Search for dissertations about: "capability assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 101 swedish dissertations containing the words capability assessment.

2. 1. Improving capability assessments for disaster risk management

   Author : Hanna Lindbom; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; disaster risk management DRM ; societal safety; capability assessment; response; decision-making; control;

   Abstract : There is an urgent need for society to find more effective ways to reduce the impact of disastrous events. One way is to proactively increase actors’ response capability. Capability assessments play an essential role in these disaster risk management efforts. READ MORE

4. 2. IT Service Delivery in Nicaraguan Internet Service Providers : analysis and Assessment

   Author : Will Johnny Flores Delgadillo; Paul Johannesson; Lazar Rusu; Eva Söderström; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; IT; service delivery; Internet service provider; Information technology; Informationsteknik; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

   Abstract :   The thesis addresses the research question: How to describe, understand, and explain IT service delivery? Based on the research question, the following research questions were derived:  How to analyse IT service delivery based on ITIL in order to determine its current situation? How to formalize elements of IT service delivery in maturity level that can be used to assess its current status? These research questions are answered by two IT artefacts: an analysis method and a maturity model for IT service delivery. Both of them are constructed by design-science research guidelines. READ MORE

5. 3. On the Ionospheric Influence on GNSS Radio Occultation Signals : Modelling and Assessment

   Author : Vinícius Ludwig Barbosa; Mats Pettersson; Viet Thuy Vu; Anthony James Mannucci; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Remote Sensing; Radio Occultation; Ionosphere; Scintillation; Wave Optics Propagator; Spectral Analysis; Plasma Bubble; Systemteknik; Systems Engineering;

   Abstract : Radio Occultation (RO) is a well-established remote sensing technique that uses Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals to sound the Earth’s atmosphere. GNSS-RO measurements provide high-resolution, vertical profiles of physical parameters from the lower atmosphere (troposphere and stratosphere), e.g. READ MORE

6. 4. Piecing together a fragmented world : Structures to promote the understanding of people with advanced dementia

   Author : Catharina Melander; Malin Olsson; Stefan Sävenstedt; Britt-Marie Wälivaara; Astrid Norberg; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dementia; nursing home; electrodermal activity; capability approach; clinical reasoning; assessment; behaviour; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : Understanding people with dementia whose verbal ability has been impaired is a complex and challenging task, even for professional nursing staff. The aim of this PhD thesis was to explore structures that may promote the understanding of people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes. READ MORE

7. 5. Multidimensional assessment of people with chronic pain : A critical appraisal of the Person, Environment, Occupation model

   Author : Marie-Louise Schult; Björn Gerdle; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Chronic pain; evaluation; occupational therapy; rehabilitation; vocational assessment; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

   Abstract : The present thesis is an attempt to organize the phenomena to be assessed and the methods for assessment in the management of chronic pain, using a conceptual model. To that aim, the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO ) model was evaluated in several respects, e.g. origin and credibility. READ MORE