Essays about: "Junk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the word Junk.

  1. 1. A study on how a dashboard for energy data visualisations can be designed to be usable and inspire pro-environmental behaviour in an industry setting

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Sofie Drugge Eneroth; Alice Elkjaer; [2023]
    Keywords : Usability; learnability; subjective satisfaction; behavioural change; energy data visualisations; HCD; eco-feedback; personas; prototyping;

    Abstract : An essential part of combating climate change is to reduce energy consumption. As the industrial sector was accountable for approximately a third of the total global carbon dioxide equivalents in 2019, it is crucial for industries to manage their energy usage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is Long-Term IPO Performance determined by Underpricing? : Analysis of the international IPO markets between 2009-2019

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Arjan Kevin Ramak; Felix Fager Burman; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Chinese legislative boards are heightening regulations to reduce the presence of ‘junk stocks’, as many new offerings sport remarkably high first day returns, but at the same time mediocre long-term performance. The phenomenon where an IPO (Initial Public Offering) is offered at a lower price than its intrinsic value is prominent in finance and business literature. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Analysis of HERVs and LINE1s in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i bioinformatik

    Author : Stein Acker; [2022]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that make up roughly 50% of the human genome, with retrotransposons (or transposons which retrotranspose via an RNA intermediate) making up the vast majority of these elements. Recent studies have suggested that TEs could play a role in many neurological conditions, including ALS and dementia. READ MORE

  5. 4. Returning to Quality: An Empirical Investigation of Short Sale Constraints Effect on a Quality Investment Strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Johan Ingvarsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Quality; Portfolio performance; Difference-in-Difference; Short-sale constraints; Limits to arbitrage; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines an investment strategy relying on underlying characteristics of stocks and how market efficiency drives its returns. By using the recently published quality-minus-junk factor this paper attempts to explain the abnormal performance of portfolios sorted on their quality score by using a natural experiment which interferes with market efficiency. READ MORE

  6. 5. Actants and Networks in 'Skagboys' – Thatcher, Crime and Mundane Artifacts as Mediators

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Thomas Pedersen; [2020]
    Keywords : Skagboys; ANT; Actor-Network Theory; Thatcher; Crime; Heroin; Irvine Welsh; Bruno Latour; Mediator; Trainspotting; Literature; Scotland; Edinburgh; Agency; Detection; Objects in literature;

    Abstract : While Skagboys portrays the descent into heroin addiction of young, working class Scots during the Thatcher era, shifting the analysis from a strictly human perspective to one focusing on the agency of objects opens up the novel to new readings wherein morality emerges through nonhuman actors. Welsh’s work has traditionally been hailed as Scottish working-class realism that portrays its characters unideologically, to the point that the novels, through the characters, appear without morality. READ MORE