Search for dissertations about: "People and Situations"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 271 swedish dissertations containing the words People and Situations.
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21. Music and risk in an existential and gendered world
Abstract : Adolescents in Western society often expose themselves to high levels of sound at gyms, rock concerts, discotheques etc. These behaviours are as threatening to young people’s health as more traditional risk behaviours. READ MORE
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22. Guilt and shame in end-of-life care : the next-of-kin's perspectives
Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore and describe the concepts of guilt and shame and gain a greater understanding of the next-of-kin’s experiences of guilt and shame in end-of-life care.Methods: Study I was a qualitative secondary analysis of 47 interviews with next-of-kin searching for experiences of guilt and shame. READ MORE
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23. Mutual Understanding in Situated Interactions with Conversational User Interfaces : Theory, Studies, and Computation
Abstract : This dissertation presents advances in HCI through a series of studies focusing on task-oriented interactions between humans and between humans and machines. The notion of mutual understanding is central, also known as grounding in psycholinguistics, in particular how people establish understanding in conversations and what interactional phenomena are present in that process. READ MORE
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24. Nonfatal injuries in a local context - Analysing social structures and perceptions in young people
Abstract : Background: Injuries are a common health problem in children and young people. The uneven distribution over gender and socioeconomic groups is partly explained by factors at both the individual and family levels, but sociocultural structures at the municipality level may contribute with yet unrecognised associations. READ MORE
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25. Wavefront Aberrations and Peripheral Vision
Abstract : Failing eyesight causes a dramatic change in life. The aim of this project is to help people with large central visual field loss to better utilize their remaining vision. Central visual field loss means that the person has to rely on peripheral vision since the direct vision is lost, often due to a dysfunctional macula. READ MORE