Essays about: "differential ages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words differential ages.

  1. 1. Galaxies as Clocks and the Universal Expansion

    University essay from KTH/Fysik

    Author : Anders Ahlström Kjerrgren; [2021]
    Keywords : cosmology; cosmic chronometers; universal expansion; Hubble parameter; differential ages; galaxy age; relative age; cosmic time; chi-square minimization; monte carlo sampling; gaussian processes; kosmologi; kosmisk kronometer; universums expansion; Hubbleparametern; differentiell ålder; galaxålder; relativ ålder; kosmisk tid; chi-2-minimering; monte carlo-sampling; gaussiska processer;

    Abstract : The Hubble parameter H(z) is a measure of the expansion rate of the universe at redshift z. One method to determine it relies on inferring the slope of the redshift with respect to cosmic time, where galaxy ages can be used as a proxy for the latter. This method is used by Simon et al. READ MORE

  3. 2. Belgen and the Parental Purse: The Impact of the Karamoja Famine on Intra-Household Resource Allocations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Matthew Latham; [2020]
    Keywords : Human Capital; Differential Investment; Famine; Health; Uganda; Factor Analysis; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Early-life health shocks can have very serious long-term consequences for those exposed to them, a fact which must be considered when parents make decisions with regards to allocating resources across their children. Here, the 1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda is used as a natural experiment in which to test whether parental investment responses reinforce or compensate the impacts of early-life shocks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Determination of depositional environment and luminescence dating of Pleistocene deposits in the Biely Váh valley, southern foothills of the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Ingrid Bejarano Arias; [2020]
    Keywords : Luminescence dating; glacifluvial deposits; sedimentological analysis; High Tatra Mountains; IRSL dating.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Tatra Mountains have had several glaciations during the Quaternary. The deposits located in the southern foothills were classified as glacifluvial, based on geomorphology, but its sediments have not been studied in detail. READ MORE

  5. 4. Myasthenia gravis hos hund

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Petra Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : immunologi; autoimmunitet; myasthenia gravis; hund; T-lymfocyter; tymus;

    Abstract : Myasthenia gravis är en sjukdom som drabbar den neuromuskulära överföringen. Den förekommer i två former: kongenital (medfödd) och förvärvad. Kongenital myasthenia gravis beror på en defekt i acetylkolinreceptorn (AChR), som orsakas av olika mutationer. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Case Study on Differential Privacy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Samrawit Asseffa; Bihil Seleshi; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Throughout the ages, human beings prefer to keep most things secret and brand this overall state with the title of privacy. Like most significant terms, privacy tends to create controversy regarding the extent of its flexible boundaries, since various technological advancements are slowly leaching away the power people have over their own information. READ MORE