Essays about: "ANT"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 141 essays containing the word ANT.

  1. 1. NEGOTIATING STUDENTS’ SOCIAL MEDIA AND PERSONAL DATA PRACTICES IN SCHOOL

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : I Wayan Heka Arcana Putra; [2023-07-05]
    Keywords : Social media practices; ; Personal data; ; School contexts; ; Negotiation; ; Human and non-human actors;

    Abstract : Purpose: This study aims to contribute to the existing knowledge by focusing on the translation process. In this context, the translation process refers to the negotiation and integration of students' social media and personal data practices from problematization to mobilization into the school setting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

    Abstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vibrational signals as indicators of soil fauna health? : A novel approach to environmental monitoring of ants

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Joel Fransson Forsberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Vibrations; Formica ants; Vibrometer; Vibrational signals; Imidacloprid; Before-After-Control-Impact;

    Abstract : Soil fauna provides processes of crucial importance for ecosystem functions, but our ability to observe their actions often depend on destructive methods where the integrity of the studied environment (the soil) is compromised. In this study, I develop and test a new generation of environmental monitoring tools that utilize vibrations made by soil macrofauna to inform about their performance and health. READ MORE

  5. 4. Detecting Pollutants Using Vibrations : Laser Doppler Vibrometry as a Non-Invasive Soil Organism Health Monitoring Method

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Kristoffer Wilson; [2023]
    Keywords : Vibrometer; Biotremology; Imidacloprid; Ants;

    Abstract : Due to a lack of in-situ methods capable of detecting sub-lethal effects of pollutants on soil organisms, many polluted environments are not identified prior to pollution-induced changes in the soil fauna. Therefore, there is a need to develop new non-invasive methods to measure the health of soil organisms. READ MORE

  6. 5. Animal personality in ants : Does the red wood ant (Formica rufa) express personality traits?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Malin Sjöberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Animal personality; Scototaxis; Formica rufa;

    Abstract : A recent theory within behavioural ecology suggests that some animal behaviour traits are consistent over time and over different contexts as part of an animals’ “personality”. Animal personality has generally been accepted within vertebrates, but the idea of invertebrates expressing personality has long been meet with scepticism. READ MORE