A psychological interpretation of Jesus

Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Boston Universit

The Examiner : James Booth and the origins of common examinations, by F. Foden

Foden, Frank. (1989) The examiner : James Booth and the origin of common examinations. University of Leeds, Leeds. vii, 221 p

The Politics of Climate Change

This after-dinner speech by John Godfrey on March 21, 2019 discusses bilateral and international issues faced by nations addressing the impact of climate change

The Role of Bus Partnerships

Great Britain (outside London) is unusual among Western European economies in leaving the planning of its bus networks to the private sector, albeit working from a long-established historic basis. It took several years following deregulation in 1986, compounded by wholesale changes in the ownership of bus operators, for new, stable and mature relationships to develop between operators and local transport authorities. The building of partnership working, founded on their common interests of encouraging greater accessibility by bus, increased patronage, and modal shift from cars – with the consequent social, economic and environmental benefits – has underpinned some impressive achievements over the last 25 years. This paper examines the role of partnerships in enabling and sustaining improvements in service quality and supply, and securing additional investment in network resources and facilities. It is based on many years direct experience of developing the partnership concept with authorities and operators and working through a variety of challenges that have arisen. In addition to this experience, we draw on 2015 data obtained from across Britain while revising government guidance on the issues. We consider the differences between models of service delivery with and without partnership, the components of successful partnerships, and the lessons to be learned from less successful implementations. Finally, we look at more recent changes in the partnership landscape, and the tensions with advocates of closer regulation, leading up to the provisions of the Bus Services Act 2017.Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. Faculty of Economics and Business. The University of Sydne

Strategies for improving productivity of small ruminants in Tanzania

This thesis presents three areas of emphasis, all related to feeds, feeding and performance of small ruminants. The first area (Paper I) focuses on seasonality and its effect on chemical composition of forage species most preferred by SEA goats, grazing behaviour and performance of goats as assessed in the rainy (February-May), mid dry (July-August) and late dry seasons (October-November). Evaluation of these forages showed a marked decline in quality as the season changed from rainy to dry. The crude protein (CP) and energy content of all forages decreased while the neutral detergent fibre content increased. The decline in feed quality varied with forage class. Unlike forbs and browses, the mean CP of grasses, for example, declined below the critical maintenance level for goats from the end of the rainy season through late dry season. Mineral concentrations varied among species and forage classes and were all low in phosphorous level. Changes in season were clearly associated with shifts in diet selection, grazing and non grazing activities. Whereas herbaceous vegetation was the main diet in the rainy season, browses and forbs were important dietary sources in the dry season. Observation on grazing activities and performance of goats in the same study showed that the proportion of time allocated for various activities varied with the changing season. For example, feeding time changed from 0.57 (57 %) in the rainy season to 0.68 (68 %) in the late dry season. Body weight gains and condition scores were highest in the middle of the dry season while the least performance of these variables was recorded late in the dry season. The second area of this work (Paper II) presents an investigation of the influence of pre-mating dietary supplementation and the season of kidding on reproductive characteristics of SEA goats and growth performance of their off springs. The seasons were either early dry (season 1) or late dry (season 2). Results from three groups of 30 does each subjected to 0, 200 or 400 g of concentrate diet/doe/day for a period of 60 days prior to mating showed that pre-mating dietary supplementation improved (P<0.05) weight gains but the reproductive performance was not improved. Doe weight changes and growth rates of kids were affected by the season of kidding. Body weight changes of does, pre-weaning growth and weight of kid weaned per kg doe kidding and the weight of kid weaned per doe kidding were higher for kidding taking place in season 1 compared with that in season 2. Results suggest that production efficiency of goats can be increased by restricting goat breeding activities in January-March for kidding to take place early in the dry season (June-August). The third area (Papers III, IV and V) focused on growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality characteristics of small ruminants when supplemented with concentrate diets with either hay and/or treated straws as basal diets. In Papers III and IV, 32 sheep and goats were subjected to either ad libitum untreated wheat straw (UTS), wheat straw treated with urea and lime (TS), straw and ad libitum hay (UTSH) or TS and ad libitum hay (TSH). In addition, each animal received 220 g of concentrate diet/day (on as fed basis) for 84 days. Treatment of straw increased (P0.05). On the other hand, goat meat had slightly higher pH both at 45 min PM and 24 h PM than sheep meat. Post-mortem ageing of sheep meat improved (P0.05) on tenderness. Overall, results showed potential for increased productivity in small ruminants through improved nutrition and proper timing of mating periods. Where characteristics of meat quality were assessed, there were limited effects of dietary treatments on such characteristics

The petrogenesis of the calc-alkaline borrowdale volcanic group, Northern England

The Borrowdale Volcanic Group constitutes a major part of the Ordovician succession in the English Lake District. It comprises a suite of lavas, tuffs and ignimbrites with a maximum measured thickness of 5 km. The rocks of the Lake District are folded into a broad anticline which results in the Borrowdale Volcanics being exposed in two main outcrops, one north and the other south of a central core of older Skiddaw Slates. The northern outcrop consists almost entirely of basalts, basaltic andesites and occasional rhyolites, with very few intermediate members. In contrast, the southern outcrop is composed largely of andesites and dacites. Garnet phenocrysts, absent in the northern outcrop, are relatively abundant in the volcanic rocks of the southern outcrop. Analyses of 229 samples of lavas, ignimbrites and associated intrusives are presented together with electron microprobe analyses of selected garnet and augite phenocrysts. The southern outcrop volcanics are of calc-alkaline affinities, whereas those of the northern outcrop are transitional in character between tholeiitic and calc-alkaline. The use of La/Y ratios is shown to be particularly effective in distinguishing between members of the two suites. Detailed analytical studies on the garnet phenocrysts, especially La and Y abundances, show that crystal fractionation of garnet phenocrysts is incompatible with the geochemistry of their host rocks. It is concluded that the southern outcrop magmas evolved by some process other than crystal fractionation. A partial-melting hypothesis is proposed as an alternative, the melt being stored at depth (possibly at the crust mantle interface) long enough for garnet to nucleate, and then transferred rapidly to the surface. In contrast, the northern outcrop lavas are highly porphyritic and present abundant evidence of crystal fractionation. It is suggested that these rocks evolved by the fractionation of a basalt or basaltic and site parent under relatively dry conditions at shallow depth. The Borrowdale Volcanics are compared with the volcanic rocks of modern Island arcs. In particular the southward transition of magna type from tholeiitic to calc-alkaline compares with similar transitions occurring across modern island arcs. It is concluded that the Borrowdale Volcanics were erupted in an ancient Island arc at the margin of a contracting, proto-Atlantic ocean. This hypothesis is consistent with current models for the evolution of the Caledonian Appalachian orogen. The Borrowdale magmas were probably derived by the partial melting of basaltic oceanic crust carried down into the mantle on descending lithosphere plates. In the case of the southern outcrop rocks the magma- was not affected by subsequent ciystal fractionation, whereas the northern outcrop magma has undergone considerable modification by this process. Finally- the partial melting of oceanic crust is examined in the light of recent experimental studies. It is suggested that island arc tholeiitic magmas are generated at shallow depth by reactions involving amphibole breakdown. Calc-alkaline magmas are produced at greater depths by the partial melting of wet eclogite, and between these two extremes a continuum of transitional magma types could be generated

(The) Jesus-Messiah controversy in modern criticism

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1931. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive