3,094 research outputs found
Application of the IS-MP-IA model to the German economy and policy implications
No full textExtending the IS-MP-IA model developed by Romer (2000) and applying the GARCH (Engle, 1982, 2001) methodology, the author finds that equilibrium GDP in Germany is positively affected by stock market performance and real exchange rate appreciation, and negatively influenced by the expected inflation rate, the government deficit/GDP ratio, and the U.S. federal funds rate. The relatively low deficit/GDP ratio of 1.83% in 2003 indicates that its fiscal condition was healthy. However, some other EU members may need to exercise fiscal discipline. Because real appreciation has a positive impact on output, a stronger euro may not be a concern for Germany but may be worried by those EU member nations which depend upon exports to stimulate their economies.
Enodinympha Ren & Engel 2007
No full textEnodinympha Ren & Engel, 2007 (Fig. 7C) Type species. Enodinympha translucida Ren & Engel, 2007: 214 (by original designation). Diagnosis. Antenna distinctly longer than forewing; scape elongate; wings narrow, medium sized; forewing with numerous crossveins throughout wing, regularly arranged but not forming gradates; RP with 12 branches; RP1 originating distant from origin of RP, approximately 1/3 wing length; M fork proximal to origin of RP1, closer to origin of RP, near 1/6 wing length; MA unbranched except for end-twigging near wing margin; MP with few pectinate branches near wing margin; CuA pectinately branched near wing margin, 4–5 branches, some with endtwigging; CuP strongly pectinate (nine simple branches); A1 pectinate with six branches; HW with numerous crossveins throughout wing; MP pectinate; CuA strongly pectinate (13 branches); CuP simple. Comments. Placement of this genus in Gumillinae is clear based on the long antennae, narrow costal margin and distal origin of RP1. The forewing medial vein forking very close to the wing base is uncommon among genera of Gumillinae, as it typically forks closer to the middle of the wing. The relatively large number of RP branches (12) and numerous regular crossveins is also uncommon in Gumillinae, as most members of this subfamily have 5– 7 (or fewer) branches and far fewer, irregular crossveins. This genus is likely closely related to Tenuosmylus and Epiosmylus. Li et al. (2018) recently transferred Nilionympha imperfecta to Enodinympha.Published as part of Winterton, Shaun L., Martins, Caleb Califre, Makarkin, Vladimir, Ardila-Camacho, Adrian & Wang, Yongjie, 2019, Lance lacewings of the world (Neuroptera: Archeosmylidae, Osmylidae, Saucrosmylidae): review of living and fossil genera, pp. 1-99 in Zootaxa 4581 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4581.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263384
Nanoraphidia Engel 2002
No full textGenus Nanoraphidia Engel, 2002 (Figs. 12–13) Type species: Nanoraphidia electroburmica Engel, 2002: 3. Diagnosis. Minute size. Head ovoid, with portion posterior to compound eyes nearly as long as eye length and tapering caudad, and with clypeus slightly shorter than compound eye length; three small ocelli present on posterior half of head; antenna nearly as long as head plus prothorax, with 20–30 flagellomeres. Pro- and mesotibiae distinctly swollen, metatibia feebly swollen, all tibiae lacking tibial spur. Forewing: Costal space distinctly broadened; pterostigma elongate, ~ 1 / 3 × wing length, without pterostigmal crossvein, proximally closed by a crossvein and distally closed by a veinlet of RA; Scp terminating into C slightly distad wing midpoint; posterior veinlet of RA zig-zagged with stem of RA; RP distally bifurcated; MA distally trifurcated; two radial cells, one discal cell, and two discoidal cells present. Hindwing: Configuration of pterostigmal area same to that of male; stem of MA proximally fused with MP; a slightly oblique proximal mp-cua present; two radial cells, one discal cell, and one discoidal cell present; A 1 proximally fused with CuP for a short distance. Remarks. This genus appears to be closely related to Cantabroraphidia Pérez-de la Fuente, Nel, Peñalver & Delclòs, 2010 and Amarantoraphidia Pérez-de la Fuente, Peñalver, Delclòs & Engel, 2012 from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain in having generally similar cephalic feature and wing venation. However, Nanoraphidia can be distinguished from the latter two genera by the distally trifurcate MA (MA distally bifurcated in Cantabroraphidia and Amarantoraphidia) and the presence of only one forewing discoidal cell (two discoidal cells present in Cantabroraphidia and Amarantoraphidia). Nanoraphidia lithographica Jepson, Ansorge & Jarzemborski, 2011 from the Early Cretaceous of Spain differs from N. electroburmica by the forewing RA with posterior branch continuous with its stem and the distally bifurcated MA, and it more resembles the species of Amarantoraphidia and Cantabroraphidia from the Early Cretaceous amber of Spain. However, the latter two genera possess two forewing discoidal cells. At any rate, the generic placement of N. lithographica should be re-considered.Published as part of Liu, Xingyue, Lu, Xiumei & Zhang, Weiwei, 2016, New genera and species of the minute snakeflies (Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae: Nanoraphidiini) from the mid Cretaceous of Myanmar, pp. 301-324 in Zootaxa 4103 (4) on page 316, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/26475
