Sökning: "Communication apprehension"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Communication apprehension.
1. Perception of touch : Developmental and personality factors in touch avoidance
Sammanfattning : The studies in this doctoral thesis investigated the concept of touch avoidance. Touch avoidance indicates a person’s negative affect toward physical contact/touch. In study 1 the aim was to develop a questionnaire that measures the level of touch avoidance. The results showed that touch avoidance can be measured along five different dimensions. LÄS MER
2. The Language of Textiles : Description and Judgement on Textile Pattern Composition
Sammanfattning : The present study concerns ways to describe, judge and discuss aesthetic qualities of designed textile patterns. Specific aims were to study how colours and compositions used in Old Amish Quilts can be systematically described, to study how simple and complex patterns in printed textile fabrics are perceived and expressed verbally and to study judgements, concepts and values in relation to designed textile patterns as expressed by schoolchildren, consumers, teachers of textile handicraft and designers. LÄS MER
3. Future Technology Support of Command and Control : Assessing the impact of assumed future technologies on cooperative command and control
Sammanfattning : In response to technological advances, especially in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), the so called revolution in military affairs (RMA) and later the concept of network-centric warfare (NCW) emerged as a theory to further utilize technology for military command and control (C2). Advocates of the Swedish ROLF 2010-vision and the concept of NCW have made claims and assumptions that future technology will improve mission effectiveness by, for example, increasing the understanding of a current situation and its development, the speed of command, and providing means to utilize more efficient forms of organizations. LÄS MER
4. I fjärran blir fjällen blå: En komparativ studie av isländska och svenska grundskolor samt sex fallstudier om närhet som förutsättning för pedagogiskt ledarskap
Sammanfattning : The thesis focuses on the elementary school principal’s formal responsibility and role in connection with his spatial and psycho-social nearness to the teachers. On one hand it is a comparison between schools in Sweden and Iceland, while on the other hand it is a case study of the principal’s leadership in several different school organisations. LÄS MER
5. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in children
Sammanfattning : Background: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a diagnostic tool that is used for many applications in adults. Many of these applications are considered “off-label” use but still play an important role in diagnostic imaging. LÄS MER