Beat Streuli: Public Works 1996-2011

Advances in geocomputation (1996-2011)

1. What is geocomputation? The first international conference on 'Geocomputation', hosted by the School of Geography at the University of Leeds in 1996, launched a new research agenda in geographical analysis and modelling (Openshaw & Abrahart, 1996): ''The art and science of solving complex spatial problems with computers'' (GeoComputation, 2012). The interest generated in this field was estab...

The Ketogenic Diet 2011: How It Works

Although the ketogenic diet (KD) has been widely accepted as a legitimate and successful therapy for epilepsy and other neurological disorders, its mechanism of action remains an enigma. The use of the KD causes major metabolic changes. The most significant of them seems to be the situation of chronic ketosis, but there are others as well, for instance, high level of polyunsaturated fatty acids...

Public works and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa Do public works work for the poor?

Underestimating Costs in Public Works Projects

Comparative studies of actual and estimated costs in transportation infrastructure development are few. Where such studies exist, they are typically single-case studies or they cover a sample of projects too small to allow systematic, statistical analyses (Bruzelius et al., 1998; Fouracre et al., 1990; Hall, 1980; Nijkamp & Ubbels, 1999; Pickrell, 1990; Skamris & Flyvbjerg, 1997; Szyliowicz & G...

Mirex-2011 “audio Beat Tracking” Task: Ircambeat Submission

This extended abstract details a submission to the Music Information Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX) 2011 for the “Audio Beat Tracking” task. The system named ircambeat performs time-variable tempo and meter estimation, beat and downbeat marking. Detailed description of the various parts can be found in [1] and [2]. We briefly summarized them below. 1. IRCAMBEAT IMPLEMENTATION The last ve...