cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bond Issuance mechanisms and their effects on revenues
Creators: name: Yang, Liyu
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Financial markets
Book Building
Uniform Auctions
Discriminatory Auctions

description: This thesis consists of three essays on the discussion about superiority among different government security issuance mechanisms: book-building, discriminatory auctions, and uniform auctions. Using a large Chinese government primary and secondary bond market data set, I analyse the revenue rankings of these mechanisms. Results suggest that uniform auctions are superior to book building and discriminatory auctions in generating revenues. Further, results suggest that uniform auctions are better in mitigating bond losses compared to discriminatory auctions. The first essay compares the primary rate between book building and uniform auctions, using data from Chinese local government bonds. Results show that book building procedures lead to a higher primary rate than uniform auction procedures, which reduces the issuers' revenue. These findings are robust across different revenue measurements: primary rates, primary rates normalized by T-bond daily yield rate one day prior to issuance day and primary rates normalized by five days' average T-bond daily yield rate before issuance day. Therefore, uniform auctions generate higher income than book building. The second essay exploits a large-size auction experiment conducted by two Chinese Government bond issuers-the Chinese Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank-to investigate whether Treasury securities should be sold through uniform or discriminatory auction mechanisms. Based on the outcomes of more than 300 Treasury securities issued through an alternating auction-rule market experiment, the study finds that auction outcome yield rates of the two auction formats are not statistically different. Further, these estimates indicate that there is no significant economic difference in terms of revenue between the two auction mechanisms. This result is robust across different bond-yield rate measurements and participation behaviour. The third essay documents the existence of primary dealers' losses in Treasury bond markets and investigates how these losses affect dealers' market value. Using a novel data set that tracks more than 2,350 primary-to-secondary transactions, the study finds that bond losses for primary dealers are prevalent and were severe during the financial crisis. Results indicate that liquidity constraints are a major source of bond losses observed in primary-to-secondary trades. Results also find that financial sector value is correlated with these losses. Using an alternating market experiment, the study shows that bond losses are higher under discriminatory auctions as compared to uniform auctions.
Autonomous Driving and Stabilisation for Collision Avoidance System in Structured Environment
Creators: name: TAHERIAN, SHAYAN
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: In the last decades, autonomous vehicles have been an active area of research in the academia as well as in industry. In particular, trajectory planning/control under emergency scenarios pose major challenges from a control point of view. In this thesis, we are addressing these challenges by developing controllers for trajectory planning/control for the application of autonomous collision avoidance system for the next generation of self-driving vehicles. The first part of this work is dedicated to design a trajectory planning/control under extreme driving conditions such as
description: high-speed driving and low surface friction conditions. It is imperative that the autonomous vehicles can ensure the safety considerations while performing a feasible and smooth manoeuvre. Thus we propose a framework including trajectory planing/control with integration of torque vectoring controller to design a feasible yet collision free trajectory subject to the external disturbances such as low surface friction and crosswind. Next, with the same control structure we propose a trajectory planing strategy using the idea of linear affine collision avoidance constraints that can be generalized for both straight and curve driving scenarios. A comparison between three controllers entitled as nominal model predictive control (MPC), offset-free MPC and robust MPC for planning a safe trajectory is then provided in order to justify the proposed trajectory planning design. Then the simulation results are validated in a high-fidelity co-simulation environment (IPG-Carmaker) to investigate the performance of the trajectory planning algorithms. In the second part of the thesis, a novel tuning technique is designed to improve the proposed control framework performance. The suggested tuning design is capable of providing optimal weights by matching the performance of a pre-design controller such as LQR controller to the trajectory planning/control framework. Finally, an intelligent controller entitled as Reinforcement Learning (RL) has been used as an on line tuning technique to improve the performance of yaw moment controller. This architecture is implemented on various operating conditions such as different friction surfaces and vehicle velocities and its performance has been validated using a four wheels vehicle model with non-linear tyre characteristic.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Arnez, Monika
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Breaking the cypher-circle: resistance of gender violence and reclamation of power through spatial re-orientation in British Hip Hop dance theatre
Creators: name: CONNELL, GEMMA LOUISE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2022

description: In recent years, lived experience of gender violence has become the subject matter for many British female choreographers working with Hip Hop dance theatre. This thesis explores the spatial orientation through which British female choreographers experience a transference of power in the creation, rehearsal, and performance of Hip Hop dance theatre works. The research asks how spatial reorientations within these works draw upon notions of resistance, agency, and the transference of power in relation to lived experiences of gender violence. I propose that these choreographers discover power over their own narratives and identities as women and as survivors of gender violence through a series of circular choreographic, dramaturgical, and presentational devices. Their use of these devices is at times extrinsically linked to their marginalised positions as women who work with Hip Hop dance theatre in Britain. This research is situated in relation to the following theoretical frameworks: Sara Ahmed’s theories of alignment and reorientation (2006; 2014; 2017); Iris Marion Young’s analyses of feminine bodily comportment (2005); and feminist standpoint theory; principally drawing on the perspectives of bell hooks’ discussion of margin and centre (2000), and Patricia Hill Collins’ exploration of “outsider within status” (2004a). I follow feminist theorists such as Donna Haraway in positioning this research as situated knowledge, and thus speak from my own “limited locations” or standpoints (1988, p. 583). I argue that the choreographic, dramaturgical, and performance processes experienced by three British female choreographers have enabled them to engage in multiple standpoints on their violent experiences, and these women have – through these processes – come to understand in more detail the socio-political circumstances in which their experiences sit. This has, in part, enabled them to move beyond the experience and rewrite their own narratives.
