EPI Update, October 7 2005

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

EPI Update, October 7 2005

Weekly newsletter for Center For Acute Disease Epidemiology of Iowa Department of Public Health.

The contribution of patch topology and demographic parameters to PVA predictions: the case of the European tree frog

Population viability analyses (PVA) are increasingly used in metapopulation conservation plans. Two major types of models are commonly used to assess vulnerability and to rank management options: population-based stochastic simulation models (PSM such as RAMAS or VORTEX) and stochastic patch occupancy models (SPOM). While the first set of models relies on explicit intrapatch dynamics and interpatch dispersal to predict population levels in space and time, the latter is based on spatially explicit metapopulation theory where the probability of patch occupation is predicted given the patch area and isolation (patch topology). We applied both approaches to a European tree frog (Hyla arborea) metapopulation in western Switzerland in order to evaluate the concordances of both models and their applications to conservation. Although some quantitative discrepancies appeared in terms of network occupancy and equilibrium population size, the two approaches were largely concordant regarding the ranking of patch values and sensitivities to parameters, which is encouraging given the differences in the underlying paradigms and input data.

Alpine tectonic evolution of a Jurassic subduction-accretionary complex: Deformation, kinematics and 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the Mesozoic low-grade schists of the Circum-Rhodope Belt in the eastern Rhodope-Thrace region, Bulgaria-Greece

Deformation of the Circum-Rhodope Belt Mesozoic (Middle Triassic to earliest Lower Cretaceous) low-grade schists underneath an arc-related ophiolitic magmatic suite and associated sedimentary successions in the eastern Rhodope-Thrace region occurred as a two-episode tectonic process: (i) Late Jurassic deformation of arc to margin units resulting from the eastern Rhodope-Evros arc-Rhodope terrane continental margin collision and accretion to that margin, and (ii) Middle Eocene deformation related to the Tertiary crustal extension and final collision resulting in the closure of the Vardar ocean south of the Rhodope terrane. The first deformational event D-1 is expressed by Late Jurassic NW-N vergent fold generations and the main and subsidiary planar-linear structures. Although overprinting, these structural elements depict uniform bulk north-directed thrust kinematics and are geometrically compatible with the increments of progressive deformation that develops in same greenschist-facies metamorphic grade. It followed the Early-Middle Jurassic magmatic evolution of the eastern Rhodope-Evros arc established on the upper plate of the southward subducting Maliac-Meliata oceanic lithosphere that established the Vardar Ocean in a supra-subduction back-arc setting. This first event resulted in the thrust-related tectonic emplacement of the Mesozoic schists in a supra-crustal level onto the Rhodope continental margin. This Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous tectonic event related to N-vergent Balkan orogeny is well-constrained by geochronological data and traced at a regional-scale within distinct units of the Carpatho-Balkan Belt. Following subduction reversal towards the north whereby the Vardar Ocean was subducted beneath the Rhodope margin by latest Cretaceous times, the low-grade schists aquired a new position in the upper plate, and hence, the Mesozoic schists are lacking the Cretaceous S-directed tectono-metamorphic episode whose effects are widespread in the underlying high-grade basement. The subduction of the remnant Vardar Ocean located behind the colliding arc since the middle Cretaceous was responsible for its ultimate closure, Early Tertiary collision with the Pelagonian block and extension in the region caused the extensional collapse related to the second deformational event D-2. This extensional episode was experienced passively by the Mesozoic schists located in the hanging wall of the extensional detachments in Eocene times. It resulted in NE-SW oriented open folds representing corrugation antiforms of the extensional detachment surfaces, brittle faulting and burial history beneath thick Eocene sediments as indicated by 42.1-39.7 Ma Ar-40/Ar-39 mica plateau ages obtained in the study. The results provide structural constraints for the involvement components of Jurassic paleo-subduction zone in a Late Jurassic arc-continental margin collisional history that contributed to accretion-related crustal growth of the Rhodope terrane. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Report of Recommendations to the State University of Iowa on the Review of Selected General and Application Controls over the University's Human Resources Information System, June 7, 2005-July 29, 2005

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Iowa Community Empowerment Newsletter, April 2006, Vol.7, no.2

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KH-7

El trabajo que presentamos a continuación analiza la situación de la empresa KH Lloreda en el mercado de productos desengrasantes. Concretamente hemos profundizado en la estrategia de márketing utilizada en la empresa a la hora de lanzar su producto KH-7.Decidimos elegir la empresa KH Lloreda y más concretamente el producto KH-7 porque nos llamó la atención que un producto destinado al uso diario de la limpieza del hogar hubiera tenido tanto éxito. ¿Cuál es la característica innovadora que hace que la gente prefiera este producto? Otro factor que también ha sido decisivo a la hora de elegir la empresa es la evolución de la compañía. Una empresa catalana de origen familiar ha logrado hacerse un hueco en el mercado y, en determinados sectores, ha logrado superar a grandes multinacionales. por esto hemos aprovechado esta ocasión para estudiar las estrategias que ha utilizado la empresa y más importante aún cómo las ha implementado para llegar hasta donde está ahora.El trabajo está estructurado en cuatro grandes partes. La primera trata de analizar los factores que pueden tener un impacto en la actividad de la empresa, tanto a nivel externo como dentro de la compañía.En la segunda hemos estudiado la estrategia que ha seguido la empresa al lanzar su producto KH-7, qué decisiones ha tomado, qué factores ha resaltado, de qué cosas han prescindido...La tercera comprende el análisis del apartado de márketing. Cómo ha dado a conocer la empresa el producto y cómo ha conseguido que los clientes se decanten por su producto antes que el de la competencia.Y por último, la cuarta parte del trabajo consiste en las conclusiones, analiza los resultados que hemos obtenido al estudiar cada una de las partes anteriores.por último creemos que es importante explicar brevemente qué esperamos obtener nosotros de la realización de este proyecto. Creemos que lo más importante que podemos aprender de él es que no sólo triunfan las grandes marcas y las grandes multinacionales con presencia mundial. Si se encuentra una buena idea de negocio, que normalmente viene dada por un hueco en el mercado, y se desarrolla una política empresarial coherente con el nuevo producto, las posibilidades de tener éxito en el mercado son muy elevadas, y con este trabajo intentamos demostrarlo.

EPI Update, April 7, 2006

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Iowa Department of Eldar Affairs Legislative Update, February 18, 2005, Vol. 1, no. 7

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs provides a brief summation of a Departmental program or other important Departmental information in each Legislative Update. The Legislative Update is produced for informational and educational purposes only.

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Legislative Update, February 18, 2005, Vol. 1, no. 7

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs provides a brief summation of a Departmental program or other important Departmental information in each Legislative Update. The Legislative Update is produced for informational and educational purposes only.

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs Legislative Update with CMPFE FAQ Revised, February 27, 2006, Vol. 2, no. 7

Iowa Department of Elder Affairs provides a brief summation of a Departmental program or other important Departmental information in each Legislative Update. The Legislative Update is produced for informational and educational purposes only.