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  1. 6. User Perception of Climate in Hospital Wards. An Analysis of Thermal Climate and Air Humidity Demands

    Författare :Jennie Ekbom; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; recommendations; perception; indoor environment; air humidity; thermal climate; guiding principles; hospital ward;

    Sammanfattning : There are very few studies on perceived climate in hospital environments. This study deals with hospital wards, the consequences of establishing requirements for air humidity in them, and the use of existing recommendations and guiding principles. Many variables affect people’s perception of the indoor environment. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The End of Piracy : Rethinking the History of German Print Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century

    Författare :Jens Eriksson; H. Otto Sibum; Peter Josephson; Martin Fredriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Authorship; piracy; reprinting; authorial rights; idealism; romanticism; mechanical reproduction; fair catalogs; bibliopolitics; the German book market; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an historical study of the German book trade in the early decades of the nineteenth century. In this period, German states passed authorial rights reforms that prompted energetic discussions about the definition of authorship and unauthorized reprinting. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Appearance of textured and pigmented polymeric surfaces

    Författare :Sofie Ignell; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; surface texture; polymer; gloss; colour; perception; appearance;

    Sammanfattning : The appearance is of increasing importance in the production of premium products since it is strongly connected to the quality impression. The surface appearance of any object may be described in terms of colour and surface characteristics such as gloss and texture. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Gracious Traditions : Contemporary Transnational Egyptian Post-Tariqa Sufism

    Författare :Frederic Brusi; Susanne Olsson; Marja Liisa Keinänen; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Post-tariqa; Islam; Egypt; Saints; Religion in migration; Invisible Muslims; Individualization of religion; barzakh; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the developing body of studies of non-organized and thereby “invisible” Muslims in the West. The thesis probes into the question of what Sufism means in the individual lives of seven Muslims in the US and Sweden who share a relatively privileged Egyptian socio-economic background. LÄS MER

  7. 10. A Combined Perceptual and Acoustical Account of US Dialect Distance

    Författare :Clelia R. LaMonica; Peter Sundkvist; Cynthia Clopper; Anja Schüppert; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; US English; dialects; dialectometry; perception; acoustics; sociophonetics; English; engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the influence of attitudinal, perceptual, and acoustic factors on the categorization of US dialects by comparing acoustic-vocalic and perceived accent distances. The results of native and non-native listeners’ perceived distances between US regional accents are investigated in light of how acoustic-phonetic markers, attitudinal judgments, and identifiability may together impact how similar or different accents are perceived to be. LÄS MER