Essays about: "degeneration"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 essays containing the word degeneration.

  1. 1. “Human Spiders”: Intellectual Observers, Degeneration and Darwinism in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Maja Loberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Degeneration; Fin de Siècle; Literature; Darwinism; H.G. Wells; The Time Machine; Intellectual Observer; Victorian literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : H.G. Wells’ novella The Time Machine (1895) tells the story of The Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. There, he encounters two evolutionary progressions of humanity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Att förebygga senskador hos ridhäst : med fokus på degenerativa skador

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

    Author : Vera Hultman; [2023]
    Keywords : den ytliga böjsenan; sendegenerering; träning; benskydd; underlag; häst;

    Abstract : En senskada hos ridhästen leder till långa konvalecentperioder och obrukbara hästar vilket resulterar i en bristande hästvälfärd, stora ekonomiska kostnader för hästägare och att omvärlden ser negativt på ridsporten. För att sprida kunskap kring de åtgärder som kan vidtas för att förebygga senskador i den ytliga böjsenan hos ridhästar har denna litteraturstudie genomförts. READ MORE

  4. 3. Robustness of State-of-the-Art Visual Odometry and SLAM Systems

    University essay from KTH/Tillämpad fysik

    Author : Cassandra Mannila; [2023]
    Keywords : Visual-Inertial Odometry; Visual Odometry; SLAM; Motion blur; ORB-SLAM3; DM-VIO; Robustness;

    Abstract : Visual(-Inertial) Odometry (VIO) and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) are hot topics in Computer Vision today. These technologies have various applications, including robotics, autonomous driving, and virtual reality. They may also be valuable in studying human behavior and navigation through head-mounted visual systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Developing a reproducible bioinformatics workflow for canine inherited retinal disease

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Melina Toni Marie Martin; [2023]
    Keywords : CanFam4; Nextflow; Inherited Retinal Degeneration; dog; whole-genome sequencing; bioinformatics;

    Abstract : Inherited Retinal Degenerations (IRDs) are a heterogenous group of diseases which lead to vision impairment and can be found both in humans and in dogs. About 1 in 1,380 humans is estimated to suffer from an autosomal recessive IRD, which would be 5.5 million people worldwide, and many more are estimated to be unaffected carriers. READ MORE

  6. 5. Quantitative susceptibility mapping of the knee: A comparison of approaches for addressing fatty tissue

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Cornelia Säll; [2023]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Background/purpose Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is an MRI-based post processing technique to evaluate the magnetic susceptibility, χ, of human tissue using phase data. While brain imaging has been the most common application, other areas have also raised interest. READ MORE