Advanced search

Showing result 6 - 10 of 47 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  2. 6. "We can make new history here" : Rituals of producing history in Swedish football clubs

    Author : Katarzyna Herd; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Keywords : History; Football; AIK; Djurgårdens IF; Helsingborgs IF; Malmö FF; Collective memory; ritual; myth; Ethnology; narrativity; supporters; intertextuality;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates how history is produced, what roles it plays, and what forms it takes in four Swedish football clubs – AIK, Djurgårdens IF, Helsingborgs IF and Malmö FF. The overreaching aim is to describe and analyse how history is produced and performed in football clubs, and the implications this development has for football and for the understanding of history. READ MORE

  4. 7. Football on mobile phones : algorithms, architectures and quality of experience in streaming video

    Author : Jiong Sun; Haibo Li; Fernando Pereira; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Electrical engineering; Quality of Experience; Wyner-Ziv coding; Universal Multimedia Access; motion estimation; Dynamic Programming; traffic prediction; utility function; vibrotactile; Elektroteknik; elektronik och fotonik; Electronics; elektronik;

    Abstract : In this thesis we study algorithms and architectures that can provide a better Quality of Experience (QoE) for streaming video systems and services. With cases and examples taken from the application scenarios of football on mobile phones, we address the fundamental problems behind streaming video services. READ MORE

  5. 8. The influence of match events on injury incidence during male World Cup football - Epidemiological studies and video analysis of injuries

    Author : Jaakko Ryynänen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Epidemiology; Sporting injuries; Football;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to assess the effect of game-related match events on the variation in injury incidence in top-level male football. Specifically, the primary aims were to investigate: (1) a possible relationship between injury incidence and changes in the (goal) score, playing position and recovery time, (2) differences between foul play injuries and non-foul play injuries with regard to the match circumstances in which they occur, (3) the relationship between the number of fouls and injuries per match, as well as (4) a possible relationship between injury incidence and goals, injuries, as well as red and yellow cards. READ MORE

  6. 9. Knee ligament injuries in male professional football players

    Author : Matilda Lundblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; knee; ligament; MCL; LCL; ACL; PCL; professional football;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Knee ligament injuries are common in professional football and entail a significant time loss from football, but studies of knee ligament injuries other than anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are scarce. The aim of this thesis was prospectively to study the epidemiology and characteristics of medial collateral ligament (MCL), lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries in male professional football players with the main emphasis on MCL injuries. READ MORE

  7. 10. Injuries among female football players

    Author : Inger Jacobson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sjukgymnastik; Physiotherapy;

    Abstract : Background: Football is a popular female team sport played by approximately 40 million women in over 100 countries all over the world. In Sweden football is the largest female team sport with more than 56,000 players over 15 years of age. READ MORE