Nilionympha Ren & Engel 2007
No full textGenus: Nilionympha Ren & Engel, 2007 Type species. Nilionympha pulchella Ren & Engel, 2007 Other included species. Nilionympha shantouensis sp. nov. (N. imperfecta is transferred to Enodinympha imperfecta comb. nov.) Emended diagnosis. Antenna filiform and extremely long. Forewing elongated, trichosors present in distal half of forewing; costal crossveins simple with occasional forks; Sc and R1 fused anterior to the wing apex; Rs with 12 branches, Rs1 diverged at one-third of wing length; MA separating from Rs at about one-fourth of wing length. Hind wing long and narrow, slightly similar with forewing; trichosors present; costal crossveins simple with occasional forks; Sc and R1 fused anterior to the wing apex; Rs with 10 to 11 branches, Rs1 diverged at one-third of wing length; MA separating from Rs at about one-fourth of wing length; MP forked apically; CuA branched from wing midlength; CuP pectinately branched; A1 distinct and near CuP. Remarks. The genus Nilionympha was erected by Ren and Engel (2007: fig. 7–11), for which only the hind wing characters were provided in the original description. Unequivocally, Nilionympha belongs to the Gumillinae for the long antennae and relatively complicated venation, but its full comparison with the other gumilline genera was not possible due to the absence of the characters of forewing (Ren & Engel, 2007). After reexamining the type specimens of Nilionympha pulchella (Fig. 1A) and Nilionympha imperfecta (Fig. 1B), their fragmentary forewings were reconstructed in Fig. 1C (N. pulchella) and Fig. 1D (N. imperfecta). Although the forewing of the type species of N. pulchella is incomplete, some key characters can be detected to allow the possible comparison with other gumilline genera. Nilionympha is most characterized by the numerous Rs branches in the forewing (12 branches), and this is clearly different from other gumilline genera (no more than seven branches). However, another genus Enodinympha established in the same paper with Nilionympha (Ren & Engel, 2007) also has similarly many Rs branches in forewing, but these two genera can be distinguished by the divergence of MA from Rs (Fig. 1C–E). Within Gumillinae, the divergence of MA from Rs is commonly distant to the wing base that forms multiple r1-mp crossveins as in Enodinympha translucida (Fig. 1E), while the separation of MA distinctly close to the wing base in N. pulchella (Fig. 1 C). Because the hindwing of Enodinympha translucida canot be fully reconstructed to provide the useful information due to the fragmentary condition of specimens, the both genera are still requested the further comparisons in future. It is notable that the species N. imperfecta (Fig. 1D) shows the similar configuration of MA with E. translucida (Fig. 1E) instead of N. pulchella. Additionally the configurations of CuA and CuP in the forewing of N. imperfecta also resemble those of Enodinympha (Fig. 1D, E), thus we deem it necessary to transfer N. imperfecta to Enodinympha as Enodinympha imperfecta comb. nov. (Fig. 1D). Furthermore, Sc and R1 amalgamate proximad of the pterostigma in N. pulchella, however, the fusion of Sc and R1 is much distal in the middle of pterostigma among most gumillines including the new species (Nilionympha shantouensis sp. nov.) described below. Thus, we consider it a specific diagnosis and an autapomorphy of N. pulchella instead of the generic feature.Published as part of Li, Qinghua, Ren, Dong & Wang, Yongjie, 2018, Revision of the gumilline genus Nilionympha with a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Osmylidae), pp. 146-150 in Zootaxa 4399 (1) on pages 147-148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.13, http://zenodo.org/record/120643
Winning redefined, a new brand positioning for MP Motorsport
