scholarly journals Comparative study of structural and ecophysiological features of lichens of different ecological groups in rocky forest communities of northernmost boreal zone (Karelia, Russia)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-197
Author(s):  
Anzhella Valerjevna Sonina ◽  
Vera Ivanovna Androsova ◽  
Anna Andreevna Tsunskaya ◽  
Liliya Evgenjevna Suroeva
Keyword(s):  
Photosynthetic Pigments ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Hypogymnia Physodes ◽  
Boreal Zone ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
North West ◽  
Algal Symbionts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Alpine Distribution

The anatomical (thickness of layers of fungal and algal symbionts) and ecophysiological parameters (the content of photosynthetic pigments) of two lichen species (Hypogymnia physodes and Umbilicaria hyperborea) from rocky forest communities of northernmost boreal zone (North-West of Russia) were studied. H. physodes is a lichen with foliose thallus morphology and circumpolar distribution which colonizes almost every substrate. U. hyperborea is strictly epilithic lichen with umbilicate type of thallus morphology and arcto-alpine distribution. Despite the fact that the photobiont in two species are closely related taxa (unicellular green algae of the genus Trebouxia) a high variability of photosynthetic pigments content in H. physodes thalli has been revealed, whereas in U. hyperborea, the mycobiotic showed high structural variability. It can be concluded that both mycobiont and photobiont contribute to their adaptation to environmental factors. In the present study it was obtained that the proportion of variation in anatomical structures and the content of photosynthetic pigments probably less depends on taxonomic position of photobiont and more determined by the plasticity of the individual components of the symbiotrophic organism.

scholarly journals Macromycetes in the forest communities of the Jodły Łaskie nature reserve (Central Poland)

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-26
Author(s):  
Izabela Kałucka
Keyword(s):  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Ecological Groups ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
The Relationship

The analysis of macromycetes against the background of forest communities is presented in the paper. The relationship between the mycoflora and the exploited habitat - type of phylocoenosis, stand composition, type of substrate, humidity - has been determined referring to ecological groups of fungi. Communities with considerable proportion of fir-tree in stand were particularly taken into consideration.

Warriors

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Haour
Keyword(s):  
Historical Records ◽  
Widespread Occurrence ◽  
North West ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Military Innovations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Military Activity ◽  
Building Walls

This chapter examines military activity and violence, as manifest in aspects of the archaeological and historical records for medieval times in the central Sahel and north-west Europe. It explores the contribution of military innovations to political centralisation, the prevalence of fortifications and town walling, and the widespread occurrence of slave raiding. It highlights the individual agency and motives in attracting followers for one's army, in building up stables of horses for prestige and power, and in building walls for purposes both definitional and defensive.

Enduring Past: Megalithic Tombs of Brittany and the Roman Occupation in Western France

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Vejby
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Major Road ◽  
North West ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Megalithic Tombs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Loire River

The extended lives of prehistoric monuments, whether or not they were interacted with once their initial phase of use had ended and how they were treated, can reveal valuable details about a culture. To interact with a place means that the action or influence is reciprocal. The individual, or group of individuals, is somehow affected by the physical contact they’ve had with the site, and the place in turn has been altered. Interactions are more than just reuse of a space. In fact, missing pieces of monuments’ biographies, evidence of subsequent use and treatment, are details that may tell us how a people dealt with their own past as well as that of others. The focus of this study is a region in which the biographies of a group of monuments appear to be intimately tied to clashing cultures during the Roman occupation: Morbihan, Brittany. Brittany is the westernmost province of France, roughly 30 kilometres north-west of the mouth of the Loire river, and extending over 200 kilometres westward into the Celtic Sea. The south-easternmost department of this province is Morbihan, which makes up over 6,800 square kilometres and centres on the Gulf of Morbihan, a few kilometres south of Vannes (Darioritum), the Roman-period civitas-capital of the Veneti. Darioritum was not only a port for commercial ships, but was also on the major road network connecting the Coriosolitae (Corseul), Osismes (Carhaix-Plouguer) and Namnetes (Nantes) civitates (Galliou and Jones 1991, 77, 81, 84). Evidence found in a thorough survey of Iron Age and Roman materials at megalithic tombs in Atlantic Europe revealed that Brittany is by far the region with the highest concentration of direct Roman period interactions, despite both the distribution of megalithic tombs across the peninsula and subsequent habitation patterns during the Iron Age and Roman periods (Scarre 2011, 29–33; Vejby 2012) . It also revealed that this activity is a major shift from the comparatively low number of megalithic tombs at which Iron Age materials have been found.

