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CAPRI versus AGLINK-COSIMO: Two partial equilibrium models - Two baseline approaches
No full textThe agricultural modelling world has generated several models aiming at the analysis of the response of the sector to certain changes in exogenous mainly policy variables. Among those, the CAPRI modelling system developed by a consortium centred on the University of Bonn and the AGLINK-COSIMO model, a joint product of the OECD and the FAO, are well known and accepted as comprehensive tools. This analysis focuses on a qualitative comparison of both models and particularly on the process of setting up the baseline. The baseline is a medium-term projection of agricultural markets reflecting current policies and those already decided upon. This projection in turn serves as the base for comparisons when analyzing scenarios. It is shown that CAPRI uses generic and automatic procedures whenever possible for conducting the database and the baseline, while AGLINK-COSIMO puts more emphasis on expert knowledge in this process. Both approaches are shown to have certain advantages while the conclusion that a combination of them would potentially improve both models will be drawn from this analysis.CAPRI, AGLINK-COSIMO, Baseline process, Agricultural and Food Policy,
After the Addendum: Author Rights Management and/as Library Service
No full textThis report presents the findings from a qualitative study of Rice University faculty attitudes and practices around author rights conducted by Marcel LaFlamme, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology, during his tenure as a Fondren Fellow. This project was supervised by Shannon Kipphut-Smith, Fondren Library’s scholarly communications liaison
Ruskin traduzido: Sesame and Lilies por Proust e Catalán
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Literatura, Florianópolis, 2009.Este trabalho parte da análise das traduções da obra Sesame and Lilies, de John Ruskin, para o francês e para o castelhano para fazer um exame de questões ligadas ao gênero ensaístico, à tradução de ensaios e à autoria. Para isso, analisarei a tradução de Marcel Proust para o francês e seu paratexto e a tradução para o castelhano feita por Miguel Catalán e o respectivo paratexto.This study analises the translations of Sesame and Lilies, by John Ruskin, into French and Spanish in order to examine issues related to the essay as a literary genre, to the translation of essays and to authorship. This exam will be carried out by analising the translation into French by Marcel Proust and its paratext and the translation into Spanish by Miguel Catalán, accompanied by its paratext
Jean-Marcel Jeanneney à l'OFCE - Fondations et contributions (1981-1989).
No full textJean-Marcel Jeanneney était un économiste rare, à la fois théoricien, empiriste et praticien. C’est son aventure à la tête de l’OFCE que ce livre raconte, ou plutôt qu’il laisse l’auteur lui-même conter au travers d’articles écrits depuis le premier jour de son premier mandat de Président de notre institution. Ce recueil s’ouvre sur une introduction qui rappelle l'attachement du fondateur de l’OFCE au « libéralisme intellectuel», cette indépendance vis-à-vis des idées reçues qu’il jugeait indispensable à la conduite de politiques publiques raisonnables. Il est ensuite structuré en trois parties dont les titres font écho à une oe uvre marquante de Jean-Marcel Jeanneney : Vouloir le débat public en économie, Une mémoire au service de la prospective et Écoute le monde qui vient : intégration globale et unification européenne. Ce volume est un hommage à la mémoire de Jean-Marcel Jeanneney mais plus encore à sa présence. Les textes rassemblés ici par Jean-Paul Fitoussi et Éloi Laurent nous rappellent l’actualité des enseignements les plus précieux de Jean-Marcel Jeanneney : honnêteté, courage et espérance.