No full textMP Motorsport is a talent educating race team participating in the classes below the Formula 1. The problem with the lower classes and therefore MP Motorsport as well is that these classes don’t get much attention and exposure. As a company run by people with passion the branding and positioning is more something that naturally emerged from this passion rather than a series of conscious decisions. This makes it fragile. A more conscious strategy and vision on how MP Motorsport needs to be branded and positioned against their competition that is more than “look how cool racing is” is needed to become more attractive for sponsoring. This report describes the process from analysis to finding the right positioning and an advise for a new brand identity and an implementation plan to help becoming more attractive for sponsoring goals. The analysis done with employees showed a unique characteristic that will help the team to position themselves against the competition; the family atmosphere. This atmosphere is what also characterises their contradictory personality. This personality is on one hand leading and ambitious and on the other hand modest and involved. Competition and stakeholder analysis have been performed to find the right combination of being unique to the competition, desirable for the stakeholders (the fans and sponsors) and builds upon the core strengths of the company. Then using the brand key model, a positioning is made with the essence: Be your best self. The belief, “in everyone hides a talent” and values like “everyone is equal” and “together we succeed” combined with the essence and the positioning resulted in a brand story that describes the feeling MP Motorsport wants to communicate. To manifestate the brand, an advise has been set up for a tone of voice and tone of image. Wrapped in a concept called “winning redefined” this advise is part of the whole implementation plan that should lead the way for the team to implement the newly created brand in short and long term actions. In 3 phases MP Motorsport is advised to start with a clear brand introduction to the target groups Gen Z and potential sponsors. The next phase revolves around creating a community to attract both Gen Z talents and subsequently sponsors to interact with the team and each other. Finally the last phase is long term focused and aims for sustainable growth. In this phase the community is established and can expect various opportunities to discover and develop a whole range of talents, sponsors and gen z are connected to each other via MP Motorsport and the team is able to finance the lower classes without the pressure of the money drivers bring along.Strategic Product Desig
Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)
No full textThe main claim of this paper is that the minimalist framework and optimality theory adopt more or less the same architecture of grammar: both assume that a generator defines a set S of potentially well-formed expressions that can be generated on the basis of a given input, and that there is an evaluator that selects the expressions from S that are actually grammatical in a given language L. The paper therefore proposes a model of grammar in which the strengths of the two frameworks are combined: more specifically, it is argued that the computational system of human language CHL from MP creates a set S of potentially well-formed expressions, and that these are subsequently evaluated in an optimality theoretic fashion.The definitive version of this paper is published in Linguistics in Potsdam 25 (2006).Broekhuis, H. (2006). Derivations (MP) and Evaluations (OT)*. In H. Broekhuis & R. Vogel (Eds), Linguistics in Potsdam 25. Optimality Theory and Minimalism: A possible Convergence? Potsdam : Universitätsverlag PotsdamISBN: 9783939469544 (published book)This research is supported by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO), grant 276-70-00
Stroom- en sedimentmeting Roompot-Veerse Dam (mp.8), 15 en 22 januari 1996
No full textStroom- en sedimentmeting Roompot-Veerse Dam (mp.8) 15 en 22 januari 1996.Deltawerken, Oosterscheld
A novel approach to MP-PIC: Continuum particle model for dense particle flows in fluidized beds
No full textA novel approach to Multiphase-Particle-in-Cell (MP-PIC), called Continuum Particle Model (CPM), is developed for dense gas-particle flows. CPM has high computational speed, comparable to that of MP-PIC, but a robustness and accuracy closer to that of a Discrete Element Model (DEM). The gas phase is treated as a continuum phase and particles are tracked discretely, but particle collisions are modelled by considering the divergence of the continuum particle stress tensor. Details on efficient solution to the model are presented. For comparison, a parametric study is performed for quasi-2D fluidized beds. Comparison of CFD-CPM is made with MP-PIC and CFD-DEM. The particle stress models by Harris and Crighton, and by Srivastava and Sundaresan are tested in our CFD-CPM. Results from CFD-CPM based on the Srivastava and Sundaresan particle stress model show good agreement with CFD-DEM results. We validate our model by comparison with experimental benchmark results from Gopalan et. al. (2016).Complex Fluid Processin
Electrohemiphlebia Lak & Fleck & Azar & Engel Fls & Kaddumi & Neraudeau & Tafforeau & Nel 2009, GEN. NOV.
