Essays about: "positive points of science and technology"

Found 4 essays containing the words positive points of science and technology.

  1. 1. Early Warning System of Students Failing a Course : A Binary Classification Modelling Approach at Upper Secondary School Level

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Niklas Karlsson; Albin Lundell; [2022]
    Keywords : Machine learning; Random Forest; Early Warning System; Drop out; Algorithm; Binary classification model; Upper secondary school; Maskininlärning; Random Forest; Förebyggande Varningssystem; Algoritm; Binär klassificeringsmodell; Gymnasieskola;

    Abstract : Only 70% of the Swedish students graduate from upper secondary school within the given time frame. Earlier research has shown that unfinished degrees disadvantage the individual student, policy makers and society. A first step for preventing dropouts is to indicate students about to fail courses. READ MORE

  3. 2. HOP!: a PGIS and citizen science approach to monitoring the condition of upland paths

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Niamh Harty; [2018]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; Participatory GIS; Citizen Science; path surveys; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This research project was inspired by the increase in popularity of hillwalking and the problem of the lack of monitoring and maintenance of upland paths which may lead to serious deterioration of those paths. Wicklow Mountains National Park (WMNP), just south of Dublin City in Ireland, has a large network of mostly informal upland paths. READ MORE

  4. 3. Novel Cluster-Based SVM to reduce classification error in noisy EEG data: towards real-time brain-robot interfaces

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

    Author : Martin Johansson; [2018]
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    Abstract : To be able to control a robotic platform using signals form the human brain is something that has been considered science fiction for a long time. With the technology available today however, it has more or less become a reality. Electroencephalography or EEG for short is a widely used method for extracting signals form the brain. READ MORE

  5. 4. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE