This work deals with the logistics processes in the retail chain. The theoretical part describes the development and current state of logistics chains in delivering of the goods from the suppliers to the store shelves. The practical part of this work tries to use the application of the principles of logistics to movement of customers in the store space. Among the methods used belongs the study and application of literature, mainly foreign. The thesis also discusses checkout of customer. The analysis is based on data provided by one specific retailer. At the end of the practical part, the author attempts to draft the proposals enabling the company the improvement of the productivity of checkout and also describes possible changes in metrics that measure the productivity. The aim is to map productivity measurement of checkout of customers in the retail chain and suggest improvements. The second goal of this thesis is to try to prove that logistics is not standing outside the rest of functional departments of the company (neither above them nor below them) and should therefore cooperate very closely with these departments.

The Main Zone is dominated by medium – grained, homogeneous gabbronorite, and anorthosites. The plagioclase compositions of the core is ((Na(0.227 – 0.353), K (0.012 – 0.046), Ca (0.651 – 0.777)) Al (1.630 – 1.752) Si (2.183 – 2.345) O8) and at the rim is ((Na (0.189 – 0.371), K (0.005 – 0.108), Ca (0.651 – 0.777)) Al (1.630 – 1.752) Si (2.183 – 2.345) O8). The composition of orthopyroxene is ((Mg (0.660 – 0.808), Fe (0.206 – 0.309), Ca (0.007 – 0.081)) Si (0.960 – 1.037) O3) and the compositions of clinopyroxene is ((Mg (0.229 – 0.678), Fe (0.092 – 0.427), Ca (0.012 – 0.475) Si (0.776 – 1.012) O3. The Mg# and An# varies with depth, where plagioclase increase in concentration the An# increases and the Mg# decreases. The variations in magma compositions are attributed to interlayering of different lithologies which are the result of fractional crystallisation in the magma chamber. This is supported by linear trends of the major and trace element bivariant plots. The magmatic event forming the Main Zone resulted in lateral expansion of the sheet – like magma chamber. The Main Zone formed through two magmas; first magma forming the lower Main Zone and the second magma, intruded the Main Zone at the level of the Pyroxenite Marker, forming the upper Main Zone. Copyright / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Geology / unrestricted

The area of investigation for this study falls within a small urban island called Westbury. Situated 7km to the West of Johannesburg’s CBD, it is isolated from the adjacent urban fabric as a result of its historical and also recent development. Westbury itself also consists of a series of fragmented islands with undefined boundaries, weak urban blocks and a disorientated grid. The area has recently been identified as a high priority region for densification1 by the city of Johannesburg, supported by transport-oriented infra-structural investment. The questions raised by this study are contextualized against this backdrop. How could densification in Westbury be achieved towards the creation of a more inter-connected, cohesive, accessible and therefore sustainable urban environment? Following from this: How could Westbury be better integrated with the immediate surrounding urban fabric whilst combating its own fragmentation? What is the role of urban blocks and boundary conditions to help shape a future more integrated Westbury, and also towards meaningful place-making? In what ways can architecture contribute in order to improve the urban fabric that operates on various scales: from the very scale of the house to that of an urban boundary to that of the urban block and ultimately the greater urban network? The hypothesis outlined in this study is that architecture is too weak to stand in isolation, that a network of buildings is necessary to achieve a more sustainable, accessible, cohesive, and inter-connected urban environment. This is tested through a rigorous analysis of boundary conditions at different scales as reflected in the urban blocks of Westbury and the resultant architectural strategies. Finally, a block and its attendant boundaries is singled out to test the architectural contribution towards densification of the suburb, the making of place, and better inter-connectivity. The process is envisaged as driven from both the scale at which urban issues inform the architecture, and the reverse scale the architecture in Westbury informs the urban master plan. The architecture in style and scale sets the conditions for the proposed urban blocks. The boundary wall being the medium where urban meets architecture. “For these dreams to flourish in reality, we must recognise that there can be no ready-made solutions in housing, no recipes or / Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Architecture / MArch (Prof) / Unrestricted

