Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) data in the transportation industry today is an important tool used in various fields such as highway planning, pavement design, traffic safety, transport operations, and policy-making/analyses. Systematic literature review was used to identify the current methods of estimating AADT and ranked. Ordinary linear kriging occurred most. Also, factors that influence the accuracy of AADT estimation methods as identified include geographical location and road type amongst others. In addition, further analysis was carried out to determine the most apposite kriging algorithm for AADT data. Three linear (universal, ordinary, and simple), three nonlinear (disjunctive, probability, and indicator) and bayesian (empirical bayesian) kriging methods were compared. Spherical and exponential models were employed as the experimental variograms to aid the spatial interpolation and cross-validation. Statistical measures of correctness (mean prediction and root-mean-square errors) were used to compare the kriging algorithms. Empirical bayesian with exponential model yielded the best result.

The purpose of this study is to reveal that local churches are in a declining state. It further proves there is a need for strategies to turn around decline in local churches, with an emphasis on a case of Second Bethel, African Methodist Episcopal local church. To address the possible causes of the decline in local church membership, this study was conducted. The participants provided data indicating the causes of local church membership decline. The participants agreed that as per chapter four report what were the cause for this decline in membership This study presented several reasons why churches are declining in membership and possible strategies to curb a decline in membership into growing churches. / MA (Biblical Studies/Theology)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2015.

The purpose of this study is to reveal that local churches are in a declining state. It further proves there is a need for strategies to turn around decline in local churches, with an emphasis on a case of Second Bethel, African Methodist Episcopal local church. To address the possible causes of the decline in local church membership, this study was conducted. The participants provided data indicating the causes of local church membership decline. The participants agreed that as per chapter four report what were the cause for this decline in membership This study presented several reasons why churches are declining in membership and possible strategies to curb a decline in membership into growing churches. / MA (Biblical Studies/Theology)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2015.

Thesis (M.Sc. (Agricultural Management)) --University of Limpopo, 2004 / Identification of annual grass/legume intercropping or mixtures with superior nutrient traits and Dry matter (DM) production is critical to increasing productivity of the crop and animal production among small-scale farmers in the Limpopo Province. Three similar field experiments were established at different locations in the Province to determine the significance of the contribution of annual summer legumes, and cutting treatments on the nutritive value and dry matter accumulation of the popular forage sorghum (Sorghum spp) and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) intercropped with cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and dolichos (Lablab purpureus). The cropping systems evaluated were sole sorghum, sole pearl millet, sorghum + cowpea, sorghum + dolichos, pearl millet + cowpea and pearl millet + dolichos. The treatments sole sorghum and pearl millet significantly (P<0.05) outperformed the other treatments in terms of DM production at most cutting stages. The remaining four treatments though, inferior in DM in this study, yielded better than the average yield on farmers' fields in the Province. Higher protein content was obtained in mixtures than in sole cropping, and generally there was lower protein production and content at matured stages (CT3) in the study. The other chemical composition analyzed in the study was not significant for both mixtures and sole cultures.

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Sender.pdf: 3403528 bytes, checksum: 4d7d0859ec4376d7ffbdfe50d30e127c (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A presente dissertação investiga através do romance Imán (1930) do escritor Ramón J. Sender (1901 -1982), como alguns dos conflitos vividos cotidianamente pelos operários e camponeses, convocados compulsoriamente ao exército espanhol durante a Guerra del Rif (1920-1927), já antecipavam as encruzilhadas éticas e morais que seriam visíveis com a Guerra Civil Espanhola (1936-1939). O romance ambientado em meio a combates entre espanhóis e marroquinos, apresenta como seu ponto culminante, o Desastre de Annual, grave derrota dos espanhóis em meio a perseguições e martírios infligidos pelos mouros. O objetivo desta dissertação é observar dentro da atmosfera ficcional, a dinâmica da colisão entre os hábitos e tensões cotidianas e a liberdade individual dos personagens. Deste choque resultam atitudes animadas pelo conformismo ou pela autonomia. Na medida em que as atitudes baseadas na autonomia podem equivaler a um rompimento das forças conformadoras orientadas pelo horror e pelo medo cotidianos, é possível ver em algumas dessas ações gestos de acolhimento e dignificação do lugar do outro, sinalizando, portanto, as implicações éticas das decisões individuais e a natureza dos conflitos morais presentes na narrativa. Para a compreensão dos marcos teóricos entre cotidiano, história e literatura foram utilizados conceitos da filósofa Agnes Heller (1929-), assim como para a problematização ética e moral, a dissertação se apoiou em visões críticas da filósofa e do próprio Sender. Passagens do romance Campo de los Almendros (1968), de Max Aub (1903-1972), ofereceram uma chaveliterária pela qual foi possível observar, no universo ficcional da Guerra Civil Espanhola, eventuais repercussões éticas, morais e históricas dos fatos retratados em Imán. A natureza similar dos conflitos nas duas guerras revela uma proximidade pela qual se podem ver os eventos ficcionais de Imán como uma matriz literária suficientemente representativa dos dilemas que ganhariam substância com a Guerra civil Espanhola. O fato dos conflitos presentes em Imán, crescerem em uma atmosfera, muitas vezes rotineira e alienante, soa como uma advertência para a importância ética das escolhas individuais diárias, assim como suas relações com a responsabilidade histórica e essencial do homem / La presente tesina se dedica a investigar a través de la novela Imán (1930) del escritor Ramón J. Sender (1901-1982) cómo algunos de los conflictos vividos cotidianamente por los obreros y campesinos, convocados a servir el ejército español durante la Guerra del Rif (1920-1927), ya anticipaban las encrucijadas éticas y morales que serían visibles con la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939). La obra ambientada en medio a los combates trabados entre españoles y marroquíes tiene para su punto cumbre el Desastre de Annual, una grave derrota seguida por crueles martirios que a los españoles se les impusieron los moros. Nuestro objetivo es investigar, dentro de la atmósfera ficcional, la dinámica de la colisión de los hábitos y tensiones cotidianas con la libertad de la decisión individual de los personajes. De este choque resultan actitudes animadas por el conformismo o por la autonomía. A la proporción que las actitudes basadas en la autonomía pueden equivaler a un rompimiento de las fuerzas conformadoras orientadas por el horror y el miedo cotidianos, es posible ver, en algunas de estas acciones, gestos de acogimiento y dignificación del lugar del otro, señalando, por lo tanto, las implicaciones éticas de las decisiones individuales y la naturaleza de los conflictos morales presentes en la narrativa. Para la comprensión de los marcos teóricos entre cotidiano, historia y literatura se utilizaron conceptos de la filósofa Agnes Heller (1929- ), así como para la problematización ética y moral, el trabajo se apoyó en visiones críticas de esa filósofa, bien como del propio Sender. Fragmentos de la novela Campo de los Almendros (1968), de Max Aub (1903-1972), ofrecieron una clave literaria por la cual se pudiera observar en el universo ficcional de la Guerra Civil Española, las repercusiones éticas, morales e históricas de los hechos retratados en Imán. La naturaleza semejante de los conflictos en las dos guerras expone una proximidad por la cual se pueden ver los hechos ficcionales de Imán como una cuna literaria suficientemente representativa de los dilemas que ganarían sustancia con la Guerra Civil Española. El hecho de que los conflictos presentes en Imán, crecieron en una atmósfera cotidiana, muchas veces rutinaria y alienante, suena como una advertencia a la importancia ética de las escojas individuales diarias, así como sus relaciones con la responsabilidad histórica y esencial del hombre

