Search for dissertations about: "human behavior"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 589 swedish dissertations containing the words human behavior.
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1. Human mobility behavior : Transport mode detection by GPS data
Abstract : GPS tracking data are widely used to understand human travel behavior and to evaluate the impact of travel. A major advantage with the usage of GPS tracking devices for collecting data is that it enables the researcher to collect large amounts of highly accurate and detailed human mobility data. READ MORE
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2. Human Pheromones : Psychological and Neurological Modulation of a Putative Human Pheromone
Abstract : The notion that humans have specialized chemicals used for communication between conspecifics, so-called pheromones, has attracted much attention and discussion. This thesis demonstrates in four separate studies that a human endogenous steroidal compound that is abundant in male sweat, androstadienone, affects women in several ways that differ to that of common odors. READ MORE
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3. Human Rationality : Observing or Inferring Reality
Abstract : This thesis investigates the boundary of human rationality and how psychological processes interact with underlying regularities in the environment and affect beliefs and achievement. Two common modes in everyday experiential learning, supervised and unsupervised learning were hypothesized to tap different ecological and epistemological approaches to human adaptation; the Brunswikian and the Gibsonian approach. READ MORE
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4. Human Lean : Combining Sense of Coherence and Lean to achieve productivity and health
Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to identify barriers to and supportive factors for Lean implementation and to investigate how application of the Sense of Coherence (SOC) theory combined with Lean philosophy may affect health and productivity. The thesis is based on five studies. READ MORE
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5. Protected Attractions : Tourism and Wilderness in the Swedish Mountain Region
Abstract : Europe's first national parks were established in northern Sweden in 1909 and this region has thus functioned as a protected and aesthetic pleasure landscape for a century. In 1996, due to the combination of spectacular natural environment and ancient Sami traditions the Laponian World Heritage Area was established here. READ MORE