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The policy instrument of central banks everywhere has usually been a short-term nominal interest rate. This means that central banks have adopted operating procedures whose goal has been to produce some desired level of money market interest rates. Although the Bank of England was in many respects the pioneer of these operating procedures, theoretical and empirical attention has focused almost exclusively on the Federal Reserve. This thesis aims to redress this imbalance by examining - in detail - the sterling money market and the operations of the Bank of England. This task is carried out in two parts. Part I reviews central banks' use of the interest instrument more generally, beginning with an historical sketch of the evolution of central bank money market operations. This sketch is complemented by a critical discussion of two important concepts relating to such operations, namely interest rate smoothing and money base control. A simple analytical model is then developed to illustrate the determination of money market interest rates by the central bank. Part II specifically concerns the money market operations of the Bank of England, and their implications for the behaviour of sterling money market interest rates. First, a model of the term structure of money market interest rates is derived. Its predicted behaviour in reaction to a change in the Bank's official rate is then empirically verified. Next, the yield on eligible bills - the Bank's intervention asset - is examined. It is argued that these assets carry an excess liquidity premium, arising from the Bank's constraints on their issue. Finally, an empirical model of the overnight interest rate - the UK equivalent of the federal funds rate - is developed, and the reasons for its volatility are investigated.

The purpose of the headbox is to convert a flow of fiber suspension to a jet, with a thickness between 4 and 20mm and a width between 3 -8meters, depending on the paper machine model. To adjust the beam thickness, the lip adjustment arrangement is used. This master thesis was written to develop the headbox and the lip adjustment system, for paper machines with a width over 6 meters. In the beginning of the project much focus was layed on understanding the problem and develop the product and customer requirements of the Headbox. In order to utilize the entire idea space a number of idea generation methods were used. The evaluation of concepts were conducted with the method Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), which is a method for clarifying the decision pattern. From the evaluation of the concept, two concepts were chosen. A modification of the existing headbox and a new concept, which adjusts the slice opening with a number of elastic pockets and a wedge. To further evaluate the modified headbox concepts the Finite Element Method was used. During the simulations the elastic deformation was compared between the current and the modified solution. The second concept was developed by describing the new design and motivated the chosen material and structures.   Overall it can be said that the modification of the current headbox solves the main problem and maintains the current quality on the paper. The new and innovative solution enables a more exact adjustment of the lip opening and allows a larger potential of modularization. / Syftet med inloppslådan är att den ska transformera ett flöde av fibersuspension till en stråle som är mellan 4 och 20 mm tjock och 3-8 m bred, beroende på pappersmaskinsmodell. För att justera strålens tjocklek används läppjusteringsanordningen. Målet med detta arbete var att utveckla inloppslådan och dess läppöppningsarrangemang så att den kan användas till en pappersmaskin som är breddare än 6 meter. Projektet inleddes med att skapa en förståelse för problemet samt att undersöka vilka produkt- och kundkrav det finns på inloppslådan. För att utnyttja hela iderymden användes ett antal idegenereringsmetoder. Utvärdering av koncepten genomfördes med hjälp av en metod som heter Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) som är en metod som används för att tydliggöra beslutsvägen. Utifrån utvärdering med AHP valdes två koncept ut. En modifierad lösning av det nuvarande läppöppningsarrangemangen och ett nytt koncept vilket justerar läppöppningen med hjälp av ett antal trycksatta fickor och en vinge. För att ytterligare utveckla den modifierade inloppslådan användes Finita Elementmetoden. Under simuleringen jämfördes elastisk deformation i den nuvarande och den modifierade lösningen. Det nya konceptet utvecklades genom att den nya konstruktionen beskrevs utifrån struktur, materialval och tillverkningsmetoder. Sammantaget kan det sägas att den modifierade inloppslådan löser problemställning och bibehåller den nuvarande kvalitén på pappret. Den innovativa och nya lösningen möjliggör en mer exakt justering av läppöppningen och ökar möjligheten att modularisera inloppslådan.

Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia Southern University, 2007. / "A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science." In Biology, under the direction of James B. Claiborne. ETD. Electronic version approved: December 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-85)

Zugl.: Berlin, Freie Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2005. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst., 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Thèse (M.Ges.Org) -- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2007. / La p. de t. porte en outre: Mémoire comme exigence de la maîtrise en gestions des organisations. CaQCU Bibliogr.: f. 68-74. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thèses (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), 2000. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2006). Publié aussi en version papier.

Thèses (M.A.)--Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), 2002. / Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 20 juin 2006). Publié aussi en version papier.