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The march of time
The PTI is falling into the pattern of previous rulers of Pakistan who have come to power with a reform agenda. Even before the hoopla of the 'First 100 days' were over, there were voices asking that a longer time be given for the PTI to show the change it had made. Now the limit, if mentioned at all, is no longer just 100 days, or a year. Now it is pointedly said that the tenure to which the Assemblies, both national and provincial, have been elected, has been for five years.
It is also argued that the system which Imran has to fix has been spoiled over the last 70 years, so it will take some time to fix it. At this juncture, with the New Year behind us, the PTI government has just been in office 139 days, so for many it might seem that more time is needed. However, during last year's election campaign, and almost relentlessly from the time of the 2014 sit-in, he and his party had promised tabdeeli. There was no time frame given, but the impression was given that people's lives would change rapidly for the better if and when the PTI took office. One important symbol of this was that the PTI issued a 100-Day manifesto, rather than the more traditional five-year one. The 100-day manifesto did not contain a promise to hold fresh elections at the end of the period, something which is implicit in a five-year manifesto.
Perhaps one of the biggest flaws in that manifesto was that it contained no built-in accountability mechanism. A five-year manifesto does, because the National Assembly elected on its basis, will last five years. If the manifesto has been left unfulfilled at the time of a new general election, a new manifesto will be issued. If something has been left unachieved because it was taking too long, it will be put into the new manifesto.
There may be other reasons for non-performance, such as the party issuing it ending up in the opposition, failing to persuade coalition partners, or a premature dissolution. There is a fresh general election, and the electorate decides the fate of the party based on a clutch of factors, implementation of the manifesto being only one of them. Without looking at individual constituency dynamics, which centre round candidates, it is quite possible that the voter may forgive a party for failing to implement its manifesto in a full term in office, or may decide against a party which had fulfilled its manifesto ahead of time.
The PTI has managed to create a new situation: a government which has come up against a major time limit, which itself set, but will not go before the electorate to have itself tested for success of failure. It should also keep in mind that all electorates are basically unfair, and judge governments on issues that may not have been the subject of promises, of governance. Manifestoes do not provide for something that is manifest among the PTI's ministers, MNAs and MPAs: they are learning on the job. The assumption behind manifestoes is that they are fronts for a team which, if elected to office, could do what they say. Therefore the criticism of Imran, that he has not selected the right people, does not really wash. He can only select from those elected. If he did not select enough 'men of business' and allocate them to safe seats, he should not have made the promises he did.
In one respect, Imran has not been given enough time, but that may well be because he did not say how long it would take. True, the fight against corruption is permanent and ongoing, but some targets, as well as a timeframe, would have been helpful. True, a timeframe involving courts cannot be anything more than indicative, but it still would have allowed an indication of what could be expected.
It is almost as if the PTI was not prepared to take office. It should be noted that the PTI does not have a legislative programme. If it had, the lack of a majority in the Senate would not have prevented it from either passing that programme through the National Assembly and then leaving the public to see how it was being stymied, or it could have made a fuss before the public that the Senate was being an obstacle. Indeed, that was how, in 1911, the Liberal government removed the Lords' right to consider the Budget, by just such a fuss. The PTI has so far presented one piece of legislation to the public, a law reform bill, meant to speed up trials. There is no indication of any anti-corruption legislation, which is counter-intuitive when considering the case of a party operating within the parliamentary system, and which upholds the Constitution.
One possibility is that the PTI leadership has already given up, and is just hanging around because its leaders enjoy the perks of office too much to give up. In that case, there is the problem of how to fill in the time until the next election. If the PTI is not a mere vehicle for Imran Khan, the failure to bring reform will place it within the ranks of traditional parties.
The Faustian bargain with the PPP and the PML(N) was that they would leave foreign and defence policy to the establishment, while being allowed perks like free accommodation, flag cars, free foreign trips, among others. The PTI, while claiming to be against these perks, now enjoys them. The PTI is in danger of the establishment realising that the PTI has got the popular support because it made promises. What will happen if the promises are not kept?
In a way, it does not matter if the promises are kept or not. What matters is whether people feel better about themselves and their lives. People do not like economic problems, like inflation or a huge balance of payments deficit. They will not wait for the control of corruption to translate into good government decision-making, which will mean a better economic situation. They want a lower cost of living, better pays, better health and educational services from the state, less crime, better job prospects for their children. In short, they want it all, and they want it now. And that is what Imran promised them. His voters also believed it.
To be fair, that is also what other parties promised. However, not even their voters really believed them. The PML(N) and the PPP were mainly vehicles for Mian Nawaz and the heirs of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, but also mechanisms to ensure that the other side did not win. Both were expected to promise the moon, but once in office, neither was supposed to do more than provide day-to-day management. Corruption was expected, but both were also expected to ensure that there was a sort of rough justice in the distribution of the spoils.
The PTI was supposed to end this. It will itself admit it has not. Instead, it demands to be allowed the time to do so. How much time? That can be argued over, but what cannot is that the honeymoon period now seems to be over. It will still be possible for the PTI to claim that a particular problem is the fault of its predecessors, but the time of being free from criticism is not. People are now going to ask questions about how the PTI has impacted their lives.
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Medical experts at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Clinical Global Health Education created the emocha mobile health platform to educate health care workers in rural Uganda. Used in 15 projects to date, the technology has evolved into a dynamic platform for remote patient management. Last year, entrepreneur Sebastian Seiguer licensed the technology for wide commercial use.
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import com.amazonaws.protocol.StructuredPojo;
import com.amazonaws.protocol.ProtocolMarshaller;

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        if (getLoadBalancerPort() != null)
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        if (getProtocol() != null)
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        if (getSslCertificateId() != null)
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Q: Problem with limit What is
$$\lim_{x\to 1}\frac{\sqrt{x^2-1}-\sqrt{x-1}}{\sqrt{x^3-1}-\sqrt{x-1}}\,?$$
I'm in secondary school and they throw this. We haven't seen l'hôpital yet but it doesn't work anyway. The answer is $\frac{1}{2} \left(\sqrt{2}-1\right) \left(1+\sqrt{3}\right)$ according to Wolfram but it doesn't show how to solve it. (Step-by-step solution unavailable). Haven't seen complex numbers either but I grasp the basics.