Lactobacilli probiotics as a potential control for avian intestinal spirochaetosis.
Creators: name: Passey, Jade L.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Brachyspira are the causative agent of avian intestinal spirochaetosis, a gastrointestinal disease common in layer hens and broiler breeders. This disease costs the UK laying industry approximately £18 million per annum, resulting from reduced egg production and poor egg quality. Prevalence of Brachyspira is increasing, and due to the poor understanding of this pathogen, mitigation strategies have been largely unsuccessful. Therefore, preventative measures are essential. These studies aimed to improve the understanding of Brachyspira pathobiology and investigate Lactobacillus probiotics as a suitable mitigation strategy. Brachyspira and Lactobacillus species were characterised using phenotypic and genotypic methods. Four Lactobacillus isolates were selected for their inhibition of Brachyspira in vitro and demonstrated inhibition by a number of mechanisms. Secreted metabolites in Lactobacillus cell free supernatant inhibited Brachyspira (p value < 0.05) and metabolomic studies identified the production of organic acids to be a major contributor to inhibition. Protein denaturation in cell free supernatants significantly reduced Brachyspira inhibition (p value < 0.05), suggesting the role of bacteriocins in inhibition. Furthermore, L. reuteri isolates co-aggregated with Brachyspira in vitro, reducing pathogen viability (p value < 0.05). Pro-inflammatory responses to Brachyspira in HD11 avian macrophages were dominated by upregulation of IFNg (p value < 0.01) and pre-treatment of cells with Lactobacillus significantly reduced this response (p value < 0.0001), demonstrating the ability of probiotics to alter immune responses to Brachyspira. Galleria mellonella were utilised to study Brachyspira virulence and probiotic intervention. G. mellonella exhibited a varied response to Brachyspira iv infection and Lactobacillus isolates were able to protect against the mortality associated with Brachyspira isolates (p value < 0.05). The studies here demonstrated that Lactobacillus probiotics are a suitable mitigation strategy against Brachyspira. A number of mechanisms were identified, however future studies are required to explore these mechanisms in a more relevant in vivo chicken model.
The translation of extralinguistic cultural references in animated feature films by unofficial subtitlers in Iran.
Creators: name: Delfani, Jaleh
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The preferred mode of audiovisual translation for foreign language programmes on state television and cinemas in Iran is dubbing. Dubbing is done by professionals who are supervised by the authorities, and a considerable part of foreign programmes is being censored. On the other hand, subtitling is not supervised by any formal institutions and is practiced by ‘unofficial’ subtitlers. Although their work does not necessarily follow subtitling norms, some of these subtitlers produce work of high-quality standards and their products are popular among the target audience. In order to shed light on the reason behind this popularity and address this under-researched phenomenon in the Iranian context, the current study focuses on the work of three informally recognised experienced subtitlers, whose works are popular among the audience, by taking animation as a case in point as a genre that has attracted dual audiences of (young) adults/children. The thesis contains a comparative analysis of the subtitles produced by the abovementioned unofficial subtitlers for five popular animated feature films to gauge the most frequently applied strategies by these subtitlers. As cultural elements have widely been recognised by scholars as one of the most challenging aspects of translation, Pedersen’s (2011) taxonomy of transfer strategies for Extralinguistic Cultural References (ECRs) in subtitling has been employed as a tool for analysing the subtitles. Pedersen’s model was adapted through partial redefinitions and extension of the categories to suit the purpose of the present study. The comparison focused on commonalities and differences in the subtitlers’ translation choices regarding the identified ECR instances in the selected animated feature films. The study reveals that unofficial subtitlers have a strong tendency to opt for target-oriented strategies when dealing with the translation of ECRs. Paraphrase was found to be the most frequently used strategy, followed by using a superordinate term and cultural substitution.
