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1. 1. Effects of hearing loss on traffic safety and mobility

   Författare :Birgitta Thorslund; Björn Lyxell; Björn Peters; Björn Lidestam; Håkan Alm; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hearing; Driver; Driving veh ; Behaviour; Cognition; Mental load; Eye movement; Tactile; Warning; Signal; Driver assistance system; Navigation route ; Simulator driving ; Test; Safety; 841 Road: Road user behaviour; 841 Road: Road user behaviour;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this PhD thesis was to investigate traffic safety and mobility for individuals with hearing loss (HL). Three studies were conducted: 1. a questionnaire survey aimed to evaluate differences in choice of transportation that might be related to HL, 2. LÄS MER

3. 2. Graffitins spänningsfält. En studie av graffitikultur och interventioner på en lokal arena

   Författare :Björn Jonsson; Björn Andersson; Viggo Vestel; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Graffiti culture; graffiti writers; interventions; interaction; control; socialisation; Graffiti culture; graffiti writers; interventions; interaction; control; socialisation;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis is to explore and analyse graffiti in a translocal context, by asking questions about the actors' view on activity, meaning and interaction. The study has been located to a physical place, Jönköping, where actors with different interest perform graffiti-related activity. LÄS MER

4. 3. Att tänka det tekniska : En studie i Derridas teknikfilosofi

   Författare :Björn Sjöstrand; Sharon Rider; Hans Ruin; Björn Thorsteinsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Derrida; phenomenology; deconstruction; technicity; technology; tele-technology; media; ethics; politics; religion;

   Sammanfattning : How should we understand the relations between human beings and technology? Where does technology end and where does the human being begin? How should we understand the relation between thinking and technology? These and related questions have been increasingly salient during the last decades. The aim of this study is to provide an outline of a philosophy of technology in the work of a major contemporary philosopher: Jacques Derrida. LÄS MER

5. 4. Relationships between Psychological Factors, Disability, Quality of Life and Health in Chronic Pain Disorders

   Författare :Björn Börsbo; Björn Gerdle; Michael Peolsson; Bengt H Sjölund; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Sammanfattning : Chronic pain is a very common condition with a prevalence of 40-65% in the community. The high prevalence of chronic pain causes a lot of human suffering but also high societal costs. The development and maintenance of chronic pain constitutes a complex interplay between neurobiological, psychosocial and genetic factors. LÄS MER

7. 5. Semantic Framing of Speech : Emotional and Topical Cues in Perception of Poorly Specified Speech

   Författare :Björn Lidestam; Björn Lyxell; Staffan Hygge; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech perception; speechreading; facial expressions; priming; phonemes; semantics; lipreading; auditory perception; cognition; paralinguistics; emotional content; Läppavläsning; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to test the effects of paralinguistic (emotional) and prior contextual (topical) cues on perception of poorly specified visual, auditory, and audiovisual speech. The specific purposes were to (1) examine if facially displayed emotions can facilitate speechreading performance; (2) to study the mechanism for such facilitation; (3) to map information-processing factors that are involved in processing of poorly specified speech; and (4) to present a comprehensive conceptual framework for speech perception, with specification of the signal being considered. LÄS MER