Essays about: "Flu"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the word Flu.

  1. 11. Comparison of the 1st and 2nd order Lee–Carter methods with the robust Hyndman–Ullah method for fitting and forecasting mortality rates

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Emil Willersjö Nyfelt; [2020]
    Keywords : Mortality rate; Death rate; Data fitting; Lee-Carter; 2nd order Lee–Carter; Hyndman–Ullah; Modeling; ARIMA; Random walk; Singular Value Decomposition; Penalized Regression Splines; Weighted Functional Principal Component Analysis; Forecasting; Spanish flu; COVID-19;

    Abstract : The 1st and 2nd order Lee–Carter methods were compared with the Hyndman–Ullah method in regards to goodness of fit and forecasting ability of mortality rates. Swedish population data was used from the Human Mortality Database. READ MORE

  3. 12. Did the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Affect International Trade?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Lindblad; Emma Axelsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Spanish Influenza; Trade; Fixed effects; Gravity Model; Life expectancy; Mortality; Pandemics; Poisson; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to contribute to the existing literature by investigating what to our knowledge is a previously unexplored area, namely if the 1918 Influenza Pandemic - the Spanish flu - had an effect on global trade. The Spanish flu is estimated to have killed 17-100 million people between 1918-1920 (CDC NCIRD, 2018; Roser, 2020). READ MORE

  4. 13. They Do Know and They Do Care : Young People's News Habits and How They Changed During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Elin Sarfati; [2020]
    Keywords : News; News habits; News consumption; Young people; Youth; Covid-19; covid19; Pandemic; Social Media; Survey research; Public connection; Uses and gratification theory; Crisis communication; Nyheter; Nyhetskonsumtion; Ungdomar; Pandemi;

    Abstract : This thesis set out to examine news habits among Swedish 15-20 year olds during the spring of 2020 but then the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Following the events and its possible implications on news consumption, the focus shifted towards also looking at how young people’s news habits might change during the pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 14. Multiradionuclide evidence for an extreme solar proton event around 2610 BP

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Paschal Ohare; [2017]
    Keywords : cosmic-rays; cosmogenic radionuclides; NGRIP; GRIP; solar proton event; SPE; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Recently it has been confirmed that extreme solar proton events (SPE) can lead to significantly increased production of cosmogenic radionuclides (Mekhaldi et al. 2015). The evidence of these events can be recorded in tree rings (14C) and ice cores (10Be, 36Cl). READ MORE

  6. 15. Characterization of the binding of the novel compound GT-002 to GABAA receptors in the mammalian brain : Development and validation of a radioligand binding assay. A comparative study to Flumazenil

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Zemowska Emelie; [2017]
    Keywords : GABAA receptor; Radioligand binding assay; GT-002; Triazoloquinazolinedione; Flumazenil; Neuropharmacology;

    Abstract : Gamma-Amino butyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) and inhibits the neurotransmission by targeting the ionotropic transmembrane GABAA receptor. Modulators of the GABAA receptor targets the allosteric binding sites and modifies the GABA effect and these sites acts as superior drug targets within psychopharmacology. READ MORE