Tisna Sanjaya – Wächter und Bewahrer der Asche: Ein Künstler im Sinne der 68er
Creators: name: Larenz, Antonius
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die »68er« gab es so nicht in Indonesien. Doch in der Person des sozial und ökologisch engagierten Künstlers Tisna Sanjaya haben sie einen würdigen Nachfolger gefunden.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Die 68er und die neuen sozialen Bewegungen – Die Bedeutung der Umweltbewegung
Creators: name: Willer, Ragnar K.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: In diesem Artikel gilt es, die Rolle der Umweltbewegung, die ihren Beginn im gesellschaftlichen Wandel der späten 1960er und 70er Jahre hat, aufzuzeigen und die Frage zu stellen, welche Bedeutung dem Bündnis bei der Liberalisierung und Demokratisierung Indonesiens zukommt.
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Stochastic finite element method for vibroacoustic loads prediction.
Creators: name: Yotov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Subjects: Structural dynamics
Stochastic matrices
Finite element method
Vibroacoustics
Component mode synthesis

description: Reliable and efficient vibroacoustic loads prediction is often critical in structural design, yet it remains a challenging task for many applications. Spacecraft structures are characterised by extensive use of composite materials, complex connections between components and various non-trivial geometrical features. Accurate treatment necessitates the construction of highly detailed numerical models, traditionally employing deterministic representations. Simultaneously, the broadband acoustic excitation due to the diffuse sound field experienced during launch requires modelling the fluid domain and solving the resulting elasto-acoustic interaction at = multiple frequencies. To alleviate the computational demand implications for large problem sizes, substructuring and reduction techniques for the structural domain are commonplace, component mode synthesis (CMS) being a framework widely adopted in the aerospace industry. Nevertheless, despite ongoing research, the topic still presents a range of difficulties when a universal, robust method of accounting for model uncertainties is sought. In this study, two CMS based approaches are proposed and evaluated. Firstly, the Craig-Bampton stochastic method (CBSM) is improved via a set of modifications enhancing its efficiency, and subsequently adapted for use in a vibroacoustic setting. Optimal perturbation levels and scope of validity of the technique are established against a probabilistic structural analysis (PSA) simulation for a spacecraft structure. Secondly, a novel stochastic finite element method (FEM) is presented. The underlying mathematical foundation is derived so that uncertainty can naturally be controlled at the subsystem level, in partitions of the corresponding condensed mass and stiffness matrices. This decomposition based approach ensures that realisations of the random matrices have key properties such as positive (semi)definiteness strictly preserved, guaranteeing complete robustness. The method is validated with a spacecraft test case, comparing its predictions against PSA, the improved CBSM and experimental data. A coupling scheme with a hierarchical matrix accelerated boundary element method is formulated, resulting in the construction of a complete stochastic vibroacoustic solver.
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Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
The Use of ITS for Improving Bus Priority at Traffic Signals
Creators: name: Morellato, Camilla
name: Sdun, Mathias
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: A modal shift from private to public transport, which will lighten traffic congestion and environmental impact, can be achieved only if bus service is made more efficient and attractive to passengers. One of the ways to achieve the goal is to exploit Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) within public transport. This paper examines the potential of ITS for improving bus priority at traffic signals, based on comparison and analyses of different bus priority systems, aiming at detecting weaknesses and strengths of each of them. Moreover, a framework for the evaluation of bus priority systems is presented, together with examples of benefits achieved internationally and challenges for research.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Registrering af trængsel med Bluetooth
Creators: name: Pedersen, Finn Normann
name: Kristensen, Jens Peder
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Bluetooth anvendes til radiokommunikation over korte afstande i mobiltelefoner, bilradioer, headsets og laptops. Denne artikel beskriver, hvordan Bluetooth kan anvendes til at registrere trængsel og til beregning af den gennemsnitlige strækningshastighed for biltrafik. Fordelen ved at anvende Bluetooth, sammenlignet med andre målemetoder, er lave implementerings- og driftsomkostninger til måleudstyret og infrastrukturen. Målinger lavet i Danmark af KeyResearch viser, at mellem 5 % - 18 % af alle biler har registrerbare Bluetooth- enheder ombord. Selvom denne procent er relativt lav, dokumenterer denne artikel, at det er nok til at registrere trængsel og strækningshastigheder i realtid.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Im Kampf gegen Lügner und Schwindler – Oppositioneller Chee Soon Juan unterliegt erneut vor Gericht
Creators: name: Jordan, Rolf
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Chee Soon Juan, Generalsekretär der oppositionellen Singapore Democratic Party ist erneut von einem Gericht zu einer Haftstrafe verurteilt worden, weil er in einer früheren Verhandlung die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz Singapurs in Frage gestellt hatte.
