Land Use and Spring Protection

(1 poster)

Social dimensions of sea turtle protection in Orissa, India: Case study of Gahirmatha (marine) Wildlife Sanctuary and the nesting beaches of Rushikulya and Debi

pdf has 37p.

The impacts of coastal protection structures in California’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

This report outlines the potential impacts of coastal protection structures on the resources of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. At least 15 miles of the Sanctuary’s 300-mile shoreline are currently armored with seawalls and riprap revetments. Most of these coastal protection structures are placed above the mean high tide line, the official boundary of the Sanctuary, yet some influences of armoring impinge on the marine realm and on recreational use. In addition, continued sea level rise and accompanying coastal retreat will force many of these structures below the high tide line over time. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary staff has recognized the significance of coastal armoring, identifying it as a critical issue in the Coastal Armoring Action Plan of the draft Joint Management Plan. This summary is intended to provide general background information for Sanctuary policies on coastal armoring. The impacts discussed include: aesthetic depreciation, beach loss due to placement, access restriction, loss of sand supply from eroding cliffs, passive erosion, and active erosion. In addition, the potential biological impacts are explored. Finally, an appraisal of how differing armor types compare in relation to impacts, expense and engineering is presented. While the literature cited in this report focus predominantly on the California coast, the framework for this discussion could have implications for other actively eroding coastlines. (PDF contains 26 pages.)

Análisis de las publicaciones del personal docente e investigador de las facultades españolas de Bellas Artes

8 p.

La marca personal como seña de identidad del directivo: competencias distintivas

La gestión empresarial -economía, finanzas, recursos humanos, marketing, etc.- debe caracterizarse por la eficacia y por la eficiencia; sin embargo, en la mayoría de las ocasiones, ambos rasgos no están presentes en las organizaciones por el perfil mediocre de los directivos, que no solo es responsabilidad de los propios interesados, sino también de las personas que los han puesto en ese cargo. Esta situación perjudica a la rentabilidad de las organizaciones, por lo que es fundamental solventar este problema con directivos que se distingan por una excelencia, la cual solo se conseguirá con una marca personal basada en unas competencias técnicas, una formación humanística, unas habilidades directivas y unos valores humanos sólidos.

Rasgos psicológicos asociados al ajuste personal y social de estudiantes adolescentes

264 p.

El autoconcepto personal : estructura interna, medida y variabilidad

324 p.

Experimental Demonstration Of A New Concept Of Drag Reduction And Thermal Protection For Hypersonic Vehicles

A new idea of drag reduction and thermal protection for hypersonic vehicles is proposed based on the combination of a physical spike and lateral jets for shock-reconstruction. The spike recasts the bow shock in front of a blunt body into a conical shock, and the lateral jets work to protect the spike tip from overheating and to push the conical shock away from the blunt body when a pitching angle exists during flight. Experiments are conducted in a hypersonic wind tunnel at a nominal Mach number of 6. It is demonstrated that the shock/shock interaction on the blunt body is avoided due to injection and the peak pressure at the reattachment point is reduced by 70% under a 4A degrees attack angle.

Diseño, aplicación y evaluación de un programa para el desarrollo de la iniciativa personal en la formación profesional inicial

203 p.