Essays about: "effects of science"
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1. 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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2. A Hidden Voting Gap? : How the Interaction Between Income and Depression Affects Voting
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Depression has only in recent years been explored within political science, despite its deeply political causes and consequences. Previous research has found significantly lower political participation among people with depression and has especially focused on its negative effect on voting. READ MORE
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3. An Empirical Survey of Bandits in an Industrial Recommender System Setting
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknikAbstract : In this thesis, the effects of incorporating unstructured data—images in the wild—in contextual multi-armed bandits are investigated, when used within a recommender system setting, which focuses on picture-based content suggestion. The idea is to employ image features, extracted by a pre-trained convolutional neural network, and study the resulting bandit behaviors when including respective excluding this information in the typical context creation, which normally relies on structured data sources—such as metadata. READ MORE
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4. CARRY ON WITH CARRION? A wildlife road infrastructure study regarding the effects of ethical justification on policy acceptance
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Policy acceptance is an important aspect of compliance and government effectiveness. Political science and psychology researchers have attempted to understand policy acceptance through individual and contextual factors but still cannot explain all attitudinal differences. READ MORE
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5. Flying under the radar? Education for sustainable development in private pilot training
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: Private pilot (PPL(A)) training has hardly received any scholarly attention from educational and sustainability science perspectives. Through an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) perspective, the study aimed at 1) answering how sustainability and sustainable development (SD) are taught in pertinent PPL(A) theory learning material, theory lessons and practical training, 2) identifying gaps pertaining to sustainability and SD in those three components, and lastly 3) explore if and how certificated flight instructors, theory instructors and student pilots experience transformative learning during PPL(A) training, as well as what possibilities these stakeholders see in supporting transformative learning in PPL(A) training. READ MORE
