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This thesis presents the results of an investigation into the regional gravity field of Great Britain and the adjacent regions. A prerequisite for this study was the development of a computer database designed to store, manipulate and display the information contained within nearly 400,000 gravity and topography point observations for the region. Digital image processing techniques have been applied to the reduction and display of the Bouguer anomaly data. The observed Bouguer anomaly lineaments display a pattern of geological basement structures which correlates closely with those predicted by recent plate tectonic models of the Lower Palaeozoic Caledonian orogeny which assume the convergence of three distinct continental plates. The nature of the isostatic compensation of the topography in the vicinity of the United Kingdom has been investigated using cross spectral analysis of the gravity and topography. The observed cross spectral relationships are compared with those for a theoretical isostatic model which assumes the lithosphere behaves like a thin elastic plate loaded by both surface topography and internal density contrasts overlying an inviscid fluid substratum. For a uniform elastic thickness of the continental lithosphere the best fit between the observed and theoretical relationships is obtained for values of the elastic thickness of the lithosphere of 22.5-24.5 km. A better fit is obtained if the continental lithosphere is assumed to comprise a population of distinct tectonic provinces of equal area with the values of the elastic thickness of the lithosphere for the provinces distributed uniformly between 6-8 km and 86-90 km. Detailed investigations into the structure of the crust beneath the Tertiary igneous complexes of Mull and Skye, northwest Scotland, indicate a possible slight thickening of the crust which is considered to be an important consequence of the mechanism of the emplacement of the complexes.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Historic Maps & Chart Project ... supplied the majority of the digital images used"--P. vi. Col. ill. on folded leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-199). Also available online via the NOAA website as PDF file, viewed 11/28/08: <http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/McConnel_USCGS_Charts_Thesis.pdf >

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 15, 2007). "June 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-199).

