Essays about: "Discontinuity"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 97 essays containing the word Discontinuity.

  1. 26. Optimized design of a load transfer concrete slab

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Jonna Tattari; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Hybrid buildings, designed for multi-use occupancies, require a different arrangement of supporting structures at each level of the support functionality. In these types of buildings, the structural model of a building is discontinuous, and therefore new, non-vertical, load paths need to be formed allowing the vertical load to transfer to the foundations. READ MORE

  3. 27. Electoral gender quotas in post-communist societies: Evidence from Polish municipalities

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ellen Wallin; [2021]
    Keywords : electoral gender quotas; local politics; discontinuity-in-differences; Poland;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the short-term effects of a legislative gender quota in candidate lists using evidence from local elections in Poland. In the context of open lists systems, quotas were introduced in 2018 in municipalities with proportional representation (over 20,000 inhabitants). READ MORE

  4. 28. The Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Air Quality- Based on Seven Cities in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cheng Chen; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19; air quality; fixed effect model; regression discontinuity; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Many researchers have studied the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions. However, in terms of the air quality impact, few studies have done so for specific cities. In this study, seven cities in China under the first stage of transmission prevention have been selected. The air quality standard indicators discussed are NO2 (Nitrogen dioxide), PM2. READ MORE

  5. 29. Characterization of as prepared and exposed Perovskitesolar cells by microscopic and spectroscopic techniques

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för information och teknik

    Author : Nagaraju Gorella; [2021]
    Keywords : Perovskites; Solar Cell; SEM; AFM; c-AFM; Photoluminescence; Electroluminescence; Solar simulator.;

    Abstract : Studying the microstructural features, optical, and electrical properties of the thin-filmperovskite solar cells (PSC) is the main objective of this thesis work. All the PSCs used in thisthesis work were prepared by spin coating assisted with gas quenching process and the samplesreceived from Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium. READ MORE

  6. 30. Changes in economic returns to higher education in urban China, 2003–2017

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Minrui Song; [2021]
    Keywords : return to higher eudcation; Mincer function; expansion policy evaluation; Regression Discontinuity Design; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates whether the higher education expansion policy, issued in 1999, China, improved individuals’ schooling and wages. The thesis mainly applies Mincer functions. Empirical results show that higher education policy increased schooling years, but it does not change the economic returns to higher education dramatically. READ MORE