According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1982, Deming offers a theory of management based on his famous 14 Points for Management. Management's failure to plan for the future, he claims, brings about loss of market, which brings about loss of jobs. Management must be judged not only by the quarterly dividend, but by innovative plans to stay in business, protect investment, ensure future dividends, and provide more jobs through improved product and service. In simple, direct language, he explains the principles of management transformation and how to apply them.

Out of the Crisis

▪ Abstract Deer have expanded their range and increased dramatically in abundance worldwide in recent decades. They inflict major economic losses in forestry, agriculture, and transportation and contribute to the transmission of several animal and human diseases. Their impact on natural ecosystems is also dramatic but less quantified. By foraging selectively, deer affect the growth and survival of many herb, shrub, and tree species, modifying patterns of relative abundance and vegetation dynamics. Cascading effects on other species extend to insects, birds, and other mammals. In forests, sustained overbrowsing reduces plant cover and diversity, alters nutrient and carbon cycling, and redirects succession to shift future overstory composition. Many of these simplified alternative states appear to be stable and difficult to reverse. Given the influence of deer on other organisms and natural processes, ecologists should actively participate in efforts to understand, monitor, and reduce the impact of deer on ...

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Ecological Impacts of Deer Overabundance

Generalized Linear Models (2nd ed.)

Linear models

The main purpose of this paper is to draw attention to some facts and ideas that perhaps can help to identify problems or fields for development and research within the evaluation of training. Topics for group discussion are preceded by material on some basic concepts of evaluation and educational measurement. The ratio scale, the interval scale, the ordinal scale, and the nominal scale are given as examples of kinds of scales used in educational measurement; the problem of norms is discussed; potential purposes of evaluation or educational measurement are outlined; and some characteristics of a good measuring instrument are explained. The author also defends the inclusion of evaluation as an Integral part of a model for planning and carrying out educational programs. (BW) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and this affects the quality * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original. *********************************************************************** U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION &WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EVALUATION OF TRAINING

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Evaluation of Training.

Stand structure as the basis of diversity index

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Ingrowth, survival and height growth of small trees in uneven-aged Picea abies stands in southern Finland

The study deals with the structure of advanced virgin forests in Finland based on the national forest inventory carried out in the 1920's. At that time, virgin forests covered 2/3 of the forested area of Finland. Stand structure was described in terms of the d.b.h. distribution. The study material consisting of 10 x 50 m sample plots was grouped according to geographical region, site type and the age class of the overstorey. A stand was classified to be advanced if the age of the overstorey was at least half of the currently applied rotation age and if the stem volume exceeded 40 m3/nectare. About 60% of all virgin forests (i.e. 932 sample plots) were classified to be advanced. In the 1920's. the majority of advanced virgin forests were mixed stands with an all‐sized structure. Trees of small diameter prevailed and the stem number diminished rather steadily with increasing d.b.h. Even‐sized stands with a d.b.h. range of 15 or 20 cm and a normally distributed diameter frequency accounted for only 10 sample...

The Structure of Advanced Virgin Forests in Finland

The study included 23 stands (at least 2 ha each in size) distributed from southern to northern Finland. These Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) dominated stands grew on fertile (OxalisMyrtillus and Myrtillus site types) mineral soils. Each stand contained two substands randomly treated with single-tree selection or low thinning. The harvested volumes (trees > 9 cm) varied greatly but averaged 94 m3·ha1 in the former consisting of mainly medium-sized and larger (>15 cm) trees and 68 m3·ha1 in the latter of mainly medium-sized and smaller ( 9 cm) increased 38% in single-tree selection and 27% in low thinning. The respective current annual volume an...

Development of Norway spruce dominated stands after single-tree selection and low thinning

The study compares the applicability of different remote sensing data and digital change detection methods in detecting clear-cut areas in boreal forest. The methods selected for comparisons are simple and straightforward and thus applicable in practical forestry. The data tested were from Landsat satellite imagery and high-altitude panchromatic aerial orthophotographs. The change detection was based on image differencing. Three different approaches were tested: (1) pixel-by-pixel differencing and segmentation; (2) pixel block-level differencing and thresholding; and (3) presegmentation and unsupervised classification. The study shows that the methods and data sources used are accurate enough for operational detection of clear-cut areas. The study suggests that predelineated segments or pixel blocks should be used for image differencing to decrease the number of misinterpreted small areas. For the same reason the use of a digital forest mask is crucial in operational applications.

Timo Saksa

Papers

Stand structure as the basis of diversity index

Ingrowth, survival and height growth of small trees in uneven-aged Picea abies stands in southern Finland

The Structure of Advanced Virgin Forests in Finland

Development of Norway spruce dominated stands after single-tree selection and low thinning

Clear-cut detection in boreal forest aided by remote sensing