Search for dissertations about: "agents"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 2013 swedish dissertations containing the word agents.

  2. 21. The Outsider in Our Midst : A Study of Language and Norms Concerning the “Outsider” in Persian Period Yehud

    Author : Karin Tillberg; Göran Eidevall; Mikael Larsson; Katherine Southwood; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Persian period; Nehemiah; Deuteronomy; Pentateuch; Isaiah; Trito-Isaiah; Bourdieu; doxa; capital; agents; fields; Derrida; hospitality; eunuchs; exile.; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : The topic for the present study concerns how values and norms are conveyed through language. I explore two texts set in the Persian period—Isaiah 56:1–8 and Nehemiah 13:1–3, 23–31—and how these texts discuss those literary figures described as not belonging to the community. READ MORE

  4. 22. Social Robots as Intentional Agents

    Author : Sam Thellman; Tom Ziemke; Annika Silvervarg; Maartje de Graaf; Jessica Lindblom; Agnieszka Wykowska; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Human-robot interaction; folk psychology; intentionality; Människa-robot-interaktion; vardagspsykolgi; intentionalitet;

    Abstract : Social robots are robots that are intended for social interaction with people. Because of the societal benefits that they are expected to bring, social robots are likely to become more common. READ MORE

  5. 23. Supporting the use of design knowledge : an assessment of commenting agents

    Author : Mikael Ericsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to an understanding of the usefulness of and effects from using commenting agents for supporting the use of design knowledge in user interface design. In two empirical studies, we have explored and investigated commenting agents from the aspects of usefulness, appropriateness of different tool behaviour and forms of comments. READ MORE

  6. 24. Cellular mechanisms of anaesthetic agents

    Author : Karin Björnström Karlsson; Bertil Fredholm; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Anaesthesia is given to approximate 5% of the Swedish population annually, with the great advantage of painless surgery, but it also has side effects such as depression of blood pressure that might give a heart infarction. Exactly how anaesthetic agents cause anaesthesia is poorly known. READ MORE

  7. 25. Towards Dependable Virtual Companions for Later Life

    Author : Dennis Maciuszek; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Older adults; assistive technology; virtual companion; dependability; requirements; software architecture; agents; patterns; user involvement; personalisation; human-computer interaction; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : When we grow older, we become more vulnerable to certain reductions in quality of life. Caregivers can help, however human care is limited, and will become even scarcer in the near future. READ MORE