Essays about: "reassurance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the word reassurance.

  1. 1. From Reassurance to Deterrence : Tracing Small State Influence Within NATO Decision-Making

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Jesper Lehto; [2023]
    Keywords : small states; international organizations; NATO; decision-making; power; influence; process-tracing; elite interviews;

    Abstract : This study investigates how small states can employ different strategies to overcome structural disadvantages and exert influence within NATO. To this end, the establishment of Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) has been used as case study to explore how the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – undertook deliberate efforts during the decision-making process to serve their long-time policy preferences. READ MORE

  2. 2. Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of the Appearance-related Repetitive Behaviors Online Self-Report Scale : Behaviors Online Self-Report Scale

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

    Author : Anders Moberg; Abdullah Mahimd; [2023]
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    Abstract : Introduction: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an obsessive compulsive disorder that is marked by a distressing preoccupation with perceived physical flaws causing the individual to engage in compulsive behavior. The Appearance-related Repetitive Behavior Online self-report scale (ARBO) was developed to easily screen for appearance related behaviors believed to be common among BDD patients. READ MORE

  3. 3. Phone Free Study : Encouraging students to put away their phones

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Emil Setterberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Industrial Design Engineering; Nudging; Smartphone Addiction; Zen; Co-Design; Teknisk Design; Beteendedesign; Mobilberoende; Zen; Co-Design;

    Abstract : Many of us have grown up or have been acquainted with individuals who have grown up with smartphones in educational settings. We are well aware of how disruptive they can be, and I myself am not an exception. READ MORE

  4. 4. I am white, therefore I am : A phenomenological study of whiteness as experienced by white women in relation to Others within a travel context

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Valerie van Schaik; [2022]
    Keywords : Autoethnography; Bodies; Critical Whiteness studies; Female; Feminist studies; Gender; Identity; Intersectionality; Norm; Othering; Phenomenology; Privilege; Race; Raciality; Racialization; Spatiality; Situated knowledge; Transnational; Travel; White; Whiteness; White Privilege; Woman; Womanhood.;

    Abstract : This thesis provides a complex understanding of the phenomenological experience of whiteness as a racial category. Based on theories of critical whiteness studies, intersectionality and (white) phenomenology, I conducted five semi-structured interviews with five white women about their understandings of their whiteness within a context of transnational travel. READ MORE

  5. 5. Testbed Development for Non-invasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring with a Microwave based Electromagnetic Skin Patch Sensor

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad materialvetenskap

    Author : Sandra Palm; Hassan Saado; [2021]
    Keywords : Intracranial pressure; Artificial cerebrospinal fluid; Biomedical engineering; Microwave sensor;

    Abstract : Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a major public health problem worldwide where the symptoms can be anything from mild concussion to severe swelling of the brain tissue. As a result of TBI the intracranial pressure (ICP) can elevate to pathological levels with severe consequences such as hypoxia, ischemia and brain hemorrhage. READ MORE