There is a widely accepted myth in New Zealand that the Elam School of Fine Arts in the University of Auckland is an organised anarchy, internally divided and cantankerously unbiddable, and further, that this is largely inevitable given the nature of artists and designers. Its unique culture, however, is shown in this paper to have been generated and reinforced over decades by the exigencies of...

OBJECTIVE To identify whether there is evidence of pneumoconiosis and other respiratory health effects associated with exposure to respirable mixed dust and quartz in United Kingdom opencast coalmines. METHODS A cross sectional study of current workers (1224 men, 25 women) was carried out at nine large and medium sized opencast sites in England, Scotland, and Wales. To characterise a range of...

In less than half a decade, the idea that nature possesses inalienable rights akin to human rights has gone from a strictly theoretical concept to the basis for policy changes in several countries and U.S. municipalities. This paper explores the tensions between community decisionmaking and the rights of nature by focusing on how the implementation of these theories has played out in Ecuador an...

The mining workforce experiences high rates of hazardous noise exposure and hearing loss. However, previous studies have identified specific behavioral and attitudinal barriers that keep miners from effectively acting to prevent their own hearing loss. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed several new hearing loss prevention tools and interventions that ...

The need for proper municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in developing countries is obvious as the effects on the environment and public health can be more profound there. Waterborne diseases and the proliferation of disease-carrying vectors associated with solid waste only increase due to improper sanitation and pollution management, and have resulted in many illnesses and deaths in develop...

A new numerical technique is presented that allows the tracking of any chemical element from any source in a simulated foodweb, for instance assessing the proportion of these sources (river loadings, sea entrances, point sources) in the algal diet for the limiting nutrient. An application is shown for nitrogen in an Ulva bloom occurring in a shallow embayment connected with a strongly tidally s...

Municipal sewage sludge can be used as a fertilizer for crops but may also introduce undesirable metals into the food chain, especially when used on acid minesoils. In this study, sewage sludge from Morgantown, WV was surface applied to two acid minesoils and a neutral undisturbed soil to evaluate sludge application rates on forage production, nutrient loadings, and on heavy metal accumulation ...

EPPO BulletinVolume 51, Issue 3 p. 610-615 STANDARD - NATIONAL REGULATORY CONTROL SYSTEMSFree Access PM 9/8 (2) Pontederia crassipes First published: 25 November 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/epp.12784AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use check box b...

In many industrial applications, large centralized software systems are not as effective as distributed networks of relatively simpler computerized agents. For example, to compete effectively in today's markets, manufacturers must be able to design, implement, reconfigure, resize, and maintain manufacturing facilities rapidly and inexpensively. Because modern manufacturing depends heavily on co...

Following in the footsteps of seminal studies like E. W. Soja Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions (2000) or Miwon Kwon One Place After Another: Site-specific Art and Locational Identity (2004), this article constitutes a contribution to our current understanding of contemporary societies, more specifically to the shaping of urban identities and the role of contemporary art wh...