Pliocene to Pleistocene glacial-marine deposits adjacent to the Fairweather Ground basement in the Gulf of Alaska are the focus for seismic interpretation using public domain seismic reflection data. The late Tertiary and early Quaternary sections of the Yakataga Formation record a glacial/ interglacial climate change sequence with increasing rates of sedimentation (175 meters per million years to 4000 meters per million years). The foreland basin sediment load is deposited onto the Yakutat block, a microplate that takes up the strike-slip to convergent movement with respect to North America and Pacific plates. Tectonic activity during the last 5 million years has resulted in Eocene rock exposed at the sea floor. High resolution bathymetry data adjacent to the Yakutat microplate is utilized to 1) observe the results of deformation from Pacific plate loading on the Yakutat microplate and 2) interpret the Transition fault as an active thrust to oblique thrust fault.

Knowledge of the lane that a target is located in is of particular interest in on-road surveillance and target tracking systems. We formulate the problem and propose two approaches for on-road target estimation with lane tracking. The first approach for lane tracking is lane identification based ona Hidden Markov Model (HMM) framework. Two identifiers are developed according to different optimality goals of identification, i.e., the optimality for the whole lane sequence and the optimality of the current lane where the target is given the whole observation sequence. The second approach is on-road target tracking with lane estimation. We propose a 2D road representation which additionally allows to model the lateral motion of the target. For fusion of the radar and image sensor based measurement data we develop three, IMM-based, estimators that use different fusion schemes: centralized, distributed, and sequential. Simulation results show that the proposed two methods have new capabilities and achieve improved estimation accuracy for on-road target tracking.

Behavioural biometrics are unique non-physical human characteristics that can be used to distinguish one person from another. One such characteristic, which belongs to the Gait Biometric, is the footstep Ground Reaction Force (GRF), the temporal signature of the force exerted by the ground back on the foot through the course of a footstep. This is a biometric for which the computational power required for practical applications in a security setting has only recently become available. In spite of this, there are still barriers to deployment in a practical setting, including large research gaps concerning the effect of footwear and stepping speed on footstep GRF-based person recognition. In this thesis we devised an experiment to address these research gaps, while also expanding upon the biometric system research presented in previous GRF recognition studies. To assess the effect of footwear on recognition performance we proposed the analysis of a dataset containing samples for two different types of running shoes. While, with regards to stepping speed, we set out to demonstrate that normalizing for step duration will mitigate speed variation biases and improve GRF recognition performance; this included the development of two novel machine learning-based temporal normalization techniques: Localized Least Squares Regression (LLSR) and Localized Least Squares Regression with Dynamic Time Warping (LLSRDTW). Moreover, building upon previous research, biometric system analysis was done over four feature extractors, seven normalizers, and five different classifiers, allowing us to indirectly compare the GRF recognition results for biometric system configurations that had never before been directly compared. The results achieved for the aforementioned experiment were generally in line with our initial assumptions. Comparing biometrics systems trained and tested with the same footwear against those trained and tested with different footwear, we found an average decrease in recognition performance of about 50%. While, performing LLSRDTW step duration normalization on the data led to a 14-15% improvement in recognition performance over its non-normalized equivalent in our two most stable feature spaces. Examining our biometric system configurations we found that a Wavelet Packet Decomposition-based feature extractor produced our best feature space results with an EER average of about 2.6%, while the Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) classifier performed best of the classifiers, about 19% better than any of the others. Finally, while not the intended purpose of our research, the work in this thesis was presented such that it may form a foundation upon which future classification problems could be approached in a wide range of alternative domains. / Graduate / 0800 / 0544 / jericmason@gmail.com

Thesis (MTech (Agriculture))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. / In this study, laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of utilization of land fill leachate for irrigation purposes on potted soil and Swiss chard, to provide more insight into effects of landfill leachates on the environment. Swiss chard was grown and irrigated with different concentrations of leachates in pot experiments. For several weeks, the experimental soil and Swiss chard leaves was analyzed to assess extent of change in different chemical compositions, post-irrigation. The leachate samples had a high electrical conductivity (mean = 383 mS cm-1) and high soluble salts content (mean values, Na = 714.5 mg/L, K= 56.8 mg/L, Ca = 133.7 mg/L, Mg = 68.8 mg/L, Cl = 983 mg/L); while the composition of heavy metals in these wastewater leachates were of low concentrations. The application of leachates in irrigation resulted in increased soil cation concentrations, particularly those of Na ions (increased sodicity). Similarly, an increase in electrical conductivity and pH were recorded in the soils after irrigation with leachates. The soil metal concentrations were low and there was no significant difference in soil heavy metal concentrations between the soils irrigated with leachate and those of the controls. The results also show significant (p <0.05) reduction (up to 50%) in Swiss chard growth with application of (100%, 50% and 25%) of leachate as source of irrigation water compared to the growth observed in leachate-free (control) irrigation systems. This reduction in growth was best attributed to the high cation content in plant tissue picked up from the soil which was high in cations as a result of leachate irrigation.

