Preliminary Research. Includes various historic documents as: as-built plans, for the existing bridge and approach roadway, right of way, geology, maintenance etc. COUNTY will assist in this effort to the limit of COUNTY records.
Preliminary Research. DHA will obtain pertinent existing information from local, state, and federal agencies related to this project. The County will deliver any additional project information available to DHA at the kick-off meeting.
Preliminary Research. The second step in developing a project agree- ment involves a preliminary review of historical materials related to the site. Extensive informa- tion may be found in park files and in a variety of cultural and natural resources databases, such as the Cultural Landscapes Inventory, the List of Classified Structures, the Cultural Sites Inventory, natural resource inventories, and geographical information system databases. When reviewing historic materials, it is neces- sary to determine whether additional research is required to fully address the management objectives for the project. This step is critical for providing fundamental background informa- tion and clarifying what is known about the landscape and what additional information is needed. It is important to recognize that this research is quantitative but not extensive; research is conducted to identify and evaluate the adequacy of primary and secondary sources and collections, and to gather preliminary site information, ensuring the project agreement’s accuracy and completeness. Site Visit The final step in preparing a project agreement is a site visit. The site visit provides a prelimi- nary assessment of the landscape characteristics P R O J E C T A G R E E M E N T 3 Project Agreement for CLR Understand existing conditions in relation to management issues Determine level of investigation for the existing conditions investigation Identify the information that already exists Identify the information that needs to be added Determine level of investigation for the historical research List of specific issues and questions to be addressed by CLR Site Visit Preliminary assessment of landscape character- istics and associated features and conditions Preliminary Research Review of park files and archives Project Initiation Meeting between park and technical staff Outcome Process for Preparing a Project Agreement Activity Product and associated features, as well as the physical condition of the landscape. The site visit may take the form of a windshield survey or walk-through. It is preferable to be accompanied by someone who is knowledgeable about the site and the salient issues to be addressed in the CLR. The purpose of the visit is to understand management issues and existing conditions so that the project agreement can accurately reflect the required level of effort. Summary Although a project agreement directs and organizes the scope and content of a CLR, the agreement is not a static document. Becaus...
Preliminary Research. Includes various historic documents such as: as-built plans for the existing bridge and approach roadway, right-of-way, utilities, geology, maintenance, etc. The City will assist in this effort to the limit of City records. Field Investigation – Includes data gathering on the part of City and Quincy leading to the completion of the various reports and forms required for the funding, permitting, right-of-way acquisition and construction of the project. Task 1.2 – Coordination Point of Contact – Quincy’s Project Manager will be the single point of contact for maintaining liaison and coordination throughout the project with the City’s Project Manager and other team leaders. Project Data – City will provide available project data to Quincy.
Preliminary Research. As mentioned previously, this work builds upon the groundwork laid in [10], which describes a methodology to represent a system described in LSAT using automata. The definition of the system elements, namely, for resources, actions, activities, and sequences, used in this work is taken from [10]. Activity instantiation is an important concept with regards to this work. By definition, an instance of an activity in a sequence is the occurrence number of the activity in the given sequence. The instance number is usually denoted using superscript. To illustrate, consider the sequence ω in which activities ActA, ActB, ActA are executed sequentially. Then, ω = Act1 ; Act1 ; Act2 . Here, the first and second instances of ActA A A are denoted by Act1 and Act2 respectively. Since there is only one instance of ActB, it B is denoted by Act1 . [10] also explains how multiple instances of the same activity can be executed simultaneously. Subsequently, the steps to represent the behaviour of the system using activity, claiming and availability automata are also detailed (It is to be noted that the automata defining the peripheral behaviour have not been considered as part of the system behaviour as part of this research. Only the impact of introducing dependencies between actions of different activities are focused on). The activity automaton for an activity instance contains as edges the constituent actions of the activity while incorporating the dependencies between the actions as defined in the activity definition. The claiming automaton for a given resource defines the order in which a particular resource is claimed by different activities for a given activity sequence. Finally, the availability automata for a resource ensures that a resource can be claimed only when it is available or has been released by another resource. The activity, claiming and availability automata together describe the behavior of the system for a given sequence to which user-defined requirements are added for synthesis. 2 Implementation In this section, a few methods are discussed to find activity sequences that can fulfil a set of given requirements. The LSAT specification elements are defined as per [10]. Furthermore, the following points are assumptions and definitions relevant to the implementation of the defined methods. L • The maximum length of the possible activity sequences ( ) is defined by the user. The length of a sequence (l) is defined as the number of activity instances in...
