Sökning: "Body techniques"

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  1. 1. Human body composition. Reference data and anthropometric equations. The metabolic syndrome and risk

    Författare :Ingrid Larsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :adults; anthropometry; atherosclerotic morbidity; body composition; body fat; cardiovascular disease; DEXA; dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; fat-free mass; FFM; humans; metabolic syndrome; morbidity; mortality; prediction equations; randomly selected sample; reference data; sagittal trunk diameter; TBK; total body potassium; waist circumference;

    Sammanfattning : The determination of body composition is a key to the understanding of the relation between obesity and disease. In order to evaluate body composition data, reference values are needed. Since methods with high validity and reproducibility are expensive and often time consuming, simpler techniques based on anthropometry are needed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Le c?ur, l?�me et le corps : Expressions de l?intime f�minin dans sept romans du XIXe si�cle et de l?extr�me contemporain

    Författare :Sophie Guignard; Sylviane Robardey-Eppstein; Shirley Jordan; Diana Holmes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; French novels; « intime »; intimate; women writers; 19th century; extreme contemporary; heart; soul; body; psychoanalysis; feminist theory; semiotics; Claire de Duras; George Sand; Rachilde; Calixthe Beyala; Claire Castillon; Carole Martinez; Marie NDiaye.; Romance Languages; Romanska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines representations of the intimate as experienced by female protagonists, through expressions related to the heart, the soul and the body, in a comparative study of novels by French women writers from the 19th century and the present day. The corpus consists of seven novels : Ourika by Claire de Duras (1822), Lélia by George Sand (1833 & 1839), Monsieur Vénus. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Bring Your Body into Action : Body Gesture Detection, Tracking, and Analysis for Natural Interaction

    Författare :Farid Abedan Kondori; Li Liu; Juyang Weng; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Human Well-Being; Bodily Interaction; Natural Interaction; Human Motion Analysis; Active Motion Estimation; Direct Motion Estimation; Head Pose Estimation; Hand Pose Estimation.; signalbehandling; Signal Processing; datoriserad bildanalys; Computerized Image Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Due to the large influx of computers in our daily lives, human-computer interaction has become crucially important. For a long time, focusing on what users need has been critical for designing interaction methods. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Kroppsliggörande, erfarenhet och pedagogiska processer : en undersökning av lärande av kroppstekniker

    Författare :Joacim Andersson; Leif Östman; Marie Öhman; Håkan Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Experience; Body techniques; Body pedagogics; Learning; Meaning making; pragmatism; Sailing; Pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to theoretically explore and empirically analyse practical embodied knowledge in educational settings. In accordance to this aim an approach of body pedagogics is used in combination with classical pragmatism, using foremost William James’ and John Dewey’s concepts of experience, meaning, inquiry and habit. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Arkitekturens kroppslighet. Staden som terräng

    Författare :Emma Nilsson; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Terrain; material culture; ubiquitous gaming; gameplay; relational architecture; play; traceur; parkour; Night Climbers of Cambridge; ANT; body materiality; body techniques; corporality;

    Sammanfattning : Beginning with the notion that spatial and material qualities of architecture set limits and create conditions for how we make use of it, the overall aim and ambition of this thesis is to develop this notion and to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationships that are produced between the materiality of architecture and a bodily appropriation of it. To investigate this the thesis establishes two concepts: corporality and terrain. LÄS MER