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Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 swedish dissertations containing the word watching.

  2. 6. Ecology, tourism and management of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)

    Author : Sandra M. Granquist; Anders Angerbjörn; Per-Åke Nilsson; Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir; Arne Bjørge; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Harbour seals; Phoca vitulina; ecology; tourism; wildlife; disturbance; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : In cases where human and wildlife are co-using the same geographical areas and resources, management issues often get complex and stakeholder conflicts are common. The Icelandic harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) population is rapidly decreasing, but direct culling of seals still occurs. READ MORE

  4. 7. Cues, Conformity, and Choice Architecture : Empirical Essays on Influence

    Author : Mathias Ekström; Yves Zenou; Robert Östling; Rupert Sausgruber; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social interactions; Peer effects; Conformity; Status quo bias; Default option; Choice architecture; Altruism; Cues; Reputation; Behavioral economics; Field experiment; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three papers summarized as follows. “Can Indifference Make the World Greener?” We test whether the default option can nudge people to save resources in a simple, non-dynamic, decision task with only two alternatives, and where people have been explicitly informed about the recommended course of action. READ MORE

  5. 8. Efficient Software Implementation of Stream Programs

    Author : Gustav Cedersjö; Institutionen för datavetenskap; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; stream programs; dataflow with firing; Kahn processes; compilers; actor machine;

    Abstract : The way we use computers and mobile phones today requires large amounts of processing of data streams. Examples include digital signal processing for wireless transmission, audio and video coding for recording and watching videos, and noise reduction for the phone calls. READ MORE

  6. 9. Nano-segregated soft materials observed by NMR spectroscopy

    Author : Anton Frise; István Furó; Monika Schönhoff; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; nuclear magnetic resonance; soft matter; colloidal dispersion; carbon nanotubes; colloidal silica; adsorption; liquid crystals; ionic liquids; diffusion; Physical chemistry; Fysikalisk kemi;

    Abstract : This thesis is about using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for studying soft materials. Soft materials may be encountered everyday by most readers of this thesis, for example when taking a shower or watching TV. The usefulness of these materials originates from them being soft yet, at the same time, having some kind of a structure. READ MORE

  7. 10. Televisionization : Enactments of TV Experiences in Novels from 1970 to 2010

    Author : Claudia Weber; Claudia Egerer; Julia Faisst; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; televisionization; television culture; TV experiences; Tichi; teleconsciousness; Deuze; media life; reality TV; validation; Baudrillard; hyperreality; telemorphosis; English; engelska;

    Abstract : TV’s conquest of the American household in the period from the 1940s to the 1960s went hand in hand with critical discussions that revolved around the disastrous impact of television consumption on the viewer. To this day, watching television is connected with anxieties about the trivialization and banalization of society. READ MORE