cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Supermassive Black Hole Binary Dynamics in Stellar Environments
Creators: name: NASIM, IMRAN
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: "Detecting low-frequency gravitational waves (GWs) from binary supermassive black holes
description: (SMBHs), from missions such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) and the
description: Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) will constrain the physics of SMBHs, the formation and evo-
description: lution of binary SMBHs, and the SMBH-galaxy connection.
description: This thesis, comprised of three publications, investigates the interplay of binary SMBH
description: dynamics in stellar environments.
description: The first publication addresses variation in the merger time-scale of SMBHs in galaxy
description: mergers. At typical resolutions for contemporary studies the bound eccentricity of the
description: SMBH binary can vary significantly. I classify this, for the first time, as a stochastic pro-
description: cess resulting in substantial variation in the merger timescale. This suggests that some of
description: the uncertainty in low-frequency GW rates is due to insufficient numerical resolution.
description: The second publication addresses the formation of the largest observed galactic cores in
description: massive elliptical galaxies, in particular A2261-BCG. I explore three scenarios for cen-
description: tral core formation in massive elliptical galaxies: ‘binary scouring’, ‘tidal deposition’
description: and ‘gravitational wave induced recoil’. I find that I can only explain the large surface
description: brightness core of A2261-BCG with a combination of a major merger, followed by the
description: subsequent GW recoil of its SMBH, which acts to grow the core size. The same model
description: can also explain the bright ‘knots’ observed in the core region of A2261-BCG.
description: The third publication investigates the formation of counter-rotating binaries, which are
description: prone to increasing eccentricity, leading to very eccentric binaries on the onset of GW
description: emission. I show that the origin of this orbital plane flip lies in the triaxiality of the
description: merger remnant, a natural consequence of a galaxy merger, and is affected by the rotation
description: of the host system.
description: This thesis serves to provide a better insight into the interplay between binary SMBHs
description: and their stellar environments."
National godsmodel
Creators: name: Hansen, Christian Overgård
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Transportministeriet iværksatte i 2009 udvikling af et nationalt trafikmodelsystem som beslutningsstøtteværktøj for politikker og embedsmænd. Nærværende artikler beskriver godsmodellen, der indgår som en del af den fremtidige nationale trafikmodel. Arbejdet med udvikling af en godsmodel omfatter dataindsamling og modeludvikling. Artiklen vil fokusere på metode, da dataindsamling belyses i et andet indlæg. Godsmodellen vil omfatte national såvel som internationale transporter med bil, bane og skib. Ind-ledningsvis beskrives formål med modellen. Dernæst belyses segmenteringer i modellen f.eks. be-skrivelse af vareklassifikation, som baseres på NST 2007. Der opstilles matricer med godsstrømme for basisåret 2010 opdelt på transportmidler og varegrup-per, som benyttes til pivot-point korrektion af modellens resultater. Indhold og grundlag for basis-matricernes beskrives. Godsmodellen vil omfatte følgende tre primære komponenter: • Beregning af fremtidige varestrømme • Geografisk fordeling af varestrømme • Beregning af logistiske effekter og valg af transportmiddel • Rutevalg Det første beregningstrin medfører en overordnet ramme for forventet udvikling i godstransport. Det er for det første meget væsentligt at undersøge og identificere faktorer, som driver udvikling i den nationale og internationale godstransport. For det andet er det vigtigt at beskrive og modellere konkurrence på verdensmarked, idet skift i varehandel fra f.eks. Tyskland til Kina medfører ændret transport. Da transporter med værdiløst gods (affald mv.) står for en stor del af trafikarbejde med lastbil, skal det som noget særligt også medtages i modellen. I det andet beregningstrin nedbrydes de overordnede varestrømme til et finere geografisk zone-system på basis af en traditionel gravitationsbaseret model. Logistikmodellen vil modellere fordeling af transporter på forsendelsesstørrelse, lasteenhed og transportmiddel, idet der tages hensyn til anvendelse af oplagring, konsolidering og omladning af gods. Der tilknyttes international ekspert, som har forestået udvikling af tilsvarende type model i Sverige og Norge. Rutevalg omfatter udlægning af transporterne i net og beregning af transportomkostninger og tider, som input til ovennævnte delmodeller. Artiklen vil præsentere resultatet af metodeafklaring, som pågår henover forår og sommer.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
»20. Jahrestag der Proteste in Burma«: Bericht zur Veranstaltung 8.8.88 – 20 Jahre danach
Creators: name: Gruendel, Inga
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Am 14. Juni 2008 veranstaltete die Burma-Initiative im Asienhaus in Zusammenarbeit mit amnesty international, Freies demokratisches Burma e. V., und dem Burma-Büro in der Berliner Werkstatt der Kulturen eine Tagung, um an den Aufstand von 1988 in Burma zu erinnern.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Road pricing is not always green
Creators: name: Fosgerau, Mogens
name: Jensen, Thomas C.
