Sökning: "Field survey"

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  1. 1. Ägonamn : Namnstruktur och namnkontinuitet i två uppländska socknar

    Författare :Elin Pihl; Staffan Nyström; Per Vikstrand; Inge Særheim; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Onomastics; field names; place names; name formation; name continuity; ono-masticon; records of names; cadastral records; Almunge; Väddö; namnforskning; ägonamn; ortnamn; namnbildning; namnkontinuitet; onomastikon; uppteckningar; lantmäteriakter; Almunge; Väddö; namnforskning; ägonamn; ortnamn; namnbildning; namnkontinuitet; onomastikon; uppteckningar; lantmäteriakter; Almunge; Väddö; Scandinavian Languages; Nordiska språk; Namnforskning; Name Care and Name Planning; Place Names; Ortnamn;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to present the general features of field names from the early 17th century to 2012, and to investigate the continuity of such names and attempt to understand what factors are of importance when it comes to their continuity and disappearance. A general survey is conducted in two parishes, Almunge and Väddö, in Uppland, Sweden, with more detailed investigations covering the hamlets of Söderby and Ösby, in Almunge, and Södra Fjäll and Norrbyle, in Väddö. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Field Experiments and Impact Evaluation

    Författare :Remidius Denis Ruhinduka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adaptation to climate change; ambiguity; artefactual field experiment; behavioraleconomics; charcoal; credit; deforestation; endogenous switching regression; field experiment; guilt; honesty; impact evaluation; kindness; liquidity constraint; LPG stoves; rice marketing; risk preferences; system of rice intensification; Tanzania; time preferences;

    Sammanfattning : Paper 1: Improving Welfare Through Climate-Friendly Agriculture: The Case of the System of Rice Intensification We use rich survey data to investigate the economic impact of a climate-friendly rice farming method known as the system of rice intensification (SRI) on the welfare of rain-dependent small-holder farmers in Tanzania. SRI reduces water consumption by half, which makes it a promising farming system in the adaptation to climate change in moisture constrained areas, and it does not require flooding of rice fields, resulting in reduced methane emissions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Boreal vegetation responses to forestry as reflected in field trial and survey data

    Författare :Johan Bergstedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Logging; boreal forest; selective cutting; scarification; ground-layer flora; survey data;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis had two objectives: the first objective was to evaluate the response of forest ground vegetation to selected forestry operations, i.e. cutting of different intensities and scarification; the second objective was to compare the use of survey data in vegetation research with that of more traditional research using field trials - i.e. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Unequal Playing Field : Headquarters’ Attention and Subsidiary Voice in Multinational Corporations

    Författare :Hammad ul Haq; Desirée Blankenburg Holm; Rian Drogendijk; Tina Ambos; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :attention; communication; issue selling; subsidiary initiatives; multinational corporation; headquarter-subsidiary relationship; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Attention of top managers has an impact on future direction of an organization according to the attention-based view of the firm. In the context of multinational corporations, headquarters’ attention is likely to influence the actions and behavior of subsidiaries. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Measuring Professional Judgements : An Application of the Factorial Survey Approach to the Field of Social Work

    Författare :Lisa Wallander; Karin H. Bergmark; Ruth Ludwick; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Factorial Survey Approach; Vignettes; Professional Judgements; Sociology; Social Work; Social Services; Substance Misuse Treatment; Multilevel Analysis; Knowledge Use; Professional Development; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The focus of this thesis is the factorial survey approach as a method for studying professional judgements in social work. The factorial survey approach, which was first introduced in the social sciences around the beginning of the 1980s, constitutes an advanced method for measuring human judgements of social objects. LÄS MER