No full textELECTROHEMIPHLEBIA GEN. NOV. Etymology: The genus-group name is a combination of the Greek term electron (meaning, ‘amber’) and Hemiphlebia, type genus of the family. The name is feminine. Type species: Electrohemiphlebia barucheli sp. nov. Diagnosis: Very small damselflies; head not very transverse; clypeofrontal sulcus deep; antefrons with two strong gibbosities separated by a median depression; strong sulcus between frons and vertex (i.e. the plate bearing the ocelli, limited anteriorly by the frons, laterally by the eyes and posteriorly by the occiput); posterior ocelli on a high gibbosity well separated from others and from the vertex and frontal part of frons by complete sulci set inside strong depressions; suture between vertex and occiput rather well pronounced; pterothoracic interpleural suture only present around metastigmal area; protibial comb absent; wings with short petiole; arculus distinctly distal of Ax2; forewing discoidal cell basally opened, with RP + MA, basal part of MA, and MAb aligned or nearly so; angle between MAb and MP + CuA rather acute in forewing discoidal cell; hindwing discoidal cell basally closed; base of RP3/4 close to subnodus; base of IR2 opposite subnodus; subnodus vertical.Published as part of Lak, Malvina, Fleck, Günther, Azar, Dany, Engel Fls, Michael S., Kaddumi, Hani F., Neraudeau, Didier, Tafforeau, Paul & Nel, André, 2009, Phase contrast X-ray synchrotron microtomography and the oldest damselflies in amber (Odonata: Zygoptera: Hemiphlebiidae), pp. 913-923 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (4) on page 914, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00497.x, http://zenodo.org/record/544462
Genomewide linkage scan of schizophrenia in a large multicenter pedigree sample using single nucleotide polymorphisms
No full textA genomewide linkage scan was carried out in eight clinical samples of informative schizophrenia families. After all quality control checks, the analysis of 707 European-ancestry families included 1615 affected and 1602 unaffected genotyped individuals, and the analysis of all 807 families included 1900 affected and 1839 unaffected individuals. Multipoint linkage analysis with correction for marker-marker linkage disequilibrium was carried out with 5861 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; Illumina version 4.0 linkage map). Suggestive evidence for linkage ( European families) was observed on chromosomes 8p21, 8q24.1, 9q34 and 12q24.1 in nonparametric and/or parametric analyses. In a logistic regression allele-sharing analysis of linkage allowing for intersite heterogeneity, genomewide significant evidence for linkage was observed on chromosome 10p12. Significant heterogeneity was also observed on chromosome 22q11.1. Evidence for linkage across family sets and analyses was most consistent on chromosome 8p21, with a one-LOD support interval that does not include the candidate gene NRG1, suggesting that one or more other susceptibility loci might exist in the region. In this era of genomewide association and deep resequencing studies, consensus linkage regions deserve continued attention, given that linkage signals can be produced by many types of genomic variation, including any combination of multiple common or rare SNPs or copy number variants in a region. Molecular Psychiatry (2009) 14, 786-795; doi:10.1038/mp.2009.11; published online 17 February 2009</p
- …