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: This paper analyses a tax reform, explicitly conceived by policy makers to be climate-friendly, that partly replaces a high vehicle registration tax by road user charging and allows for differentiation of the remaining registration tax by fuel efficiency. A tight microeconomic framework is proposed to analyze such a reform. For the case of Denmark, the analysis shows that the reform is likely to yield a significant and robust welfare gain. However, it seems not unlikely that CO2 emissions may increase as a result of the reform.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Recognizing IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis
Creators: name: Mann, Shawna
name: Seidman, Michael A.
name: Barbour, Sean J.
name: Levin, A. (Adeera)
name: Carruthers, Mollie
name: Chen, Luke Y. C.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Purpose of the review Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic fibroinflammatory disorder affecting nearly all organs, including the kidney. Tubulointerstitial nephritis (IgG4-TIN) is the most common form of IgG4-related kidney disease (IgG4-RKD) and is the focus of this concise review. Objective The study aims to describe when IgG4-TIN should be suspected and to summarize the diagnosis, treatment, and natural history of the disease. Sources of information Ovid MEDLINE, Google Scholar, and PubMed were searched for full-text English language articles up to January 2016. References included in the manuscript were chosen at the authors’ discretion based on their relevance to the subject of the review. Findings IgG4-TIN should be considered in patients presenting with abnormal urinalysis, abnormal kidney function, renal lesions on imaging, and elevated IgG, IgE, or hypocomplementemia. Diagnosis of IgG4-TIN requires a combination of histologic features (plasma cell-enriched TIN with >10 IgG4+ plasma cells/hpf, +/− TBM immune complex deposits in many cases) and at least one of the following: Characteristic radiologic findings (small peripheral low-attenuation cortical nodules, round or wedge-shaped lesions, or diffuse patchy involvement) Elevated serum IgG4 level Characteristic findings of IgG4-RD in other organs Other conditions such as lupus, vasculitis, diabetic nephropathy, and lymphoma must be excluded, as these can also present with IgG4+ plasma cells in the renal parenchyma. IgG4-TIN is generally responsive to steroids and B cell depletion with rituximab, but relapses are common and patients require close long-term follow-up. Limitations Available data on IgG4-TIN are from retrospective observational studies. Implications IgG4-TIN is a distinct and emerging subtype of interstitial nephritis. Nephrologists must be aware of this entity and how to definitively diagnose and treat it. Prospective studies and ideally multi-center clinical trials are needed to study the epidemiology, treatment, and natural history of this disease.
Transportkommission i Grønland
Creators: name: Nordskilde, Jesper
name: Bendsen, Stine
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: COWI har siden slutningen af 2009 assisteret det grønlandske Selvstyre som sekretærer for den grønlandske Transportkommission. Transportkommissionen er nedsat af Landsstyret (Naalakkersuisut) og har professor Christen Sørensen som formand. Dens arbejde forventes afsluttet i december 2010, hvor en betænkning sendes til Naalakkersuisut. I sommeren 2010 er der udsendt en særlig redegørelse med anbefalinger til den fremtidige transportinfrastruktur i Sydgrønland. Grønland har nogle helt særlige transportmæssige udfordringer med sin befolkning på 56.000 og med en afstand fra nord til syd, der er lige så lang som fra Skagen til Gibraltar. Man kan ikke køre mellem landets byer, befolkningen er spredt på 18 byer og ca. 60 bygder og dele af året kan man ikke sejle pga. isforhold. Derudover er den nuværende infrastruktur i høj grad baseret på tidligere anlagte militæranlæg som bl.a. betyder, at de to eneste lufthavne, som kan modtage fly fra Danmark, er anlagt langt fra de steder, hvor hovedparten af befolk- ningen er bosat. Formålet med indlægget er at fortælle om de særlige udfordringer, der er med transport i Grønland, og om de overvejelser, Transportkommissionen har haft i dens hidtidige arbejde.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Udfordringer i transportsektoren frem mod år 2050
Creators: name: Christensen, Annette
name: Bøgelund, Mette
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: DI er ved at udarbejde en vision 2050 for infrastrukturen. Visionen skal beskrive, hvordan en langsigtet, visionær infrastrukturplan kan bidrage til, at Danmark i 2050 er del af en stærk nordeuropæisk vækstregion. Som led i arbejdet med formulering af visionen, har DI bedt Incentive Partners om at kortlægge de trafikale udfordringer frem mod 2050. Som led i dette arbejde, er der blandt andet gennemført analyser af de trafikale udfordringer i byerne og for de regionale trafikforbindelser mellem landsdelene i Danmark. I analysen af de trafikale udfordringer er det primært trængsel, der fokuseres på.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Keine Lösung in Sicht – Bericht von der Patani-Konferenz in Hamburg am 14. Juni 2008
Creators: name: Helbardt, Sascha
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Am 14. Juni 2008 trafen sich - unterstützt von der Südostasien Informationsstelle - in Hamburg Wissenschaftler und Exil-Patanis aus Schweden und Deutschland, um über die gegenwärtige Konfliktsituation in Südthailand zu diskutieren
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
The Magellanic – Milky Way merger: Revealing deforming dark matter haloes with stellar streams
Creators: name: Lilleengen, Sophia
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest open questions in modern-day astrophysics. Recent studies have shown that the dark matter halo of the Milky Way is deforming due to the infalling Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). These two haloes serve as a dark matter ‘collider’. This dark matter ‘collider’ provides a unique testbed for the nature of dark matter.

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description: To make use of this opportunity, we need detectors in this ‘collider’. Some of the most sensitive tracers to the gravitational potential of the Galaxy are stellar streams. Streams are disrupted globular clusters and dwarf galaxies (DGs), forming long, filament-like structures in the halo. In this thesis, we explore whether stellar streams are affected by the deforming Milky Way and LMC, which streams are particularly informative on these deformations, and how omitting these deformations biases stream fits.

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description: First, we evolve a DG stream in a time-dependent Milky Way–LMC interaction described by basis function expansions (BFEs). We find that the stream is significantly perturbed by the deformations, predominantly by the Milky Way dipole. Then, we develop an information theory approach to find the most informative streams on the time-dependent Milky Way dipole. These streams are long and wide, with a large apocentre. The constraints for the perturbation are ∼ 1 magnitude worse than for halo parameters. Then, we look into the bias of stream fits by fitting a stream evolved in the Milky Way–LMC simulation with current state-of-the-art, rigid techniques. We find an underestimated Milky Way mass, an overestimated LMC mass, and stronger flattening in the fits.

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description: Finally, I will end with an overview of future directions for this field. Our results reveal the need for a time-dependent Milky Way model. To fit the Milky Way streams with these time-dependent models, we need to utilise the functionality of BFEs. This will enable us to probe how dark matter haloes deform and test different dark matter theories.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Bück, Philipp
name: Grabowski, Maike
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
TEN og et Europæisk Core Network
Creators: name: Petersen, Morten Steen
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: Nærværende notat giver et kortfattet overblik over den aktuelle status for EUs arbejde med den fremtidige transportpolitik, og i særlig grad tankerne omkring det fremtidige transeuro- pæiske transportnet (TEN-T). Tetraplan har gennem to omfattende projekter været involveret i at tilvejebringe baggrundsmateriale for såvel revisionen af den generelle transportpolitik (TRANSvisions), som udvikling af det fremtidige transeuropæiske transportnet (TENconnect). Notatet beskriver kort nogle af de konklusioner, der kan uddrages af de to projekter. Et af de nyskabende elementer i TENconnect var vort forslag om at udarbejde en infrastrukturplan for overordnede transeuropæiske net, der i højere grad end den nuværende fokus på enkelte korridorer kan fremme en integreret netværksplanlægning på Europæisk niveau. Vi udarbejdede derfor et forslag om et såkaldt europæisk Hovednet (Core Network), som kommissionen fremlagde til offentlig diskussion i Februar 2009. Flertallet af medlemsstater samt langt de fleste andre interessenter fandt ideen om et multi-modalt Hovednet rigtig. Kommissionen har derfor arbejdet videre med udvikling af et planlægningsgrundlag for Hovednettet, som nu omfatter en geografisk søjle bestående af fysiske netværk sammensat af vigtige knuder og strækninger, samt en ”begrebsmæssig” søjle af supplerende tiltag af mere horisontal karakter. Udviklingen af Hovednettet forudsætter ud over den overordnede beskrivelse af indholdet, at der etableres nogle objektive kriterier, som kan anvendes til en udvælgelse af de knuder og strækninger, der bør indgå. Dette vil blive berørt i nærværende notat. Afslutningsvis nævnes mulighederne for at etablere makro-regionale Hovednet. I forbindelse med det aktuelle projekt Baltic Transport Outlook forsøger vi at fastlægge en metodologi for udvikling af et makro-regionalt Hovednet i Østersø-regionen.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Politische Morde und Rechtsstaatlichkeit – Das Beispiel Philippinen
Creators: name: Bück, Philipp
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Über sechzig Zivilgesellschafter/innen, Regierungsvertreter,/innen Kirchenvertreter/innen und interessierte Personen nahmen vom 8. bis 9. Mai 2008 an der Konferenz »Politische Morde und Rechtsstaatlichkeit – das Beispiel Philippinen« in der Katholischen Akademie in Berlin teil.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Performance Management i Movia
Creators: name: Thune, Henrik Visborg
Publisher: name: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Year: 2010

description: De økonomiske faktorer der er bestemmende for selvfinansieringsgraden i kommunernes busdrift kan ikke umiddelbart måles på kommuneniveau. De fleste nøgletal opgøres på buslinjeniveau og oversættes til kommuneniveau via den særlige finansieringsmodel for Østdanmark. De forskellige nøglefaktorer der påvirker bussernes selvfinansieringsgrad er samlet i Movias økonomisystem. Via statistisk analyse er de væsentligste parametre identificeret. Via illustration af nøgletallene på landkort er opnået et mere nuanceret billede af økonomien i busdriften i den enkelte kommune, sammenlignet med de øvrige kommuner på Sjælland.
