Yes / Born in Bradford (BiB) have carried out surveys of BiB participants during the first national lockdown (April – June 2020) and at a second Phase (Oct – Dec 2020). A third survey took place between June – July 2021. Participants were from either the BiB’s Growing Up (GU) or Better Start (BiBBS) cohorts and had children in pre-school, primary and secondary school age groups. This report presents a summary of the findings identified in Phase 2 (29th October 2020 – 23rd December 2020) of the Born in Bradford’s Covid-19 adult survey. / The Health Fund Covid-19 Award; Wellcome Trust; ESRC; NIHR: Applied Research Collaboration, Yorkshire and Humber; ActEarly UK Preventative Research Partnership Consortium; NIHR Clinical Research Network; National Lottery Community Fund

Diese Einführung endet mit der Wiedergabe des wissenschaftlichen Programms, das sich für die beiden Verhandlungstage der beiden bibliothekarischen Arbeitsgemeinschaften in der Gesellschaft für Klassifikation (http://www.gfkl.de/) ergeben hat. Die traditionsreiche Gesellschaft für Klassifikation tagte im März 2009 bereits zum zweiten Mal in der Technischen Universität Dresden. Mit von der Partie sind alle Jahre wieder zwei bibliothekarische Sektionen: Die Arbeitsgruppe Bibliotheken (AG BIB) und die Arbeitsgruppe Dezimalklassifikationen (AG DK). In Dresden fand sich außerhalb der Universität in der neuen Bibliothek der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft eine maßgeschneiderte Unterkunft. An Teilnehmern fanden sich wie gewohnt 30 Kolleginnen und Kollegen ein, darunter viele Praktiker der Sacherschließung und immer auch wieder „Neue“, die das Veranstaltungsprogramm im Bibliotheksdienst oder im Netz gefunden hatten. In Dresden wurde eine Serie von Sach-Erschließungsthemen fortgesetzt, die vordergründig immer eines im Fokus hat: Neues präsentieren. Der Weg geht zu Bib 2.0 und weiter zu Bib 3.0.

Diese Einführung endet mit der Wiedergabe des wissenschaftlichen Programms, das sich für die beiden Verhandlungstage der beiden bibliothekarischen Arbeitsgemeinschaften in der Gesellschaft für Klassifikation (http://www.gfkl.de/) ergeben hat. Die traditionsreiche Gesellschaft für Klassifikation tagte im März 2009 bereits zum zweiten Mal in der Technischen Universität Dresden. Mit von der Partie sind alle Jahre wieder zwei bibliothekarische Sektionen: Die Arbeitsgruppe Bibliotheken (AG BIB) und die Arbeitsgruppe Dezimalklassifikationen (AG DK). In Dresden fand sich außerhalb der Universität in der neuen Bibliothek der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft eine maßgeschneiderte Unterkunft. An Teilnehmern fanden sich wie gewohnt 30 Kolleginnen und Kollegen ein, darunter viele Praktiker der Sacherschließung und immer auch wieder „Neue“, die das Veranstaltungsprogramm im Bibliotheksdienst oder im Netz gefunden hatten. In Dresden wurde eine Serie von Sach-Erschließungsthemen fortgesetzt, die vordergründig immer eines im Fokus hat: Neues präsentieren. Der Weg geht zu Bib 2.0 und weiter zu Bib 3.0.

