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Essays on Matching Markets
(2009-08-12)
The thesis "Essays on Matching Markets" contributes to the theory and applications of matching theory.
The first chapter analyzes the German university admissions system and proposes an alternative admissions procedure ...
The first chapter analyzes the German university admissions system and proposes an alternative admissions procedure ...
X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation of structurally modified lithium niobate crystals
(2009-01-19)
The type and concentration of impurity centers in different valence states are crucial for tuning the photorefractive properties of doped Lithium Niobate (LN) crystals. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) is an appropriate ...
CPPI Strategies in Discrete Time
(2009-11-17)
In general, the purpose of portfolio insurance strategies is to limit the downside risk of risky portfolios. The constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) is a prominent example of a portfolio insurance strategy. Based ...
Ensemble Simulations of Atmospheric Angular Momentum and its Influence on the Earth’s Rotation
(2009-01-21)
The exchange between angular momentum of the solid portion of the Earth and of the atmosphere plays a vital role in exciting small but measurable changes in the rotation of our planet. Recent improvements in geodetic data ...
Essays on Liquidity in Financial Markets
(2009-10-09)
The smooth functioning of financial markets and market efficiency hinge on the ability of market places to limit trading frictions. Liquidity measures the degree of frictions and is an important, if not the most important, ...
Essays in Microeconomics
(2009-11-17)
This thesis contains five papers. Two belong to the field of industrial organization. Both are on innovation and the investment in it. The paper “Persistence of Monopoly and Research Specialization” takes a new look at ...
Carbon Nanotube Substrates for Tissue Engineering Applications: Analysis of surface nanotopography, cellular adhesion, and elasticity
(2009-01-16)
The present study investigates the applicability of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in creating novel nanostructured matrices exhibiting biomimetic designed features. The thus produced CNT-based constructs were employed to ...
Coverings, Correspondence, and Noncommutative Geometry
(2009-01-19)
We construct an additive category where objects are embedded graphs in the 3-sphere and morphisms are geometric correspondences given by 3-manifolds realized in different ways as branched covers of the 3-sphere, up to ...
Multi Robot Intruder Search
(2009-02-16)
The aim of this work is the development and analysis of methods and algorithms to allow a multi robot system to cooperatively search a closed, 2-dimensional environment for a human intruder. The underlying problem corresponds ...
Parallele und individuelle Evolution des Humanen Immunodefizienz Virus 1 Glykoprotein-Gens (env) nach klonaler Infektion von fünf hämophilen Patienten
(2009-11-25)
Hämophilie B mit einem genetisch identischen HIV-1 Stamm konnte die Virusevolution des HIV-1 Glykoprotein kodierenden env-Gens und im Speziellen der V2-Region über einen Zeitraum von zehn Jahren untersucht und in Korrelation ...