Search for dissertations about: "goal"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 3097 swedish dissertations containing the word goal.
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1. Rational Goal-Setting in Environmental Policy : Foundations and Applications
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to present a model for rational goal-setting and to illustrate how it can be applied in evaluations of public policies, in particular policies concerning sustainable development and environmental quality. The contents of the thesis are divided into two sections: a theoretical section (Papers I-IV) and an empirical section (Papers V-VII). READ MORE
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2. Goal-setting and goal-achieving in transport policy
Abstract : The thesis aims at developing new, alternative approaches and methods based on suggestions and ideas originating from moral philosophy and philosophical decision theory. More precisely, the thesis aims at investigating the rationality of transport policy decisions, including goal-setting and performance evaluation. READ MORE
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3. Two worlds, one goal : A Clinician’s Perspective on Laboratory Analyses in Anticoagulant Treatment
Abstract : Almost precisely a century ago, in the 1920s and 1930s, cattle bled to death in North America after being fed moldy hay containing sweet clover, the yellow Melilotus officinalis, and the white Melilotus albus. The toxic substance in the hay inhibiting blood coagulation was identified and named dicumarol. READ MORE
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4. Verbs of Motion with Directional Prepositions and Prefixes in Xenophon's Anabasis
Abstract : The thesis compares different prepositions and verbal prefixes denoting direction in Ancient Greek. The corpus covers passages in Xenophon’s Anabasis where such directional elements are used. READ MORE
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5. How to Set Rational Environmental Goals : theory and applications
Abstract : Environmental goals are commonly set to guide work towards ecological sustainability. The aim of this thesis is to develop a precise terminology for the description of goals in terms of properties that are important in their practical use as decision-guides and to illustrate how it can be used in evaluations of environmental policy. READ MORE