Essays about: "Discontinuity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 97 essays containing the word Discontinuity.

1. 21. On the Effects of Temporary Residence Permits on the Socio-economic Incorporation of Immigrants : A Study of the Short-term Effects of a Swedish Reform

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Martin Widman; [2022]
   Keywords : Immigration; immigration policy; temporary residence permits; immigrant incorporation; labour market; education;

   Abstract : The thesis addresses the debate about the impact of immigration policy on the socio-economic incorporation of immigrants. A distinction between rights-based and responsibility-based models of incorporation is made and the effect of a feature of the responsibility-based model, temporary residence permits, on socio-economic incorporation is studied. READ MORE

3. 22. Testing the Grades - Study on the Impact of Online Education during COVID-19 on Student Grades

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Cajsa Hjortsäter; Anna Rehme; [2022]
   Keywords : Online education; student grades; COVID-19; Lund University School of Economics and Management LUSEM ; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study explores the relationship between online education and student grades at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) during the COVID-19 pandemic. By investigating the learning environment's impact on student grades in this setting, we can take advantage of the recommendations of online education in higher education in Sweden, which resulted in an unprecedented sample size of student grades. READ MORE

4. 23. Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Liquid Chromatography Modelling

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Sara Culligan; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Chromatography is a separation technique used predominantly by the medical industry in purification and extraction of components in a solution. The setup is a column filled with resin particles where a solution of two components is filtered and separated due to different rates of interaction with the resin particles. READ MORE

5. 24. Violence begets violence? : A quantitative analysis of humanitarian military interventions’ effect on human rights violations between 1981-2011

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Max Kelbel; [2022]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Intervention; Human rights; Human right violations; Regression Discontinuity;

   Abstract : This study explores the effects humanitarian interventions have on the human right status in a country. The theoretical standpoint is based on the notion that a perceived lack of accountability and repercussions for crimes committed will function as motivation for local actors to continue the human right violations, or even increase their efforts. READ MORE

6. 25. An Empirical Study on the Generation of Linear Regions in ReLU Networks : Exploring the Relationship Between Data Topology and Network Complexity in Discriminative Modeling

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

   Author : Petter Eriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : Neural networks; Linear regions; Activation patterns; Piecewise linear activation functions; Data; Curvature; Neurala nätverk; Linjära regioner; Styckvis linjära aktiveringsfunktioner; Data; Krökning;

   Abstract : The far-reaching successes of deep neural networks in a wide variety of learning tasks have prompted research on how model properties account for high network performance. For a specific class of models whose activation functions are piecewise linear, one such property of interest is the number of linear regions that the network generates. READ MORE