Essays about: "hazard rate"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 46 essays containing the words hazard rate.

  1. 31. Application of real-time HRV biofeedback in the scenario of meditation practice : Feasibility, usability and medical fidelity

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medieteknik (ME)

    Author : Jan Gunzenhauser; [2015]
    Keywords : heart rate variability analysis; autonomic nervous system; stress quantification; meditation; real-time biofeedback; electrocardiography; Lomb method;

    Abstract : Chronic stress is a prevalent and universally present hazard in modern society. It lowers the quality of life for individuals and significantly con- tributes to unsustainable health care costs. Therefore it is important to have natural and noninvasive ways of controlling stress. READ MORE

  3. 32. Nutrient intake of adolescents with celiac disease and their non-celiac counterparts : A comparative study of Swedish 14-year-old boys and girls on gluten-free diet with a non-celiac, gender- and age-matched control group

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kostvetenskap

    Author : Masoud Vaezghasemi; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Abstract   Introduction: Following a strict gluten-free diet means exclusion of many staple foods such as traditionally made bread, flour, pasta, and whole grain products that are largely included in the Swedish daily diet. Such exclusions of vital resources could have harmful consequences on nutritional status and cause nutritional hazard, if they are not substituted with appropriate alternatives. READ MORE

  4. 33. Modeling the evolution of wildfire : an analysis of short term wildfire events and their relationship to meteorological variables

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Sean Demet; [2014]
    Keywords : evolution of wildfire; fire; wildfire; fire radiative power; Ecosystem Analysis; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Sciences; Physical Geography; linear regression modeling; Bayesian Information Criteria; Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Wildfire events are expected to increase with the changing climate; thereby increasing atmospheric, economic, and anthropogenic impacts. Gaining a real-time understanding of the evolution of wildfire events can benefit regional meteorology models, global atmospheric models, and hazard warning systems. READ MORE

  5. 34. Growth Patterns of Start-Up Firms - A Cohort Study with a Quantile Regression Approach

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Krakowski; [2014]
    Keywords : Firm Growth Rates; Firm Growth Distributions; Monte Carlo Simulation; Quantile Regression;

    Abstract : Using panel data for the cohort of Swedish limited companies established in 1997, this study analyzes the patterns and distributions of the firms' growth rates. After characterizing the growth patterns, we test the hypothesis that firm growth is essentially stochastic; a theory originating from Gibrat (1931). READ MORE

  6. 35. Childbearing Trends in Indonesia since the 1998 Political Reform : Weighing the Roles of Economic Development and Socio-demographic Factors

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Dedek Prayudi; [2012]
    Keywords : Indonesian childbearing;

    Abstract : Indonesia has experienced three different political eras: ‘old order’ under the regime ofpresident Soekarno, ‘new order’ under the regime of president Soeharto; and ‘reformationera’ in which democracy has been applied until now. The changes of economic and politicalconditions from one era to another have always gone hand in hand with the development ofthe country’s population. READ MORE