A bstract To establish metastable de Sitter vacua or even just scale-separated AdS, control over perturbative corrections to the string-derived leading-order 4d lagrangian is crucial. Such can be classified in three types: first, there are genuine loop effects, insensitive UV completion of 10d theory. Second, local α ′ or, equivalently, higher-dimension operators which may not related loop-effe...

This dissertation is based on the following original publications. These publications are referred to by their roman numerals in the text: I. Ripa RS, Wang Y, Jørgensen E, Johnsen HE, Hesse B, Kastrup J. Intramyocardial Injection of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A165 Plasmid Followed by Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor to Induce Angiogenesis in Patients with Severe Chronic Ischemic He...

The arrival of new-generation, high-spatial-resolution satellite imagery (e.g., Ikonos) has opened up new opportunities for detailed mapping and analysis of urban land use. Drawing on the traditional approach used in aerial photointerpretation, this study investigates an “object-oriented” method to classify a large urban area into detailed land-use categories. Spatial metrics and texture measur...

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