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Att tillägna sig sin bostad är en viktig aspekt för att kunna känna sig hemma i sin egen bostad.Arkitekten Ola Nylander presenterar i sin forskning sju egenskapsfält (material och detaljer,axialitet, omslutenhet/öppenhet, rörelse, rumsfigurer, ljus och rumsorganisation) som kan fungerasom måttstockar för hur väl en lägenhet går att ta till sig. Uppsatsen utgår från de sjuegenskapsfälten och undersöker, genom dem, hur de boende upplever trivseln i sin bostad. Allabostäderna i undersökningen är placerade i ett passivhus på fastigheten Flaggskepparen 5 i VästraHamnen Malmö.Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka egenskapsfält som är viktiga för hur de boendeupplever trivseln i ett nyproducerat passivt flerbostadshus. 9 stycken kvalitativa intervjuer hardärför genomförts med de boende i fastigheten. Dessa intervjuer har varit mellan 20 och 60 minuterlånga och genomförts på plats i respondenternas lägenheter (alla utom en). Intervjuerna hartranskriberats och analyserats genom de egenskapsfält undersökningen utgår från. Det har ävengenomförts en enklare inventering av de olika egenskaperna i rummen som omger den privatabostaden, exempelvis trapphus och innergård.Slutsatsen är att de sju olika egenskapsfälten har olika betydelse för och kan påverka trivselnolika i en bostad för de boende. Tillsammans bildar de ett sätt att mäta trivseln. Vissa avegenskapsfälten är lättare att ta till sig för de boende och blir därför lättare att undersöka. Andra harvarit svårare att upptäcka i undersökningen. Men tillsammans med de övriga egenskapsfälten fårdessa en mer framträdande roll. Uppsatsens slutsats är att material och detaljer,öppenhet/omslutenhet och ljus är de enklast tolkningsbara egenskaperna. De är därför också deegenskapsfält som kan vara av störst betydelse för trivseln i en bostad. / To make the dwelling your own is of great importance for your well-being.The swedish architect Ola Nylander presents in his research seven different fields of qualities.These qualities are supposed to work as tool for measuring how easy it is to make the dwelling yourown. Those qualities are: material and details, axiality, closeness/openness, motion, spatial shapes,light and organisation of rooms. This thesis is based on the seven fields of qualities and examinesthe characteristics that are important for the comfort of the dwelling. The building in the survey is apassive house on the property Flaggskepparen 5 of the Western Harbour in Malmö.The purpose with this thesis is to examine which fields of qualities that are of importance forthe perception of the comfort in a passive apartment block. 9 interviews have been conducted withthe residents of the building. The interviews has lasted between 20 to 60 minutes. All of theinterviews took place in their apartments except for one. The interviews were transcribed andanalysed based on the fields of qualities. There has also been made a simple inventory of thedifferent features in the spaces surrounding their private homes. For example, the staircase insidethe building and the courtyard that belongs to the house.The conclusion of this thesis is that the seven fields of qualities have difference significationfor making the dwelling your own. Together, they provide a tool for measuring the perception of thewell-being in the dwelling. Some of the fields of qualities are easier for the residents to understandand therefore easier to examine. Other fields of qualities have been hard to detect in the survey andharder for the residents to understand. Together, though, they make up a greater role in themeasuring of the perception of the well-being. The most easily interpretable properties of the fieldsof qualities in this study are: material and details, closeness/openness and light. They are thereforealso the fields that could be considered to being of most relevance for the comfort of the dwelling.

This project aims to explore the effects of feedback over experience invideo games. It acts as a part of a discussion around the concept of “Juiciness”, byattempting to define it both in theory and practice. The text describes a positionon “Juiciness” in relation to experience design and “Experiential qualities”, anddiscusses the role of aesthetics in the context of feedback. The practical aspect ofthe project is aimed towards finding where “Juiciness” can enrich a designprocess and this is done through the design, development and analysis of a videogame prototype. The project also takes a critical standpoint towards “Juiciness”,in order to question and expand on the current definitions of the concept.