description: Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2010): Proceedings from the Annual Transport Conference at Aalborg University
Die filling of aerated powders.
Creators: name: El Hebieshy, Joesry Fouad
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: Die filling is a critical process step in many industries. The majority of powders or powder mixtures utilised in these industries are fine powders. Powder properties dictate the die filling rate. Die filling may cause segregation in a powder blend, which can, for example, have the detrimental effect of changing the concentration of an API in a medicinal tablet. Using a wide range of powders, the effect of die size and die orifice shape, were investigated, as well as die orientation and aspect ratio of non-axis symmetrical dies. Passive and active die filling were compared, and the effect of varying shoe length during active die filling was also studied. Hopper flow and die filling were modelled using physical equations. The predictions of these equations were compared to the Beverloo Equations. Furthermore, size and density induced segregation of binary powder mixtures during die filling was studied. The mass flow rate of the small die was lower than the large die even when normalised by die orifice surface area due to the trapped air dampening the flow rate more for orifices with small surface area. Higher critical filling speeds were achieved with all powders when using broad non-axis symmetrical dies in the parallel orientation. For die filling in a rotary die filling system, an empirical correlation for the prediction of the weight in the die at a given shoe speed and the critical filling speeds of any powder was developed. For hopper flow and passive die filling, physical equations were developed that were able to predict the mass flow rate of a wide range of powder more accurately than the Beverloo Equation. Finally, two segregation mechanisms were identified (sieving segregation and fluidization segregation) to occur during die filling and the speed of the shoe affected the balance between the two mechanisms.
Hilfe tut nicht immer gut... Die ausländische Entwicklungshilfe für das CARP ist nicht unumstritten
Creators: name: Borras Jr., Saturnino
name: Manahan, Mary Ann
name: Tadem, Eduardo C.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Gegner der Fortführung des Agrarreformprogramms CARP fordern, die Landverteilung einzustellen und die Unterstützungsleistungen statt- dessen auf die Haushalte der Landwirte zu konzentrieren, die im Rahmen des Programms Land erhalten haben. Wir argumentieren, dass es nicht um die Frage von Landneuverteilung versus Unterstützung geht. Die Herausforderung liegt vielmehr darin, die Begünstigten der Landreform effektiv zu unterstützen und gleichzeitig die Neuverteilung des Ackerlandes abzuschließen.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
An inductive superconducting transition-edge nano-detector for nano-dosimetry applications.
Creators: name: Li, Bo
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: In this thesis I have demonstrated the feasibility of using Inductive Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensor (ISTED) as an excellent nanodosimeter for nano-dosimetry applications. This thesis can be divided broadly into two parts. In the first part, I begin by addressing how the study of low energetic ionising particles in liquid water using concepts from classical mechanics is a valid approach, despite being inside the quantum-classical boundary regime. Based on the circumstantial validity condition, I showed that the percentage uncertainties in nanodosimetric quantities due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle for sub- 1 keV electrons in liquid water as calculated by GEANT4-DNA is not significant enough to cause changes to their distributions. Important nanodosimetric quantities studied in details are ionisation cluster-size distribution, second order of moment for cluster-size distribution (M$_2$) and the cumulative frequency of ionisation cluster-size distribution from cluster-size two (F$_2$). In the second part of my thesis, I have focussed on the design, optimisation, fabrication, characterisation of the superconducting devices. An ISTED is made from three components: a) a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID), b) a superconducting thin-film and c) a top layer of thin-film Carbon absorber. I have measured the magnetic flux noise of a nanoSQUID of loop dimension 350 nm and nano- Josephson junctions of dimensions 65 nm x 65 nm as $3 ____times 10^{-14} ____Phi_0^2$ in the white noise region. It is shown that the measured nanoSQUID is more than capable of sub- 10 eV energy detection.
