Essays about: "The Matthew effect"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words The Matthew effect.
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1. A Study on the Impact of Traversability Measures on Rough Terrain Path Planning
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : This thesis examines how the subspace of traversable paths is affected by extending the traditional definition of traversability, which solely considers the terrain topology, to also incorporate concern towards the vehicles configuration. Additionally, the effect of added consideration towards parameters such as roll, pitch, distance to target and ground clearance, are examined with respect to path planning and cabin comfort during operation. READ MORE
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2. “We’re Never Going to Make Readers if Reading Is Always Difficult”: How Students’ Reading Habits Affect Upper-Secondary-School Teachers’ English Literature Instruction
University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternaAbstract : Despite the consensus that reading is good for the individual, teachers seem to report the existence of a different mindset in the classroom as they struggle to motivate students to read. Research has indicated the existence of a growing gap between weak and strong readers, and that the fast-paced and technologically advanced society of today is noticeably affecting students’ reading habits. READ MORE
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3. Investigating differences in the decay of divorce-induced residential mobility across gender and urbanisation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Divorce is a life course event that triggers deviant, negative residential moves that symbolises the antithesis of climbing the traditional housing ladder, and sets individuals on an altered housing trajectory, typically associated with long-term instability compared to married counterparts. Studies have revealed that long-term instability associated with divorce is commonly connected to an increased probability of moving out of owner occupation that is greater and persists longer for women than men. READ MORE
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4. Factors affecting damage to Scots pine in a multiple ungulate species system
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Managing browsing impacts on commercial forestry is one of the main aims of ungulate management in Sweden, with Scots Pine being one of the major forestry species. Moose is the ungulate species with the greatest management focus, although in parts of Sweden it is forms a multiple ungulate species system, along with red deer, roe deer and fallow deer. READ MORE
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5. The Decision of Debt or Equity Financing
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Different approaches have been used to test capital structure theories empirically. In this paper the statement that Myers and Majluf (1984) discussed, that a low risk debt issue should affect the firm value less than a high risk equity issue, is explored and tested by applying an event study approach similar to the one Eckbo (1986) carried out on different kinds of debt issuances. READ MORE
