Essays about: "Principal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1073 essays containing the word Principal.

1. 1. Detecting Fraudulent User Behaviour : A Study of User Behaviour and Machine Learning in Fraud Detection

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Analys och partiella differentialekvationer

   Author : Patrik Gerdelius; Sjönneby Hugo; [2024]
   Keywords : Fraud Detection; User Behaviour; Random Forest; PCA; SMOTE;

   Abstract : This study aims to create a Machine Learning model and investigate its performance of detecting fraudulent user behaviour on an e-commerce platform. The user data was analysed to identify and extract critical features distinguishing regular users from fraudulent users. READ MORE

3. 2. Bridging Nature and Care : nurturing Individuals with Dementia in a Residential Care Facility in Denmark

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Mia Therese Trnka; [2024]
   Keywords : quality Evaluation Tool; nature-based care culture; principal Model of Four Zones of Contact with the Outdoors; nature-based dementia care; key-players in nature-based care cultures; healthcare professionals; supporting environments in residential care facilities; nature-based interventions;

   Abstract : The global demographic shift towards an aging population, with a projected 22% of the world over 60 by 2050, presents a significant challenge because of the soaring rates of dementia, carrying profound economic, political, and social consequences. Research emphasizes the potential of naturebased interventions in improving the well-being of individuals with dementia. READ MORE

4. 3. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
   Keywords : migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

   Abstract : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. READ MORE

5. 4. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Gabriel Bintley; [2024]
   Keywords : Enjoyment; Jouissance; the Other; Climate Crisis; Lacan; Žižek; Environmental Politics; Ideology Critique; Njutning; Jouissance; Den Andre; Klimatkrisen; Lacan; Žižek; Miljöpolitik; Ideologikritik;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE

6. 5. Navigating Private Equity Dynamics: An Agency Theory Perspective

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Andrea Bottinelli; [2024]
   Keywords : Private Equity Dynamics; Agency Theory; Market Evolution; Macroeconomic Impact; Co-investments;

   Abstract : The essence of the private equity industry lies in the intricate relationship between Limited Partners (LPs) and General Partners (GPs), intertwining financial elements with human interactions. This thesis employs agency theory to dissect the behaviors of the principal (LP) and the agent (GP), providing a comprehensive exploration of the current private equity landscape and impending market evolution. READ MORE