Search for dissertations about: "Viewpoints"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 109 swedish dissertations containing the word Viewpoints.

  2. 31. Mobile phones in school: From disturbing objects to infrastructure for learning

    Author : Torbjörn Ott; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mobile phone; upper secondary school; teachers; students; public debate; infrastructure for learning;

    Abstract : Amid digitalisation, the mobile phone has pervaded society and become one of the most widespread digital technologies. In school, the mobile phone has stirred up conflicts and tensions visible in public debate as well as classrooms. Teachers and students have struggled to manage mobile phones within the boundaries of school practice. READ MORE

  4. 32. Designing and Maintaining Trustworthy Online Services

    Author : Christer Rindebäck; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Trust and trustworthiness are two notions that have been discussed extensively in the computer science community, e.g. trust in online banking services.We argue for a broad view on trust, namely trustworthy behavior of online services. READ MORE

  5. 33. A Representation Scheme for Description and Reconstruction of Object Configurations Based on Qualitative Relations

    Author : Heike Joe Steinhauer; Erik Sandewall; Alexander Klippel; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Qualitative Reasoning; Spatial Reasoning; Cognitive Modeling; Human-Machine Interaction; Coarse Reasoning; Artificial Intelligence; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : One reason Qualitative Spatial Reasoning (QSR) is becoming increasingly important to Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the need for a smooth ‘human-like’ communication between autonomous agents and people. The selected, yet general, task motivating the work presented here is the scenario of an object configuration that has to be described by an observer on the ground using only relational object positions. READ MORE

  6. 34. Living Conditions of People with Intellectual Disabilities : A Study of Health, Housing, Work, Leisure and Social Relations in a Swedish County Population

    Author : Õie Umb-Carlsson; Frits-Axel Wiesel; Karin Sonnander; Anders Möller; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability studies; intellectual disabilities; living conditions; health conditions; mortality; associated disabilities; gender; comparative study; proxy responding; Handikappforskning; Disability research; Handikappsforskning;

    Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to describe mortality, health and living conditions in an administratively defined county population of people with intellectual disabilities born between 1959 and 1974 (N=213). The living conditions of persons with intellectual disabilities were compared with those of the general population. READ MORE

  7. 35. Efficient Remote Gas Inspection with an Autonomous Mobile Robot

    Author : Muhammad Asif Arain; Achim Lilienthal; Erik Schaffernicht; Victor Hernandez Bennetts; Marcello Cirillo; Marco Trincavelli; Pedro Lima; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; environmental monitoring; measurement planning; remote gas sensing; mobile robot olfaction; service robots;

    Abstract : Human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are one of the major sources of global warming, which is threatening to reach a tipping point. Inspection systems that can provide direct information about critical factors causing global warming, such as systems for gas detection and location of gas sources, are urgently needed to analyze the fugitive emissions and take necessary actions. READ MORE