Search for dissertations about: "guide books"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1136 swedish dissertations containing the words guide books.

  2. 1. Researching the Use of the Internet : A Beginner's Guide

    Author : Håkan Selg; Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos; Charles Melvin Ess; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Information and communication technologies ICT ; Internet studies; multidisciplinarity; research programme; methodological framework; scientific mapping; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion;

    Abstract : Information and communication technologies (ICT) have experienced a technological convergence. Laptops, tablets and smartphones integrate previously distinct artefacts and communication protocols within information systems, personal computers and telephony. READ MORE

  4. 2. Turbine Outlet Guide Vane Flows

    Author : Johan Hjärne; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Spalart-Allmaras model; k-ω SST model; linear cascade; secondary flows; turbine exhaust casing; RSM; k-ε realizable model; turbine rear frame; engine mount bump; tail bearing housing; Outlet guide vane;

    Abstract : New design goals on modern jet engines often leads to more highly loaded turbines with fewer stages in order to save weight and cost. This gives higher swirl angles into the outlet guide vane (OGV), implying a more difficult aerodynamic design. READ MORE

  5. 3. Geo-Aesthetical Discontent: Svalbard, the Guide and Post-Future Essayism

    Author : Eva La Cour; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; geo-aesthetics; image politics; Svalbard; Arctic imaginaries; philosophy of ecology; the guide; live editing; essay film; experimental ethnography;

    Abstract : Propelled by the acute ecological crisis, Geo- Aesthetical Discontent: Svalbard, the Guide and Post-Future Essayism moves between artistic affinities and academic disciplines to craft an intervention into the imaginary of an Arctic place. Designed as an iterative set of artistic practice experiments with live editing, the aim is to demonstrate a geo-aesthetical discontent upon terrains with colonial history for visual production. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Second Journey : Travelling in Literary Footsteps

    Author : Maria Lindgren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel; travel writing; tourism; guide books; authenticity; intertextuality; influence; recognitions; disappointments; images of home; gender roles; heroism; feminisms; biography; autobiography; museums;

    Abstract : In a time dominated by mass tourism and the search for what has been termed authenticity, travel narratives are again of academic interest. This study seeks to demonstrate how travel writers from the 1980s and 1990s increasingly turn to earlier texts for inspiration and guidance. READ MORE

  7. 5. A stargazer's guide to neurodegeneration : Astrocytes' role in the propagation of pathological proteins

    Author : Tobias Mothes; Anna Erlandsson; Martin Ingelsson; Linn Streubel-Gallasch; Maria Grazia Spillantini; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Alzheimer’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; tauopathies; astrocyte; microglia; neuron; tau; amyloid-β; α-synuclein; accumulation; degradation; inflammation; spreading; seeding.; Medical Cell Biology; Medicinsk cellbiologi;

    Abstract : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) are characterized by brain accumulation of pathogenic protein aggregates. In the AD brain, amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau form plaques respective tangles, while in the PD brain α-synuclein (α-syn) form Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites. READ MORE