Essays about: "frequent elements"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 48 essays containing the words frequent elements.

  1. 26. Future climate resilience of energy-efficient retrofit projects in central Europe

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Jonas Manuel Gremmelspacher; Julija Sivolova; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change; Future climate; Climate action; Building Performance Simulations; Hygrothermal Simulations; Moisture; Heating demand; Retrofit; Renovation; Building stock; Residential; Dwellings; Thermal envelope; Heating peak loads; Thermal comfort; Indoor environmental quality; Actual case studies; Big data; Denmark; Germany; Iterative workflow; Weather files.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study assesses the performance of buildings affected by climate change under future climate predictions for three time-periods until the end of the 21st century. Objects studied are residential multi-storey buildings, originally built before 1970 and retrofitted during the last decade. READ MORE

  3. 27. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
    Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE

  4. 28. Discourse markers and English acquisition. : A corpus-based comparison of essays in year 9 of junior high school and year 3 of senior high school in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Annika Åborg; [2018]
    Keywords : Discourse markers; spoken grammar; written grammar; English acquisition; extramural English;

    Abstract : Using a corpus of school essays of Swedish students in year 9 and 12 of junior and senior high school, the present study compares the level of formality and frequency of discourse markers in the respective year groups. Based on previous literature, discourse markers found in the essays are categorized as either formal or informal. READ MORE

  5. 29. The Plight of Icarus; The Impacts of the Regulatory Framework on Various Business Model Designs in the Swedish Solar Energy Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Carl Lönnroth; [2017-09-14]
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    Abstract : Research Question: What are the impacts of the regulatory framework on various business model designs in the Swedish solar energy industry? Background & Problem: The Swedish solar energy sector remains in its infancy as business models find their bearings. With significant capital requirements and complex transactions required to deliver solar energy solutions to a customer segment, the sector welcomes the a regulatory framework that promotes industry and market growth. READ MORE

  6. 30. Växtanvändning för fluktuerande vattennivåer i Dagvattenparken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Isa Hilldetun; [2017]
    Keywords : dagvattenhantering; översvämningsproblematik; växtval; naturlik skogsplantering; vegetationsbyggnad; våtmark;

    Abstract : Forskning tyder på att med en utveckling mot ett allt varmare och våtare klimat kan vi vänta oss att det kommer bli allt vanligare med extrema regn. Att använda dagvatten som en positiv resurs i staden kan ge rekreativa, miljömässiga och pedagogiska värden, kan bidra till den biologiska mångfalden med en ökad flora och fauna, liksom spela en estetisk roll när vi utformar stadens rum. READ MORE