Sökning: "hope"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 535 avhandlingar innehållade ordet hope.

1. 1. Hope Rites : An Ethnographic Study of Mechanical Help-Heart Implantation Treatment

   Författare :Haris Agic; Marja-Liisa Honkasalo; Lars-Christer Hydén; Robert Desjarlais; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Medical technology; uncertainty; ritual; emotions; ethnography; liminality; end-stage heart failure; mechanical help-heart; progress; hope.; Medicinsk teknologi; ovisshet; ritual; emotioner; etnografi; liminalitet; akut svår hjärtsvikt; mekaniskt hjälphjärta; framsteg; hopp.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about cultural aspects of advanced medical technology for treating end-stage heart failure. New medical technologies like mechanical help-hearts save lives, but they also bring new uncertainties, risks, and challenges. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Use of Hope : Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency

   Författare :Claes Tängh Wrangel; Maria Stern; Claudia Aradau; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hope; biopolitics; Agamben; Obama; security; development; pub- lic diplomacy; resilience; radicalisation; counterterrorism; strategic narra- tives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis.; Biopolitiks; Hope; Agamben; Obama; Security; Development; Radicalization; Counterterrorism; Resilience; Strategic narratives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis; ;

   Sammanfattning : Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt processes of radicalisation and, on the other hand, to prepare the subject of security to cope with permanent insecurity. LÄS MER

4. 3. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and Hope

   Författare :Tove Godskesen; Ulrik Kihlbom; Peter Nygren; Karin Nordin; Peter Strang; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cancer; adults; clinical trials; phase 1 trials; phase 3 trials; patient information; patient education; informed consent; hope;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study participants' understanding of clinical cancer trials, and their motivation for participation. Of particular interest was the question of whether the patients hoped for a cure resulting from the trial. LÄS MER

5. 4. Deal of the day : an assessment of a new form of sales promotion

   Författare :Edward Boon; Esmail Salehi-Sangari; J. Schau Hope; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :deal of the day; marketing; sales promotion; consumer segmentation; purchase behavior;

   Sammanfattning : Deal of the day is a new business model that has been adopted by thousands of companies worldwide. For marketers and consumers, deal of the day is a form of sales promotion in which an intermediary manages a list of subscribers, and allows merchants access to promote their offerings at a discount, in exchange for a commission. LÄS MER

7. 5. The evolution of markets - A service ecosystems perspective

   Författare :Kaisa Koskela-Huotari; Per Skålén; Bo Edvardsson; Stephen L. Vargo; Hope Schau; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Market; innovation; market evolution; service ecosystems; institutions; institutional change; value cocreation; service-dominant logic; conceptual research; transdisciplinary research; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This conceptual dissertation aims to build an integrative and transdisciplinary framework of market evolution by reconnecting the study of innovations and markets, with help from the service ecosystems perspective. The service ecosystems perspective offers a processual, systemic, and institutional view on value creation, which is grounded in the axiomatic assumptions of service-dominant (S-D) logic. LÄS MER