Search for dissertations about: "fundamental studies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 1467 swedish dissertations containing the words fundamental studies.

2. 11. Desire Lines : Towards a Queer Digital Media Phenomenology

   Author : Matilda Tudor; Stina Bengtsson; Sharif Mowlabocus; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; digital media; queer; Russia; phenomenology; space; time; mobility; visibility; embodiment; discontinuity; Hornet; Growlr; VKontakte; Mamba; digitalt mediebruk; queer; Ryssland; fenomenologi; tid och rum; mobilitet; synlighet; kroppslighet; diskontinuitet; Hornet; Growlr; Vkontakte; Mamba; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores ways in which “queer digital media use” co-produces senses of space, time, and queer being in contemporary Russia. Considering the particular implications of (in)visibility for queer living, and the importance of compartmentalizing conflicting spheres, the study provides a grounded account of queer life lived with and through digital media in a context currently characterized by “anti-gay” sentiments. READ MORE

4. 12. Innovative Security Business : Innovation, Standardization, and Industry Dynamics in the Swedish Security Sector, 1992–2012

   Author : David Birksjö; Marcus Box; Karl Gratzer; Jerker Moodysson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; innovation output; industrial innovation patterns; standardization; industry dynamics; the Swedish security guard industry and security sector; service industries; mature industries; low-technology industries; innovation measurements and indicators; Literature-based Innovation Output Approach; patents; trademarks; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this dissertation is to generate new knowledge on innovation output and standardization in industries where innovation output typically is considered sparse. This is done through the longitudinal study of the Swedish security guard industry and security sector 1992-2012. READ MORE

5. 13. Micro-scale studies of wear

   Author : Rickard Gåhlin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Materials science; Wear; micro-scale; methods; fundamental studies; AFM; micromechanical; Materialvetenskap; Materials science; Teknisk materialvetenskap; materialvetenskap; Materials Science;

   Abstract : The development of materials for tribological components is constantly striving to more sophisticated properties, specialised for specific applications. This progress requires and depends to a large extent on a parallel development of the theoretical knowledge of wear and on development of the experimental tools for investigating wear in the research lab as well as in the field. READ MORE

6. 14. Patterning the Dutch Compact City

   Author : David Chapman; Matthew Carmona; David Banister; Bartlett School of Planning University College London; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Abstract : A major challenge to town planners in Britain is to help fulfil current and future housing need in a sustainable manner and avoid excessive development land take.This thesis therefore establishes what future development models are currently under debate and undertakes extensive research into Governments preferred option the 'Compact City'. READ MORE

7. 15. The True Story of Alice B. Toklas : Almost the Same but not Quite/not Straight in the Toklas Autobiographies

   Author : Anna Linzie; Rolf Lundén; Ann Fisher-Wirth; Robyn Wiegman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; autobiography; sexuality; textuality; repetition; supplementarity; mimicry; authorship; writing; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; Comparative Literature;

   Abstract : This study investigates three texts that can be provisionally defined as “Toklas autobiographies,” or inscriptions of “the true story of Alice B. Toklas.” These are Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) and The Alice B. READ MORE