Bakgrund: Fitnessbranschen har under senare tid expanderat snabbt och PT erbjuds idag på de flesta anläggningar. Träning med PT har positiva effekter fysiskt men även på beteenden kopplat till träning. För ett positiv utfall av träningen krävs det en god interaktion mellan klient och coach. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka vad klienter som tränar eller har tränat med en PT det senaste året anser är viktiga egenskaper och faktorer hos en PT. Design och metod: Studien har en kvalitativ deskriptiv design. Datainsamling genomfördes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Kvalitativ innehållsanalys användes för databearbetning. Resultat: Vid dataanalysen framkom 3 teman, 6 kategorier och 17 subkategorier. De teman och kategorier som framkom var: Framstå som kompetent - Utseende och uppvisad erfarenhet, Ge känsla av bred kunskap Coachingstil- Närvaro här och nu, Individanpassning Pedagogiska strategier - Verktyg för att uppnå resultat, Trygghetsskapande Konklusion: Bakgrundsinformation om alla PT bör finnas tillgänglig på hemsida eller anläggning i syfte att klienten ska kunna välja sin en PT utifrån deras personliga önskemål. Detta skulle kunna skapa goda grundförutsättningar för en fungerande arbetsallians. Forskning inom detta område är begränsat och det är därför av intresse att fler större studier genomförs. / Background: During the last years the fitness industry has expanded fast. Today PT is offered at almost every health club. Training with a PT have positive physical effects but it has also shown an influence on behaviour associated with training. A good relation between client and coach is needed for a positive outcome of the training. Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate what the clients that are training or has trained with at personal trainer during the last year consider as important factors and personal qualities related to personal trainers. Design and method: A qualitative descriptive design was used. Data collection was done by semi-structured interviews. Data was analysed with qualitative content analysis. Results: The analyses resulted in 3 themes, 6 categories and 17 sub categories. The themes and categories were: To appear as competent: Appearance and displayed experience ,Give a feeling of a broad knowledge. Coaching style: To be present here and now, To personalize Pedagogical strategies: Tools to reach results, To create a secure feeling, Conclusion: Background information of the PT should always be available at the health club or on the website. The client should have the opportunity to choose a PT based on their personal requests. This may result in good preconditions for a strong and effective working alliance. Reserach in this area are limited therefor further studies are needed.

Design trade-offs between estimation performance, processing delay and communication cost for a sensor scheduling problem is discussed. We consider a heterogeneous sensor network with two types of sensors: the first type has low-quality measurements, small processing delay and a light communication cost, while the second type is of high quality, but imposes a large processing delay and a high communication cost. Such a heterogeneous sensor network is common in applications, where for instance in a localization system the poor sensor can be an ultrasound sensor while the more powerful sensor can be a camera. Using a time-periodic Kalman filter, we show how one can find an optimal schedule of the sensor communication. One can significantly improve estimation quality by only using the expensive sensor rarely. We also demonstrate how simple sensor switching rules based on the Riccati equation drives the filter into a stable time-periodic Kalman filter. ￜ 2008 IEEE. / <p>QC 20110224</p>

