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  1. 1. Lip-motion and speech biometrics in person recognition

    Författare :Maycel Isaac Faraj; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Audio-visual recognition; biometrics; Biometric recognition; Speaker verification; Speaker authentication; Person identification; Lip movements; Motion; Structure tensor; Orientation; Optical flow; Hidden Markov Model; Gaussian Markov Model; Lip-motion; Image analysis; Bildanalys;

    Sammanfattning : Biometric identification techniques are frequently used to improve security, e.g. in financial transactions, computer networks and secure critical locations. The purpose of biometric authentication systems is to verify an individual by her biological characteristics including those generating characterisitic behaviour. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Det högkänsliga subjektets tillblivelse : Diskursiva praktiker om identitet, förmåga och funktionsvariation

    Författare :Fanny Edenroth Cato; Mats Börjesson; Björn Sjöblom; Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Highly sensitive person; neuropsychiatric diagnosis; vulnerability; disability; capability; health; discourse analysis; categorization; biosociality; biopower; citizenship; identity politics; rhetorical resources; subjectivity; positioning theory; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines discursive practices about the highly sensitive person (HSP) from the perspective of knowledge production, categorization and community formation. In contemporary Sweden it has become increasingly common to talk about oneself in terms of being constituted in a particular way, e.g. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Formbara människor : Högre utbildning och arbete som utsnitt ur läkares och civilingenjörers levnadsbanor

    Författare :Rose-Marie Axelsson; Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Lars Ove Dahlgren; Anette Kolmos; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Higher education; work; physician; engineer; knowledge; identification; life-trajectories; subjectivity; flexibility; ambivalence; reflexive interpretation; Högre utbildning; arbete; läkare; civilingenjör; kunskap; identifikation; levnadsbanor; subjektivitet; flexibilitet; ambivalens; reflexiv tolkning; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : Fokus i denna avhandling utgör läkares och civilingenjörers kunskaps- och identifikationsprocesser under utbildning och arbete – vilka studeras som utsnitt ur levnadsbanor. Syftet är att beskriva och tolka relationen mellan högre utbildning och arbete, dels utifrån föreställningar i forskning och policy, dels utifrån människors subjektivitet, vardagserfarenheter och liv. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Refugeeship - A project of justification : Claiming asylum in England and Sweden

    Författare :Nicola Magnusson; Anders Gustavsson; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; identification; positioning; asylum system; asylum seeker; refugee; moral career; justification; refugeeship; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore the asylum process from an experiential perspective, starting in the country of origin, fleeing, claiming asylum and being granted refugee status. The theoretical interest is to contribute with an understanding of how this asylum process impacts on personal meaning-making, focusing on identification and positioning work of the person forced to flee and make an asylum claim. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The efficacy of sacrifice : correspondences in the Ŗgvedic Brāhmaņas

    Författare :Clemens Cavallin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Sacrifice; Veda; brahmana; efficacy; ritual; ontology; metaphysics; breath; correspondence; nominal sentence; identification;

    Sammanfattning : Sacrifice is a major topic in the study of religious rituals, and one of the issues debated is its possible efficacy. In this study, the need for multiple approaches is acknowledged, but the focus is on the world-view in which a sacrificial practice is embedded, and more specifically on the basic ontological questions that are of importance for it. LÄS MER