Search for dissertations about: "dining"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the word dining.
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1. Dazzling Dining : Banquets as an Expression of Imperial Legitimacy
Abstract : This study examines how banquets hosted by the Roman emperor were vehicles of imperial propaganda and expressions of the ruler’s political legitimation. The focus will be on the banquets held in the palace of Domus Augustana in Rome and in the Great Palace in Constantinople during the period AD 330-580. READ MORE
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2. The bourgeoisie in the dining-room : meal ritual and cultural process in Parisian families of today
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3. The sacrificial rituals of Greek hero-cults in the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods
Abstract : This study questions the traditional view of sacrifices in hero-cults during the Archaic to the early Hellenistic periods (c. 700-300 BC) as consisting mainly in holocausts, rituals focusing on the blood of the animal victim and the presentation of meals, and rarely in thysia sacrifices followed by collective dining. READ MORE
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4. Noise in the preschool : health and preventive measures
Abstract : This thesis is based on noise recordings and health evaluations carried out at preschools in the northern part of Sweden. Sound level recordings were made on individuals and by use of stationary devices in dining rooms and play halls. Health evaluations were based on ratings by use of questionnaires and by analyses of cortisol. READ MORE
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5. Common spaces in assisted living for older persons. Aspects of usability from the residential and workplace perspectives
Abstract : This thesis is about space. It assumes that space forms a necessary part of the structure of existence. The architectural space becomes an existential space in the encounter with the user. Common unit spaces in assisted living (AL) for older persons are the principal venue for social interaction and have no parallel in ordinary housing. READ MORE