US-Japan workshop on geotechnical aspects of recent earthquakes

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
K. J. McManus
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering ◽  
The Us ◽  
Recent Earthquakes ◽  
Full Copy

The US-Japan Workshop on Geotechnical Aspects of Recent Earthquakes was held at the Kansai Kenshu Centre, Osaka, Japan on 22-24 January 1996. The objectives of the workshop were to summarise lessons learned from the Lorna Prieta, Northridge, and Kobe earthquakes, to identify ongoing research needs, to summarise available data, and to identify areas of possible co-operation for future research. The society was invited to send a representative from New Zealand with observer status provided that person present a report summarising current and ongoing research on geotechnical earthquake engineering within New Zealand. The author was selected to be the New Zealand observer and the summary report accompanies this article. Thirty two participants attended from the US and thirty from Japan including most of the well known, active researchers from the two countries. A complete list of participants is given in Appendix A. The draft workshop report, with contributions from many of the participants, is summarised below. A full copy of the report is held by the author.

scholarly journals Psychodynamics of imagination failures: Reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050762110097
Author(s):  
Amy L Fraher
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Empire Building ◽  
Public Inquiry ◽  
The Us ◽  
New Type ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
Psychodynamic Understanding

This article aims to advance the psychodynamic understanding of imagination failures by studying lessons learned in the US government’s public inquiry into September 11th, 2001 (9/11). Analyzing the findings of The 9/11 Report, I theorize that two forms of macro-level hubris—America’s “hubris of empire-building” and Al Qaeda’s “hubris-nemesis complex”—amalgamated in a uniquely generative manner leading to events on 9/11. Previous studies of public inquiries often demonstrate that inquiry reports are monological story-telling performances used to create sense-making narratives that function hegemonically to impose a simplified version of reality to assign blame and depoliticize events in order to facilitate closure after shocking events. In contrast, findings here suggest that by constructing a critical narrative, The 9/11 Report may serve as a new type of public inquiry report that invites learning about the complex factors that underpin crisis. The article concludes by identifying fruitful areas of future research and ways to theorize further about the collective psychodynamics of macro-level hubris and the psychodynamic factors that hinder learning and contribute to imagination failures.

scholarly journals First International Consensus on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L Gornik ◽  
Alexandre Persu ◽  
David Adlam ◽  
Lucas S Aparicio ◽  
Michel Azizi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fibromuscular Dysplasia ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Consensus Protocol ◽  
Vascular Medicine ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
The Us ◽  
Future Research Directions

This article is a comprehensive document on the diagnosis and management of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), which was commissioned by the working group ‘Hypertension and the Kidney’ of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM). This document updates previous consensus documents/scientific statements on FMD published in 2014 with full harmonization of the position of European and US experts. In addition to practical consensus-based clinical recommendations, including a consensus protocol for catheter-based angiography and percutaneous angioplasty for renal FMD, the document also includes the first analysis of the European/International FMD Registry and provides updated data from the US Registry for FMD. Finally, it provides insights on ongoing research programs and proposes future research directions for understanding this multifaceted arterial disease.

scholarly journals Child Labour: What is Happening in New Zealand?

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danae Anderson ◽  
Felicity Lamm ◽  
Erling Rasmussen ◽  
Peter Shuttleworth ◽  
Judith McMorland
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Safety Standards ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Government Report ◽  
The Status ◽  
Working Age

While the rights of New Zealand adult workers have been the primary concern of successive governments and their agencies, the rights of child workers have often been overshadowed.  With the recent Government report to the United Nations on New Zealand released, the issues surrounding New Zealand young workers have come to the fore and now require further investigation. The purpose o f this paper is to report on Phase One o f ongoing research into the working lives and experiences of New Zealand children (thoseunder18years). Drawing on existing academic literature as well as government and non-governmental organisations' (NGO) reports and statistics, the paper will present an overview of the status of New Zealand children in terms of the minimum working age; the minimum wage rates; and occupational health and safety standards. Finally, the paper will outline areas of future research.

California Invasive Plant Research Needs Assessment

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona Robison ◽  
Steve Schoenig ◽  
Douglas W. Johnson ◽  
Elizabeth Brusati ◽  
Joseph M. DiTomaso
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Priority Needs

AbstractThis project summarizes the opinion of 52 experts on the future research needs in the area of invasive plants in California. Experts included academics at private and public universities, Cooperative Extension educators, land managers, members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), employees of restoration companies, and federal, state, and local agency personnel. Surveys were conducted through in-person interviews, written questionnaires, and workshops. The objective was to identify high-priority needs for future research on issues related to invasive plants in California's wildlands. More specifically, the goals were to (1) create a forum for assessing high-priority research needs, (2) guide future research toward these high-priority needs, and (3) facilitate connections and interactions among academic disciplines and between researchers and practitioners by increasing awareness of the range of ongoing research on invasive plants. Priority needs were chosen for 10 broad research topic areas, with specific subtopics addressed within each of these areas. In addition to noting specific research areas, there was a general need expressed for a synthesis of existing scientific information, particularly about the biology and ecology of invasive plants and the ecological impacts, control and management tools, restoration activities, and related social issues surrounding invasive plants. A mutual exchange of information was also considered important among the academic researcher and the field practitioner, as was the development of more effective training programs for land managers.

