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1. Threat Construction inside Bureaucracy : A Bourdieusian Study of the European Commission and the Framing of Irregular Immigration 1974-2009
Abstract : This dissertation examines how we construct security threats. Theoretically, it contributes to the literature on securitization and threat construction, which has hitherto overlooked how influential bureaucracies that – in contrast to the police and the military – have little to gain from widened threat perceptions, may still contribute to threat construction. READ MORE
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2. Politicians Under Threat : Gender Aspects of Violence against Political Representatives
Abstract : This thesis investigates violence against politicians and its gender dimensions. Violence targeting elected representatives in the course of their work has received scant research attention, despite the central function of elected officials in representative democracy. READ MORE
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3. Innate and Conditioned Fear : Investigating Responses to Threat using Psychophysiology, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Twin Methodology
Abstract : Evolution has shaped systems in the human brain to respond to danger. Some of these systems are innate or hard-wired, while others are learned throughout the entire life span. One commonly studied type of learned threat, conditioned fear, is acquired from experiencing aversive consequences. READ MORE
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4. Machine Learning-Based Prediction Models and Threat Detection for Lane-Keeping Assistance
Abstract : Traffic accidents have been an ongoing problem for over a century and many efforts have been made to improve traffic safety. Historically, the focus has been on passive safety with innovations, such as crumpling zones, three-point seat belts, and airbags, that aim to mitigate the impact of collisions. READ MORE
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5. A threat imminence approach to human fear responding : direction of threat, aversive contexts, and electrodermal responses
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