CARP(e) diem? Das Auslaufen der philippinischen Landreform offenbart einmal mehr die tiefe Kluft innerhalb der politischen Linken
Creators: name: Dürselen, Gisela
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Der Juni 2008 war ein turbulenter Monat in den Philippinen: Im Kongress in Manila stritten sich die Mitglieder des Repräsentantenhauses um die weitere Finanzierung der Landreform Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) – und auf der Straße demonstrierten Farmer pro und contra CARP. Die mittlerweile 20 Jahre alte Landreform entzweit nicht nur Politiker/innen, sondern auch Bauernverbände. Sie wurde zum Symbol für den tiefen Riss, der sich seit Anfang der 1990er Jahre durch die politische Linke zieht.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Erkaufte Kriegsverbündete – Die Philippinen während des Vietnamkrieges
Creators: name: Lockwood, Kathleen
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die förmliche Anfrage von Präsident Marcos an den Kongress im Februar 1966, die Entsendung eines Pionierbataillons nach Südvietnam zu genehmigen, könnte die Bürger der Philippinen nicht mehr erschüttert haben, als wenn er öffentlich Purzelbäume geschlagen hätte.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Simplified Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Jackets Supported on Multiple Foundations Incorporating Soil-Structure Interaction
Creators: name: Jalbi, M Saleh
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020
Subjects: Offshore wind
Jackets
Piles
Suction Caissons
Multiple Foundations
Soil-Structure Interaction
Natural Frequency

description: Foundations are one of the most expensive items in the capital cost break down of an offshore wind farm and the design is a challenging and multidisciplinary task that requires an understanding of the aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, structural dynamics, and soil-structure interaction. Though there has been extensive research, foundation codes are still not fully developed and are heavily dependent on the principles developed for oil & gas platforms which have distinct differences with offshore wind installations. Furthermore, current offshore wind turbines are becoming larger in size and installed in deeper waters, thus jackets are becoming a more attractive option when compared to the conventional monopiles. However, the current design methods for jackets are computationally challenging and time consuming, and often is the case, require data that is unavailable in the public domain which makes concept designs a difficult process. Due to the lack of simple integrated approaches, this thesis focuses on developing an integrated and modular design approach which can be easily implemented on spreadsheet type software and result in a conservative foundation size with adequate accuracy. The design criteria covered in this thesis are the Ultimate Limit State (ULS), Serviceability Limit State (SLS), and the natural Frequency requirements. For the dynamic analysis of foundations, a novel approach is proposed that expresses the natural frequency of the system in terms of mechanics based approaches considering the flexibility of the jackets and supporting foundations. The analysis steps from the thesis are compiled into an integrated design approach applied to jackets and their supporting foundations named as the “10-step method”. It is shown that following these steps will result in a similar jacket and foundation size as detailed designs. The approaches of this thesis are expected to be a very powerful tool in the concept design stage when the financial viability of a wind farm is assessed. The work of this thesis also sets “templates” of appropriate jacket and foundation sizes in the detailed design stage. Finally, future works and enhancement to the work of this thesis are also provided.
A Computational Study of the Role of Nuclear Receptor Interactions in Steatosis
Creators: name: Reeves, Jake D.
