Essays about: "Person perception"

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  1. 1. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
    Keywords : migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

    Abstract : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leaving so soon? : A study on the bullying of nurses

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)

    Author : Desirée Lindqvist; [2024]
    Keywords : Bullying; Nurses; Swedish health care; Social perception theory;

    Abstract : Introduction. This study is about examining bullying of nurses in the Swedish health care system. Bullying is a negative behaviour that has been going on for a longer period of time (Arbetsmiljöverket, 2023a). The negative behaviour in healthcare can have consequences for not just the nurses, but also for the society as a whole. READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Third-Person Present Tense as Stylistic Allusion to Theatre : A Study of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Kajsa Hermansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Hamnet; Maggie O’Farrell; Third-Person Present Tense; Stylistic Allusion; Shakespeare; Historical Fiction; Stylistics; Narratology;

    Abstract : In this essay, I illustrate how the third-person present tense narrative perspective can be used as stylistic allusion to theatre, by studying Maggie O’Farrell 2020 historical fiction novel Hamnet. Previous studies conclude that present-tense narration has the effect of blurring the lines between narration and experience. READ MORE

  6. 5. Comparison between the SiP-test (Situated Phoneme test) and conventional Swedish SIN (TiB)-test (Speech in Noise Test). : An experimental comparison of two methods for speech perception in people with Arabic as mother tongue.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Elpida Saridou; [2023]
    Keywords : Speech perception; speech recognition test; speech in noise test; speech test; Swedish speech perception test; situated phoneme test; non-native; bilingualism;

    Abstract : Background: The difficulties for people to understand and perceive speech in second languages in the presence of background noise is well documented in the literature. Similar difficulties have been reported in bilinguals. READ MORE