Search for dissertations about: "Will Usher"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Will Usher.

  2. 1. Trade-offs and conflicting objectives of decision-making investments in low-carbon technology portfolios for sustainable development : National and continental insights offered by applying energy system models

    Author : IOANNIS PAPPIS; Viktoria Martin; Will Usher; Mark Howells; Catalina Spataru; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable development; energy systems analysis; modelling tools; energy policy; energy resources management; techno-economic analysis; low-carbon technology portfolios; energy access; OSeMOSYS; Paraguay; Ethiopia; Africa; hållbar utveckling; energisystemanalys; modelleringsverktyg; energipolitik; energiresursförvaltning; teknisk-ekonomisk analys; energiteknologiportföljer; tillgång till energi; OSeMOSYS; Paraguay; Ethiopia; Africa; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Abstract : Energy infrastructure and appropriate energy policies are crucial for sustainable development and to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Limiting global warming potential below 1.5oC would require “rapid and far-reaching” transitions and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society. READ MORE

  4. 2. Usher syndrome. Prevalence and phenotype - genotype correlations

    Author : Mehdi Sadeghi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : deafblindness; Usher syndrome; retinitis pigmentosa; prevalence; Usher type I; Usher type II; Usher type III; vestibular deficiency; hereditary hearing loss;

    Abstract : Aims: the main purpose of this thesis was to estimate the prevalence of Usher syndrome type I, II and III in Sweden (study I) and to determine the clinical differences between Usher syndrome subtypes (studies II-IV). The hypothesis to be tested was that different genes for Usher syndrome will produce different phenotypes even when they belong to the same clinical type (studies II and III). READ MORE

  5. 3. Transition Technologies for Electrification and Optimisation of Bus Transport Systems

    Author : Dennis Dreier; Viktoria Martin; Dilip Khatiwada; William Usher; Semida Silveira; Mark I. Howells; Hannah Daly; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Bus transport system; C40; Decarbonization; Electrification; GHG; Optimization; OSeMOSYS-PuLP; Plug-in hybrid-electric; Systems analysis; Transformation; Busstransportsysstem; C40; Elektrifiering; Koldioxidminskning; Laddhybrid; Optimering; OSeMOSYS-PuLP; Systemanalys; Transformation; Växthusgaser; Energiteknik; Energy Technology;

    Abstract : The topical issue of climate change has increasingly become important as scenarios indicate an increase of 2.5–7.8°C in the global mean temperature by the end of this century, if no greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. READ MORE

  6. 4. Impact of climate change on integrated resource systems- Insights from selected East African case studies

    Author : Vignesh Sridharan; Mark I. Howells; William Usher; Sonia Yeh; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; climate change; integrated assessment; Uganda; agriculture; water and energy systems; climate resilience; CLEW nexus; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Abstract : With countries revisiting their climate pledges agreed at the conference of parties (COP) in Paris, in 2015, the discussion on the impact of changes in the long-term climate on natural resources has never been more relevant. Specifically, since the 2011 Bonn conference on the nexus between resource systems, the interlinkages between energy, water and land resource systems and their climatic connections are on the radar. READ MORE

  7. 5. The pill and the will : pharmacological and psychological modulation of cognitive and affective processes

    Author : Myrto Sklivanioti Greenfield; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Impairments in cognition are components of practically all psychiatric disorders and in that sense transdiagnostic factors. In both clinical and non-clinical populations, ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ cognitive control, i.e. READ MORE