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  1. 1. Incorporation of GNSS system for underwater cleaning robot

    University essay from KTH/Produktionsutveckling

    Author : David Blomkvist; [2023]
    Keywords : GPS; underwater cleaning robot; autonomous; GPS; poolrobot; autonom;

    Abstract : Water reservoirs, such as swimming pools, are usually cleaned using underwater cleaners, also called pool robots. These robots usually use a randomized pattern to cover the bottom areas. For large and/or complex bottoms, a randomized cleaning pattern may be ineffective. READ MORE

  3. 2. Resisting from within : Analysis of intersectional narratives in the "burkini" case in France

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Anne-Lise Denoeud; [2023]
    Keywords : Intersectionality; Burkini; Islamophobia; Muslim women; Gender; Race; White gaze; Anti-racism; Feminism; France; Intersectionnalité; Burkini; Islamophobie; Femmes musulmanes; Genre; Race; Regard blanc; Anti-racisme; Féminisme; France;

    Abstract : Since summer 2016 France has experienced several episodes of “moral panic” about a three-pieces swimsuit worn by Muslim women, the “burkini”, whether on the occasion of attempts to ban it from beaches, or on the opposite to allow it in the swimming pools. These Islamophobic expressions are part of a French history of shaping the figure of “Muslim women”, controlling their bodies through their clothing, from “veil” to “burkini”, and silencing them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dare to dive in? Antibiotic resistant bacteria in recreational water in Gothenburg, Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutioen för biomedicin

    Author : Julia Vilderstorm Bengtsson; [2022-10-05]
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    Abstract : BACKGROUND Antibiotic resistant bacteria constitute a major global public health threat. Certain environments and settings contribute to the dissemination of such bacteria, and of antibiotic resistance genes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Gay Bath-house - a Case Study of a Potential Gay-Bathhouse at Liljeholmsbadet

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Edwin Östlund Stockman; [2021]
    Keywords : gay bath-house; swimming pools; saunas; queer-theory; queer spaces;

    Abstract : This case study was written to explore the different branches of queer theory and its links to the architecture of bath-houses. This, from both a historicaland a modern-day societal perspective. READ MORE

  6. 5. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bergkvist Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s hours; frame analysis; swimming; new institutionalism; discursive institutionalism; feminist institutionalism; pools; multiculturalism; gender equality; Kvinnotider; frameanalys; damtider; badhus; institutionalism; multikulturalism; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE