Sökning: "Body techniques"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 456 avhandlingar innehållade orden Body techniques.
1. Human body composition. Reference data and anthropometric equations. The metabolic syndrome and risk
Sammanfattning : The determination of body composition is a key to the understanding of the relation between obesity and disease. In order to evaluate body composition data, reference values are needed. Since methods with high validity and reproducibility are expensive and often time consuming, simpler techniques based on anthropometry are needed. LÄS MER
2. Le c?ur, l?�me et le corps : Expressions de l?intime f�minin dans sept romans du XIXe si�cle et de l?extr�me contemporain
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines representations of the intimate as experienced by female protagonists, through expressions related to the heart, the soul and the body, in a comparative study of novels by French women writers from the 19th century and the present day. The corpus consists of seven novels : Ourika by Claire de Duras (1822), Lélia by George Sand (1833 & 1839), Monsieur Vénus. LÄS MER
3. Bring Your Body into Action : Body Gesture Detection, Tracking, and Analysis for Natural Interaction
Sammanfattning : Due to the large influx of computers in our daily lives, human-computer interaction has become crucially important. For a long time, focusing on what users need has been critical for designing interaction methods. LÄS MER
4. Kroppsliggörande, erfarenhet och pedagogiska processer : en undersökning av lärande av kroppstekniker
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to theoretically explore and empirically analyse practical embodied knowledge in educational settings. In accordance to this aim an approach of body pedagogics is used in combination with classical pragmatism, using foremost William James’ and John Dewey’s concepts of experience, meaning, inquiry and habit. LÄS MER
5. Arkitekturens kroppslighet. Staden som terräng
Sammanfattning : Beginning with the notion that spatial and material qualities of architecture set limits and create conditions for how we make use of it, the overall aim and ambition of this thesis is to develop this notion and to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationships that are produced between the materiality of architecture and a bodily appropriation of it. To investigate this the thesis establishes two concepts: corporality and terrain. LÄS MER