Implications of climate change for coastal and inter-tidal habitats in the UK

Coastal habitats are diverse and vary in the extent to which they are shaped by physiographic processes, such as wave action, wind, tides and sediment availability, and the relative influence of terrestrial and marine environments, e.g. tidal inundation versus groundwater levels. Coastal systems usually comprise mosaics of habitats that are functionally interdependent: for instance, saltmarsh may form behind a barrier island or shingle ridge that itself may also support a dune system; or estuaries may include a range of habitats that ultimately depend on sediment supply from the catchment and the mixing of fresh and saline waters. Coastal grazing marsh is a man-made, largely freshwater habitat, occurring landward of intertidal and coastal habitats and protected from them by natural or man-made structures. Whilst grazing marsh and other coastal habitats are not strictly functionally interdependent, there are significant conflicts between protecting grazing marsh and allowing landward movement of coastal habitats

The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy

New Zealand’s unrelenting current account deficits, its trade performance and high external debt level remain central to ongoing economic policy debates. However, what has been overlooked in the discussion of New Zealand’s economic relations with its trading partners is the positive contribution that foreign capital inflow makes to the nation’s economic development. International trade in saving between New Zealand and the rest of the world has potentially contributed more to its economic growth than international trade in goods and services. This paper views New Zealand’s current account deficits as symptomatic of an economic growth process in which the rate of the economy’s capital accumulation exceeds its domestic saving rate. Expansion of the domestic capital stock attributable to foreign saving leads to higher national output and national income per head, net of the servicing cost of foreign capital.Foreign borrowing; national income; current account deficit; national wealth; New Zealand

Alien Registration- Grant, Anthony (Old Town, Penobscot County)

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Stroke Patient Outcomes When Fever Is Present

Introduction to the Problem: Prescribers in the acute care setting differ in opinions with the role fever plays with stroke patient outcomes. This is evident by contrasting guideline recommendations and differing plan of care development amongst prescribers. This lack of clarity has led to the question; does fever affect stroke patient outcomes in that acute care setting. Supporting Literature: The research utilized for this inquiry was specific to both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patient outcomes when fever is present. Methods Used for Inquiry: An integrative literature review was conducted for this inquiry. A total of ninety articles were reviewed, with twenty-one selected. The literature review was conducted over material from the years 2000 to the present. The databases utilized to find the research for this inquiry included CINAHL, PubMed, and Cochrane libraries. Strength of Evidence: The strength of evidence utilized for this inquiry was a rating scheme of one to five. This inquiry included six systematic reviews or meta-analysis, one randomized controlled-trial, five prospective non-randomized trials, and nine retrospective comparative studies. Conclusion: Stroke patient outcomes were found to be significantly worse when fever is present. Diminished patient outcomes were found in both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke populations. This was measured by poor functional outcomes, increased stroke severity, increased hospital length of stay, elevated pro-inflammatory markers, larger infarction volume, and larger hematoma volumes. The highest presence of fever was found in subarachnoid and intra-ventricular hemorrhage patient populations. Fever threshold was identified with a range from 37-38.5C. Treatment options for febrile stroke patients were inconclusive and further data is needed to strengthen the argument for appropriate therapies. Additional research is needed regarding treatment intervention for fevers for stroke patients

A magnetically isolated gate driver for high-speed voltage sharing in series-connected MOSFETs

A scalable resonant gate drive circuit is described, suitable for driving series-connected MOSFETs in high-voltage, high-speed inverter applications for resistive and capacitive loads. Galvanic isolation is provided by a loop of high voltage wire, which also serves as the resonant inductor in the circuit. Fast dynamic voltage sharing is achieved by delivering equal current to each gate. A prototype is built and tested, demonstrating a 75ns switching time at 5kV using 900V MOSFETs

On the existence of orthonormal geodesic bases for Lie algebras

We show that every unimodular Lie algebra, of dimension at most 4, equipped with an inner product, possesses an orthonormal basis comprised of geodesic elements. On the other hand, we give an example of a solvable unimodular Lie algebra of dimension 5 that has no orthonormal geodesic basis, for any inner product

Characterizing forest biomass and the impacts of bark beetles and forest management in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA

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