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A study of the state-nature relations in a developmental state: The case of South Korea’s water resource policy, 1961-2015
(2015-08-19)
The East Asian ‘developmental state thesis’ (hereafter, DST) was suggested to explain the East Asian development states (i.e. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore), where the role of the state has been very significant ...
Origins of Endothermy in the Mammalian Lineage: the Evolutionary Beginning of Fibro-lamellar Bone in the “Mammal-Like” Reptiles
(2015-07-07)
This study reports on long bone histology of the pelycosaurs, and proposes the hypothesis that the presence of fibro-lamellar bone (FLB) and high growth rates were already present in the basal most synapsids during the ...
Integrated hydrologic modeling as a key for sustainable development planning of urban water resources in the semi-arid watersheds of the Gaza Strip
(2015-07-21)
This study demonstrates the strength of using integrated hydrologic modeling in a sustainable urban water planning process. It provides a complete view of the urban water system of the Gaza Strip, quantifies the urban water ...
Development and application of coupled THM solvers to estimate rock failure events from laboratory to field scales
(2015-07-14)
In this thesis I present a theoretical and numerical model to simulate complex fluid-rock interactions with a poro- elasto- plastic rheology, multi- phase flow and heat transport (THM- model). Goal of this work is to improve ...
Characterization of soil water content variability at the catchment scale using sensor network and stochastic modelling
(2015-07-24)
Wireless sensor network technology has recently been used for high spatial and temporal resolution soil water content measurements to facilitate better understanding of hydrological processes in catchment scale. Its ......
Garnet Systematics of Subducted Continental Margins
(2015-08-05)
Four case studies were performed on former continental margins and on a continental fragment inside an ophiolitic unit. The studies include Lu-Hf garnet dating, and garnet characterization by its chemical zoning. Lu zoning ...
Uncertainty in mesoscale numerical weather prediction: probabilistic forecasting of precipitation
(2015-11-19)
Over the last decade, advances in numerical weather prediction (NWP) led to forecasts on even finer horizontal scales and a better representation of mesoscale processes. High-resolution mod- els provide the user with ...
Underwater flight in sea turtles and plesiosaurs: Dissection, muscle reconstructions, analog models, and finite element structure analyses inform on flipper twisting and muscle forces in plesiosaurs
(2020-08-13)
This dissertation contributes to our understanding of plesiosaur locomotion by providing foreflipper and hindflipper muscle reconstructions and studying aspects of their muscle physiology (functions, forces, muscle length ......
High Performance Computing in Basin Modeling: Simulating Mechanical Compaction with the Level Set Method
(2020-07-09)
The evolution of sedimentary basins is a complex set of processes developing over millions of years. Often, tectonic activity will create accommodation space that is filled in with sediments. These sediments undergo changes ...
Urbane Umwelt und Gesundheit: Exposition und Risikowahrnehmung vulnerabler Bevölkerungsgruppen in Pondicherry, Indien
(2004)
Anhand einer empirischen Fallstudie in der indischen Mittelstadt Pondicherry werden Erkenntnisse über die relative Exposition der lokalen Bevölkerung und ihre Risikowahrnehmung hinsichtlich gesundheitsrelevanter Umweltprobleme ...