Search for dissertations about: "Action framework"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 407 swedish dissertations containing the words Action framework.

  2. 11. Governance and Development of the East African Community : The Ethical Sustainability Framework

    Author : Dickson Kanakulya; Göran Collste; Ronnie Hjorth; Edward Wamala; Ngabirano Maximiano; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : The pursuit of sustainability of governance and development has become a major challenge in contemporary times because of increasing realization that: various ecological and social systems are interconnected; and the complexity of our natural and constructed environs requires holistic approaches to avoid catastrophic fissures in the systems on which humans depend. As regional governments such as the East African Community (EAC) become important in Africa (and other regions), they present opportunities to generate cross-national approaches to achieving sustainability albeit success in that direction is limited and sporadic. READ MORE

  4. 12. HIV Patient Monitoring Framework Through Knowledge Engineering

    Author : Charles Otine; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Action Research; Antiretroviral therapy ART ; AIDS; Classification; Databases; Data Mining; Data Warehousing; Health; ICT; IT; HIV; Open Source; Knowledge Discovery; Knowledge Engineering; Machine Learning; Regression;

    Abstract : Uganda has registered more than a million deaths since the HIV virus was first offi¬cially reported in the country over 3 decades ago. The governments in partnership with different groups have implemented different programmes to address the epidemic. READ MORE

  5. 13. Water supply management in an urban utility : A prototype decision support framework

    Author : Frank Kizito; Roger Thunvik; Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Decision support systems; Geographic information systems; Participatory planning; Urban water supply management; Decision support framework; Action research; Water engineering; Vattenteknik;

    Abstract : In this study, four real-life problem situations were used to explore the challenges of developing and implementing decision support tools for planning and management within an urban water utility. The study sought to explore how the degree of adoption of formal decision support tools in practice, generally perceived to be low, could be improved. READ MORE

  6. 14. Sisters! Making Films, Doing Politics : An Exploration in Artistic Research

    Author : Petra Bauer; Konstfack; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetics; Art; Artistic Research; Berwick Street Film Collecitve; Camera; Cinema Action; Claire Johnston; Collectivity; Documentary Film; Ethics; feminism; film; Film Collectives; Film Production; Film Strategies; Hannah Arendt; Judith Butler; London Women’s Film Group; Political Action; Public Space; Relationality; Southall Black Sisters; Aesthetics; Art; Artistic Research; Berwick Street Film Collecitve; Camera; Cinema Action; Claire Johnston; Collectivity; Documentary Film; Ethics; feminism; film; Film Collectives; Film Production; Film Strategies; Hannah Arendt; Judith Butler; London Women’s Film Group; Political Action; Public Space; Relationality; Southall Black Sisters;

    Abstract : How does film become a political act? That is the question that the artistic research project Sisters! Making Films, Doing Politics revolves around. Taking Hannah Arendt’s ideas about the constitution of the political arena as its point of departure, this dissertation reflects on the aesthetic mechanisms that underlie contemporary strategies for collective and feminist filmmaking. READ MORE

  7. 15. HOUSE MASTER SCHOOL: Career Model for Education and Training in Integrated and Sustainable Conservation of Built Environments

    Author : Erika Johansson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; transdisciplinary case study research; community action; Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; sustainability science; organizational learning; triple helix; training; educational systems design; construction; lifelong learning; integrated conservation; socio-ecological approach; systemic approach; sustainable development; craftsmanship training; crafts; career and workforce development; action research; education;

    Abstract : Based on a participatory action research methodology and approach (AR), this dissertation explores the core theoretical problems and opportunities of education and learning for sustainable development (ESD) within the cross-disciplinary area of integrated and sustainable conservation of built environments. The main purpose has been to develop an epistemological framework for integrated lifelong learning, ethics and advanced research (R&D) and to provide a new sustainable education and career model for the field to be applied in the Dalecarlia region and on a national level within the Swedish construction industry at large; i. READ MORE