Teacher is no help and I used lots of paper and time to be desperate enough to ask here.

A: Write $x^2-1=(x-1)(x+1)$ and $x^3-1=(x-1)(x^2+x+1)$. Then divide the numerator and denominator of the fraction by $\sqrt {x-1}$.

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KVH Introduces Videotel Performance Manager for Maritime Training
By The Maritime Executive 2017-09-11 21:52:24
To help maritime operators ensure that crew are training and performing at their peak, KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has introduced Videotel Performance ManagerTM, a breakthrough solution for maritime training. The scope of the Videotel Performance Manager offering is unparalleled in the maritime industry, combining the extensive range of award-winning training content from VideotelTM with the power of web-based data analytics – all from KVH, a technology innovator known for its maritime solutions.
By providing maritime managers with actionable insights about their fleets' training activities, Videotel Performance Manager is designed to help increase operational efficiency, safety, and crew performance. The cloud-based software platform ensures that a crew's latest training records are accessible from any web-enabled device, and interactive, dynamically rendered reports and dashboards present easy-to-view data about crew performance, skill levels, strengths, weaknesses, and training schedules.
Leading ship management company Thenamaris, one of the early users of Videotel Performance Manager, notes the benefits: "It offers a wide range of sophisticated features and reports enabling our Marine Personnel team to have accurate and timely insight of the training progress per person, per vessel, per title," says Yannos Koudounas, Performance & Development Supervisor, Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc. "Consequently, this application becomes a valuable tool in decision-making for our seafarers' onboard training plans. We like its simplicity and the fact that it is constantly upgraded with new features. Most of all, we have found that it is well-supported by a skillful and fast-responding team."
At the core of Videotel Performance Manager's cutting-edge training management tools is the user-friendly web application, which was developed with input from maritime training professionals. Key features include:
Crew Management – for managing seafarers' training programmes as they move from vessel to vessel
Training Reports – for seeing what training is being carried out, where, and by whom, and for generating evidence of compliance required during an external audit or ship inspection
Schedule Builder – for creating training plans for seafarers based on an established safety management system
Performance Monitoring – for tracking progress of crew against a recommended schedule of training
"The ability to quickly see the training status of all seafarers in a fleet provides important advantages for a maritime training manager," says Mark Woodhead, KVH senior vice president, EMEA. "With an easy-to-use dashboard, the manager can assess the precise level of a crew's training, preparation, and compliance, which ultimately helps to keep operating costs low, and reduce safety and financial risk. This isn't just recordkeeping, it's valuable intelligence for maritime training managers."
Videotel Performance Manager is available in three different packages, called Essential, Professional, and Master, that vary in the number of features and training titles provided. All packages include Crew Management, Training Reports, Schedule Builder, and Performance Monitoring. Additional features will be added over time.
About Videotel
Videotel's maritime training programmes are in use on more than 12,000 vessels worldwide and cover a wide range of topics related to the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping established by the maritime industry. The extensive selection includes 950 new and updated titles – available in a range of formats including computer-based training, videos, and gamified learning. Videotel's Practical Engineering Suite includes 100 modules covering topics critical to marine engineers; it was released earlier this year on a variety of platforms, including mobile devices, which was an industry first for maritime eLearning.
Videotel has a 40-year track record of developing training content in partnership with leading industry bodies and organizations, and the company's videos have received more than 100 awards. The company began creating training materials in 1973 at the request of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, the forerunner to the International Maritime Organization, which today oversees standards for maritime training. In 2015, Videotel became part of KVH, a technology company whose maritime products and services include mini-VSAT Broadbandsm global connectivity and the IP-MobileCastTM service for delivering news, entertainment, chart, and weather content via satellite to vessels at sea.
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Key requirements in relation to maternity leave and rights
Posted in : Seamus Says - Employment Law Discussion on 2 February 2018
Seamus McGranaghan
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Q: Please set out key requirements and things that might catch an employer out in relation to maternity leave and maternity rights before and after leave has been taken. For example, are there protections which if breached inadvertently can be construed as automatic discrimination on the grounds of sex? Are women who have given birth automatically entitled to return to the same work?
Scott: Okay. I see a question coming in there on the chat box. It's on your right-hand side of your screen. So, if you want to send in any questions, you can. We're going to move on to maternity and equality issues, Seamus. The first one here is, 'Please set out key requirements and things that might catch an employer out in relation to maternity leave and maternity rights before and after leave has been taken. For example, are there protections which if breached inadvertently can be construed as automatic discrimination on the grounds of sex? Are women who have given birth automatically entitled to return to the same work?' So, quite a broad question here.
Seamus: Broad question here. It may be on a theme of thorny issues here this morning, then, in relation to this. Obviously, maternity is a confusing time for both the employee and the employer. It might not be the employee's first pregnancy and they may have been through the position before and may be aware of their rights or they may have already had children and moved to a new employer and are maybe worried the new employer isn't on top of the legislation and the requirements as they should be. So, it's an anxious time, I think, for both.
Just in terms of that, then, we're looking at various different types of scenarios that could arise here in terms of pitfalls. So, the first one I think, we're going to look at pitfalls that can happen before the person goes off of maternity leave and then after maternity leave. The first important one is the announcement by the employee. Certainly, that can be an anxious time for the employee. It surprises me that even these days, I still have female clients that are very worried they have to tell the boss they're pregnant and the fallout that might happen as a result of that.
It's important that employers, when there is an announcement of pregnancy, treat the employee no differently and are not taking a stance where there's any detriment to the employee and the employee feels uncomfortable about it. If it's their first experience with the employer, that will be their lasting experience whenever they come to announce their pregnancy. It's just important in terms of a fresh start whenever they announce it, that they're congratulated and that's a welcome thing for the employee and for the company.
