Essays about: "2nd order effects"

Found 5 essays containing the words 2nd order effects.

  1. 1. High-speed rail corridor selection in Ethiopia : A two-step screening-multicriteria decision-making approach

    University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

    Author : Biruk Hailu; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Transport systems can bring enormous benefits to society by providing access, mobility, and economic growth that are essential for growing and modern societies. The way of harnessing this benefit for an emerging economy as well as modern society has relied mainly on a cutting edge and state of the art transportation systems such as high-speed rail. READ MORE

  3. 2. Structural Assessment of the Glulam Arches at Stockholm Central Station

    University essay from KTH/Byggnadsmaterial

    Author : Anders Naumburg; Kasper Krönlein; [2020]
    Keywords : Wood; Glulam; Glulam-arch; Hetzer system; Töreboda system; AB Fribärande träkonstruktioner; Curved I glulam cross-sections;

    Abstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis was to investigate if suspension of heavy objectsis possible in the glulam arches at Stockholm Central Station. The main goal was todetermine the arches’ load carrying capacity’s utility ratio, in order to give knowledgeif additional loading can be added. READ MORE

  4. 3. Development of a data analysis platform for characterizing functional connectivity networks in rodents

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Cyril Gerard Valery Monnot; [2013]
    Keywords : functional magnetic resonance imaging; image processing;

    Abstract : This document addresses the development and implementation of a routine for analyzing resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) data in rodents. Even though resting-state connectivity is studied in humans already for several years with diverse applications in mental disorders or degenerative brain diseases, the interest for this modality is much more recent and less common in rodents. READ MORE

  5. 4. The role of unobserved heterogeneity in transition to higher parity : evidence from Italy using Multiscopo survey

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alessandra Carioli; [2009]
    Keywords : fertility; second demographic transition; transition to higher parity; education; Italy; Multiscopo; survival analysis; multiprocess modelling;

    Abstract : The paper uses data from 2003 Multiscopo Italian Survey to estimate education effects on fertility and in particular to determine how and to what degree does unobserved heterogeneity influence the estimated effects, that is to say how unobserved heterogeneity might bias estimates of effects of education on transition to 1st, 2nd and 3rd births. The peculiarity of this study is the implementation of a multiprocess approach, which allows for a broader and more efficient view of the phenomenon, studying jointly the transition to first, second and third or higher order births. READ MORE

  6. 5. External Competences of the European Community in elation to the WTO

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Grétar Hannesson; [2002]
    Keywords : European Affairs; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since the signing of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU) in 1993 the European Union has been base on three "&semicpillars"&semic. The European Community falls under the so-called pillar I. READ MORE