Essays about: "Peter Day"
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1. Petrophysical Properties of Rocks in Central Kiruna Mining District, Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : High economic and metallogenic significance of northern Norrbotten ore district in Sweden which hosts Kiruna mining district makes it a very important ore district in the world. Northern Norrbotten ore district contributes a combined 90 percent of iron production in Europe. READ MORE
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2. Nyinflyttat och nyfött, ger det nya beteendemönster? : visenters habitatval och tillståndsbeteenden i vilthägn innan och efter samgång med vildhäst samt födsel av kalv i flocken
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Management of wildlife and husbandry of captive animals have in common the fact that they rely on a solid base of knowledge about the concerned species in order to be successful. The management of the European bison represents an encouraging story of conservation and captive breeding managing to bring a species back from the brink of extinction to a relatively safe status in the wild. READ MORE
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3. Mahan in a New Millennium
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In 1890, the American naval officer and scholar Alfred Thayer Mahan formulated as a theory that seapower brings prosperity. This thesis in War Science tests whether Mahan’s theory remains valid in the modern day. A multi-disciplinary approach is taken, wherein a financial event study method is employed for hypothesis testing. READ MORE
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4. Volatility forecasting using the GARCH framework on the OMXS30 and MIB30 stock indices
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : There are many models on the market that claim to predict changes in financial assets as stocks on the Stockholm stock exchange (OMXS30) and the Milano stock exchange index (MIB30). Which of these models gives the best forecasts for further risk management purposes for the period 31st of October 2003 to 30th of December 2008? Is the GARCH framework more successful in forecasting volatility than more simple models as the Random Walk, Moving Average or the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average? The purpose of this study is to find and investigate different volatility forecasting models and especially GARCH models that have been developed during the years. READ MORE
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5. The Suboptimal Solution to Food Waste : A Qualitative Research of Swedish Grocery Shoppers’ Attitudes and Purchase Intentions towards Suboptimal Food
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background Worldwide, one-third of all produced food is going to waste, and the number is increasing every year which consequently calls for action. A substantial share of the food waste is the outcome of grocery stores throwing away suboptimal food which yet is eatable but due to the date labeling, damaged packaging or in terms of appearance standards cannot be sold. READ MORE