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Zeitlin ; R. Zimdar ; M. P. Zorzano Mier
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Published 2013
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    Publication Date:
    2013-07-23
    Publisher:
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    Print ISSN:
    0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN:
    1095-9203
    Topics:
    Biology
    Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Computer Science
    Medicine
    Natural Sciences in General
    Physics
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    Latest Papers from Table of Contents or Articles in Press
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    Publication Date:
    2021-12-22
    Description:
    Currently, there is a dearth of research, examining how project managers' leadership styles influence the performance of construction company workers in Cape Town. Other research has discussed this subject on a national or international level. Still, comprehensive data on Cape Town construction firms is lacking. This has prevented local enterprises from understanding the role of their project managers’ leadership styles on employee performance outcomes. This article sought to ascertain how leadership styles influence employee performance in construction firms and to develop a conceptual framework for improving leadership and performance. Through quantitative techniques, 456 questionnaires were distributed at construction sites across Cape Town. Responses were then analysed using an ANOVA test (with the descriptive and regressive methods) and a post-hoc test (using the Bonferroni Method) and correlation analysis. The results reveal a statistically significant positive relationship between project managers’ leadership styles and the performance of subordinate employees. These findings have subsequently been used to develop a conceptual framework of leadership quality development tools, including training, empowerment, coaching, participation, and delegation. The research contributes to new knowledge that will promote local project managers’ leadership development, improve employee performance, and in doing so, increase successful project outcomes across the city.
    Keywords:
    Wirtschaft ; Economics ; project management; leadership style; transformative leadership; transactional leadership; autocratic leadership; democratic leadership; employee performance; construction industry ; Management ; Management Science
    Type:
    Zeitschriftenartikel, journal article
    SSOAR
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    Rogers, C.D. ; Robertson, K.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0301-4207
    Keywords:
    Long term contracts ; Market stability ; The iron ore trade
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
    Economics
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
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    SURAK, J. G. ; ROBERTSON, K. A.

    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Published 1978
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    ISSN:
    1745-4565
    Source:
    Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics:
    Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes:
    The effect of aspartame (1-aspartyl-1-phenylalanine, methyl ester) was studied using the protozoan, Tetrahymena pyriformis. Aspartame at levels up to 2500 ppm in a protease peptone —- yeast extract medium neither changed the growth rate nor rate of synthesis of DNA, RNA, protein, lipids or glycogen. Cells exposed to as much as 2500 ppm aspartame had a normal morphology. The dipeptide was adsorbed at a level of 0.0353 mg/105 cells when (14C) aspartame was added at 2000 ppm to early log cultures and allowed to incubate for 45 min.
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    Electronic Resource
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    ROBERTSON*, K. P. ; WAINWRIGHT, S. J.

    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Published 1987
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    ISSN:
    1365-3040
    Source:
    Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics:
    Biology
    Notes:
    Abstract The response of photosynthesis, Fe, to salinity was examined in two clones of Agrostis stolonifera, one derived from a salt marsh (SM) and the other from an inland site (IL). The response of young and old leaves was examined over one week of salt treatment and changes in leaf water relations and concentrations of Na+, Cl− and K+ ions were also monitored. Sodium+ and chloride− concentrations rose much more sharply in the older leaves of both clones and Fe declined to ca. zero by Day 4. Fe in the young leaves of the SM clone was unaffected by salt whilst the young leaves of the IL clone showed a 20% reduction in Fe within 24 h of salt application. This decline was due to a decline in stomatal conductance and a reduction in the photosynthetic capacity of the mesophyll and was associated with a greater accumulation of Na+ and Cl− ions and loss of K+ ions than in the SM clone. The significance of the salt exclusion from the young leaves of the SM clone to its growth on the salt marsh is discussed.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Chivers, S. J. ; Leduc, R. G. ; Robertson, K. M. ; Barros, N. B. ; Dizon, A. E.

