Search for dissertations about: "domain of reasons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 74 swedish dissertations containing the words domain of reasons.

2. 1. The Collective Archives of Mind : An Exploration of Reasons from Metaethics to Social Ontology

   Author : Gloria Mähringer; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Reasons Fundamentalism; constitutivism; constructivism; realism; error theory; domain of reasons; self-determination; normative harmony; normative instability; disruption of thought; normative transformation; social ontology; critical realism; affordances of thought; reason relations; collective archive;

   Abstract : This monograph discusses the question of what it is to be a reason – mainly in practical ethics – and proposes an original contribution to metaethics.It critically examines theories of metaethical realism, constructivism and error theory and identifies several misunderstandings or unclarities in contemporary debates. READ MORE

4. 2. A System-of-Systems Approach for Enhancing Asset Management of Railway System

   Author : Jaya Kumari; Ramin Karim; Adithya Thaduri; Pierre Dersin; Miguel Castaño Arranz; Mirka Kans; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; railways rolling stock; system-of-systems; asset management; maintenance; fleet management; industrial AI; digitalisation; Operation and Maintenance Engineering; Drift och underhållsteknik;

   Abstract : In Sweden, railway transport of freight and passengers is a significant portion of the total transport system. The demand for railway transport is forecasted to increase in the coming decades. One of the main reasons for this ever-increasing demand is the requirement for sustainable transport, nationally and globally. READ MORE

5. 3. Automated performance monitoring of concrete dams

   Author : Christian Bernstone; Teknisk geologi; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Hydrogeologi; teknisk geologi; geographical and geological engineering; Maintenance; Uplift pressure; Crack; Deformation; Image processing; Dams; Condition monitoring; Time-domain reflectometry; GPS; Image analysis; Concrete structures; teknisk geografi; Hydrogeology;

   Abstract : The Swedish hydropower industry operates a large number of power plants and dams geographically spread over the country. The level of safety of a specific dam is to a large extent determined during the design and construction phases that in the case of Swedish hydropower plants took place several decades ago. READ MORE

6. 4. Efficient Medical Volume Visualization : An Approach Based on Domain Knowledge

   Author : Claes Lundström; Anders Ynnerman; Hans Knutsson; Dirk Bartz; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Scientific Visualization; Medical Imaging; Computer Graphics; Volume Rendering; Transfer Function; Level-of-detail; Fuzzy Classification; Uncertainty Visualization; Virtual Autopsies; Medical engineering; Medicinsk teknik;

   Abstract : Direct Volume Rendering (DVR) is a visualization technique that has proved to be a very powerful tool in many scientific visualization applications. Diagnostic medical imaging is one domain where DVR could provide clear benefits in terms of unprecedented possibilities for analysis of complex cases and highly efficient work flow for certain routine examinations. READ MORE

7. 5. Dirty coal: Industrial populism as purification in Poland's mining heartland

   Author : Irma Allen; Sverker Sörlin; Sabine Höhler; Christopher Hann; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; coal; populism; Poland; Silesia; environmental humanities; postsocialism; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

   Abstract : In the second half of the 2010s, far-right populist parties gained increasing power and influenceacross Europe, and around the world. Core to their ethnonationalist, anti-elite agenda, and theiremotive politics, has often been a defense of fossil fuels, threatening action to address the climatecrisis and raising the spectre of fascism. READ MORE