Search for dissertations about: "study about mining"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 swedish dissertations containing the words study about mining.

2. 1. Mining Futures : Predictions and Uncertainty in Swedish Mineral Exploration

   Author : Tobias Olofsson; Patrik Aspers; Gholamreza Azarian; Trine Pallesen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Uncertainty; Risk management; Sociology of the Future; Valuation; Justification; Mineral Exploration; Second Nature; Natural Resources; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : Any forward-oriented enterprise must somehow manage the challenges posed by uncertainty and with its distant temporal horizons, high stakes, and low probability of success, mineral exploration is a good illustration of this general rule. Based on a combination of interviews, observations, and archival research, this thesis investigates how explorationists use predictions to manage the material complexities and the uncertainties that contribute to determining the future minability of mineral deposits. READ MORE

4. 2. Mining Speech Sounds : Machine Learning Methods for Automatic Speech Recognition and Analysis

   Author : Giampiero Salvi; Björn Granström; Torbjørn Svendsen; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; speech; machine learning; data mining; signal processing; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis collects studies on machine learning methods applied to speech technology and speech research problems. The six research papers included in this thesis are organised in three main areas. The first group of studies were carried out within the European project Synface. READ MORE

5. 3. Economics of Landfill Mining : Usefulness and Validity of Different Assessment Approaches

   Author : John Laurence Esguerra; Joakim Krook; Niclas Svensson; Steven Van Passel; Miguel Brandao; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Economic assessment; Uncertainty management; Landfill management; Landfill mining;

   Abstract : Landfill mining (LFM) is an alternative strategy to manage landfills that integrates remediation with secondary resource recovery. At present, LFM remains as an emerging concept with a few pilot-scale project implementations, which presents challenges when assessing its economic performance. READ MORE

6. 4. Extracting versatility : Films commissioned by the mining industry in postwar Sweden

   Author : Ole Johnny Fossås; Marina Dahlquist; Bo Florin; Zoë Druick; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; film history; swedish film; sponsored film; industrial film; useful cinema; mining; Sápmi; non-theatrical film; public service television; film distribution; the Swedish Film Institute; Radio Sweden; documentary film; film policy; filmhistoria; beställningsfilm; svensk film; industrifilm; informationsfilm; Sápmi; gruvindustrin; Svenska Filminstitutet; Sveriges Radio; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study investigates how films commissioned by Swedish mining companies were employed for institutional use between 1945 and 1965. A central aspect of what gave these films their versatility stems from circumstances that allowed commissioned texts to pass as non-partisan audiovisual aids, as educational and informative instruments and as occasional examples of film art through intermediaries. READ MORE

7. 5. Exploring the Mores of Mining : The oeconomy of the Great Copper Mine, 1716–1724

   Author : Hedvig Widmalm; Mats Morell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Household economy; Mining history; Eighteenth century; Micro History; Discourse; Oeconomy; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : This thesis closely examines the Great Copper Mine in Falun in the first two decades of the eighteenth century. It uses a micro-historical approach to investigate the economic discourse of agrarian oeconomy, a complex idea tied to the early modern agrarian society. READ MORE