Search for dissertations about: "personal mobility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the words personal mobility.

  2. 1. Doing Mobility

    Author : Alexandra Weilenmann; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mobility; mobile technology; ethnomethodology; conversationanalysis; ethnography; CSCW;

    Abstract : Despite the widespread adoption of mobile information and communication technology, there are still relatively few studies of their use. Previous studies often fail to capture the situated practicalities of mobility. READ MORE

  4. 2. The effectiveness of a full-mobility architecture for wireless mobile computing and personal communications

    Author : George Yuejin Liu; Gerald Maguire; Randy Katz; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mobile Computing; Mobile-API; Mobile Agent; Mobile Floating Agent; Intelligent Agent; Full-Mobility; Mobility Architecture; Mobility Awareness; Location Awareness; Location Prediction; Mobile Personal Communications.;

    Abstract : The emergence of wireless mobile computing, especially the mobility of computers, introduces challenging new problems that were encountered in neither the design and implementation of conventional mobile networks or in fixed computer networks. A critical and challenging problem, for mobile computing and personal communications, is how to fully cope with the special characteristics of the mobile wireless environment, i. READ MORE

  5. 3. Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm

    Author : Jessica Moberg; Tuija Hovi; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism.;

    Abstract : Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. READ MORE

  6. 4. Towards sustainable personal mobility with electric cars and buses

    Author : Sven Borén; Göran Broman; Henrik Ny; Louise Ödlund; Maria Grahn; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Strategic Sustainable Development; Transport Planning; Electric Vehicles; Testing; LCA; Mobility;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore if, and then how, electric cars and buses can contribute to sustainable personal mobility. Electric vehicles have increasingly been seen as a potential sustainable solution for the transport sector due to their high energy efficiency, close to zero emissions in the use phase, and the possibility to be powered by electricity from renewable resources. READ MORE

  7. 5. Family, disability and (im)mobility : geographies of families with wheelchair-using children with cerebral palsy

    Author : Emma Landby; Kerstin Westin; Doris A. Carson; Örjan Pettersson; Eva Thulin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family; disability; mobility; time geography; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : Mobility is important in shaping people’s lives and experiences through places visited and social interactions with other people. In families with children, mobilities are usually complex and include negotiations between various family members, affecting how they move about in time-space. READ MORE