This thesis aims to make a contribution to our current understanding regarding leisure-time pedagogues’ work with children’s relationships. Here focus is placed on the collective action repertoire as expressed by two different groups of leisure-time pedagogues. The research questions addressed are:   How do leisure-time pedagogues work with children’s relationships and how do they view such relationships? What communities do they identify? What qualities in children’s relationships do they regard as desirable?  The theoretical framework of this study is based on Wenger’s (1998) social theory regarding learning in communities of practice, as well as Gergen’s theory of relationships as an inevitable part of human existence. Consequently, within this thesis relationships are viewed as mainly negotiated and are therefore dynamic in character. The methodological approach is ethnographic, focusing on leisure-time pedagogues’ work with and talk about children’s relationships. The study is based on data derived from eight leisure-time pedagogues divided into two different work teams of four pedagogues, covering two different leisure-time centres and involving 60 children of 6-11 years of age.   Final analysis is based on concepts derived from both Wenger’s and Gergen’s theories, for example; action repertoire, relational qualities, communities of practice and shared interests. Results suggest that the communities of practice and the alliances that pedagogues identify are often gender-related and built on common interests. The pedagogues’ action repertoire illustrates a desire to facilitate encounters between children and promote harmonious relationships. Leisure-time pedagogues support relationships characterized by consensus, respect, confidence and adaptation to rules, whereas those marked by conflict, disharmony, breaking rules or aggressions are counteracted. Various notions emerge in pedagogues’ action repertoire based on normative thinking, where different relational competences are ascribed to children. Some children are described as relationally competent while other children, who do not adapt themselves in a desirable manner, are described as having difficulties adjusting their relational competence. The results also reveal a lack of guidelines for handling the variety of differences in children’s relationships and display the lack of a common professional language for verbalizing children’s relational work.

This thesis focuses on problems that have resulted from the increasing pressure facing urban and suburban land use in South Africa, brought on by a number of different factors including the political and historical background of the country, as well as by rapid urbanization. The objective of this thesis is to present the perspectives applied in the analysis of the built environment in selected case studies, in which different theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed to address the research questions. The empirical part of this thesis consists of four case studies, in which selected low-income housing projects are analyzed from a perspective of how to facilitate higher densities. A central question addressed is whether the provision of housing structures built at higher densities, maintain, improve, or aggravate spatial qualities; and whether the application of these types of projects can be considered as possible alternatives to address the problem of urban sprawl in South Africa. The study finds that the house types analyzed address the density dimension of urban sprawl, thus reducing the amount of land consumed. There is room for increasing densities and overall urban land use efficiency, to which the housing types analyzed in this study may contribute. This implies that cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg, which suffer from urban sprawl, have the possibility to grow in terms of population without having to expand further in terms of land use. The analysis of spatial qualities shows the studied types maintain positive spatial qualities, and have the possibility of increasing living standards. Nevertheless, a number of other dimensions need to be included when addressing urban sprawl conditions, in order to consider the possibility of replicating these housing types. Furthermore, this study advances approaches in terms of methodologies and concepts applied, which aim to contribute to an increased understanding of the current knowledge in the housing and urban planning fields focusing on questions of urban sprawl in general / <p>QC 20100909</p>

This study is situated in the field of cultural intelligence (CQ) research. It involves expatriate teachers employed at a college for Emirati women in the United Arab Emirates who are all EFL trained native English speakers with a minimum of 5 years overseas teaching experience. This interpretive study explores these teachers’ understandings of cultural intelligence through individual interviews and focus groups. In so doing it contributes to the discussion on expatriate teachers constructs of what it is to be culturally intelligent, and augments knowledge on the cultural intelligence construct itself through rich qualitative data. The research design and subsequent data analysis are informed by Sternberg and Detterman’s (1986) multi-loci of intelligence theory, and Earley and Ang’s (2003) multi-factor construct of cultural intelligence; metacognitive CQ, cognitive CQ, motivational CQ, and behavioural CQ . Results suggest that these four factors of CQ feature in the respondents constructs of cultural intelligence. Metacognitive CQ is evident in the importance placed on being alert to the cultural context and of consciously assessing and reassessing cultural knowledge before making decisions about how to proceed appropriately. Cognitive CQ is displayed in the significance cultural knowledge has for the participants; the data suggest that cognitive CQ is evident in the willingness and the effort made to learn specific cultural information pertaining to the context. For the respondents the desire to travel and engage with different cultures and a confidence in their own ability to manage successfully in novel cultural settings is clear evidence of motivational CQ. The results show that not only do the participants demonstrate behavioural CQ in their actions, they also employ strategies to facilitate accurate acquisition of cultural norms of behaviour through adopting a non-threatening observe and listen approach. In addition the study produced some interesting findings related to the context and attitudes to Arab culture such as the idea of the Arabic language as a cultural ‘gate-keeper’. Other findings that warrant further study include the strong association the respondents made between language learning and CQ, close personal relationships and CQ, age and ‘stage of life’ influences on CQ development, and the correlation these respondents felt exists between EFL teacher qualities and CQ capabilities.

