Biology, Ecology, and Management of Deer in the Chicago Metropolitan Area W-87-R-8, Annual Job Progress Report

Annual Job Progress Report July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987 issued September 28, 1987. Includes Appendix A: Helminthic and protozoan parasites of white-tailed deer in urban areas of northeastern Illinois, Jose G. Cisneros; Appendix B: Recommendations for a cooperative new initiative on urban deer management for Cook County, Illinois; Appendix C: Recommendations for deer removal on O'Hare International Airport.Report issued on: 28 September 1987INHS Technical Report prepared for Illinois Department of Conservation Division of Wildlife Resource

Fiscal implications of climate change

This paper provides a primer on the fiscal implications of climate change, in particular the policies for responding to it. Many of the complicated challenges that arise in limiting climate change (through greenhouse gas emissions mitigation), and in dealing with the effects that remain (through adaptation to climate change impacts), are of a fiscal nature. While mitigation has the potential to raise substantial public revenue (through charges on greenhouse gas emissions), adaptation largely leads to fiscal outlays. Policies may unduly favor public spending (on technological solutions to limit emissions, and on adaptation), over policies that lead to more public revenue being raised (emissions charges). The pervasive uncertainties that surround climate change make the design of proper policy responses even more complex. This applies especially to policies for mitigation of emissions, since agreement on and international enforcement of cooperative abatement policies are exceedingly difficult to achieve, and there is as yet no common view on how to compare nearer-term costs of mitigation to longer-term benefits.Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases,Climate Change Economics,Carbon Policy and Trading,Energy Production and Transportation,Environment and Energy Efficiency

Illinois Forest Game Investigations W-87-R-9, Quarterly Federal Aid Performance Report 1 July - 30 September 1987

Quarterly Federal Aid Performance Report W-87-R-9, 1 July - 30 September 1987; Study No. VII-D Harvest Strategies for Illinois Deer Herds, Urban Deer StudyReport issued on: September 30, 1987INHS Technical Report prepared for unspecified recipien

Determining capture zones for three-dimensional, heterogeneous, anisotropic aquifers by Monte Carlo analysis

Most methods of delineating capture zones for pump-and-treat remedial design and wellhead protection assume a two-dimensional, homogeneous aquifer. Aquifers, however, are three-dimensional and heterogeneous, thereby introducing uncertainty in capture zone analysis. This study used a Monte Carlo analysis of three sets of statistical parameters defining aquifer heterogeneity. Each set had a different variance for the mean natural log hydraulic conductivity, which varied among the sets by a factor of four. The ensemble means of the capture zones for each set were estimated from 10 randomly generated fields with 12 layers each which were superimposed on each other for a total of 120 realizations. Realizations of the hydraulic conductivity fields were generated using the fast Fourier transforms method (Gutjahr et al., 1996) and incorporated into a confined, 128 m long by 64 m wide grid that included sufficient vertical layers to maintain the vertical correlation length. Constant head and no-flow boundaries were established on the short and long edges, respectively. The U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW code (MacDonald and Harbaugh, 1988) coupled with MODPATH (Pollack, 1989) were used to simulate the capture zones surrounding a pumping well within this simple flow system. Mapping the capture zones for many aquifer realizations with similar stochastic properties provided the data required to construct 1 %, 80%, and 99% quantile intervals. These figures begin to show how heterogeneity reduces the size of capture zones estimated for statistically homogeneous aquifers

Delphi Study Identifying Future Technical Competencies for Architecture and Construction Educators

The purpose of this modified Delphi study was to identify the dominant technical competencies needed to effectively teach architecture and construction at the secondary and post-secondary level and to determine if there are differences of opinion among educators, recent graduates and business and industry personnel as to what those competencies should be. At the time of publication, the menu of technical workshops offered by the Kansas Center for Career and Technical Education (KCCTE) was determined by the workshop administrator and the director of the KCCTE. To ensure that these workshops provide instructors with the knowledge and skills that align with industry needs, it was imperative to identify the changing technical competencies needed by members of the workforce and the instructors who prepare them. A three round Delphi study was conducted to identify the dominant technical competencies. Participants from the area of education, recent graduates and industry personnel were asked to provide a list of technical skills they perceived to be lacking as students moved from education to industry. A list of 23 technical competencies was created and participants rated each topic on level of importance. The top 15 topics were then selected and participants re-rated those topics based on their beliefs and the Mean rating of the group from the previous round. Some differences in levels of perceived importance was noted between groups. Seven technical competencies were rated highest in perceived level of importance by the three groups. This study provided a basis on which the KKCTE can act to develop appropriate technical workshops to meet the needs of architecture and construction teachers in the state of Kansas

IXIM: A new maize simulation model for DSSAT v4.5.

The Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) is a suite of crop simulation models and associated tools for simulating growth, development, and yield of 25 crops. The maize simulation model in DSSAT is CSM-CERES, the modular version of CERES-Maize, which was first published in 1986. The newest release of DSSAT, version 4.5, provides users with the opportunity to run an alternative maize simulation model. IXIM (eeh-sheem), the Mayan language for maize, is a new, more mechanistic, maize simulation model fully compatible with DSSAT. The purpose of this work is to compare seasonal simulations of maize growth and N uptake using CSM-CERES and IXIM

Biology-specific vocabulary: students’ understanding and lecturers’ expectations of student understanding

The current A-level biology curriculum includes a broad coverage of all the biosciences which demands knowledge of a wide range of biological vocabulary. Students (n = 184) from two UK universities were presented with a list of vocabulary, associated with a ‘Revise Biology’ text which highlighted key terms that students should know. Lecturers (n = 26) were asked which of these terms they expected students to know, or be aware of. Findings revealed that students’ claimed knowledge of vocabulary exceeded lecturer expectations. In addition, there were a number of terms which students did not understand and lecturers did not expect them to know, which could be removed from A-level biology courses. This is discussed in relation to whether A-level curricula need to be so content heavy and whether lecturers would benefit from knowing more about their students’ knowledge of discipline-specific terms