Essays about: "CCL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word CCL.

  1. 1. Corporate impunity and the ‘accountability gap’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: is the successful prosecution of corporate involvement in atrocity crimes within reach?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joseph Keogh; [2022]
    Keywords : International criminal law; corporate criminal liability; transnational corporations; atrocity crime; corporate impunity; Africa; Global North; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Although transnational corporations (hereinafter TNCs) often far outmatch States in terms of resources and influence over the direction of the world economy, they are generally unaccounted for when operating outside the territories in which they are incorporated (hereinafter ‘home States’). This thesis will look specifically at those TNCs that rely on natural resource extraction as their main source of profit. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is GPGPU CCL worth it? : A performance comparison between some GPU and CPU algorithms for solving connected components labeling on binary images

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Alex Sundström; Victor Ähdel; [2016]
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    Abstract : Connectedcomponentlabeling(CCL)isatraditionallysequentialproblem that is hard to parallelize. This report aims to test the performance of solving CCL using massively parallel hardware through GPGPU. To achieve this several CCL algorithms were researched and implemented using C++ and OpenCL. READ MORE

  4. 3. Linguistic Landscaping in Singapore: The Local Linguistic Ecology and the Roles of English

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Hoa Tang; [2016]
    Keywords : linguistic landscape; the ecology of language; language ecology; linguistic dominance; niches; multilingual ism ; English imperialism; diffusion-of-English paradigm; language shift; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 4. Utilizing an efficient color-conversion layer for realization of a white light-emitting electrochemical cell

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Joel Vedin; [2016]
    Keywords : Color-conversion layer; Light-emitting electrochemical cell; LEC; LECs; White light-emitting electrochemical cell; White light; R9; color-rendering index; CRI; High-color-rendering; color-conversion; top-emitting; Färgkonverteringslager; ljusemitterande electrokemisk cell; LEC; LECar; Vit ljusemitterande electrokemisk cell; vitt ljus; R9; färgåtergivningstal; CRI; färgkonvertering; topp-emitterande;

    Abstract : Organic semiconducting materials have received a lot of attention in recent years and can now be found in many applications. One of the applications, the light emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) has emerged due to its flat and lightweight device structure, low operating voltage, and possibility to be fully solution processed. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Role of Communicative Confidence in the Swedish English Education Are the Learners Ready for the Global Arena?

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Jonas Berg; Jerry Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Communicative Confidence Level; English as a Foreign Language; English as a Second Language; English Education; Globalization; Global English; Lingua Franca; Swedish Upper Secondary Education;

    Abstract : In today's globalized society, English is one of the main ways of communication. Therefore, teaching students English in such a way that they not only understand the basics, but are confident enough to communicate with an international population of varied ability and linguistic background becomes a high priority in school. READ MORE