Search for dissertations about: "definitions"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 469 swedish dissertations containing the word definitions.
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1. Definitions of Disability in Social Sciences : Methodological Perspectives
Abstract : This dissertation examines how disability researchers define disability. It is based on four studies. The first describes different definitions of disability in disability research. The second study is a conceptual analysis of the use of disability in a sample of disability research classics. READ MORE
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2. Severity of illness versus severity of disease : definitions and applications
Abstract : Outcome assessment should consist of two basic steps - "selection of a meaningful outcome" and "determination of what caused the outcome". The latter step requires comparisons, and therefore information about the initial status of the patients. READ MORE
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3. Conservative Definitions for Higher-order Logic with Ad-hoc Overloading
Abstract : With an ever growing dependency on computer systems, the need to guarantee their correct behaviour increases. Mathematically rigorous techniques like formal verification offer a way to derive a system's mathematical properties for example with the help of a theorem prover. READ MORE
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4. Violent natural resource conflicts : From definitions to prevention
Abstract : General scientific consensus is growing that natural resources play an important role in violent conflicts. Both scarcity and abundance contribute to violent conflict, depending on the socio-economic and political conditions at play. READ MORE
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5. Semantic Information and Information Security : Definitional Issues
Abstract : This licentiate thesis consist of two separate research papers which concern two tangential topics – that of semantic information and that of information security. Both topics are approached by similar methods, i.e. with a concern about conceptual and definitional issues. READ MORE