Essays about: "Forst"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 essays containing the word Forst.

  1. 1. The Role of Uni- and Multivariate Bias Adjustment Methods for Future Hydrological Projections and Subsequent Decision-Making

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

    Author : Anna Merle Liebenehm-Axmann; [2024]
    Keywords : Bias adjustment methods; future hydrological climate projections; statistical analysis; future streamflow analysis; biasjusteringsmetoder; framtida hydrologiska projektioner; statistisk analys; framtida vattenförings analys;

    Abstract : Climate models are essential for generating future climate projections. However, due to simplifications, the models can produce systematic differences between output and reality, which is referred to as model bias. Bias adjustment methods aim to reduce this error, which is important for making future projections more reliable. READ MORE

  3. 2. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Annika Salisbury; [2023]
    Keywords : Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ecocriticism; postcolonial ecocriticism; ecofeminism; climate change criticism; voice; agency; urgency.; Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ekokritik; postkolonial ekokritik; ekofeminism; klimatkritik; röst; agens; brådska.;

    Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dam Failure Analysis of the Parteboda Hydropower Plant : A deterministic approach

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Magnus Simon Graf; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Despite all the benefits a dam can provide, hundreds of years of experience have shown the destructive forces that can be unleashed by dam failure. To carry out risk management and execute mitigative measures for a dam facility, it is first necessary to assess the incremental consequences of a potential dam failure. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cracking the AI-gma Code? - The Interpretability and Explainability of AI in light of Forst’s Right to Justification

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

    Author : Suana Tafic; [2023]
    Keywords : EU law; EU-rätt; AI; Artificial Intelligence; Artificiell Intelligens; AI Act; AI-Act; AI-förordningen; GDPR; Right to Justification; Human rights; Fundamental Rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Transparency; Explainability; Interpretability; Transparens; Förklarbarhet; Tolkningsbarhet; Trustworthy AI; tillförlitlig AI; Black Box; Opacitet; IT-rätt; Forst; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In April 2018 the European Commission took their first step into establishing the European AI Strategy, which aims to make Europe the world-leading centre for AI while ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms. In April 2021 the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence, referred to as the AI Act, was announced. READ MORE

  6. 5. Life Cycle Perspective on School Buildings’ Energy Retrofitting

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maryam Kafashtehrani; [2022]
    Keywords : School; building; LCA; IDA-ICE; energy retrofitting; insulation; ventilation; photovoltaic; PV; GHG;

    Abstract : The building sector contributes substantial energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Energy efficiency is the main driver for the mitigation of climate change. Schools are placed with high energy consumption and GHG emitting. READ MORE