Suppose there is a systematic effect or trend that influences the observations in addition to the block and treatment effects. The problem of experimental designs in the presence of trends was first studied by Cox (1951,1952). Bradley and Yeh (1980) define the concept of trend-free block designs, i.e., the designs in which the analysis of treatment effects are essentially the same whether the trend effects are present or not. If the trend effect within each blocks are the same and linear, Yeh and Bradley (1983) derive a simple necessary condition for designs to be linear trend-free, 　　r_i(k+1)≡0 (mod 2), 1≦i≦v,　　　　　(1) 　　where r_i is the replication of treatment i, for 1≦i≦v, and k is block size. 　　In case where a trend-free version does not exist Yeh et al. (1985) suggest the use of “ nearly trend-free version”. Chai (1995) pays attention to situations where (1) does not hold. He also shows that often, under these circumstances, a nearly linear trend-free design could be constructed. 　　Designs that are derived by extending or deleting m disjoint and binary blocks from BIBD (v,b,k,r,λ)'s are considered. If the resulting designs have linear trend-free versions, by Constantine (1981), they are E-optimal designs with the corresponding classes. When k is even, however, it is impossible to have linear trend-free versions since not all the r_i's are even in such type of designs and (1) is violated. In this paper, we shall convert the designs to be nearly linear trend-free versions of them by permuting the treatment symbols within blocks, and investigate that the resulting designs remain to be E-optimal.

Biodiversity considerations form an essential component of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), especially in areas with both a high biodiversity value and development pressure such as the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) in South Africa. Limited research has been conducted within the South African context on the quality of biodiversity inputs to EIA. The aim of this research was to evaluate the quality of biodiversity input to EIA in the CFR. To address this aim, a customised review package was generated to evaluate the quality of 26 Biodiversity Impact Assessment (BIA) reports in the CFR. The results were then compared with international trends of biodiversity input to EIA in order to show how prevalent such trends are within an area with high biodiversity value. This comparison showed that the quality of biodiversity input to EIA in the CFR generally concur with inadequacies identified in international EIA literature. Typically, significant weaknesses identified during the review were the lack of public participation and an insufficient evaluation of alternatives. Specialists also failed to develop adequate monitoring programmes. Furthermore, a very pertinent limitation was that, in general, assessments are conducted during inappropriate seasons and over insufficient time periods. However, some variations to the international trends are also present within the Region. For example, a particular strength was that a precautionary approach was adopted by most of the specialists to avoid negative impacts on biodiversity. In addition, specialists did not merely focus on lower levels (species and habitats) of biodiversity, but incorporated ecological processes in assessment techniques. The inadequacies identified in this dissertation pose particular challenges for biodiversity management and conservation practices. The development and implementation of mechanisms such as Best Practice Guidelines and improved biodiversity related legislation is proposed to improve biodiversity input to EIA. / M Environmental Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Biodiversity considerations form an essential component of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), especially in areas with both a high biodiversity value and development pressure such as the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) in South Africa. Limited research has been conducted within the South African context on the quality of biodiversity inputs to EIA. The aim of this research was to evaluate the quality of biodiversity input to EIA in the CFR. To address this aim, a customised review package was generated to evaluate the quality of 26 Biodiversity Impact Assessment (BIA) reports in the CFR. The results were then compared with international trends of biodiversity input to EIA in order to show how prevalent such trends are within an area with high biodiversity value. This comparison showed that the quality of biodiversity input to EIA in the CFR generally concur with inadequacies identified in international EIA literature. Typically, significant weaknesses identified during the review were the lack of public participation and an insufficient evaluation of alternatives. Specialists also failed to develop adequate monitoring programmes. Furthermore, a very pertinent limitation was that, in general, assessments are conducted during inappropriate seasons and over insufficient time periods. However, some variations to the international trends are also present within the Region. For example, a particular strength was that a precautionary approach was adopted by most of the specialists to avoid negative impacts on biodiversity. In addition, specialists did not merely focus on lower levels (species and habitats) of biodiversity, but incorporated ecological processes in assessment techniques. The inadequacies identified in this dissertation pose particular challenges for biodiversity management and conservation practices. The development and implementation of mechanisms such as Best Practice Guidelines and improved biodiversity related legislation is proposed to improve biodiversity input to EIA. / M Environmental Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This research work is focused on the balanced and partially balanced incomplete block designs when observations within blocks are correlated. The topic for this dissertation was motivated by a problem in pharmaceutical research, when several treatments are allocated to individuals, and repeated measurements are taken on each individual. In that case, there is correlation among the observations taken on the same individual. Typically, it is reasonable to assume that the observations within individual close to each other are highly correlated than observations that are far away from each other. It is also reasonable to assume that the correlation between any two observations within each individual is same. We have characterized balanced and partially balanced incomplete block designs when observations within blocks are autocorrelated. In Chapter 3, we have provided an explicit expression for the average variance of estimated elementary treatment contrasts for designs obtained by Type I and II series of orthogonal arrays, under autocorrelated errors, and compared them with the corresponding balanced incomplete block designs with uncorrelated errors. The relative efficiency of balanced incomplete block design compared to the corresponding balanced incomplete block design obtained by Types I and II series of orthogonal array under autocorrelated errors does not depend on the number of treatments (v) and is an increasing function of the block size (k). When orthogonal arrays of Type I or Type II do not exist for a given number of treatments, we provided alternative partially balanced designs with autocorrelated errors. In Chapter 4, we rearranged the treatments in each block of symmetric balanced incomplete block designs and used them with autocorrelated error structure of the plots in a block. The C-matrix of estimated treatment effects under autocorrelation was given and the relative efficiency of symmetric balanced incomplete block designs with independent errors compared to the autocorrelated designs is given. In Chapter 5, we discussed the compound symmetry correlation structure within blocks. An explicit expression of the average variance of designs obtained by Type I and II series of orthogonal arrays and symmetric balanced incomplete block designs under compound symmetric errors has been provided and compared them with the corresponding balanced incomplete block designs with uncorrelated errors. Finally, the relative efficiencies of these designs with autocorrelated errors vs. compound symmetric error structure are given / Statistics

