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CER: A Handy Tool for the Civil Engineer

Because of the dynamic developments in information technology, the role of the libraries is also changing dramatically. Access to electronic resources, as a service, has become more common for all those working in libraries. This paper focuses on the Civil Engineering Resources (CER), an electronic resource service available on the World Wide Web. It was developed within the library of Civil Engin

The Explanatory Value of Cognitive Asymmetries in Policy Controversies

Citing an epistemic or cognitive asymmetry between experts and the public, it is easy to view the relation between scientists and citizens as primarily based on trust, rather than on the content of expert argumentation. In criticism of this claim, four theses are defended: (1) Empirical studies suggest that content matters, while trust(worthiness) boasts persuasiveness. (2) In social policy contro

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This thesis is a contribution to the understanding of the life and work of Arnold Schoenberg as well as to musical hermeneutics. The aims are (1) to scrutinize Arnold Schoenberg’s marital crisis of the year 1908, (2) to probe into the meanings of some representative musical works during this very period, and (3) to compare features in Schoenberg’s life and his creative work. A number of documents

Development of a Bioelectronic Tongue -Applications for Wastewater Analysis

A bioelectronic tongue has been developed for applications in wastewater analysis. The development of a biosensor array with complex signal analysis started from the idea of using group-selective phenol biosensors (tyrosinase and horseradish peroxidase) with chemometric analysis for signal processing. In a first step the ability to simultaneously determine each analyte in synthetic binary phenol m

The Double Disjunction Task as a Coordination Problem

In this paper I present the double disjunction task as introduced by Johnson-Laird. This experiment is meant to show how mental model theory explains the discrepancy between logical competence and logical performance of individuals in deductive reasoning. I review the results of the task and identify three problems in the way the task is designed, that all fall under a lack of coordination between

A method for measuring the variation of intima-media thickness during the entire cardiac cycle using B-Mode images

Increased intima-media thickness (IMT) has been shown to predict cardiovascular risk, and measurement of intima-media thickness has been extensively used in medical research since the mid-1990s. IMT is conventionally measured by manual tracing, however this method is very time-consuming and suffers from large inter-observer variability. Numerous methods, both semi-automatic and fully-automatic, ha

An Analytic Solution to Fixed-Time Point-to-Point Trajectory Planning

We derive an analytic solution to the problem of fixed-time trajectory generation with a quadratic cost function under velocity and acceleration constraints. This problem has a wide range of applications within motion planning. The advantage of the analytic solution compared to numerical optimization of the discretized problem is the unlimited resolution of the solution and the efficiency of the c

Mixing Time for the Dead Sea Based on Water and Salt Mass Balances

Water and salt mass balances for the Dead Sea were modeled to consider different possible methods for maintaining its water level and water volume. In the models, precipitation, evaporation, rivers, ground water, input/output from potash companies and salt production, and brine discharge were included. The mixing time in the Dead Sea was modeled by a 1) single-layer (well-mixed) system, and a 2) t

'It's just a name?' Young people in Canada and Germany discuss 'national' belonging'

Both Canada and Germany are multi-cultural societies, but with different approaches to this reality. In this chapter, I explore the question of how young people understand and define their social positions, and how much the process is influenced by the societies they live in. I use material from a qualitative research project in one German and one Canadian secondary school. Young people with and w