Essays about: "end and the means"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 666 essays containing the words end and the means.

1. 1. “Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Jack Roempke Andersson; [2024-03-06]
   Keywords : Ghostbusters; apocalypticism; intertextuality; exegesis; reception history; apocalyptic hermeneutic;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sci-fi horror comedy film Ghostbusters (1984) from an exegetical perspective of reception history with a focus on questions of apocalypticism and apocalypse. This splits the study in two, with the first question being what the four ghostbusters of the movie mean when they talk about the end of the world in a biblical context: their apocalyptic hermeneutic. READ MORE

3. 2. Exploring Automated Early Problem Identification Based on Diagnostic Trouble Codes

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Mathias Forsman; Yihan Yang; [2024-03-05]
   Keywords : Automotive Industry; Early Problem Identification; Diagnostic Trouble Code; Case Study; Laboratory Experiment ; Machine Learning; Linear Regression; K-means Clustering;

   Abstract : In the current automotive industry, problem identification is a reactive process. It starts when the customer experiences a vehicle problem and goes to the workshop. Subsequently, all the problem-related data will be collected from the workshop and forwarded to the vehicle manufacturer. READ MORE

4. 3. The visibility of stellar transients in the Galactic Centre

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Astrofysik

   Author : Jonathan Ström; [2024]
   Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : A semi-analytical simulation was developed to evaluate the K-band magnitudes of Red Giants [0.96 - 1.02 M⊙] orbiting the supermassive black hole in the galactic centre. The model assumed star formation between 10-12 Gyrs ago and by following the IMF and applying a random age condition, a stellar population was created. READ MORE

5. 4. Chinese Expansionism : A case study on the Chinese expansionist initiative in the South China Sea during the last decade

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Måns Nilsson; [2024]
   Keywords : The South China Sea; Realism; Balance of Power; Regional Hegemony and Elements of National Power.;

   Abstract : The Asian renaissance in the twentieth first century, constituted by astronomical economic growth combined with the ambitious and authoritarian leadership of Xi Jinping's reign, has led China in the direction of proactive international policies. The South China Sea is one of the major arenas where such policies are taking place. READ MORE

6. 5. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Malin Ridström; [2024]
   Keywords : the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

   Abstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE