Degradation. Degradation shall be applied to the Unit 6 *** Tests, in accordance with Owner Equipment guarantees. An *** test in accordance with *** requirements, shall be performed on the steam turbine by the Test Contractor as soon as practical after startup, and prior to the ***. Degradation attributed to the *** shall be based on enthalpy drop test results in accordance with Steam Turbine Generator guarantees. Corrections to test results due to *** that are attributable to Contractor’s actions shall not be applied. This includes both equipment scope and schedule effects.
Degradation. In conducting the initial performance test or re-tests, the performance of the Unit shall not be adjusted for degradation until such Unit has operated in excess of two hundred (200) hours. The Seller’s degradation curve shall be used to determine the adjustment for Unit output and Unit heat rate.
Degradation. Unless otherwise stated, the location and equipment placed at the disposal of the Exhibitor by the Organizer shall be deemed in good condition. The rented site and/or equipment provided as part of the layout of the space must be returned to the Organizer in a good state of use. All damage caused to the building or land occupied and detected during the delivery of the space will be invoiced to the Exhibitor.
Degradation. Rivers integrate the adverse effects of various activities on land and are, therefore, often simultaneously affected by multiple stressors arising from agriculture, deforestation, urbanization, storm water treatment, flow regulation and water abstraction (Xxxxxx et al. 2010). Globally, lake ecosystems are mainly being affected by eutrophication (intensive agricultural land use) and physical habitat modification of their shoreline, while estuaries and wetlands constitute the ultimate sink for nutrients and other sources of pollution and contaminants originating from entire river basins. Furthermore, many estuarine and coastal waters are being physically modified, for instance, for flood protection purposes and navigation. The conceptual models (DPSIRR-chains) of the different water categories are hard to compare. Striking is the difference in the level of detail between rivers and lakes (high) on the one hand and the marine ecosystems (low) on the other. This difference probably has to do with the scale of degradation in rivers and lakes, where it is easier to find/deduct pathways of ecosystem response.
Degradation. Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response chains Growth of the human population inevitably results in greater use of natural resources and emission of pollutants, which in turn puts more pressure on the environment. Furthermore, the magnitude and spatial reach of human alterations of the land surface are continuously increasing (Xxxxxx et al. 1990, Xxxxxx et al. 1999). However, the control of drivers (e.g. population growth) is commonly not the focus of specific water management programmes due to socioeconomic interests at the national and catchment scales. More attention is given to primary and secondary pressures, as illustrated by some marine, lake and river examples. Rivers Xxxxxx are strongly influenced by their surroundings at multiple scales (Xxxxx et al. 1997, Xxxxxx et al. 2002, Xxxxxxxxx 1991, Xxxxxxxx et al. 2003). River ecologists have long recognized that rivers and streams are influenced by the catchment(s) through which they flow (Xxxxx 1975, Xxxxxxx et al. 1980). Human activities at the catchment scale are a principal threat to the ecological integrity of river ecosystems, impacting habitat, water quality, and the biota via numerous and complex pathways (Xxxxx et al. 1997, Xxxxxxx et al. 2003, Xxxxxxxx et al. 2003). In addition to its direct influences, land use interacts with other anthropogenic drivers that affect the integrity of river and stream ecosystems, including climate change (Xxxxx et al. 1999), invasive species (Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx 2001), and xxxx (Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx 2000). Furthermore, there is a widespread recognition of the extent and significance of changes in land use and land cover worldwide (Xxxxx & Xxxxxx 1994) on the river state (Table 1). Rivers are also affected by airborne pollutants affecting whole regions, exemplified by the deleterious effects of acidifying compounds (N and S) emitted in the burning of fossil fuels on biodiversity. In particular, waters running through poorly buffered catchments are most strongly affected; the most serious effects have been found in coniferous regions with lime-deficient soils. Moreover, since catchments with poorly buffered soils are not productive for agriculture, acidification is often the most important (single) affecting the integrity of streams.
