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1. 1. Leveraging Posits for the Conjugate Gradient Linear Solver on an Application-Level RISC-V Core

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

   Author : David Mallasén Quintana; [2022]
   Keywords : Computer Arithmetic; Conjugate Gradient; Posit; IEEE-754; Floating Point; High-Performance Computing; RISC-V; Datoraritmetik; Konjugerad Gradient; Posit; IEEE-754; Flytande Punkt; Högpresterande Beräkningar; RISC-V;

   Abstract : Emerging floating-point arithmetics provide a way to optimize the execution of computationally-intensive algorithms. This is the case with scientific computational kernels such as the Conjugate Gradient (CG) linear solver. Exploring new arithmetics is of paramount importance to maximize the accuracy and timing performance of these algorithms. READ MORE

3. 2. Unsubstantial Territories : Nomadic Subjectivity as Criticism of Psychoanalysis in Virginia Woolf's The Waves

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Andrey Belov; [2019]
   Keywords : Virginia Woolf; The Waves; Jacques Lacan; Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; Rosi Braidotti; psychoanalysis; subjectivity; nomadic subjectivity;

   Abstract : This essay looks at subjectivity in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves employing a psychoanalytic approach and using the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Woolf’s relation to the theories of her contemporary Sigmund Freud was unclear. READ MORE

4. 3. Hyde-ing Between Holmes and Watson An Examination of a Homosocial Bond Through a Freudian Analogy of Jekyll and Hyde

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Jenny Appelgren Percival; [2014-10-09]
   Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; male homosocial desire; structural model of the psyche; Sigmund Freud; Robert Louis Stevenson;

   Abstract : The relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson is one of the most famous male friendships in modern literature. Using the two novels A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s extensive canon about the extraordinary detective and his companion, this essay examines the bond between Holmes and Watson through Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s theories about male homosocial desire. READ MORE

5. 4. Who is Percival? Intertextuality, Monologism and Heteroglossia in Virginia Woolf’s "The Waves"

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Helena Rödholm Siegrist; [2012-06-28]
   Keywords : Intertextuality; Monologism; Heteroglossia; The Waves; Percival; Virginia Woolf;

   Abstract : The essay “Who is Percival?” discusses the complex questions which arise from the obvious contradictions between the ideals of the hero Percival in Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves and the political opinions which Woolf herself expressed in some of her other texts. The author acts as an invisible narrator; the reader cannot be sure of her point of view. READ MORE

6. 5. A Small Cog in a Large Wheel? : Experiences of Swedish Local Government

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Edward Percival; [2012]
   Keywords : Local Government Phenomenology Sweden kommun public servants; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The primary purpose to this study was to explore the role of local government in Sweden, primarily through the eyes of some of the people working within one. Consideration of some of the structural characteristics of local government in Sweden, in particular the privileges and responsibilities accorded to local municipalities there and in what context, lead the author to conclude that Swedish municipal governments enjoy a relatively strong position vis-à-vis the central government and a key, independent role in the Swedish welfare state and its delivery of services to citizens. READ MORE