Sökning: "risk assessment"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 1707 avhandlingar innehållade orden risk assessment.

  1. 21. Safety and decision-making

    Författare :Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptual analysis; safety; risk; epstemic uncertainty; epstemic values; values in risk assessment; risk analysis; risk management; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : Safety is an important topic for a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, economics, sociology, psychology, political science and philosophy, and plays a central role in risk analysis and risk management. The aim of this thesis is to develop a concept of safety that is relevant for decision-making, and to elucidate its consequences for risk and safety research and practices. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Pressure sores : risk assessment and prevention

    Författare :Margareta Lindgren; Christina Lindholm; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to study the prevalence, incidence, prevention and treatment of pressure sores, to further develop a risk assessment scale, and test the reliability and validity of this scale, to identify risk factors for pressure sore development, and to study skin blood flow in non-blanchable erythema areas as compared to undamaged skin.Criteria used for pressure sore assessment were persistent discoloration i. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Urban drainage and climate change : impact assessment

    Författare :Karolina Berggren; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; VA-teknik; Urban Water Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007), the global mean temperature has increased by 0,7 °C during the last 100 years and, as a consequence, the hydrological cycle has intensified with, for example, more intense rainfall events. As urban drainage systems have been developed over a long period of time and design criteria are based upon climatic characteristics, these changes will affect the systems and the city accordingly. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Dealing with uncertainty

    Författare :Jonas Clausen Mork; John Cantwell; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Terje Aven; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; safety factor; safety margin; uncertainty factor; uncertainty function; uncertainty; information; risk; risk assessment; risk management; epistemology; science; reasoning;

    Sammanfattning : Uncertainty is, it seems, more or less constantly present in our lives. Even so, grasping the concept philosophically is far from trivial. In this doctoral thesis, uncertainty and its conceptual companion information are studied. Axiomatic analyses are provided and numerical measures suggested. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Varierade bedömningspraktiker i samhällskunskap : Validitet och agens i lärares beslut om bedömningars syften, innehåll och metoder

    Författare :Tobias Jansson; Håkan Löfgren; Joakim Samuelsson; David Rosenlund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Classroom assessment; Assessment practice; Teacher agency; Performativity; Validity; Civics; Social studies; Upper secondary school teachers; Thematic analysis; Bedömning; Bedömningspraktik; Läraragens; Performativitet; Validitet; Samhällskunskap; Gymnasielärare; Tematisk analys;

    Sammanfattning : I denna avhandling undersöks samhällskunskapslärares bedömnings-praktiker vad gäller syften, innehåll, förmågor och metoder, samt faktorer som kan påverka lärares bedömningspraktiker. Detta undersöktes genom tematiska analyser av intervjuer med totalt nitton gymnasielärare och deras bedömningsuppgifter. LÄS MER