Search for dissertations about: "Application Service Provision."

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2. 1. Participatory Governance and Public Service Provision

   Author : Serena Cocciolo; Jakob Svensson; Anna Tompsett; Ingvild Almås; Michelle Brock; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community-Driven Development; Participatory development; Community decision-making; Participation; Safe water; Preferences; Beliefs; Policy design; Impact evaluation; Field experiment; Lab-in-the-field experiment; Randomized Controlled Trial; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : How do Community Contribution Requirements Affect Local Public Good Provision? Experimental Evidence from Safe Water Sources in Bangladesh We exploit the random assignment of communities selected to receive a safe drinking water program to various contribution requirements: cash, labor or no requirement to contribute. Imposing a cash contribution requirement greatly decreases program take-up, while imposing a labour contribution does not. READ MORE

4. 2. Environmental Implications of Product Servicising. - The Case of Outsourced Computing Utilities

   Author : Andrius Plepys; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life cycle assessment; electronics; computers; semiconductors; server-based computing; Application Service Provision.; Commercial and industrial economics; Industriell ekonomi; Electronics; Dematerialisation; product servicising; Elektronik;

   Abstract : The life cycle of electronic products is associated with significant environmental impacts. Compared to many other products, the production of electronics and in particular semiconductors is resource intensive and generates a number of highly toxic waste streams in manufacturing and post-consumer stages of product life cycle. READ MORE

5. 3. Towards self-driving microservices

   Author : Mohammad Reza Saleh Sedghpour; Johan Tordsson; Cristian Klein; Cesare Pautasso; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Microservices; Autonomic Computing; Service Mesh; Reliability; Circuit Breaker; Retry; Microservice Resiliency; Microservice Benchmarking; Reproducibility; Repeatability.; Computer Science; datalogi;

   Abstract : In recent years, microservice architecture has become a popular method for software system design and development. This involves creating applications with multiple small services, each with multiple instances, operating as independent processes. READ MORE

6. 4. Water for a few : a history of urban water and sanitation in East Africa

   Author : David Nilsson; Arne Kaijser; Gunilla Andrae; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; urban water; urban sanitation; urban history; development studies; African history; environmental history; large technical systems; socio-technical systems; institutional change; public service; History of technology; Teknikhistoria;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis describes and analyses the modern history of the socio-technical systems for urban water supply and sanitation in East Africa with focus on Uganda and Kenya. The key objective of the thesis is to evaluate to what extent the historic processes frame and influence the water and sanitation services sectors in these countries today. READ MORE

7. 5. Understanding the Roles of Stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation Sector- Implementation and Operation of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems in the Kanata metropolitan region, Bolivia

   Author : Ida Helgegren; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community management; SDG 6; Transition; Wastewater; Urban areas; Adoption; Universal access; Service providers; Socio-technical regimes; Households;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to understand how distinct population segments access safe water and sanitation services, including the role of CBOs and individual households. A qualitative case study approach of the water and sanitation sector of the Kanata metropolitan region, Bolivia was selected. READ MORE