Along-Strike Differences in the Southern Alps of New Zealand: Consequences of Inherited Variation in Rheology

Long- and short-term strain variations along the Australian-Pacific plate boundary through the South Island of New Zealand, including a 300% increase in orogen width, coexistence of oblique thrusting on orthogonal structures, and variability in the locus of orogenic gold deposits, coincide with rheologically relevant geological variation. Our model investigates the consequences of thin, strong lower crust in the north and thick, weak lower crust in the south. Solution of the full 3-D mechanical equations reproduces the larger wavelength strain patterns of the orogen. A 3-D perturbation-based analytical solution leads to the identification of the sensitivity of displacement type to minor stress changes. Transition from boundary-normal thrusting to boundary-parallel thrusting occurs at the transition from strong to weak lower crust and is related to an increase in either tau(yz) (shear stress in the yz plane) or the ratio of the coordinate normal stresses, (sigma(yy)/sigma(xx)), where x and y are in the horizontal and z is vertical. Both mechanisms are compatible with the geologically dependent rheological variation employed in our model. Citation: Upton, P., P. O. Koons, D. Craw, C. M. Henderson, and R. Enlow (2009), Along-strike differences in the Southern Alps of New Zealand: Consequences of inherited variation in rheology, Tectonics, 28, TC2007, doi:10.1029/2008TC002353.

Is output performance all about the resources? A fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis of street-level bureaucrats in Switzerland

This article refines Lipsky’s (1980) assertion that lacking resources negatively affect output performance. It uses fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to analyse the nuanced interplay of contextual and individual determinants of the output performance of veterinary inspectors as street-level bureaucrats in Switzerland. Moving ‘beyond Lipsky’, the study builds on recent theoretical contributions and a systematic comparison across organizational contexts. Against a widespread assumption, output performance is not all about the resources. The impact of perceived available resources hinges on caseloads, which prove to be more decisive. These contextual factors interact with individual attitudes emerging from diverse public accountabilities. The results contextualize the often-emphasized importance of worker-client interaction. In a setting where clients cannot escape the interaction, street-level bureaucrats are not primarily held accountable by them. Studies of output performance should thus sensibly consider gaps between what is being demanded of and offered to street-level bureaucrats, and the latter’s multiple embeddedness.

Einladung zu dem vom 28. bis 30. Dezember 1913 in Breslau ... stattfindenden 6. Verbandstage

Verband der jüd. Lehrer-Vereine im Deutschen Reich

Bibliography of Rev. Kaufmann Kohler, Ph. D. : 1867-1913

by Adolph S. Oko

Zur Geschichte der Juden in Diedenhofen : Festschrift zur Einweihung der neuen Synagoge in Diedenhofen, 19. Sept. 1913

[Verf.: A. J. Kohn]

Geschichte der Juden in Stadt und Synagogenbezirk Essen von der Einverleibung in Preussen (1802) bis zur Errichtung der Synagoge am Steeler Tor (1913) : Festschrift zur Weihe der Synagoge im Auftr. d. Gemeindevertretung quellenmäßig bearb.

von S. Samuel. Mit e. Farbenzeichn. von Fritz Lewy u. 2 Bildn.

Der Landesverein zur Erziehung israelitischer Waisen im Grossherzogtum Baden in seinen ersten fünfundzwanzig Jahren : 1888 - 1913

Im Auftr. des Vereinsvorstands dargest. von S. Grzymisch