Tměj, Petr. Investment methods for investing in equity mutual funds, Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2016. Diploma thesis is focused on testing of investments methods dollar cost averaging and one-time investment of selected mutual funds in years 2004 - 2014. Literature review describe terms which are related with issues of collective investments. Practical part is focused on analysis and comparison investment methods, comparison selected benchmarks indexes with equity mutual funds and comparison currency risk with fixed currency. In conclusion there are recommendations for using of investment methods one - time investment and dollar cost averaging.

Using an early warning system (EWS) methodology, this thesis analyses the predictability of stock market crises from the perspective of behavioural fnance. Specifcally, in our EWS based on the multinomial logit model, we consider in- vestor sentiment as one of the potential crisis indicators. Identifcation of the relevant crisis indicators is based on Bayesian model averaging. The empir- ical results reveal that price-earnings ratio, short-term interest rate, current account, credit growth, as well as investor sentiment proxies are the most rele- vant indicators for anticipating stock market crises within a one-year horizon. Our thesis hence provides evidence that investor sentiment proxies should be a part of the routinely considered variables in the EWS literature. In general, the predictive power of our EWS model as evaluated by both in-sample and out-of-sample performance is promising. JEL Classifcation G01, G02, G17, G41 Keywords Stock market crises, Early warning system, In- vestor sentiment, Crisis prediction, Bayesian model averaging Title Predicting stock market crises using investor sentiment indicators

Electron crystallography is one of the methods for determining the structure of membrane proteins. However, the resolution that we get from electron crystallography of membrane proteins is limited by crystal disorder and inaccurate determination of contrast transfer function (CTF) parameters. To overcome these problems, we applied single particle refinement with local averaging for long range variation of the crystals and local region-based CTF correction for the tilted images. These two corrections are done on the Melibiose Permease (MelB) data sets and a resolution of 8.6Å is reported. / Elektronkristallografi är en av metoderna för att bestämma strukturen av membranproteiner.Den upplösning vi kan få från elektronkristallografi av membranproteiner begränsas av oordning i kristallen och felaktig bestämning av kontrastöverföringsfunktioner (CTF). För att lösa dessa problem tillämpade vi single particle refinement for lokala medelvärden av kristaller och lokala regionsbaserad CTF korrigering av tiltade dataset. Dessa två korrektioner görs på bilder av melibiospermeas (Melb) kristaller och en upplösning på 8.6Å erhölls. / <p>It has been very good presentation with some comments on CTF measurment</p>

Plants and bacteria both have specialized light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes, composed of a network of chromophores encompassed by a protein scaffold, that are involved in photosynthesis. While chromophore, as well as protein, composition and arrangement vary in these light-harvesting complexes, chromophores transfer energy as molecular excitation energy through their complex multi-chromophoric network with near perfect efficiency. Understanding the efficiency of this excitation energy transfer process has been the focus of many interdisciplinary studies. By elucidating the mechanisms involved in efficient excitation energy transfer in biological systems, we are able to guide the design of novel organic materials for their application in photovoltaic systems. Interdisciplinary studies of light-harvesting biological systems leverage advanced spectroscopic techniques and theoretical models to help explain the interaction be- tween excited electronic states. Difficulties in assigning the origin of spectral features in spectroscopy experiments arise from both homogeneous and inhomogeneous effects. Various computational studies have been able to provide theoretical models that help disentangle these effects and provide insight into the origin of some these spectral features. In this work, we present a computational approach that is used to calculate an ensemble of model Hamiltonians for a light-harvesting pigment-protein complex found in algae. To verify the reliability of our model, we compare various computed spec- tra with experimental measurements. Next, we extend our computational approach for parameterizing an ensemble of Hamiltonians for two configurationally unique or- ganic dimers. Finally, we examine the error of some of the approximations made while partitioning “system” and “bath” degrees of freedom when computing molecu- lar properties. Using these methods we are able to provide mechanistic interpretations and explanations of spectral signatures observed in various linear and nonlinear ex- perimental spectra.

Les procédés de séparation à l’aide de membranes liquides sous forme d’émulsions doubles (DE) ont fait l’objet d’un examen approfondi en vue d’applications potentielles dans des domaines tels que la récupération des métaux, la séparation des gaz, l’élimination des composés organiques, l’élimination des polluants et les bioséparations. Les difficultés d’application de ces procédés ne concernent pas le caractère sophistiqué des équipements ou des installations, mais réside plutôt dans une bonne compréhension des phénomènes complexes qui se produisent à l’intérieur de ces systèmes. Depuis leur invention, d’importants efforts ont permis d’améliorer la modélisation des procédés de séparation par émulsions doubles. Toutefois, une représentation mathématique détaillée des phénomènes de diffusion/réaction au sein de ces systèmes restait inachevée. C’est pourquoi, l’objectif de cette thèse est de décrire le transport réactif d’un soluté au sein d’une émulsion double, constituée de trois phases, au moyen d’une modélisation permettant d’intégrer à l’échelle macroscopique les mécanismes aux échelles locales. La méthode de prise de moyenne volumique est utilisée pour établir rigoureusement les équations à l’échelle d’un continu équivalent dans le contexte des transferts hors équilibre massique local (NLME). La modélisation proposée dans ce travail repose sur deux philosophies distinctes. Dans un premier temps, les DES sont considérées comme des systèmes constitués par trois phases où les changements de concentration dans chacune d’entre-elles se produisent à la même échelle de longueur. Dans un deuxième temps, les DES correspondent à deux régions homogènes où les changements de concentration se produisent à deux échelles de longueur différentes. Deux modèles macroscopiques différents sont ainsi obtenus : le modèle à trois phases et celui à deux régions. Dans les deux cas, ces modèles font intervenir les coefficients effectifs de transport comprenant l’information aux petites échelles. Ces derniers sont liés aux variables de fermeture dont la détermination est obtenue par la résolution des problèmes de fermeture associés. Enfin, une analyse d’un procédé de séparation par contact dans un réservoir agité a été effectuée en appliquant les deux modèles. / Liquid membrane separations as Double Emulsions (DE) have been extensively examined for potential application in fields such as metal recovery, gas separation, organic compound removal, pollutant removal, and bioseparations. The difficulties in the application of these processes do not consist in sophisticated equipment or installation but in a good understanding of the complex phenomena that occur inside these systems. Since its invention, efforts have been made for successful modeling of DE process separation; however, information about the diffusion and reaction phenomena inside the DE has not been included in the mathematical descriptions in detail yet. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to describe the solute transport with chemical reaction through DE systems by means of rigorous modeling that can provide with valuable information from the micro-scale to be applied at the macro-scale.To accomplish this, a DE system has been analyzed as a three-phase system characterized by more than one disparate length scales.The method of volume averaging has been used to derive rigorous averaged equations in the context of the non-local mass equilibrium (NLME). The structure of the DES has been studied from two different perspectives: 1) the DES as a single domain where concentration changes occur in the same length scale and 2) the DES consists in two homogeneous regions where concentration changes occur at two different length scales. As a result of these different standpoints of representing the system, two different averaged macroscopic models were obtained: the three-phase and the two-region models. Both models present effective coefficients that include information about the micro-scale. These latter are related to closure variables which are solutions of associated boundary-value problems. Finally, an analysis of a DE-containing separation process in a stirred tank by applying both models was made.

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京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(経済学) / 甲第18763号 / 経博第514号 / 新制||経||273(附属図書館) / 31714 / 京都大学大学院経済学研究科経済学専攻 / (主査)教授 西山 慶彦, 准教授 奥井 亮, 講師 末石 直也 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Economics / Kyoto University / DGAM

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