Essays about: "Creature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the word Creature.

  1. 1. Vocal processing of non-human characters portrayed by game masters (GMs) in tabletop role playing games (TTRPGs) : What physical attributes of a creature can be perceived in different processing?

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Lina Dovner; [2023]
    Keywords : TTRPG; sound design; vocal processing; Dungeons Dragons; creature sound design; vocal modulation; orc; elf;

    Abstract : Voices reveal information about the speaker, such as their age, what they are feeling and how they look. Vocal modulation is sometimes used by role-players, mostly game masters, in a tabletop role-playing context, to portray non-playable characters. READ MORE

  3. 2. Frankenstein; or, A Multimodal Strategy to Teach Othering in the Context of Swedish Upper Secondary Education : An Analysis of Othering in the Story About Frankenstein and His Creature, from a Multimodal Perspective

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Per Nyberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Curriculum; Didactics; Exclusion; Exoticism; Frankenstein; Gothic; Graphic novel; Literature; Multimodal; Multimodality; Othering; Racism; Shelley; Students;

    Abstract : The curriculum for Sweden’s upper secondary schools emphasises that specifically exclusion should be prevented, and that equality between all humans should permeate the education. This essay maintains that the post-colonial concept of othering, with help from Mary Shelley’s story about Frankenstein and his monster, could be used to educate upper secondary school students about these important matters. READ MORE

  4. 3. A hierarchical neural network approach to learning sensor planning and control

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Datorteknik

    Author : Nicke Löfwenberg; [2023]
    Keywords : sensor planning; hierarchical reinforcement learning; reinforcement learning; sensor control; camera control; sensorplanering; hierarkisk förstärkningsinlärning; förstärkningsinlärning; sensorkontroll; kamerakontroll;

    Abstract : The ability to search their environment is one of the most fundamental skills for any living creature. Visual search in particular is abundantly common for almost all animals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Frankenstein and the Timelessness of Queer Identities: Teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through Queer Theory in the Upper-Secondary EFL classroom

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Elsa Brandt; [2023]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; queer theory; queer pedagogy; EFL; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the pivotal gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley through a close queer reading, focusing on excerpts featuring the artificially created creature and their maker, Victor Frankenstein. The queer perspective is applied to the gender identity and expression of the creature, which is a reading that lends itself to the teaching of the novel to Swedish upper-secondary students because of the timelessness of the themes and its close ties to the 2022 recommendations of the Swedish National Agency for Education regarding sexuality, consent, and relationships. READ MORE

  6. 5. Organic Electrochemical Transistors for the Detection of Xanthine

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yunfan Lin; [2022]
    Keywords : Xanthine; OECT; Biosensor; PIBET-AO; Xanthine Oxidase XOD ; Xantin; OECT; Biosensor; PIBET-AO; Xantinoxidas XOD ;

    Abstract : Food waste is gradually becoming a serious global issue in recent decades. It is reported that more than 1.3 billion tonnes of food consisting of around 50 % meat products are wasted every year on a global scale, while there are more than 800 million of the global population who are starving at the same time. READ MORE