Sökning: "Explanation methods"

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  1. 1. What’s the Point of State-of-Nature Models?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Författare :Adam Nyman; [2024-03-20]
    Nyckelord :theoretical philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : Practical explanations are tools which aim to clarify the evolution and function of our conceptual practices. There is current discussion about how we ought to construct and interpret practical explanations, and more specifically if state-of-nature models are useful when doing this. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ”DET KAN TILL OCH MED FÖRSTÖRA LIV”. En kritisk diskursanalys om nyhetsmediernas framställning av sociala medier-kunnighet i samband med skvallerkonton

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Författare :Mikaela Pijpers; [2024-03-11]
    Nyckelord :Mediekunnighet; sociala medier-kunnighet; social media literacy; mediediskurs; skvallerkonto;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with social media literacy by examining how media discuss the so-called rumor accounts on popular networking sites. This topic is relevant since this phenomenon first gained a lot of media attention back in 2012, with “Instagram-upploppen” making major headlines. LÄS MER

  4. 3. POLITISKT DELTAGANDEIRESURSSVAGA OMRÅDEN : En kvantitativ studie om CVM-modellens förklaringsgrad på politiskt deltagande i resurssvaga områden

    Kandidat-uppsats, Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Författare :Cornelia Bacic; Rebecca Venäläinen; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Civic Voluntarism Model; political participation; disadvantaged areas; resources; motivation; recruiting networks; local associations; context; quantitative method;

    Sammanfattning : Political participation is a vital part of modern democracies which can be described as a way to convey the interests and the preferences of citizens and exert pressure on the government to align with the will of the citizens. For this sake it could be considered a democracy problem that citizens participate to varying extents, where people living in disadvantaged areas participate to a lesser extent compared to people in areas with a higher degree of resources. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Författare :Erik Voss-Schrader; Gustav Ryhre; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Credit; Debt; Rating; ESG; Epistemic;

    Sammanfattning : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Utvärdering av tunnelbrandsmodeller

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Författare :Johanna Gondinger; Alva Larsson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Tunnelbränder; FDS; handberäkning; branddynamik; brandexperiment Tunnel fires; CFD; hand calculations; fire dynamics; fire experiment; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictive capabilities of hand-calculation methods and simulations using FDS in understanding the behavior of a tunnel fire in terms of temperature and incident radiation. Additionally, the study aimed to examine the repeatability of a large-scale fire experiment. LÄS MER