Essays about: "acronym"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the word acronym.

  1. 21. Methods to Predict Structural Response due to Random Sound Pressure Fields

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Mekanik och hållfasthetslära; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Pontus Gunnarsson; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : To predict structural responses due to random sound pressure fields are of great interest within many fields of aircraft development, particularly within acoustic fatigue problems and definition of vibration requirements.  Today there exist some methods to quantify sound pressure fields affecting the air-fighters. READ MORE

  2. 22. Location based sports/fitness app : Android app for smartphones

    University essay from KTH/Radio Systems Laboratory (RS Lab)

    Author : Jimmy Quaresmini; [2015]
    Keywords : Location-based; application; app; service; Android; scales; database; server; LAMP; sports; Platsbaserad; application; app; tjänst; Android; skalar; databas; server; LAMP; sport;

    Abstract : The City of Stockholm’s budget for sports is 1.6% of the total city budget in 2014. About 60,000, licensed (age 15 and up, about 50%) and younger actively played soccer in Stockholm in 2005. That is roughly 24% of the total number of participants in sports activities in Stockholm’s district. READ MORE

  3. 23. Modelling Chemically Enhanced Primary Settlers Treating Wastewater using Particle Settling Velocity Distribution : Modellering av kemfällning i försedimentering för avloppsvatten, genom att använda distribuering av sedimentationshastigheter för suspenderadepartiklar.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

    Author : Emma Lundin; [2014]
    Keywords : Modelling; Primary clarifier; Chemically enhanced clarification; Settling velocity; MATLAB Simulink; Total suspended solids; Wastewater; Resource recovery;

    Abstract : The urban sprawl creates a gap between producers and consumers and the a sustainable circuitof nutrients and energy is difficult to maintain. Many times the waste that is created in urbanareas is not reused and the circuit is lost. READ MORE

  4. 24. 'Benefits beyond carbon' : for whom? : gender analysis of communal forest governance and forest resource use in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Larissa Stiem; [2014]
    Keywords : REDD ; women; sustainable forest management; feminist political ecology; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In an effort to mitigate global climate change, the REDD+ mechanism (an acronym for ‘Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stock’) continues to be put forward as an attractive carbon sequestration and forest conservation tool. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hosting more than 63% of the Congo Basin rainforests, is the biggest receiver for REDD+ funding in Africa. READ MORE

  5. 25. The combination of Educommunication and community media as a development communication strategy - a case study of the Centre of Community Media São Miguel on Air in São Paulo, Brazil

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Cristina Souza; [2013]
    Keywords : communication for development; educommunication; media education; community media; youth; Brazil;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to introduce and analyze the case of the Núcleo de Comunicação Comunitária São Miguel no Ar (Centre of Community Media Sao Miguel on the air, freely translated), known by its acronym NCC, in order to discuss in what ways an educommunication project can contribute to local development and social change, and might be acknowledge as a Communication for Development strategy. The general research question is: in what ways can an educommunication project enhance social participation and contribute to local development? What are the main features of NCC projects in regard to social participation and local development that might characterize it as a Communication for Development strategy? The general aim of this study is to bridge Educommunication and Communication for Development. READ MORE