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: It is estimated that 1 in 3 people in the UK show early warning signs of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), a condition that starts with steatosis, the abnormal accumulation of lipid cells in the liver. Understanding the processes by which this accumulation of lipids occurs could lead to the development of novel drugs to treat steatosis before disease progression can occur. A systems wide computational approach was adopted to understand the interaction between metabolism, cell signalling and gene regulation producing a phenotypic output that resembles steatosis. The in silico model comprises of two different computational formalisms: the human Genome-Scale Metabolic Network (GSMN) Recon2 (analysed using Flux Balance Analysis (FBA)), coupled with the MAP Kinase signalling network; and Nuclear Receptor (NR) gene regulation modelled using Petri Net (PN) theory. These two distinct formalisms are combined using the Quasi-Steady State Petri Net (QSSPN) algorithm. Previously published work uses small-scale static models. This project builds on that research by using quantitative data for the dynamic gene regulatory network, including experimentally determined reaction rates, protein levels and receptor occupancy levels. It also includes the MAP Kinase signalling network created by the conversion of the Reactome dataset, and comprises six MAPK-activated NRs. The results showed that the model can uncover previously unknown metabolic landscapes. It was found that Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) has an inhibitory effect when coupled with any other NR (excluding the Peroxisome-Proliferator Activated Receptor Alpha (PPARa)), which causes a decrease in the synthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). This was due to GRs inhibition of IDH1, a gene that upregulates the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase. PPARa had a neutralising effect when combined with GR, sustaining a steady state level of TAG. In conclusion, the dynamic mechanistic model developed has the capability to study the metabolic network on a system wide level and identify new biological mechanisms. Supporting data can be found at http://doi.org/10.15126/surreydata.00858237
»Dem Volke dienen!« Aber wie? – West-östliche Randnotizen über die »68er-Bewegung« in Deutschland und den Philippinen
Creators: name: Werning, Rainer
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: »1968« ist 40 Jahre später zur großen Chiffre geworden. Keine Woche vergeht, ohne dass sich die Feuilletons der Mainstream- und alternativer Medien des Themas annehmen. Um es - je nach Perspektive - mit Verve in Grund und Boden zu verdammen oder idealisierend zu überhöhen. Zeitgeistig gewendete Ex-Linke werden dabei - wohl aus Gründen falsch verstandener Authentizität - bevorzugt von bürgerlichen Presseorganen auf den Schild gehoben, um nunmehr zynisch gegen all das vom Leder zu ziehen, wofür sie vor vier Jahrzehnten meist selbst 1 50-prozentig, wenn nicht unbedingt mit ihrem Kopf, so doch mit ihrem Kragen gestritten hatten.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
New forms of bistable composite slit tube.
Creators: name: Knott, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: In recent years extremely small satellites have been developed in response to trends in the space industry to achieve more for less cost. Extremely lightweight and efficiently packaged deployable structures are essential for achieving large-scale applications including communication antennas, solar arrays, and in recent years, deorbiting drag-sails. This thesis is motivated for developing novel deployable helical antennas for space-based maritime surveillance. The helical antenna technology provides packaging efficiency and radio frequency characteristics superior to the latest efforts of international research groups. To achieve this, the research presented focuses on developing the proven bistable composite slit tube (BCST) deployable technology. These are open-section tubular structures which can be deployed and rolled up into a compact coil, analogous to a tape measure, but do not require constraint to remain stowed. This behaviour is referred to as bistability and enables lightweight and relatively simple deployable structures for spacecraft applications. New forms of BCST are modelled through the introduction of additional curvatures, manufactured and described in this work with two new subcategorisations established: toroidal and helical. Toroidal BCSTs are doubly curved with both principal curvatures initially non-zero in the deployed stress-free state. Helical BCSTs are doubly curved and twisted out-of-plane. Investigations into the effects of geometrical parameters and laminated composite material properties on the bistable coils of both types are presented. The results provide an understanding of bistable behaviour in new forms of BCST previously neglected in the literature, which is almost exclusively focused on straight forms. As a consequence of this research, new deployable structure technologies are envisaged in the areas of compact terrestrial shelters and small satellite communications.
Resource constraints in innovation: the role of bricolage in new venture creation and firm development
Creators: name: Senyard, Julienne
name: Davidsson, Per
name: Baker, Ted
name: Steffens, Paul
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The emerging theory of ‘bricolage’ as a resource behaviour represents an attempt to address the central entrepreneurship research problem of making systematic sense of entrepreneurs that sometimes manage to create significant new economic activity under what appears to be severe resource constraints (Baker and Nelson 2005). However, despite growing interest in bricolage there is little large scale empirical evidence about the effectiveness and outcomes of using bricolage processes while developing innovative outcomes in nascent and young firms. In this research we test bricolage using different forms of innovation using data from the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) project. Our results indicate overall positive results of bricolage with all forms of innovativeness. A discussion of the results and recommended future research is provided.
Estimating and forecasting with factor-augmented quantile autoregressions
Creators: name: PHELLA, ANTHOULLA
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: This thesis deals with the estimation and forecasting of factor-augmented quantile autoregressive models. In Chapter 1, we propose a test for the joint hypothesis of correct dynamic specification and no omitted latent factor for the quantile autoregression (QAR). If the composite null is rejected, we proceed to disentangle the cause of rejection, i.e., dynamic misspecification or an omitted variable. We establish the asymptotic distribution of the test statistics under fairly weak conditions and show that factor estimation error is negligible. A Monte Carlo simulation shows that the suggested tests have good finite sample properties. We then examine GDP growth and CPI inflation in the United Kingdom and find that quantile autoregressive models for GDP growth should include latent factors to summarise multiple macroeconomic variables. Such latent factors have non uniform effects on different quantiles of the GDP growth distribution. However, these latent factors do not carry relevant information for modelling the CPI inflation rate distribution.
description: In Chapter 2, we consider out-of-sample forecasts of the GDP growth and CPI inflation distributions of the United Kingdom with factor-augmented quantile autoregressions under a model averaging framework. We investigate model combinations using weights that minimise the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC), the Quantile Regression Information Criterion (QRIC) as well as the leave-one-out cross-validation criterion. We apply the aforementioned methods and find that, on average, for GDP growth, in terms of coverage and final prediction error, equal weights or the weights obtained by the AIC and BIC perform equally well, but are outperformed by the QRIC and the Jackknife approach for the majority of the quantiles of interest. In contrast, the naive QAR(1) model of inflation outperforms all model averaging methodologies.
