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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 103 uppsatser innehållade ordet Texas.

  1. 1. The Impact of Restrictive Abortion Policies on the Socioeconomic and Demographic Composition of Mothers -The case of the House Bill 2 regulation in Texas 2013

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Maja Johnsson; Linnea Logström; [2023-06-29]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this paper is to explore whether the implementation of the restrictive abortion policy House Bill 2 (HB2) in Texas 2013 impacted the abortion- and birth rates within the state, and whether the policy was associated with a change in the socioeconomic and demographic composition of women giving birth. For the first-stage regressions, state-level yearly panel data and a difference-in-difference framework are used to examine the impact of the policy on abortion- and birth rates. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Evaluating Thread network performance, locating and strengthening weak radio links

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Fysik, elektroteknik och matematik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Författare :André du Rietz; Elias Salo; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Internet of Things; IoT; Thread network; Evaluating Thread Network;

    Sammanfattning : In the fast-developing world we are living in, a tech phenomenon known as the Internet of Things (IoT) has taken hold. It has seen a lot of development over the past few decades, and today there are an estimated 30 billion IoT devices active. IoT is a machine-to-machine network that senses the world with the help of sensors. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Forecasting Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall: A comparison of non- and parametric methods for crude oil amidst extreme volatility

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Otto Colbin; Yugam Sharma; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Value-at-Risk VaR ; Expected Shortfall ES ; Nonparametric estimation methods; Parametric estimation methods; Crude oil.; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Practitioners primarily utilise nonparametric methods when estimating Value-at- Risk (VaR) and Expected Shortfall (ES) for computing capital requirements. However, various researchers assert that there are issues with those estimates, particularly amidst periods of market turmoil. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Evaluating the performance of a team consisting of an advanced agent and a less advanced agent in the game Manille : A comparison of agents trained using the CFR algorithm with and without abstractions.

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Författare :Oliver Lindgren; Leonardo Rezza; [2023]
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Making artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms solve games has always been an interesting benchmark of AI research. Perfect information games like Chess can be played on a level beyond human capabilities. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Right to life or right to governance? A discourse analysis of Texas' and Mexico's abortion policies from September 2021

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Monika Truncyte; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Abortion; Texas; Mexico; reproductive governance; SRHR; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to conduct a discourse analysis on Texas’ and Mexico’s abortion policies from September 2021 by applying Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ method, together with a theoretical framework based in reproductive governance and SRHR. The research questions are: what is the problem of abortion represented to be in these policies, and to what extent the discourses presented in said policies align with the views on abortion communicated by the Catholic Church. LÄS MER