Sökning: "GIR"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet GIR.

  1. 1. Modern GIR Systems : Framework, Retrieval Model and Indexing Techniques

    Författare :Xing Lin; Yifang Ban; Harrie Lars; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information Retrieval; GIR; Framework; Indexing; Retrieval Model; Other information technology; Övrig informationsteknik;

    Sammanfattning : Geographic information is one of the most important and the most common types of information in human society. It is estimated that more than 70% of all information in the world has some kind of geographic features. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Life in a World Heritage City : A case study of discussions and contested values in Angra do Heroísmo, the Azores

    Författare :Marit Johansson; Peter Aronsson; Geir Vestheim; Bodil Petersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; World Heritage City; Angra do Heroísmo; Azores; local community; development; preservation; negotiations; dissonance; AHD; Verdensarvby; Angra do Heroísmo; Asorene; lokalsamfunn; forvaltning; moderne utvikling; bevaring; forhandlinger; dissonans; AHD;

    Sammanfattning : The objectives of this study are to critically map and analyse past and current  discussions, negotiations and social processes that take place and relate to conditions created by living in- or monitoring the World Heritage City Angra do Heroísmo in the Azores, Portugal. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative interviews with the stakeholders in the city, the purpose has been to study how, and with what result and consequences, contested values, interests, rhetoric and powers are mobilized and made into dynamic forces for these stakeholders. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Atherosclerosis and Insulin Resistance AIR A cross-sectional study of 58-year old men

    Författare :Lena Bokemark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Insulin resistance; intima-media thickness; LDL particle size; atherosclerosis.;

    Sammanfattning : The main aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that insulin resistance is associated with atherosclerotic disease in the carotid and femoral arteries as measured using the ultrasound technique in clinically healthy 58-year old men with varying degrees of obesity and insulin resistance. The subjects were recruited from the general population and were free from clinical cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and treatment with antihypertensive, lipid-lowering and anti-diabetic drugs (n=818). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Pilegrim, turist og elev : Norske skoleturer til døds- og konsentrasjonsleirer

    Författare :Kyrre Kverndokk; Peter Aronsson; Anne Eriksen; Barbro Blehr; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Collective Memory; Rituals; Dialogism; Holocaust; School Journeys; Pilgrimage; Tourism; Kollektiv erindring; ritualer; dialogisme; Holocaust; skoleturer; pilegrimsreiser; turisme; Cultural heritage and cultural production; Kulturarv och kulturproduktion;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about Norwegian school journeys to former death and concentration camps in Poland and Germany. The thesis follows a 10th grade class from the preparations for such a journey, on the journey itself and finally during the reflective work of the pupils upon returning to school. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Political geographies of region work

    Författare :Kristin Smette Gulbrandsen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regions; Regionalisation; Political geography; Norway; Regioner; Regionalisering; Politisk geografi; Norge;

    Sammanfattning : Regionalisation processes and regionalist contestation have been the subjects of long-standing debates on state rescaling and political geographies of discontent. Similar dynamics are also present in Norway, where a recent regional reform has faced opposition along centre-periphery lines. LÄS MER