Degradation. So, let me outline a different suggestion which focuses on what seems more distinctive about Dangerous Party, namely that what would prohibit her from going is a predicable egregious assault on Betty herself. Many wrongs and threats are not only wrong and (potentially) harmful but also degrad- ing to the victim. According to one view, a degrading wrong is one that expresses or manifests a wrongful attitude towards the victim. It does so, moreover, when the wrong is “motivated or otherwise explained by [the] wrongful attitude” (Bazargan-Forward 2018, p. 149). More pre- cisely, as Helen Frowe and Jonathan Parry put it, a wrong is degrading when it is motivated or explained by an attitude to the effect that the victim is morally inferior or “lacks equal moral status (e.g., full rights over her body or equal citizenship)” (2019, p. 108).44 Examples include rape, slavery, and relentless bullying, which all (at least typically) tend to express that the vic- tim lacks equal moral status or is morally inferior. By contrast, breaking a promise to a friend or stealing from a stranger need not express that the victim lacks equal moral status.45 Some also believe that a threat’s degrading nature provides reasons for harming the aggressor which are not tied to its usefulness in averting the physical threat. For instance, many believe that it can be permissible to seriously harm a rapist even if one knows that doing so will not avert the physical assault. On one view, this is because, when faced with degrading threats, there is a reason to resist which is grounded in the value of standing up for one’s “hon- our” or dignity. More precisely, in forcibly resisting a degrading wrong, one is expressing or “asserting oneself as a person worthy of better treatment” (Frowe 2014, p. 113). Just as an act can be degrading in virtue of expressing the attitude that the victim has inferior status or value, 44 In a similar spirit, Lazar argues that disrespectful wrongs are those which “communicate […] one’s indifference to [the victim’s] status as a right-bearer” (2009, p. 297) or, in the worst cases, “rejects [the victim’s] moral status” (2009, p. 301). 45 They might occasionally be degrading. For instance, if one is motivated to steal from a person because they are black and the wrongdoer believes they lack property rights in virtue of that. an act of forceful resistance can be valuable in virtue of expressing the opposite attitude – “a reassertion of oneself and one’s value” (Ferza...
Degradation. Degradation shall be allowed for extra operating hours on the combustion turbines due to Owner Delay as defined in the EPC Agreement, and for time on the combustion turbines in excess of 400 fired hours or 250 equivalent starts, whichever occurs first. -- WEC, Owner, Independent Engineer, and BVZ shall jointly assess the effect of plant commissioning on Unit performance related to degradation. -- The assessment shall be made on regularly scheduled intervals (suggested 100 fired hours or 50 equivalent starts) to assess the commissioning impact on performance (Benchmark Performance Tests) and to recommend corrective actions to minimize additional hours of operation and/or starts to complete commissioning. -- Reasonable efforts shall be made to conduct a minimum of four base load Performance tests at approximately equal intervals during the first 400 fired hours or 250 equivalent starts (Benchmark Performance Tests) (New and Clean Condition) with the last test taking place as close as practical, but not over 400 fired hours or 250 equivalent starts (400 fired hours/250 Equivalent Start Test). -- The purpose of these Benchmark Performance tests are to trend the degradation of the unit during the commissioning period. -- In the event that base load operation data can not be taken, data points at part load will be utilized to trend the degradation during the first 400 hours or 250 equivalent starts.
Degradation. X.1 Where pursuant to clause 6.1 of the contract the Lessor receives a payment from SES due to the Degradation of the Transponder during any period which includes the Transmission Period on any day, the Lessor shall pay to the Sub-Lessee a part of that payment calculated in accordance with the following formula: a/b x P where:
Degradation a. At 2 years: Durability as defined by the Micro-Deval test (ASTM D6928) will not exceed 20% as compared to new Safeshell material.
Degradation. The geologic process by which stream beds and flood plains are lowered in elevation by the removal of material. It is the opposite of aggradation. Dendric: Channel pattern of streams with tributaries that branch to form a tree-like pattern.
