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  1. 1. Identification and characterization of design fires to be used in performance-based fire design of CERN facilities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Darko Perovic; [2018]
    Keywords : Fire; Design fire; Vehicle fires; DMS 500; fast particulate analyser; Cone Calorimeter; Smoke characterization; Particle size distribution; Shell Diala; Midel; Cables; cable fires; Electrical cabinets; Electrical racks; CERN; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : CERN operates the most complex particle accelerator facility built until today. As such, it consists of thousands of custom-made components spread both in upper ground facilities and in underground tunnels and caverns. READ MORE

  3. 2. Toward Better Health Care Service: Statistical and Machine Learning Based Analysis of Swedish Patient Satisfaction Survey

    University essay from KTH/Teknisk informationsvetenskap

    Author : Yu Wang; [2017]
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    Abstract : Patients as a customer of health care service has rights to evaluate the servicethey received, and health care providers and professionals may take advantageof these evaluations to improve the health care service. To investigate the relationshipbetween patients overall satisfaction and satisfaction of specic aspects,this study uses classical statistical and machine learning based method to analyzeSwedish national patient satisfaction survey data. READ MORE

  4. 3. Financial Transaction Taxes and the Effect on Firms’ Cost of Capital : An empirical Study on how Financial Transaction Taxes Affect the Cost of Capital

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Olofsson; Axel Wikner; [2014]
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    Abstract : Financial Transaction Taxes (FTTs) have been subject to a lot of debate in the recentyears. The debate is in many cases characterized by an insecurity of the effects ofFTTs. The research on how FTTs affect the cost of capital is limited. READ MORE

  5. 4. Robin Hood on Steroids : An Analysis of the Current Proposal for an EU FTT

    University essay from Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Axel Wikner; [2014]
    Keywords : FTT; EU; EU FTT; Tax; Robin Hood; Financial Transaction Tax; COM 2013 71; FAT; Transaction Tax;

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  6. 5. A Blueprint for Europe? - Investigating a Financial Transaction Tax on the French Market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Markus Lithell; Johan Ljungkvist; [2013]
    Keywords : financial transaction tax; securities transaction tax; high-frequency trading tax;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the market consequences of financial transaction tax (FTT) implementation. We use data on volume and volatility for securities subject to a recent French FTT, as well as comparable European securities that were not. We find that the FTT has a significant negative effect on both volume and volatility. READ MORE