The next thing I think is probably right to move into—this was giving the employee some comfort in terms of what their rights are and it can be helpful maybe to sit down with the employee and have a discussion and remind that there's lots of stuff on the internet that will be available for both the employer and employee and it will be very confusing for them. So, it's a good idea to try and get to a position where you're getting in line dates on your maternity leave and when that might happen.
That's a bit of a fluid situation for the circumstances and you don't really know what's going to happen. There's a bit of discretion for the employee in relation to that. So, the employer shouldn't be putting any pressure on the employee to hammer down those dates too early or anything like that. Obviously, during the pregnancy, you're permitted time off for your medical appointments or acceptance that if the employee is unwell and there's a lot of absence that you're not taking any unfair detrimental discriminatory steps in terms of that.
Scott: It's discrimination because only women can get pregnant.
Seamus: Exactly.
Scott: There's no need for a comparator when you've got pregnant women. There's no pregnant men.
Seamus: Exactly. Often, there can be scenarios where there is periods of illness or people are feeling unwell. The next one I highlighted was, dependent on the work the employee is doing, there might be a risk assessment that's required. Either the person could be doing a very physical job and at three stages of the pregnancy might not be able to do that.
I dealt with a case recently where I was acting for a cleaning company and there was one of the cleaners that worked at a certain premise where there was a lot of physical activity happening in terms of it and the employee had actually come and said, 'I don't feel I can continue doing that part of the job because I feel it puts me at risk and I'm not capable of doing it.' So, it's important to keep the eye in terms of risk assessments, but don't overdo it either. Don't make the employee feel that they are in any way treated differently or anything like that.
Scott: It's not a static responsibility when it comes to pregnant women because as their pregnancy develops, what they can do might change and it makes it more difficult than at the start. But they are protected throughout that period completely. If the employer can't provide alternative work, then they have to suspend them on full pay. Similarly with the time off for medical appointments, that's with pay.
Seamus: That's it. And just before the person goes off, it can be a good idea, obviously, to get an indication of how long the person intends to take, but they don't necessarily have to tell you that information. They might know how long they're going to take. If they don't mention anything, I think there's an acceptance they're taking the full capacity in terms of it. Really, then, you're into the aspect of post-pregnancy and what happens.
I think it's a good idea that in advance of the employee going off, there's a discussion of how much contact they want from their place of work during their maternity leave. Some employees could be very keen to be kept in the loop. They want to know what's happening. They want updates. They don't want to feel that they're left out of anything. Other employees will simply say, 'I'm on maternity leave. You give me the information I need to know and that's it.'
Circumstances can change during pregnancy - a person's viewpoint can very much change when the baby arrives as well. So, you need to be careful about that. Obviously, there's no badgering of the employee whenever they're off on maternity leave. You're not phoning up after a few days or keeping in contact every couple of days to ask them questions, things like that. You have to be respectful of the time they have.
I have to mention redundancies during the period of maternity leave. The worst thing you can do is forget about the employee that is out of the office and "out of sight, out of mind" comes the phrase. Remember that women on maternity leave have the right to be offered suitable alternative employment ahead of others.
It's an example of positive discrimination that we hear about and where the employees are on maternity leave, they are essentially prioritised. So, think about things if you're doing collective consultation and respective redundancies or if there are collective consultations going on about any matter you're involved in your place around maternity leave. Obviously, we're into our ordinary maternity leave and our additional maternity leave and the rights that impact upon that.
But just to set that out, an employee who returns on ordinary maternity leave has the right to return to their original job, as does an employee that returns from additional maternity leave and sometimes I think there can be with an employer that there's an automatic right to change the poster, to make adjustments to it just because the person has gone over the period of ordinary maternity leave. But you need to be careful that the changes that you are making, they are justifiable changes and that's just not a situation where you are making those changes willy-nilly or you're seizing the opportunity to do it.
I just want to mention briefly there about contractual benefits for the employee as well. Often, issues can arise when a person is on maternity leave whenever they're getting maybe just statutory maternity pay, there may be those other aspects of their contract that they're entitled to as well.
The basic position is that in general, other than the terms of the remuneration, the contract itself continues in existence, whereas on maternity leave, there can be those that are non-cash benefits that are in the contract that should continue on, gym memberships and things like that as well. We can go into a lot more detail on bonuses and commissions and all of that. But maybe that's a whole half-hour itself.
Scott: That's for another day, but basically everything but pay pretty much is protected during that period and holiday pay carries over, including all the bank holidays, everything just passes on to the period when they come back.
Seamus: Then holidays are an important one as well and usually a point of anxiety for anybody that's on maternity leave. I want to mention quickly just as well that there is the option for the employee to give notice in terms of returning back early from the date they've already provided. They give eight weeks' notice in relation to that. Just a quick mention in terms of if you have an employee covering maternity leave and that happens, if it's somebody in for a contract for nine months and the employee on maternity leave wants to come back early, where does that leave you with the temporary employee?
So, sometimes it can be helpful to build in the six-month period with reviews or put in a six-month period with the right to terminate on a month's notice thereafter, something along those lines. Finally, just in relation to the aspect of shared paternity leave and pay and the impact that all of that has as well on the maternity period. Those are some of the pitfalls, but you can see we spent quite a bit of time there going through those.
Q: Does the worker accrue holiday pay during maternity leave?
Scott: The quick answer is yes.
Seamus: Yes, 100%.
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New Delhi (N4C Desk)- Country's 3rd largest packaged tea brand and one of the largest tea exporters Wagh Bakri Tea Group is fulfilling its promise made to Delhi by opening more and more Tea Lounges in up market areas in New Delhi – Recently to be added in the list is the Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge in South Delhi's, Greater Kailash -1 Market. Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge offers over 45 types of Teas sourced from best tea gardens across the world in a 5 star ambience. Moreover tea lovers can buy Wagh Bakri tea brands, 100% certified organic Teas, Green Tea and exotic & rare teas across the world.
