Search for dissertations about: "social isolation Information system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words social isolation Information system.

2. 1. Worse than Complex

   Author : Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

   Abstract : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. READ MORE

4. 2. Teaching and Learning Concurrent Programming in the Shared Memory Model

   Author : Filip Strömbäck; Linda Mannila; Mariam Kamkar; Christoph Kessler; Mikko-Jussi Laakso; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Concurrency; Synchronization; Programming; Computer science education; Visualization; Progvis;

   Abstract : The performance of computational devices is steadily increasing. Recently, the main contributor to the increasing performance has been an increasing number of cores rather than increased performance for individual cores. READ MORE

5. 3. E-health and information- and communication technology (ICT) as support systems for older family caregivers in rural areas

   Author : Madeleine Blusi; Mats Jong; Stefan Sävenstedt; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caregiver support; e-health; family caregivers; ICT; isolation; rural health; web-camera interviews; anhörigstöd; e-hälsa; informations- och kommunikationsteknologi; IKT; isolering; glesbygd; web-kamera intervjuer;

   Abstract : The overall objective of the thesis was to investigate how older family caregivers in rural areas experienced participation in an e-health based caregiver support system. Participants were 95 caregivers allocated to intervention group (n=63) and control group (n=32). READ MORE

6. 4. Development of an Internet Based Videoconferencing System for ACTION (Assisting Careers using Telematic Interventions to meet Older persons Needs

   Author : Liina Savolainen; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : The demographic trends in Sweden show that the population is growing older. The society is facing new challenges in providing a good and coste ective health care system. Many frail older people are taking care of their partner in their own homes: they become informal family carers without any prior nursing knowledge. READ MORE

7. 5. Negotiations as Usual. Putting Domestic Constraints on the Table in the Council of the European Union

   Author : Markus Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Negotiations; Council of the European Union; Domestic constraints; Two-level games;

   Abstract : The argument developed in this thesis is that negotiations in the Council of the European Union cannot be understood in isolation from the domestic politics of the member states. Building on the logic of Robert Putnam’s two-level game theory, and the fact that negotiated EU agreements need to gain support from vital parts of the governments’ domestic constituencies, government negotiators are constrained by their domestic political actors. READ MORE