CIRSS vertical data integration, San Bernardino study

The creation and use of a vertically integrated data base, including LANDSAT data, for local planning purposes in a portion of San Bernardino County, California are described. The project illustrates that a vertically integrated approach can benefit local users, can be used to identify and rectify discrepancies in various data sources, and that the LANDSAT component can be effectively used to identify change, perform initial capability/suitability modeling, update existing data, and refine existing data in a geographic information system. Local analyses were developed which produced data of value to planners in the San Bernardino County Planning Department and the San Bernardino National Forest staff

Gathering evidence of benefits: a structured approach from the JISC Managing Research Data Programme

The work of the Jisc Managing Research Data programme is – along with the rest of the UK higher education sector – taking place in an environment of increasing pressure on research funding. In order to justify the investment made by Jisc in this activity – and to help make the case more widely for the value of investing time and money in research data management – projects and the programme as a whole must be able to clearly express the resultant benefits to the host institutions and to the broader sector. This paper describes a structured approach to the measurement and description of benefits provided by the work of these projects for the benefit of funders, institutions and researchers. We outline the context of the programme and its work; discuss the drivers and challenges of gathering evidence of benefits; specify benefits as distinct from aims and outputs; present emerging findings and the types of metrics and other evidence which projects have provided; explain the value of gathering evidence in a structured way to demonstrate benefits generated by work in this field; and share lessons learned from progress to date

Addressing data management training needs: a practice based approach from the UK

In this paper, we describe the current challenges to the effective management and preservation of research data in UK universities, and the response provided by the JISC Managing Research Data programme. This paper will discuss, inter alia, the findings and conclusions from data management training projects of the first iteration of the programme and how they informed the design of the second, paying particular attention to initiatives to develop and embed training materials

Using deuterated PAH amendments to validate chemical extraction methods to predict PAH bioavailability in soils

Validating chemical methods to predict bioavailable fractions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by comparison with accumulation bioassays is problematic. Concentrations accumulated in soil organisms not only depend on the bioavailable fraction but also on contaminant properties. A historically contaminated soil was freshly spiked with deuterated PAHs (dPAHs). dPAHs have a similar fate to their respective undeuterated analogues, so chemical methods that give good indications of bioavailability should extract the fresh more readily available dPAHs and historic more recalcitrant PAHs in similar proportions to those in which they are accumulated in the tissues of test organisms. Cyclodextrin and butanol extractions predicted the bioavailable fraction for earthworms (Eisenia fetida) and plants (Lolium multiflorum) better than the exhaustive extraction. The PAHs accumulated by earthworms had a larger dPAH:PAH ratio than that predicted by chemical methods. The isotope ratio method described here provides an effective way of evaluating other chemical methods to predict bioavailability

Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils

To assess the risks that contaminated soils pose to the environment properly a greater understanding of how soil biota influence the mobility of metal(loid)s in soils is required. Lumbricus terrestris L. were incubated in three soils contaminated with As, Cu, Pb and Zn. The concentration and speciation of metal(loid)s in pore waters and the mobility and partitioning in casts were compared with earthworm-free soil. Generally the concentrations of water extractable metal(loid)s in earthworm casts were greater than in earthworm-free soil. The impact of the earthworms on concentration and speciation in pore waters was soil and metal specific and could be explained either by earthworm induced changes in soil pH or soluble organic carbon. The mobilisation of metal(loid)s in the environment by earthworm activity may allow for leaching or uptake into biota

\u27Other habits\u27 and \u27other places\u27 : Ninagawa\u27s Twelfth Night

『NINAGAWA十二夜』は、演出家蜷川幸雄にとって、最初の冒険であり、シェイクスピア劇の最初の歌舞伎化でもあった。歌舞伎劇場の壮大な可能性を活かして、蜷川は観客を舞台に引き込み、演劇の世界へ誘う。この作品では2人の役者に複数の役を演じさせることによって、この喜劇の二重性(doubleness)を物理的に表現しようと試みている。本稿では、この試みが原作の構成上の制約によって制限される度合、また蜷川が原作から離れることによって『十二夜』にかなりの新しい解釈をもたらしている点を考察する

Courts-Martial and the Commander

During court-martial, the commander decides on the charge, selects of the jury, and reviews the trial\u27s results. This Article examines these aspects of the military justice system. Currently, the decision to charge is made after the commander\u27s legal advisor reviews the Article 32 investigation. This Article suggests a system where the Article 32 investigation is replaced by a probable cause hearing before a judge. Jury selection, like the decision to charge, is at the commander\u27s discretion, allowing the commander to include and exclude military members. The Article calls for a military judicial system divided into districts from which an independent judge could select members for the jury. Lastly, because there is no direct route from the Court of Military Appeals into the federal courts, this Article advocates a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, thus bringing the Court of Military Appeals under the Supreme Court\u27s scope. The author concludes that these changes will eliminate the appearance that the commander can influence the outcome of trials