Search for dissertations about: "value of home"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 130 swedish dissertations containing the words value of home.

  2. 1. The Archival Life of Home Movies : Regional Reflections and Negotiated Visions of a Shared Past

    Author : Ashley Smith; Malin Wahlberg; Patrick Vonderau; Patricia R. Zimmermann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Home movies; amateur film; non-theatrical film; moving images; archiving; film archives; American South; Mississippi; Jim Crow; race; whiteness; witnessing; ordinary; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the ways in which private home movies are transformed into curated archival objects. Through the concept of the archival home movie, it explores the impact of preservation and content description on access, use, and, thus, regional historiography. READ MORE

  4. 2. Facets of Gender : Analyses of the Family and the Labour Market

    Author : Marie Evertsson; Jan O. Jonsson; Paula England; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; housework; household work; gender equality; gender attitudes; dependence; labour market; children; family; on-the-job training; divorce; promotion; occupational change; division of work; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis contains four different studies on the dynamics of gender in households and workplaces. The relationship between family life and work life is in focus, particularly in the paper on labour market outcomes after divorce.In the introductory chapter, the Swedish context is briefly described. READ MORE

  5. 3. Smart Homes and User Values : Long-term evaluation of IT-services in Residential and Single Family Dwellings

    Author : Greger Sandström; Ulf Keijer; Brian Atkin; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; accessibility; developer; dwelling; construction process; evaluation; home; housing; information technology; intelligent building; long-term; model; post-occupancy evaluation; resident; service delivery; smart home; trust; usability; usefulness; user; user evaluation; user experience; user value; Architecture; Arkitektur;

    Abstract : Do residents find value in smart home functions? How should these functions be designed to offer user benefit? These were the governing questions of this study that involved nearly 200 families in three different housing projects during five years of occupancy. The housing units were equipped with advanced smart homes solutions, electronic and digital devices to control them, and a set of functions to increase comfort, safety and security in the homes. READ MORE

  6. 4. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure : preventive home visits among healthy seniors

    Author : Klas-Göran Sahlén; Lars Lindholm; Lars Dahlgren; Carsten Hendriksen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; preventive home visits; mortality; care utilisation; senior production; cost effectiveness; realist synthesis; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap; hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; health services research;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to contribute to existing knowledge. If the knowledge is not useful in building society it has limited value. In order to be a tool for decision-makers, Preventive Home Visits (PHVs) are described and discussed according to a realist synthesis approach. READ MORE

  7. 5. Quality of care and assessment of health among elderly in actue care

    Author : Inger Johansson; Mona Kihlgren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : assessment; elderly; health; quality of life; sense of coherence; organisation of care; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : This thesis describes nursing staff's opinion of quality of care and work satisfaction and elderly patients' perception of health, functional capacity, quality of life and sense of coherence (SOC) from a prognostic point of view. The research was performed within several surgical and orthopaedic wards, and different instruments were developed and tested for reliability and validity. READ MORE