Essays about: "nodal point"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words nodal point.

  1. 1. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts

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

    Author : Diana Gafur; [2024]
    Keywords : food sovereignty; discourse theory; discourse analysis; chain of equivalence; nodal point; La Via Campesina; Italian Government; sustainability;

    Abstract : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. READ MORE

  3. 2. Network analysis of delay propagation on Swedish railways

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Jacob Landelius; Elsa Wallgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Travel on railway in Sweden has increased steadily over the past three decades and there are today twice as many passengers travelling by train as there were 30 years ago. The increasing awareness of environmental issues with other methods of transportation is likely to favour railway travel, and so the number of passengers is expected to continue to rise. READ MORE

  4. 3. Visualizing a better city : – How the city portrays a technological marvel as means to enter the future

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Jan Fritz-Patrik Ankarbåge; [2018]
    Keywords : Visualization; Actor-network theory; Enrollment; Discourse; Norrköping;

    Abstract : This study explores how the center ’Visualisering C’ in Norrköping municipality ties into an actor-network that includes Linköping University, Norrköping municipality and Region Östergötland. The purpose was to discern how the master signifier was ‘development’ was constructed and connected within the discursive field with differencing actors with the Visualisering C as a focal point for the actors. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finite element methods applied to boundary value problems derived from the deflection curve of a beam under the action of a point and a uniformly distributed load

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för matematik (MA)

    Author : Silhady Tshitende Luboya; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we analyze a roller - pinned supported beam of length L subjected to a point load at a distance `1 and a uniformly distributed load over the entire span of the beam. The aim of this study is to determine the slope and the vertical deflection curve of the beam. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dynamic fMRI brain connectivity : A study of the brain’s large-scale network dynamics

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper; Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Per Brantefors; [2016]
    Keywords : fMRI; dynamic functional connectivity; burst; burstiness; resting-state; temporal graph theory; networks; connectome; dynamic brain connectivity;

    Abstract : Approximately 20% of the body’s energy consumption is ongoingly consumed by the brain, where the main part is due to the neural activity, which is only increased slightly when doing a demanding task. This ongoingly neural activity are studied with the so called resting-state fMRI, which mean that the neural activity in the brain is measured for participants with no specific task. READ MORE