Approved for public release; distribution in unlimited. / Silicon Blocked Impurity Band (BIB) detectors are highly efficient, radiation-hardened photodetectors that operate in the range of 5-40 æm. To further extend BIB coverage to 40-350 æm, Ge and GaAs BIB detectors are under development; however, these new detectors face fabrication issues that have delayed their introduction. This thesis will describe the use of a numerical model to examine alternate operating modes for GaAs BIB detectors in order to bypass current fabrication issues. The numerical simulations provide an understanding of the fundamental physics that governs detector transport. The proposed alternatives to standard operation are created by reversing the detector's bias and varying the blocking layer thickness. Modeling indicates that reversing the bias on these detectors provides a larger signal current than standard configurations, while preserving the principal benefits gained from a multilayered device. At the same time, the alternate bias configuration allows for the use of thicker blocking layers, while preserving overall detector responsivity and reducing shot noise. This proposed new model of operation should allow for the relaxation of fabrication constraints without sacrificing the inherent benefits associated with BIB detectors. These devices are of potential interest for missile defense and terahertz surveillance applications. / Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy

El trabajo aquí presentado busca, por tanto, comprender el cómo fue usada, socialmente usada, la institución municipal de una villa mediana, tanto desde el punto de vista interno como desde su proyección al exterior. Para hacerlo hemos elegido los años que corrieron como bisagra entre los siglos XVI y XVII y un territorio concreto: la villa de Palomares del Campo en el partido de Huete (Cuenca). El caso de Palomares encaja bien en el sistema que nos permite plantear los supuestos sobre la significación centralizadora de la Monarquía en estos años. Para comprender el marco local es fundamental tener en cuenta las relaciones entre el concejo y la Monarquía y los efectos que los designios de ésta pudieron tener sobre aquél. / The work here presented search, therefore, since there was used, socially secondhand the municipal institution of a medium villa, both from the internal point of view and from the project to do it we have chosen the years that ran as hinge between the XVIth and XVIIth century and a concrete territory the villa of Dovecots of the field in Huete's (Cuenca) .El case of Dovecots fits well in the system that allows us to raise the suppositions on the meaning centralizadora of the Monarchy in these years. To understand the local frame is fundamental bear the relations in mind betweenthe council and the Monarchy and the effects that the plans of this one could have on that one