Essays about: "Dominant Demand"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 92 essays containing the words Dominant Demand.

  1. 11. Understanding men’s clothing consumption : a contribution to further research on sustainable clothing consumption

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Adam Fast; [2023]
    Keywords : Clothing consumption; men’s consumption; sustainable consumption; consumer behaviour; consumption habits; fast fashion; slow fashion;

    Abstract : The growing environmental problem of the clothing industry has resulted in trillions of litres of wastewater and nearly a tenth of the world’s carbon emissions every year. The Western world's demand for cheap clothes occurs at the expense of the environment and bad working conditions. READ MORE

  3. 12. A time series analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on container shipping freight rates: An application to the Asia-Europe trade route

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Chen Yuchun; Zhou Shiyu; [2022-08-03]
    Keywords : Container shipping; Freight rates; COVID-19; Oil prices; Stock market prices; Time series model; GARCH;

    Abstract : The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a sudden disruption to the shipping industry. However, for container shipping, freight rates have reached record highs during the pandemic. Shipping companies realise that understanding the impact of exogenous shocks on freight rate fluctuations to forecast freight rates is critical. READ MORE

  4. 13. Off with the Offset: The Reshaping of Voluntary Carbon Market Post-Paris Agreement

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Shilin Wang; Arnachani Riaseta; [2022]
    Keywords : Paris Agreement; Voluntary Carbon Market; Carbon offsetting; Market-shaping; Market work;

    Abstract : The 2015 Paris Agreement presented a fundamental disruption to the fabric of international carbon markets, while at the same time it has been increasing voluntary demand for carbon credits. As a result, voluntary carbon market (VCM) actors, particularly those producing and distributing carbon credits, are facing an intriguing dilemma. READ MORE

  5. 14. Optimizing databases in the cloud based on performance and cost savings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Felix Nilsson; Daniel Mihajlovic; [2022]
    Keywords : Resource provisioning; Cloud service platform; Optimizing cost; Database; Performance; Metrics; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : As cloud service providers becomes more prevalent, so does questions related to cost efficiency of hosted resources. Payment models for cloud hosted resources tend to be either subscription based or pay-as-you-go for computing resources, in this case for compound metrics of CPU, Data IO and Log IO. READ MORE

  6. 15. Exploring Column Update Elimination Optimization for Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Learning Rule

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ojasvi Singh; [2022]
    Keywords : Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity; neuromorphic computing; Hebbian Learning; Spiking Neural Networks; memory optimization.; Spike-Timing Beroende Plasticitet; neuromorfisk beräkning; Hebbiansk inlärning; Spiking Neural Networks; Minnes optimering;

    Abstract : Hebbian learning based neural network learning rules when implemented on hardware, store their synaptic weights in the form of a two-dimensional matrix. The storage of synaptic weights demands large memory bandwidth and storage. READ MORE