Sökning: "Age effect"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 1849 avhandlingar innehållade orden Age effect.
1. Unequal Valuations of Lives and What to Do About It : The Role of Identifiability, Numbers, and Age in Charitable Giving
Sammanfattning : Many people choose to donate money to help victims of humanitarian crises. However, people’s donation decisions often fail to reflect that all victims are equally valuable to help. Instead, some victims seem to be favored. LÄS MER
2. Estimation of Speaker Age : Effects of Speech Properties and Speech Material
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to investigate factors related to accuracy in estimation of speaker age and the role of certain speech properties in perception and manipulation of speaker age, as well as their interaction with the speech material that the age estimates were based on. This thesis consists of three studies. LÄS MER
3. The age of transported scalars in fluid mechanics
Sammanfattning : Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is applied to the reacting flow in the freeboard of a 30MW biofuel fired grate furnace and results are validated by comparison with data from an extensive measurement campaign. The influence of the fuel bed model on the results of the freeboard model is investigated. LÄS MER
4. Perspectives from a human-centred archaeology : Iron Age people and society on Öland
Sammanfattning : The objective of this study was to develop, test and evaluate a specifically defined interdisciplinary approach—the human-centred approach—as applied to a case study, Iron Age Öland. Four themes were selected to highlight different aspects of particular interest in Öland: taphonomy, diet, migration, and social organization. LÄS MER
5. The widowhood effect : Studies on mortality among Swedish widows and widowers
Sammanfattning : Spousal loss is a common experience associated with old age, and a major life-event that entails a period of intense suffering for most individuals. In addition to emotional shock and grief, the period after spousal loss is often characterized by vast changes in many areas of the surviving spouse’s life, from everyday habits to financial security. LÄS MER