support structure. This paper presents a validation of a numerical boundary condition developed to reproduce the seasonal sea state at Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of the UK. The boundary condition, called customSpectrum, was derived from wave energy spectra obtained by analysis of existing field measurements of wave free-surface displacement at the wind farm site and implemented in OpenFoam, the open-source computational fluid …


Numerical Study Of Fixed Oscillating Water Column With Rans-Type Two-Phase Cfd Model, Thomas Vyzikas, Samy Deshoulières, Olivier Giroux, Matthew Barton, Deborah Greaves Jan 2017

Numerical Study Of Fixed Oscillating Water Column With Rans-Type Two-Phase Cfd Model, Thomas Vyzikas, Samy Deshoulières, Olivier Giroux, Matthew Barton, Deborah Greaves

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Strandings Of Ne Atlantic Gorgonians, E. V. Sheehan, A. Rees, D. Bridger, T. Williams, J. M. Hall-Spencer Jan 2017

Strandings Of Ne Atlantic Gorgonians, E. V. Sheehan, A. Rees, D. Bridger, T. Williams, J. M. Hall-Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.