Search for dissertations about: "Drinking and Driving"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Drinking and Driving.

2. 1. Teenager fatalities : epidemiology and implications for prevention

   Author : Lars Johansson; Anders Eriksson; Leif Svanström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Teenager; fatalities; injury; suicide; alcohol; drugs; intoxication; trends; Forensic medicine; Rättsmedicin; Forensic Medicine; rättsmedicin;

   Abstract : A significant number of teenagers are killed each year by unintentional or intentional injuries. A teenager is in a vulnerable phase of her/his life, going from being a child to adult. This transition often includes testing the limits of their capabilities, which can include, e.g. READ MORE

4. 2. Holistic Grasping: Affordances, Grasp Semantics, Task Constraints

   Author : Martin Hjelm; Danica Kragic; Markus Vincze; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; robotics; robotic grasping; grasping; cognition; embodied cognition; computer vision; machine learning; artificial intelligence; AI; Gaussian process; Gaussian process latent variable model; GPLVM; 3D vision; point cloud features; robotik; manipulation; datorseende; maskininlärning; artificiell intelligens; kognition; Computer Science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : Most of us perform grasping actions over a thousand times per day without giving it much consideration, be it from driving to drinking coffee. Learning robots the same ease when it comes to grasping has been a goal for the robotics research community for decades. READ MORE

5. 3. Drunk driving : a study of psychosocial, and health factors, focusing on young and middle-aged men in a metropolitan area

   Author : Gunilla Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Alcohol use; criminality; disability pension; drinking and driving; drunk driving; epidemiology; morbidity; mortality; social class;

   Abstract : Drunk driving is a common and serious alcohol-related problem in Sweden and many other countries. In Sweden 9,433 persons, of whom 90 % were men, were convicted of drunk driving in 1997. Surveys indicate that many more have driven under the influence of alcohol. READ MORE

6. 4. Feasibility Analysis of Biogas Based Polygeneration for Rural Development in Bangladesh

   Author : MD. Ershad Ullah Khan; Andrew Martin; Josiah Knight; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Anaerobic digester; polygeneration; cooking gas; gas engine; electricity; membrane distillation; arsenic safe water; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

   Abstract : Around three-quarters of Bangladeshis (total population 164 million) live in rural areas: only 25% of these households have access to grid electricity with non-reliable supply despite the country’s successful rural electrification program, kerosene is the predominant source for lighting, and woody biomass is virtually the only option available for cooking. Aside from this energy service challenges the rural population also struggles with unsafe drinking water in terms of widespread arsenic contamination of well water. READ MORE

7. 5. Lubrication of sliding bearings for hydropower applications

   Author : Donald McCarthy; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Maskinelement; Machine Elements;

   Abstract : The term "sliding bearing" refers to types of bearing where two conformal surfaces (usually the stationary bearing and a moving shaft) slide relative to one another with load distributed directly across the interface. A suitable lubricant may be employed to reduce the friction between these two surfaces. READ MORE