Essays about: "weasel"

Found 3 essays containing the word weasel.

  1. 1. Natural Language Processing techniques for feedback on text improvement : A qualitative study on press releases

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

    Author : Amanda Björner; [2021]
    Keywords : Natural Language Processing; press release; readability; text bias; sentiment analysis; Språkteknologi; pressmeddelande; läsbarhet; språklig bias; ämnesanalys;

    Abstract : Press releases play a key role in today’s news production by being public statements of newsworthy content that function as a pre-formulation of news. Press releases originate from a wide range of actors, and a common goal is for them to reach a high societal impact. READ MORE

  3. 2. Probabilistic ecological risk assessment of secondary poisoning from DDT

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Alice Rundegren; [2019]
    Keywords : probabilistisk riskbedömning; toppredatorer; DDT; diklordifenyltrikloretan; plantskola; skogsplantskola; artkänslighetsfördelning; bioackumulering; förorenad mark; indirekt exponering; Monte Carlo simulering; probabilistic risk assessment; plant nursery; species sensitivity distribution; polluted soil; indirect exposure; bioaccumulation; Monte Carlo simulation; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Although prohibited since decades, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites still remain in the soil and pose a threat to ecosystems, where especially birds are susceptible to toxic effects. In this thesis, a model developed in the 1990s was used and updated in order to estimate the risks of DDT to top predators at a forest-plant nursery site. READ MORE

  4. 3. The use of tracking tunnels to monitor the activity of small mammals in habitats associated with the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Meit Öberg; [2009]
    Keywords : predation; weasel; rodent; wheatear; landscape elements; tracking tunnel;

    Abstract : Nest predation is the main cause of nest mortality among birds and is thought to be the main reason for breeding failure amongst northern wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe) in Swedish farmland habitats. Previous studies suggest that small mammalian predators and snakes are important nest predators for wheatears. READ MORE