Search for dissertations about: "icons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word icons.

  2. 1. Icons of disease : A philosophical inquiry into the semantics, phenomenology and ontology of the clinical conceptions of disease

    Author : Per Sundström; Lennart Nordenfelt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conceptions of disease; Clinical encounter; Life-world; Symbolic mediation; Philosophy of medicine; Medical ethics; Hermeneutics; Human organism; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The present study endeavers to answer the question: What are diseases in the clinical encounter between physician and patient? The answer supplied - actually, exposed and explicated throughout the study - is conceived in philosophical terms, engaging semantics, phenomenology, ethics and ontology.The methodological orientation of the study is humanistic and hermeneutical - besides the 'method' of philosophical discourse. READ MORE

  4. 2. Icons of New Public Management : four studies on competition, contracts and control

    Author : Roland M Almqvist; Ernst Jonsson; Björn Brorström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; competition; decentralization; management by contract; management control system; mechanisms of change; new public management; organizational reform; threat of competition; transformation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Public organizations have undergone major changes over the past few decades. The umbrella term used to characterize these changes in the style of public administration is ‘New Public Management’ (NPM). READ MORE

  5. 3. Producing, branding and managing multifaceted tourist destinations: Cartagena, Colombia, as a study case

    Author : Narcís Bassols Gardella; Antonio Paolo Russo; Andrew Smith; Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament de Geografia; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; tourism; destination making; destination management; place branding; destination marketing; sun and sand; heritage production; heritage management; built military heritage; urban development; city planning; stakeholders’ management; top-down branding; bottom-up branding; icons; multifaceted destinations; destination lifecycle; critical theory; critical geographies; Cartagena de Indias; Colombia; Caribbean; Latin America; turisme; màrqueting de destinacions; gestió de destinations; producció de destinacions; brànding territorial; sol i platja; producció de patrimoni; gestió del patrimoni; patrimoni militar construït; desenvolupament urbà; planificació urbana; management d’actors; brànding top-down; brànding bottom-up; icones; destinacions polifacètiques; cicle de vida de les destinacions; teoria crítica; geografia crítica; Cartagena d’Índies; Colòmbia; Carib; Amèrica Llatina.; Geography; Geografi;

    Abstract : The present dissertation intends to unveil some of the dynamics and processes found in multifaceted destinations. Two broad conceptual areas are considered in order to conceptualize and analyse the issues found in such places: destination making and destination management. READ MORE

  6. 4. A user-based evaluation of candidate telecommunication icons

    Author : Dominic Paul T. Piamonte; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknisk psykologi; Engineering Psychology;

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  7. 5. Integrative Analyses of Perception and Reaction to Information and Warning Sounds in Vehicles

    Author : Anders Sköld; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Methods; Emotions; Physiological reactions; Mediation; Auditory Icons; Auditory Alerts; Sound Quality; MDU;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis is to establish procedures to connect different types of data on auditory perception. This knowledge will lead to both a better understanding of perception in general, but also more efficient and cost effective methods for analyzing auditory perception data. READ MORE