Essays about: "difference in difference"

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  1. 16. 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 konfliktforskning

    Author : Elsa Svärd; [2024]
    Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Sexual Violence; Transactional sex; Internal displacement; Unemployment;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 17. Implementation of Dyson equation to accelerate convergence in RS-LMTO-ASA code

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Materialteori

    Author : Elis Uebel; Viktor Frilén; [2024]
    Keywords : Density functional theory; Dyson equation;

    Abstract : First-principle calculations is a key ingredient for us to understand, improve and design new materials. Density functional theory (DFT) [1] has proven to be a very powerful tool and a number of different versions exist depending on the problem at hand. READ MORE

  4. 18. Reporting Trends in Sustainability and Climate Change Discourse : A corpus study about reporting verbs in global news

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Corpus; Linguistics; Reporting Verbs; Media; Metonymy; Quantitative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis.;

    Abstract : In news reports, journalists often make references to what spokespersons from public organizations have announced. While doing so, reporting verbs are not an uncommon occurrence (Li, Zhao & Lou, 2023: 2). READ MORE

  5. 19. Detecting Fraudulent User Behaviour : A Study of User Behaviour and Machine Learning in Fraud Detection

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Analys och partiella differentialekvationer

    Author : Patrik Gerdelius; Sjönneby Hugo; [2024]
    Keywords : Fraud Detection; User Behaviour; Random Forest; PCA; SMOTE;

    Abstract : This study aims to create a Machine Learning model and investigate its performance of detecting fraudulent user behaviour on an e-commerce platform. The user data was analysed to identify and extract critical features distinguishing regular users from fraudulent users. READ MORE

  6. 20. Comparison of VADER and Pre-Trained RoBERTa: A Sentiment Analysis Application

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Erwe; Xin Wang; [2024]
    Keywords : sentiment analysis; natural language processing; BERT; VADER; sustainability report; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how the overall sentiment results from VADER and a pre-trained RoBERTa model differ. The study investigates potential differences in terms of the median and shape of the two distributions. Data: The sustainability reports of 50 independent random companies are selected as the sample. READ MORE