Essays about: "Oryx"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Oryx.

1. 1. Automatic compilation and summarization of documented Russian equipment losses in Ukraine : A method development

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Carl Zaff; [2023]
   Keywords : Russian Equipment loss; Russo-Ukrainian War; Method development; Machine learning; Tesseract OCR; Oryxspioenkop; OSINT; Ryssland; Materielförlust; Rysk-ukrainska kriget; Metodutveckling; Maskininlärning; Tesseract OCR; Oryxspioenkop; OSINT;

   Abstract : Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022 – most of the United Nations have, in one way or another, participated in the most significant war of many decades. The war is characterized by Russia’s atrocious war crimes, illegal annexations, terror, propaganda, and complete disrespect for international law. READ MORE

3. 2. The use of mixed reality in simulations

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Jesper Byström; [2022]
   Keywords : computer science; computer graphics; oryx; virtual reality; mixed reality;

   Abstract : Simulators utilizing virtual reality have a problem with visibility of controls; when using a head mounted display, a user is blind to the controls being used. Meaning that the user needs to become accustomed to the controls before utilizing the simulator properly. READ MORE

4. 3. "I'm Going Away Now" : Posthumanism and the End of the Anthropocene in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Evelina Magnusson; [2020]
   Keywords : Oryx and Crake; Margaret Atwood; posthumanism; Anthropocene; Oryx and Crake; Margaret Atwood; posthumanism; antropocen;

   Abstract : This essay explores the themes of posthumanism and the Anthropocene in Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake. It analyses how the novel describes humanity’s effects on the earth in the novel and its human and non-human inhabitants, during the geological era that is called the Anthropocene. READ MORE

5. 4. A Whole New World : A Reading of Deep Ecology in Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Felicia Säfström; [2020]
   Keywords : Margaret Atwood; Oryx and Crake; Deep Ecology; Margaret Atwood; Oryx and Crake; Djupekologi;

   Abstract : This essay explores the theme of deep ecology in Margaret Atwood’s novel Oryx and Crake. It analyzes how the novel deals with the topics of environmental disasters and the apocalypse. It describes humanity’s effect on the planet and how the inventions of the Crakers and the BlyssPluss pill can be seen as good things. READ MORE

6. 5. Hang on to the Words : Knowledge Tokens, Hierarchies, and Concurrent Narratives in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Jack Appleton; [2020]
   Keywords : MaddAddam Trilogy; Atwood; Margaret; homosocial triangles; selfconstitution; fables; metanarratives; micronarratives;

   Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy has received substantial critical attention inthe fields of ecocriticism, the ethics of bioengineering, and feminist theory. However, the vast majority of this criticism has focussed on Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, the first two books in the trilogy. READ MORE