Strain engineering in halide perovskite photovoltaics
Creators: name: Liu, Dongtao
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Superior photoluminescence characters and thermodynamic phase stability endow halide perovskite optoelectronics with exceptional performance and operational durability. In line with widely discovered performance limiting factors, such as defects in perovskite devices, the strain, that describes the lattice deformation of an element under stress, has been found to deliver a profound influence on the physic characteristics in halide perovskites. This thesis aims to develop approaches to harness, especially, the detrimental tensile strain in thin film perovskites and elaborate on the strain effect on thin film perovskites and perovskite solar cells.

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description: Based on optimised one-step thin film perovskite where perovskites have a medium bandgap, it is found that these perovskites deposited on a rigid substrate can be readily tensile strained at the in-plane direction. For perovskite of different tensile strain levels, compliant interlayers were experimentally introduced at the bottom interface between perovskite and rigid substrate. It was discovered that these long alkyl chain amino acids interlayers can help to partially relax the residual tensile strain in perovskites and perovskites of reduced tensile strain exhibited enhanced optoelectronic properties and phase stability. The strain-modulated thin film perovskites further enable solar cells to reach an encouraging power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 24%, without using surface passivation. The approach here developed can offer insights into interfacial engineering that realises, concurrently, strain relaxation and fast carrier transfer by using long alkyl chain ligands albeit these ligands are considered to be poorly conductive.

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description: The defective perovskite top surface is another termination that necessitates a careful investigation from the perspective of mechanical strain. With the use of 2D perovskite capping layer, it is found that 2D perovskites modified 3D perovskites can have the enclosed tensile strain being relaxed. The strain relaxation effect was attributed to the lattice partition effect brought by 2D perovskite. The stronger chemical affinity of long chain-alkylamine salt and 3D perovskite leads to easier generation of 2D perovskites and strain relaxation. Besides, the benign optoelectronic modification of 3D perovskites can only be realised when there is limited lattice partition and strain relaxation. The theory developed here answers a long-lasting puzzle about how tensile strain is relaxed for 2D/3D perovskites with respect to 3D perovskite systems, offering clues to modulate the physical properties of 3D perovskite more effectively by using 2D perovskite capping layer.
Three essays in microeconomics.
Creators: name: Rahman, Sumaiya
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2020

description: This thesis documents the evolution of absolute mobility in individual earnings, household income and household consumption in the UK over the last 25 years. Absolute mobility is defined as the fraction of children earning as much or more than the parents, in real times at a similar point in the life-cycle, and is calculated using the decomposition technique introduced by Chetty, Grusky, et al. (2017). In Chapter 1, I show that absolute earnings mobility was increasing until the mid-2000s, and then plummeted due to the fall in real weekly earnings after the Great Recession. In 2018, absolute earnings mobility was only 36 percent, about 22 percentage points lower than in 2008. This decline in absolute earnings mobility could have been avoided if real weekly earnings had continued to grow at the pre-recession trend. In Chapter 2, I show that absolute income mobility was higher in levels than absolute earnings mobility, and the measure did not experience the steep decline over the last decade. This gap between absolute earnings and income mobility can be partly explained by the inclusion of non-labour earnings and welfare transfers in household incomes, which were higher in the children’s generation compared to the parents. In addition, the rise in labour force participation of women combined with the tremendous growth in their earnings meant that dual-income households played a major role in raising and stabilizing the level of absolute income mobility. The final chapter in this thesis investigates the effect of an early-life climate shock on mother’s breastfeeding behaviour and children’s anthropometric measures. I use the 1998 flood in Bangladesh as a natural experiment to implement the difference-in-difference framework. I find that children affected by the flood were breastfed for longer than those unaffected. In addition, contrary to previous studies, children did not report any difference in height-for-age z-scores, but had lower weight-for-age z-scores. Increased breastfeeding by mothers, along with generous assistance in the form of food and finances from the government, ensured that children did not suffer from the severe negative effect common in such extreme weather events.
