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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 37 uppsatser innehållade orden scientific curiosity.
11. Innovation for Social Inclusion - The Role of Researchers in the Global South
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenSammanfattning : Knowledge inequalities persist between the Global North and the Global South, but also within countries between privileged and underprivileged segments of society. The purpose of this study is to understand the motives of researchers from basic science and technology to investigate on socially demanded issues as well as the obstacles they encounter. LÄS MER
12. Människan i montern : Om museipublikens inställning till mänskliga kvarlevor
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiSammanfattning : This study focuses on the attitudes of museumgoers toward the exhibition of human remains in modern Swedish museums. More specifically, it deals with how their attitudes toward remains are shaped and informed by museums’ materiality and institutionalized authority, whether they think of remains as humans or objects, as well as how these dead bodies ultimately become culturally meaningful to us who are still alive. LÄS MER
13. Reimagining agriculture with perennial crops : a study on the diffusion of innovation and soil ecosystem services in the new perennial grain Kernza
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Sammanfattning : Perennial crops have been identified as a pathway to implement ecological intensification, which in extent could make agriculture more socio-economically and ecologically sustainable. This is a master thesis in Agroecology – a growing scientific discipline that aims to investigate problems in the food system using a holistic and transdisciplinary approach, incorporating and integrating both natural and social sciences to transform the food system. LÄS MER
14. Drawing Conclusions from Politically Charged Information: A Case of Scientific Understanding or Identity Protection?
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för psykologiSammanfattning : Previously conducted research suggest that people may use their cognitive capacity in a biased manner when they process politically relevant information. This study let 280 US adults draw inferences based on statistics concerning two politically charged questions; gun control and climate change. LÄS MER
15. A comparison of image and object level annotation performance of image recognition cloud services and custom Convolutional Neural Network models
Kandidat-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknikSammanfattning : Recent advancements in machine learning has contributed to an explosive growth of the image recognition field. Simultaneously, multiple Information Technology (IT) service providers such as Google and Amazon have embraced cloud solutions and software as a service. LÄS MER