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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 72 avhandlingar innehållade orden outdoor life.

1. 6. Upplevelser och lärande i äventyrssport och skola

   Författare :Johan Arnegård; Lars-Magnus Engström; Torgny Ottosson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adventure sports; risk sports; extreme sports; outdoor life; sportification process; leisure time culture; climbing; flow; habitus; learning; Education; Pedagogik;

   Sammanfattning : The physicality of sports and outdoor life offers great opportunities for intensive experiences – participants ”feel” the happening in their bodies. As well as looking upon physical activity mainly as something instrumental, as for example in competitive sports and exercise culture, other aspects can also be central, for instance the pure joy of movement. LÄS MER

3. 7. Durability of timber members : Moisture conditions and service life assessment of bridge detailing

   Författare :Jonas Niklewski; Avdelningen för Konstruktionsteknik; []
   Nyckelord :wood; spruce; moisture; durability; decay; service life; detailing; model;

   Sammanfattning : The longevity of timber structures in exposed outdoor environments is often perceived to be unreliable as compared with that of concrete and steel structures. This situation is exacerbated to some extent by the fact that the European commission for standardization (CEN) currently provides no quantitative method for service life assessment of timber structures. LÄS MER

4. 8. Experiences of pain and associations between pain, disease severity and individual quality of life in people with motor neuron diseases

   Författare :Ylva Åkerblom; Pernilla Åsenlöf; Lena Zetterberg; Dag Nyholm; Lena von Koch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; motor neuron disease; pain; quality of life; individual quality of life; qualitative content analysis; pain severity; disease severity;

   Sammanfattning : Many people with the incurable and often times fatal motor neuron diseases have pain, but there is lack of knowledge about people’s experiences of living with pain. Further, the correlation between pain and their quality of life is not well understood, and previous studies have not used individual quality of life, namely that people with their own words express what quality of life is. LÄS MER

5. 9. Daily life of persons with dementia and their spouses supported by a passive positioning alarm

   Författare :Annakarin Olsson; Claudia Lampic; Maria Engström; Kirsti Skovdahl; Louise Nygård; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Information and communication technology; ICT; person with dementia; PwD; spouses; outdoor activities; experimental single-case; interviews; participant observation; qualitative research; passive positioning alarm; PPA; Medicine; Medicin;

   Sammanfattning : The overall aim was to describe how persons with dementia (PwDs) reflect on being outdoors and to investigate the support provided by a passive positioning alarm (PPA) in making daily life safer for PwDs and their spouses.Repeated conversations were held with 11 PwDs living in their own homes regarding their reflections on being outdoors (Study I). LÄS MER

7. 10. Light Design : Outdoor Urban Public Places : - Urban Lighting: Design and Technologies -

   Författare :José Nuno Sampaio; Björn-Erik Erlandsson; Izael Pereira Da Silva; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Light-based Technologies and Design; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

   Sammanfattning : Most of the present time outdoor lighting investments seem to be focused on road and automotive traffic facilities or oriented toward safety, security and efficiency. We can identify this in many of the world cities, as a globally spread common practice, where lighting is still highly perceived as a pure matter of quantities’ distribution. LÄS MER