Search for dissertations about: "alertness"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the word alertness.

  2. 11. Identification and Control of Systems Subject to Abrupt Changes

    Author : Mille Millnert; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Recursive identification; adaptive control; jumping parameters; Markov regime; time varying parameters;

    Abstract : Many different recursive identification methods for time varying systems have been suggested in the literature. An assumption that the variations in the system parameters are slow is common for almost all the methods. READ MORE

  4. 12. Intravenous access in distressed children : effects of midazolam and nitrous oxide on success rate, hormone and metabolic stress responses

    Author : Kerstin Ekbom; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : children;

    Abstract : Background and Aims: Intravenous (IV) access has demonstrated high levels of pain and distress in children. A stress full IV access should be avoided, primarily by the children, but also for the parents and staff. READ MORE

  5. 13. Visual Attention to Faces, Eyes and Objects : Studies of Typically and Atypically Developing Children

    Author : Johan L. Kleberg; Terje Falck-Ytter; Gustaf Gredebäck; Elsabbagh Mayada; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attention; Eye Tracking; Pupil Dilation; Arousal; Social Attention; Gap Overlap; Autism; Social Anxiety Disorder; Infants; Phasic Alerting; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Abstract. The overall aim of this doctoral work is to understand attentional functions in typically developing infants, and in children with two psychiatric conditions: autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD). Previous research has shown that attention can be subdivided into a number of interacting functions. READ MORE

  6. 14. Cognition Seen Through the Eyes of Hearing Aid Users : Working Memory Resource Allocation for Speech Perception and Recall

    Author : Andreea Micula; Jerker Rönnberg; Elaine Hoi Ning Ng; Piers Dawes; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Working memory; Free recall; Pupillary responses; Noise reduction; Arbetsminne; Återgivning; Pupillmätning; Brusreducering;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how hearing aid users allocate working (WM) memory resources under various task demands when listening to and storing speech in memory for later recall. This was done by combining an auditory recall task, the Sentence-final Word Identification and Recall (SWIR) test, with pupillometry. READ MORE

  7. 15. Neurological adaptation of full-term newborn infants : Influence of intrauterine growth accleration, intrapartal asphyxia and different modes of delivery

    Author : Grace Otamiri; Ingrid Bjerre; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Grace Otamiri. 1991. Neurological adaptation of full-term newborn infants. Influence of intrauterine growth acceleration, intrapartal asphyxia and different modes of delivery. READ MORE