The importancy of logistic cost in agribussines enterpraises (on example of meat industry)

Przedstawiono poziom i udział kosztów działalności logistycznej w całości kosztów przedsiębiorstwa. Stwierdzono, że koszty logistyczne stanowiły około 8% całości kosztów funkcjonowania przedsiębiorstwa. Główne koszty związane były z magazynowaniem, następnie zaś z transportem. Najniższy był udział kosztów komunikowania, przesyłu informacji.In the paper the level and structure of logistic costs in polish meat enterprise have been presented. There are stated that its covers about 8% of all enterprise costs. The mine costs are connected with storage, the next with transportation. The smallest were costs of communications

Mate change and reproductive success in the Lesser Snow Goose.

The reproductive performance of Lesser Snow Geese (Ansercaerulescens caerulescens) at La Perouse Bay was examined in individuals retaining and in those changing their mate of the previous breeding season. Females retaining their mate had on average a slightly higher clutch size than those which did not. Other measures of reproductive success did not differ significantly between the two groups. The phenomenon of larger clutch size was not detectable in samples of older females. Females breeding for the second time, whether they changed mates or not, had a smaller clutch than did older birds, and clutch size was found to increase with age and/or experience, at least up to the third breeding attempt. We conclude that there is no causative relationship between mate loss and lowered clutch size. Nevertheless, females who breed for the first time are more likely to lose their mates and to have a lower-than-average clutch size as second-time breeders. In addition, first-time breeders were less co-ordinated in nest defence than more experienced birds

A morphological, sedimentological and geophysical investigation of the Woore Moraine, Shropshire, England

The Bar Hill–Whitchurch–Wrexham Morainic Complex is a large-scale glacial landform thought to represent either the maximum extent or the re-advance of the British–Irish Ice Sheet during the Late Devensian. The origin of the moraine remains uncertain as its key characteristics have not been studied in detail due to a lack of exposures from which its large-scale structure can be determined. The development of new technologies has enabled detailed examination of the topography and internal structure of such large-scale landforms. This paper describes a multi-disciplinary approach involving digital geomorphological mapping using enhanced resolution NextMAP™ digital surface models, geophysical imaging (electrical resistivity tomography) and conventional sedimentological analyses. This combination of techniques is useful for elucidating the origin of a large glacial landform in a region of poor exposure. Digital elevation models such as NextMAP™ offer an efficient and accurate method for landform-mapping, whilst electrical resistivity tomography was able to map the major constituent sediments of the moraine, which had in turn been identified in the single exposure available. Additional geophysical techniques should however be applied to provide further structural data and thereby enable a more detailed interpretation of the moraine's internal structure. Preliminary findings indicate that the moraine is a glaciotectonic landform composed of diamicton and glaciofluvial sediments, an origin consistent with recent suggestions that the Cheshire Plain contained an active ice lobe during the last glacial maximum