Search for dissertations about: "John Alexander"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words John Alexander.

2. 1. Screen play : audiovisual narrative & viewer interaction

   Author : John Alexander; Erik Hedling; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

   Abstract : How does the viewer, interact, with the on-screen narratives of film, television and computer? What new forms of interaction can be realised with the emerging narratives of CD-ROM and Internet?This study considers screen play in terms of the game the viewer plays with audiovisual narrative, and how the viewer negotiates with a story to interpret, revise and reconstruct new stories of their own.Aspects of game and narrative theories, cognitive psychology and phenomenology, as well as recent research in the fields of cinema, television and computer studies, are incorporated within a screen play theory, which positions the viewer both as player and storyteller. READ MORE

4. 2. Philosophical controversies in the evaluation of medical treatments : With a focus on the evidential roles of randomization and mechanisms in Evidence-Based Medicine

   Author : Alexander Mebius; John Cantwell; Jeremy Howick; Sven Ove Hansson; Julian Reiss; KTH; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Evidence; randomized controlled trials; observational studies; systematic reviews; meta-analysis; methodology; process assessment; outcome assessment; medical care; randomization; evidence-based medicine; selection bias; philosophy of medicine; philosophy of science; mechanisms; quality of evidence; animal studies; treatment effect; causation by absence; medical technology; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis examines philosophical controversies surrounding the evaluation of medical treatments, with a focus on the evidential roles of randomised trials and mechanisms in Evidence-Based Medicine. Current 'best practice' usually involves excluding non-randomised trial evidence from systematic reviews in cases where randomised trials are available for inclusion in the reviews. READ MORE

5. 3. Analysis and Monitoring of Laser Welding and Surface Texturing

   Author : Rickard Olsson; Alexander Kaplan; John Powell; Jan Frostevarg; Michael Zäh; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Laser welding; monitoring; Signal processing; laser texturing; texture analysis; Produktionsutveckling; Manufacturing Systems Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis can be conveniently divided into three sections as follows;Part I. Monitoring of laser welding In laser materials processing there has always been a need for suitable methods to supervise and monitor the processes on-line, to ensure correct production quality or to trigger alarms when failures are detected. READ MORE

6. 4. Laser cutting and piercing: Experimental and theoretical investigation

   Author : Jetro Pocorni; Alexander F. H. Kaplan; John Powell; Jan Frostevarg; William O'Neill; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Laser cutting; laser piercing; efficiency; fibre laser; CO2 laser; high speed imaging; Produktionsutveckling; Manufacturing Systems Engineering; Maskinteknik;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns experimental investigations of laser cutting and piercing, with theoretical and practical discussions of the results. The thesis is made up of an introduction to laser cutting and six scientific Papers. READ MORE

7. 5. Aspects of Heat Flow in Laser Processing of Metals

   Author : Jesper Sundqvist; Alexander F.H. Kaplan; John Powell; Andreas Otto; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Produktionsutveckling; Manufacturing Systems Engineering;

   Abstract : Since the laser was invented in 1960, its use in manufacturing industry has been growing rapidly. Laser processing of metals is based on the flow of heat that is generated by the absorbed laser beam. READ MORE