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Bluetooth detektorer som ny cost ‐ effektiv sensor i vejtrafikken
Creators: name: Lahrmann, Harry
name: Pedersen, Kristian Skoven
name: Christensen, Lars Tørholm
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: I takt med at trængslen på vejnettet stiger er behovet for valid viden om hastigheder og køretider på vejnettet stigende - både i form af historiske data og realtids data. Det er derfor af stor betydning at udvikle sensorer, der prisbilligt kan levere disse data. Traditionelle sensorer til måling af hastigheder og køretider har været loops, radar og videokameraer, men alle disse teknikker er karakteriseret ved at være kostbare, hvis de skal bruges til en valid monitorering af trafikken i et større net. Derfor har der i mange år været fokus på at udvikle bedre og mere prisbillige sensorer. Et eksempel herpå der brug af Floating Car Data (GPS data fra kørende biler), det andet eksempel er systemer, der tracker mobiltelefoner. I dette indlæg vil vi beskrive en helt ny sensorteknik til måling af såvel hastighed som rejsetider. Endvidere vil en række testmålinger med teknikken blive præsenteret, herunder en sammenligning af resultater fra denne teknik med FCD teknikken. Endelig vil teknikkens muligheder og begrænsninger blive diskuteret herunder en økonomiske sammenligninger med de traditionelle sensorteknikker
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
THz nonlinear optics in silicon and germanium for third harmonic generation.
Creators: name: Perez, Alberto
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This thesis is concerned with the generation of terahertz (THz) light in the frequency range of 5–15 THz. This range is difficult to produce at high intensities, and no high-power table-top sources exist for it. The reasons for the interest in this frequency range are broad, and include communications, chemical and biomedical spectroscopy, etc. Different applications require highly specific technological characteristics, such as room temperature operation or very high stability, and satisfying all possible requirements in one generation mechanism is difficult. In this study, we sought to develop a solution to the problem of optical pumping of donor impurities in silicon, to control the orbit and spin of the donor electron in quantum computer gates. It is obvious that great advantages would be obtained if this control were possible with a bench-top source, and this is the key to enabling such high efficiency control to spread to the wider community of physicists and engineers working on spin qubits. To achieve this purpose, we explore the possibility of use a cheap material like single doped silicon and germanium to triple THz radiation from 1.7 to 5 THz (which is available from Quantum Cascade Laser diodes). The presence of the dopants modifies substantially the optical properties of the semiconductors, generating large nonlinear coefficients at THz frequencies. Samples of bismuth doped silicon and phosphorus, arsenic and antimony doped germanium has been characterised using frequency-domain and time-domain spectroscopy, and finally the optical nonlinear coefficient of Si:Bi has been measure by a Four Wave Mixing (FWM) experiment. We have found that the nonlinear susceptibility $____chi^{(3)}$ of Si:Bi at resonance is the highest ever reported for a bulk material.
The Usability of Passenger Delay Models in Socio-Economic Analysis
Creators: name: Thorhauge, Mikkel
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: The following paper discusses how a passenger delay model can be used in socio-economic calculations. At present passenger delays are often omitted in the modeling phase and therefore not included in the socio economic analysis. By using a passenger delay model passenger delays can be included in a cost-benefit analysis. Including passenger delays in the cost-benefit analysis will increase the level of details and thereby improve the accuracy of socio-economic analysis. In this paper the third generation passenger delay model is used. This model is the newest and most detailed passenger delay model created so far. When using a passenger delay model, the main problem is how to properly include the delays in a socio- economic analysis. This is due to the fact that passenger delays are not necessarily unambiguously. In general, delays can occur on different parts of a journey; while the passengers are waiting for the train (waiting time, first waiting time or even hidden waiting time) or while the passenger are sitting in the train (or bus). Furthermore a delay can also be negative, meaning that a passenger will arrive before planned (a so-called negative delay). This article proposes that a delay is defined solely by the difference between the scheduled and realized arrival time. The recommendations are listed as follows: • The value of time for a delay is defined as done by the Danish Ministry of Transport (Trafikministeriet, 2003) no matter how or when the delay has occurred. The size of the delay is calculated solely by the difference between the planned and realized arrival time. • A negative delay is defined as the value of time of hidden waiting time. A negative delay is calculated as the difference between the planned and realized arrival time and is considered a surplus in the cost benefit analysis. • A delay will not be included if the passenger arrives at his or her final destination on time even though the passenger may have experienced a delay (or travelled along a different route than planned) during the journey. Note that this paper is regarded as a prequel to the article “Optimization of timetable supplement from a passenger based socio-economic point of view” (Thorhauge, 2010). This article is based on the results of (Thorhauge & Piester, 2010).
