Sökning: "natural catastrophes"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden natural catastrophes.

  1. 1. "Så tänker jag om tro och liv i andra länder" : Barns tankar om andra kulturer i ett didaktiskt perspektiv. En studie av 200 uppsatser, skrivna av grundskoleelever på temat tro och liv i andra länder

    Författare :Evald Aspengren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Qualitative rnethod; didactics of history; religion; geography; social science; how children think about democracy; solidarity; equality; war; suffering; natural catastrophes; environrnent care; Pedagogisk metodik; grundksolan; elevers föreställningar; religionsundervisning; kulturskillnader;

    Sammanfattning : The subject of this study is how elementary school pupils look upon foreign cultures. Two hundred children have written essays about what they think about thoughts and belief in other countries.The analysis shows that democracy, justice and equality are very important conceptions within children's general view of life. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Catastrophe, Ruin and Death - Some Perspectives on Insurance Mathematics

    Författare :Erland Ekheden; Dmitrii Silvestrov; Steven Haberman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mathematical Statistics; matematisk statistik;

    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

  4. 3. Colonisation and extinction of vascular plants on islands off the Swedish east coast

    Författare :Anders Löfgren; Lars Ericson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; plants; ecological succession; colonizing ability; population dynamics; grasslands; islands; Sweden; plant ecology; Plant Ecology; växtekologi;

    Sammanfattning : Persistence of species is a function of colonisation and extinction among patches at a regional scale. A decrease in area and an increased isolation of suitable patches may result in a decreased colonisation rate and an increased extinction rate among species. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Exploring Software Resilience

    Författare :Björn Ståhl; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Software has, for better or worse, become a core component in the structured management and manipulation of vast quantitates of information, and is therefore central to many crucial services and infrastructures. However, hidden among the various benefits that the inclusion of software may bring is the potential of unwanted and unforeseen interactions, ranging from mere annoyances all the way up to full-blown catastrophes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Event Prediction and Bootstrap in Time Series

    Författare :Anders Svensson; Matematisk statistik; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Statistics; bootstrap control.; statistical bootstrap; catastrophe; level-crossings; ARMAX process; Optimal alarm system; time series; optimal event predictor; operations research; programming; actuarial mathematics; Statistik; operationsanalys; programmering; aktuariematematik;

    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