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum HZDR gehörenden Institute.

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum FZD gehörenden Institute.

Unregelmäßig erscheinende Berichte über wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse aus den einzelnen Forschungsbereichen der zum FZR gehörenden Institute.

This diploma thesis with its subject on Comparison of legal regulation of the annual leave in the Czech Republic and other member states of the EU with respect to current judgements of the European Court of Justice offers a comparative view of legal regulations of the institute of annual leave in chosen member states of the European union and its comparison with the legal regulation of the institute of annual leave in the Czech Republic. In the first chapter this diploma thesis talks about the history and legal roots of legal regulation of annual leave in the Czech Republic with regards to legal regulation of annual leave in the legal documents of the European union. Furthermore, the first chapter of this diploma thesis provides a view of the current legal regulation of annual leave in the Czech Republic and describes individual types of the annual leave in the Czech Republic. The second chapter of this diploma thesis contains the main comparison between the legal regulations of annual leave of chosen member states and the legal regulations of annual leave of the Czech Republic. This diploma thesis seeks the similar and the different elements in the legal regulations of annual leave of the chosen member states of the European union and the legal regulation of annual leave of the Czech Republic....

Master of Science / Department of Agronomy / Scott A. Staggenborg / Volatile energy prices, energy independency, and environmental concerns have increased the demand for renewable fuel production in the United States. The current renewable fuel industry in the United States has developed around the conversion of starch into ethanol fuel, supplied mainly by corn (Zea mays L.) grain. Future energy demands cannot be met by corn grain alone; therefore greater amounts of biomass from traditional and alternative crops must be utilized. Nutrient removal by selected biofuel crops is important in order to determine biomass quality, required fertilizer inputs, and economic viability of biofuel cropping systems. The objectives of this study were to evaluate grain, stover, total biomass, and estimated ethanol yields of annual and perennial C4 crops grown under the same soil and weather conditions; and fermentable carbohydrate (FC) yields from extracted sweet sorghum juice. In addition, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations of biomass were evaluated to determine total nutrient removal for annual and perennial crops. Field trials, at two locations in northeast Kansas, included corn, sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and perennial warm-season grass cultivars. Yields and nutrient removal were greater for annual crops than perennial grasses. Annual crop yields varied among cultivars, but were similar between locations and years. Perennial grass yields improved significantly from the 2007 establishment year to 2008, however nutrient removal was not affected by the yield increase. The highest grain yield and grain nutrient removal amounts were observed for corn across both years and locations. Total biomass yields were greatest for sweet and photoperiod sensitive sorghum cultivars. Average extracted sweet sorghum FC yields were 4.8 Mg ha[superscript]1. Estimated ethanol yields of sweet sorghum were greater than all other crop cultivars. Overall, nutrient removal was most affected by biomass yield variation among crop cultivars; however P concentrations, and subsequent removal, were dependent upon soil P levels at individual locations. These results suggest that annual crops can achieve the greatest biomass yields for multiple renewable fuel conversion processes, but are associated with high nutrient removal levels which must be considered when evaluating biofuel energy cropping systems.