Essays about: "OSS communities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words OSS communities.

  1. 1. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

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

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Social Contract of Live Streaming : A Case Study of Four Streams on Twitch.tv

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Desislava Atanasova; Oliver Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Gaming culture; Immersive data collection; Live-streaming; Netnography; Online chat rooms; Social Contract Theory; Twitch.tv; Fördjupande datainsamling; Kontraktualism; Live-streaming; Netnografi; Online chattrum; Tv-spels kultur; Twitch.tv;

    Abstract : This thesis asks how unique and different communities are formed and facilitated on the live-streaming platform Twitch.tv. Twitch was chosen for its relevance to gaming culture as well as its higher number of users comparatively to its contemporaries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Developing a Method to Study the Impact of Microbial DNA on the Brain Related to Alzheimer’s Disease – Can Food Make a Change?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Fuh-Tzu Yang; [2022]
    Keywords : DNA extraction; Microbiome DNA enrichment; Host DNA depletion; 16S rRNA sequencing; Alzheimer’s disease; Gut-brain axis; Microbiota; Microbial DNA; Black currant; Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Understanding the gut-brain-microbiota axis can help us provide a new tool to manage conditions such as Alzheimer’s. However, a major challenge is selectively amplifying the bacterial DNA which is present at a much lower level than the host DNA. READ MORE

  5. 4. Defect intention : the specific challenges faced by women in open source that may predict (or influence) their intention to leave an open source software project/community

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Ivanna Altena; Georgi A. Markov; [2022]
    Keywords : Diversity; Equity; and Inclusion; Open source; Open source software; Women in Open Source; Defect intention; Intention to leave; Multiple regression.;

    Abstract : Background Open source is largely accepted as an important innovation driver in the technology industry. Even though inclusion and diversity is beneficial for the success of technology projects (including open source software projects), many statistics are pointing out that diversity in open source is even worse than in the technology sector in general. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hållbara utformningslösningar och lokala förvaltningsstrategier för omvandling av befintlig kvartersstad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Linnéa Joseph; Kerstin Phan; [2021]
    Keywords : hållbar stadsutveckling; hållbar utformning; tillfällig arkitektur; lokal förvaltning; grön länk;

    Abstract : Den globala befolkningsökningen innebär att inflyttningen till urbana samhällen stiger, och idag lever hälften av världens befolkning i städer. Att utforma stadsrum som främjar en hållbar mobilitet, blir mer tillgängliga och ger möjlighet till mer plats för grönska och nya typer av aktiviteter blir därmed en viktig strategi för en mer hållbar stad. READ MORE