Essays about: "pro"

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1. 21. LIKU - Building through motions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : [2023]
   Keywords : Indoor environments; full-body movements; free play; Child Culture Design;

   Abstract : LIKU: Building Through Motions project explores the method of designing that is born through children’s performative body movements. It is an attempt to combine child culture design with elements of bodily movements found in the performance art field. This project addresses the lack of movement-based play done by children in indoor environments. READ MORE

3. 22. Investigating the potential correlations between metal and metalloid concentrations and soil color : A Minor Field Study on the island province of Marinduque, Philippines

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Ivana Pia Saric Söderholm; Erik Readwin; [2023]
   Keywords : Marinduque; Metal and Metalloid; Nix Pro 2 Color Sensor; Philippines; Soil color; X-Ray Fluorescence XRF ; Filippinerna; Jordfärg; Marinduque; Metall och Metalloid; Nix Pro 2 Color Sensor; Röntgenfluorescens XRF ;

   Abstract : This study was carried out as a bachelor's thesis at KTH Royal Institute of Technology during the spring of 2023, investigating the correlation between the color with the concentration of various metal and metalloids (MMs) in the soil of Marinduque, The Philippines. With a history of mineral exploitation, notably copper and gold, the island has faced persistent environmental challenges, exemplified by the catastrophic waste spills in 1993 and 1996 that contaminated the Boac and Mogpog Rivers. READ MORE

4. 23. The Impact of Spin-offs on Shareholder Value : Evidence from the Swedish Market 1991-2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Moa Landing; Gustav Swedenborg; [2023]
   Keywords : Spin-offs; Corporate restructurings; Abnormal returns; Determinants of abnormal returns;

   Abstract : This thesis uses an event study methodology to investigate the short- and long-term effect on shareholder value from Lex ASEA-approved spin-offs' on the Swedish market between 1991-2022. The impact of spin-offs has been examined by estimating the effects on the parent firm, the spun-off entity, and a value-weighted pro-forma entity. READ MORE

5. 24. Polish Collective Memory, The Jedwabne Pogrom inPolish Newspapers 2016-2018

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Radoslaw Repelewicz; [2023]
   Keywords : Polish Antisemitism; Jan Tomasz Gross; Cultural Trauma; Collective Memory; National Mythology;

   Abstract : This study examines the Cultural Trauma associated with the Jedwabne pogrom, as portrayed in three Polish newspapers. The essay seeks to answer the following questions: How did the chosen three Polish newspapers with varying ideological and political views depict the discussion about the Jedwabne pogrom in their articles in the years 2016-2018? In what ways do these usages and representations reflect or challenge the dominant narratives of Polish national mythology? How has the discussion on Polish antisemitism in relation to the Jedwabne pogrom changed after the conservative Law and Justice party came to power in 2015? The source material used consists of 45 newspaper pieces from Gazeta Wyborcza, Tygodnik Powszechny, and Polonia Christianapublished between 2016-2018. READ MORE

6. 25. Better Never to Have Been? : A Critique of David Benatar’s Axiological Asymmetry Argument for Antinatalism

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Simon Fridh; [2023]
   Keywords : Antinatalism; Benatar; asymmetry; axiology; procreation; person-affecting; death; pro-mortalism;

   Abstract : David Benatar’s axiological asymmetry argument for antinatalism states that it is always bad for a sentient being to come into existence. There has been a lot of discussion about this argument since its publication in 2006, but this discussion has often been lacking by not accepting some ground rules, or assumptions, that Benatar establishes. READ MORE