scholarly journals ON THE USE OF FREQUENCY CURVES OF STORMFLOODS

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
P.J. Wemelsfelder
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Engineering ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Flood ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Economic Nature ◽  
Frequency Curves

In coastal engineering we often have to face the problem of high stormfloods. Especially if the land near the coast is flat and low, if it is densely populated or if high economic values have to be protected. In all these oases, where life and economic values are at stake, a design flood has to be established as a basis for the construction of the works of protection. Obviously the height of the design flood will be dependent on two factors. On one hand it depends on the characteristics of the sea, on its probable and possible heights. On the other hand it depends on the values of human and economic nature, threatened by the sea. So the design flood may be regarded as a balance between the threatening force of the sea and the values at stake. In this paper we will investigate the nature of this balance. This will lead us to a close examination of the frequency curves of stormfloods, to a discussion of the question: What is a reasonable risk and to a discussion of the question: What is the space of time we have to take into account.

Comparison of PMP-Driven Probable Maximum Floods with Flood Magnitudes due to Increasingly Urbanized Catchment: The Case of American River Watershed

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wondmagegn Yigzaw ◽  
Faisal Hossain ◽  
Alfred Kalyanapu
Keyword(s):  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Cover Change ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Sensitivity Study ◽  
The Other ◽  
Design Flood ◽  
Climatic Effects ◽  
River Watershed ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
American River

Abstract Since historical (predam) data are traditionally the sole criterion for dam design, future (postdam) meteorological and hydrological variability due to land-use and land-cover change cannot be considered for assessing design robustness. For example, postdam urbanization within a basin leads to definite and immediate increase in direct runoff and reservoir peak inflow. On the other hand, urbanization can strategically (i.e., gradually) alter the mesoscale circulation patterns leading to more extreme rainfall rates. Thus, there are two key pathways (immediate or strategic) by which the design flood magnitude can be compromised. The main objective of the study is to compare the relative contribution to increase in flood magnitudes through direct effects of land-cover change (urbanization and less infiltration) with gradual climate-based effects of land-cover change (modification in mesoscale storm systems). The comparison is cast in the form of a sensitivity study that looks into the response to the design probable maximum flood (PMF) from probable maximum precipitation (PMP). Using the American River watershed (ARW) and Folsom Dam as a case study, simulated peak floods for the 1997 (New Year's) flood event show that a 100% impervious watershed has the potential of generating a flood that is close to design PMF. On the other hand, the design PMP produces an additional 1500 m3 s−1 peak flood compared to the actual PMF when the watershed is considered 100% impervious. This study points to the radical need for consideration future land-cover changes up front during the dam design and operation formulation phase by considering not only the immediate effects but also the gradual climatic effects on PMF. A dynamic dam design procedure should be implemented that takes into account the change of land–atmospheric and hydrological processes as a result of land-cover modification rather than relying on historical records alone.

Community Translation and Oral Performance of Some Praise Psalms within the Zulu Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-268
Author(s):  
June F. Dickie
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
The Other ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Oral Performance ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Language Groups ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Praise Poetry

There is a strong history among the Zulu community of performing praise poetry, and a passion for composing and performing poetry continues among Zulu youth today. On the other hand, the current Zulu Bible is considered by many young people to be irrelevant or difficult to read and understand. With these two factors in mind, I conducted a study in which Zulu youth were invited to participate in basic training, after which they made their own translations of various praise psalms and then performed them before a community audience using song, rap, or spoken poetry. This paper looks at the process and benefits of inviting “ordinary speakers” to participate in the translation process, and of communicating the message through oral performance. The results are encouraging and suggest the methodology could be extended to other genres of biblical text and other language groups.

scholarly journals VIABILITY OF THE CREATION OF A UNIVERSITY INCUBATOR WITH A VIEW TO BENEFIT THE RURAL AND INDIGENOUS POPULATION OF THE STATE OF QUERÉTARO

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 199-211
Author(s):  
Jorge Arturo Velázquez Hernández ◽  
Jorge Adán Romero Zepeda ◽  
Rosalía Alonso Chombo ◽  
Epigmenio Muñoz Guevara
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Incubation Periods ◽  
The One ◽  
Economic Nature

The objective of this work is to analyze the feasibility of creating a university incubator (INCUERUAQ) aimed at benefiting the rural and indigenous population of the state of Querétaro. On the one hand, INCUERUAQ would represent the propitious scenario so that current students and those who are graduating, have the necessary spaces in order to face and solve problems of a technical and economic nature that may exist in their communities, always counting on the guidance of its professors and, on the other hand, the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ) would establish a permanent link with rural and indigenous communities, providing them with continuous advice in areas such as legal, administrative, marketing, etc., providing for this, the necessary infrastructure that allows them to carry out their ventures successfully, facilitating, among other things, training to access the various sources of financing, when required. The methodology with which it is intended to work is participatory research, whose initiation will be marked by a diagnosis that helps to visualize how feasible this project would be, it would also allow to devise the best incubator model to implement, in such a way that they can be carried out in practice the pre-incubation, incubation and post-incubation periods. This article aims to reflect an advance of the initial stage of the link, the diagnosis.

