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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 431 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Playing.

1. 21. Playing the Enemy: Information, Deception, and Dictatorial Survival

   Författare :Felix Dwinger; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personalist rule; Competitive authoritarianism; Dictatorial survival; Information; Persuasion; Repression; Conspiracies; Public Dissent; Game theory;

   Sammanfattning : What strategies do autocrats use to maintain power? Across three papers, I examine puzzling aspects of autocratic rule. These range from personalist dictators publicizing failed conspiracies to opposition involvement in and service provision informed through query sessions under competitive authoritarianism. LÄS MER

3. 22. Life at stake when playing hide and seek : Concealing effects of prey colouration and visual backgrounds

   Författare :Marina Dimitrova; Merilaita Sami; Innes C. Cuthill; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; predation; adaptive prey coloration; camouflage; concealment; crypsis; background matching; disruptive colouration; distractive markings; Terrestrial ecology; Terrestrisk ekologi; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

   Sammanfattning : A prey animal can use different strategies to avoid becoming eaten by predators. One such widely recognised strategy is the use of body colouration to decrease the risk of becoming detected, i.e. cryptic colouration. LÄS MER

4. 23. Den välreglerade friheten: att konstruera det lekande barnet

   Författare :Charlotte Tullgren; Utbildningsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; play; Pedagogy; pre-school; child; childhood; power; governmentality; Pedagogy and didactics; Pedagogik; didaktik; pedagogy;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to shed light on pre-school as an arena for governmentality, where play is a tool for governing the child. The study focuses what in play-situations may become an object of governance and what techniques the teachers use to govern the children when they play. LÄS MER

5. 24. Playing for Togetherness - Designing for Interaction Rituals through Gaming

   Författare :Karl Bergström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; game research; interaction design; interaction ritual; togetherness; gamer groups;

   Sammanfattning : Can design facilitate togetherness through games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ritual – positive emotional energy and a sense of group solidarity – as the main components of the togetherness of games, this thesis seeks to shed light on how design can improve the use of games as vehicles of interaction. The thesis combines six different articles on games, gaming and gamers; the articles illuminate the different ingredients of the interaction ritual afforded by playing games and covers digital-, board- and tabletop role-playing games. LÄS MER

7. 25. A simple model of the mechanics of trombone playing

   Författare :Gitte Ekdahl; KTH; []
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   Sammanfattning : To study human motion in general, the motion when playingthe trombone has been examined. This makes it possible to workwith a simple mechanical model and thus get results that areeasier to interpret. Calculations from the model have beencompared to measurements from experiments. LÄS MER