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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 77 avhandlingar innehållade ordet grasping.

1. 21. Grasping Technology, Assessing Craft. Developing a Research Method for the Study of Craft-Tradition

   Författare :Ulla Isabel Zagal-Mach Wolfe; Arkeologi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Craft-tradition; craft; technology; habitus; object; sail; textile production; maritime technology; experimental archaeology; Migration and Vendel period; Scania;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with the subject of craft and technology and the intricate connection between man, his objects and society. When archaeologists study social and cultural structures and phenomena, it is understood that the objects have been created and crafted by people, but the weight of this fact is not always recognized. LÄS MER

3. 22. Dealing with uncertainty

   Författare :Jonas Clausen Mork; John Cantwell; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Terje Aven; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; safety factor; safety margin; uncertainty factor; uncertainty function; uncertainty; information; risk; risk assessment; risk management; epistemology; science; reasoning;

   Sammanfattning : Uncertainty is, it seems, more or less constantly present in our lives. Even so, grasping the concept philosophically is far from trivial. In this doctoral thesis, uncertainty and its conceptual companion information are studied. Axiomatic analyses are provided and numerical measures suggested. LÄS MER

4. 23. Discharges in human muscle afferents during manual tasks

   Författare :Michael Dimitriou; Benoni Edin; Roger Lemon; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; motor control; muscle spindle; Golgi tendon organ; muscle afferent; microneurography; proprioception; sensorimotor; fusimotor; hand; forward model; ; Neuroscience; Neurovetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Muscle spindles are complex sensory organs that have been strongly implicated in the control and perception of movements. Human muscle spindles in relaxed muscles behave as stretch receptors, responding to the length and velocity of their parent muscles. LÄS MER

5. 24. On sensory feedback in hand prostheses

   Författare :Christian Antfolk; Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknik; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Prosthetic hands; sensory feedback.;

   Sammanfattning : Amputation of the hand implies the loss of the ability to grasp and the ability to "feel". The grasping function can be primitively restored using an active prosthesis. Multi­articulating electrically powered hands have recently made their way to the market and these hands provide enhanced grasping and gripping capabilities. LÄS MER

7. 25. Den arbetande gommen : vinprovarens dubbla grepp, från analys till upplevelse

   Författare :Anders P. F. Herdenstam; Maria Hammarén; Pehr Sällström; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wine; skill; training; experience; judgement; dialogue; language; metaphores; analogical thinking; intransitive understanding; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Aesthetics; Estetik; Måltidskunskap; Culinary Arts and Meal Science;

   Sammanfattning : Can art express things that science can´t? Communicating experiences of wine attributes is one important part of the practical knowledge of professional wine tasters working in different contexts. A central question concerns how common terms and concepts emerge and how they are communicated in wine tasting situations. LÄS MER