Essays about: "Inca"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word Inca.

1. 1. Living among gods – The Capacocha children : A hermeneutic analysis of the Chakana philosophy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Frida Ekberg Toscano; [2023]
   Keywords : Capacocha ritual; Huacas; Chakana; Inca world belief; sacred landscape; offerings; phenomenology theory; hermeneutic spiral;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to study the Capacocha, which is an Inca ritual where children were offered to their gods in the sacred places called Huacas (places of origin) and offered artefacts together with the children links to the Inca's sacred symbol, the Chakana, which in turn it is the life philosophy of the Inca culture. This thesis uses this philosophy to understand the phenomenon and the elements that define Huacas and the Capacocha ritual. READ MORE

3. 2. Assessment of future climate and land use changes on streamflow and phosphorus transport in a Swedish agricultural catchment

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment

   Author : Clara Laguna Marin; [2022]
   Keywords : surface water modelling; phosphorus; suspended sediment; climate change scenarios; socio-economic scenarios; INCA-PEco;

   Abstract : Despite efforts to reduce nutrient excess in surface waters in the last decades, eutrophication continues to be an important environmental problem in Europe. The presence of excess phosphorus (P) in waters, together with nitrogen (N), is one of its main causes. READ MORE

4. 3. Quality assurance of a radiotherapy registry

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Linnea Sandberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Radiotherapy; Treatment Planning System; Quality Assurance; Information Network for Cancer Care; INCA;

   Abstract : The radiotherapy clinics in Sweden have been without a functioning national platform consisting of dose data from patients undergoing radiotherapy. A national collaboration between clinics will improve the quality of radiotherapy since clinics will be able to compare dose data from treatment plans between clinics. READ MORE

5. 4. Deep Learning Based Multi-Label Classification of Radiotherapy Target Volumes for Prostate Cancer

   University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

   Author : Lina Welander; [2019]
   Keywords : Multi-label classification; MIQA; INCA; Deep neural network;

   Abstract : An initiative to standardize the nomenclature in Sweden started in 2016 along with the creation of the local database Medical Information Quality Archive (MIQA) and a national radiotherapy register on Information Network for CAncercare (INCA). A problem of identifying the clinical tumor volume (CTV) structures and prescribed dose arose when the consecutive number, which is added to the CTV-name, was made inconsistently in MIQA and INCA. READ MORE

6. 5. Optimization of Rare Earth Metals (REM) addition in high temperature stainless steel grade 253MA.

   University essay from KTH/Materialvetenskap

   Author : Bharath Vasudev Rangavittal; [2019]
   Keywords : REM addition; non-metallic inclusion; oxidation; austenitic; optimization;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis work is to optimize rare earth metal (REM) addition in Therma 253MA, an austenitic stainless-steel grade in order to get a good trade-off between oxidation resistance property and the amount of big REM inclusions formed. Big REM inclusions are detrimental to material properties and REM is required to be dissolved in the matrix for improving the oxidation resistance. READ MORE