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Political Multi-task Problems, Incentive Pay and Citizen Participation
(2017)We analyze the extent and effectiveness of electoral accountability and the problems related to keeping the politicians accountable. We illustrate the importance of developing incentive tools to discipline the incumbents. We propose "incentive pay" as an effective tool and we analyze its potentials and limitations. To assess the appropriate incentive schemes, we first explore the sources of (re)election incentives for politicians. To ...Doctoral Thesis -
Heat Treatment Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Distortion with a Special Focus on Fineblanked Parts
(2017)Most fineblanked components undergo some sort of heat treatment in order to achieve desired mechanical properties. At the same time it causes unwanted changes in size and shape of the workpiece leading to subsequent working steps on tools or parts. The extent of this thermal distortion depends on many factors such as material, geometry, type of treatment and treatment conditions. Thus, accurate numerical distortion prediction has a ...Doctoral Thesis -
Molecular basis for the recognition of the phosphorylation pattern in the C-terminal tail of GPCRs by arrestins
(2017)Arrestins are responsible for desensitization and internalization of activated, phosphorylated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Over the years, it became clear that they have the potential to activate certain signaling pathways which are independent from G protein signaling. The Arrestins family only comprises four members, but they interact with hundreds of GPCRs. Several studies suggested that downstream signaling by Arrestins is ...Doctoral Thesis -
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Mechanically Controlled Insertion and Folding of Single Transmembrane Proteins
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Potential vorticity anomalies related to clouds and precipitation in extratropical cyclones
(2017)Different microphysical processes influence the dynamics of cyclones by their associated latent heating or cooling, which modifies potential vorticity (PV) from the boundary layer to slightly above the tropopause level. A new method is developed based on integrating diabatic PV changes along backward trajectories. This method allows us to decompose the Lagrangian PV change over a certain time interval into contributions from different ...Doctoral Thesis -
N-Linked Protein Glycosylation. Functional characterization of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferases
(2017)N-linked protein glycosylation is a highly conserved and an essential protein modification found throughout the three domains of life. In animal, plants and fungi the preassembled oligosaccharide consisting of two N-acetylglucosamines, nine mannoses and three glucoses is transferred en bloc from the lipid carrier to the asparagine side chains within N-X-S/T consensus sequences on nascent polypeptides in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum ...Doctoral Thesis