Essays about: "suffering"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 896 essays containing the word suffering.

  1. 21. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
    Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

    Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

  3. 22. Childhood Iconography in Humanitarian Aid: A comparative analysis to understand the academic discourse generated by visual representations of suffering children : The Use of Childhood Iconography in Humanitarian Aid

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Dupraz; [2023]
    Keywords : Childhood iconography; humanitarian sector; ethics; academic discourse; exploitation of suffering; powerlessness; power relations.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at providing a literature review of the academic debate regarding the use of childhood iconography in the humanitarian sector. This topic is not new and has been broadly discussed by academics since decades. READ MORE

  4. 23. Unsupervised Detection of Interictal Epileptiform Discharges in Routine Scalp EEG : Machine Learning Assisted Epilepsy Diagnosis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen Vi3

    Author : Shuai Shao; [2023]
    Keywords : EEG; electroencephalography; IED; interictal epileptiform discharges; spike detection; epilepsy; unsupervised; Fourier transform; STFT; short-time Fourier transform; CWT; continuous wavelet transform; DWT; discrete wavelet transform; ML; machine learning; ANN; artificial neural network; CNN; convolutional neural network; autoencoder; HMM; hidden Markov model; ECS; Euclidean distance of cumulative spectrum;

    Abstract : Epilepsy affects more than 50 million people and is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders and has a high impact on the quality of life of those suffering from it. However, 70% of epilepsy patients can live seizure free with proper diagnosis and treatment. Patients are evaluated using scalp EEG recordings which is cheap and non-invasive. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Christian Gregory; [2023]
    Keywords : Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; SCID; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Midnight Sun; Love Story; John Green;

    Abstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE

  6. 25. Hundägares identifiering av tecken på smärta hos hundar baserat på inspelat videomaterial

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Josefine Reiner; Julia Svensson Rosenlund; [2023]
    Keywords : smärtbedömning; hund; tecken på smärta; ortopedisk smärta; kronisk smärta; smärtprotokoll; smärttecken;

    Abstract : Hundägare söker ofta veterinärvård när deras hund har smärta, vid dessa möten är det av vikt att djurhälsopersonal har kunskapen att utföra en god smärtbedömning och besluta om lämplig smärtlindring. Likväl har hundägares förmåga att identifiera tecken på smärta en stor roll i att minska hundars lidande och öka deras välfärd. READ MORE