Sökning: "Risks"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 2020 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Risks.

  1. 1. Privacy and Security Analysis : Assessing Risks and Harm to Patients

    Författare :Samuel Wairimu; Stefan Lindskog; Lothar Fritsch; Rose-Mharie Åhlfeldt; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Privacy; Security; e-Health; Risks; Harms; Personlig integritet; Informationss ̈akerhet; e-h ̈alsa; Risker; Skador; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Disruptive technologies in the form of e-Health or electronic healthcare (the use of information technology in health) have the ability to provide positive implications to both patients and healthcare professionals. Recently, public health agencies deployed contact tracing apps with the aim of curbing the spread of COVID-19, by aiding manual contact tracing, and lifting restrictions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Smart connected homes : concepts, risks, and challenges

    Författare :Joseph Bugeja; Jan Persson; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Smart Connected Homes; Internet of Things; Smart Home Devices; Data Lifecycle; Security Risks; Privacy Management; Vulnerability Assessment; Security Mitigations; Threat Agents; Smart Home Services; System Architecture;

    Sammanfattning : The growth and presence of heterogeneous connected devices inside the home have the potential to provide increased efficiency and quality of life to the residents. Simultaneously, these devices tend to be Internet-connected and continuously monitor, collect, and transmit data about the residents and their daily lifestyle activities. LÄS MER

  4. 3. A life-course approach to chronic kidney disease : risks and consequences

    Författare :Per-Ola Sundin; Scott Montgomery; Katja Fall; Per Sjöström; Dorothea Nitsch; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chronic kidney disease; pneumonia; grip strength; creatinine; cystatin C; adolescence; life-course epidemiology; risk factor; mortality;

    Sammanfattning : Successful primary prevention of chronic kidney disease (CKD) relies on understanding the pathways leading to established disease, including how they extend over the life-course. Projects in this thesis examine risk factors for CKD and consequences of impaired kidney function from a life-course perspective using routinely collected health-data in Swedish registers and research cohort data from the United Kingdom. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Insulin treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes : Risks and benefits

    Författare :Torbjörn Lindström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Patients with Type 2 diabetes and secondary failure to oral hypoglycaemic agents were characterized before and during insulin treatment. During oral treatment the 24-h area under the curve for free insulin in blood was similar to that in healthy subjects. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Landslides in the central Kenyan highlands : Risks and actors

    Författare :Michaela Nylund; Lars-Ove Westerberg; Ingmar Borgström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : Measures taken to prevent and mitigate landslides are often based on geotechnical solutions. However, to understand local effects of landslides, people’s perception, knowledge and experiences are important, as this influence the level of vulnerability, and the efficacy of adaptive and mitigating measures. LÄS MER