Sökning: "Risk Attitudes"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 277 avhandlingar innehållade orden Risk Attitudes.

1. 16. Managing knowledge sharing of extreme weather induced impacts on land transport infrastructure : Case study of the Swedish Transport Administration

   Författare :Monika Rydstedt Nyman; Lars Nyberg; Magnus Johansson; Eva Liljegren; Peter Söderholm; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; lessons learned; risk management; climate change adaptation; accident investigation method; extreme weather events; natural hazard; land transport infrastructure; maintenance; lärande; kunskapsåterföring; risk hantering; klimatanpassning; olycksutredningsmetod; naturolyckor; landtransport infrastruktur; underhåll; Risk and Environmental Studies; Risk- och Miljöstudier;

   Sammanfattning : Extreme weather events and effects of climate change are threats to the transport sector’s functionality and safety. Risk management in this context implies a necessity to focus on the connection between near-term experiences and coping strategies on one hand, and long-term adaptation analyses on the other. LÄS MER

3. 17. The climacteric. Management and attitudes among women and physicians

   Författare :Louise Thunell; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :climacteric; epidemiology; longitudinal; climacteric symptoms; hormone replacement therapy; attitudes; knowledge; gynecologists; postmenopausal; type 2 diabetes; hyperandrogenicity; glucose homeostasis; lipids; PAI-1;

   Sammanfattning : Aims: Paper I: To longitudinally assess the prevalence of climacteric symptoms, the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and life-style factors in the same women in 1992 (aged 46-62 years) and in 1998 (aged 52-68 years). Paper II: To study changes in (i) the prevalence of HRT use and (ii) attitudes and knowledge about the climacteric among 46-62 years old women resident in Göteborg 1992 and 1998. LÄS MER

4. 18. Perinatal Depressive Symptoms among Women in North-Eastern Thailand : Risk Factors, Support and Prevention

   Författare :Nitikorn Phoosuwan; Pranee Lundberg; Leif Eriksson; Katarina Hjelm; Eva Nissen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Perinatal depressive symptoms; Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; risk factors; life situation; support; intervention programme; public health professionals; Caring Sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Perinatal depressive symptoms among women remain a global burden. Improvements in self-efficacy among public health professionals (PHPs) in primary healthcare settings to detect and manage perinatal depressive symptoms among women are needed. LÄS MER

5. 19. INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESEARCH RESULTS : Uncertainties, Conceptions, and Preferences

   Författare :Jennifer Viberg Johansson; M G Hansson; Pär Segerdahl; Sophie Langenskiöld; Marion McAllister; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Incidental findings; genetic risk information; research participants; risk perception; free choice; framing; conceptions of genetic risk; making sense of genetic risk; preferences for genetic risk information;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the ethical discussion on how to handle incidental findings in biomedical research using sequencing technologies from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Study I and II are theoretical studies that used conceptual analysis. LÄS MER

7. 20. Speed Choice : The Driver, the Road and Speed Limits

   Författare :Mats Haglund; Nils Petter Gregersen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Driving behaviour; Speed choice; Risk estimates; Enforcement; Attitudes; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Speed choice is one of the more characteristic features of driver behaviour. The speed a driver chooses to travel at determines the degree of difficulty he or she operates under. Higher speeds lead to more accidents, higher accident risk and more severe consequences of an accident. LÄS MER