Search for dissertations about: "Christopher Martin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words Christopher Martin.

  2. 1. Shifting Gears : Automated Driving on the Eve of Autonomous Drive

    Author : Christopher Martin; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; automation; driving; cars; practice; perception; embodiment; flow; space; skill; orientation; routine; technology;

    Abstract : The compelling images and promises attached to autonomous drive vehicles can easily create an impression that one can speak of a radical distinction between a self-driving future and a manual-driving present. Yet today’s drivers can already refer to their everyday driving as being experienced as though on ‘auto-pilot’, in which they are able to drive their cars while lost in things such as daydreams, conversations, or plans for their day ahead. READ MORE

  4. 2. In (re)search of corporate governance models between markets and hierarchies : The governance of franchising

    Author : Martin Ludvigsson Wallette; Christopher von Koch; Andreas Stephan; Rozenn Perrigot; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; franchising; review; conceptual model; ownership; retailing; financial performance; business model; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The research project started with the purpose of understanding the importance of corporate governance in franchising. The dissertation includes four articles all of which describe the governance of franchising.The first article is a review study using a strategy of systematic search to produce a systematic review. READ MORE

  5. 3. Through the coding-lens : community detection and beyond

    Author : Christopher Blöcker; Martin Rosvall; Juan Carlos Nieves; Jari Saramäki; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; community detection; map equation; Huffman coding; network centrality; link prediction;

    Abstract : We live in a highly-connected world and find networks wherever we look: social networks, public transport networks, telecommunication networks, financial networks, and more. These networks can be immensely complex, comprising potentially millions or even billions of inter-connected objects. READ MORE

  6. 4. Investigation of the intercellular transmission of α-synuclein, amyloid-β and TDP-43

    Author : Christopher Sackmann; Martin Hallbeck; Emelie Severinsson; Poul Henning Jensen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; α-synuclein; amyloid-β; TDP-43; cell to cell transmission;

    Abstract : Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD), frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are disorders characterized by the progressive deposition of proteinaceous inclusions throughout the brain in a predictable manner. Each disease is described by the involvement of different misfolded and aggregated proteins (AD, amyloid-β and tau; PD, α-synuclein; ALS and FTLD, TDP-43) that spread between anatomically connected brain regions, causing cell death in previously healthy regions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Norges Våpen : Cultural Memory and Uses of History in Norwegian Black Metal

    Author : Christopher Thompson; Erik Lindberg; Mikael Byström; Benjamin Martin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Norwegian black metal; cultural memory; nationalism; national romanticism; uses of history; popular music; egalitarian individualism; likhet; Norway; Historia; History;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines uses of history and expressions of cultural memory in Norwegian black metal. Formed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Norwegian black metal seemed at odds with many of the stereotypes of Norway. READ MORE