Search for dissertations about: "Nicolas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 swedish dissertations containing the word Nicolas.

  2. 1. Agro-industry feedstock and side stream materials for wood panel manufacturing

    Author : Nicolas Neitzel; Stergios Adamopoulos; Reza Hosseinpourpia; Thomas Walter; Heiko Thömen; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Forestry and Wood Technology; Skog och träteknik;

    Abstract : Wood-based panels are indispensable in many areas, such as the construction industry and furniture production. The intensified demand for renewable materials, rising wood prices and increasing protection zones of forest areas make the wood panel industry consider alternative raw materials. READ MORE

  4. 2. Comparing values : essays on comparability, transitivity, and vagueness

    Author : Nicolas Espinoza; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to examine some of the arguments that have been leveled against the idea that all value bearing entities are comparable. A secondary aim is to investigate some putative properties of the relation ‘better than', especially transitivity and (to some degree) vagueness. READ MORE

  5. 3. Some acoustical properties of floating floors used on trains

    Author : Nicolas Baron; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

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  6. 4. World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing

    Author : Nicolas Cheng; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft; Jewellery; Situated Making; Noticing; Care; Empathy; Postindustrial; World Wide Workshop;

    Abstract : In my research, I consider craft as a discipline that is extremely elastic in terms of propositions and positions. Today craft exists in a highly dynamic space — what I will refer to as the World Wide Workshop — and is essential for noticing, caring, mending and negotiating the complex relationships that individuals and communities have with their sociopolitical, economic and natural environment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Incomparable risks, values and preferences

    Author : Nicolas Espinoza; Martin Peterson; Erik Carlson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : Abstract. Consistent valuation and societal prioritization of risks presupposes comparability among risks, that is, in order to rank risks in order of severity, and allocate risk preventative resources accordingly, we must be able to determine whether one risk is better or worse than another, and by how much. READ MORE