Search for dissertations about: "International Standards"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 143 swedish dissertations containing the words International Standards.

  2. 16. BIM Anatomy II: Standardisation Needs & Support Systems

    Author : Martin Hooper; Projekteringsmetodik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Information Management; Building Information Modelling; BIM; Standards;

    Abstract : This thesis presents the results of an investigation into BIM standardisation needs and procedural supporting mechanisms that may enable design, construction and operating (DCO) organisations to advance their deployment of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology, and improve construction project outcomes. To achieve sustainable development requires effective information management. READ MORE

  4. 17. How will climate change working life?

    Author : Karin Lundgren Kownacki; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; occupational heat stress; climate change; productivity; international standards; India;

    Abstract : Heat stress has been studied extensively. However, in the contemporary context of climate change there is a lack of information on the extent of future heat stress and its consequences, especially in occupational settings. READ MORE

  5. 18. National Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards : The case of China

    Author : Maria Bengtsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IFRS; Adoption; National; Policy; Accounting;

    Abstract : In the past few decades, there has been a global trend of international harmonization of accounting standards, with many countries having either partially or completely replaced their national accounting standards with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The intended goal is to remove the barriers that hinder investors when comparing accounting information of companies from different nations, while simultaneously reducing the transaction costs for firms. READ MORE

  6. 19. Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships in Europe : The Role of Ordre Public in the Baltic States and Poland

    Author : Laima Vaige; Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg; Mosa Sayed; Máire Ní Shuilleabháin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Private international law; cross-border recognition; same-sex relationships; the Baltic States; Poland; human rights; EU private international law; ordre public; Private International Law; Internationell privaträtt;

    Abstract : Same-sex relationships have successively qualified for formalization through marriage or registered partnership in many European countries, although some countries in Europe still refuse to give them any form of recognition or only allow very limited effects. The irregular speed of development in domestic family laws in European States results in “limping family” relations, that is, family relations that are recognized as creating a formal family civil status in many European States but not in all of them. READ MORE

  7. 20. International Environmental Law and the Search for Harmony with Nature: A Critical Inquiry into the Metaphysical Underpinnings of the Legal Discourse on Environmental Protection

    Author : Moa De Lucia Dahlbeck; Juridiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; harmony with nature report; metaphysics; environmental protection; sustainable development; international environmental law; ethics; Spinoza; public international law; folkrätt; miljörätt;

    Abstract : For some time now, the world in general and international law in particular have witnessed one and the same widespread call for action. Both public and private interests claim that present-day standards and technology have proven insufficient for saving the natural environment. READ MORE