Piyush Desai–CMD Wagh Bakri Tea Group, said, "After having done well and established the name in the packaged tea Industry, we thought to be one of the change agents and dispel perceptions around Tea as a beverage". "We really want the youth of the country to start preferring Tea as a healthy and stylish beverage. Hence we are serving the teas in most modern and stylist manner.
Wagh Bakri Tea Group , one of the largest Tea Exporters from the country are the pioneers in the Tea Lounge concept, as the first ever Tea lounge was opened in Rajasthan – Jaipur, a decade back, and having received a great response the Group decided to take this trend forward and today the brand has 6 Tea Lounges including GK 1 , they recently opened a signature tea lounge at Ahmedabad, where the company is based out of, followed by 2 tea lounges in Mumbai's, and another 2 in Delhi at Pitampura and Lajpat Nagar.
The company plans to open 5 more by May 2015 in Delhi (Rajouri Garden), Surat, Pune, Baroda and Mumbai, taking the total count to 11 by second quarter of 2015.
Wagh Bakri : Wagh Bakri Tea Group started its operations 120 years back. Today with a turnover of Rs. 950 Crore, the fourth generation master tasters are spearheading the operations. Wagh Bakri Tea Group is the leading tea brand in Gujarat, Rajasthan, and MP, and has become preferred brand of tea lovers in Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Western UP. The Brand is a leading Tea exporter and exports the WB Packaged Tea brand to over 30 countries.


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9.10 raid tuesday 19:00 CET, 18:00 GMT.
Discussion in 'Hibernia' started by Stallion, Mar 14, 2005.
I need 3 nightshades for this raid, each nightshade get +200 to their /random 1000 lotto rolls.
I also look for ppl for 1 balanced group, sign up here. I will only bring MAX 2 fgs.
my warden missed 9.7 on your last raid. due to a RL issue then i had to instant logoff. Is there any chance we do 9.7 again this time??
If not, i'll understand np. will ask you ingame if the raid effectively takes place.
I just told Nuok, might show up.
this raid has been canceled, and the date has expired.


As the first half of President Obama's term comes to a close, three political realities are forcing Republicans to confront that question more directly, and producing interesting conflicts along the way.
Tea Party lawmakers are the third political reality. The arrival in Washington of a significant number of lawmakers born out of that movement is already beginning to reshape the conversation in congress and on the campaign trail as Republicans adapt their rhetoric to a new political power at the grassroots.
All three have been on display as lawmakers have debated the tax compromise worked out by Mr. Obama and congressional Republicans. What began as an story about divisions inside the Democratic party has quickly become a vehicle for revealing the differences in political philosophy inside the Republican party.
On the floor of the Senate Tuesday, Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota, a possible candidate for president, used the tax deal to take a not-so-subtle shot at one of his potential rivals.
"It's easy to stand on the sidelines and criticize this proposal," Mr. Thune said in remarks first reported by ABC News. "And it's perhaps even politically expedient to stand on the sidelines and criticize this proposal.
Mr. Thune might have been referring to Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor, who opposes the tax compromise. But he may also have been sending a message to Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and a likely candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Mr. Romney had staked out his opposition to the tax deal in an article in USA Today on Tuesday.


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Cohort 1 Students
Filip Babovic
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Laure Sione
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David Blyth
Ashley Brooks
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Urban resilience to water challenges under deep uncertainty
Supervisor(s): Dr Ana Mijic and Dr Kaveh Madani
There is uncertainty regarding future climate change and other key parameters such as land use, which affect flood risk. The interaction of these parameters leads to a condition known as deep uncertainty, which poses challenges on how to best adapt to future urban flood risk. The aim of my research is to combine existing decision making frameworks and modify them to include factors such as flexibility, the value of ecosystem services and solutions to flooding that go beyond civil infrastructure.
Investigating ground movement and its causes in London, UK, using SAR interferometry
Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Ghail and Dr Philippa Mason
This research aims to improve understanding of ground movement and its causes in London. The model of London's geology has been changing rapidly over the past 5 years and it is now thought that the London Basin is underlain by a series of rigid blocks, tens of kilometres in scale, that are moving on a millimetre scale relative to one another. The project aims to monitor and improve understanding of these small-scale movements using Differential Interferometry based on Synthetic Aperture Radar images (DInSAR). The outcomes of this project will be particularly important for urban subsurface designs, for which mm-scale ground movement, if unanticipated, can incur major costs and safety risks.
Modelling the interdependence of civil infrastructure systems and analysing their behaviour under conditions of cascading failure
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This research will develop methods for the mathematical modelling of interdependent urban infrastructure networks, such as transport, energy or communication systems. The aim is to understand how a city's lifeline infrastructure systems behave under stress arising from natural and man-made disasters, for example flooding. A network-of-networks approach is being used to develop quantitative assessment of the risk of cascading failure across system boundaries.
Storm surge modelling, the role of climate change and the impact on flooding
Supervisor(s): Dr Marios Christou and Professor Chris Swan
This research is investigating how varying water depths close to the shore, which are introduced by storm surges, affect the magnitude and frequency of extreme wave events. This involves simulating various scenarios numerically and verifying these using wave flumes in the laboratory. The research will be used to design more effective flood defence solutions for vulnerable coastal areas.
Quantitative assessment of container terminal operational recovery from natural disasters
Supervisor(s): Dr Panagiotis Angeloudis
The research objective is to better understand the dynamic operational response of container terminals to natural disasters and their recovery process. The study is based on a stochastic simulation of impact scenarios based on fault tree analyses and existing fragility and vulnerability curves. These scenarios are input into a dymanic network flow model which assesses the interdependent flows within the terminal. In conjunction with the fault trees and stochastic simulations of recovery scenarios, the analyses assess the evolution of the performance of the terminal with time, up to recovery. The performance is assessed in terms of indices relevant to a variety of stackholders involved in container terminals operations (e.g., public authority, managers, disaster financing institutions).
