Search for dissertations about: "Conception"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 288 swedish dissertations containing the word Conception.

  2. 1. Bayesian inference for high dimensional factor copula models

    Author : Hoang Nguyen; Maria Conception Ausin Olivera; Pedro Galeano San Miguel; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Copulas have been applied to many research areas as multivariate probability distributions for non-linear dependence structures. However, extending copula functions in high dimensions is challenging due to the increase of model parameters and computational intensity. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Child's Conception of Learning

    Author : Ingrid Pramling; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early Childhood Education; Conception; Learning;

    Abstract : The research approach adopted in this thesis is that of phenomenography. The focus is on the description of people's conceptions of various phenomena in reality. The phenomenon dealt with is learning, a classic topic of interest in psychology as well as education. READ MORE

  5. 3. Global Warming and Our Natural Duties of Justice : A cosmopolitan political conception of justice

    Author : Aaron Maltais; Jörgen Hermansson; Ludvig Beckman; Edward Page; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Global warming; climate change; global justice; natural duties; political conception; contractualism; intergenerational; political duty; political authority; collective action; public goods; John Rawls; Thomas Nagel; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Compelling research in international relations and international political economy on global warming suggests that one part of any meaningful effort to radically reverse current trends of increasing green house gas (GHG) emissions is shared policies among states that generate costs for such emissions in many if not most of the world’s regions. Effectively employing such policies involves gaining much more extensive global commitments and developing much stronger compliance mechanism than those currently found in the Kyoto Protocol. READ MORE

  6. 4. The relation between language and thought revealed in reflecting upon words used to express the conception of a problem

    Author : Elsie Anderberg; Pedagogik; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogy and didactics; conception; understanding; language meaning; Phenomenography; learning; Pedagogik; didaktik; conception;

    Abstract : The way relationships between symbols and thoughts are created is a general problem in learning, mainly described as "how students' learn to mean". This general problem raises some basic questions concerning how students' relate understanding to words used in learning. READ MORE

  7. 5. The concept concept in mathematics education : A concept analysis

    Author : Lotta Wedman; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; concept; mathematical concepts; concept analysis; co nceptual analysis; mathematics education; concept image; conception; schema; Utbildning och lärande; Education and Learning; concept; mathematical concepts; concept analysis; conceptual analysis; mathematics education; concept image; conception; schema;

    Abstract : The notion concept is used in different ways within the field of mathematics education. The aim of this study is to carry out a concept analysis of the notion concept, within some frequently used frameworks describing conceptual understanding. READ MORE