scholarly journals A reflection about the social and technological aspects in flood risk management – the case of the Italian Civil Protection

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. del Carmen Llasat ◽  
F. Siccardi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Civil Protection ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ground Effects ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Abstract. The right of a person to be protected from natural hazards is a characteristic of the social and economical development of the society. This paper is a contribution to the reflection about the role of Civil Protection organizations in a modern society. The paper is based in the inaugural conference made by the authors on the 9th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms. Two major issues are considered. The first one is sociological; the Civil Protection organizations and the responsible administration of the land use planning should be perceived as reliable as possible, in order to get consensus on the restrictions they pose, temporary or definitely, on the individual free use of the territory as well as in the entire warning system. The second one is technological: in order to be reliable they have to issue timely alert and warning to the population at large, but such alarms should be as "true" as possible. With this aim, the paper summarizes the historical evolution of the risk assessment, starting from the original concept of "hazard", introducing the concepts of "scenario of event" and "scenario of risk" and ending with a discussion about the uncertainties and limits of the most advanced and efficient tools to predict, to forecast and to observe the ground effects affecting people and their properties. The discussion is centred in the case of heavy rains and flood events in the North-West of Mediterranean Region.

XVIII.—A Re-examination of Barrow's Older Granites in Glen Clova, Angus

1958 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 393-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Trevelyan Harry
Keyword(s):  
Regional Metamorphism ◽  
Filter Press ◽  
Biotite Gneiss ◽  
North West ◽  
Granite Intrusion ◽  
Mode Of Occurrence ◽  
High Grade Metamorphism ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Marginal Zones ◽  
North Western

SynopsisBarrow describes from Glen Clova an important Older Granite intrusion, the muscovite-biotite-gneiss which he holds responsible for the formation of staurolite, kyanite and sillimanite zones of progressive regional metamorphism in the district. He states that the gneiss was filter-pressed during emplacement so that potash was strained off and concentrated in the south-eastern outcrops of the intrusion leaving its north-western portions enriched in soda. He claims that by the same process the separate intrusive areas comprising the gneiss have often been marginally enriched in potash and pegmatite.The factual basis of the filter-press hypothesis does not withstand careful re-examination. The individual intrusive areas of muscovite-biotite-gneiss bear no marginal zones of potash and pegmatite enrichment like those envisaged by Barrow. The muscovite-biotite-gneiss in its entirety comprises two distinct units, a heterogeneous group of banded quartz-oligoclase-mica-gneisses that were intensely deformed plastically during high-grade metamorphism, and a later series of non-migmatitic microcline-granite intrusions. In neither unit can any regular variation in potash/soda ratio be detected in passing directly from north-west to south-east.New data are provided concerning the distribution and mode of occurrence of Barrow's metamorphic zonal index minerals. Sillimanite, as fibrolite, often replaces mica and accompanies kyanite in specimens from many localities.

scholarly journals Skryfkunsstudente se ervaring van hulle eie kreatiewe proses binne die konteks van die Op die spoor van kreatiewe kreature-projek: ’n narratiewe ontleding

Literator ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-176
Author(s):  
S.F. Greyling
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
The Individual

Creative writing students’ experience of their own creative process within the context of the Tracking creative creatures project: a narrative analysis First-year students in Creative Writing at the North-West University took part in an interdisciplinary investigation into the creative process, which posed certain creative challenges to them. The students’ reaction to the project indicated that they experienced the assignment as challenging and enriching. This article investigates the question whether the narrative analysis of students’ personal reports on the creative process can contribute to a better understanding of the individual experience, the project, and the creative process as such. A framework for analysis was developed against the theoretical background of contextual approaches to creativity, practice-based research and the method of narrative analysis. Amabile’s componential framework of creativity served as a basis for the framework to investigate the three levels of the narrative (form, content and context). The article discusses the project, collection of data, theoretical framework and research procedures, and illustrates and discusses the application and value of narrative analysis of students’ reports with reference to identified themes and selected examples.

scholarly journals Nature-based health promotion: a valuable tool in prison partnerships

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Baybutt
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Future Health ◽  
North West ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Context Specific

