Search for dissertations about: "distance"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1954 swedish dissertations containing the word distance.

  2. 6. Communities of Distance Education

    Author : Lars Svensson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; distance education; educational technology; learning-centre; online community; computer-mediated communication; communities of practice;

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  4. 7. The accessibility paradox : Everyday geographies of proximity, distance and mobility

    Author : Katarina Haugen; Kerstin Westin; Einar Holm; Örjan Pettersson; David Banister; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accessibility; proximity; distance; daily mobility; everyday life; residential conditions; spatial structure;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the importance of proximity and mobility, respectively, for individuals’ accessibility, as well as the relationship between these two key spatial dimensions of accessibility in the context of everyday life. The thesis is based upon three empirical research papers which focus on accessibility-related preferences, actual accessibility conditions, and travel patterns. READ MORE

  5. 8. Does distance matter? : On geographical dispersion in organisations

    Author : Jörgen Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Economic Information Systems; Ekonomiska informationssystem;

    Abstract : In the discussion on organisations and organisational form, several concepts have appeared to denote what is said to be new organisational forms. These concepts many times imply a geographical dispersion of organisations. READ MORE

  6. 9. Proximity and distance : challenges in person-centred care for diabetes specialist nurses in primary health care

    Author : Eva Boström; Åsa Hörnsten; Ulf Isaksson; Berit Lundman; Inger Ekman; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes specialist nurse; professional role; self-management support; type 2 diabetes; caring relation; power relation; person-centred care; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background Type 2 diabetes demands self-management over time, to maintain health and reduce the risk for diabetes complications. However, despite efforts, many persons with type 2 diabetes are not reaching the treatment targets. In diabetes, person-centred care and group education are recommended. READ MORE

  7. 10. Feeling Across Distance : Transnational Migration, Emotions, and Family Life Between Bolivia and Spain

    Author : Tania González-Fernández; Shahram Khosravi; Erik Olsson; Ninna Nyberg Sørensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; transnational families; emotion; affect; care; gender; life course; multi-sited ethnography; Bolivia; Spain; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

    Abstract : What are the relational dynamics of family life as it is lived across vast distances and over time? What underpins these relations, practices, and experiences of being apart and yet together? Based on a long-term multi-sited fieldwork carried out in Spain and Bolivia from 2013 to 2015, this study sets out to address these questions by investigating caring practices, mediated connections, (non)material exchanges, and lived experiences of “doing” and “feeling” family across borders. It conveys the story of ten families divided between Madrid and the Bolivian urban areas of Cochabamba, Sucre, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. READ MORE