Essays about: "1940s"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 71 essays containing the word 1940s.

  1. 6. CAN GOLD SERVE AS A HEDGE AGAINST UNCERTAINTY? : A study on the gold price dynamics and its role as a safe haven asset

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Nadja Jakobsson; [2022]
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    Abstract : Gold’s ability to retain its real value in times of uncertainty and financial turmoil has long been of interest to investors and central banks worldwide. Gold has historically been used as a monetary means due to its store of value and in the early days, gold coins were used as a currency. READ MORE

  3. 7. Presenting The Ward : A Study of the "Educational" and Three National Institute of Mental Health-Approved Films (U.S. 1950s)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Marcus Neuman; [2022]
    Keywords : Educational films; Psych Ward; Mental illness; Patients; Stigma; Deinstitutionalization; Post-War Film; The Snake Pit; Man to Man; Mental Hospital; Back Into The Sun.;

    Abstract : The subject of mental illness and the various disorders associated with it, is frequently sensationalized and capitalized upon in visual art forms. In cinema, many narratives have addressed or challenged public conceptions of mental illnesses, raising concerns about socially relatable consequences such as stigma. READ MORE

  4. 8. Klimateffektsrelaterade förändringar i fenologi och morfologi hos en population av huggorm (Vipera berus)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Patric Falck; [2022]
    Keywords : fenologi; huggorm; klimatförändringar; melanism; morfologi; storleksförändring; Vipera berus; våraktivitet; ömsning;

    Abstract : Förändringarna i klimatet har ofta negativa konsekvenser på hela ekosystem där enskilda djurarter och deras habitat drabbas, där reptiler och amfibier inte är något undantag. Analys av huggormsdata från insamlat material sedan början av 1940 – talet till slutet av 1990 - talet avslöjar hur huggormar tros påverkas av ett förändrat klimat. READ MORE

  5. 9. Peace in Liberia? : A status quo evaluation of United Nations peacekeeping five years later.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Julia Törnberg; [2021]
    Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Peace; Liberia; UNMIL; Positive Peace; Negative Peace.;

    Abstract : Discussions about the utility of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping has been ongoing since its emergence in the late 1940s, and scholars have studied different peacekeeping missions from various perspectives. However, there is a gap in the research when it comes to evaluating the state of peace in countries that have experienced successful UN peacekeeping missions a few years after the mission is finished. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Excavation of New Swedish Children’s Film History : Exploring the Ambiguous Generic Identity of Children’s Films in Sweden from 1914 to 1923

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Taichi Niibori; [2021]
    Keywords : Children’s Film; Genre Studies; Film History; Pauline Brunius; Childhood Studies;

    Abstract : Swedish children's film has established an outstanding reputation all around the world, especially since the 1940s when many quality films for young audiences came into production. In this context, Swedish children's film scholars often set its beginning in the mid-1940s. READ MORE