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Supervisor(s): Dr Hong Wong and Professor Chris Cheeseman
This research is investigating the permeability degradation in pervious concrete by developing fundamental understanding of clogging processes. The aim is to understand the effect of microstructure on clogging and develop a pervious concrete mix that not only has sufficient porosity for storm-water infiltration, but also maintains that porosity throughout its service life. Solving the clogging problem will make a major contribution towards sustainable urbanisation and the protection of critical infrastructure from surface flooding.
Citizen science for assessing the causes, characteristics and costs of water supply intermittency in developing countries
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Water intermittency is a widespread affliction in many low-income countries, where having piped water supply to the home is not synonymous to having access to continuous, reliable or safe water. The Ph.D. will address two fundamental technical causes of water intermittency, lack of electricity - needed for the operation of the pumps in the water distribution network - and water scarcity. The research will use citizen science data to assess the causes, characteristics and costs of water supply intermittency in developing countries. Initially, the dynamics of the intermittent water systems will be visualized using a modelling tool, and a statistical trend analysis will evaluate the extent of the intermittency under electricity and water scarcity. This will be followed by an evaluation of the economic impacts that intermittent water supplies have on household costs. Different strategies using renewable energies will be proposed to address the intermittency by providing more electricity for the operation of the water system, and / or supplementary water resources. Thanks to this groundwork, the research will then be able to explore potential policy interventions to manage the water supply, alleviate the impacts on households and facilitate the use of renewable energies to intervene in the system.
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Supervisor(s): Dr Maarten van Reeuwijk, Professor Chris Cheeseman and Dr Michael Templeton
Superhydrophobic materials have been used for many purposes: from 'water-proof' sprays applied to clothing to the paint on vessels, intended to reduce drag and hence the energy required for transportation. This PhD research aims to modify and assess the use of eco-friendly superhydrophobic materials produced at Imperial College to be used inside water pipes, for reducing friction and the energy of water transport.
Optimisation of structural form based on multiple sustainability factors
Supervisor(s): Dr Andrew Phillips and Dr Christian Malaga
Industrial Partner(s): Robert Bird Group
The aim of this PhD research is to investigate the multifactorial optimisation of long-span roof structures. The research is focused on stadium roofs and involves the modelling of the roof in order to optimise the design, the constructability, and temporary works requirements. The expected output is a tool that the industry can use to develop optimised structural forms in terms of cost and carbon emissions. The goal is in the future to extend the outputs to other long-span roof structures such as airports and to inform good practice guidelines. The research is being carried out in partnership with Robert Bird Group.
Characterisation of Long Term Pollution Effects of Subsurface Energy Extraction Using Combined Analytical Techniques
Supervisor(s): Dr Adrian Butler and Dr Geoff Fowler
Industrial Partner(s): CSIRO
Unconventional energy sources such as shale gas are beginning to play a major role in our energy landscape. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is currently under debate as to its environmental degradation potential. Worldwide reserves of unconventional gas is available in the form of shale and coal seam gas but relatively little environmental research has gone into understanding the long term effects of such activities. This project aims to develop novel techniques for characterising organic pollutants in waste streams. By combining multiple chemical analytical techniques this project aims to enhance our capabilities of understanding the nature and source of pollutants derived from anthropogenic processes.
Novel approaches to provide optimum urban resilience in the presence of multiple threats - development of robust and resilient positioning, navigation and timing solutions
Supervisor(s): Dr Wolfgang Schuster and Professor Washington Ochieng
Industrial Partner(s): Catapult Satellite Applications
This research will investigate key threats in urban environments, focussing on the development of novel approaches to detect and identify relevant threats and propose appropriate mitigation measures to enhance "urban resilience". A key area of interest is the resilience of transport systems.
Techno-Economic Evaluation of SuDS Performance at the Full Scale
Supervisor(s): Dr Ana Mijic and Dr Christian Onof
Industrial Partner(s): Thames Water
Sustainable urban water management solutions for future urban flood resilience often include Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS), but the extent of data at the full-scale on their performance and maintenance in UK is limited. To fill this gap, Thames Water are constructing SuDS measures in 3 streets in London as part of a larger flood alleviation project called Counters Creek. This project will develop modelling and monitoring approaches for SuDS' full scale performance assessment and undertake research to develop a methodology for SuDS evaluation tool to inform Thames Water future SuDS programme.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in humanitarian logistics
Supervisor(s): Dr Panagiotis Angeloudisand Dr Wolfgang Schuster
Post-disaster relief requires fast deployment of goods to people in need. Relief is a time-critical process, decisions must be taken quickly with very little information and all incorrect and inaccurate decisions lag the supply chain process. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to bring cheap and accessible technologies that may accelerate most of the processes involved in humanitarian relief. The aim of this PhD is to investigate the use of UAVs in humanitarian logistics and to create a model for the distribution of goods that can be used in the planning process of humanitarian aid. The model is to be optimised to save as many lives as possible and to reduce the risks volunteers are exposed to during these situations. The model should take into account the limitations of UAVs, such as their vulnerability to weather, their limited payload capacity, and energy consumed. These will form components of a framework that could be used to coordinate the distribution of humanitarian aid resources.
Simulating the impact of blue-green infrastructure on the local microclimate of urban areas
Supervisor(s): Dr Maarten van Reeuwijk
More than half of the global population is now said to be living in urban areas. Understanding of the urban microclimate (temperature, humidity, air quality etc.) is therefore a key tool in ensuring the sustainability of growing cities. Through the use of high resolution large-eddy simulation this research aims to model the dynamics and processes of the urban canopy and boundary layer. Pollution dispersion, green infrastructure and building efficiency can be incorporated into existing models to produce numerical results that further the understanding of their role in urban areas.
