Search for dissertations about: "capacity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 3899 swedish dissertations containing the word capacity.
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1. Assessing capacity to decide on medical treatment : On human rights and the use of medical knowledge in the laws of England, Russia and Sweden
University dissertation from Uppsala : Department of Law, Uppsala UniversityAbstract : To provide a valid consent to – or refusal of – medical intervention, a patient must be legally capable to decide. This dissertation evaluates and compares when the assessment of mental abilities to refuse – or consent to – somatic medical intervention is required in England, Russia and Sweden, and what criteria must be applied to assess the ability to decide about somatic medical interventions in these legal orders. READ MORE
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2. Culture and Capacity Drought and Gender Differentiated Vulnerability of Rural Poor in Nicaragua, 1970-2010
University dissertation from Stockholm : Acta Universitatis StockholmiensisAbstract : This dissertation interprets gender-differentiated vulnerability to drought within a rural community located in the dry zone, la zona seca, of Nicaragua, a region that has been identified by the government and NGO sector as suffering from prolonged and, since the 1970s, more frequent droughts. A combination of gender, capitals, and vulnerability demonstrates the value in using a multidimensional perspective to look at the socioeconomic and cultural contexts that form the capacity individuals have had to reduce their long-term vulnerability to drought in Nicaragua. READ MORE
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3. Firefighters' physical work capacity
University dissertation from Umeå : Umeå UniversitetAbstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to identify valid, simple, and inexpensive physical tests that can be used for evaluation of firefighters’ physical work capacity. Paper I included fulltime- and part-time firefighters (n = 193), aged 20-60 years. READ MORE
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4. Reducing and absorbing variations in a manufacturing context A capacity management perspective
University dissertation from Jönköping : Jönköping University, School of EngineeringAbstract : Variations can have substantially negative effects on performance and it is therefore important to investigate how the variations can be reduced or absorbed in an appropriate way for competitiveness. Manufacturing companies are daily exposed to variations and operations managers need to take capacity management decisions with this in mind to secure the delivery capability. READ MORE
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5. The Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control : Psychometric evidence and comparison with upper limb prosthetic outcome measures
University dissertation from Örebro : Örebro universitetAbstract : Evaluation of outcomes using validated prosthetic outcome measures (OMs) is a current priority in upper limb (UL) prosthetics, and OMs with psychometric evidence toward UL prosthesis users are thus necessary. The “Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control” (ACMC) is a tool that assesses the ability to control a myoelectric prosthetic hand. READ MORE