Preliminary Research. Prior to the study, some preliminary data were collected to inform the study design, understand the cultural context for the study and to identify ways to gain entrée into the study community. Preliminary data collection included a focus group discussion with key informants (e.g. educators, midwives, health workers, government officials, psychologists, and social workers) to inform participant recruitment, recommend culturally appropriate recruitment and entrée, and refine the scope of the topics covered in the in-depth interviews. We conducted four focus group discussions to develop the questions for the in-depth interview guide for the study with adolescent mothers. We conducted two of the four focus groups with adolescent girls ages 15 to 19 to discuss cultural norms surrounding dating, sexual health education, and teen pregnancy from the adolescent perspective to inform the wording of questions to account for linguistic variations across Kaqchikel communities and more commonly used terminology among adolescents; these focus grouped also helped refine the topics included in the in-depth interview guide. The other two focus groups were conducted with mothers of adolescent-age children to cover cultural norms of dating, sexual health education, and teen pregnancy from a mother´s perspective to provide context for the study and to develop questions for the interview guide. These preliminary data are not included in the data analysis for the study. Study Location This study took place in Sololá, Guatemala across ten municipalities where Kaqchikel is the dominant ethnic group, as demonstrated in Figure 1. The study was conducted in 2014 in collaboration with the Universidad del Xxxxx de Guatemala (UVG), Campus Altiplano, who contributed to the study design, hosted and supervised the research team, and facilitated connections to municipal government and community gatekeepers. Sololá is a department in the Western Highland of Guatemala that is home to approximately 450,000 residents, with 3 out of 5 residents living in rural communities. The population of Sololá are young with an average age of 18 years that experiences one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the country. The average age of first childbirth being 20.3 years old [15]. The population is 94% indigenous comprising three indigenous ethnic groups: Kaqchikel (37%), Quiche (43%), and Tzutujil (16%) [15]. These three ethnic groups are geographically divided within the 19 municipalities in Solo...
Preliminary Research. CONSULTANT will obtain pertinent existing information from local, state, and federal agencies related to this project. The COUNTY will deliver any additional project information available to CONSULTANT at the kick-off meeting.
Preliminary Research. The project regarding the collection of data concerning the cost of hip replacement implants carried out in the Xxxxxx-Romagna region took root from the research project whose aim was the “Analysis of cost-effectiveness in hip arthroprostheses operations”, launched in 2004, and also had the involvement of GRTS. As well, the Orthopaedic Prosthetic Implantology Register (RIPO) is situated at and managed by the Xxxxxx-Romagna Regional Authority and contains hip replacement implant data from 2001 to the present. The data held within the RIPO are collected from a form sent after each implant is performed by orthopaedic operating units of various health authorities. The collected data are then inserted into a database whose track record is defined and unmodified. This type of register permits the identification of the type of fixing of each implant, the product code that every producer assigns each single prosthetic component, the clinical information linked to the patient who has undergone the operation, whether it deals with primary implants or revisions. With this in mind, and using previously available flows of data, the next step was to define the set information needed in order to reach project objectives. The project is made up of several phases that are needed to collect, consolidate and integrate various types of data. The first phase involved analysing the dynamics when prosthetic elements are purchased by healthcare and hospital authorities in Xxxxxx-Romagna. Research was undertaken on a sample site, being a local health unit authority (AUSL) of the region in order to verify which purchasing and management methods were mainly used and how the cost data could be identified in a structured flow. The first obvious result was to single out as separate object the different hip replacement implants components dealt in the buying phase. Therefore, a search was made for the cost data concerning acetabular cups, acetabular inserts, femoral heads, stems and modular necks. Subsequently, other AUSLs were given a brief questionnaire so as to verify that the results obtained from the AUSL sample extended to the regional level. The following information was requested: • the most frequent types of negotiation when buying orthopaedic prostheses; • existence of eventual code systems at the health authority level, particularly relating to orthopaedic prostheses; • flow management flow of the concerned purchases and people in order to identify the representatives. the an...
Preliminary Research. XXXX and KHA will collect existing data, reports, and traffic studies relating to KHA’s previous work in preparing the SR 227 Operations Study prepared for, and approved by SLOCOG. XXXX and KHA will obtain pertinent existing information from local, state, and federal agencies related to this project. It is assumed the County will deliver additional project information available to the consultant at the kick-off meeting. Data Collection KHA will collect week-day peak-period intersection traffic counts for AM, afternoon school, and PM peak hours (six hours total at each intersection), at the following locations: • Aero Drive • Airport Drive • Farmhouse Lane • Fire Station Driveway (first driveway south of Farmhouse Lane) • Xxxxxxx Road KHA will collect 24-hour roadway segment volume counts at two locations. KHA will request signal timing data from the City of San Xxxx Obispo for the existing signal at Aero Drive. We assume the traffic data collected in June 2019 is valid and new traffic counts are not needed for the purpose of this study.