Restructuring systems in an urban environment
The resilience of infrastructure systems in cities is becoming a critical challenge in the recent years. This is partly due to the increasing population growth especially in urban areas but also due to unpredictable disruptions such terrorist attacks, accidents, flooding or other system shocks which trigger cascading failures of infrastructure within cities. The aim of this project is to understand resilience qualitatively and quantitatively and engineer recovery of systems under stress. This is to be achieved by utilizing a network of networks input, simulating selected kinds of city infrastructure, applying shocks to the networks using mathematical methods and evaluating the dynamic system response and effectiveness of embedded recovery mechanisms.
Human behaviour and the optimisation of large-scale evacuation procedures in emergencies
Supervisor(s): Dr Arnab Majumdar
The provision of efficient and effective evacuation procedures is of paramount importance to the safety and lives of humans in dangerous situations. The impacts of human behaviour on the successfulness of evacuations have historically been overlooked. The behaviour of people in emergency scenarios was thought to be panic-driven and therefore irrational, or too difficult to understand. Only recently has the importance of understanding human behaviour during evacuations been recognised. The aim of this research is to look at the sociological and psychological understanding of human behaviour during evacuations, and decide how to implement those behavioural theories into computational egress models. Novel behavioural models enabling computational algorithms to be created will need to be developed in order to accomplish this aim.
Meta-modelling of lattice materials for sustainable civil engineering
Supervisor(s): Professor Ahmer Wadee and Dr Andrew Phillips
This research aims to investigate the mechanical behaviour and utilization of auxetic metamaterials within civil engineering infrastructure. These auxetic lattice structures have a negative Poisson's ratio due to their re-entrant geometrical configurations. Through analytical models and numerical methods such as the Finite Element method, the elastic deformation from large displacements and the load carrying capacity will be examined. Three-dimensional models of sandwich panels using cores comprising auxetic lattices will be explored further for various applications such as impact resilience and energy absorption purposes. Moreover, experimental tests will be carried out on 3D printed prototypes to compare with the computational results.
Design and control of intelligent water networks with dynamically configurable network topologies
Supervisor(s): Dr Ivan Stoianov
The growing water demand in urban areas is forcing water utilities to take a more proactive approach towards background leakage management and burst detection. In addition, water utilities are facing more stringent regulatory requirements and performance-related financial penalties and incentives that include interruptions of supply to customers. Therefore, reliable and fast failure diagnosis tools are urgently needed to enable a cost efficient and sustainable operation of urban water systems. Caroline's project aims to develop new methods for the reliable diagnosis of background leakage, bursts and other failures in a new generation of dynamically adaptive water supply networks. The project will consider data-driven and hydraulic model-based approaches. The proposed methods will be motivated and validated by the design and execution of an extensive experimental programme.
Effectiveness of water and sanitation options alongside mass drug administration for eliminating schistosomiasis in Ethiopia
Supervisor(s): Dr Michael Templeton
Industrial Partner(s): Merck
Schistosomiasis is a widely-spread helminthic disease caused by schistosomes, which are parasitic flatworms found in freshwater. This project will examine the ability of water treatment methods to remove schistosomiasis cercariae from water, to inform how water treatment in endemic areas should be designed. This will be complimented by fieldwork in Ethiopia, where the impact of water and sanitation improvements implemented alongside mass drug administration will be examined. Modelling will create a tool for assessing different potential water and sanitation intervention strategy options.
Addressing the infrastructure challenges posed by the Harwich Formation through understanding its geological origins
Supervisor(s): Dr Richard Ghail
Industrial Partner(s): Concept Engineering Consultants
The origin of the highly variable Palaeogene sequences of South East England remains a highly contested area of research. The Harwich Formation is the least understood and most unpredictable of these formations within the geological sequence of the London Basin. Its intermittent preservation, confusing lithologies, and limited previous research have led to a number of engineering challenges, particularly in the context of tunnelling and piling. This project will focus on the origin of the Harwich Formation using a combination of sequence stratigraphy and palaeotectonic geomorphology techniques to identify factors responsible for the varied conditions present during its deposition. The results will be used to interpret the processes controlling its depositional environment and to establish a comprehensive stratigraphical framework for the Harwich Formation.
Reuse and sustainability of existing flood defences
Supervisor(s): Professor Lidija Zdravkovic, Dr Katerina Tsiampousi and Dr Christian Onof
Industrial Partner(s): Geotechnical Consulting Group
With the recent floods occurring in the UK, there has been an increasing demand in assessing the condition of existing flood embankments and to future-proof them in anticipation of more extreme flood events. This research aims to provide guidelines on estimating the resilience of earth embankments, taking into consideration geotechnical aspects of the embankment such as unsaturated soil behaviour and soil-plant-atmosphere interaction. Subsequently, further guidelines on raising flood embankments with regard to geometry, stability and cost will be developed, and appropriate monitoring schemes in identifying key failure mechanisms related to the anticipated climate change effects will be proposed.
The development and optimisation of a pilot-scale sustainable sewage sludge treatment technologies with energy and materials recovery
Supervisor(s): Dr Geoff Fowler
Our perception of sewage sludge is changing. Once considered a problematic waste, this valuable resource is now being recognised and exploited for its valuable energy and nutrient content. Thames Water and its partners have led the way in sludge treatment innovation, and are in the process of constructing a first of its kind process with the aim of maximising value recovery from sewage sludge. With over 2 million dry tonnes of sewage sludge produced annually in the UK, this process also aims to provide significant volume reduction therefore reducing the burden upon alternative disposal routes. This research will help develop an understanding of the relationship between process inputs, operational parameters and outputs (e.g. energy flows), with the aim of optimising the new process for value recovery and reliability. There will also be an in-depth analysis of the final products, to maximise their potential for reuse and hence contribute to the circular economy.