K-space symmetry and density weighted imaging:Optimization of magnetic resonance imaging with regard to signal-to-noise ratio, image quality and acquisition time
No full textDie Magnet-Resonanz (MR)-Bildgebung ist mit vielfältigen Anwendungen ein nicht mehr wegzudenkendes Instrument der klinischen Diagnostik geworden. Dennoch führt die stark limitierte Messzeit häufig zu einer Einschränkung der erzielbaren räumlichen Auflösung und Abdeckung, einer Beschränkung des Signal-zu-Rauschverhältnis (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) (SNR) sowie einer Signalkontamination durch benachbartes Gewebe. Bereits bestehende Methoden zur Reduktion der Akquisitionszeit sind die partielle Fourier (PF)-Bildgebung und die parallele Bildgebung (PPA). Diese unterscheiden sich zum einen im Schema zur Unterabtastung des k-Raums und zum anderen in der verwendeten Information zur Rekonstruktion der fehlenden k-Raum-Daten aufgrund der beschleunigten Akquisition. Während in der PPA die unterschiedlichen Sensitivitäten einer Mehrkanal-Empfangsspule zur Bildrekonstruktion verwendet werden, basiert die PF-Bildgebung auf der Annahme einer langsamen Variation der Bildphase. Im ersten Abschnitt dieser Arbeit wurde das Konzept der Virtuellen Spulendekonvolutions (Virtual Coil Deconvolution) (VIDE)-Technik vorgestellt, das das gleiche Schema der Unterabtastung des k-Raums wie die konventionelle PPA verwendet, aber anstelle der Spulensensitivität die Bildphase als zusätzliche Information zur Herstellung der fehlenden Daten der beschleunigten Bildgebung verwendet. Zur Minimierung der Rekonstruktionsfehler und der Rauschverstärkung in der VIDE-Technik wurde ein optimiertes Akquisitionsschema entwickelt. Die Kombination der PPA und PF-Bildgebung zur Beschleunigung der MR-Bildgebung wird durch das unterschiedliche Unterabtastschema erschwert. Wie Blaimer et al. in ihrer Arbeit gezeigt haben, kann das Prinzip der VIDE-Technik auf Mehrkanal-Spulen übertragen werden, sodass mit dieser Methode die PPA und die PF-Bildgebung optimal vereint werden können. Dadurch kann die Rauschverstärkung aufgrund der Spulengeometrie ohne zusätzliche Messungen deutlich reduziert werden. Obwohl die Abtastung des k-Raums in der MR-Bildgebung sehr variabel gestaltet werden kann, wird bis heute nahezu ausschließlich die regelmäßige k-Raum-Abtastung in der klinischen Bildgebung verwendet. Der Grund hierfür liegt, neben der schnellen Rekonstruktion und der einfachen Gestaltung der Variation des Bild-Kontrasts, in der Robustheit gegen Artefakte. Allerdings führt die regelmäßige k-Raum-Abtastung zu einer hohen Signalkontamination. Die Optimierung der SRF durch nachträgliches Filtern führt jedoch zu einem SNR-Verlust. Die dichtegewichtete (DW-) Bildgebung ermöglicht die Reduktion der Signal-Kontamination bei optimalem SNR, führt aber zur einer Reduktion des effektiven Gesichtsfelds (FOV) oder einer Erhöhung der Messzeit. Letzteres kann durch eine Kombination der PPA und DW-Bildgebung umgangen werden. Der zweite Teil dieser Arbeit befasste sich mit neuen Aufnahme- und Rekonstruktionsstrategien für die DW-Bildgebung, die eine Erhöhung des FOVs auch ohne Einsatz der PPA erlauben. Durch eine Limitierung der minimalen k-Raum-Abtastdichte konnte durch eine geringfügige Reduktion des SNR-Vorteils der DW-Bildgebung gegenüber der kartesischen, gefilterten Bildgebung eine deutliche Verringerung der Artefakte aufgrund der Unterabtastung in der DW-Bildgebung erreicht werden. Eine asymmetrische Abtastung kann unter der Voraussetzung einer homogenen Bildphase das Aliasing zusätzlich reduzieren. Durch die Rekonstruktion der DW-Daten mit der Virtuelle Spulendekonvolution für die effektive DW-Bildgebung (VIDED)-Bildgebung konnten die Artefakte aufgrund der Unterabtastung eliminiert werden. In der 3d-Bildgebung konnte durch Anwendung der modifizierten DW-Bildgebung eine Steigerung des FOVs in Schichtrichtung ohne Messzeitverlängerung erreicht werden. Die nicht-kartesische k-Raum-Abtastung führt im Fall einer Unterabtastung zu deutlich geringeren, inkohärenten Aliasingartefakten im Vergleich zur kartesischen Abtastung. Durch ein alternierendes DW-Abtastschema wurde eine an die in der MR-Mammografie verwendete Spulengeometrie angepasste k-Raum-Abtastung entwickelt, das bei gleicher Messzeit die räumliche Auflösung, das SNR und das FOV erhöht. Im dritten Teil dieser Arbeit wurde die Verallgemeinerung der DW-Bildgebung auf signalgewichtete Sequenzen, d.h. Sequenzen mit Magnetisierungspräparation (Inversion Recovery (IR), Saturation Recovery (SR)) sowie Sequenzen mit einer Relaxation während der Datenaufnahme (Multi-Gradienten-Echo, Multi-Spin-Echo) vorgestellt, was eine Steigerung der Bildqualität bei optimalem SNR erlaubt. Die Methode wurde auf die SR-Sequenz angewendet und deren praktischer Nutzen wurde in der Herz-Perfusions-Bildgebung gezeigt. Durch die Verwendung der in dieser Arbeit vorgestellten Technik konnte eine Reduktion der Kontamination bei einem SNR-Gewinn von 16% im Vergleich zur konventionellen, kartesischen Abtastung bei gleicher Messzeit erreicht werden.Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has become a powerful tool in clinical diagnostics. However, long acquisition times used in MR imaging limit the available signal-to-noise Ratio (SNR), spatial resolution and coverage and cause signal contamination from neighboring tissue. Two established methods used to reduce the scan time of MR imaging are partial parallel acquisition (PPA) and partial fourier (PF) imaging. These methods use different schemes to undersample k-space and use a different kind of information to reconstruct the missing data resulting from the accelerated acquisition. While in PPA the varying sensitivities of a multi-channel receiver coil are used in the image reconstruction, PF imaging is based on the assumption of a smoothly varying image phase. In the first section of this work, the concept of virtual coil deconvolution (VIDE) imaging is proposed. This method uses the identical acquisition scheme for the accelerated measurement of k-space as PPA. However, in contrast to PPA, VIDE imaging uses the image phase instead of the varying coil sensitivities to recover the missing data of the accelerated acquisition. Reconstruction errors and noise amplification of VIDE imaging were minimized by an optimized acquisition scheme. VIDE imaging allows an acceleration of MR imaging by a factor of two. The different sampling schemes used in PF imaging and PPA are disadvantageous for the combination of PF imaging and PPA to increase the acceleration of MRI. Blaimer, Gutberlet et al. showed that the concept of VIDE imaging can be extended to multi-channel receiver coils. This allows an optimal combination of PF imaging and PPA. The noise amplification caused by the coil geometry could be significantly decreased without lengthening the scan time. Although k-space can be measured in a variety of sampling schemes, almost exclusively a Cartesian trajectory is used in clinical imaging. Reasons are the fast and simple reconstruction, the robustness against artifacts and the well-defined contrast of Cartesian imaging. However, the Cartesian acquisition results in increased signal contamination. Post-processing filtering allows reduction of contamination but at the expense of SNR. Density weighted (DW) imaging allows optimization of the spatial response function (SRF) at maximum SNR but results in a reduced effective field of view (FOV) or a lengthening of the scan time. This disadvantage of DW imaging can be eliminated by the application of PPA. In the second section new acquisition and reconstruction methods were presented allowing an increase of the effective FOV in DW imaging even without the use of PPA. The limitation of the minimum sampling density in DW imaging resulted in a significant reduction of aliasing. Moderate filtering to correct the k-space weighting resulted in low reduction of the SNR gain in comparison to Cartesian imaging with the identical scan time. On condition of a homogeneous image phase, the aliasing can be additionally reduced by using an asymmetric DW sampling. Using virtual coil deconvolution for effective density weighted (VIDED) imaging for reconstruction, aliasing could be eliminated. By applying the developed DW method, the spatial coverage of 3D imaging was increased even without a lengthening of the scan time. In case of undersampling k-space, DW acquisition results in significantly reduced incoherent aliasing in comparison to Cartesian imaging. Alternating DW sampling revealed an optimized sampling scheme for the coil geometry used in MR-mammography. In experiments the effective FOV or the spatial resolution in slice direction could be increased significantly. In the third section the extension of DW imaging to signal-weighted sequences, i.e. sequences with magnetization preparation (inversion recovery or saturation recovery) or with relaxation between the acquired echoes (multigradient echo, multi-spin echo), was presented. The method provided increased image quality at optimum SNR in comparison to Cartesian imaging. By applying the new technique to SR-sequences, its practical use could be shown in myocardial perfusion imaging. The method presented in this work allowed an optimization of the SRF with an SNR gain of 16% compared to conventional Cartesian sampling at identical scan time
Some Marks in Marcel Iancu’s Creation
No full textThe paper emphasises some aspects of Marcel Iancu’s creation during his dadaist period in Zürich and after his return in Romania where he was one of avant-garde movement leaders and author of some important theoretical articles
Data for: Author Ranking Evaluation at Scale
No full textThis data consists of two test data sets of researchers that have (1) received one or more prestigious prizes for the long-lasting and high impact contribution to their fields (596 data entries) and (2) author names of ACM fellows (1000 data entries).Each author in the data sets is matched to the corresponding ACM author profileID and multiple Microsoft Academic Graph author entity IDs (name disambiguated). It also includes citation counts, publication counts, download counts from various sources (ACM Digital Library, Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic)
