Essays about: "a remarkable person"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words a remarkable person.

1. 1. 3D Gaze Estimation on Near Infrared Images Using Vision Transformers

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

   Author : Emil Emir Vardar; [2023]
   Keywords : Gaze estimation; Eye tracking; Vision Transformers ViTs ; Hybrid ViTs; Deep learning; Near-infrared NIR images; Ögonblicksuppskattning; Blickspårning; Vision Transformers ViTs ; Hybrida ViTs; Djupinlärning; Nära-infraröda NIR bilder;

   Abstract : Gaze estimation is the process of determining where a person is looking, which has recently become a popular research area due to its broad range of applications. For example, tools that estimate gaze are used for research, medical diagnosis, virtual and augmented reality, driver assistance system, and many more. READ MORE

3. 2. Perceived Values of Subscription Video on Demand Services : A multiple case study exploring perceived values’ influence on decision-making when selecting subscription video on demand services

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Felix Ekeroth; Viktor Sandoff; Dennis Oskarsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Subscription Video on Demand; Perceived Value; Attributes; Consequences; Values;

   Abstract : Background: With great developments within technology and internet provision, subscription video on demand (SVoD) has made a remarkable entrance with a competitiveness which has resulted in a shift in the television industry (Noh, 2020). The user pays a monthly fee and gets access to a platform which offers a library of content. READ MORE

4. 3. Managing loneliness as a risk factor in the suicidal behaviour of elderly people in Sweden : A case study in Region Skåne

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Talal Khalil; [2020]
   Keywords : Sweden; Region Skåne; elderly; loneliness; social isolation; suicide; risk factors; prevention; help-seeking behaviour; Sverige; Skåne; äldre; ensamhet; social isolering; självmord; riskfaktorer; förebyggande; hjälpsökande beteende.;

   Abstract : Suicide is among the major public health problems in Sweden and worldwide with social, emotional and financial consequences. Suicide is present in almost all age groups, and the elderly shows no exception of this trend. The research defines the elderly as those 65 years of age and older. READ MORE

5. 4. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
   Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE

6. 5. Empathy for Pain : And its Neural Correlates

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Emelie Löfstrand; [2016]
   Keywords : empathy; pain; shared networks; pain matrix; empathy for pain;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of empathy has been fascinating laymen and scholars for centuries and has recently been an important subject for cognitive neuroscientific study. Empathy refers to the ability to understand and share others’ emotions and a characteristic of this ability is the capacity to empathize with others in pain. READ MORE