Holistic consideration of energy demand of electric vehicle charging with energy use in buildings
Supervisor(s): Professor John Polak
In recent years a substantial body of work has focused on the technical challenges associated with integrating electric mobility with the energy grid, for the purposes of improved energy efficiency and grid stability. However, the scope for extending this integration to additionally include energy use in domestic and non-domestic buildings has been largely ignored. The objective of this research is to address this research gap by developing new understandings of multi-sectoral energy consumption based on disaggregate models of activity and travel behaviour and to use these models to develop new strategies for efficient cross sectoral energy management
Cold-formed steel structures
Supervisor(s): Professor Leroy Gardner and Professor David Nethercot
This research will explore the behaviour and design of cold-formed steel sections, primarily through numerical modelling, with an emphasis on identifying and maximising the benefit from continuity and interaction between components. The aim is to provide a better understanding of the mechanics and a methodology to be used in design for such systems.
The characteristics, mechanisms, and effects of ongoing inversion of the London Basin
Tom's project sets out to understand the fundamental science behind the effects studied previously in several industrial MSc and PhD projects that first provided the data to identify that inversion is occurring in the London Basin at the present day. These projects focused on geological structures, such as faults, drift filled hollows and other engineering hazards, observed on sites across London.
The aim of this research is to link the numerous 'snapshot' site data to the large-scale geomorphological and remote sensing data, by understanding the fundamental processes by which far-field tectonic stresses acting on basement faults, propagate and drive structures that affect the engineering near-field.
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A systems engineering approach to design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA): from requirements to customer solution
Supervisor(s): Professor Jennifer Whyte
Industrial Partner(s): Laing O'Rourke
I am part of the Transport Risk Management group, specifically focusing on being able to accurately describe – and therefore predict – human behaviour during emergency evacuations. My specific interest is in terrorist attacks. I am examining how to improve the design of infrastructure to cope with the increasing threat posed by attacks on high density civilian groups. This involves both behavioural science to explain route choice, as well as computational modelling of pedestrian dynamics in order to better predict reactions to these threats.
Multi-scale optimisation and control of dynamically adaptive water supply networks
Industrial Partner(s): Suez Environmental
The operation of water supply networks is facing significant operational challenges resulting from growing demand, ageing infrastructure and climate variabilities. As the industry is starting to recognize the limitations of permanent sectorisation, alternative management approaches based on networks that dynamically adapt their connectivity and operational conditions are emerging. Joy's research programme focuses on the development of a systematic approach and robust mathematical methods for the optimization and control of this new generation of dynamically adaptive networks at multiple scales of network decomposition.
Advanced laboratory testing to enable sustainable and cost-effective offshore wind-turbine design
Supervisor(s): Professor Richard Jardine
Industrial Partner(s): DEME
The rapid development of offshore wind generating capacity is central to the UK's and Northern Europe's drive to generate more sustainable and renewable energy. Developing safe and cost-effective foundation solutions is one of the most significant civil engineering challenges posed by the offshore wind industry. Considerable investments have been made in conducting large scale experiments at four field test sites. This PhD research will involve advanced laboratory testing performed on samples from these sites, focusing on investigating the geomaterials' anisotropy and cyclic loading responses. The first research goal is to carry out a comprehensive programme of cyclic experiments to help interpret the PISA field experiments and advance cyclic foundation design. The second goal is to conduct tests on chalk samples to answer key questions about the de-structuration, ageing and cyclic loading behaviour observed in field pile tests.
Polycentric water resources assessment and governance in data scarce regions
Supervisor(s): Dr Wouter Buytaert and Dr Ana Mijic
As an applied science, civil and environmental engineering operate within a context of industry adoption and policy application. The latter is particularly important for water resources because of the nature of water as a public good and service in many countries. This PhD project is concerned with the question of how the science-policy interface in water resources functions and how it can be strengthened and made more efficient. It will focus in particular on how policy scenarios can be captured into quantitative simulation models, and evaluated to generate robust and relevant knowledge to support policy decisions. The project will use the Peruvian Andes as a case study, as it is a global hotspot in terms of the complexity of water resources and related management. The region combines severe water scarcity with multiple stressors including climate change, land-use change, and degradation of water quality, as well as a fast-changing topology of water demand.
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SERANA, Petitioner, vs SANDIGANBAYAN, G.R. No. 162059
Petitioner was appointed by former President Estrada as a student regent of UP Cebu, to serve a one-year term. President Estrada gave P15,000,000.00 to the Office of the Student Regent Foundation, Inc as financial assistance for the proposed renovation. The renovation of Vinzons Hall Annex failed to materialize. The Ombudsman filed estafa case against her before the Sandiganbayan. Petitioner moved to quash the information. She claimed that the Sandiganbayan does not have any jurisdiction over the offense charged or over her person, in her capacity as UP student regent because the Respondent, Sandiganbayan has no jurisdiction over estafa, the petitioner is not a public officer with Salary Grade 27. The offense charged was not committed in relation to her office and the funds in question personally came from President Estrada, not from the government. As to jurisdiction over her person, she contends that as a student regent, she is not a public officer who held the position in an ex officio capacity.
The Sandiganbayan denied her motion for lack of merit.
Whether or not the Sandiganbayan has no jurisdiction over Serana's case.
No, Sandiganbayan has jurisdiction over this case. The SC held that while the first part of Sec. 4(A) covers only officials with Salary grade 27 and higher but who are by express provisions of law placed under the jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan as she is placed there by express provisions of law.
Sec. 4(A)(1)(g) of PD No. 1606 explicitly vested the Sandiganbayan with jurisdiction over Presidents, directors and trustees, or manager of government-owned or controlled corporations, state universities, or educational foundations. Petitioner falls under this category. As the Sandiganbayan pointed out, the Board of Regents performs functions similar to those of a board of trustee of a non-stock corporation. By express mandate of law, petitioner is, indeed, a public officer as contemplated by PD No. 1606. Thus, her position as a board of regent (UP student regent) is among those enumerated and the Sandiganbayan has jurisdiction over her.


