Compte-rendu des travaux de la Société médicale d'émulation de Montpellier : 1865-1866 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Le voyage de S.M. l'Empereur Napoléon III en Algérie et la régence de S.M. l'Impératrice, mai-juin 1865 / rédigé d'après les documents officiels précédé d'une notice historique & suivi de biographies par René De Saint-Félix.

Includes bibliographical references.

Discursos leídos en la solemne inaguración de la Sociedad Antropológica Española, verificada el 5 de junio de 1865, por el presidente de la misma D. Matías Nieto y Serrano y el Secretario D. Francisco de Asís Delgado Jugo.

Tema: De Antropología.

Historical sketch of the Pee Dee Guards (Co. D, 23d N.C. Regiment) from 1861 to 1865 /

Reprint. Originally published: Raleigh, N.C. : Edwards, Broughton & Co., 1876.

Military history (Michigan boys) Company "D", 66th Illinois : Birge's Western Sharpshooters in the Civil War, 1861-1865 /

"Ren" Barker, historian, served in Company "D".

Letters to Rev. Nathaniel W. Taylor, D.D. ...

Written in response to Taylor's Concio ad clerum. A sermon delivered in the chapel of Yale College, September 10, 1828. ...

Le tombeau de Watteau à Nogent-sur-Marne : notice historique sur la vie et la mort d'Antoine Watteau sur l'érection et l'inauguration du monument élevé par souscription en 1865 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Nouveau cours d'économie politique professé à la faculté de droit de Paris, 1864-1865.

Mode of access: Internet.

The life of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Lord Bishop of Down, Conner, and Dromore, with a critical examination of his writings.

Mode of access: Internet.

A regional construction R&D evaluation system for China

Expenditure on R&D in the China construction industry has been relatively low in comparison with many developed countries for a number of years – a situation considered to be a major barrier to the industry’s competitiveness in general and unsatisfactory industry development of the 31 regions involved. A major problem with this is the lack of a sufficiently sophisticated method of objectively evaluating R&D activity in what are quite complex circumstances considering the size and regional differences that exist in this part of the world. A regional construction R&D evaluation system (RCRES) is presented aimed at rectifying the situation. This is based on 12 indicators drawn from the Chinese Government’s R&D Inventory of Resources in consultation with a small group of experts in the field, and further factor analysed into three groups. From this, the required evaluation is obtained by a simple formula. Examination of the results provides a ranking list of the R&D performance of each of the 31 regions, indicating a general disproportion between coastal and inland regions and highlighting regions receiving special emphasis or currently lacking in development. The understanding on this is vital for the future of China’s construction industry.

Comparison of robust criteria for D-optimal design

This study compared the performance of a local and three robust optimality criteria in terms of the standard error for a one-parameter and a two-parameter nonlinear model with uncertainty in the parameter values. The designs were also compared in conditions where there was misspecification in the prior parameter distribution. The impact of different correlation between parameters on the optimal design was examined in the two-parameter model. The designs and standard errors were solved analytically whenever possible and numerically otherwise.

Brokering innovation to better leverage R&D investment

What is the contribution of innovation brokers in leveraging research and development (R&D) investment to enhance industry-wide capabilities? The case of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation (CRC CI) is considered in the context of motivating supply chain firms to improve their organizational capabilities in order to acquire, assimilate, transfer and exploit R&D outcomes to their advantage, and to create broader industry and national benefits. A previous audit and analysis has shown an increase in business R&D investment since 2001. The role of the CRC CI in contributing to growth in the absorptive capacity of the Australian construction industry as a whole is illustrated through two programmes: digital modelling building information modelling (BIM) and construction site safety. Numerous positive outcomes in productivity, quality, improved safety and competitiveness were achieved between 2001 and 2009.

Distress, coping and posttraumatic growth in refugees from Burma

Refugees flee their countries of origin due to supreme hardship and threat to life; frequently bearing witness to mass atrocity. This research is embedded in a salutogenic paradigm which emphasises strength and adjustment. Twenty-five refugees from Burma who were newly arrived in Australia were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using an Interpretive Phenomenological Analytic (IPA) approach. In addition to themes of distress, data revealed an extraordinary adaptive capacity and highlighted strengths, both individually and collectively. Specific adaptive strategies included religiousness, and a sense of duty to family, community and country. Findings have implications for policy and practice that aim to support refugees and asylum seekers.