Search for dissertations about: "Independent group"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 762 swedish dissertations containing the words Independent group.
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11. Exploring psychotherapy group cultures : essays on group theory and the development of matrix representation grid, a method for observing therapeutic group processes
Abstract : There is full agreement in the literature that group therapy groups are efficient but also may be occasionally damaging for participants due to vicissitudes in group dynamics and group process. Better understanding of the nature of therapeutic group processes presupposes advancements in group theory and in group process research. READ MORE
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12. Ambaricho and Shonkolla. From Local Independent Church to the Evangelical Mainstream in Ethiopia. The Origins of the Mekane Yesus Church in Kambata Hadiya
Abstract : This thesis is a contribution to the scholarly debate on how African Independent Churches (AICs) relate to outside partners. It is a case study from the perspective of the periphery of Ethiopia, which explains the origins of the Mekane Yesus Church in Kambata Hadiya The diachronic structure of the study with a focus from 1944 to 1975 highlights how a group of Christians reacted to cultural pressure and formed a local independent church, the Kambata Evangelical Church 2 (KEC-2). READ MORE
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13. Studies in the Geometry of Quantum Measurements
Abstract : Quantum information studies quantum systems from the perspective of information theory: how much information can be stored in them, how much the information can be compressed, how it can be transmitted. Symmetric informationally-Complete POVMs are measurements that are well-suited for reading out the information in a system; they can be used to reconstruct the state of a quantum system without ambiguity and with minimum redundancy. READ MORE
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14. Intergroup Relations : When is My Group More Important than Yours?
Abstract : Intergroup relations are characterised by favourable and unfavourable biases. Towards one’s own group these biases are mostly favourable – ingroup favouritism. Research has, however, shown that outgroup favouritism, that is, the preference for a group to which the person does not belong, also permeates intergroup relations. READ MORE
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15. On the security of mix-nets and hierarchical group signatures
Abstract : In this thesis we investigate two separate cryptographic notions: mix-nets and hierarchical group signatures. The former notion was introduced by Chaum (1981). The latter notion is introduced in this thesis, but it generalizes the notion of group signatures which was introduced by Chaum and Heyst (1991). READ MORE