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  1. 1. Bättre beslut : en studie av socialsekreterarnas handläggning av omhändertagande av barn

    Författare :Ingrid Claezon; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social worker; children; take into care; foster care; decision-making; anxiety; legal regulations; prediction; subsumption; Good-Enough Parenting; Omhändertagande av barn; Sverige;

    Sammanfattning : This study treats the problems that the social worker (the child welfare worker) is faced with, when deciding to take a child into compulsory care. Empirical data (with particulars of the children and parents involved) covering the public child care at a local authority, was collected from its records and by means of interviews. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Faster. Stronger. Better? : designing for enhanced engagement of extreme sports

    Författare :Rouien Zarin; Andreas Lund; Johan Redström; Ambra Trotto; Tom Djajadiningrat; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constructive design research; design prototypes; prototypes; design research; research through design; embodiment; sports; interaction; technology; user experience; human computer interaction; tactile; feedback; design; design;

    Sammanfattning : The human body is capable of very rich and complex movements and gestures which we use in everyday life to manipulate, navigate and negotiate the world around us—it is our interface for human experience. However, as technology advances it simultaneously shrinks, moving closer to our bodies, intertwining with the many facets of our lives and positions itself between our experiences of the physical environments around us. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Mot bättre hälsa : Dödlighet och hälsoarbete i Linköping 1860-1894

    Författare :Hans Nilsson; Jan Sundin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; historical demography; infant mortality; Linköping; morbidity; mortality; public health; social history; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The decline in mortality was the most important cause of the great increase in population in Sweden in the 19th century. Especially important was the part played by the decline in infant mortality and mortality among small children. LÄS MER

  4. 4. "For a better life..." : a study on migration and health in Nicaragua

    Författare :Cecilia Gustafsson; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Mark Rosenberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; health; health care; migration-health nexus; Nicaragua; remittances; mobile livelihoods; translocal geographies; vulnerability; suffering; coping; undocumentedness; mixed-methods; HDSS; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores and analyses the manifold relations between migration and health, what I call the migration-health nexus, in the contemporary Nicaraguan context. The study is based on fieldwork in León and Cuatro Santos and a mixed-methods approach combining qualitative in-depth interviews and quantitative survey data. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Better Low-energy Buildings : The Contribution of Environmental Rating Tools and Life-Cycle Approaches

    Författare :Nils Brown; Mattias Höjer; Holger Wallbaum; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Buildings; energy efficiency; life-cycle assessment; renovation; environmental rating tools;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER