Improving The Urban Public Transport In Developing Countries: The Design Of A New Integrated System In Santiago De Chile

Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies. Faculty of Economics and Business. The University of Sydne

Cooking Up a Brand: Mapping the food branding process

Food marketing is a well-established area within the food industry. However, before marketeers can work, food branding designers must first build a brand. Currently, sufficient information on nuances of the food branding process for designers is lacking. Whilst the general branding process has been investigated, the perspective from and for the designers within the food industry is limited. Branding designers have explored the branding process through personal work experience and supporting case studies to present process phases, offering valuable insights for designers to incorporate into their work. Despite food case studies being provided, insufficient detail on the specialized food branding process left food branding interested designers speculating on the industry utilized work process. By providing data on branding designers' workflows, designers can acquire essential knowledge to enhance their process. Sharing information on the food branding process is especially beneficial, as it provides potential food branding designers a food industry focused approach, promoting specialization. This thesis aims to identify the food branding process to allow for specialization within the field. The main research question was –What does the food branding designer’s work process contain? — and the sub question was – What role does food have in the process? Guided from this, semi-structured interviews were conducted with branding designers specializing in or having experience within the food industry. Derived from the data collection analysis, a conclusive food branding process map is formulated. The analysis of interview findings resulted in a proposed four-phase food branding process: Strategy, Positioning, Ideation, Design. Additionally, nine process aspects, entailing both food specialized or food related aspects, were uncovered from the data. Food specialized aspects pertain to their unique nature to the food branding process. Such as the food industry specific nature of ‘Guidelines’ that must be followed when working with food products. Food related aspects were adapted to the food branding process yet could be modified within non-food branding contexts. A process map was constructed, visualizing the found data of the food branding process with entailed food industry process aspects. This map can be utilized by designers interested in food branding to learn from and apply within their own practice. The research gap of the food branding process from and for a designer’s perspective is fulfilled by the presented data and process map. The findings of this thesis overall can be utilized academically to provide valuable information on the work process from current food branding practitioners

Finite Element and Monte Carlo Simulations Accompanying the SOX Experiment

In den vergangenen Jahren wurden diverse Anomalien und Abweichungen vom gängigen Neutrinomodell beobachtet. Ausgehend von sowohl beam-, als auch reaktorgestützten Experimenten könnten diese als erste Hinweise auf die mögliche Existenz eines vierten, sterilen Neutrinos verstanden werden. Das geplante SOX Experiment (Short distance neutrino Oscillation with BoreXino) sollte als Erweiterung des bereits etablierten Flüssigszintillator-Neutrinodetektors Borexino Klarheit schaffen. Zu diesem Zweck wurde geplant, eine Neutrinoquelle in einem Tunnel unter Borexino zu platzieren, deren Fluss über eine kalorimetrische Messung bestimmt werden sollte, da sich die stark radioaktive Quelle selbst erhitzt. Der Vortrag beschreibt im ersten Teil die Beiträge im Bereich der Kalibration dieses Kalorimeters und die einhergehenden thermischen Simulationen. Durch den unterschiedlichen Energiebereich im Vergleich zur Messung solarer Neutrinos, sowie des größeren zur Analyse herangezogenen Detektorvolumens erhöht sich der Beitrag des externen Untergrundes. Dieser Untergrund, bestehend aus Gammastrahlung im MeV-Bereich, entsteht aus Zerfällen der Uran- und Thorium-Reihe sowie von Kalium-40. Im zweiten Teil des Vortrages werden dieser zusätzliche Untergrund und die zugehörigen Monte-Carlo-Simulationen vorgestellt. Hierfür wurde ein bereits bestehender Ansatz (Biasing) zur Reduktion von Rechenzeit in den Simulationen weiterentwickelt und validiert, um der Unterdrückung dieses Gamma-Untergrundes durch die Bufferschicht von Borexino Rechnung zu tragen und dadurch diese Simulationen überhaupt zu ermöglichen

Leistungsprüfung bei Schweinen: Jahresbericht 2009 der LPA Köllitsch

Im Prüfjahr 2009 erhielten 842 Tiere (davon 492 Eber der Deutschen Landrasse) einen Prüfabschluss. 39 Eber mit hervorragender Eigenleistung wurden durch den Mitteldeutschen Schweinezuchtverband e.V als Besamungseber angekauft. Der Jahresbericht dokumentiert den Prüfablauf und die Prüfergebnisse. Bei den geprüften Rassen wurden u.a. die Mast- und Schlachtleistung sowie die Fleischqualität untersucht. Die Durchführung der Leistungsprüfung erfolgt praxisnah in Gruppen mit elektronischer Einzeltiererkennung und tierindividueller Erfassung des Futterverzehrs. Es erfolgt eine kombinierte Eigenleistungs-, Geschwister- und Nachkommenprüfung mit hohem Anteil Ebereigenleistungsprüfung zur züchterisch effizienten Nutzung der Prüfkapazitäten. Grundlage der Prüfung, die seit 1995 im Lehr- und Versuchsgut Köllitsch durchgeführt wird, sind die bundeseinheitlichen »Richtlinien für die Stationsprüfung auf Mastleistung, Schlachtkörperwert und Fleischbeschaffenheit beim Schwein (Geschwister- und Nachkommenprüfung)«, die vom Zentralverband der Deutschen Schweineproduktion e.V. herausgegeben werden

Das Deutsche Sattelschwein

In einer neuen Faltblattreihe werden acht vom Freistaat Sachsen geförderte gefährdete Nutztierrassen – das Rheinisch-Deutsche Kaltblut, das Vogtländische Rotvieh, das Leineschaf; das Ostfriesische Milchschaf; das Merinofleischschaf, die Skudde; die Thüringer Wald Ziege und das Deutsche Sattelschwein vorgestellt. Die Faltblätter geben Auskunft zu Zuchtgeschichte, Kennzeichen, Bestandsentwicklung und zu den Fördervoraussetzungen. Enthalten sind auch die Kontaktdaten von Ansprechpartnern für Haltung und Förderung. Redaktionsschluss: 31.07.202

The digital data processing concepts of the LOFT mission

The Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT) is one of the five mission candidates that were considered by ESA for an M3 mission (with a launch opportunity in 2022 - 2024). LOFT features two instruments: the Large Area Detector (LAD) and the Wide Field Monitor (WFM). The LAD is a 10 m 2 -class instrument with approximately 15 times the collecting area of the largest timing mission so far (RXTE) for the first time combined with CCD-class spectral resolution. The WFM will continuously monitor the sky and recognise changes in source states, detect transient and bursting phenomena and will allow the mission to respond to this. Observing the brightest X-ray sources with the effective area of the LAD leads to enormous data rates that need to be processed on several levels, filtered and compressed in real-time already on board. The WFM data processing on the other hand puts rather low constraints on the data rate but requires algorithms to find the photon interaction location on the detector and then to deconvolve the detector image in order to obtain the sky coordinates of observed transient sources. In the following, we want to give an overview of the data handling concepts that were developed during the study phase.Comment: Proc. SPIE 9144, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 91446

Cálculo de indicadores de calidad de servicio del sistema de transporte público de Santiago a partir de datos pasivos

Quality service measures are calculated for the public transport system of the city ofSantiago using smartcard bip! transactions and buses GPS data. After developing criteria to filter atypical trips (that represents less of 10% of the estimated trips), quality service indicators are defined. The results obtained are quite promising, because indicators that are useful for planning, reliable and low cost are obtained. This allows thinking that the traditional measurement methods can be complemented – and in some cases replaced– by these new data sources.A partir de datos de transacciones bip! y de emisiones GPS de buses se calculan indicadores de calidad de servicio para el sistema de transporte público de la ciudad de Santiago. Luego de desarrollar criterios para filtrar viajes anómalos (que representan menos del 10% de los viajes estimados) se definen indicadores de calidad de servicio. Los resultados obtenidos son bastante prometedores, ya que se logra obtener indicadores útiles para la planificación con mucha precisión y bajo costo. Esto permite pensar que los métodos tradiciones de medición pueden ser  complementados – y en algunos casos reemplazados – por estas nuevas fuentes de información

Planning hierarchical urban transit systems for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

Public transit systems with high occupancy can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to low-occupancy transportation modes, but current transit systems have not been designed to reduce environmental impacts. This motivates the study of the benefits of design and operational approaches for reducing the environmental impacts of transit systems. For example, transit agencies may replace level-of-service (LOS) by vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as a criterion in evaluating design and operational changes. In previous work, we explored the unintended consequences of lowering transit LOS on emissions in a single-technology transit system. Herein, we extend the analysis to account for a more realistic case: a transit system with a hierarchical structure (trunk and feeder lines) providing service to a city where demand is elastic. By considering the interactions between the trunk and the feeder systems, we provide a quantitative basis for designing and operating integrated urban transit systems that can reduce GHG emissions and societal costs. We find that highly elastic transit demand may cancel emission reduction potentials resulting from lowering LOS, due to demand shifts to lower occupancy vehicles. However, for mass transit modes, these potentials are still significant. Transit networks with buses, bus rapid transit or light rail as trunk modes should be designed and operated near the cost-optimal point when the demand is highly elastic, while this is not required for metro. We find that the potential for unintended consequences increases with the size of the city. Our results are robust to uncertainties in the costs and emissions parameters

The Large Observatory for x-ray timing

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) was studied within ESA M3 Cosmic Vision framework and participated in the final down-selection for a launch slot in 2022-2024. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument, LOFT will study the behaviour of matter under extreme conditions, such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions of accretion flows close to black holes and neutron stars, and the supra-nuclear densities in the interior of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, 10 m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1° collimated field of view) and a WideField Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g. GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the status of the mission at the end of its Phase A study

The LOFT mission concept: a status update

The Large Observatory For x-ray Timing (LOFT) is a mission concept which was proposed to ESA as M3 and M4 candidate in the framework of the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. Thanks to the unprecedented combination of effective area and spectral resolution of its main instrument and the uniquely large field of view of its wide field monitor, LOFT will be able to study the behaviour of matter in extreme conditions such as the strong gravitational field in the innermost regions close to black holes and neutron stars and the supra-nuclear densities in the interiors of neutron stars. The science payload is based on a Large Area Detector (LAD, >8m2 effective area, 2-30 keV, 240 eV spectral resolution, 1 degree collimated field of view) and a Wide Field Monitor (WFM, 2-50 keV, 4 steradian field of view, 1 arcmin source location accuracy, 300 eV spectral resolution). The WFM is equipped with an on-board system for bright events (e.g., GRB) localization. The trigger time and position of these events are broadcast to the ground within 30 s from discovery. In this paper we present the current technical and programmatic status of the mission