Essays about: "express roads"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words express roads.

  1. 1. Road Damage Segmentation for Mobile Hardware

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Martti Yap; [2021]
    Keywords : Road Damage; Deep Learning; Image Segmentation.; Vägskador; Djupinlärning; Bildsegmentering.;

    Abstract : The detection and early repair of road damage are paramount for the quality and safety of roads. Current detection efforts typically rely on Deep Learning methods for object detection with bounding boxes, with calculations performed on high-performance hardware. READ MORE

  3. 2. Trails and roads: from the Paramo to the city : exploring the tensions between environmental conservation and economic growth. A case study in Sumapaz, Colombia.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Juanita Alvarez Jaramillo; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The need to preserve ecosystems to enable the reproduction of a global market-based economy has led conservationist measures that are in contradiction with a model of Development heavily based on the connectivity to broader markets. The case of protected Colombian Paramo in Sumapaz explores trails’ as a conduit to understand social mechanisms for space-time appropriations and how are they contested. READ MORE

  4. 3. Where’s Waddan? Missing Maps and cross-cultural voluntary engagement in ICT4D initiatives

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Joanna Keenan; [2019]
    Keywords : Communications; Development; ICT4D; Volunteering; Slacktivism; crowdsourcing; data; humanitarian; mapping;

    Abstract : In the wake of the Haiti earthquake response in 2010, crowdsourced humanitarian mapping has taken off, and today is considered an essential tool by many humanitarian agencies providing assistance in disaster-affected and under-resourced countries and contexts. But what happens when there is no information on a map to help agencies decide how to respond? If they cannot find roads to take to get there? If they do not know how many houses are in a village? What if the map is – missing?In response to this all-too-common problem, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), American Red Cross, British Red Cross and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) created and launched Missing Maps in 2014. READ MORE

  5. 4. Validation of micro-platelet LED for subcellular optogenetic activation in primary cell cultures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fasta tillståndets fysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Jaghobi Pourshalmani; [2018]
    Keywords : Optogenetics; epilepsy; microplatelet; LED; primary cell cultures; adhesion proteins; electrophysiology; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Epilepsy is to this day still a serious neurological diseases where treatments such as pharmaceutical agents and surgery can at most alleviate the symptoms, but not cure it. This disease is still not fully understood at a cellular and network-level, but the recent advancements in the field of optogenetics can serve as an alternative way of studying the brain and diseases such as epilepsy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transport Planning and Sustainability : The Via Baltica Case

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Angelika Kowalczyk; Monika Kustra; [2009]
    Keywords : express roads; sustainable development; sustainable transport; transport planning; Via Baltica; TEN-T;

    Abstract : Road transport is most commonly used out of other modes in terms of freight and passenger transportation on local and regional levels. For European citizens it is a primary mean of their access to services, social activities and employment. The scope of road infrastructure differs in some regions. READ MORE