Sökning: "Catastrophe"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 44 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Catastrophe.
1. Katastrofer och män : Explorativa undersökningar av ett komplext förhållande
Sammanfattning : The present work is a doctoral dissertation in the field of social work with a gender perspective. Three case studies with an explorative approach were conducted, with the following research questions as the point of departure: a) is there a catastrophe-related gender segregation regarding men, and b) if so, what does this segregation look like in terms of related forms and phenomena? The work has its methodological basis in grounded theory, which is designed to generate theory that is firmly grounded in empirical data. LÄS MER
2. EXPANDED CHOREOGRAPHY : Shifting the agency of movement in The Artificial Nature Project and 69 positions
Sammanfattning : Through two books and a series of video documentations of live performances Mette Ingvartsen makes choreography into a territory of physical, artistic and social experimentation. The Artificial Nature Series focusses on how relations between human and non-human agency can be explored and reconfigured through choreography. LÄS MER
3. Event Prediction and Bootstrap in Time Series
Sammanfattning : Alarm systems are used in many situations, and should be as efficient as possible. In this thesis optimal predictive alarm systems, event predictors, are presented for general linear time series models with external signals. This family of process models include e.g. LÄS MER
4. Catastrophe, Ruin and Death - Some Perspectives on Insurance Mathematics
Sammanfattning : This thesis gives some perspectives on insurance mathematics related to life insurance and / or reinsurance. Catastrophes and large accidents resulting in many lost lives are unfortunatley known to happen over and over again. LÄS MER
5. Optimizing experimental radioimmunotherapy : investigating the different mechanisms behind radiation induced cell deaths
Sammanfattning : Background. Radiation therapy is an important treatment regimen for malignant disease. Radiation therapy uses ionizing radiation to induce DNA damage in tumor cells in order to kill them. LÄS MER