The influence of Roman rites on key events in Ancient Rome. At the battle of Marathon, the Spartans, celebrating Apollo, did not immediately come to Athenians’ rescue: religion took precedence over military strategy. Was this also the case with the Romans? What role did rituals play in Roman life? In this research, I looked at the influence of different rites …
Is it appropriate to talk about ‘Reconquista’ in the History of Spain? Answer through dialogic analysis
The suitability of the term ‘Reconquista’ (Reconquest) represents an urgent problem in Spanish society due to its questioned political use, its potential ideological charge, its ambiguous official definition and its potential oversimplification. From the innovative methodology of dialogical analysis, four novel theses on the term ‘Reconquista’ are constructed to better understand this phenomenon: ‘Reconquista’ as an operational term, ‘Reconquista’ as …
No more Itaewon crowd crush disaster: Safety in dense crowds transformed by ‘KOSMOS’ service with AI reinforcement learning
“The 2022 Itaewon crushing incident raised public safety concerns. In response, we developed KOSMOS, an AI service addressing “”crowd turbulence””. It employs a reinforcement learning-based AI, designed to suggest routes for crowd dispersion and collision minimization. Our model’s effectiveness in suggesting safe, efficient routes was verified through a simulation that recreated the Itaewon incident using Seoul’s road data. The KOSMOS …
Assessing the Impact of Second-Level Education on Key Aspects of Adolescents’ Life and Development’
This project is a multiyear study undertaken over 3 years (’20, ’21, ’22), encompassing the opinions of over 2,500 students and 220 teachers on the impact of secondary school on students’ social development, physical health and mental wellbeing and outlining possible improvements to the education system. Also considered was the impact of COVID-19 on the mentioned areas and also Online …
The meaning of graphic symbols and brand affiliation
In our research project we created a new corporate graphic image of Secondary School of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, and Media about what is important for successful brand marketing. With the help of surveys and interviews we researched the view of students of ŠCC SMM, teachers and other high school students on the appearance and graphic image of our school. It …
Plant biodivesity in Estonian paintings in the 20th century
The aim of this study was to discover how broadly has plant biodiversity been reflected in Estonian art during the 20th century. Biodiversity in Estonian art has not been examined quantifiably before. Plant species were identified from 600 paintings from Estonian museums, all together it yielded over 800 plant individuals of 187 species. Contrary to the initial assumption that global …
Justice institutions stipulated in French and Polish criminal procedure codes, and fair trial standards included in international law standards and convict rehabilitation processes
The thesis focuses on the fundamental issues of all justice systems in the world. During lectures on criminal law, you can find out how advanced the system of detailed sentencing is and how to treat the perpetrator based on the crime committed. Restorative justice offers an opportunity not only to take into account the victim’s opinion, and rehabilitation of the …