scholarly journals Geotechnical earthquake engineering in New Zealand

1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-130
Author(s):  
K. J. McManus
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

The following information is the result of a survey carried out during December 1995 of all known researchers in New Zealand. The information is as complete as possible being based on responses received by 15 January 1996. A bibliography of relevant recent publications is given together with affiliation and address information for the active researchers. Information is arranged under the same topic headings as for the main body of the proceedings.

scholarly journals Worldwide Trends in Bilingual Education Research: A Half-Century Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 730
Author(s):  
María del Mar Sánchez-Pérez ◽  
Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Network Cluster ◽  
The Us ◽  
Number Of Publications

Despite the wealth of studies on bilingual education, there is a dearth of meta-research on the worldwide development and trends of this area of investigation over the past few decades. The occupation of this gap allows scholars to take stock of current states of research, get overviews of the contributions made to the field, foresee future research trends, and identify research needs and gaps that may be addressed in future investigation. This study analyses the evolution and trends of bilingual education research during a 50-year period (1969–2018) from a bibliometric perspective. The results show a steady increase in the number of publications, and was exponential in the last decade, mainly in the form of research articles, which makes bilingual education a truly consolidated and increasingly evolving research field. The US is the leading country with respect to the number of publications, affiliations, and sponsors, followed, primarily, by some other North American (e.g., Canada), European (e.g., UK and Spain), and Asian (e.g., China) countries, as well as Australia. There is a large research network cluster led by the US involving intercontinental interaction among institutions from Europe, Asia, and, to a lesser extent, South America. However, a scant level of internationalisation of scholars publishing works on bilingual education was observed, with most author collaboration being limited to different US institutions. The most influential authors belong to institutions from the US, Canada, Spain, and Israel, and, to a lesser extent, Australia. The main research topics in the field depend on the contexts and include regulations of language institutions, bilingual education models, language skills, pedagogical strategies, education levels, and ages, among others. These results may contribute to the identification of new research needs and therefore, to the development of future directions in bilingual education research.

scholarly journals Lessons learned from oak cluster planting trials in central Europe

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Somidh Saha ◽  
Christian Kuehne ◽  
Jürgen Bauhus
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Tree Species Diversity ◽  
Artificial Regeneration ◽  
Disturbed Areas ◽  
Tree Quality ◽  
Growth Quality

Oaks (Quercus spp.) are becoming increasingly important for future forest management as the climate in central Europe warms. Owing to the high costs of conventional row planting, artificial oak stand establishment in the form of “clusters” became popular in central Europe beginning in the 1970s. In cluster plantings, oaks are planted either in groups of ca. 20–25 at 1 m spacing between trees (i.e., group planting) or in denser groups with 20–30 oaks·m−2 (i.e., nest planting). In both cases, the clusters are spaced apart at a distance that represents the target density of future crop trees. A comprehensive review of the history, growth, tree quality development, and economic aspects of oak cluster plantings suggests that initial growing space was the most important factor influencing development of oaks in clusters. Consequently, survival, growth, quality, and biomass production were comparable in group and row plantings but lower in nest plantings. In addition, group plantings resulted in greater stand-level tree species diversity than nest or row plantings. We conclude that oak group planting is a comparatively inexpensive option for the artificial regeneration of oak-dominated broadleaved forests for a range of situations such as reforestation of disturbed areas or the afforestation of abandoned agricultural land. Future research needs regarding development and tending of forests established by oak group planting are highlighted.

Lessons from the Field; Steel Structure Performance in Earthquakes in New Zealand from 2010 to 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 763 ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Charles Clifton ◽  
Gregory A. MacRae
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Steel Structure ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Expected Performance ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Earthquake Series ◽  
Building Components ◽  
The Many

First the Canterbury earthquake series of 2010/2012 and then the Kaikoura Earthquake of 2016 have significantly impacted the building stock in central and southern New Zealand, subjecting a wide range of buildings and building components to earthquake shaking ranging from moderate to severe. The economic and social costs of these earthquakes have been severe, but the lessons learned on how buildings and building systems designed and detailed to New Zealand provisions have performed have been invaluable. We have learned more about this from these earthquakes then from the many reconnaissance trips undertaken to overseas earthquakes over the 50 years of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. This paper focusses on the performance of steel framed buildings in two major New Zealand cities, Christchurch and Wellington, with greatest emphasis on multi-storey buildings, but also covering light steel framed housing. It addresses such issues as the magnitude and structural impact of the earthquake series, how the various systems performed against the design expectations and briefly covers some of the research underway to quantify where there were differences between the observed performance and the expected performance.

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