Partial derivatives of the negative exponential, monomolecular, Mitcherlich, Gompertz,
logistic, Chapman-Richards, von Bertalanffy, Weibull and the Richard’s nonlinear
growth models are presented. The application of these ...
Despite significant developments, the simple, lumped, conceptual, rainfall-runoff model is still widely used for flood forecasting. What may not be appreciated is that, while such models can often be calibrated to give ...
O'Sullivan, Conall(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2007)
The Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (1985) term structure model describes the stochastic evolution of government bond yield curves over time using a square root Orstein-Uhlenbeck diffusion process, whilst
imposing cross-sectional ...
Digital speckle photography can be used in the analysis of surface motion in combination with an optical linear canonical transform (LCT). Previously [D. P. Kelly et al. Appl. Opt. 44, 2720 (2005)] it has been shown that ...
Chevalier, Arnaud(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2004-05)
Is the intergenerational educational link due to nature or nurture? In order to answer this dilemma, this paper identifies the effect of parental education on their offspring’s schooling attainment using a discontinuity ...
While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well ...
In this paper, we explore the discourses on sexuality that a sample of parents drew upon when they talked about teenage sexual self-presentation and conduct. The sample consisted of 43 parents (32 mothers and 11 fathers) ...
This paper investigates the just-noticeable-difference (JND) for natural frequency of virtual second order dynamic systems. Using
a one degree-of-freedom haptic device, visual and/or haptic sensory feedback were presented ...
The recent literature on path dependence provides a model that can be used in explanation of ethnic conflict and settlement processes. Using Northern Ireland as a case study, this article identifies path dependent patterns ...
O'Sullivan, Conall(University College Dublin. School of Business. Centre for Financial Markets, 2004-12)
A model is developed that can price path dependent options when the underlying
process is an exponential Lévy process with closed form conditional characteristic
function. The model is an extension of a recent quadrature ...
Objectives To describe patterns of care for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and assess conformance with the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Preferred Practice Pattern (PPP).
Methods We obtained administrative, ...
Barry, Frank(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1989-07)
This paper explores the role of factor prices in macroeconomic models which embody the frequently-encountered Classical, Keynesian, and Structuralist perspectives on the caused of Irish unemployment. It is argued that ...
Cowan, Brian(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2001)
The Good Friday Agreement represents in an important sense the triumph of politics over darker forces in Irish society. Rather than seeking to define the contours of a final settlement, it lays out the ground rules in ...
The threat of climate change has focused attention on those environments with high capacity for carbon storage. Peatlands are one such environment in that they both sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and are also a major ...
Recent peat failures in Ireland in the autumn of 2003 at Pollatomish, County Mayo
and Derrybrien, County Galway have focused attention on such events. However, peat
failures are not a recent phenomenon with possible ...
Research Findings: The aim of this longitudinal study was to explore peer relationships across the transition from preschool to school. Participants were 35 (17 male) children attending the Irish preschool initiative Early ...