Essays about: "demographic parameters"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words demographic parameters.

1. 6. Development of a forecasting model of Indian road traffic scenario to predict road user share, injuries and fatalities

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

   Author : Mathew George; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : According to the global status report on road safety 2018 by the World Health Organization (WHO), road accidents cause 1.35 million deaths annually world-wide, making it the eight leading cause of death. Road fatalities are caused due to multiple factors including rash driving, unsafe roads and vehicle failures. READ MORE

3. 7. Innovative agricultural intensification to cope with demographic and climatic changes for subsistence producers : a case study of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Matthieu Michelet; [2020]
   Keywords : Subsistence agriculture; fallow; mulching; composting; innovative intensification; Melanesia; climate change;

   Abstract : This research aims to study the dynamics of agricultural intensification amongst the small island community of Sandfly Island, Solomon Islands, and to observe the spreading of new agricultural practices of intensification that can help mitigate the pressures of climate change on the one side; and on the other side of a growing food demand from a growing population. The intention is to describe the variety of agricultural practices and the variation of production parameters such as fallow length, length of cropping period, number of plots in agricultural rotation and size of plots as to assess the state of agricultural intensification and to find what are the environmental constraints to production. READ MORE

4. 8. Assessment of Predictive Models for Improving Default Settings in Streaming Services

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Mouzeina Lattouf; [2020]
   Keywords : Interpretable Machine Learning; Machine Learning; Shapley Additive Explanations; User Settings; User experience; Användarinställningar; Användarupplevelse; Maskininlärning; Shapley Additive Explanations; Tolkningsbar Maskininlärning;

   Abstract : Streaming services provide different settings where customers can choose a sound and video quality based on personal preference. The majority of users never make an active choice; instead, they get a default quality setting which is chosen automatically for them based on some parameters, like internet connection quality. READ MORE

5. 9. Population ecology of golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) using remote cameras

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

   Author : Andressa Ludovico Aoki Dahlén; [2019]
   Keywords : golden eagle; camera traps; demographic parameters; fledging parameters; survival;

   Abstract : The golden eagle populations have been studied across their range but basic demographic information is missing for a large part of their range. As an apex predator and scavenger, eagles are essential to the ecosystems they inhabit. In this study I analyzed pictures from installed camera traps around eagle nests in six counties in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 10. Blueprint for cultivation of Jute Mallow (Corchorus olitorius) under Swedish conditions

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Shadia Awad; [2018]
   Keywords : Mediterranean peat substrate; vegetable peat substrate; BCCH scale; plant biomass; leaf area; fertilizers; cow manure; NPK;

   Abstract : Investigations were carried out in order to develop a natural science and social science approaches for introduction of new vegetable crops to the Swedish market and to meet the demographic changes in the society. The focus is on developing preliminary baselines for cultivation of jute mallow, a vegetable crop usually used in Middle East food culture. READ MORE