Comparison of average larval fish vertical distributions among species exhibiting different transport pathways on the southeast United States continental shelf

Water currents are vertically structured in many marine systems and as a result, vertical movements by fish larvae and zooplankton affect horizontal transport (Power, 1984). In estuaries, the vertical movements of larvae with tidal periods can result in their retention or ingress (Fortier and Leggett, 1983; Rijnsdorp et al., 1985; Cronin and Forward, 1986; Forward et al., 1999). On the continental shelf, the vertical movements of organisms interact daily and ontogenetically with depth-varying currents to affect horizontal transport (Pillar et al., 1989; Barange and Pillar, 1992; Cowen et al., 1993, 2000; Batchelder et al., 2002)

Diel variation in vertical distribution of an offshore ichthyoplankton community off the Oregon coast

We examined the diel ver-tical distribution, concentration, and community structure of ichthyoplank-ton from a single station 69 km off the central Oregon coast in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The 74 depth-stratified samples yielded 1571 fish larvae from 20 taxa, representing 11 families, and 128 fish eggs from 11 taxa within nine families. Dominant larval taxa were Sebastes spp. (rockfishes), Stenobra-chius leucopsarus (northern lampfish), Tarletonbeania crenularis (blue lan-ternfish), and Lyopsetta exilis (slender sole), and the dominant egg taxa were Sardinops sagax (Pacific sardine), Icichthys lockingtoni (medusafish), and Chauliodus macouni (Pacific viperfish). Larval concentrations generally increased from the surface to 50 m, then decreased with depth. Larval concentrations were higher at night than during the day, and there was evidence of larval diel vertical migration. Depth stratum was the most important factor explaining variability in larval and egg concentrations

Inter-professional education and primary care : EFPC position paper

Inter-professional education (IPE) can support professionals in developing their ability to work collaboratively. This position paper from the European Forum for Primary Care considers the design and implementation of IPE within primary care. This paper is based on workshops and is an evidence review of good practice. Enablers of IPE programmes are involving patients in the design and delivery, providing a holistic focus, focussing on practical actions, deploying multi-modal learning formats and activities, including more than two professions, evaluating formative and summative aspects, and encouraging team-based working. Guidance for the successful implementation of IPE is set out with examples from qualifying and continuing professional development programmes

Oceanographic connectivity and environmental correlates of genetic structuring in Atlantic herring in the Baltic Sea

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Sternes réprises en Côte d'Ivoire au cours des hivernages 1973-1974 et 1974-1975

Data are reported on: (1) date and place of ringing the juveniles and adults of the sea bird of the genus Sterna in Côte d'Ivoire, and (2) date and place of recapture during the winter periods of 1973-74 and 1974-75

THE SPACE OF THE HALL in “MODERNISM” Type characters and construction forms

In the twentieth century, the place of the public building was identified, in several architectures, with the space of the hall. Starting from the generality of hall typology, it can be achieved many different types of architectures. Through the constructive process we can research the most appropriate forms to reveal the meaning of the building. The exact form of single elements and the exactness of the relationships between themselves define the character of the spaces, which must be the most appropriate to their function and to the context in which they are built. In this way, we would compare three buildings of three “modernist” masters of architecture: - Asplund’s Stockholm library assumes the constructive system of the wall. Asplund builds a sequence of rooms distinguished by different spatial characters, in order to organize the composition and to declare the centrality of the reading great hall. - Mies van der Rohe’s Chicago Convention Hall assumes the reticular structure as constructive system. In this architecture, we can find the theme of inside-outside continuity and the theme of the relationship between the elements that build the space: the roof and the enclosure. - Tessenow’s project for the “Kraft durch Freude” (“Strength through Joy”) festival hall on the German island of Rugen, assumes the trilithic constructive system, in which the main element is the column. Through the analogy with the woods, in which the clearings are rooms, identified by the rarefaction of tree trunks, Tessenow builds the inner space of this architecture by the rarefaction of the columns, clearing a field. Mies, Asplund and Tessenow decline the same architectural typology in three different ways, through the constructive process. In these projects, construction becomes an expressive instrument, able to represent the character of each building and to give it a specific identity

The effectiveness of the project-based learning (PrjBL) approach in undergraduate accounting education

