Search for dissertations about: "accounts dissertations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words accounts dissertations.

2. 1. Landfills and glass dumpsites as future bank accounts of resources : waste characterization and trace elements extraction

   Author : Yahya Jani; William Hogland; Monica Odlare; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Landfill mining; metals extraction; glass dumpsites; hazardous waste; chemical extraction; reduction-melting; Miljövetenskap; Environmental Science;

   Abstract : Environmental pollution and health threats as well as scarcity of raw materials, water, food and energy are among the main challenges our world are now facing. Simultaneously, landfills and open dumpsites still are the dominant global waste disposal option even with their long term environmental impacts in case of greenhouse gases and contaminated leachates. READ MORE

4. 2. Vocal Expression of Emotion : Discrete-emotions and Dimensional Accounts

   Author : Petri Laukka; Patrik N. Juslin; Erik Börjesson; Roddy Cowie; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; speech; emotion; vocal expression; emotion dimensions; acoustic cues; categorical perception; nonverbal communication; speech synthesis; cross-cultural communication; decoding accuracy; emotion intensity; meta-analysis; discrete emotions; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis investigated whether vocal emotion expressions are conveyed as discrete emotions or as continuous dimensions. Study I consisted of a meta-analysis of decoding accuracy of discrete emotions (anger, fear, happiness, love-tenderness, sadness) within and across cultures. READ MORE

5. 3. Healthcare Staff's Racialised talk : Examining Accounts of Racialisation in Healthcare

   Author : Sarah Hamed; Hannah Bradby; Sandra Torres; Rebecca Selberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Racism; racialisation; racialised talk; healthcare; healthcare staff; critical ’race’ theory; postcolonial theory; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the literature on racism in healthcare and the scholarship on racism and racialisation by moving the current focus of healthcare literature from demonstrating the existence of racism to examining accounts of racialisation through analysing healthcare staff’s racialised talk. Drawing from critical ‘race’ and postcolonial theories, the thesis departs from the premise that racism is a structural phenomenon embedded in nation states and institutions, including healthcare across the globe. READ MORE

6. 4. Children in group interventions after exposure to violence toward a caregiver : Experiences, needs, and outcomes

   Author : Karin Pernebo; Kjerstin Almqvist; Mats Fridell; Idor Svensson; Dag Øystein Nordanger; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Intimate partner violence; Children’s experiences; Post-traumatic stress; Treatment; Qualitative research; Outcome research; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three empirical studies, all part of the same research project, with a general aim to explore interventions for children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). Because witnessing violence toward a caregiver is associated with negative impact on children’s health and development, effective interventions for children exposed to IPV are necessary. READ MORE

7. 5. In Her Words: Women’s Accounts of Managing Drug-related Risk, Pleasure, and Stigma in Sweden

   Author : Oriana Quaglietta; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women; illicit drugs; Sweden;

   Abstract : When it comes to the field of drug studies, researchers have tended to privilege men’s perspectives and experiences, assuming women to be mostly marginal, as primarily victims and accomplices. Further, when women’s experiences are taken into account, a view of them as only women has tended to be pushed to the forefront. READ MORE