L'objectif de cette étude est de résoudre les qualités de vol d'une aile volante long courrier, au stade de la conception avion. Le concept d'aile volante promet un gain important en terme de performances et de niveau de finesse par rapport aux configurations classiques. Ce gain est obtenu par l'intégration des quatre fonctions principales de l'avion (portance, contrôle, propulsion, transport) dans un seul corps. Ces choix de configuration entraînent des challenges à relever, dont l'obtention de qualités de vol respectant la certification. La configuration initiale étudiée présente de fortes instabilités longitudinales et latérales, une faible autorité en roulis, et des difficultés à effectuer la manœuvre de rotation au décollage. Dans cette étude sont proposées des solutions, combinant des surfaces de contrôle innovantes et des degrés de libertés originaux, qui tirent profit des avantages de la configuration. Les qualités de vols sont résolues dans un processus de résolution avec aussi peu de boucles que possible, et l'impact sur les performances est minimisé. En sortie de ce processus se trouve l'architecture de surface de contrôle optimisée, qui minimise l'impact des qualités de vol sur le coût de la mission. / The aim of this study is to solve the handling qualities problems of a long range blended wing body, at the conceptual design phase. That concept, also named flying wing in this report, is an aircraft which integrates the four aircraft functions (lift, control, propulsion, passengers transportation) in one single body. That configuration presents a benefit in cruise lift-over-drag ratio, as well as in noise emissions, due to the shielding effect provided by the inner wing to mask the engine noise.That configuration choice leads also to challenges. One of them is the handling qualities. The baseline studied flying wing presents initially longitudinal and lateral instabilities, as well as lack of roll manoeuvrability and difficulty to do the rotation at takeoff. In this report are proposed solutions, combining innovative control surfaces and original drivers, which are adapted to the configuration advantages. The handling qualitiesare solved in a resolution process with as few loops as possible, and the impact on the performances is minimized. The output of that process is the best control surfaces architecture and airfoils design which minimizes the impact of the handling qualities resolution on the cost of the mission.

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le domaine de l’automatique, et a pour but de fournir des outils utiles à l’atterrissage en mer d’hélicoptères (sur navire ou plateforme) et employés dans le cadre d’un potentiel pilotage automatique. L’objectif a donc été de développer une série de lois de commande pilotées manuellement, puis commandées de façon autonome à l’aide d’informations caméra. Les lois ainsi développées à l’aide de modèles dynamiques d’hélicoptères, limitations mécaniques incluses, se basent sur les critères de Qualité de Vol issus de la norme ADS-33. L’ensemble a fait appel à une approche anti-windup pour améliorer la robustesse face aux situations d’actionneurs en saturation. Enfin les lois issues de ces travaux ont été testées en temps-réel sur le banc de pilotage d’hélicoptères de l’ONERA Salon-de-Provence. / This thesis is related to the automatic & control engineering field, and itsmain goal is to provide useful tools for ship landing missions, tools that can be used fora potential autopilot. The objective has been to develop a series of control laws manuallypiloted, then automatically controlled by visual servoing using identified image features. Thelaws developped thanks to helicopter models with mechanical limitations were based on flyingqualities criteria from the ADS-33 standard. The process also defines an anti-windup approachto cope with actuator saturations. Finally the main results were assessed in real time withthe ONERA rotorcraft flight test bench at ONERA Salon-de-Provence.