Essays about: "women in mining"
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1. Endometriosis and Its Correlation with Lifestyle Factors and Health Indicators : A Data Mining Approach Using R and Python
University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystemAbstract : Around 10% of women in fertile age have endometriosis, despite this there is little known about its origin. It can take years from the first experienced symptoms to an established diagnosis, which is done using invasive methods. READ MORE
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2. Female managers in the mining industry : A qualitative study on how work experience and social network affect female career development
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : On average, a person consumes massive amounts of metals and minerals extracted fromthe Swedish mining industry. New technologies and innovations are changing the waythe mining industry operates to become more modern. READ MORE
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3. OF GHOSTS AND [WO]MEN
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : The project 'Of Ghosts and [Wo]men' proposes an artificial landscape in the new area of Kiruna, that will be built exclusively from the materials of the demolished buildings. This is a way of displaying and giving back to the public pieces of the body of the old city, while suggesting an architecture that recycles the old into new forms and programs. READ MORE
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4. Commodity Price Boom and Copper mines in Chile: The assessment of local spillover effects on the labor market.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Chile has been benefited from a commodity boom in the copper industry during the first decade of the 21st century. Does a mineral boom increase local labour opportunities? Can women get benefit from a resource boom? Can the mineral boom have indirect effects in non-mining sectors? The present paper attempts to explore and measure the impact of an exogenous increase in copper global prices between 2003 and 2011, on Chilean labor market, with a particular focus on gender disparities. READ MORE
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5. The Narrative of Conflict Minerals : An Exploration of Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Socioeconomic Impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis elaborates on a complex, multilayered gender perspective of mineral exports in the conflict of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The focus lies on the Dodd-Frank Act and its implications for sexual gender-based violence, both conflict and non-conflict related, as well as socioeconomic dimensions. READ MORE