........................................................................................................................... iii Executive summary ........................................................................................................... iv Definitions, acronyms, and variables................................................................................. ix

........................................................................................................................... iii Executive summary ........................................................................................................... iv Definitions, acronyms, and variables................................................................................. ix

....................................................................................................................... III Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... VII List of publications ...................................................................................................... IX Acronyms ..................

..........................................................................................................i CONTENTS..........................................................................................................v APPENDED PAPERS.........................................................................................ix ACRONYMS.............................................................

........................................................................................................................... iii Executive summary ........................................................................................................... iv Definitions, acronyms, and variables................................................................................. ix

............................................................................................................. v Acknowledgements .......................................................................................... vii List of papers .................................................................................................... ix Acronyms ................................................

............................................................................................................................ 5 List of Publications............................................................................................................ 6 List of Acronyms Used ..................................................................................................... 7

10 Declaration 11 Copyright 12 Acknowledgements 13 Acronyms 14

................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES........................................................................... v LIST OF ACRONYMS....................................................................... vi