Essays about: "Campaigns"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 600 essays containing the word Campaigns.

1. 1. Wall-Resolved and Wall-Modelled LES for a NACA4412 Wing Profile in OpenFOAM

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

   Author : Nikolaos Charisoudis; [2024]
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   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulationfor an incompressible flow around an airfoil and investigate the aerodynamicproperties for different Reynolds numbers (400, 000 and 1, 000, 000) based on the chordlength, at the moderate angle of attack (AoA) of 5o . For this purpose a detailedevaluation of wall-resolved and wall-modelled large-eddy simulations (LES) wereconducted for the NACA4412 wing profile. READ MORE

3. 2. The West African Coup Trap : A qualitative case study of military coups d'état in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Joy Hansen; [2024]
   Keywords : Coup d état; Mali; Niger; Burkina Faso; Guinea; External impact; Climate change; Political instability; France; Russia;

   Abstract : Africa is the continent having the most coups d'état. From 2020 to 2022, there were six coups and three coup attempts on the continent. This study aims to investigate the causes of these coups d'état in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Guinea, four former French colonies in West Africa. READ MORE

4. 3. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Hugo Rousselet; [2024]
   Keywords : Nonviolent resistance; external support; civil wars; self-determination movements; foreign support; nonviolent struggle; NAVCO;

   Abstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE

5. 4. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sanna Sandehl; [2024]
   Keywords : Communal division; polarising and reconciliation rhetoric; ethnic religious and tribal affiliations; election campaign rallies;

   Abstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE

6. 5. The Public, The Police, and The Puzzle of Information

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : William Duggan; Librain Natia Ellis; [2024]
   Keywords : Policing; Public Perception; Safety Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : When humans are involved, things can go wrong. This is a statement as factually true and yet dramatically undefined and dangerously ambiguous as any. No matter the industry or domain, where humans interact with other humans, perfect predictability is impossible and a focus on negative outcomes can seem natural. READ MORE