Marcel Schwob Digital Collection
No full textThis project outlines the discovery and digitization of previously unpublished correspondence composed by late 19th century author and literary critic, Marcel Schwob. Inspired by the inquiry of Bibliothèque Nationale Librarian Bernard Gauthier, Professor Daryl Lee alerted me to the presence of Marcel Schwob materials at BYU. I found that former BYU Professor John Green established a Marcel Schwob Memorial Collection and successfully published two books using the materials he gathered: Chroniques and Correspondance Inédite. After thoroughly researching the catalogued Schwob materials at BYU and comparing the contents to other Schwob publications, I found 72 previously unpublished letters. The majority of the letters (62) were written by Schwob to family members, and the remaining 9 letters were written to Schwob by colleagues. International interest in Marcel Schwob materials is one of many indicators representing renewed interest in the author, his work, and his influence. Recent publications also reflect growing Schwob interest. In Marcel Schwob, d\u27hier et d\u27aujourd\u27hui (2002), Christian Berg and Yves Vadé shed new light on Schwob through the observations of his contemporaries and modern-day essays on the importance of his contes. In addition, Jean Lorrain: Lettres à Marcel Schwob (2006) furthers the effort to better understand Schwob through a collection of correspondence. In light of this renewed interest, I determined that the previously unpublished correspondence would serve as a useful research tool for Schwob scholars. With the guidance and assistance of employees at the Harold B. Lee Library, I subsequently converted the correspondence into a digital publication. Creating a digital publication is a multifaceted undertaking requiring the involvement and expertise of different individuals and library departments. I successfully learned how to use both the hardware and software involved in the digitization process, thereby facilitating my completion of project deliverables, including: scanning and transcribing the letters; writing letter summaries (in both French and English), extracting names, and completing other metadata; uploading metadata using the Lee Library\u27s external database; establishing authority control records; writing website content (in both French and English), and publicizing the project. This document contains the major deliverables found in the digital publication, specifically the website content, the letter transcriptions, and the metadata
Die tonlosen Stimmen
No full textMarcel Beyer is one of the most prominent German-language writers. His contribution discusses the challenges of non-fictional narratives while focusing on Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The author wrote his essay as part of his 'Poetikdozentur' at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal
L'Universalité du théâtre de Marcel Dubé
No full textThe works of Marcel Dube are a testimony of the French Canadian society's evolution, at a time when its cultural and social identity was being questioned. Beyond any doubt, his plays had a strong influence upon Quebecers during the fifties and sixties. Dube's dramatic works have instigated the interest of critics throughout Canada and also in the United States and Europe.This thesis represents an analysis of five plays written by Marcel Dube giving clear indication of the universality of his works, particularly based on unpublished documents. These plays were written almost thirty years ago; nevertheless, they are still alive and applauded nowadays, which corroborates their universality. Also, on the unpublished recording tapes, actress Monique Miller, actor Jean Duceppe and author and critic Jean Ethier-Blais dwell precisely on the universality of Dube's works. Therefore I thought advisable to study this particular topic in the following plays: Zone, Florence, le temps des lilas, Bilan and Au retour des oies blanches.On these unpublished recording tapes, Marcel Dube talks about himself and his life as a writer. We learn about his childhood, the beginning of his career, the people who surrounded and encouraged him, the social, cultural, and political environment that prevailed at the time he wrote his most famous plays. He also acknowledges his mistakes, his weaknesses, his ambitions and talks about the motives that prompted him to become a writer.Furthermore, well known author and critic Jean Ethier-Blais expresses his ideas and feelings regarding the author and his works. Actors and personal friends Monique Miller and Jean Duceppe recollect the circumstances and the effect the dramatic art of Marcel Dube has had on French Canadian culture
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