Search for dissertations about: "use of resources"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1927 swedish dissertations containing the words use of resources.

  2. 1. Shades of Use : The Dynamics of Interaction Design for Sociable Use

    Author : Mattias Arvola; Kjell Ohlsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; interaction design; customer meetings; design studios; domestic environments; Cognitive science; Kognitionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Computers are used in sociable situations, for example during customer meetings. This is seldom recognized in design, which means that computers often become a hindrance in the meeting. READ MORE

  4. 2. Recirculation of scrapped resources : The role of material information in enhancing the sustainability of recycling

    Author : Reinol Josef Compañero; Andreas Feldmann; Peter Samuelsson; Pär Jönsson; Guozhu Ye; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Steel recycling; anthropogenic resources; scrap; value of information; Circular Economy; sustainability; Stål återvinning; antropogena resurser; skrot; cirkulär ekonomi; hållbarhet; Materials Science and Engineering; Teknisk materialvetenskap;

    Abstract : Industries have responded to the climate change problem by positioning their activities as compatible with concepts such as the Circular Economy. Conveying the idea of maximizing and keeping the resources in a manner that aligns with the principles of sustainable development, the endorsements for implementing circularity measures has arguably become a boon for businesses. READ MORE

  5. 3. The use of stone and hunting of reindeer : a study of stone tool manufacture and hunting of large mammals in the central Scandes c. 6000-1 BC

    Author : Lena Holm; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; High mountains; hunter-gatherers; use of resources; stone tool manufacture; reindeer hunting; landscape use; seasonality;

    Abstract : The thesis raises questions concerning prehistoric conditions in a high mountain region in central Scandinavia; it focuses on the human use of stone and on hunting principally of reindeer. An analysis of how the stone material was utilized and an approach to how large mammals were hunted result in a synthesis describing one interpretation of how the vast landscape of a region in the central Scandinavian high mountains was used. READ MORE

  6. 4. Social Order of the Co-Located Mobile Phone : Practices of collaborative mobile phone use

    Author : Moira McGregor; Barry Brown; Christian Licoppe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human-computer interaction; Mobile phones; Ethnography; Video analysis; Collaborative interaction; Field studies; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis examines mundane practices of everyday phone use to make conceptual, empirical and methodological contributions to ongoing research on mobile technology. It argues that we do not yet have a clear understanding of how the mobile phone is used–who does what, when and why. READ MORE

  7. 5. Wells of Experience : A pastoral land-use history of Omaheke, Namibia

    Author : Karl-Johan Lindholm; Paul J. J. Sinclair; Thomas Elmqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Archaeology; Namibia; Kalahari; Omaheke; archaeology; wells; land-use history; pastoralism; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The conventional view on the Kalahari in southern Africa expresses that the area is unsuitable for livestock herding. For this reason, it is argued that livestock herders avoided the Kalahari in the past and were only able to establish themselves in the later half of the twentieth century, when deep-reaching boreholes were introduced in the area. READ MORE