Essays about: "Sex and the State"
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1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE
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2. Stock market analysis with a Markovian approach: Properties and prediction of OMXS30
University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistikAbstract : This paper investigates how Markov chain modelling can be applied to the Swedish stock index OMXS30. The investigation is two-fold. Firstly, a Markov chain is based on index data from recent years, where properties such as transition matrix, stationary distribution and hitting time are studied. READ MORE
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3. Domain Knowledge and Representation Learning for Centroid Initialization in Text Clustering with k-Means : An exploratory study
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Text clustering is a problem where texts are partitioned into homogeneous clusters, such as partitioning them based on their sentiment value. Two techniques to address the problem are representation learning, in particular language representation models, and clustering algorithms. READ MORE
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4. Economic and Sociological Factors of Deaths of Despair in Sweden and Norway: A Regional Panel Data Approach
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : I employ a descriptive study design to examine the relationship between the rate of deaths of despair and higher education, unemployment, gross regional product per capita, divorce, and sex ratios. Aggregate regional data is used. A first analysis is performed in Sweden across age and sex groups. READ MORE
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5. Real-time Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Machine learning systems have been demonstrated to be highly effective in various fields, such as in vision tasks for autonomous driving. However, the deployment of these systems poses a significant challenge in terms of ensuring their reliability and safety in diverse and dynamic environments. READ MORE