Essays about: "distance"
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1. Taiwanese Immigrants’ Perception of the Ethnic Hierarchy in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Ethnic hierarchy tends to exist in a multi-ethnic society. Sweden has a long history of receiving immigrants (Bentsen, 2021; Törngren, 2020). READ MORE
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2. Hunting the hunters - Evaluating a new method of Geographic Profiling
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Geographic Profiling (GP) may be used when searching for an unknown offender by applying mathematical algorithms to geographical information. This thesis aimed to contribute to improvement of the efficiacy of GP’s produced by law enforcement by evaluating a the new Spaulding/Morris Centrographic (SMC)-method of GP that claims to counteract two of the main difficulties when constructing a GP in a real world investigation: 1. READ MORE
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3. Station-level demand prediction in bike-sharing systems through machine learning and deep learning methods
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Public Bike-Sharing systems have been employed in many cities around the globe. Shared bikes are an efficient and convenient means of transportation in advanced societies. Nonetheless, station planning and local bike-sharing network effectiveness can be challenging. READ MORE
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4. In Defense of Consuming Animal Products : How Human Suffering Can Justify the Consumption of Animal Products in Developed Countries
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : Within the area of animal ethics, there has been ongoing discussion around whether people in developed countries are justified in consuming animal based products or not, some argue that we are, and some argue that we aren't. In this paper I present a kind of middle-way position in response to the ongoing discussion, in which I argue that a decent chunk of a population in developed countries are justified in consuming certain animal products, but only so far as the exclusion of these animal based products would cause harm to the boycotter. READ MORE
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5. Exocomets in the β Pictoris system
University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionenAbstract : Comets have been a source of fascination throughout the history of man. In recent years, advances in technology have opened up for the study of extrasolar objects, among them exocomets. The first exocomets were observed in the β Pictoris system almost 50 years ago and the system has been of interest ever since. READ MORE