    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Published 2005
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    ISSN:
    1748-7692
    Source:
    Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics:
    Biology
    Notes:
    Concordance between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers and morphologically based species identifications was examined for the two currently recognized Kogia species. We sequenced 406 base pairs of the control region and 398 base pairs of the cytochrome b gene from 108 Kogia breviceps and 47 K. sima samples. As expecred, the two sister species were reciprocally monophyletic to each other in phylogenetic reconstructions, but within K. sima, we unexpectedly observed another reciprocally monophyletic relationship. The two K. sima clades resolved were phylogeographically concordant with all of the haplotypes in one clade observed solely among specimens sampled from the Atlantic Ocean and with those in the other clade observed solely among specimens sampled from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. These apparently allopatric clades were observed in all phylogenetic reconstructions using the maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and neighborjoining algorithms, with the mtDNA gene sequences analyzed separately and combined. The nucleotide diversity for the combined gene sequence haplotypes of the two K. sima clades resolved in our analyses was 0.58% and 1.03% for the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific, respectively, whereas for the two recognized sister species, nucleotide diversity was 1.65% and 4.02% for K. breviceps and K. sima, respectively. The combined gene sequence haplotypes have accumulated 44 fixed base pair differences between the two K. sima clades compared to 20 fixed base pair differences between the two recognized sister species. Although our results are consistent with species-level differences between the two K. sima clades, recognition of a third Kogia species awaits supporting evidence that these two apparently allopatric clades represent reproductively isolated groups of animals.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Robertson, K.

    Canberra : Periodicals Archive Online (PAO)
    Published 1972
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    ISSN:
    0156-7446
    Topics:
    Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Economics
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
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    DELBRIDGE, L. ; ELLIS, C.S. ; ROBERTSON, K. ; LEQUESNE, L.P.

    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Published 1985
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    ISSN:
    1365-2133
    Source:
    Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Non-enzymatic glycosylation of keratin from the stratum corneum of the sole of the foot was measured by the thiobarbituric acid technique in thirty diabetic and thirty control subjects. A significant increase in the level of glycosylation was demonstrated in the diabetic subjects (P 〈 0.001). HbA1 levels were measured in a further eighteen subjects at the same time as keratin was removed, and in this group a significant association between non-enzymatic glycosylation of that protein and diabetic control was demonstrated (P 〈 0.01). In vitro incubation of keratin in the presence of free glucose produced increased non-enzymatic glycosylation (P 〈 0.01) and this effect was blocked by incubation in the presence of increasing concentrations of aspirin (P 〈 0.01). Measurement of non-enzymatic glycosylation of keratin in a further group of twenty diabetics with neuropathic ulceration showed a significant increase in levels when compared with a group of diabetics without ulcers (P 〈 0.05). As keratin is the principle structural protein of the stratum corneum of the sole of the foot, it is possible that changes in this protein associated with non-enzymatic glycosylation may contribute to abnormalities seen in the skin of the feet of diabetics.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Meltzer, D. ; Robertson, K.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0376-6357
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Psychology
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
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    Meltzer, D. ; Robertson, K.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0376-6357
    Keywords:
    Ambiguous stimulus ; Delayed matching ; Matching ; Pigeon
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Psychology
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
  12. 12
    Dedhar, S. ; Gray, V. ; Robertson, K. ; Saulnier, R.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0014-4827
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Biology
    Medicine
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
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    Couroucli-Robertson, K.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0197-4556
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
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    Kraemer, W. ; Noble, B. ; Robertson, K. ; Lewis, R.V.

