Essays about: "travel time"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 530 essays containing the words travel time.

  1. 36. Mining the Skies: An Exploration of Airline Reviews using LDA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Joel Ljungström; [2023]
    Keywords : LDA; Logistic Regression; Classification Tree; Airline Reviews; Web Crawler; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Airlines face a highly competitive industry requiring large capital investment at thin profit margins. In addition, the carriers are re-emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic; a time period which brought the industry to a standstill and revenue streams to an unforeseen low. READ MORE

  3. 37. Traffic simulation using the Intelligent Driver Model : a study of the impact of safe distance on traffic flow

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Oscar Cusin; Henry Lou; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Due to increasing demands on transportation, traffic congestion has become an increasingly common problem. It brings consequences such as increased travel time and profound negative effects on health and environment. READ MORE

  4. 38. Primary care accessibility in rural regions : A comparative study of Norway and Sweden.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Anton Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Healthcare; Accessibility; Regional policy; Rural regions; Network Analysis; GIS;

    Abstract : This thesis has examined and compared physical accessibility to primary care facilities, or health centers, in two rural regions, one located in Sweden, and one located in Norway. The study areas are Västerbotten county in Sweden, and Nordland county in Norway. READ MORE

  5. 39. Containment as Imprisonment or Freedom : A Corpus-Assisted Analysis of Conceptual Container Metaphors in The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Lina Haji Akram; [2023]
    Keywords : conceptual metaphor theory; conceptual container metaphors; embodiment; cognitive stylistics; mental states;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a close reading of the award-winning novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) by Margaret Atwood. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a framework, and the notion of embodiment, the study sheds light on metaphorical linguistic expressions that contribute to the realization of conceptual container metaphors pertinent to the main character’s psychological state. READ MORE

  6. 40. On the Frail Edge of Humanity : Human Variety and the Exercise of Imperial Power Across the British Caribbean, 1700-1750

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

    Author : Kim Vigstrand Solnevik; [2023]
    Keywords : eighteenth century; human variety; natural history; imperial power; Caribbean;

    Abstract : With the intention of analysing changes in natural history, human variation and the exercise of imperial power across the British Caribbean, this study poses the following questions: How did changes in natural history impact the understandings and applications of human variety, 1700–1750? How did natural history influence the exercise of imperial power in the British Caribbean? The study posits that there is a connection between natural history and imperial power. Through the contexts of the history of natural history and the history of fear, biopolitics acts as a theoretical framework wherethrough two themes of natural history, "spirits" and weaponry, are analysed using the travel writings of Hans Sloane, Henry Barham, Charles Leslie, Griffith Hughes and Patrick Browne. READ MORE