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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 126 avhandlingar innehållade ordet taylor.
11. Drugs and the Convention on the Rights of the Child : Fragmentation, Contention and Structural Bias
Sammanfattning : Responding to the harms caused by drug use and the drug trade is one of the most pressing and interdisciplinary challenges of our time, within which the protection of children has become central. But there has been relatively little academic attention to the international legal dimensions of drug policy, despite the existence of a dedicated international legal framework on the issue and a range of other treaties that include drugs in some way. LÄS MER
12. Microstructural, Residual Stress, and Thermal Shock Studies of Plasma Sprayed ZrO2-Based Thermal Barrier Coatings
Sammanfattning : Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), with a thickness of 0.4 mm, are today extensively used on the hot parts of both stationary and flying jet engines. The purpose of the TBC is to protect the underlying material from high temperatures and severe thennal shock. LÄS MER
13. Unpacking Digital Game-Based Learning : The complexities of developing and using educational games
Sammanfattning : Digital game-based learning has traditionally been examined from an ‘artefact-centric’ perspective that focuses on understanding how game design and principles of learning are, or can be, intertwined. These types of examinations have resulted in many descriptions of games’ educational potential, which has subsequently led to many types of arguments for why games should be used more extensively in formal education. LÄS MER
14. Relativizing linguistic relativity : Investigating underlying assumptions about language in the neo-Whorfian literature
Sammanfattning : This work concerns the linguistic relativity hypothesis, also known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which, in its most general form claims that ‘lan-guage’ influences ‘thought’. Past studies into linguistic relativity have treated various aspects of both thought and language, but a growing body of literature has recently emerged, in this thesis referred to as neo-Whorfian, that empirically investigates thought and language from a cross-linguistic perspective and claims that the grammar or lexicon of a particular language influences the speakers’ non-linguistic thought. LÄS MER
15. Ease-of-Use in Public Transportation : A User Perspective on Information and Orientation Aspects
Sammanfattning : This interdisciplinary thesis combines psychological and transportation planning knowledge. Three main questions are investigated: 1) What concepts and ideas do people have with regard to a public transportation system (cognitive user perspective)?; 2) What orientation and information factors within the public transportation system enhance Ease-of-Use and make it simpler and more efficient to use public transportation in metropolitan areas?; 3) How can Ease-of-Use of a public transportation route be measured? A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was used. LÄS MER