    Amsterdam : Elsevier
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    ISSN:
    0196-9781
    Keywords:
    Exercise ; Immunoreactivity ; Peptide F
    Source:
    Elsevier Journal Backfiles on ScienceDirect 1907 - 2002
    Topics:
    Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Type of Medium:
    Electronic Resource
    URL:
    Articles: DFG German National Licenses
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    Brown, J. M. ; Robertson, K. E. ; Wedden, S. E. ; Tickle, C.
    Springer
    Published 1997
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    ISSN:
    1432-0568
    Keywords:
    Key words Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions ; Chick embryo ; Homeobox-containing gene ; Facial morphogenesis ; Facial defect
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Abstract  Spatially-restricted expression domains of Msx 1 and Msx 2 in the developing chick face suggest that they may play a role in epithelial-mesenchymal interactions governing outgrowth of facial primordia. Retinoid application to developing chick faces reproducibly inhibits upper beak outgrowth but the lower beak is unaffected. In the normal face, high levels of Msx gene transcripts in upper and lower beak primordia correlate with regions of outgrowth. Following retinoid treatment, Msx 1 and Msx 2 transcripts are rapidly down-regulated in upper beak primordia where outgrowth is inhibited, but remain largely unchanged in lower beak primordia, where outgrowth is unaffected. Decreases in gene expression precede retinoid-induced morphological changes in the upper beak, suggesting that Msx gene products are involved in mediating the effect of retinoids on facial development.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Kirk, R. E. ; Robertson, K. ; Whitmarsh, R. B. ; Miles, P. R.
    Springer
    Published 1991
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    ISSN:
    1573-0581
    Keywords:
    seismic source ; sea bed ; explosive ; bottom shot
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Geosciences
    Physics
    Notes:
    Abstract A technique has been devised for firing arrays of bottom shots on the ocean bed in depths upto 4000 m or more. Ten kilogram explosive charges are dropped from the surface while the shooting ship is navigated acoustically. They are detonated at preset times by an electronic timer which initiates an electrical detonator, detonating cord and cast PETN/TNT explosive. Ranges to ocean bottom seismographs, and the shot instants, can be calculated from the arrival-time differences of the direct and surface-reflected water waves. The accuracy, which is dependent on water-depth and range, was better than 22 m in range and 14 msec in shot instant for our experiments.
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    Electronic Resource
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    Robertson, K. G.
    Springer
    Published 1990
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    ISSN:
    1573-0581
    Keywords:
    Deep sea navigation ; position fixing ; scientific surveying
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Geosciences
    Physics
    Notes:
    Abstract Accurate navigation forms an essential part of all research at sea and the deep ocean imposes it's own unique problems. This chapter discusses several of the techniques in current use on the research vessels of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), concentrating on those systems which provide global navigation facilities, as opposed to the more localised, coastal aids. Whilst most of the systems rely on surface propagation of radio waves, the use of acoustics and sea-bed mapping instruments constitute accurate alternatives for some sub-sea applications.
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    Electronic Resource
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    ISSN:
    1432-1793
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Biology
    Notes:
    Abstract Microheterotrophic dissolved free amino acid (DFAA) utilization, and microbial community and bacterial community carbon production and growth were studied using 3H-labeled organics as tracers in marine surface-film and subsurface (10 cm) waters off Baja California in November 1983. DFAA utilization was generally more rapid during the day (0.14 to 0.38 nM h-1) than at night (0.04 to 0.14 nM h-1) in surface-film and subsurface waters, but the percent of utilized amino acid which was respired was always greater during the night (22 to 57%) compared to the day (14 to 18%). Utilization of DFAA-carbon was estimated to range from 0.3 to 5.3 μg C l-1 d-1 for all stations studied. In six of the 8 samples examined, the percentage of microbial carbon accounted for by the bacterial component of the population (1.4 to 5.9%) was strikingly similar to the percentage of microbial carbon production accounted for by bacterial carbon production (1.9 to 5.1%). In all of these six samples, total microbial specific-growth rates and bacterial specific-growth rates were approximately equivalent (0.9 to 2.2 d-1 for the microbial community; 0.7 to 1.9 d-1 for bacteria). The two exceptions were samples apparently influenced by transient flagellate populations migrating into the surface or subsurface waters at night. These observations support the conclusion that surface films contain unique and highly active microbial populations.
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    Electronic Resource
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    ISSN:
    1573-2665
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Medicine
    Notes:
    Summary Liver biopsy samples were obtained from eight Crigler-Najjar patients. Bilirubin UDPGT activity, assayed by a microassay with HPLC analysis, was not detectable in type I livers, and low levels (9–26% of controls) of monoglucuronide conjugates only were observed in type II livers. 1-Naphthol UDPGT activity was normal in most patients, where membrane integrity was maintained by correct sample procurement and preparation. Our data on type II livers suggest that a defect in UDPGA transport is an unlikely cause of the hyperbilirubinaemia, but reduced affinity for UDPGA was observed in one sample. Analysis of four patient liver samples by immunoblot analysis revealed the heterogeneous nature of this inherited disease within the patient population, and one sample where 1-naphthol UDPGT activity was considerably reduced appeared to correlate with the non-detection of a phenol UDPGT protein. Progress towards a molecular genetic diagnosis of Crigler-Najjar syndromes is discussed.
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    Chou, S. C. ; Robertson, K. D. ; Rainey, J. H.
    Springer
    Published 1973
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    ISSN:
    1741-2765
    Source:
    Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics:
    Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Notes:
    Abstract Polymethylmethacrylate, cellulose acetate butyrate, polypropylene and nylon 6–6 have been characterized in compression at various strain rates from 10−4 s−1 to 103 s−1 at room temperature. A medium strain-rate machine and a split-Hopkinson-bar apparatus are used in conducting the experiments. The temperature rise developed during deformation is also measured by using a thermocouple. All four materials tested definitely show a viscous effect at the beginning of the deformation and a plastic flow follows thereafter. Test results also indicate that the temperature rise developed during deformation cannot be neglected in determining the dynamic response of those materials investigated in this study.
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    Electronic Resource
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