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1. 36. Ungdomars spel om pengar : Spelmarknaden, situationen och karriären

   Författare :Ove Svensson; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Leisure activity; Consumption; Gambling; Youth; Sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Gambling has become widely accepted in Sweden during the 1990s, with betting shops, gambling machines and casino-like gambling in pubs and restaurants, as well as Bingo-Lotto in our living rooms. Beyond the expansion in availability of legal gambling opportunities, the most notable change is the shift from gambling in specific venues to gambling in a much wider range of social settings. LÄS MER

3. 37. Bringing the avatar to life : Studies and developments in facial communication for virtual agents and robots

   Författare :Samer Al Moubayed; Jonas Beskow; Stefan Kopp; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Avatar; Speech Communication; Facial animation; Nonverbal; Social; Robot; Human-like; Face-to-face; Prosody; Pitch; Prominence; Furhat; Gaze; Head-pose; Dialogue; Interaction; Multimodal; Multiparty; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Sammanfattning : The work presented in this thesis comes in pursuit of the ultimate goal of building spoken and embodied human-like interfaces that are able to interact with humans under human terms. Such interfaces need to employ the subtle, rich and multidimensional signals of communicative and social value that complement the stream of words – signals humans typically use when interacting with each other. LÄS MER

4. 38. Leaving the door ajar : young migrants’ sexual and reproductive health in Sweden

   Författare :Mazen Baroudi; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Isabel Goicolea; Kayvan Bozorgmehr; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; sexual and reproductive health and rights; sexual and reproductive health services; access to healthcare; quality of healthcare; youth; young adults; migrants; Sweden; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Sammanfattning : Young people and migrants are both prioritized groups regarding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), but studies about the sexual andreproductive health (SRH) of young migrants in Sweden are scarce. The aim of this thesis was to study the SRH of young migrants in Sweden, and specifically to: 1) explore how do young migrants understand SRH, and how do they experience their sexual rights; and 2) examine how do young migrants perceive and experience the process of accessing SRH services, including their approachability, acceptability, adequacy and quality. LÄS MER

5. 39. Sex, drugs and intersecting risks : HIV among people who belong to more than one key population in the United States

   Författare :Lina Nerlander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Background: The HIV epidemic in the United States (US) is mainly concentrated in so-called ‘key populations’ including men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who inject drugs (PWID). In addition, other groups such as people of low socioeconomic status and people belonging to some ethnic minorities have a higher prevalence of HIV. LÄS MER

7. 40. Women’s encounters with biomedical technology in the realm of cervical cancer screening

   Författare :Anette Forss; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : As a form of biomedical technology, the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear has been described as the most widely used and established cane er- screening tool in the world. In Sweden, Pap smear technology triggered what is today an established secondary preventive intervention directed towards 'healthy' women to detect those at risk for developing cervical cancer, a potentially fatal disease, as well as those with the disease. LÄS MER