Marginal zone B-cell lymphomas (MZBL) constitute 7% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas, being the third most common subtype after diffuse large B-cell lymphoma(DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma. Extranodal MZBL (ENMZBL) most commonly arise from the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma), with stomach being the most common site. ENMZBL involving the dura is anatomically unusual and very rare. A 54 year old female presented to the hospital with worsening headaches and new onset generalized tonic clonic seizures. Complete blood counts and chemistry were unremarkable. No constitutional symptoms, new / progressive lymphadenopathy reported. Magnetic resonance Imaging( MRI) brain showed an enhancing right subdural soft tissue lesion overlying the right frontotemporal lobe suggestive of meningioma versus metastasis. Computed Tomography (CT) chest/abdomen/pelvis revealed no mass or lymphadenopathy. Lumbar Puncture cerebrospinal fluid cytology was negative for malignancy. She underwent brain biopsy. Pathology revealed diffuse infiltrate of small to medium-sized lymphoid cells, Immunohistochemical stains positive for CD 20, PAX5, CD 79a, Ki-67 at 5-10%, weakly positive for MUM1 and BCL2, negative for CD3, CD5, CD10, BCL6, cyclin D1, consistent with ENMZBL. Bone marrow biopsy and aspiration negative for involvement with lymphoma. Patient received local/regional therapy with radiation (XRT), total dose 24 Gy in 12 fractions. She presented six months later with worsening neck pain. MRI cervical spine revealed diffuse thick dural based enhancement within the spinal canal at C1-C4 levels leading to moderate-to-severe spinal canal stenosis at C2-C3 level with significant soft tissue extension. Repeat labs, systemic imaging, and bone marrow biopsy continued to show no evidence of systemic disease. She received low dose XRT to the entire craniospinal axis (dose-4Gy). Patient developed profound pancytopenia secondary to craniospinal XRT. After count recovery she initiated daily oral Ibrutinib (560 mg) with plans for a treatment duration of one year. Dural based ENMZL usually present as solitary masses, mimicking meningioma's. Marked female predilection is seen with median age of onset 50 years. Very few cases have been reported in literature with no standard therapy being described. ENMZL are usually indolent requiring less aggressive therapy. In contrast, primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) of diffuse large B cell histology is usually aggressive with high tendency to relapse, requiring treatment with high dose methotrexate based regimes. Dural based ENMZL therapy entails local treatments such as surgery and radiation therapy (relatively low dose radiation usually effective with prolonged durable responses). Systemic treatment with single agent Rituximab or with Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors like Ibrutinib with CNS penetration can also be considered. Long-term follow-up is recommended even in those patients who achieved complete remission as relapses may occur.

Neoarchean thermotectonism at in the northern Wyoming province is preserved in metamorphic zircon rims and monazite growth throughout the Snowy shear zone (SSZ) and the Madison mylonite zone (MMZ), South Madison Range, Montana. Comparison of U-Pb and U-Th-Pb ages yielded by monazite grains from both shear zones and zircon rims from SSZ, a new timing for major SE-directed thrusting and formation of the MMZ and SSZ has been identified at ~2550 Ma. The collinearity of these two shears indicates the formation of a much larger single shear zone that extends from the North Snowy block (NE), Beartooth Mountains, through the South Madison range (SW), and is paralleled to the immediate NW by the Mirror Lake and Big Brother shear zones. A detrital zircon study of two quartzites, from the westernmost North Snowy block units, yielded concordant age populations ranging in age from 3556 ± 10 to 2752 ± 9 Ma indicating that these sediments were derived either from older crust located in the Beartooth Mountains or from another source that was relatively close to the region prior to ~2750 Ma. The youngest magmatic zircon core found among these quartzites yielded a U-Pb age of 2690 ± 12 Ma, setting a new maximum age for sandstone deposition, additionally 10 metamorphic zircon rims and one monazite grain provide a new minimum U-Pb age of deposition and metamorphism at 2545 ± 2 Ma. Driving forces behind the ~2550 Ma SE-directed thrusting in the NW Wyoming craton may have been the final stages of supercontinent Kenorland assembly, whereas the ~2450 Ma reactivation, recorded by monazite rim growth, along the SSZ-MMZ may relate to the incipient supercontinent break-up, which has been suggested to have occurred at about this time by other studies. / Master of Science

