Essays about: "ageing in place"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words ageing in place.

  1. 6. Study of Monitoring Circuitry for Ageing in FPGAs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Pengxiang Cheng; [2021]
    Keywords : FPGAs; Ageing; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Along with the down-scaling of CMOS technology, ageing has become one of the most important reliability challenges in CMOS devices. Ageing is defined as degradation in certain device characteristics such as delay, which can result in failure. READ MORE

  3. 7. Circular learning: Sustainable ways for meaningful activity in active aging and generativity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Matilde Páscoa; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; social sustainability; social inclusion; elderly retired; artistic methods and activities; circular learning;

    Abstract : The global demographic context of contemporary society is characterized by an increasing percentage of elderly people. In fact, currently in Portugal 22% of its total population is over 65 years of age with an average retirement age of approximately 64 years of age. READ MORE

  4. 8. Photographing in the Safari of Lapland

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Åsa Johansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Lotten von Düben; photographing; Sámi; Tourpon; Kvikkjokk; post human; Braidotti; new materialist theory; Haraway; otherness; Collodion image development;

    Abstract : This essay is about the photographer Lotten von Düben and her photographing of the Samí people in a research expedition to Lapland in 1868 in which she took part as the expedition photographer. This expedition is taking place in the mountainous area of Kvikkjokk [Huhttán in Lule-samí]. READ MORE

  5. 9. Narratives on ageing in the neighbouring country - An oral history study of first-generation Swedish Finns

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Saana Boahen; [2018-07-18]
    Keywords : narrative analysis; Swedish Finns; ageing migrants; national minority; feeling of belonging;

    Abstract : This paper intended to combine two strands of study: ageing and migration. The aim of the study was to examine, how do individuals belonging to the first-generation of Swedish Finns experience the changes that have taken place in their lives, after having migrated from Finland to Sweden as labour migrants in the 1960’s and 1970’s. READ MORE

  6. 10. Beyond Being Physically Active: Culturing the Ageing Body

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yuanita Budiman; Kei Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : ageing body; active ageing; exercise; social interaction; elderly; embodiment; applied cultural analysis; medical anthropology; qualitative research; ethnography; MACA; Cultural Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how physical activity and social interaction assist in generating better performance of the ageing body. A multifaceted ethnographic material was collected from January to February 2018 at a health and training centre called Gerdahallen, located in Lund, Sweden. READ MORE