Sökning: "Societal safety"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade orden Societal safety.

1. 21. Quantitative vulnerability analysis of electric power networks

   Författare :Åke J. Holmgren; Torbjörn Thedéen; Lars-Göran Mattsson; Terje Aven; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :Safety Analysis; vulnerability; homeland security; risk analysis; network; electric power system; blackout; power law; statistical analysis; graph theory; branching process; game theory; Säkerhetsanalys; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Disturbances in the supply of electric power can have serious implications for everyday life as well as for national (homeland) security. A power outage can be initiated by natural disasters, adverse weather, technical failures, human errors, sabotage, terrorism, and acts of war. LÄS MER

3. 22. Vaccine safety, vaccine effectiveness and other determinants for successful immunisation programmes

   Författare :Favelle Lamb; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The studies in this thesis examined several key determinants for successful uptake of vaccinations in the Nordic countries, with focus on vaccine safety and vaccine effectiveness. In study I, we investigated whether disease history is a risk factor for narcolepsy after vaccination with the pandemic influenza vaccine, Pandemrix, which was circulated between 2009 and 2010. LÄS MER

4. 23. In search of risk and safety cultures : empirical and theoretical considerations in the settings of northern and western Europe

   Författare :Karin Melinder; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :injury; traffic accidents; suicides; Nordic countries; ICD; mortality; Europe; culture; value; risk; safety;

   Sammanfattning : There has been an increasing interest in determinants of public health at societal level. These factors have often been of a socio-economic nature, whereas culture has attracted less attention. LÄS MER

5. 24. Economic evaluation of public health programmes : constraints and opportunities

   Författare :Pia Johansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Public health; health promotion; prevention; community-based; smoking cessation; elderly injuries; type 2 diabetes; cost-effectiveness analysis; economic evaluation; incentives; participation;

   Sammanfattning : The decision-making basis in health and medicine needs to be expanded by economic evaluations on public health programmes, to avoid that these are rejected without grounds when priorities are established. The first aim of this thesis is thus to assess the cost-effectiveness of three public health programmes, which were implemented in the Metropolitan area of Stockholm, Sweden during the period 1995-2004. LÄS MER

7. 25. Environmental politics and the enchantment of modernity : mercury and radioactive waste disposal in Sweden

   Författare :Ylva Uggla; Rolf Lidskog; Johan Hedrén; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental politics; mercury; radioactive waste; modernity; risk; sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : Current Swedish environmental policy embraces the notion of sustainable development and the discourse of ecological modernisation, both of which stress the role of modern institutions in environmental protection work. In pursuing ecological sustainability, the Swedish Government assigns importance to the issue of domestic, safe, final disposal of mercury and radioactive waste; responsibility for mercury and radioactive waste management must not be passed to future generations. LÄS MER