Unter dem Eindruck einer zunehmenden Einengung finanzieller Spielräume entwickelt die öffentliche Hand Strategien zur Haushaltskonsolidierung, die über den Einsatz des Neuen Steuerungsmodells hinausgehen. Eine zentrale Bedeutung im Rahmen der Verwaltungsoptimierung nehmen aufgaben- und organisationskritische Ansätze ein. Letztgenannte umfassen Überlegungen, wie durch eine Ablösung hergebrachter behördlicher Strukturen nachhaltige Entlastungseffekte ausgelöst werden können. Das Organisationsrecht kennt hierfür auf allen Verwaltungsebenen grundsätzlich zahlreiche Ausgestaltungen von der Beleihung Privater Dritter über Beteiligungsgesellschaften, Anstalten oder Stiftungen bis hin zu Regiebetrieben. Die verbleibenden Möglichkeiten einer Einflussnahme durch Politik und Verwaltung gestalten sich. Im Interesse einer hinreichenden Steuerung durch politische und administrative Leitungsinstanzen erfahren Landesbetriebe nach § 26 der Landeshaushaltsordnungen in den letzten Jahren in vielen Landesverwaltungen eine Renaissance. Obgleich die betreffende Ermächtigung seit 1969 im Haushaltsrecht verankert ist und bereits Gegenstand der Reichshaushaltsordnung war, liegen kaum systematisierte Erkenntnisse über den Einsatz dieser Organisationsform vor. In den Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungswissenschaften finden sich praktisch keine über den Wortlaut des Gesetzes und hierzu kaum ergangene Verwaltungsvorschriften hinausgehenden Hilfestellungen. Die Arbeit widmet sich dem Modell „Landesbetrieb nach § 26 LHO“, indem sie damit verbundene Entwicklungspotenziale für ein betriebswirtschaftliches Handeln und Rahmenbedingungen seines Einsatzes beleuchtet. Sie stellt den Landesbetrieb dabei in ein Verhältnis zu Behörden, welche unter Anwendung von Elementen des Neuen Steuerungsmodells geführt werden und privatrechtlich ausgestalteten Unternehmen. Zu diesem Zweck erfolgt eine vertiefte empirische Untersuchung der Landesbetriebe im amtlichen Geoinformationswesen, welche eine breite Aufgabenpalette aufweisen. Die in diesem Rahmen vollzogene Primäranalyse wird im Interesse einer Verbreiterung der Aussagekraft der Ergebnisse ergänzt um ausgewählte Sekundäranalysen zur praktischen Ausgestaltung weiterer Landesbetriebe insbesondere in den Bereichen Bau- und Liegenschaftsmanagement, Mess- und Eichwesen und der Datenverarbeitung. Ergänzend zu den deskriptiven Darstellungen der empirischen Betrachtung werden normative Betrachtungen für die einzelnen betriebswirtschaftlichen Funktionalbereiche vorgenommen soweit hier spezifische Problemstellungen in der Praxis der Landesbetriebe bekannt geworden sind. Im Ergebnis kommt die Arbeit zu der Erkenntnis, dass Landesbetriebe ein Entwicklungspotenzial über das Neue Steuerungsmodell hinaus bergen, dieses aber weniger als erwartet im Bereich der Finanzwirtschaft und damit in der tatsächlichen Haushaltskonsolidierung liegt, als vielmehr in der strukturellen Optimierung der Verhältnisse zwischen, Betriebsleitung, Kunden sowie administrativer und politischer Spitze und der Gestaltungsräume der einzelnen Akteure. / Due to a lack of financial flexibility the public sector develops strategies of budget consolidation, which go beyond the implementation of New Public Management. Doing this there is a focus on optimization by task and organisational criticism. Concerning organisational criticism this includes considerations, how it is possible to reach financial ease by replacing former official structures. Organisational law knows different possibilities on the administrative levels of the states and municipalities with different opportunities of influence by political and administrative leadership. In this context public utilities like mentioned in § 26 of budget laws became more and more important in the last years. Although they are known as an organisational option for years now, there is a lack of experience and systematic knowledge on this kind of administrative units. The dissertation lays emphasis on the possibilities of developing economic usage in these units and necessary or practised general conditions for their implementation. Public utilities in the sense of § 26 of budget laws are compared to authorities lead by the principles of New Public Management and private enterprises. There is at first an empirical examination of these kind of units established in the field of geodetic survey and spatial data, because of their broad spectrum of different kinds of tasks by primary analysis. It is completed by a sec-ondary analysis of practicism in further public utilities being responsible for example for real estate management, measuring and adjusting or technological infrastructures. The descriptive parts are supplemented by normative considerations on special economical, legal and organisational aspects in these public utilities like they are seen or known by affected people involved in the change from authorities to public utilities. As a result it is emphazised, that public utilities in the sense of § 26 of budget laws offer potencials for development going further than authorities lead by the principles of New Public Management. Never the less it is not the field of finance but organisation and steering, where the most important possibilities of structural redesign have to be seen. This concerns mostly the relationship between management, customers, stakeholder and politician or administrative leadership as far as flexibility of each individual participants.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-26T13:28:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 texto completo.pdf: 2356282 bytes, checksum: ad31e25717381ce2f02be29b6927aafe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-06 / This paper deals with the monitoring of a slope of land under landslide risk in the Serra de São Geraldo, in the Zona da Mata Mineira. Anterior indications were taken during earthmoving work to repair deformations on a stretch of road that runs through Serra. The work was monitored by a second network of points located near the cracks detected in the soil, at three different times; this was made using a network of support, installed in an area that was not affected by slip assumption. In order to collect data it was used conventional survey associated with trigonometric leveling with total station and GPS survey. After adjustment of observations and the processing of the network, the ground shifts were identified. Through the analysis it was possible to identify displacements with values between 1 and 281 mm and with the aid of geostatistics it was possible to assess the spatial dependence of movements for periods of 50 and 61 days. Finally, displacement maps were generated using Kriging. / O presente trabalho trata do monitoramento de uma encosta de terra na Serra de São Geraldo, região da Zona da Mata mineira, cujo terreno apresentava risco de instabilidade. Os primeiros indícios de instabilidade do terreno se deram durante um trabalho de terraplenagem para correção de deformações em um trecho de estrada que segue através da Serra. A partir de uma rede de pontos de apoio, instalados em área não afetada pelo pressuposto deslizamento, foi monitorada uma segunda rede de pontos implantada próximo às fissuras detectadas no solo em três diferentes épocas. Para a coleta dos dados, utilizou-se levantamento convencional associado ao nivelamento trigonométrico com estação total e levantamento por GPS. Após o processamento e ajustamento das observações em rede, foram identificados deslocamentos do solo. Por meio das análises foi possível identificar deslocamentos com valores entre 1 e 281 milímetros e com o auxílio da geoestatística ainda foi possível avaliar a dependência espacial dos movimentos para períodos de 50 e 61 dias. Finalmente, foram gerados, a partir de Krigagem, os mapas de deslocamento, que representaram a instabilidade detectada na área.

This Diploma thesis deals with geodetic survey of the interior in the historical building of Hussite Church in Dejvice, Prague. Data that has been obtained from survey is used in the thesis in creation of the drawing documentation. In the thesis, there are also described options for creating a 3D model of the interior of the historical building. The thesis presents a theoretical overview of surveying methods used in surveying of buildings and it presents a list of available software for creating 3D models, too. There is also a historical overview of development of surveying documentation for historical buildings. The thesis also focuses on purpose and general principles in surveying of historical buildings and importance of visualization in 3D. The main aim of this thesis is to survey the selected interior by spatial polar method using passive reflection, to process 2D outputs (platform, elevations, detail of the pillar) of the object and to describe opportunities of presenting results in 3D.