Search for dissertations about: "appearances"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 swedish dissertations containing the word appearances.

  2. 1. The dis/appearances of violence : When a 'peace-loving' state uses force

    Author : Tua Sandman; Ulrika Mörth; Cecilia Åse; Martin Hall; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; peace-enforcement; use of force; representation of violence; narrative structuration; identity and foreign policy; de politicisation; dislocation; in visibility; critical war studies; statsvetenskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The research problem that this dissertation addresses is how and with what implications the use of force in ‘distant’ places is made seen and known at home. As practices change and ‘peacework’ is becoming increasingly violent, the book argues that it is imperative to examine how war ‘comes home’ and to what extent the narratives emerging in public discourse open up for public reflection and (re)consideration. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Modelling Nonlinear Variation in Discrete Appearances of Objects

    Author : Felix Wehrmann; Ewert Bengtsson; Lennart Thurfjell; Fredrik Bergholm; Timothy Cootes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Bildanalys; image analysis; shape description; nonlinear modelling; manifold reconstruction; auto-associative neural network; Bildanalys; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

    Abstract : Mathematical models of classes of objects can significantly contribute to the analysis of digital images. A major problem in modelling is to establish suitable descriptions that cover not only a single object but also the variation that is usually present within a class of objects. READ MORE

  5. 3. A production of diversity : appearances, ideas, interests, actions, contradictions and praxis

    Author : Vedran Omanović; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; diversity; ethnography; critical theory; dialectic view; social-historical process;

    Abstract : A history of two management concepts, valuing diversity and managing diversity, has its cultural and historic origins in the U.S., or, more exactly, in the management/organizational literature produced in the U.S. READ MORE

  6. 4. Breast Cancer Prevention – lifestyle modifications or targeted interventions?

    Author : Öykü Boraka; LUCC: Lunds universitets cancercentrum; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; breast cancer; breast cancer prevention; physical activity; mammography; breast density;

    Abstract : Breast cancer is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer in the world. Breast cancer prevention has gained increasing attention due to increasing breast cancer incidence rates in the West and can be actualized through lifestyle modifications or targeted interventions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Organization of basal ganglia circuits

    Author : Daniel Fürth; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Anatomical regions and how we define boundaries between and within structures in the brain put a constraint on our understanding of the brain. More than a century of research on the brain has revealed its fundamental organization to be based on single nerve cells communicating through electrical signals over chemical synapses. READ MORE