Search for dissertations about: "Logic of pattern making"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Logic of pattern making.
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1. On the logic of pattern cutting : foundational cuts and approximations of the body
Abstract : Fashion designers are presented with a range of different principles for pattern cutting and the interest in this area has grown rapidly over the past few years, both due to the publication of a number of works dealing with the subject in different ways and the fact that a growing number of designers emphasise cutting in their practices. Although a range of principles and concepts for pattern cutting are presented from different perspectives, the main body of these systems, traditional as well as contemporary, are predominately based on a quantified approximation of the body. READ MORE
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2. Study and implementation of stereo vision systems for robotic applications
Abstract : Stereo vision has been chosen by natural selection as the most common way to estimate the depth of objects. A pair of two-dimensional images is enough in order to retrieve the third dimension of the scene under observation. The importance of this method is great, apart from the living creatures, for sophisticated machine systems, as well. READ MORE
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3. Towards an interlanguage of biological evolution: Exploring students´ talk and writing as an arena for sense-making
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore what is involved when learning science, by focusing on students’ appropriation of the school science language. The aspiration is to explore relations between, on the one hand, content-oriented aspects of making sense of a specific area in school biology, and on the other hand, more generic patterns that are linked to learning in general: the influence of different social languages, and also the conceptual, epistemological, and ontological constituents of learning something. READ MORE
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4. Children at risk? Hospital social workers’ and their colleagues’ assessment and reporting experiences
Abstract : This thesis explores factors that influence professional discretion in Swedish hospital professionals’ assessment of children who may be at risk of harm. It is based on two data samplings, interviews with fourteen hospital social workers and a questionnaire with 295 responding physicians, nurses, nurse assistants and hospital social workers. READ MORE
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5. Synergies, Stalemates and Social Dilemmas : Governance in South Africa in Comparative Perspective
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the consequences of the institutional transformations in South Africa during the 1990s with specific reference to the introduction of a mode of local governance based on the direct participation of private and civic actors in policymaking and implementation. The study also aims to contribute to theory. READ MORE
