scholarly journals Optimisation of aquifer parameters: a case study from Bheri Terai area, mid western Nepal

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moti Bahadur Kunwor
Keyword(s):  
Groundwater Potential ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Confined Aquifer ◽  
Numerical Techniques ◽  
Deep Aquifer ◽  
Piezometric Head ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Aquifer Parameters ◽  
Aquifer Characteristics

For the study of groundwater potential in any area, it is necessary to determine aquifer parameters as correctly as possible. The most effectively and popularly used tools in the field by groundwater geologists and engineers till today is old conventional curve techniques. A new approach is given to refine the aquifer characteristics by computer-assisted numerical techniques. The computer-assisted techniques were used in the Bheri Terai area (Banke/Bardiya), mid western Nepal with an objective of studying the aquifer parameters more accurately with reference to the prevailing hydrogeological condition. Keeping in view of the nature and types of aquifer, an optimisation based model developed by Jageshwar (1985) has been adopted for estimation of aquifer parameters. The aquifer parameters in the study area have been evaluated by using both curve procedure and computer assisted numerical techniques. Parameters are optimised by minimisation of sum of the square of residues between computed and observed drawdown. The starting values of parameter for optimisation were generally assigned as per the available graphical procedures. The applicability of the model to the field data has been demonstrated by using the existing test pumping data of Bheri Terai area (GWRDB, 1979). The purposed model for the analysis of test pumping data yields significantly better reproduction of time drawdowns. The results of analysis of test pumping data indicate confined and leaky confined nature of deep aquifer. Majority of leaky aquifers show a declining nature of piezometric head in the overlying aquifer while, some of the confined aquifer shows finite nature in areal extent due to the presence of barrier boundary (most probably impervious clay?).

Teaching Computer Based Historical Data Analysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Anderson ◽  
Robert J. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social History ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Historical Data Analysis ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

A case study ofa third year course in the Department of Economic and Social History in the University of Edinburgh isusedto considerandhighlightaspects of good practice in the teaching of computer-assisted historical data analysis.

Benefit Corporations Approach to Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosure: A Focus on Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Sciarelli ◽  
Silvia Cosimato ◽  
Giovanni Landi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Corporate Structure ◽  
New Approach ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Benefit Corporation ◽  
Benefit Corporations ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Governance Disclosure

AbstractOver the last decades, Benefit Corporations arouse as a new corporate structure, alternative to traditional ones and pointing to offer a new approach to the management of business and sustainability issues. These companies' activities are statutory aimed at bridging for-profit and no-profit activities; thus, they intentionally and statutory pursue economic purposes together with social and environmental ones, to create a positive impact on economy, society and environment. Even though, Italian and other national laws set some specific disclosure duties for Benefit Corporations, especially in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues, the literature still calls for further research on the topic. Therefore, this paper is aimed at contributing to bridge this gap, investigating the way Italian Benefit Corporations approach ESG disclosure. To this end, an exploratory analysis has been conducted, implementing a qualitative method, based on a multiple case study strategy. Even though the descriptive nature of the study, the achieved findings pointed out that the Benefit Corporation structure not necessarily implies a better approach to ESG.

GLOSSING THE GLOSS: READING PETER LOMBARD’SCOLLECTANEAON THE PAULINE EPISTLES AS A HISTORICAL ACT

Traditio ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 83-116
Author(s):  
PETER O'HAGAN
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Classroom Activity ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Pauline Epistles ◽  
History Of ◽  
Extended Analysis

Peter Lombard's influential commentary on the Pauline Epistles, theCollectanea in omnes divi Pauli epistolas,has received little extended analysis in scholarly literature, despite its recognized importance both in its own right and as key for the development of hisSentences.This article presents a new approach to studying theCollectaneaby analyzing how Lombard's commentary builds on theGlossa “Ordinaria”on the Pauline Epistles. The article argues for treating theCollectaneaas a “historical act,” focusing on how Lombard engages with the biblical text and with authoritative sources within which he encounters the same biblical text embedded. The article further argues for the necessity of turning to the manuscripts of both theCollectaneaand theGlossa,rather than continuing to rely on inadequate early modern printed editions or thePatrologia Latina.The article then uses Lombard's discussion of faith at Romans 1:17 as a case study, demonstrating the way in which Lombard begins from theGlossa,clarifies its ambiguities, and moves his analysis forward through his use of otherauctoritatesand theologicalquaestiones.A comparison with Lombard's treatment of faith in theSentenceshighlights the close links between Lombard's biblical lectures and this later work. The article concludes by arguing that scholastic biblical exegesis and theology should be treated as primarily a classroom activity, with the glossed Bible as the central focus. Discussion of Lombard's work should draw on much recent scholarship that has begun to uncover the layers of orality within the textual history of scholastic works.

A new approach to the problem of overlapping values: A case study in Australia׳s Great Barrier Reef

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Stoeckl ◽  
Marina Farr ◽  
Silva Larson ◽  
Vanessa M. Adams ◽  
Ida Kubiszewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
New Approach
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