Essays about: "gender experiments"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words gender experiments.

1. 16. Building occupant movement in wide descending stairs

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Author : Martha Ålgård; [2017]
   Keywords : Descending stairs; occupant movement; wide stairs; handrails; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Several incidents in the past confirm that crowd movement in stairs represents a risk that has potential of causing serious injuries. Extensively research has been conducted for descending stairs. However, less is known about particularly wide staircases, which is taken to be stairs with tread width of 1.2m or above. READ MORE

3. 17. Competitive or cooperative: are men and women perceived differently?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elsa Wadelius; Maja Martos; [2017]
   Keywords : Gender; Education; Focal point; Convention; Battle of the sexes;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how men and women are affected by perceptions of opponents' gender in a coordination situation. To challenge previous research in this field, we both investigate how respondents perceive their opponents when only being provided information about gender, and when being provided information about gender and level of education. READ MORE

4. 18. Effect of dietary flavonoids on hepatic CYP2E1 and 3A4 activity : implication for food-drug interactions

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Food Science

   Author : Johanna Östlund; [2017]
   Keywords : cytochrome P450; CYP2E1; CYP3A4; flavonoids; quercetin; myricetin; isorhamnetin; food-drug interactions;

   Abstract : Flavonoids are a group of phytochemicals ubiquitously present in vegetables, fruits, berries and herbs. It is suggested that they contribute to protection against several lifestyle diseases including cancer. READ MORE

5. 19. Customer Churn Predictive Heuristics from Operator and Users' Perspective

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för kommunikationssystem

   Author : CHANDIRI MOUNIKA REDDY; [2016]
   Keywords : Churn Prediction; Data mining; Telecommunication;

   Abstract : Telecommunication organizations are confronting in expanding client administration weight as they launch various user-desired services. Conveying poor client encounters puts client connections and incomes at danger. One of the metrics used by telecommunications companies to determine their relationship with customers is “Churn”. READ MORE

6. 20. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Keywords : Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. READ MORE