103 Summary This diploma thesis is focused on development of the game keeping law from the second half of the eighteenth century till the twentieth century. In the first part of the thesis, in order to provide a comprehensive view on the given issue, a summary of legal development of game keeping law before the year 1754 is outlined, including the oldest legal sources, beginning with "honební regál" issued by Boleslav I. and others. The period of the Thirty Years' War, during which a large downsizing of game ocurred, consequently servingas a basis for "Hunting order" issued by Ferdinand III. on 14th December 1641, prohibiting hunting for three following years and implementing a lot of protective measures, was not omitted. That part of this thesis demonstrates how the contents of gaming is subject to changes over time. At first, gaming was viewed as a sovereign's privilege, afterwards also aristocracy got to enjoy it. Later on, gaming began to include breeding and protection of game itself as well. The major part of the thesis is dedicated to modern laws. Firstly, game keeping law from the government period of Marie Therese and her son Joseph II. is introduced. During these times gaming was subject to economic needs of the monarchy and dangle downsizing of game took place again. Subsequently the attention is...

Measurements of soil moisture are a crucial component for understanding the global water and carbon cycle, weather forecasting, climate models, drought prediction, and agriculture production. Active and passive microwave radar instruments are currently in use for remote sensing of soil moisture. Signals of Opportunity (SoOp) based remote sensing has recently emerged as a complementary method for soil moisture remote sensing. SoOp reuses general digital communication signals allowing the reuse of allocated wireless communication signal bands for science measurements. This thesis developed a tower based SoOp instrument implementing frequencies in the P-Band and S-Band. Two field campaigns were conducted using this new instrument during the summers of 2017 and 2018 at Purdue's Agronomy Center for Research and Education.

Nyttjanderätt till fast egendom är en viktig del av svensk historia. Arrende är en sådan form av nyttjanderätt och har funnits i svensk rätt sedan införandet av 1907 års nyttjanderättslag. Sedan år 1970 är nyttjanderättslagen en del av jordabalken. En av de fyra arrendeformerna är anläggningsarrende vilket är ett rättsinstitut som funnits sedan 1968 års reform av nyttjanderättslagen. För att kunna upplåta mark genom anläggningsarrende krävs att ett antal villkor är uppfyllda. Villkoren "förvärvsverksamhet", "byggnad" och "byggnadens betydelse för verksamhetens bedrivande" är alla oklart formulerade i förarbetena till nyttjanderättslagen. I förarbetena exkluderas idrottsanläggningar från anläggningsarrenden och hänvisas i stället tilllägenhetsarrende. Lägenhetsarrende är en arrendeform som saknar indirekt besittningsskydd och därmed rätt till avträdesersättning när arrendet upphör. Någon motivering till varför anläggningar för idrottsändamål exkluderas framgår inte av förarbetena. Rättsläget inom anläggningsarrende för idrottsändamål är därmed osäkert. Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka i vilken mån mark för idrottsändamål kan upplåtas genom anläggningsarrende. Detta examensarbete redogör genom en rättsdogmatisk undersökning för de villkor som måste vara uppfyllda för att anläggningsarrende ska kunna föreligga. Hur mark upplåts för idrottsändamål utreds genom en rättssociologisk undersökning av 228 upplåtelser. Resultatet av examensarbetet visar att mark går att upplåta för idrottsändamål genom anläggningsarrende om verksamhetsutövaren har ett objektivt vinstsyfte med sin verksamhet. Att det är just arrendatorn som bedriver verksamheten på arrendestället är inte avgörande. Resultatetvisar också att mark för idrottsändamål i de undersökta avtalen endast i undantagsfall upplåts genom anläggningsarrende. Av de 228 upplåtelserna var sex stycken upplåtna genom anläggningsarrende vilket motsvarar 3 %. Antalet upplåtelser genom lägenhetsarrende var den dominerande formen med 207 stycken upplåtelser eller 91 %. I 81 % av fallen har det indirekta besittningsskyddet avtalats bort. Examensarbetets slutsats är att mark går att upplåta för idrottsändamål genom anläggningsarrende till alla verksamheter utom de ideella, men att det i praktiken inte används. Istället rubriceras avtalen som lägenhetsarrende. I examensarbetets diskussion förs ett resonemang kring vad som egentligen är huvudfrågan för en idrottsförening som är i behov av mark. Avtalets rubrik bör inte vara det mest intressanta utan huruvida arrendatorn ges rätt till avträdesersättning eller inte när upplåtelsen sägs upp. / The right to use real estate is an important part of the Swedish history. Leasehold is such a form of right of use and has existed in Swedish law since the introduction of the 1907 nyttjanderättslag (NJL). Since 1970, NJL is a part of the jordabalk (JB). One of the four leaseforms is commercial ground lease, which is a legal institution that has existed since the 1968 reform of NJL. In order to be able to grant land through commercial ground lease, a number of terms are required. The terms "acquisition activity", "building" and "building's importance for the operation of the business" are all unclear formulated in the preparatory works for the NJL. In the preparatory works, sports facilities are excluded from the commercial groundlease and are instead referred to apartment lease. Apartment lease is a form of lease that does not have indirect possession protection and thus the right to replacement compensation when the lease ceases. Reasons for why sports facilities are excluded do not appear from the prepartory work. The legal situation within the commercial ground lease for sports purposes is therefore uncertain. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate to what extent it is possible to grant land for sports purposes through commercial ground lease. This thesis describes, through a legal doctrinal examination, the terms that must be fulfilled in order for a commercial ground lease to exist. How land has been granted for sports purposes is investigated through a sociological investigation of 228 agreements. The result of the thesis shows that land can be granted for sports purposes through commercial groundlease if the operator has an objective profit objective with his business. The fact that it is the tenant who conducts the business on the lease is not decisive. The result also shows that land for sports purposes in the investigated agreements is only granted in exceptional cases through commercial ground lease. Of the 228 agreements, six were granted through commercial ground lease, which corresponds to 3 %. The number of leases through apartment lease was the dominant form with 207 or 91 %. In 81 % of cases, the indirect protection of possession has been agreed away. The conclusion of the thesis is that land can be granted for sports purposes through commercial ground lease to all operations except the non-profit, but that in practice it is no tused. Instead, the agreements are classified as apartment lease. In the thesis's discussion, a resumption is conducted about what is really the main issue for a sport club in need of land.The title of the agreement should not be the most interesting, but whether the tenant is given the right to replacement compensation or not when the lease ceases.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, .tohannesburg, ill fulfilment of the requirements for the degree or Mester of Science in Engineering Johannesburg, 1992 / Pillar extraction using 'handgot' methods has been practised in South African collieries fOJ' many years. During the late Sixties pillar extraction with mechanized conventional equipment commenced, and approximately a decade later, continuous miners were introduced into pillar and rib pillar extraction panels. During the years that these mining methods were practised, a vast amount of experience was gained on the various collieries. Problems were experienced by various mines and the management of these mines made numerous alterations to the mining methods with varied degrees of success, Research was 0.150 conducted by COMRO and by V,\ri01l5 mines and mining house". Apart from the recommendations of Salamon and Oravecz (1976) on pillar design in stooping sections, little information has been published and, thus, little is generally available to mine managers, planners and operators to assist them in the layout and design for plllar and rib pillar extraction. A survey of all the pillar and rib pillar practises, past and present, has been conducted for collieries in South Africa and abroad and the successes, failures, problems experienced, changes made to the mining methods and the results of these changes have been documented. The problems and successes experienced, t~ similarities and difference between mines and mining methods, and the research flndlngs have been assessed and evaluated. Design guidelines relevant to the various methods of pillar and rib pillar extraction have been established to improve the safety and performance of pillar extraction operations. These guldellnea ate not intended to be prescriptive but are designed more to bring to the attention of the mine manager, planner and operator those fllctors which should be taken into consideration during the planning and operation \)f a pillar Ot rib pillar extraction panel. In addition to the strata related factors, the economics of the mining method is important to determine if it is beneficial to do secondary ext-action, and also to assist in optimlsing the secondary extraction. The design prlnclplns were therefore appUed to diffcrtmt panel layouts, pillar sizes and extraction sequences to determine the effect on the production costs.

