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  1. 1. Labyrinth routes around the Middle Age Baltic Sea

    University essay from

    Author : Christina Fagerström; [2023-08-17]
    Keywords : The labyrinth-symbol; labyrinth monuments; Trojaborg; Jerusalem; Middle Age Catholic Europe; pilgrimages; the Baltic Sea; the Northern crusades; navigatio; mission; the mendicant friars; the Fourth Lateran Church Council; fish markets;

    Abstract : Stone labyrinths are archaeological monuments found predominantly in the Nordic countries around the Baltic Sea, some 500 specimens are noted in Sweden and Finland. The abundance of smaller stones has provided the building material for lasting monuments around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish west coast and Norway, Iceland, the Scilly islands in England, the Barents Sea and the White Sea’s shores and rivers. READ MORE

  3. 2. A shed, a dock and a boat : a design proposal for a harbor in Bohuslän with focus on cultural heritage

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

    Author : Nina Littmann; [2023]
    Keywords : Bohuslän; cultural heritage; harbor design; development; Tanums kommun; docks;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a design proposal for a new harbor in Bohuslän.The area holds high historical and aesthetic values. The project site has been proposed by the municipality for the development of a new harbor, to meet increasing demand for mooring in the area. READ MORE

  4. 3. Evaluating and Fine-Tuning a Few-Shot Model for Transcription of Historical Ciphers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ingrid Eliasson; [2023]
    Keywords : historical ciphers; few-shot learning; automatic transcription;

    Abstract : Thousands of historical ciphers, encrypted manuscripts, are stored in archives across Europe. Historical cryptology is the research field concerned with studying these manuscripts - combining the interest of humanistic fields with methods of cryptography and computational linguistics. READ MORE

  5. 4. Semi-automatic Segmentation & Alignment of Handwritten Historical Text Images with the use of Bayesian Optimisation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

    Author : Philip MacCormack; [2023]
    Keywords : handwritten text recognition; machine learning; bayesian optimisation; image analysis; segmentation; alignment;

    Abstract : To effortlessly digitise historical documents has risen to be of great interest for some time. Part of the digitisation is what is called annotating of the data. Such data annotations are obtained in a process called alignment which links words in an image to the transcript. READ MORE

  6. 5. Parken vid den rödmålade stenen : gestaltningsförslag för Röda sten med fokus på sociala, estetiska och ekologiska värden

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

    Author : Jonatan Jönsson; Emma Tibbling Lingwall; [2023]
    Keywords : Analys genom syntes; Göteborg; Mångfunktionalitet; Perceived Sensory Dimensions; Vattennära park;

    Abstract : Urbaniseringen i Sverige har varit kraftig de senaste 200 åren och tillväxten sker främst genom förtätning då det ses som en resurseffektiv och hållbar markanvändning. Förtätning bidrar dock till att grönområden utsätts för högre besökstryck vilket medför att dess potential att bidra med sociala, estetiska och ekologiska värden försämras. READ MORE