Essays about: "Progressive bias"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Progressive bias.

  1. 1. Care and Confusion: A Speculative Ethnography of Youth Residential Care Homes in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : James Barrett; [2022]
    Keywords : youth work; HVB; youth residential care; social work; speculative ethnography; institutional ethnography; fictionalised stories; composite narratives; critical reflexivity;

    Abstract : Through the small-scale and imaginative application of a Speculative Institutional Ethnographical study, fictionalised stories have been created based upon observations in the field at three different Youth Care Home Facilities in Sweden. The locations and characters in these stories are composite narratives comprised of actual details from multiple real life places and people, amalgamated to form fictionalised narratives so as to protect the anonymity of real life people. READ MORE

  3. 2. What coping strategies do female entrepreneurs use when pursuing funding, and how do the entrepreneurial ecosystem and experience affect these?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lucia Inés López Sánchez; Chloé Wichard; [2022]
    Keywords : female entrepreneurs; funding process; approaches; coping strategies; prior experience; entrepreneurial ecosystem; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : When it comes to obtaining funding for their venture, female entrepreneurs are at a disadvantage. Whilst obtaining funding for a venture is already a difficult task for male founders (Steigertahl & Mauer, 2018) only 2.3% of funding in venture capital goes toward female entrepreneurs (Bittner and Lau, 2021). READ MORE

  4. 3. Regional atrophy correlates of domain-specific episodic memory in early Alzheimer’s disease

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Hannah Baumeister; [2021]
    Keywords : Alzheimer’s disease; episodic memory; amyloid-β; tau; atrophy; neurodegeneration; mnemonic discrimination; response bias; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau depositions as well as neurodegeneration, and is typically accompanied by a progressive decline in episodic memory. Previous research proposes two neural memory networks that process different stimulus domains. READ MORE

  5. 4. Monte-Carlo Tree Search Used for Fortification in the Game of Risk

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

    Author : Jakob Bolin; Nico Palmroos; [2020]
    Keywords : Risk board game; Monte Carlo tree search; Progressive bias; Hierarchical search;

    Abstract : The strategy game Risk is a very popular boardgame, requiring little effort to learn but lots of skill to master.The aim of this project is to explore the fortification phase of thegame, where the player’s troops are moved between territories.Our method is based on adapting Monte Carlo tree search(MCTS) to Risk. READ MORE

  6. 5. InAs and high-k oxides, a scanning tunnelling study of their interfaces

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Synkrotronljusfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Mattias Åstrand; [2018]
    Keywords : Semiconductor; High-k; Atomic layer deposition; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Scanning tunnelling spectroscopy; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : In order for semiconductor materials to be suitable for implementation in new and progressive devices they have to be of better electronic characteristics than currently used materials, and maintain these once treated and put into action. It is important to verify that bulk characteristics are not hindered at the surface when a given semiconductor is put in contact with another material due to necessity. READ MORE