Essays about: "range shifting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 45 essays containing the words range shifting.
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1. Shifting focus from yields to food supply : an evaluation of the ‘number of people fed per hectare’ indicator at farm and national level
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : The challenge of feeding a growing global population while reducing the pressure on climate and ecosystems has gained much attention in research over the last decades. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect in research addressing this complex challenge is the efficiency of food production in meeting nutritional needs within the constraints of global cropland resources. READ MORE
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2. Feasibility of Increasing Major Airlines’ Hub Connectivity through Electric Aircrafts
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : In a constantly developing European economy, people are also starting to grow their sustainability consciousness. As a result, European citizens are accordingly adapting their lifestyle to a more environmentally friendly way of traveling. READ MORE
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3. Decreases over time in shannon diversity of land snails
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskapAbstract : With rising temperatures as a consequence of climate change, suitable habitats for land snails in the northern hemisphere may be shifting northwards. However, there is a lack of studies that explore the latitudinal effects that climate change has on land snails. READ MORE
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4. Shape depiction using Local Light Alignment : Evaluating the shape enhancement capabilities of the Local Light Alignment technique at multiple scales
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Local Light Alignment is a new shading based technique in the field of shape depiction, a field which concerns itself with techniques to represent and enhance the three-dimensional (3D) shape of objects in two-dimensional (2D) visual media. The main idea of Local Light Alignment is to locally adjust the incoming direction of light to create contrast in a way that enhances the perception of shape and surface detail. READ MORE
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5. A Guilt-free Guilty Pleasure - A Qualitative Study of Consumers’ Process of Coping with the Tension between Health and Hedonism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: A Guilt-free Guilty Pleasure: A Qualitative Study of Consumers’ Process of Coping with the Tension between Health and Hedonism Course: BUSN39 - Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Y Nhi Do & Georgia Kakaletri Keywords: Guilt-free Narratives, Healthism, Hedonic Food Consumption, Sensemaking, Cultural Branding, Identity Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the way consumers make sense of guilt-free narratives in the case of hedonic food consumption and how they cope with the tension between healthism-hedonism. Background: Most relevant studies in the field of food and health focus on psychological motives, and mainly follow a quantitative methodology, which lacks an in-depth analysis of the topic. READ MORE