Desde la década de los 90 organismos profesionales de contabilidad como la American Accounting Association (AAA) o la International Financial Accounting Committe (IFAC) vienen demandando la necesidad de usar metodologías de participación activa en la formación universitaria de la contabilidad que faciliten el desarrollo de competencias y habilidades profesionales. El objetivo del trabajo es analizar la eficacia de ABPrj en la formación universitaria en asignaturas de Contabilidad Superior. El constructo de eficacia se ha formado por la utilidad para el aprendizaje de la materia y el desarrollo de competencias demandadas por la profesión y la mejora del rendimiento. El instrumento de medida es el cuestionario CEMPA (Cuestionario de efectividad del uso de metodologías de participación activa), que mide la percepción de eficacia de las metodologías de participación activa en el desarrollo de competencias técnicas y no técnicas (competencias) y análisis de rendimientos. Los resultados obtenidos confirman que los alumnos implicados en ABPrj perciben su utilidad para el aprendizaje y para el desarrollo de competencias demandadas para la profesión contable. Obtienen mejores rendimientos. Adicionalmente, se observa que la eficacia del ABPrj está relacionada con el tipo de materia; es más eficaz en asignaturas con un perfil creativo y abierto en su interpretación que aquellas más normativas. El estudio presenta limitaciones de carácter interno como externo, basadas en poco reconocimiento del tiempo invertido y la exigencia de prueba final igual para todos los alumnos.Since the 1990s, professional accounting bodies such as the American Accounting Association (AAA) and the International Financial Accounting Committee (IFAC) have insisted on the necessary use of active participation techniques in undergraduate accounting education to facilitate the development of professional skills and abilities. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effectiveness of project-based learning (PrjBL) in university education in Advanced Accounting courses. The construct of effectiveness was created for its usefulness to learn the subject, develop skills desired in the profession, and improve achievement. The CEMPA questionnaire (Questionnaire Measuring the Effectiveness of Active Participation Techniques, Cuestionario de efectividad del uso de metodologías de Participación Activa) is a tool measuring the perceived effectiveness of active participation techniques in the development of technical and non-technical skills and analysing achievement. The results confirm that students involved in PrjBL perceive it as useful for learning and developing skills desired in the accounting profession. Students perform better. Additionally, it appears that PrjBL effectiveness is related to the type of subject; it is more effective in courses with a creative profile open to interpretation than it is in more prescriptive courses. This study has internal and external limitations based on the limited recognition of the time spent and the requirement of a final test identical for all students

Status i sædskifteforsøget

Nu er den sidste vækstsæson ved at rinde ud i den første fulde rotation i sædskifteforsøget. Det er derfor tid at gøre en foreløbig status for både året og for de første fire år samlet. Foreløbige tal for årets udbytter foreligger nu fra alle forsøgssteder. Udbytter I år har vinterhveden efter kløvergræs klaret sig fint på lerjordene med udbytter på ca. 80 hkg/ha ved Holeby og 70 hkg/ha ved Flakkebjerg. Udbyttet i såvel vinterhvede som vårhvede på sandjorden ved Jyndevad ligger derimod som de tidligere år på omkring 40 hkg/ha. Vårsæden har generelt klaret sig fint alle steder. Det gælder dog ikke ært/byg til modenhed. Her er udbytterne helt i orden på Jyndevad og Foulum, men meget dårlige i ært på Flakkebjerg og Holeby. Her ligger ærteandelen på under 10%, selv i de tilfælde hvor byggen ikke konkurrerer væsentligt med ærterne. Det samme billede har vi også set i tidligere år, og havde en mistanke til at det kunne skyldes dårlig etablering på grund af for ringe sådybde for ærternes vedkommende. I år blev sådybden øget, hvilket gav en god etablering, men stadigvæk al for ringe vækst i ærterne. Lupinen på Jyndevad har i år givet et alt for lavt udbytte (ca. 26 hkg/ha) på grund af angreb af gråskimmel. Angrebet har været værst i parceller med fangafgrøder. Det kan måske skyldes, at rajgræsset når at vokse godt til i løbet af sensommeren, når lupinafgrøden taber nogle af bladene. Muligvis er rajgræsset med til at skabe et ekstra fugtigt klima til gavn for svampesygdommen og til skade for udbyttet. Vintersæd I skrivende stund (midt september) er der meget stor forskel i vintersæden mellem forsøgsstederne. Vi er nemlig delvis startet på næste rotation, og har i den sammenhæng ændret en del på etablering af vintersæden. På Jyndevad er vinterhvede skiftet ud med rug, som er sået midt i august. Den groede meget hurtigt til, men det gjorde ukrudtet også. Der er lavet to gode ukrudtsharvninger, og rugen har busket sig godt og lukker godt for ukrudtet nu. Rugen er dog meget angrebet af meldug. På Foulum blev vintersæden (rug og hvede) sået den 6 september. Rugen har nu 1½ blade og hvede 1 blad. Desværre har den meget regn bevirket, at der ikke kunne blindstrigles. Ukrudtet er derfor også spiret godt frem. Vi afventer, at afgrøden bliver lidt kraftigere inden der bekæmpes ukrudt. Afgrøderne er sået på dobbelt rækkeafstand, således at der kan radrenses. På Flakkebjerg og Holeby vil vinterhvede blive sået sidst i september. Nyt sædskifte Smertens barn i forsøget har været sædskiftet uden kløvergræs, som i de sidste fire år har været: havre, vinterhvede, vintersæd, ært/byg. I systemet uden fangafgrøder er ært/byg den eneste kvælstoffikserende afgrøde i sædskiftet. I systemet med fangafgrøder etableres et kløverudlæg i havren, og vintersæden samdyrkes de to efterfølgende år med kløveren. Denne samdyrkning har givet alt for lave kornudbytter ved Foulum, og kun mådelige resultater ved Flakkebjerg. Sædskiftet vil derfor fra næste år blive ændret til: vinterhvede, havre, vårbyg, lupin. Her er det tanken i systemet med fangafgrøde at etablere kløveren som udlæg i vinterhvede. Havren vil blive samdyrket med kløveren, idet der findes gode erfaringer fra forsøg med dette. Havren er generelt mere konkurrencedygtig end hvede og derfor formentlig også bedre i stand til at klare konkurrencen med kløveren. Efter havren bliver kløveren liggende til det følgende forår, hvor det pløjes op forud for vårbyg. Denne kløverpels bør være i stand til at give et væsentligt bidrag til kvælstofforsyningen i vårbyggen