scholarly journals Analiza porównawcza jakości życia seniorów w wybranych krajach Unii Europejskiej

Ekonomia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Sawicz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
European Union ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Economic Aspect ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Economic Nature

Comparative ana lysis of the quality of life of seniors in selected countries of the European UnionFor more than twenty years, the number of elderly people in Europe has been increasing. This process is called “the graying of the continent”. The aging of societies raises many problems of a medical, social and economic nature. On the other hand, the increase in the quality of life of seniors caused less spending on medical and social care.The article attempts to analyze the quality of life of seniors in selected countries of the European Union. The level of quality of life was examined in economic aspect. Particular attention is paid to the health of the population in selected EU country and the level of poverty. The article indicates countries with the highest quality of life of the elderly and countries in which the quality of life of seniors is low.

scholarly journals Visit Transylvania! Transylvania Representations of Tourists Coming from Abroad

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Gyöngyi Pásztor ◽  
Anita Dózsa
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One

The subject of the present study is Transylvania as a tourist destination, more precisely the analysis of what Transylvania means for the foreign tourists visiting here, and what meaning they attach to it. The timeliness of the issue is given by two factors. On the one hand the number of events with a touristic appeal has grown in the past years in Transylvania, and similarly the number of tourists has risen. On the other hand, writings that recommend Transylvania as an outstanding destination are more and more frequent in the international public sphere, in other words, it increasingly appears on the map of international tourism.

scholarly journals Relationship between daily rumination time, physical activity, estrus and metabolic changes in dairy cows

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Razvan Nicolae Malancus ◽  
Cristina Maria Malancus
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Metabolic Disorders ◽  
Metabolic Changes ◽  
The Other ◽  
P Value ◽  
Statistical Assessment ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The One

The present study attempted to ascertain whether there is any connection between reduced daily rumination time and increased physical activity of the animals, on the one hand, and the presence of estrus or metabolic disorders in dairy cows, on the other hand. It has been observed that of the total of 168 cows, 55 (32.73%) showed decreased daily rumination time, 57 cows (33.92%) had specific manifestations for estrous period, while 25 cows (14.88%) showed both decreased daily rumination time and the presence of estrus. Statistical assessment of the data demonstrated a highly significant correlation between these two factors, with a p-value <0.05 (p = 0.0369). Regarding the correlation between increased physical activity, found in 40 cows (23.80%) and the presence of estrus, observed in 57 cows (33.92%) this one is extremely statistically significant with a p-value <0.001 (p = 0.0005), the combination of increased physical activity and estrus being detected in a total of 23 cows (13.69%). Thus, of 168 dairy cows taken into the study, 37 (22.02%) showed an association between decreased daily rumination time and increased physical activity, resulting in a extremely statistically significant correlation between the combination of the two events and the presence of estrus in cows, with a p-value <0.001 (p = 0.0003). Metabolic disorders were found in a total of 12 dairy cows (7.14 %), the association between decreased daily rumination time and increased physical activity being not statistically correlated with the development of metabolic disorders, p = 0.4676 . It remains to be observed if a correlation between the association of decreased daily rumination time and increased physical activity with the presence of metabolic disorders exists.

scholarly journals Deelnemende bestuur as funksie van bestuurders se selfkonsep en mensbeskouing

