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1. 1. Artefactual Intelligence: The Development and Use of Cognitively Congenial Artefacts

   Författare :David de Léon; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pervasive computing; affective computing; persuasive computing; Psychology; Psykologi; computer-mediated extrospection; precommitment; self-control; situated cognition; distributed motivation; cognitive ethnography; distributed cognition; cognitive biographies; redesign; task–artefact cycle; artefact evolution; artefact design; task structure; cognitive task; cognitive congeniality; artefactual intelligence; cognitive artefacts; task environment; tools; Cognition; artefacts; ubiquitous computing;

   Sammanfattning : How can tools help structure tasks to make them cognitively easier to perform? How do artefacts, and our strategies for using them, develop over time in cognitively beneficial ways? These are two of the main questions that are explored in the five papers collected in this thesis. The first paper details an ethnographic study conducted on people cooking in their homes. LÄS MER

3. 2. Noise in the school environment : Memory and Annoyance

   Författare :Eva Boman; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Noise; meaningful irrelevant speech; road traffic noise; memory; age group; school environment; pupils; teachers;

   Sammanfattning : Objectives.The general objectives of this dissertationwere to examine the effects of acute exposure to meaningfulirrelevant speech and road traffic noise on memory performance,and to explore annoyance responses to noise exposure in theschool environment for pupils and teachers in different agegroups.Methods. LÄS MER

4. 3. Matematiska resonemang i en lärandemiljö med dynamiska matematikprogram

   Författare :Mats Brunström; Kenneth Ruthven; Arne Engström; Anne Berit Fuglestad; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematical reasoning; Task design; Dynamic mathematics software; matematiska resonemang; uppgiftsdesign; dynamiska matematikprogram; Matematik; Mathematics;

   Sammanfattning : The overall problem that formed the basis for this thesis is that students get limited opportunity to develop their mathematical reasoning ability while, at the same time, there are dynamic mathematics software available which can be used to foster this ability. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to knowledge in this area by focusing on task design in a dynamic software environment and by studying the reasoning that emerges when students work on tasks in such an environment. LÄS MER

5. 4. Andrahandskontrakt i folkhemmet : närmiljö och kvinnors förändringsstrategier

   Författare :Katarina Larsson; Thord Strömberg; Ann-Sofie Ohlander; Ulla Ekström von Essen; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Historia; Women´s organisations; municipal planning; local environment; reproductive work; laundry; collective service flats; child care; political influence; regime theory; gender relations; historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of three studies of problem areas from the 1940s and 1950s, in which women’s organisations in Örebro - a middle-sized Swedish town – demanded that municipal planning of the local environment should ensure that reproductive work, i.e. housework and care work, was organised in a way deemed satisfactory by women. LÄS MER

7. 5. Solid Waste Landfills in an Arid Environment : Site Selection and Design

   Författare :Ali Chabuk; Jan Laue; Nadhir Al-Ansari; Sven Knutsson; Hussain M. Hussain; Roland Pusch; Rafid Alkhaddar; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Landfill; Arid Environment; Site selection; Design; Babylon; Iraq; Soil Mechanics; Geoteknik;

   Sammanfattning : Selecting landfill sites is considered a complicated task because its whole process is based upon several factors and restrictions. This study shows the present status of solid waste management, sources, collection personnel, machinery and equipment that are involved in the waste collection process, financing and financial management for the major cities of the Babylon Governorate in Iraq (Al-Hillah, Al-Qasim, Al-Mahawil, Al-Hashimiyah and Al-Musayiab). LÄS MER