Search for dissertations about: "assessments"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 1447 swedish dissertations containing the word assessments.

  2. 26. Exploring Purposeful use of Innovation Self-assessments

    Author : Helena Blackbright; Tomas Backström; Peter Johansson; Erik Bjurström; Inger G. Stensaker; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : Innovation management is a multidimensional practice characterized by the requirement of a constant renewal to maintain an organization’s relative innovativeness. A practice highly characterized by a requirement to handle uncertainty, risk, and long lead times, which requires an active management of both the prerequisites of today and a yet-undefined future. READ MORE

  4. 27. Delirium in older people after cardiac surgery : risk factors, dementia, patients’ experiences and assessments

    Author : Helena Claesson Lingehall; Birgitta Olofsson; Elisabeth Lindahl; Yngve Gustafson; Karl Gunnar Engström; Anna-Karin Edberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Delirium; Dementia; Nursing; Older people; Patients’ experiences; Perioperative period; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Abstract : Background:Delirium is common in older people undergoing cardiac surgery. Delirium is an acute or subacute neuro-psychiatric syndrome, characterized by a change in cognition, disturbances in consciousness; it fluctuates, develops over a short period of time and always has an underlying cause. READ MORE

  5. 28. Decision-making, Risk, and Utility : Assessments and Applications of Alternative Decision Models

    Author : Thomas Paulsson; Jönköping University; []
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    Abstract : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introductory chapter. While theoretically and empirically independent from each other, the essays share some common properties. They all, in some respect, treat various aspects and dimensions of preference structures, preference elicitation, and choice under risk and uncertainty. READ MORE

  6. 29. Optimizing Exposome-wide Assessments in Cardiometabolic Risk

    Author : Hugo Pomares-Millan; Genetisk och molekylär epidemiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Lifestyle; Nutritional epidemiology; Cardiometabolic risk; Prediabetes; cardiovascular disease CVD ; Type 2 diabetes T2D ; Machine learning; causal inference; Mediation analysis; Mendelian randomization;

    Abstract : This thesis is focused on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), two concomitant conditions that appear with growing concern. In our work, we aim to improve the identification of individuals at-risk of cardiometabolic disease through the characterization of complex environmental exposures (i.e. READ MORE

  7. 30. Improving Assessments of Hemodynamics and Vascular Disease

    Author : Magnus Ziegler; Petter Dyverfeldt; Tino Ebbers; Jonas Lantz; Ebo de Muinck; Carljohan Carlhäll; Alex J. Barker; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Blood vessels are more than simple pipes, passively enabling blood to pass through them. Their form and function are dynamic, changing with both aging and disease. This process involves a feedback loop wherein changes to the shape of a blood vessel affect the hemodynamics, causing yet more structural adaptation. READ MORE