Search for dissertations about: "Novices"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the word Novices.

  2. 11. Large Vocabulary Shorthand Writing on Stylus Keyboard

    Author : Per-Ola Kristensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : We present a novel text entry method for pen-based computers. We view the trace obtained by connecting the letter keys comprising a word on a stylus keyboard as a pattern. This pattern can be matched against a user-s pen trace, invariant of scale and translation. READ MORE

  4. 12. Expertise in credit granting : studies on judgment and decision-making behavior

    Author : Patric Andersson; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : How do experienced lenders make decisions? This dissertation addresses this question by investigating judgment and decision-making behavior of loan officers in banks as well as credit managers in supplying companies. The dissertation applies an integrated economic-psychological perspective and consists of seven parts: a comprehensive literature review and six separate empirical papers. READ MORE

  5. 13. The impact of consumer knowledge, information mode and presentation form on advertising effects

    Author : Sanjay Nagaraj; Nils Enlund; Micael Dahlen; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Consumers consistently acquire information on product attributes available to them. In considering the many and varied effects of advertising a very central issue is how these attribute information in an ad is processed, that is, how consumers were able to comprehend and remember what an ad claimed. READ MORE

  6. 14. Profession on the move : Changing conditions and gendered development in physiotherapy

    Author : Ann Öhman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : career; gender; division of labour; physiotherapy; health care; professional socialisation; professional development; gendered habitus; field; symbolic capital;

    Abstract : Physiotherapy in Sweden has developed from a practical, hands-on, assistant job predominantly taught at college level to a university-based academic discipline emphasising evidence-based practice and research. Women are in majority although an increasing number of men have entered the profession. READ MORE

  7. 15. Modes of Apprehension, and Indicators thereof, in Visual Discrimination of Relative Mass

    Author : Isabell Andersson; Sverker Runeson; Alan Costall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Modes of apprehension; dynamical-event perception; ecological psychology; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Perception is a fundamental function because it allows organisms to be in contact with the environment and adjust to environmental conditions. Humans also possess higher intellectual functions, which allow for elaborate handling of perceptually obtained information. READ MORE