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
TIM: En trafikmodel til belysning af Timemodellen
Creators: name: Holmblad, Mikal
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Dette papir redegør for opbygningen af en simpel trafikmodel (TIM), som DTU Transport har opstillet for Trafikstyrelsen og Transportministeriet til overordnet foreløbigt at kunne belyse effekter af Time-modellen i diverse scenarier for vej- og baneinfrastrukturen.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Overall design of the Danish National transport model
Creators: name: Rich, Jeppe
name: Nielsen, Otto Anker
name: Brems, Camilla
name: Hansen, Christian Overgaard
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: The objective of the new Danish national transport model is to establish a unified reference model, which will form a new basis for transport policy analysis in Denmark. There are a number of important benefits by developing a single model framework rather than relying on a variety of regional models. Firstly, as different projects is compared using the same model, potential model bias will be ruled out. Secondly, as more resources can be put into the development of a single model, it can also be more comprehensive and advanced in a number of respects. Thirdly, it becomes much easier to maintain and update the data foundation, which is a very important issue in model development. The aim of the present paper is to outline the general model structure and to discuss how the model will be able to address a range of scenarios. More specifically, we will discuss how different model components are linked and briefly present the forecast methodology.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Methods for forecasting in the Danish National Transport model
Creators: name: Rich, Jeppe
name: Hansen, Allan Steen
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: The present paper is concerned with the forecasting methodology applied in the new Danish national model. The new national model will apply two forecast methods depending on the type of demand model considered. For models which can be estimated on the basis of TU data and is further covered by register data from Statistic Denmark, a prototypical sample enumeration approach will be used. For models, where this is not the case, a matrix model approach will be used. Typically, this will be the case for models where respondents include foreigners. In this case we do not have register data for the respondents and the TU data will only cover the Danish segment. The key to do forecasting based on a prototypical sample enumeration methodology is to apply a population synthesiser, which can forecast the population profile. By combining the population forecast with the micro- survey, it is possible to derive expansion factors which can be used to up-scale the demand model. The “expansion” is used to lifts the TU data base to a representative population level. The paper will first in brief terms discuss the choice of forecast methodology. Hereafter, we will consider the design of the population synthesiser in some details. Finally, we will test the proposed population synthesiser by back-casting.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
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Creators: name: Grubauer, Ariane
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Multi-scale modelling of thermodynamic equilibrium of solute partitioning in multiphase complex product formulations
Creators: name: Turchi, Mattia
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Multiphase complex fluids such as micelles, microemulsions and dispersions are ubiquitous in product formulations of food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and fine chemicals. Quantifying how active solutes partition in the microstructure of such multiphase fluids is necessary for designing formulations that can optimally deliver the benefits of functional actives. In this thesis, in-silico methods are employed for the prediction of solutes partition coefficient in complex microstructures. Recently, the method that combines molecular dynamics (MD) and the Conductor like Screening Model for Micellar systems (COSMOmic) has been reported for modelling complex fluid structures. In this research work, at first the MD/COSMOmic approach is tested for predicting the partition coefficients of neutral solutes in simple octanol/water system and compared with other in-silico methods including EPI-suite, COSMOtherm and UNIFAC. After validating the MD/COSMOmic for the octanol/water system, the approach is further used for predicting the partition coefficient of neutral solutes in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/heptane/butanol in water microemulsion. The MD/COSMOmic approach is also tested for predicting the partition coefficients of both neutral and charged solutes in mixed micelles of sodium laureth ether sulfate (SLES) and fatty acids. While the combined MD/COSMOmic shows good accuracy in predicting the partition coefficient of neutral solutes, it fails in predicting the partition coefficients of charged solutes. In order to obtain more accurate prediction for the charged solutes, the method that combines steered molecular dynamic (SMD) simulation and umbrella sampling (US) was employed using the latest polarizable force field (CHARMM-Drude). This approach shows to accurately predict the partition coefficients of the charged solutes.
