Search for dissertations about: "The Swan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words The Swan.

2. 1. Pinhole Camera Calibration in the Presence of Human Noise

   Author : Magnus Axholt; Matthew Cooper; Anders Ynnerman; J. Edward Swan II; Linköpings universitet; []
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   Abstract : The research work presented in this thesis is concerned with the analysis of the human body as a calibration platform for estimation of a pinhole camera model used in Augmented Reality environments mediated through Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display. Since the quality of the calibration ultimately depends on a subject’s ability to construct visual alignments, the research effort is initially centered around user studies investigating human-induced noise, such as postural sway and head aiming precision. READ MORE

4. 2. Minerals and Managers: : production contexts as evidence for social organization in Zimbabwean prehistory

   Author : Lorraine Swan; Paul Sinclair; Eva Hjärthner-Holdar; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Archaeology; Zimbabwean past; farming communities; environment; mineral resources; mineral production; social organization; social change; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : In the Zimbabwean past, farming societies utilized mineral resources for their own use and for exchange to local and regional populations, as well as to markets beyond African borders. Successful agriculture was constrained by environmental hazards, principally unpredictable and often inadequate rainfall. READ MORE

5. 3. Green consumption energy use and carbon dioxide emission

   Author : Eva Alfredsson; Einar Holm; Neil Swan; Kerstin Westin; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Energy consumption; Carbon dioxide emission; Energy intensity; Carbon intensity; Life cycle assessment; Consumption patterns; Lifestyles; Systems analysis; Microsimulation modelling; Demography; Sustainability; Rebound effects; Substitution effects; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the quantitative potential to reduce energy requirements and CO2 emissions through changed patterns of consumption, given unchanged levels of consumption expenditure. The thesis question is analysed using a systems analysis approach which in this case means that life cycle assessment data on energy requirements and CO2 emissions related to household consumption are combined with a financial and behavioural analysis to make sure that the budget constraint is kept and that both the first and second order effects of adopting a green consumption pattern are analysed. READ MORE

6. 4. The Second Journey : Travelling in Literary Footsteps

   Author : Maria Lindgren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; travel; travel writing; tourism; guide books; authenticity; intertextuality; influence; recognitions; disappointments; images of home; gender roles; heroism; feminisms; biography; autobiography; museums;

   Abstract : In a time dominated by mass tourism and the search for what has been termed authenticity, travel narratives are again of academic interest. This study seeks to demonstrate how travel writers from the 1980s and 1990s increasingly turn to earlier texts for inspiration and guidance. READ MORE

7. 5. Authenticity and its Contemporary Challenges : On Techniques of Staging Bodies

   Author : Franziska Bork-Petersen; Lena Hammergren; Gabriele Brandstetter; Ramsay Burt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; techniques of the body; staging; self; authenticity; Menschenbilder; The Swan; Germany’s Next Topmodel; cosmetic surgery; Enlightenment; models of identity.; Theatre Studies; teatervetenskap;

   Abstract : In this thesis I investigate what ‘authenticity’ means in a contemporary popular context and how it is used in the staging of bodies. Furthermore, I analyse works of dance and fashion from the past fifteen years with a focus on their strategies of challenging the notion of ‘bodily authenticity’. READ MORE