1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. P. Visser ◽  
G. Roodt ◽  
J. M. Schepers
Keyword(s):  
Canonical Correlation ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Participative Management ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Participative management as a function of managers' self concept and perception of others. The literature indicates a lack of research concerning individual attributes which may predispose an individual towards participative management. In this study the relationship between two such attributes was investigated, namely self concept and perception of others, on the one hand, and propensity for participative management, on the other hand. An instrument, based on McGregor's theory, was developed to measure perception of others in the work context. Through factor analysis two factors were extracted which respectively measure intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of a person's perception of others' attitudes towards work. A random sample taken from 233 supervisors of a public utility yielded 196 usable questionnaires. A significant relationship was found between self concept and perception of others on the one hand, and propensity for participative management on the other hand, using canonical correlation (r =0,601; p < 0,01). The finding provides support for McGregor's theory that a positive view of others leads towards a participative management style.Opsomming Die literatuur toon 'n leemte aan navorsing betreffende individuele attribute wat 'n persoon tot deelnemende bestuur mag predisponeer. Met hierdie studie is ondersoek ingestel na die verband tussen twee suike attribute, naamlik selfkonsep en mensbeskouing enersyds, en gewilligheid tot deelnemende bestuur andersyds. 'n Instrument gebaseer op McGregor se teorie, is ontwikkel om mensbeskouing binne werkkonteks te meet. Met behulp van faktorontleding is twee faktore onttrek wat onderskeidelik intrinsieke en ekstrinsieke aspekte van 'n persoon se beskouing van ander se houding teenoor werk meet. 'n Gelykkansige steekproef uit 233 toesighouers van 'n openbare versorgingsonderneming het 196 bruikbare vraelyste opgelewer. 'n Beduidende verband tussen selfkonsep en mensbeskouing enersyds, en gewilligheid tot deelnemende bestuur andersyds, is met behulp van kanoniese korrelasie gevind (r =0,601; p < 0,01). Die bevinding bied steun vir McGregor se teorie dat 'n gunstige mensbeskouing tot 'n deelnemende bestuurstyl lei.

scholarly journals Training approach in preparing tenth-graders for family life

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Hrydkovets
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Family Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tenth Graders ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Training Approach ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
The One

The article presents a training program for the tenths of the preparation for family life. The program is based on two factors. On the one hand, the needs of adolescents, on the other hand, are based on the basic values and traditions of the Ukrainian people. At the heart of the program is the respect for each person as a child of his family, a kind, his people. Respect for yourself as a representative of your gender with the whole system of responsibility for yourself, for close and potential descendants.

scholarly journals On meaning of adjectives as a cause and consequence of their collocabilities

2011 ◽  
pp. 109-119
Author(s):  
Rajna Dragicevic
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Content ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Permanent Effect

This paper explores a theoretical point of view that the collocability is determined by the meaning of a lexeme and also represents its consequence. Our main goal is to show that these two factors may contribute with different intensity, and that context may have greater or lesser effect on the meaning of a lexeme. The analysis proves that the context has a lesser effect on more frequent lexemes and does not have a permanent effect on their meaning, but on the other hand, context has a greater effect on infrequent lexemes and has a greater effect on their semantic content. This even applies in a case of a lexeme used separately. Even analysis of two unrelated languages (Serbian and German) shows that the most frequent associations on infrequent adjectives are the nouns frequently used with them, which means that frequently used collocations produce an effect on them even out of context. Furthermore, there are examples in lexicography that infrequent adjectives are defined by collocations peculiar for infrequent lexemes. On the other hand, the most frequent verbal associations of Serbian and German respondents on very frequent adjectives are not the nouns usually found in their collocations, but their antonyms, thus it is possible to conclude that the context has no any effect. The conclusion is that collocability is determined by the meaning of a lexeme and it also represents its consequence, and at the same time the collocation effect on a lexeme is greater if the lexeme is less frequent.

scholarly journals GEOLOGY IN SHORELINE ENGINEERING AND ITS APPLICATION TO MASSACHUSETTS BEACH PROBLEMS

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
L. W. Currier
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Engineering ◽  
The Other ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Geologic History ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sea Wall ◽  
Engineering Projects ◽  
Geologic Processes

At the outset I wish to make it clear that I am presenting this subject as a geologist, and not as a coastal engineer. I stand only on the fringe of that area of engineering science, and it would be presumptuous of me to discuss techniques of shoreline engineering. On the other hand, analysis of geologic processes that have molded and are now molding the shoreline furnishes basic terrane data of importance in the solution of coastal problems. As a geologist, then, perhaps I may properly point out the pertinency of geology to these problems, and indicate the kinds of appropriate data that are within the province of the geologist to explore and interpret. More or less an observer on the sidelines, I have for some time been impressed by the intricacies of the problems involved in coastal engineering projects. Such engineering is, of course, highly scientific and technological. But it seems to me that it is also somewhat of an art, for it is strongly tempered by experience, and the success of a calculated solution to a problem is often anxiously awaited by the engineer when the project is completed. There seems to be less of the sliderule certainty that characterizes the planning and design of a bridge. Will the sea-wall, the jetty, or the offshore breakwater, for examples, accomplish the intended results? Sometimes they do not because of some unrealized factors. Such factors are often obscure geologic conditions - unrecognized because the geologic regimens along shores seem to be very delicately balanced with respect to several factors, and to be sensitive to even slight interferences, despite the massiveness of the natural forces that are at work. The geologic history of the coast, translated to the present, together with minutiae of existing geologic features may demonstrate such obscure factors. It behooves the engineer, therefore, to seek the offices of geologic sciences. Perhaps at this point I may be pardoned to related digression if - to employ the vernacular - I "get something off my chest".

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