Development and assessment of a data collection method for route choice in public transport
Creators: name: Anderson, Marie K. A.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Knowledge about actual route choices for public transport passengers is important when assessing generated choice sets for route choice modelling. An objective measure of relevant routes in actual networks does not exist and assessment of the choice sets is often based on the experience and knowledge of the analyst. Route choices for car traffic have attracted a lot of attention in the research literature, but limited knowledge exists on the route choices of public transport passengers and the need for insight into these choices motivates the work described in the paper. This paper describes a method to collect data for public transport passengers by using internet and telephone interviews. The route choice questions are formulated and added to the existing Danish Travel Survey (Transportvaneundersøgelsen, TU) and tested in a pilot study at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Afterwards, the questions are implemented in the national TU survey and, since February 2009, more than 4,000 route choices in public transportation have been collected. The method of collecting public route choices proves to be successful since it collects actual route choice data for a large number of travellers and it allows reproducing observed choices in a GIS network for choice set assessment purposes.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Vision Malaysia
Creators: name: Timmermann, Martina
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Buchbesprechung von: Rüdiger Siebert, Vision Malaysia. Horlemann Verlag, 2008.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Study of thermal performance enhancement of geothermal energy pile using PCM
Creators: name: Olawoore, Isaac Olaniyi
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: The expected demand for space heating/cooling due to increase in population and living standards worldwide is intensifying the search for renewable energy sources. The use of geothermal energy pile (GEP) offers a promising and sustainable way of generating energy needed for space heating and cooling via underground structures such as pile foundations. Shallow concrete GEPs have been used successfully to extract heat from the ground for space heating and cooling. However, there are some constraints facing its acceptability and this includes its inability to generate enough energy as a result of shorter length of the pile. Moreover, limited research data is available on the experimental and sustainable means of enhancing the quantity of the energy that can be generated for space heating /cooling through concrete GEP. Therefore, this study presents an experimental investigation of the thermal performance enhancement of concrete GEPs modified with bio-based phase change material (PCM) impregnated concrete made up of glass aggregates (GAs) and fly ash aggregates (FAs) sourced from waste materials. For the first time, aggregates made up of recycled GAs and FAs were used to host bio-based PCM. In addition, a PCM leak free thermal energy storage lightweight aggregate GAs and FAs were developed. Moreover, the developed thermal energy storage GAs and FAs remained stable under the influence of abrasive forces which make it a good material in concrete production. The ease of flow and workability of the concrete are greatly affected depending on the percentage substitution of normal aggregates with PCM impregnated GAs/or FAs. However, the compressive strength of the concretes was greater than the minimum conventional concrete strength required (i.e. 15 MPa) for any structural application. Heat storage capacity of concrete GEP increased with an increase in PCM incorporated. Furthermore, GEPs expanded/contracted during the test and returned to its initial strain value after test. Surrounding soil temperature ranges between 14°C and 22°C during the test. On the life cycle assessment point of view of the PCM modified GEP, incorporating PCM in GEPs reduce the manufacturing /production process impact of the pile. Finally, it can be concluded that incorporating bio-based PCM in GEP is a promising and sustainable way of enhancing its thermal performance.
Effects of Timing of Food Intake and Behaviours on Daily Rhythms of Human Metabolism
Creators: name: Flanagan, Alan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: "Background: Biological rhythms in humans may be driven by both endogenous circadian clocks, and exogenous environmental and behavioural cycles. The timing of environmental time-cues and behaviours may align with, or be discordant with, endogenous circadian timing, potentially influencing metabolic health and dietary habits.
description: Methods: The overall aim of this research was to investigate the respective contributions of the circadian cycle and behavioural cycle on metabolic responses to food intake and meal timing. Two separate studies were undertaken. The first study was an 8-day in-patient laboratory protocol, with controlled sleep-wake timing, light cycles, meal timing and composition, inducing a 5 h delay in sleep-wake and meal timing to measure differences before/after the phase delay. The second study was a 14-day longitudinal observational study, with baseline assessments of social jetlag, chronotype, and dietary data recorded each day using a smartphone app, encompassing two working weeks and weekends.
