First proton-proton collisions at the LHC as observed with the ALICE detector: measurement of the charged-particle pseudorapidity density at root s=900 GeV

On 23rd November 2009, during the early commissioning of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), two counter-rotating proton bunches were circulated for the first time concurrently in the machine, at the LHC injection energy of 450 GeV per beam. Although the proton intensity was very low, with only one pilot bunch per beam, and no systematic attempt was made to optimize the collision optics, all LHC experiments reported a number of collision candidates. In the ALICE experiment, the collision region was centred very well in both the longitudinal and transverse directions and 284 events were recorded in coincidence with the two passing proton bunches. The events were immediately reconstructed and analyzed both online and offline. We have used these events to measure the pseudorapidity density of charged primary particles in the central region. In the range vertical bar eta vertical bar S collider. They also illustrate the excellent functioning and rapid progress of the LHC accelerator, and of both the hardware and software of the ALICE experiment, in this early start-up phase

The Law and (Some) Finance of Related Party Transactions

We scope the issue by highlighting the principal costs and benefits of shareholder control, which allows both the implementation of entrepreneurial vision and various forms of rent-seeking. We next proceed by putting the challenges of regulating RPTs into the broader context of conflicts of interest and tunneling techniques. Against this background, we then turn to the main regulatory options available for legislators (independent/disinterested director approval, majority of the minority approval, ex post fairness review, and involvement of supervisory agencies), highlighting some of the key insights on each of them from individual chapters. Finally, we show how the chapters in the book can also inform European legislators who are currently in the process of implementing the revised Shareholder Rights Directive rules on RPTs

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Rektor Manso im Xenienkampfe,

Sonderabdruck aus der Festschrift zur 250 jährigen jubelfreierdes Gymnasiums zu St. Maris Magdalena zu Breslau.cover-titleMode of access: Internet

The law and finance of related party transactions

A globe-spanning group of leading law and finance scholars bring together cutting-edge research to comprehensively examine the challenges legislators face in regulating related party transactions in a socially beneficial way. Combining theoretical analysis of the foundations of efficient regulation with empirical and comparative studies, readers are invited to draw their own conclusions on which regulatory responses work best under differing circumstances. The careful selection of surveyed jurisdictions offers in-depth insight into a broad variety of regulatory strategies and their interdependence with socioeconomic and political conditions. This work should be read by scholars, policymakers, and graduate students interested in a critical, much-debated area of corporate governance

Sustainable Polyimidazolium Networks as Versatile Hydrogel Materials

This paper discusses the formation and properties of sustainable polyelectrolyte networks. The networks are formed from renewable precursors in a simple and green approach and feature a high density of positive charges in the main chain of the polymer backbone. Furthermore, zwitterionic systems with positive charges in the main chain and carboxylate side groups are presented. Depending on the cross-linking density and nature of the polyelectrolyte, flexible elastic or brittle networks are available which may form hydrogels upon absorption of up to 1500% water respective to their own mass. Reversible swelling in contact with different solvents furthermore envisions possible applications as smart material or selective membrane

Capital and Liquidity Requirements for European Banks

Part 1: ORIGIN AND CONTEXT OF CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EUROPEAN CREDIT INSTITUTIONS 1:Overview of Capital Adequacy Legislation in Europe, Christos Gortsos Part 2: QUALITATIVE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS 2:The Definition of Regulatory Capital Instruments, Marco Lamandini and David Ramos Muñoz, 3:3 Direct Effect and Binding of European Regulation, Karl Philipp Wojcik 4:Qualitative capital requirements and their relationship with MREL/TLAC, Tobias Tröger Part 3: QUANTITIVE CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS 5:The construction of the Total Risk Exposure Amount and the relationship with Combined Buffer Requirements, Bart Joosen 6:6 Ordinary quantitative buffer requirements, the definition of default, loss distribution, expected and unexpected loss and provisioning, Bart Joosen 7:Credit Risk and Dilution Risk, Standardised and Internal Ratings Based Methods, Bart Joosen 8:Credit Risk Mitigation Techniques and Credit Risk Protection, Bart Joosen 9:Capital Treatment of Securitisations, Bart Joosen 10:Position Risk and Market Risk measures. Fundamental Review of the Trading Book, Umberto Cherubini 11:Capital Markets Transactions and Counterparty Credit Risk, Matthias Haentjens 12:Operational Risk in the capital requirements framework for banks, Bart Joosen 13:Capital Conservation Buffer, Countercyclical Capital Buffer, Dr. Katerina Lagaria 14: Capital buffers for systemically important banks and Systemic Risk Buffer, Tobias Tröger Part 4: LIQUIDITY SUPERVISION AND REQUIREMENTS 15:Liquidity risk and its management: The LCR and NSFR, Willem Boonstra and Bruno de Cleen 16:Securitisation positions and covered bond positions as HQLA, Seraina Gruenewald Part 5: SUPERVISORY REVIEW AND EVALUATION PROCESS AND PILLAR 2 CAPITAL 17:Internal Capital and Liquidity Adequacy Assessment, Purpose and Relation with Supervisory Engagement, Dalvinder Singh 18:Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) in the Context of the Exercise of Supervisory Powers and Extraordinary Measures, Marco Lamandini and David Ramos Muñoz 19:Stress-testing in banking in the EU: Critical issues and new prospects, Pedro Duarte Neves, Lúcio Tomé Féteira, and Luis Silva Morais Part 6: VI REPORTING AND DISCLOSURES 20:Reporting and disclosure requirements for smaller banks, application of the principle of proportionality, Christos Hadjiemmanuil 21:Applicable Accounting Principles, IFRS, Local GAAP and Compatibility with Prudential Reporting, Edgar Löw and Kevin Voig

Cross-Lingual Examination of Language Features and Cognitive Scores From Free Speech

Speech analysis is gaining significance for monitoring neurodegenerative disorders, but with a view of application in clinical practice, solid evidence of the association of language features with cognitive scores is still needed. A cross-linguistic investigation has been pursued to examine whether language features show significance correlation with two cognitive scores, i.e. Mini-Mental State Examination and ki:e SB-C scores, on Alzheimer’s Disease patients. We explore 23 language features, representative of syntactic complexity and semantic richness, extracted on a dataset of free speech recordings of 138 participants distributed in four languages (Spanish, Catalan, German, Dutch). Data was analyzed using the speech library SIGMA; Pearson’s correlation was computed with Bonferroni correction, and a mixed effects linear regression analysis is done on the significant correlated results. MMSE and the SB-C are found to be correlated with no significant differences across languages. Three features we re found to be significantly correlated with the SB-C scores. Among these, two features of lexical richness show consistent patterns across languages, while determiner rate showed language-specific patterns