Sökning: "Evaluation Studies"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 3216 avhandlingar innehållade orden Evaluation Studies.

1. 16. Smart Homes and User Values : Long-term evaluation of IT-services in Residential and Single Family Dwellings

   Författare :Greger Sandström; Ulf Keijer; Brian Atkin; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; accessibility; developer; dwelling; construction process; evaluation; home; housing; information technology; intelligent building; long-term; model; post-occupancy evaluation; resident; service delivery; smart home; trust; usability; usefulness; user; user evaluation; user experience; user value; Architecture; Arkitektur;

   Sammanfattning : Do residents find value in smart home functions? How should these functions be designed to offer user benefit? These were the governing questions of this study that involved nearly 200 families in three different housing projects during five years of occupancy. The housing units were equipped with advanced smart homes solutions, electronic and digital devices to control them, and a set of functions to increase comfort, safety and security in the homes. LÄS MER

3. 17. On the Ontology of Love, Sexuality and Power : Towards a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach

   Författare :Lena Gunnarsson; Liisa Husu; Andrew Sayer; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roy Bhaskar; critical realism; dialectical critical realism; feminist theory; gender; Anna G. Jónasdóttir; love power; new materialism; ontology; philosophy of metaReality; sexuality; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis offers a theoretical account of how and why, in contemporary western societies characterized by formal-legal equality and women’s relative economic independence, women continue to be subordinated to men through sexuality and love. By means of an innovative application of Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism, dialectical critical realism and philosophy of metaReality, it investigates and elaborates Anna G. LÄS MER

4. 18. Addressing poor educational outcomes among children with out-of-home care experience : Studies on impact, pathways, and interventions

   Författare :Hilma Forsman; Lars Brännström; Bo Vinnerljung; Marie Sallnäs; Mattias Strandh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child welfare; out-of-home care; educational outcomes; impact; pathways; interventions; longitudinal; evaluation; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : Children with out-of-home care (OHC; foster family/residential care) experience is a high-risk group for future adverse outcomes. With an ambition of supporting the design of effective preventive child welfare measures targeting children in OHC, the overall aim of this thesis is to examine education as a possible intervention path for improving their development and overall life chances. LÄS MER

5. 19. Essays on Unemployment Duration and Programme Evaluation

   Författare :Anton Nivorozhkin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transition economics; evaluation; unemployment duration; active labour market programmes;

   Sammanfattning : The process of labour market transformation in the 1990s attracted a lot of attention from economists and policy makers. Unprecedented changes, like rapid reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and later the expansion of the European Union, require a deeper understanding of current labour-market trends. LÄS MER

7. 20. Lutheran Missions in a Time of Revolution : The China Experience 1944-1951

   Författare :Jonas Jonson; Bengt Sundkler; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; Chinese Church; Lutheran missions; Three-Self Movement; Church of Sweden Mission; Lutheran World Federation; student work; Christian Mission to the Buddhists; Reichelt; ecumenical; Cinese Revolution; New Democracy; Missionary studies; Missionsvetenskap; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

   Sammanfattning : In January, 1951, the Lutheran Church of China denounced all relations with the American, German and Scandinavian missions, which for more than half a century had worked in the country. As one of the first, this church made a clear and corporate stand in favour of the New Democracy and the Three-Self Movement, while most of the missions made their political choice, retreated with the Nationalists and finally went to Taiwan. LÄS MER