Essays about: "ill"

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  1. 16. Mentally ill offenders and accountability in Sweden

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

    Author : Karlsson Bok Michelle; [2023]
    Keywords : insanity defense; legal insanity; accountability; mental illness; forensic psychiatry;

    Abstract : Introduction In Sweden all offenders are convicted of their crime, regardless if suffering from mental illness. The penalty can however be forensic psychiatric care instead of prison if the offender suffers from a severe mental disturbance (allvarlig psykisk störning). READ MORE

  3. 17. Dragons Down Under? : Examining Chinese-Australians role in determining Australia leaving the First Quadrilateral Security Dialogue as a case of alliance failure through Foreign Policy Analysis.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Sultán Sjöqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; Ethnic Minorities; Military alliance failure; Foreign Policy Analysis;

    Abstract : To what extent can an ethnic minority influence the foreign policy of a democratic country towards their own ancestral homeland? This is a question that, in a both increasingly insecure and globalized world, becomes more and more important. This paper examines the role the Chinese-Australian minority had in the breakdown of the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. READ MORE

  4. 18. Hazaras Persecution in Afghanistan : A case study through the lens of protracted social conflicts and relative deprivation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Ahmad Zia Ashrafian; [2023]
    Keywords : Hazaras persecution; ethno-religious; psycho-cultural; Afghanistan; protracted social conflicts; relative deprivation; case study; Abdul Rahman; Taliban; IS-K; Pashtuns; Kafir;

    Abstract : This paper represents the root causes of Hazaras persecution in Afghanistan through ethno-religious and psycho-cultural approaches, using Protracted Social Conflicts (PSC) and Relative Deprivation (RD) frameworks. The Hazara community has been subject to persecution in variety of ways including assassinations, physical torture, enslavement, forced displacement, kidnapping, and target attacks by both state and non-state actors. READ MORE

  5. 19. The effect of model calibration on noisy label detection

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

    Author : Max Joel Söderberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Area Under the Margin; Calibration; Image classification; Label smoothing; Noisy labels; Overconfidence; Area under marginalen; Kalibrering; Bildklassificering; Etikettutjämning; Brusiga etiketter; Övertro;

    Abstract : The advances in deep neural networks in recent years have opened up the possibility of using image classification as a valuable tool in various areas, such as medical diagnosis from x-ray images. However, training deep neural networks requires large amounts of annotated data which has to be labelled manually, by a person. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Buffering Effect of Social Support on Stress: A Study of Public Sector Managers in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Fujiko Berg; [2023]
    Keywords : public sector managers; stress; ill health; managerial support; perceived supervisory support; social support; supportive communication climate; network support; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The primary purpose of this study was to investigate whether variations of social support functions predicted stress using a sample of public sector managers in Sweden. Additionally, the study aimed to contribute to psychological literature due to the scarcity of research on the ill health of managers, and the impact of support functions on occupational stress. READ MORE