Sökning: "Blind People"

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  1. 1. Essays on Urban Economics

    Författare :Ina Blind; Matz Dahlberg; Olof Åslund; Christine Whitehead; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure investment; commuting; job access; public transit; labor market outcomes; migration; residential sorting; residential segregation; housing mix; tenure type mix; mosques; call to prayer; house prices; neighborhood dynamics; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact of commuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Omsorgens pris i åtstramningstid : Anhörigomsorg för äldre ur ett könsperspektiv

    Författare :Petra Ulmanen; Marta Szebehely; Evy Gunnarsson; Teppo Kröger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; family care; filial care; older people; eldercare; gender; cost of caring; social policy; care services; de-familialization; re-familialization; universalism; Swedish welfare state; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the extent of family care for older people, primarily filial care, and the costs of caring in the Swedish welfare state. Costs of caring are understood as the negative effects of caregiving, primarily on the caregivers’ working life. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Non-Visual Haptic Interaction Design - Guidelines and Applications

    Författare :Calle Sjöström; Certec - Rehabiliteringsteknik och Design; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Design Guidelines; Computer access; Care and help to handicapped; vård och rehabilitering; Handikappade; Blind People; Haptics; Human-Computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation has three cornerstones: * Haptics * Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) * Blind Users Haptics deals with controlling human movements and getting feedback through the sense of touch. A haptic interface transmits forces to a person’s hand or fingers in a way that mimics the sensation of touching real objects. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Omsorg & kontroll : En handikapphistorisk studie 1750-1930. Föreställningar och levnadsförhållanden

    Författare :Claes G Olsson; Susanne Lindström; Magnus Öhlander; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Disability history; disabled; deaf; blind; mentally-retarded; perceptions; normality; deviation; discipline; upbringing; education; science; folklore; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the present dissertation is to investigate attitudes toward individuals suffering from functional disorders or categorized as disabled and the conditions under which they have lived. The present author applies an historical perspective and identifies three significant turning points: the end of the eighteenth century and beginnings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Body perception and brain plasticity in blind and sighted individuals

    Författare :Dominika Radziun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Lack of vision is associated with large-scale brain plasticity. Vision, touch, proprioception, interoception, and other sensory modalities are thought to play a vital role in developing and maintaining bodily awareness. LÄS MER