Essays about: "body and space"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 325 essays containing the words body and space.

1. 21. Trädens påverkan på människors välbefinnande och hälsa : en översiktlig kunskapssammanställning

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Emmie Uvenfeldt; [2023]
   Keywords : träd; välbefinnande; grönområden; stressreduktion; människors hälsa;

   Abstract : Under de senaste åren har det funnits en ökande mängd forskning som undersöker förhållandet mellan kontakt med naturen och mänsklig hälsa. Detta arbete syftar till att ge en översikt över några av de viktigaste resultaten inom område, genom att dra på en rad studier som har undersökt de potentiella hälsofördelarna med exponering för naturliga miljöer. READ MORE

3. 22. Inclusion of more sources in a commercial brachytherapy Monte Carlo

   University essay from

   Author : Philip Wiman; Emil Forsberg; Robin Vestling; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Brachytherapy is a cancer treatment method where a solid radioactive source is placed inside the body in order to target cancer cells with a high dose of radiation while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The most common method for treatment planning in brachytherapy is the TG43 formalism where the whole patient geometry is treated as water. READ MORE

4. 23. "Be fit, my age, big c**k": Engagements with Hegemonic Masculinity, Hetero(homo)normativity and Discrimination among Queer Male Dating App Users in Malmö and Copenhagen - A Thematic and Summative Content Analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Aaron West; [2023]
   Keywords : MSM dating apps; hegemonic masculinity; heteronormative; homonormative; misogyny; body shaming; racism; queer digital geographies; self- re presentation; online disinhibition.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This exploratory research addresses a significant gap in feminist, cultural, and digital geographies by examining the geographic variations of how hegemonic masculinity, hetero(homo)normativity and discrimination is exhibited by MSM dating apps users in two distinct city contexts. Drawing from a post-structuralist humanistic perspective, the study explores how dominant ideologies shape exclusionary online queer spaces made unique by digital placemaking. READ MORE

5. 24. Sårskador hos grupphållna gyltor och suggor : en observationsstudie av kommersiella besättningar

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Elvira Chivers Palmqvist; [2023]
   Keywords : gris; grupphållning; agonistiska beteenden; aggressiva beteenden; sår;

   Abstract : Skin lesions are a common problem within group-housed gilts and sows. Since 2013, all EU member states are required to ensure that all gilts and sows are kept in group housing. Pigs used in production in Sweden today originate from the wild boar. Wild boars and production pigs still share many traits. READ MORE

6. 25. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
   Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE