Search for dissertations about: "foreground and background"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words foreground and background.

2. 1. Tense and Aspect in Caesar's Narrative

   Author : Fredrik Oldsjö; Machtelt Bolkestein; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; aspect; Aktionsart; situation type; tense; Classical Latin; historiographical narrative; epitomistic narrative; foreground and background; seriality; iconicity; information type; Caesar; Livy; Velleius Paterculus; Florus; Eutropius; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical philology; Klassiska språk; latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This is a study of the function of tense, aspect, and Aktionsart/situation type in Caesar's historiographical narrative (Bellum Gallicum and Bellum civile). The extensive theoretical part discusses these semantic categories from a cross-linguistic perspective and analyzes their functions in Classical Latin. READ MORE

4. 2. Data and Time Efficient Historical Document Analysis

   Author : Florian Westphal; Håkan Grahn; Niklas Lavesson; Angelo Marcelli; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer Systems Engineering; Datorsystemteknik;

   Abstract : Over the last decades companies and government institutions have gathered vast collections of images of historical handwritten documents. In order to make these collections truly useful to the broader public, images suffering from degradations, such as faded ink, bleed through or stains, need to be made readable and the collections as a whole need to be made searchable. READ MORE

5. 3. Efficient Document Image Binarization using Heterogeneous Computing and Interactive Machine Learning

   Author : Florian Westphal; Håkan Grahn; Niklas Lavesson; Marcus Liwicki; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; image binarization; heterogeneous computing; recurrent neural networks; interactive machine learning; historical documents;

   Abstract : Large collections of historical document images have been collected by companies and government institutions for decades. More recently, these collections have been made available to a larger public via the Internet. However, to make accessing them truly useful, the contained images need to be made readable and searchable. READ MORE

6. 4. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa

   Author : Nicklas Hållen; Heidi Hansson; Stefan Helgesson; Tim Youngs; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel literature; Africa; modernity; materiality; material objects; things; commodity form; commodity culture; postcolonialism; Homi Bhabha; museums; exhibitions; colonialism; geography; space; trade; ethnography; the book; ambivalence; subject-object relations; fetishism; John Speke; Verney Cameron; Henry Stanley; Mary Kingsley; Ewart Grogan; Constance Larymore; Mary Hall; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; litteraturvetenskap; English literature; Comparative literature; Historia;

   Abstract : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. READ MORE

7. 5. Consideration of life cycle energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for improved road infrastructure planning

   Author : Sofiia Miliutenko; Anna Björklund; Jonas Åkerman; Annica Carlsson; Susanna Toller; Rolf André Bohne; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Greenhouse gas GHG emissions; energy use; life cycle assessment LCA ; road infrastructure planning; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Abstract : Global warming is one of the biggest challenges of our society. The road transport sector is responsible for a big share of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, which are considered to be the dominant cause of global warming. READ MORE