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  1. 1. Entering the Hosh House: A Study of a Vanishing Baghdadi Dwelling Typology

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Karin Allvin; Jimmy Ibrahim; [2023]
    Keywords : Baghdad; traditional architecture; climate regulating architecture; preservation; historic documentation; dwelling; decline; typology research;

    Abstract : This research project explores the Hosh house typology, a historic dwelling type in Baghdad facing rapid decline and extinction. The study critically examines historic documentation and employs a wide range of methods to expand knowledge and understanding of the Hosh house. READ MORE

  3. 2. From election to insurrection : A Speech Act Theory study of Donald Trump’s tweets in the wake of the 2020 election.

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Pedagogik, språk och ämnesdidaktik

    Author : Paraskevi Karapostoli; [2022]
    Keywords : speech act theory; Donald Trump; tweets; twitter; directive speech acts;

    Abstract : This essay utilizes Speech Act Theory to assess Donald Trump’s role in inciting the riot that took place in Washington D.C. on the 6th of January, 2021 and culminated with the attack on the Capitol building. For the purposes of the study a corpus was created with tweets collected from the Trump Twitter Archive. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Habitat : A Posthumanist Design Project for Making Kin with Nonhuman

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

    Author : Betyul Hafazoglu; [2022]
    Keywords : climate emergency; nonhuman; agency; posthumanism; multispecies design; human exceptionalism;

    Abstract : ‘the habitat’ is a Design+Change project which originates from the will to create positive change in the current situation of climate and ecological emergency. The design project takes the Anthropocene and the materialization of nonhumans as starting point and develops further around the possibilities of forming non-anthropocentric and nonhuman-centered mentalities and world-making processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dynamic Modelling of the Patient Circuit for High Frequency Ventilation

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Samuel Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Mechanical ventilation; high frequency ventilation; patient circuit dynamics; parameter estimation; system identification; Mekanisk ventilation; högfrekvent ventilation; patientkretsens dynamik; parameterestimering; systemidentifiering;

    Abstract : Artificial breathing is vital when it comes to treatment of critically ill patients where the natural breathing mechanism is insufficient. With the help of mechanical ventilators, the natural breathing mechanism of the patient can be assisted or even exchanged with the artificial breathing from the machine. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Green Building Cookbook

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Hannes Wiklund; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability. Building-methods. Interviews.;

    Abstract : The initial aim with the Green Building Cookbook was to create an archive of sustainable building materials and elements, that could potentially serve as a guide and knowledge-base for architects. In the course of the project it has developed into an archive of the parts making up one specific building. READ MORE