Search for dissertations about: "companionship perspective"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words companionship perspective.

2. 1. Robotic Companionship : The Making of Anthropomatic Kitchen Robots in Queer Feminist Technoscience Perspective

   Author : Pat Treusch; Sabine Hark; Cecilia Åsberg; Lissa Holloway-Attaway; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Geschlecht; sozio-technische Imagination; menschenähnliche Roboter; Anthropomatik; Robot Companions; Küchen-Robotik; Technoscience Studies; feministische Posthumanwissenschaften; Apparate körperlicher Produktion; feministischer Materialismus; Mensch-Maschine-Verhältnisse; Genus; sociotekniska föreställningar; människolika robotar; robotsällskap; köksrobotar; technovetenskap; feministisk posthumaniora; kroppsproduktionsapparat; feministisk materialism; människa-maskin relationer;

   Abstract : Specific machines furnish the contemporary socio-technical imaginary: ‘Robot companions’ that supposedly herald the age of robots, an age that is signified by the realization of robot technologies that are taking over labor from humans in every sphere of ‘everyday human lives’. How do we want these robot companions to work and look and how do we want to live with these machines?  This thesis explores the engineering of relating humans and machines in the specific context of contemporary robotics from a queer feminist technoscience perspective. READ MORE

4. 2. Stone Age Companions: Humans and animals in hunter-gatherer burials in north-eastern Europe

   Author : Aija Macane; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; human–animal relationships; relational ontologies; companionship perspective; burial archaeology; mortuary practices; zooarchaeology; hunter-gatherers; Stone Age; Mesolithic; Neolithic; north-eastern Europe; southern Sweden; Latvia; central European Russia;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the relationships between humans and animals in their mutual environment and how these relationships were expressed in the burial practices of northern foragers. The empirical research material consists of animal remains, particularly animal tooth pendants, deposited in graves at Zvejnieki (Latvia), Skateholm I and II (Sweden) and Sakhtysh II and IIa (Russia) cemeteries. READ MORE

5. 3. Patients’ perceptions of actual care conditions and patient satisfaction with care quality in hospital

   Author : Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl; Bodil Wilde Larsson; Marie-Louise Hall-Lord; Ingela Karlsson; Bengt Fridlund; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emotion; external care conditions; inpatient; patient perspective; patient satisfaction; person-related conditions; quality of care; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : There are theoretical and methodological difficulties in measuring the concepts of quality of care and patient satisfaction, and the conditions associated with these concepts. A theoretical framework of patient satisfaction and a theoretical model of quality of care have been used as the theoretical basis in this thesis. Aim. READ MORE

6. 4. Lifestyle habits and quality of life in established rheumatoid arthritis

   Author : Karina Malm; Reumatologi och molekylär skelettbiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, and systemic disease of unknown aetiology that affects 0.5‒1.0% of the population in Europe, more women than men. READ MORE

7. 5. Social support for physical activity among adolescents

   Author : Sofia Bunke; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adolescent youth; physical activity exercise; intention; social influence; social support; health well-being; health behaviour;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to enhance our understanding of social support for physical activity among adolescents. Earlier findings show inconsistent results with regard to the importance of social support. The present thesis includes three empirical studies examining adolescents (16-18 years) during their years in high-school. READ MORE