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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Distribution of Windblown Sediment in Small Craters on Mars

January 2011 (has links)
abstract: Many shallow craters near the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover landing site contain asymmetric deposits of windblown sediments which could indicate the predominant local wind direction at the time of deposition or redistribution. Wind tunnel simulations and field studies of terrestrial craters were used to determine trends in deposition as a function of crater morphometry and wind direction. Terrestrial analog field work at the Amboy lava field, Mojave Desert, California, included real-time wind measurements and assessments of active sediment deposition in four small (<100 m) craters. Preliminary results indicate that reverse flow or stagnant wind and deposition on the upwind side of the crater floor occurs in craters with depth-to-diameter (d/D) ratios &ge;0.05. Measurements taken within a crater of d/D of ~0.02 do not indicate reverse flow. Therefore, reverse flow is expected to cease within a d/D range of 0.02 to 0.05, resulting in wind movement directly over the crater floor in the downwind direction with no asymmetric sediment deposition. Wind tunnel simulations using six crater models, including a scaled model of a crater from the Amboy lava field, were completed to assess the wind flow in and around craters as a function of crater morphometry (depth, diameter). Reverse flow occurred in craters with d/D ratios &ge;0.033, resulting in sediment deposition in the upwind portion of the crater floor. Visual observations of a crater with a d/D of ~0.020 did not indicate reverse flow, similar to the results of field studies; therefore, reverse flow appears to cease within a d/D range of 0.020 to 0.033. Craters with asymmetric aeolian deposits near the Mars Spirit landing site have d/D ratios of 0.034 to 0.076, suggesting that reverse flow occurs in these craters. Thus, the position of windblown sediments in the northwest parts of the crater floors would indicate prevailing winds from the northwest to the southeast, consistent with late afternoon winds as predicted by the Mars Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (MRAMS) circulation model. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Geological Sciences 2011
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Kapitalstruktur i större onoterade fastighetsbolag : Vad påverkar kapitalstrukturen?

Karacsonyi, Gabriella January 2015 (has links)
Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilka variabler som påverkar skuldsättningsgraden i större onoterade fastighetsbolag och studera vilka samband variablerna uppvisar med varandra. Skuldsättningsgrad har valts ut som beroende variabel och materiella anläggningstillgångar, företagsstorlek och tillväxt som oberoende. En deduktiv forskningsansats har används och resultat har fåtts fram genom kvantitativa studier. Den teoretiska grunden har utarbetats utifrån tidigare forskning presenterad i vetenskapliga artiklar, böcker samt elektroniska källor. Avseende empirin har data huvudsakligen inhämtats från databasen Retriever. Bearbetning av data har skett i dataprogrammet Excel, där bland annat uträkningar gjorts. Därefter har empirin analyserats och förklarats utifrån tidigare forskning och teori, vilket sedan lett fram till slutsatser. Slutsatsen i denna studie är att linjära samband kan uteslutas mellan de utvalda variablerna och att möjligtvis andra typer av samband kan föreligga, då det finns antydningar till detta i diagrammen och korrelationskoefficienterna. För till exempel företagsstorlek och skuldsättningsgrad uppvisades svagt negativa korrelationskoefficienter för alla fyra år, vilket tillsammans med diagrammen indikerar ett slags samband där skuldsättningsgraden i allmänhet minskar när storleken ökar. Studien visar också på att det är möjligt att skuldsättningsgraden kan vara en påverkande variabel. Undersökningens resultat, som har analyserats utifrån tidigare forskning, tyder på att det förmodligen är flertalet faktorer som tillsammans och genom varandra påverkar skuldsättningsgraden. Förslagsvis skulle vidare studier kunna göras inom området där det undersöks ifall andra samband än linjära föreligger mellan de utvalda variablerna. Det skulle också vara intressant att studera skuldsättningsgraden som påverkande variabel istället för beroende. Då belåning är viktigt för fastighetsbolag, eftersom stora investeringar görs i materiella anläggningstillgångar, skulle forskare i framtiden kunna undersöka hur räntenivåerna i landet påverkar skuldsättningsgraden för just fastighetsbolag. Resultaten och slutsatserna i denna studie ökar kunskaperna kring kapitalstruktur och förändringar i kapitalstruktur i Sverige. / The purpose of this study is to investigate which variables affect the D/E ratio in large unlisted real estate companies in Sweden and what kind of connections that can be found between the variables. D/E ratio is investigated as the dependent variable and fixed assets, company size and growth as independent variables. The study is built on a deductive approach and quantitative methods have been used. Theory was collected through scientific papers, literature and the internet and numeral information through the database Retriever. The numeral information was later processed in Excel, for instance through calculations. In the next step the processed information was analyzed and compared to earlier scientific findings. After these steps conclusions could be achieved. The results and conclusions of this study show that the connections between the chosen variables can not be described through linear functions. It is possible that other kinds of connections exist, which is indicated by the correlations and charts in this study. For instance, negative correlations between company size and D/E ratio was found for all four years, and these facts, together with the charts, indicates a connection where D/E ratio generally decreases when company size increases. The results in this study also indicate a possibility that it is the D/E ratio that affects the other variables. The results, that were analyzed through earlier reserach findings, show that probably many variables together, and through each other, affect the D/E ratio. Deeper research can be done within the field. It would be interesting to study if other connections exist between the variables, since the connections could not be described through linear functions. D/E ratio can also be studied as an independent variable. Since debt financing is so important for real estate companies, researchers could investigate how interest rates in a country affect the D/E ratio for these companies. The contribution of this study is increased knowledge regarding capital structure and capital structure changes in Sweden.

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