Search for dissertations about: "development index"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 544 swedish dissertations containing the words development index.

2. 6. Mine production index: Development and application

   Author : Amol Lanke; Javad Barabady; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Production Assurance program PAP ; Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process FAHP ; Mine production assurance MPA ; Bottleneck detection; Mine production index MPi ; Mining; Drift och underhållsteknik; Operation and Maintenance Engineering;

   Abstract : Assuring production forms a crucial part of mining business profitability. Factors related to various mine operations, activities and business processes can threaten required/planned mine production. To address problems and ensure production level in mining, it is necessary to implement a mine production assurance program (MPA). READ MORE

4. 7. Corruption, Distortions and Development

   Author : Sebastian Jävervall; Niklas Bengtsson; Eva Mörk; Jakob Svensson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; Corruption; Economic Development; Information Disclosure; International Trade; Meritocracy; Political Distortions; Social Unrest; State Capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I: Does increased government transparency make bureaucracies more meritocratic? I study the impact of politician disclosure requirements on the assignment of bureaucrats to public posts. I collect detailed information on bureaucrats' qualifications and construct a novel measure of bureaucratic mismatch—an index measuring the extent to which a bureaucrat is under- or overqualified to perform a specific task. READ MORE

5. 8. Exploring dementia care dyads' person transfer situations from a behavioral medicine perspective in physiotherapy : development of an assessment scale

   Author : Charlotta Thunborg; Anne Söderlund; Petra von Heideken Wågert; Ann-Britt Ivarsson; Anne Berman; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Behavioral medicine in physiotherapy; Care dyad; Dementia; Intervention; Scale development; Transfer problems; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science; Geriatrik; Geriatrics;

   Abstract : Individuals who suffer from severe dementia require assistance when performing activities of daily living. The highly important person transfer situation is influenced by complex, intertwined biopsychosocial factors that are related to the expression of personal, environmental and behavioral variables, which can interfere with the performance of dementia-care dyads' transfer situations. READ MORE

6. 9. Monitoring anti-infectives and antibiotic resistance genes : with focus on analytical method development, effects of antibiotics and national perspectives

   Author : Ghazanfar Ali Khan; Jerker Fick; Klaus Kümmerer; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; method development; on-line solid phase extraction liquid chromatography mass spectrometry SPE LC-MS MS ; antibiotics; anti-infectives; constructed wetlands CWs ; denatured gradient gel electrophoresis DGGE ; percentage removal efficiency PRE ; shannon index; antibiotic resistance genes ARGs ; real-time polymerase chain reaction RT-PCR ; drug formulation facilities DFF ; wastewater; epidemiology; pandemic; influenza; compliance;

   Abstract : Antibiotics are biologically active and are globally used in humans and animal medicine for treatment and in sub-therapeutic amounts as growth promoters in animal husbandry, aquaculture and agriculture. After excretion, inappropriate disposal and discharge from drug production facilities they enter into water bodies either as intact drugs, metabolites or transformed products. READ MORE

7. 10. Being at home in one's body. Body image in light of identity development

   Author : Johanna Kling; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; body image; identity development; longitudinal development; emerging adulthood; young adulthood; gender role norms;

   Abstract : Although the importance of the body to people’s identities has long been theoretically inferred, research linking body image and identity development is scarce. The objective of this thesis was to address this research gap by exploring body image from an identity perspective. READ MORE