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  1. 6. The implementation of international regimes : The case of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty

    Författare :Mikael Román; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; International Regimes; Implementation; Results; Policy Analysis; Amazonia; Environment; Development; National Security; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation seeks to discern the political and administrative factors that determine the results of international environment and development policies. On the one hand, it makes a contribution to the broader theoretical debate on international regimes by combining regime theory and theories on domestic policy results into an integrated framework for the analysis of international policy results (theoretical objective). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Sensing the environment : development of monitoring aids for persons with profound deafness or deafblindness

    Författare :Parivash Ranjbar; Dag Stranneby; Erik Borg; Charlotte M. Reed; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Auditive identification; Deaf; Deafblind; Directional perception; Environmental sound; Filtering; Frequency transposing; Hearing aid; Hearing impairment; Modulating; Monitoring; Tactile perception; Vibratory aid; Vibratory identification; Electronics; Elektronik; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Elektronik; Electronics;

    Sammanfattning : Earlier studies of persons with deafness (D) and/or deafblindness (DB) have primarily focused on the mobility and communication problems. The purpose of the present study was to develop technology for monitoring aids to improve the ability of persons with D and/or DB to detect, identify, and perceive direction of events that produce sounds in their surroundings. LÄS MER

  4. 8. The mStar environment : scalable distributed teamwork using IP multicast

    Författare :Peter Parnes; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Distribuerade datorsystem; Mobile and Pervasive Computing;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the question of how a scalable, distributed teamwork environment should be designed and realized. Central design criteria includes that the system should be scalable and robust, allow for easy access and be symmetric. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Ecologies of the Imagination : Theorizing the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic

    Författare :Per Israelson; Anders Cullhed; Marcel O'Gorman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Media theory; genre theory; media ecology; posthumanism; ecocriticism; neocybernetics; sympoiesis; ontogenesis; fantasy; the fantastic; comic books; William Blake; Alan Moore; J. R. R. Tolkien; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This book is about the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic. In it, the author argues that the definition of the fantastic presented by Tzvetan Todorov in 1970 can be used, provided it is first adapted to a media-ecological framework, to theorize the role of aesthetic participation in the creation of secondary worlds. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The Obvious & The Essential : Interpreting Software Development & Organizational Change

    Författare :Jenny Öhman Persson; Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos; Bengt Sandblad; Göran Collste; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human Computer Interaction; Usability; Work Environment; Organizational Change; Computer Ethics; Occupational Health; Software Development; Work Design; Organizational Culture; Information technology; Informationsteknologi; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction;

    Sammanfattning : Examining how our basic values affect development processes is the overall theme of this thesis. In practice, the question is investigated in relation to software development and organizational change and in research, in relation to science and its relationship to common sense, specifically within the area of Human Computer Interaction. LÄS MER