Abstract In the context of the current UK prison reform agenda and concern about the high incidence of violence, substance misuse, self-harm and suicide, prison-based horticulture can make a significant contribution to the creation of safe, secure, supportive and health-enhancing environments. By joining up health and justice agendas, therapeutic programmes have the potential to serve as powerful catalysts for wider systemic change, tackling inequalities and social exclusion within societies across the globe. This presentation critically discusses findings from evaluative research, ‘Greener on the Outside for Prisons’ (GOOP), delivered in prisons in North West England. It aims to illustrate impacts of prisoners’ participation in an innovative social and therapeutic horticultural programme. The qualitative study was informed by a theoretical exploration on socio-ecological model of health emphasising interconnections between environment, behaviour and wellbeing, recognising the dynamic interplay between situational and personal factors; by a psychosocial perspective, positioning the individual in networks of interpersonal relationships, organisations, and social, political and economic systems; and by insights from the Biophilia Hypothesis. Findings suggest that engagement in GOOP were important to improvements in health and wellbeing with wider context-specific benefits. Working across key agendas of health, education and resettlement, GOOP has effectively demonstrated the potential of horticulture to impact positively on mental wellbeing, physical activity and healthier eating. Additionally, it contributes towards social inclusion through the development of key transferable skills, life competencies, processes of socialisation, and preparation for successful resettlement and employment beyond prison, which are ultimately key determinants of future health and life chances.

scholarly journals Representing the Australian Heat Low in a GCM Using Different Surface and Cloud Schemes

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew M. Allcock ◽  
Duncan Ackerley
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation ◽  
Thermal Inertia ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Monsoon Circulation ◽  
North West ◽  
Australian Monsoon ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Heat Low

The high insolation during the Southern Hemisphere summer leads to the development of a heat low over north-west Australia, which is a significant feature of the monsoon circulation. It is therefore important that General Circulation Models (GCMs) are able to represent this feature well in order to adequately represent the Australian Monsoon. Given that there are many different configurations of GCMs used globally (such as those used as part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project), it is difficult to assess the underlying causes of the differences in circulation between such GCMs. In order to address this problem, the work presented here makes use of three different configurations of the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator (ACCESS). The configurations incorporate changes to the surface parameterization, cloud parameterization, and both together (surface and cloud) while keeping all other parameterized processes unchanged. The work finds that the surface scheme has a larger impact on the heat low than the cloud scheme, which is caused by differences in the soil thermal inertia. This study also finds that the differences in the circulation caused by changing the cloud and surface schemes together are the linear sum of the individual perturbations (i.e., no nonlinear interaction).

The role of the accommodation sector in tourism routes of the Russian Federarion

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Антон Мосалев ◽  
Anton Mosalev
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Far East ◽  
Federal District ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Federal Districts ◽  
Accommodation Sector ◽  
High Standards ◽  
The Individual

The Article presents an analysis of the role of the media sector in the structure created by the placement of tourist routes in the subjects of the Russian Federation. The sample size was 6000 routes in all federal districts of Russia. The problem of poor service provided by the hotel services in Russia is one of the major problems hindering the development of domestic tourism. Value for money and sometimes do not match. Part of the situation could have saved the increasing competition with the hotels listed in the international circuit, which created its own rules of corporate culture, high standards of service, clearly defined for each category of hotel (in terms of stardom). However, this does not justify a revision of its marketing strategy of independent hoteliers. It is also important to pay attention to accommodation, similar to hotels and other accommodation facilities. They are also well represented in the tourist market. According to the author, the low level of service in accommodation facilities is determined not so much by the reluctance of management to improve it, as the structure of demand from tourists and tour operators, to create a product. Most of the routes, which include the need to accommodate tourists, implemented on average, in the area the day — two. At the same time, tourists do not stay in accommodation facilities for a long time and continue your route on. This circumstance serves as an incentive to change the quality of services. Moreover, the article stipulates that personal and other accommodations are well represented in the routes of major federal districts like Central, Ural, Siberia, Far East. Accommodation in hotels more common routes in the North- West, Volga, the Crimea and North Caucasian Federal District. Accommodation facilities, in this case, are the operators of the individual passive format services. However, this strategy cannot be used by all players of the hospitality industry in all federal districts. The specificity of the regions and their remoteness from each other, the price level in the field must be limiting conditions in which hoteliers could develop. It is therefore proposed that the need to actively offer ideas own hiking tour operators or actively interact with them, attracting all new, including the unorganized tourist flows.

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