Search for dissertations about: "emergence theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 157 swedish dissertations containing the words emergence theory.

2. 1. The Quest for M-theory

   Author : Ulf Gran; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; supersymmetry; solitons; gauge symmetry; M-theory; string theory; duality; p-branes; D-branes; superspace; supergravity;

   Abstract : In ten dimensions, there exist five consistent string theories and in eleven dimensions there is a unique supergravity theory. When trying to find the fundamental theory of nature this is clearly an "embarrassment of riches". In the mid 90s, however, it was discovered that these theories are all related via a kind of transformation called duality. READ MORE

4. 2. Ships, clouds, and waves : understanding ecosystems in traditional industries

   Author : Peter Gustafsson; Zsuzsanna Vincze; Sujith Nair; Llewellyn D.W. Thomas; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ecosystems; Orchestration; Emergence; Traditional Industries; Shipbuilding; Resource Dependence Theory; Collective Action Theory; Corporate Political Activity;

   Abstract : This dissertation builds on a jointly phenomenological and theoretical approach to investigate how traditional industries face challenges related to ecosystem innovation. Phenomenologically, it investigates how innovation within the shipbuilding industry affects the activities performed by firms that have traditionally filled the role of suppliers to shipyards. READ MORE

5. 3. Emergence of words : Multisensory precursors of sound-meaning associations in infancy

   Author : Eeva Klintfors; Francisco Lacerda; Daniel Swingley; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language acquisition; word acquisition; auditory-visual; multisensory; sound-meaning association; distributional learning; perceptual salience; infancy; språkinlärning; ordinlärning; audio-visuell; multisensorisk; förbindelser mellan ljud och betydelse; distributionell inlärning; perceptuell prominens; spädbarn; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

   Abstract : This thesis presents four experimental studies, carried out at the Phonetic laboratory, Stockholm University, on infants’ ability to establish auditory-visual sound-meaning associations as a precursor of early word acquisition. Study I reports on the effect of linguistic variance on infants’ ability (3- to 20-months) to establish sound-meaning associations. READ MORE

6. 4. Embodied Rituals and Ritualized Bodies : Tracing Ritual Practcies in Late Mesolithic Burials

   Author : Liv Nilsson Stutz; Timothy Taylor; Arkeologi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archaeothantology; mortuary archaeology; ritual theory; body theory; practice theory; mesolithic; Archaeology; Arkeologi; anthropologie de terrain; mortuary practices; ritual; Mesolithic; practice theory; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the ritual dimensions of the mortuary practices in the late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm in Southern Sweden and Vedbæk-Bøgebakken in Eastern Denmark. With a combination of methods and theories that all focus on the ritual practices as action, a new approach to burials in archaeology is proposed. READ MORE

7. 5. Analysing the emergence of risk : - an opportunity for patient safety

   Author : Jakob Svensson; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Patient safety; Psychiatry; Risk; Emergence; Performance variability; adaptive capacities;

   Abstract : The notion of patient safety entails protecting patients from preventable harm. This thesis presents suggestions on how the healthcare system, notably psychiatric healthcare, can understand and analyse patient safety risk as an emergent property of everyday interactions and relations. This view has itsconceptual roots in complexity theory. READ MORE