Traditional museums are sometimes static, passive and lifeless. Based on previous work on interaction techniques in Virtual Reality museums, the aim of this Master Thesis is to bring this work to the next level. The project will focus on improving the experience of exploring a virtual museum through more realistic modeling and improved navigation and interaction with the objects allocated inside.

The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to analyze the potential of local people to reduce the risk of disasters caused by the drought hazard. Evidence was collected through the application of a multiple case study methodology during field based research conducted in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of drought hazard. The study focused on wa

Infektionssjukdomar är en av världens största globala risker. För att kontrollera spridningen av barnsjukdomar i Sverige vaccineras barn enligt det allmänna barnvaccinationsprogrammet. Programmet är integrerat i den svenska barnhälsovårdens basprogram och administreras av barnavårdscentraler (BVC). Den svenska vaccinationstäckningen är hög, nära 100 procent. Det finns dock föräldrar som är oroliga

Svenskt skolsystem som vårt samhälles viktigaste kunskaps- och kulturbärande institution står inför en historisk utmaning som består i att möta den nya mångkulturella verkligheten. Elever med en annan etnisk bakgrund än svensk uppvisar dessvärre betydligt sämre skolresultat vilket utgör ett allvarligt hot mot skolsystemets möjlighet att uppnå sina mål men i förläggning också ett hot mot de grundlä

This study deals with the issue of how music can affect the religious experience of people who sing in choirs in the Church of Sweden. It is established that music plays a great importance in people’s every-day lives, and that it has various effects on us, for instance how it can soothe a person who is agitated or the way it can induce fright, compassion, anger or happiness. Music occupies a large

New models of combustion engines have gained a great interest within research in the last decade. This interest has arisen due to the possibility to achieve a higher degree of efficiency and lower emissions, which will impact the environment positively. A higher degree of efficiency implicates an economical benefit in terms of fuel. The HCCI engine has been thoroughly researched due to its combine

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between subjective well-being and the two organizational variables; social support and leadership. Another purpose was to investigate whether these relationships were diverse in the three working categories in the sample. Subjective well-being was measured in two dimensions; life satisfaction and positive affect. Three different kinds of social

Experienced safety is difficult to measure, as it treats subjective feelings and these do not always coincide with crime rates. In addition, women, immigrants and poor people often report lower levels of experienced safety, which implies structural causes. Many quantitative studies have been carried out on the subject of safety, crime and fear but there is still a need for more knowledge of experi

Purpose - This study is about the triadic relationship with a Triple Helix approach between the state, industry and university in Japan. The intention is to see if an increase in collaboration between the three actors generates an increase in patents, start-up companies and new organisations. I will use the Triple Helix model as a hypothesis and see if the increase in collaboration leads to an inc

Community radio stations are a new phenomenon in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. While the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2008 recognizes them as a media category, confusion remains around questions of ownership, funding and roles. Following the volatile post-election situation of December 2007, the government imposed a month-long live media ban. Media has been blamed by politicians for infla

In spite of the modernization of obstetrics in Tamil Nadu, the rural women still adhere to several traditional beliefs and practices, in regard to childbearing and postpartum. The varieties of non-biomedical practices were used in attempt to ensure a risk-free delivery and the birth of a healthy baby, although the collected data shows that some of them are harmful. To understand why the rural wome

Group-based microfinance programmes, based on trust and solidarity among members, currently dominate development policy and practice as the approach compensates for individual poor’s lack of material resources and market imperfections. Despite strong evidence of its social and economic impact, few researches take an in-depth, empirical look at how the group models manifest and create social capita

This thesis analyzes dynamics of Public-Private Partnership contractual arrangements and focuses on uncovering reasons of the disintegration (renegotiation and/or cancellation) of such contracts. It looks in detail at a specific case of a contractual arrangement of concessioning of the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC), a backbone of the corridor that links the landlocked Rwanda, Burundi and Ugan

Mobile video streaming lets anyone send live video from their mobile phone to the Internet, available for millions to view in real-time. This is a very powerful technology that can be expected to grow in the next few years. This thesis has explored mobile video streaming as a core component in new media tools. It has particularly investigated the possibilities of creating and maintaining a relatio