description: Results: In the first study, melatonin gradually resynchronised to the delay in environmental/behavioural cycles (p < 0.001). In the 24-h following the phase delay, there was a significantly lower rate of gastric emptying following breakfast (p = 0.037), lower fasting plasma glucose (p = 0.003), and a higher postprandial plasma glucose (p = 0.005) and triglycerides (p = 0.003), effects which were attenuated 48-72 h after the phase delay (Chapter 3). For energy expenditure data, analysis modelling for circadian variation in underlying resting metabolic rate nullified any diurnal differences in thermic effect of feeding (p = 0.699) (Chapter 4). In the second study, >2 h SJL was associated with significantly greater energy intake after 16:00 h (p < 0.001) and a delay in timing of the first and last meals on weekends (p < 0.001) (Chapter 5).
description: Conclusions: A 5 h delay in sleep-wake and meal timing may acutely disrupt metabolic physiology, with varying time-courses of adaptation to a new behavioural cycle. Higher evening energy intake may partly explain adverse metabolic effects typically associated with greater social jetlag levels in previous research."
Feeling the odds – Emotions and subjective probability
Creators: name: Abel, Lara
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Emotions are a fundamental aspect of human experience, shaping the way we think and interact with the world. Decades of psychological research have shown that emotions influence cognitive processes on a fundamental level. However, traditional cognitive approaches typically exclude emotions from their study of human cognition, viewing emotions as sand in the gear or unsystematic noise.

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description: In my PhD research I adopted a psychological perspective on human cognition, taking into account emotions as a potential source of systematic inter- and intrapersonal variability in information processing. More specifically, I investigated how emotions modulate the way people subjectively perceive and evaluate probabilistic information, also known as subjective probability.

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description: Extending previous work in this field, my research looked at how emotions differing in valence (how positive or negative an emotion is), dominance (the feeling of control associated with an emotion), and cognitive appraisal patterns (subjective appraisals of certainty and control) modulate human perceptions of abstract and affectively neutral probabilistic information. Across a number of studies, I investigated the role of these emotion characteristics in subjective assessments of probabilistic uncertainty (mathematical entropy), strategy selection aimed at reducing probabilistic uncertainty, subjective assessments of compound probabilities, and the developmental trajectory of probabilistic cognition.
description: Results from my research support the hypothesis that emotions shape probabilistic cognition on a fundamental level, even if this information is abstract an in itself emotionally neutral. This finding helps explain previously found effects of emotions on subjective risk and information processing. I also found that the emotion dimension dominance was a particularly good predictor of individual differences in subjective probability. This suggests that emotional dominance, which has been relatively neglected in the emotion and cognition literature, may be a unifying concept explaining previously found effects of emotional valence and cognitive appraisals of certainty and control on probabilistic thinking.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Sanmukri, Miriam
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Nachrichten aus der Region.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
title: Crüger, Hans
title: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
titleType: Subtitle
title: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
name: Eberle, Henrik
Publisher: name: Historisches Datenzentrum Sachsen-Anhalt,Institut für Landesgeschichte (Sachsen-Anhalt)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: History
classificationCode: 4023025-9
subject: Halle (Saale)
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classificationCode: 4006804-3
subject: Biografie
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4006804-3
classificationCode: 4166546-6
subject: Landesgeschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4166546-6
classificationCode: 4051181-9
subject: Sachsen-Anhalt
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4051181-9
classificationCode: 1048495779
subject: Universität Halle (Saale) | Halle (Saale)
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/1048495779
classificationCode: 2024276-1
subject: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | Halle (Saale); Wittenberg
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/2024276-1
classificationCode: 4020517-4
subject: Geschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/4020517-4
classificationCode: 7504326-9
subject: Universitätsgeschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/7504326-9
classificationCode: 7504427-4
subject: Wissenschaftsgeschichte
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/7504427-4
subject: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt
subject: Catalogus Professorum Halensis
classificationCode: 120134756
subject: Eberle, Henrik | 1970– | Historiker
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/120134756
classificationCode: 117664928
subject: Crüger, Hans | 1859–1927 | Jurist; Politiker
valueUri: https://d-nb.info/gnd/117664928

description: Das Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt versammelt in Erst- und Zweitveröffentlichung oder zu Zwecken der Langzeitarchivierung Biografien von Menschen aus und in Sachsen-Anhalt. Integriert wurde der Catalogus Professorum Halensis, der durch Mitarbeitende des Instituts für Geschichte der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg entstand. Dabei handelt es sich um ein bio-bibliografisches Online-Lexikon zu den Professoren der Universität Halle zwischen 1694 und 1968. Die Texte wurden vor allem von Henrik Eberle und anderen Mitarbeitenden zwischen 2005 und 2010 recherchiert und erstellt. Etliche Artikel zum Zeitraum 1694 bis 1817 verfasste Julia Schopferer. Bei der Überführung in das Biografienportal wurden die Lebensangaben neu recherchiert und Metadaten über Verfahren des Named Entity Recogniton erschlossen. Automatisiert erkannt wurden Personennamen, Ortsbezeichnungen und Körperschaften, die in der hier vorhandenen RTF-Datei indexiert vorliegt. Zudem wurden diese mit GND-Einträgen abgeglichen. Weiterhin erfolgte ein Abgleich mit der „Ontologie der historischen, deutschsprachigen Amts- und Berufsbezeichnungen“. Die Texte liegen im Jahr 2024 in zweifacher Ausgabe im Catalogus Professorum Halensis des Universitätsarchivs und des Biografienportals des Historischen Datenzentrums Sachsen-Anhalts vor. Sie werden hier für die Langzeitarchivierung der ursprünglichen Fassung archiviert.
