Search for dissertations about: "Personal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1716 swedish dissertations containing the word Personal.

2. 1. Getting Personal : A Framework for Context-Aware Services and System Design for Contemporary Mobile Environments

   Author : Athanasios Karapantelakis; Gerald Q. Maguire Jr.; Anders Kofod-Petersen; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; context aware; context-aware; personalized services; Computer science; Datalogi; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Abstract : This study explores the subject of providing personalized services to mobile users, by exploiting relevant domain knowledge (i.e. contextual information). READ MORE

4. 2. Personal service environments : Openness and user control in user-service interaction

   Author : Markus Bylund; Arne Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Datalogi; Computing Science;

   Abstract : This thesis describes my work with making the whole experience of using electronic services more pleasant and practical. More and more people use electronic services in their daily life — be it services for communicating with colleagues or family members, web-based bookstores, or network-based games for entertainment. READ MORE

5. 3. Advance Directives and Personal Identity

   Author : Elisabeth Furberg; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Niklas Juth; Wayne Sumner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; advance directives; personal identity; psychological continuity; animalism; posthumous harm; moral authority; rights; utilitarianism; Filosofi; Philosophy; Practical Philosophy;

   Abstract : Advance directives are instructions given by patients – or potential patients – specifying what actions ought to be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer capable to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. Over the last decades, there has been a rising tide in favour of advance directives: not only is the use of such directives recommended by most medical and advisory bodies, they are also gaining increasing legal recognition in many parts of the world. READ MORE

6. 4. Causal MMSE Filters for Personal Audio : A Polynomial Matrix Approach

   Author : Simon Widmark; Mikael Sternad; Anders Ahlén; Lars-Johan Brännmark; Fredrik Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Personal Audio; Audio Pre-compensators; Causal Filters; Elektroteknik med inriktning mot reglerteknik; Electrical Engineering with specialization in Automatic Control;

   Abstract : This thesis is devoted to the study of synthesis of causal filters for generating personal sound zones. Personal sound zones, personal audio or personal sound is the theory and practice of steering sound in such a way that it is amplified in one region and suppressed in another. READ MORE

7. 5. Psykoteknik : Kulturell fabricering av personlig identitet

   Author : Eriksson Rikard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of psychology; psychotechnics; 20th century Sweden; psychological testing; personal identity; sociocultural values; social studies of science; deconstruction; ethnography of modern thought; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a broad socio-cultural study of psychotechnics in Sweden from 1943 to 1969. Using many different sorts of source material, such as psychological tests, public investigations, psychotechnology, articles in news journals, photos and sound recordings, psychotechnics is analysed as a cultural phenomenon. READ MORE