Real life vignettes
Creators: name: Hecq, Dominique
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Creative research brings with it a form of 'in-experience', an immersion into the performance nature of artistic research. In the lightest form of creative practice, 'Real life vignettes' is an evocative exercise in applying intuition, attention and experimentation in the gratification of art. It helps me contextualise 'otherliness' where I discern a new texture in how I perceive-with a level of bias- the creations of others: the sculpted nakedness of a hammer thrower on a lone island in Queen Victoria Gardens; a vivid intersection of performance theatre and contemporary art at the Victorian Arts Centre; a dark world of complex cinematography in Julia Leigh's 'The sleeping beauty'; and the eerie beauty of sullied love in an anguished duet.
Das Vorspiel zur Revolution – Die Studierendenbewegung in den Philippinen
Creators: name: Hilario, Ernesto M.
Publisher: name: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog
Year: 2018

description: Die Philippinen wurden nicht von dem politischen Aufruhr verschont, der durch die studentischen Protestbewegungen entstand und ab Mitte der 1960er Jahre die Welt erschütterte. Nach dem Vorbild ihrer Pendants aus den USA, Europa und Asien, begannen die philippinischen Studierenden in wachsender Zahl die Straßen zu erobern und ab Mitte der 1960er Jahre akademische Freiheit und das Ende des Vietnamkrieges einzufordern.
description: südostasien – Zeitschrift für Politik • Kultur • Dialog, Bd. 24 Nr. 3 (2008): Talking about Revolution: Die 68er – Damals und heute
Declining trends in exposures to harmful policing among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada
Creators: name: Landsberg, Adina
name: Kerr, Thomas
name: Milloy, M-J
name: Dong, Huiru
name: Nguyen, Paul
name: Wood, Evan
name: Hayashi, Kanna
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Introduction: In 2006, the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) developed an organization-wide drug policy approach, which included endorsing harm reduction strategies for people who inject drugs (PWID). We sought to examine rates of potentially harmful policing exposures and associated HIV risk behaviour among PWID in Vancouver, Canada before and after the VPD policy change. Methods: Data were derived from two prospective cohort studies of PWID. Multivariable generalized estimating equation models were used to examine changes in the risk of confiscation of drug use paraphernalia and physical violence by the police, as well as changes in the relationship between exposures to the two policing practices and sharing of drug use paraphernalia, before and after the policy change. Results: Among 2193 participants, including 757 (34.5%) women, the rates of experiencing police confiscation of drug use paraphernalia declined from 22.3% in 2002 to 2.8% in 2014, and the rates of reporting experiencing physical violence by the police also declined from 14.1% in 2004 to 2.9% in 2014. In multivariable analyses, the post-policy change period remained independently and negatively associated with reports of confiscation of drug use paraphernalia (adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 0.25; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.21 to 0.31) and reported physical violence by the police (AOR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.63 to 0.91). However, experiencing both confiscation of drug use paraphernalia and physical violence by the police (AOR: 1.92; 95% CI: 1.10 to 3.33) and experiencing only confiscation of drug use paraphernalia (AOR: 1.71; 95% CI: 1.34 to 2.19) remained independently and positively associated with sharing of drug use paraphernalia during the post-policy change period. Conclusions: In our study, two policing practices known to increase HIV risk among PWID have declined significantly since the local police launched an evidence-based drug policy approach. However, these practices remained independently associated with elevated HIV risk after the post-policy change. Although there remains a continued need to ensure that policing activities do not undermine public health efforts, these findings demonstrate that a major shift towards a public health approach to policing is possible for a municipal police force.
Collective action and cultural change : revisiting Eisenstadt’s evolutionary theory
Creators: name: Abrutyn, Seth
name: Van Ness, Justin
name: Taylor, Marshall A.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Eisenstadt’s most well-known contributions come primarily from his research on “multiple modernities.” Less appreciated has been his evolutionary theory of cultural change. In this article, we revisit Eisenstadt’s evolutionary theory in order to make explicit his potential contributions to the neo-evolutionary tradition and demonstrate where his contribution can be further appreciated. In short, Eisenstadt’s theory supplements macro-level materialist and micro-level bio-psychological theories by (1) offering a group-level theory that takes agency and historicity seriously by calling attention to the role of institutional entrepreneurs and their projects for cultural change, (2) formulating a multi-linear, multi-directional theory of evolution that avoids determinist traps, (3) highlighting non-materialist crises such as the widespread breakdown in trust, the discontents of centralized and consolidated power, and the collapse of a shared sense of meaning, and (4) accounting for the possible conditions of success or failure. Historical examples are used to illustrate Eisenstadt’s model.
Nachrichten
Creators: name: Hensengerth, Stefanie
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