Essays about: "Non-experts"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the word Non-experts.

  1. 16. A Study on Life Cycle Assessment-based Tool for the Early Stage of Building Design

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Nazila Ravan; [2019]
    Keywords : Architects; architectural design; buildings; carbon footprint; life cycle assessment; sustainability; tool;

    Abstract : The responsibility of the building sector to diminish the harmful environmental impacts, locally and globally, has been extensively considered. Thus, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in building and construction practices has been widely implemented. READ MORE

  3. 17. Plant phenology and climate change : possible effect on the onset of various wild plant species first flowering day in the UK

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Nigel Fox; [2019]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; plants; phenology; climate change; global warming; FFD; IPCC; Bluebell; Garlic mustard; Coltsfoot; Cuckooflower; United Kingdom; Woodland Trust; UK; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The IPCC states that the planet is significantly warming due to effects of climate change. This warming effect has consequences for phenological events. Many species cannot track rapid climate change, resulting in phenological mismatches. This study looks at an extreme weather event and the longer-term effects of climate change. READ MORE

  4. 18. Investigating Continuous Delivery as a Self-Service

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Seif Al-Shakargi; [2019]
    Keywords : Continuous Delivery; Usability; Maintainability; Cost-benefit; as a Service; non-experts; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Continuous Delivery (CD) has today become an essential part of software development for a reliable and automated quality assurance process. However, the challenge of introducing CD starts with setting up a CD pipeline and providing the necessary infrastructure for it, which may take a considerable amount of time and require expertise knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 19. Data Augmentation to Increase Multi-Site Robustness for Convolutional Neural Networks - A case study on MRI segmentation of target and organs at risk for prostate cancer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Frida Börnfors; Elisabeth Klint; [2019]
    Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Organ segmentation on magnetic resonance (MR) images for dose planning on cancer patients is a time consuming process that can be automatized by using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). MR images vary greatly in characteristics across acquisition sites, which affects CNN segmentation performance. READ MORE

  6. 20. Use animations to support knowledge transfer built on the understanding of the non-experts’ mental model

    University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID

    Author : Xiangyi Wu; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Knowledge visualization as a recent branch of visualization science was established by Burkhard [1] at 2004. In his theory, animation was mentioned as one of major visual formats for knowledge transfer. However, there is a lack of  further research about its impact on the transfer of knowledge. READ MORE