Essays about: "Frank"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 155 essays containing the word Frank.

  1. 1. Pursuits of the body: Sensory realities in Clive Barker’s The Hellbound Heart

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Rebecca Sonesson; [2023-07-07]
    Keywords : Horror; Clive Barker; gothic literature; The Hellbound Heart; literary studies; body horror; new materialism; splatterpunk; the weird;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how corporeality is represented within horror literature, and if the depicted corporeality can be read in a more material way rather than in a metaphorical way. By using the character of Frank from Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the relation between representations of corporeality and physical materiality is examined. READ MORE

  3. 2. Strengthening Sovereignty or Creating Dependence : A study on the United Nations and the Dodd-Frank Act’s effect on the autonomy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in mineral conflicts

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Linn Runesson; Victoria Basualdo; [2023]
    Keywords : The Democratic Republic of Congo; DRC; The United Nations; UN; MONUSCO; Peacekeeping Operations; conflict; the Dodd-Frank Act; minerals; peacekeeping; dependence; dependency; neo-colonialism; autonomy; aid;

    Abstract : As the global demand for natural resources grows, conflicts and instability surrounding minerals and resources continue to mark the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation MONUSCO has been deployed in the DRC since 2010, and that same year, the United States (US) established the Dodd-Frank Act with its Section 1502 concerning conflict minerals originating from the DRC. READ MORE

  4. 3. Actors and Narratives in Congolese Mineral Trade : A Qualitative Case Study on Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Clara Stjernholm Vladic; [2023]
    Keywords : minerals; conflict; DRC; Congo; US; conflict minerals; advocacy coalition framework; stakeholder analysis;

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  5. 4. Twitter Sentiment Analysis on the Cryptocurrency Market

    University essay from

    Author : Levente Kulcsar; Frank van Engelen; [2023]
    Keywords : Cryptocurrency; Sentiment; Twitter;

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  6. 5. Stochastic Frank-Wolfe Algorithm : Uniform Sampling Without Replacement

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Olof Håkman; [2023]
    Keywords : Stochastic Frank-Wolfe; Stochastic optimization; Sampling without replacement;

    Abstract : The Frank-Wolfe (FW) optimization algorithm, due to its projection free property, has gained popularity in recent years with typical application within the field of machine learning. In the stochastic setting, it is still relatively understudied in comparison to the more expensive projected method of Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD). READ MORE