Substitution – en løsning på rekrutteringsudfordringer i produktions-Danmark?

Virksomhederne i en række kommuner i provinsen oplever store udfordringer med at skaffe kvalificeret arbejdskraft. Konsekvensen er nu, at de siger nej til ordrer eller udflytter opgaver til andre dele af Danmark – eller til udlandet. Inden da har virksomhederne ofte brugt alle værktøjerne i værktøjskassen for enten at tiltrække eller fastholde medarbejdere. Det er dyrt og tidskrævende. Kan substitution – som foreslået i dette temanummer – være en nøgle til at løse problemerne? Måske. Med afsæt i vores erfaring fra det lokale erhvervsliv i henholdsvis Esbjerg- og Skive-områderne argumenterer vi for, at substitutionsløsningen beror på flere forskellige dimensioner: Et ændret mindset hos virksomhederne løser ikke udfordringen alene. Det er mindst ligeså vigtigt, at de videregående uddannelser øger deres opmærksomhed omkring kandidaternes employability. Og at de højtuddannede vil udvise en højere grad af mobilitet – både fagligt og geografisk. Udflytningerne af statslige styrelser og uddannelsesinstitutioner til provinsen kan være et vigtigt led i den forbindelse

Spin-planen der blev væk

Statsminister Helle Thorning-Schmidts britisk inspirerede tanker om at styrke politikudvikling og kommunikation i regeringen - med langt flere udefrakommende rådgivere og et særligt samordningsministerium designet til at give Statsministeriet større styrke - forduftede i magtdelingsforhandlingerne i hoteltårnet. Embedsvældet er tilbage, hvor det var før valget, og ministrenes start med de såkaldte ”spindoktorer” har flere steder været kaotisk. Det har det første halve år været svært at se et sammentømret minister- og rådgiverhold, som det var planen

Scaling of maneuvering performance in baleen whales: larger whales outperform expectations

Despite their enormous size, whales make their living as voracious predators. To catch their much smaller, more maneuverable prey, they have developed several unique locomotor strategies that require high energetic input, high mechanical power output and a surprising degree of agility. To better understand how body size affects maneuverability at the largest scale, we used bio-logging data, aerial photogrammetry and a high-throughput approach to quantify the maneuvering performance of seven species of free-swimming baleen whale. We found that as body size increases, absolute maneuvering performance decreases: larger whales use lower accelerations and perform slower pitch-changes, rolls and turns than smaller species. We also found that baleen whales exhibit positive allometry of maneuvering performance: relative to their body size, larger whales use higher accelerations, and perform faster pitch-changes, rolls and certain types of turns than smaller species. However, not all maneuvers were impacted by body size in the same way, and we found that larger whales behaviorally adjust for their decreased agility by using turns that they can perform more effectively. The positive allometry of maneuvering performance suggests that large whales have compensated for their increased body size by evolving more effective control surfaces and by preferentially selecting maneuvers that play to their strengths.We thank the crews of many research vessels including the R/V John Martin, R/V Fluke, ARSV Laurence M. Gould, R/V Sanna, M/V Antonie, M/V Northern Song, the Cascadia Research Collective and the Shallow Marine Surveys Group; in particular, we thank John Douglas, Andrew Bell, Shaun Tomlinson, Steve Cartwright, Tony D'Aoust, Dennis Rogers, Kelly Newton, Heather Riley, Gina Rousa and Mark Rousa. We also thank Brandon L. Southall, Alison K. Stimpert and Stacy L. DeRuiter for their role in collecting data as part of the SOCAL-BRS project. We thank Matt S. Savoca, Julian Dale and Danuta M. Wisniewska for assistance with data collection. Finally, we thank John H. Kennedy, Michael A. Thompson and the NSF Office of Polar Programs.Ye

Fundulus as the premier teleost model in environmental biology : opportunities for new insights using genomics

Author Posting. © Elsevier B.V., 2007. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics 2 (2007): 257-286, doi:10.1016/j.cbd.2007.09.001.A strong foundation of basic and applied research documents that the estuarine fish Fundulus heteroclitus and related species are unique laboratory and field models for understanding how individuals and populations interact with their environment. In this paper we summarize an extensive body of work examining the adaptive responses of Fundulus species to environmental conditions, and describe how this research has contributed importantly to our understanding of physiology, gene regulation, toxicology, and ecological and evolutionary genetics of teleosts and other vertebrates. These explorations have reached a critical juncture at which advancement is hindered by the lack of genomic resources for these species. We suggest that a more complete genomics toolbox for F. heteroclitus and related species will permit researchers to exploit the power of this model organism to rapidly advance our understanding of fundamental biological and pathological mechanisms among vertebrates, as well as ecological strategies and evolutionary processes common to all living organisms.This material is based on work supported by grants from the National Science Foundation DBI-0420504 (LJB), OCE 0308777 (DLC, RNW, BBR), BES-0553523 (AW), IBN 0236494 (BBR), IOB-0519579 (DHE), IOB-0543860 (DWT), FSML-0533189 (SC); National Institute of Health NIEHS P42-ES007381(GVC, MEH), P42-ES10356 (RTD), ES011588 (MFO); and NCRR P20 RR-016463 (DWT); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery (DLM, TDS, WSM) and Collaborative Research and Development Programs (DLM); NOAA/National Sea Grant NA86RG0052 (LJB), NA16RG2273 (SIK, MEH,GVC, JJS); Environmental Protection Agency U91620701 (WSB), R82902201(SC) and EPA’s Office of Research and Development (DEN)