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Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, District Commander, Rochefort, France, and Commander, Sqaudron Five, Patrol Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters
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U. S. NAVAL FORCES OPERATING IN EUROPEAN WATERS,
FORCES IN FRANCE, DISTRICT OF ROCHEFORT,
U. S. S. NOKOMIS, Flagship.
Base Twenty,
19 March, 1918.
FROM : District Commander.
TO : Commander, U. S. Naval Forces in France.
SUBJECT: Employment of Submarine Chasers.
1. In view of the announced intention of the Navy Department to send one hundred and forty-four of the 110-foot 70-ton submarine chasers to European Waters, the following observations and suggestions are submitted.
2. First of all is the remarkable sea qualities of these vessels. Based on experience acquired in escorting ten of them across the Atlantic, during which there was frequently rough weather, and their behavior under such conditions, I consider that these vessels can live through any sea-- that they are more seaworthy than most larger vessels. They have a maximum speed of sixteen knots, a radius of 1200 to 1500 miles, and can carry safely a deck load of two tons in addition to stores, ammunition and provisions sufficient for their crews for three weeks. They are very lively, rolling nine to ten complete oscillations per minute, but are not more uncomfortable than destroyers. They are safe from torpedo attack on account of their light draft (seven feet loaded) and would be almost impossible to hit by a gun from a submarine, owing to their small size, quick maneuvering power and speed. It is believed that with no more battery than machine guns, three of them could force a submarine to dive.
3. Such qualities make these vessels formidable if properly handled. Their role is distinctly offensive – to sink submarines – and their weapon the depth charge. At present they are armed with two 6-pounder RF [Rapid-Fire guns] and four 50-pound depth charges. If the proposed plan of their employment should be adopted, one of the 6-pdrs. would be replaced by a machine gun, and each vessel would be fitted to carry ten 300-pound depth charges. Having equipped these vessels with an armament capable of making them formidable to submarines, the next part of the problem would be to find the submarine.
4. To send them alone or in groups to hunt submarines would be of little use. The submarine could see them probably more quickly than they could sight the sub, which could avoid them before they could assemble for the character of offensive action contemplated. The method proposed is, in addition to an escort, for the submarine chasers to accompany a convoy, not as escorts or for any defensive purpose, but solely for offensive action, the convoy under the circumstances constituting the lure which would tempt the submarine to expose itself, at which moment the chasers would get into action. This action has its guiding principle the concerted attack of three to six chasers, steaming at fifteen knots, in line across the probable location of the submarine after diving, distance between boats 100 feet, each boat dropping 300-pound depth charges at intervals of ten seconds, so covering a space of two hundred by eight hundred yards, within which, according to estimated effectiveness of the 300-pound depth charges, a submarine would inevitably be destroyed.
5. The difficulties to be encountered are due first to the low speed of the chasers. This is only sixteen knots maximum, and under conditions of construction can hardly be improved. However, it may be sufficient. Next is the tendency of the chasers to break down. With inexperienced crews this is a grave defect, but after three months' experience, based on practice, this probability would be about one in ten, in a thousand mile run. For this reason as part of the unit should be a vessel capable of towing one or perhaps three of the chasers. This a patrol yacht can do.
The third difficulty is the maintenance of the chasers. For this there should be a tender, several of which it is understood are now under construction in the United States, and of which there should be one at least for every twenty-four chasers, with machine shop equipment capable of attending to chaser engine repairs, and with supplies for the crews. The tender would remain at the Chaser Operations Base.
A tank ship or barge carrying gasoline would have to be provided, as for a thousand-mile run twelve chasers would consume about 24,000 gallons of gasoline.
6. The plan of Operations would be as follows. On departure of a sea convoy, it would be accompanied by an escort of yachts for defensive purposes, each yacht being accompanied by three chasers solely for offensive purposes. It is not considered advisable that chasers should take any part whatever in the escort work – their mission will be to sink submarines, and all their efforts should be concentrated on that mission. The exact formation to be adopted while in convoy may easily be a subject of prolonged discussion – it is perhaps not a matter of first importance. The important thing is that the chasers shall have quick and accurate information of the sighting of a submarine. This will probably come from one of the escort, and might perhaps best be indicated by the firing of a gun, and noting the splash. At the same time a more definite idea may be given by signaling the location, referred to a squared chart with the convoy formation as Point of Departure. Such a squared chart should be feasible with a convoy of a large number of vessels, which can change its formation or course only after a considerable time. A suggested formation accompanies (Sketch #1).1
7. On a submarine being sighted by a vessel of the escort or convoy, it will fire a shot, and as quickly as possible make the number by signal flags of the square where submarine was seen. All chasers making out the signal or locating the submarine proceed at full speed toward it, forming into line as they approach the spot, one hundred feet apart, and follow direction of submarine as nearly as possible, letting go all their depth charges at ten-second intervals when they think themselves over it. When depth charges are expended chasers may become part of the escort, and such chasers will then be of use in the rescue of crews if such work should be necessary. Each chaser can carry ondeck comfortable and safely one hundred men.
8. In these tactics many minor points will be noted in practice. Although the chasers may adopt almost any suitable formation during the day, yet at night or in thick weather precautions must be taken so that they will not be fired on by their own vessels, as when seen indistinctly they very much resemble submarines themselves. This would require that in such weather conditions chasers will remain in groups of three. Sighting one of them, with such a rule, would not be probable without sighting at least one other, and it will not be likely that any such group of vessels would be mistaken for an enemy. In case of a chaser breaking down it would be taken in tow by its section leader (yacht) and preferably take station astern of convoy. In case of a chaser breaking down at night or by error getting out of position it would turn on its running lights. In order to make them less conspicuous the masts of chasers should be cut down to top of pilot house.
With present lack of destroyers such employment of submarine chasers would have peculiar value.
/s/ N. A. MC CULLY.
Source Note: TDS, DNA, RG 45, Entry 520, box 387.
Footnote 1: The appended sketch is no longer with this document.
Anti-Submarine Warfare