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Mining of the Basal Reef at Jeanette Mine, is typically complicated due to an overlaying Khaki Shale (shale) that has unfavourable rock engineering properties. Shale has always been either left underground or mined as part of the orebody. The first approach can only be applied in areas where the quartzite beam (directly above the Basal Reef and below the shale) is of sufficient thickness to support the shale in the hanging wall. This method is known as undercutting. Alternatively, open stoping can be applied in areas where the shale and the Basal Reef is extracted concurrently and sent to the mill as diluted ore. Alternatively, a resue stoping method can be considered in areas where undercutting cannot be done, due to a thin quartzite middling. Resue stoping involves stowing or packing of the shale into the mined-out area and is not included as part of the hoisted rock. In the past, resue stoping was done by hand packing, which is unsuitable for a modern mine. As such, two mechanised resue stoping methods can be considered, namely; Longhole Resue Stoping and Rib Cutting Resue Stoping. Rib Cutting Resue Stoping utilises a continuous miner (“CM”) to remove the shale in a first pass, extract the reef during a second pass and backfilling the mined-out rib with shale. The use of a CM will significantly improve the extraction/mining rate, sidewall stability, backfill placement, dilution and overall safety. Longhole Resue Stoping utilises strike drives from where longholes are drilled into the shale and the reef in an up-dip direction moving on retreat. The shale is blasted with sufficient force into the mined-out area behind it, compacting it. The reef will be loaded by Load Haul Dumper (“LHD”) or dozer. It was determined that Rib Cutting Resue Stoping is more effective than Longhole Resue Stoping due to a higher extraction rate, lower dilution, reef loss reduction and improved shale sidewall stability. The operating angles and equipment height limits the application to only 51% of the available reef at Jeanette mine with favourable dip and thickness. Longhole Stoping can navigate hard rock, shale and increased dip angles; it can be applied to 91% of the available ore deposit. Longhole Resue Stoping and Rib Cutting Resue Stoping should both be considered as suitable stoping methods for Jeanette. / Thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, School of Mining Engineering, 2018 / XL2019