Search for dissertations about: "country risk assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words country risk assessment.

  2. 1. A Procedure for Ecological Tiered Assessment of Risks (PETAR)

    Author : Rosana Moraes; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; local scale; regional scale; developing country; Brazil; rain forest; multiple stressors; PETAR; ecological risk assessment; causality;

    Abstract : Institutions in developed countries have proposed several Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) procedures, and the majority of study cases have been carried out there. The use of (often expensive) existing ERA procedures in developing countries is questionable given their limited resources and scarce background information of relevance for risk assessments. READ MORE

  4. 2. Towards Technology Assessment of Ocean Energy in a Developing Country Context

    Author : Linus Hammar; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; electricity; Indian Ocean; technology assessment; ocean energy; Africa; rural electrification; ocean thermal energy conversion; wave power; tidal power;

    Abstract : New technologies for the extraction of valuable ocean resources are emerging: renewable ocean energy. Ocean energy technologies have so far primarily been developed in industrialized countries but will be deployed in both industrialized and developing countries. READ MORE

  5. 3. Estimation of risk in the field of osteoporosis

    Author : Helena Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : osteoporosis; fracture; bone mineral density; ; clinical risk factors; FRAX; Poisson model; 10 year probability; mortality; vitamin D; adiponectin;

    Abstract : Introduction: Osteoporosis has been recognised as an established and well-defined disease that affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan. Osteoporosis has been operationally defined by the WHO on the basis of bone mineral density (BMD) assessment. READ MORE

  6. 4. Carriage of ESBL (extended spectrum beta-lactamases)-producing bacteria : knowledge, emotional impact and risk assessment

    Author : Susanne Wiklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases;

    Abstract : Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, have become a growing public health threat. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore how the increasing prevalence of ESBL-producing bacteria affects different groups among the Swedish population. READ MORE

  7. 5. Determinants and Functional Impact of Nutritional Status Among Older Persons in Rural Bangladesh

    Author : Tamanna Ferdous; Tommy Cederholm; Åke Wahlin; Zarina Nahar Kabir; Birgitta Sidenvall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Nutritional status; Mini Nutritional Assessment; older persons; community living; poverty; physical function; cognitive function; low-income country; Bangladesh.; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Nutrition; näringslära;

    Abstract : Background: Malnutrition is a major problem in Bangladesh. One third of the population in Bangladesh is malnourished, but figures for older persons specifically are scant. READ MORE