description: https://www.catalogus-professorum-halensis.de/
description: Biografienportal Sachsen-Anhalt: https://www.histdata.uni-halle.de/
Twin epidemics of new and prevalent hepatitis C infections in Canada: BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort
Creators: name: Janjua, Naveed Z.
name: Yu, Amanda
name: Kuo, Margot
name: Alvarez, Maria
name: Cook, Darrel
name: Wong, Jason
name: Tyndall, Mark
name: Krajden, Mel
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2018

description: Background: We characterized the twin epidemics of new and prevalent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in British Columbia, Canada to inform prevention, care and treatment programs. Methods: The BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) includes individuals tested for HCV, HIV or reported as a case of HBV, HCV, HIV or active TB between 1990–2013 linked with data on their medical visits, hospitalizations, cancers, prescription drugs and mortality. Prevalent infection was defined as being anti-HCV positive at first test. Those with a negative test followed by a positive test were considered seroconverters or new infections. Results: Of 1,132,855 individuals tested for HCV, 64,634 (5.8 %) were positive and an additional 3092 cases tested positive elsewhere for a total of 67,726. Of 55,781 HCV positive individuals alive at the end of 2013, 7064 were seroconverters while 48,717 had prevalent infection at diagnosis. The HCV positivity rate (11.2 %) was highest in birth cohort 1945–1964 which declined over time. New infections were more likely to be male, 15–34 years of age (born 1965-1984), HIV- or HBV-coinfected, socioeconomically disadvantaged, have problematic drug and alcohol use and a mental health illness. The profile was similar for individuals with prevalent infection, except for lower odds of HBV-coinfection, major mental health diagnoses and birth cohort >1975. Conclusions: The HCV positivity rate is highest in birth cohort 1945–1964 which represents most prevalent infections. New infections occur in younger birth cohorts who are commonly coinfected with HIV and/or HBV, socioeconomically marginalized, and living with mental illness and addictions.
title: The application of earth observation to the sustainable management of land use and land cover change (LULC) in Brazil
title: an analysis of user needs.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: CERBARO, MERCIO
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Brazil has some of the world’s most important forest and natural ecosystem resources and their sustainable management is of global significance. The expansion of agriculture for livestock, food and biofuel production, the extractive industries, illegal logging, land conflicts, hydropower projects, fire and deforestation are pressures on land use and drivers of land use change in many regions of Brazil. While different institutions in Brazil have sought to use earth observation (EO) data to support better land use management and conservation projects, several problems remain at the national and state level in the implementation of EO to support such policies and the quality of services for Brazilian society. This research presents the results of the first systematic analysis of the key challenges in applying EO data to land management in Brazil. It includes the results of in-depth semi structured interviews (43) and structured interviews (52) across different locations in Brazil. The research examined the challenges users are facing in the transformation of raw EO data into usable information. A conceptual model, including the key challenges, was developed of the path from raw EO data to information and action based on the research. In the complex and multi-facetted aspects of wider use of EO-based information the major challenges identified were associated with access, processing, and the transformation of raw EO data into usable information. The analysis has also revealed lack of communication between institutions, adequate office infrastructure, lack of personnel, the right type of EO data, funding restrictions, political instability and bureaucracy as other factors that presently limit a more effective use of EO data in Brazil.