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(医学) / 甲第20671号 / 医博第4281号 / 新制||医||1024(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻 / (主査)教授 万代 昌紀, 教授 小川 修, 教授 溝脇 尚志 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Medical Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

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The objective of this research was to derive an empirical equation that estimates the acoustical shadow zone length (SZL) of roadway noise barriers. The acoustical shadow zone is the area behind a noise barrier of reduced sound levels, generally to some stated level at or near background. The ability to predict the SZL can be used as a method to evaluate the performance, and possibly the design, of roadway noise barriers. The current federally required roadway noise model is the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Traffic Noise Model (TNM). TNM uses insertion loss (IL) to evaluate the effectiveness of a barrier. Insertion loss is the difference in sound level between the "no barrier" and the "with barrier" case. One major limitation with TNM is that the reported IL does not take into account how background noise levels influence the mitigated sound levels. Background noise can be defined as the noise present at a barrier location in the absence of roadway noise. The shadow zone represents a region behind the noise barrier where the barrier is effective at reducing noise levels and takes into account how background noise affects the IL and thus the SZL. The inclusion of background noise becomes significant in evaluating barrier effectiveness because as the distance from the barrier increases, background noise begins to overtake roadway noise as the dominate noise source. The derivation of the empirical equation began by collecting in-situ noise measurements at 18 noise barrier locations across Florida. The measured noise data was supplemented by noise data obtained from computer modeling. After a sufficient quantity of measured and modeled IL data was obtained, a contour of equal IL (IL = 5 dB) was plotted for each barrier location. The area defined by the contour is called the shadow zone. All the SZLs were statistically compared to several variables that were expected to influence it. Regression modeling showed that the background noise level, noise barrier height, the distance from the roadway to the noise barrier, and percent of heavy truck traffic volume were statistically significant as useful predictors of SZL. Two empirical equations were derived, one from linear regression and one from polynomial regression, and are referred to as the Shadow Zone Equations.

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The coast of Sweden’s largest island, Gotland, is a place of conflicting interests. There is both the desire to preserve nature values and to develop the island’s tourism industry and rural areas. The planning and management of the coast are vital and faces the challenge of balancing these interests. In this study, personnel from the municipality and the county administrative board were interviewed in order to describe the status of the coastal zone management on Gotland. The results show that the shore protection and the comprehensive plan are important tools in the management of the coast. Rural areas that can be developed (LIS-areas) are identified by the municipality with regard to the tourism industry as well as ecological sustainability. However, further coastal zone management is not established, and there is a lack of tools to help management, such as integrated coastal zone management (ICZM). Furthermore, the newly proposed shore protection legislation causes uncertainty for the future of the coast. This study finds that there are, however, parts of ICZM in the planning, such as collaboration and long-term planning. However, areas such as knowledge on the coast and clear guidelines for who is responsible can be developed by implementing ICZM. ICZM is perceived as a potentially valuable tool for the coastal zone on Gotland and as a sustainable way to continue to find a balance between these conflicting interests. / Gotlands kust är en plats med motstridiga intressen, såsom att bevara naturvärden och önskan att utveckla öns besöksnäring och landsbygdsområden. Planeringen och förvaltningen av kusten är viktig och står inför utmaningen att balansera dessa intressen. I den här studien intervjuades Region Gotland och Länsstyrelsen för att beskriva statusen för kustzonsförvaltningen på Gotland. Studiens resultat visar att strandskyddet och översiktsplanen är viktiga verktyg för förvaltningen av kusten. Landsbygdsområden som kan utvecklas (LIS-områden) identifieras med hänsyn till besöksnäringen samt ekologisk hållbarhet och klimatförändringar. Men övrig kustzonsförvaltning är inte etablerad och det saknas verktyg som hjälper förvaltningen, till exempel en integrerad kustzonsplanering (IKZP). Det föreslagna strandskyddet skapar även osäkerhet för kustens framtid. Denna studie finner dock att det finns delar av IKZP i planeringen, till exempel samarbete och långsiktig planering. Områden som kunskap om kusten och tydliga riktlinjer för vem som är ansvarig kan dock utvecklas genom att implementera IKZP. IKZP upplevs som ett potentiellt värdefullt verktyg för kustzonen på Gotland och som ett hållbart sätt att fortsätta hitta en balans mellan dessa motstridiga intressen.