Essays about: "wa"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 56 essays containing the word wa.

  1. 6. Rabbit urine as a biopesticide and biofertilizer : how does a Kenyan cultural method compare to conventional chemical pesticide and fertilizer?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Kari Løe; [2023]
    Keywords : biopesticide; biofertilizers; rabbit urine; aphids; agriculture; Kenya;

    Abstract : The increased demand for food production has created higher needs for crop nutrients and protection. Although synthetic fertilizers and pesticides have increased food security and ensured yield for farmers worldwide, there are growing concerns about the environmental implications of over reliance of these fertilizers and pesticides as well as concern for pest resistance due to persistent pesticide use. READ MORE

  3. 7. Migrant in Limbo : An investigation into the dehumanisation of the migrant figure during migration and integration as shown through the short stories of Hassan Blasim

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Rowena Blythe; [2022]
    Keywords : Migrant; migration; integration; dehumanisation; animalisation; performance; limbo; belonging; trauma; commoditisation; literature; Hassan Blasim; Iraq; Europe.;

    Abstract : In 2000, Iraqi-born film director, poet and author Hassan Blasim fled Iraq to escape persecution for his films on the forced migration of Kurds by Saddam Hussein's regime. After travelling through Europe for four years, he was granted asylum in Finland. READ MORE

  4. 8. Resisting Corporations : Violent and Nonviolent Conflict in the context of Natural Resource Extraction

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Jakob Faller; [2022]
    Keywords : civil resistance; nonviolent resistance; violent resistance; natural resource extraction; oil; multination corporations; MOSOP; MEND; U’wa; ELN;

    Abstract : Corporations in the resource extraction industry are frequently criticized and their operations opposed by local communities demanding more benefits, compensation for negative consecuences or oppose resource extraction altogether. Research has focused extensively on nonviolent and violent resistance campaigns that target state and quasi-state actors attempting regime change or self-determination. READ MORE

  5. 9. Asymmetric Bregman Forward-Backward Splitting with Projection Correction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Max Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis examines first-order Bregman algorithms in a primal and a primal-dual setting. The Bregman gradient descent algorithm is introduced from a majorization-minimization perspective and as a generalization of the gradient descent algorithm. READ MORE

  6. 10. “If the earth is a body, den a dam is a blood, watch wa gowin’ awn” The relationship between embodied knowledges of space and perceptions on climate change adaptation in St. Croix

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Chaprece Henry; Beatrice Klein; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; relational space; knowledge politics; embodiment; cross-scalar; U.S Virgin Islands; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As climate change adaptation becomes more mainstreamed, there has been an increasing focus on incorporating local knowledge to ensure equitable adaptation pathways. However, adaptation discourses prioritize scientific understandings of climate change, ignoring epistemological differences in knowing climate change. READ MORE