Essays about: "first principles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 515 essays containing the words first principles.

  1. 1. "Greening the European Convention on Human Rights   A Study on the Intersection of Climate Change and Human Rights in the European Court of Human Rights"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Evelina Olsson; [2024-02-16]
    Keywords : Climate change; European Court of Human Rights; European Convention on Human Rights; Human Rights; Greenhouse gas emissions; Climate litigation;

    Abstract : The surge in human rights-based climate litigation in recent years underscores the intricate relationship between the environment and human rights. In the European context, despite the pioneering role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), it has never ruled on a case primarily related to climate change and greenhouse emissions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Carbon credit schemes & landownership in Scotland : an analysis of policy discourses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Imogen Cadwaladr-Rimmer; [2024]
    Keywords : carbon credit schemes; discourse policy analysis; environmental governance; landownership; land reform; neoliberalisation; rural Scotland; sustainable development.;

    Abstract : Carbon Credit Schemes have become an important feature of governance approaches to climate change in recent years and have been gaining prominence in the Global North. Scotland in particular has seen a rise in the development of carbon projects, with developers looking to sell carbon credits. READ MORE

  4. 3. Leveraging Gamification for Increased Motivation in Mobile Applications : A Quantitative Study Using Self-Determination Theory & Service-Dominant Logic

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Alexander Fredriksson; Teemu Lahtinen; [2024]
    Keywords : Self-Determination Theory; Service-Dominant Logic; Motivation; Gamification; Mobile Services;

    Abstract : Due to the increasing digitization of society, Gamification of services has become increasingly proliferated. Identifying and knowing how to manipulate the factors for successful implementation of gamification strategies is paramount. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sympathy in Plotinus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Oscar Jablon; [2024]
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    Abstract : In this thesis, I make intelligible Plotinus’ notion of sympathy by explicating the cause of sympathy within Plotinus’ universe and the effects of sympathy. I do this by using a framework inspired by the Stoic literature on sympathy which distinguishes between three interrelated features of sympathy: Unity, global sympathy, and local sympathy. READ MORE

  6. 5. Interrupting prolonged sitting behavior with gamification: Mobile adaptation of the break reminder desktop app Liopep

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Angelica Caridad Hernandez Cerutti; [2023]
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    Abstract : The present work aims at guiding the design transition of the break reminder desktop application Liopep to a mobile platform. The goal is to improve and adapt the gamified intervention to address sedentary behavior at an organizational level. READ MORE