Essays about: "strangers"

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  1. 6. Women's perceived security in shared autonomous vehicles : The impact of identifying co-passengers

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Emma Sundin; [2022]
    Keywords : Shared Autonomous Vehicles; Ride-sharing; Women s Security; Trust; User Authentication; Mobility;

    Abstract : The present thesis aims to establish ideas and technical solutions that can have a positive impact on women's perceived safety while traveling in autonomous vehicles, made for sharing with strangers. The method follows the Design Thinking model which contributes to a user-centered design approach. READ MORE

  3. 7. Are there any gender differences in social motivation in sleep-deprived individuals? : An experimental study.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Therése Kjell; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study aimed to examine gender differences in socialmotivation when being sleep-deprived. Females are seen inprevious research to be more affected by sleep loss than males.Being deprived of sleep can decrease individuals’ motivation tobe a part of social behaviors. READ MORE

  4. 8. "The Grey Sky Lowers" : The Uncanny in Five of Sylvia Plath's Poems

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Author : Eva Stenskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Ariel; Sigmund Freud; Nicholas Royle; Harriet Rosenstein; Uncanny; das Unheimliche; Liminality; Darkness; Aposiopesis; Hauntings; Doubles;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the uncanny (das Unheimliche) in five of Sylvia Plath’s 1962 poems: “Berck-Plage”, “The Arrival of the Bee Box”, “Daddy”, “Fever 103°”, and “Death & Co.”. Furthermore, it looks at how the biographical circumstances in which the poet found herself while writing the poems, may have influenced them. READ MORE

  5. 9. Agent-Based Simulation of SARS-CoV-2 Spread in Supermarket Checkout Areas

    University essay from KTH/Datavetenskap

    Author : Nils Forsberg; Dina Lerjevik; [2022]
    Keywords : Agent-based model ABM ; Unity 3D; COVID-19; Infection spread; Countermeasures; Supermarket queuing system; Queuing theory; Agentbaserad modell ABM ; Unity 3D; COVID-19; Smittspridning; Smittskyddsåtgärder; Kösystem i mataffärer; Köteori;

    Abstract : The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has seen the world scramble for effective countermeasures to limit infection spread in society. Understanding how infection spreads in places where strangers meet in relatively high numbers and proximity to one another is especially important. READ MORE

  6. 10. "Don't speak to strangers!" - A Qualitative Research about Integration Processes in Swedish Elderly Care : Refugee Workers Interaction in Meetings with Swedish Unit Manager Authority

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Mattias Lillvik Starlead; [2022]
    Keywords : integration process; unit manager; refugee worker; meetings; peace-building; integrationsprocess; enhetschef; flyktingarbetare; möten; fredsbyggande;

    Abstract : With an influx of refugess to Sweden the scene on the work market has changed for the last six decades. During the 1960's Italians came to work as handicraft labor, in the 1970's lots of Chileans entered Sweden fleeing dictatorship, in the 1990's the war on Balkan drove many refugess north and during the Syrian collapse in 2015 the word integration has rung repeatedly in newspapers and policy documents. READ MORE