Essays about: "undercover"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word undercover.

  1. 1. Wavelength-dependent limb darkeningin the analysis oftransit spectroscopy of exoplanets

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

    Author : Alberto García Ribas; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Limb darkening, an optical effect characteristic of stars, where the limb (edge) seemsto be darker than the centre of the stellar body; plays an important role in our under-standing of exoplanetary transits, as it is fundamental for developing light curve modelsthat can help to undercover extrasolar companions. To recover atmospheric featuresfrom exoplanets, a principal component analysis method is typically used. READ MORE

  3. 2. ARTivistic strategies

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Annika Britt Lewis; [2021-04-01]
    Keywords : artivism; strategies; arenas; sites; performance; theatre; dance; art; activism; devising; contemporary; performance art; physical theatre; site specific; intervention; subversive; composition; methods; multidiciplinary; manuscript; omnipresence; hydra; multi-spacial; manifest; undercover; public space; tools; choreography; performance lecture; immersive; interactive;

    Abstract : This is a reflection on contemporary performance work and it’s various strategies and methods in the interdisciplinary field of theatre, dance and performance art. Researching performative art in public space I’m posing the question; how can one develop new artistic strategies and arenas for dialog in and with our current society? By mapping my own practice and selected works, I emphasise the position of working outside of the theatre institutions and venues. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Keywords : Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ontological Security of Women : The Role of Digital Feminist Activism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Katharina Krüger; [2019]
    Keywords : Feminism; Ontological Security; Social Media Sites; Women;

    Abstract : Ontological Security Studies have been grounded on the ideas of Giddens (1991a,b). It describes how humans can face challenges of the modern world without being overwhelmed by anxieties. Since then many scholars such as Steele (2008) and Mitzen (2006) have developed his ideas furthermore. READ MORE

  6. 5. Management Accounting Change through Pilots: A case study on Accelerated Change and Trojan Horse Mechanisms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Julius Adrian; Alexander Haddad; [2017]
    Keywords : Management Accounting Change; Pilot; Evolutionary theory;

    Abstract : This paper explores evolutionary management accounting change (MAC) and is aligned with the previous perception of MAC being an evolutionary phenomenon. However, we also share recent criticism that evolutionary MAC has not been described in its entirety, implying that the definition of evolutionary MAC has to be extended beyond being seen as merely gradual and slow. READ MORE