Search for dissertations about: "environmental harm"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental harm.

  2. 16. Healthy Offices: Conceptualizing Healthy Activity-based Offices

    Author : Melina Forooraghi; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Salutogenic; Workplace; Office design; Case study; Activity-based office; Sense of coherence; Health; Well-being;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the interrelations between the design characteristics of activity-based offices, users’ perceptions of them, and users’ sense of coherence. The goal is twofold: (i) contribute to conceptualizations of healthy activity-based offices and (ii) facilitate practical use of the sense of coherence theory for office designers. READ MORE

  4. 17. Hardened Responsibility? : Contestations and Contradictions in the Regulation of Corporations

    Author : Elin Jönsson; Magnus Hörnqvist; Janne Flyghed; David Whyte; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Harm; Corporate Social Responsibility; Critical Theory; Regulation; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : Throughout the last decades, the social responsibility of corporations has undergone significant changes. From revolving around self-regulation, voluntariness, and soft law, the regulatory landscape has expanded to involve harder demands on corporations, such as mandatory sustainability due diligence. READ MORE

  5. 18. Assessment of environmental contaminants' neurotoxicity : in vitro and in vivo experimental studies

    Author : Wan Norhamidah Wan Ibrahim; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Accumulating evidence over several decades shows that environmental contaminants may lead to neurodevelopmental alterations. An essential prerequisite to prevention is recognition of a chemical‟s ability to harm the developing nervous system. READ MORE

  6. 19. It's the intention that matters : neural representations of learning from intentional harm in social interactions

    Author : Irem Undeger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : As a social species, humans are not only driven by the pursuit of necessities such as food and shelter, but also complex processes such as social interactions. To navigate our everyday life, we use information gathered throughout a lifetime of social interactions in which we learn from others and their actions but also, and not less importantly, about others. READ MORE

  7. 20. Measuring Elemental Carbon in Occupational Environments

    Author : Anna Wallén; Hans-Christen Hansson; Göran Lidén; Karine Elihn; Thomas Kuhlbusch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Diesel Exhaust Particles; Thermo-Optical Analysis; Black Carbon; Pyrolytic Carbon; Wood Smoke Particles; Water Soluble Organic Compounds; Asphalt Paving Work; Bio Fuels; Subway Aerosol; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Applied Environmental Science; tillämpad miljövetenskap;

    Abstract : Carbonaceous aerosol particles from combustion, such as diesel exhaust particles (DEP), harm human health and affect the Earth’s radiative system.Elemental carbon (EC) has been proposed to be used as a marker of DEP. READ MORE