Search for dissertations about: "impressions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 51 swedish dissertations containing the word impressions.
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1. Engineering Emotional Values in Product Design : Kansei Engineering in Development
Abstract : Feelings and impressions of a product are important for the decision of purchasing it or not. Designing attractive products therefore requires knowledge about the feelings and impressions the products evoke on the customer and the user. READ MORE
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2. The Novelty in the Uncanny : Designing Interactions to Change First Impressions
Abstract : In 1970, Japanese researcher Masahiro Mori published a seminal paper where he hypothesized that robots that appear human-like but are still distinguishable from being human would not attract people towards them, but instead cause an uncanny sensation. This phenomenon, known as the uncanny valley effect, has been widely studied within the social robotics community, and a multitude of experiments have since been conducted supporting Mori's hypothesis. READ MORE
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3. Virtual three-dimensional analysis of digitized dental impressions and stone replicas
Abstract : In response to increasing patient awareness of esthetic dental rehabilitation, the preference today is for all-ceramic restorations, which show superior biocompatibility and similar light characteristics to the natural tooth. The fit of a dental restoration depends on quality throughout the entire manufacturing process. READ MORE
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4. Shape from shading, colour constancy, and deutan colour vision deficiencies
Abstract : Four studies including ten experiments adresses interrelations between some major and classical issues in visual perception: 3-D perception, colour constancy, colour perception and colour vision deficiencies. The main experimental paradigm to investigate the issues is within that of simulated shape from shading. READ MORE
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5. Disgraced : A study of narrative identity in organizations that suffer crises of confidence
Abstract : This thesis investigates the interface between external impressions of an organization, often referred to as its brand and image, and internal expressions, its culture and the identity of its employees, in organizations that have suffered crises of confidence. More specifically, the thesis seeks to problematize the alignment ideal in the corporate branding perspective (de Chernatony, 2001; Harris and de Chernatony, 2001; Hatch and Schultz, 2001 and Balmer and Sonen, 1999), which suggests that organizations should actively seek to realign external and internal impressions, in cases where they have become misaligned. READ MORE