Search for dissertations about: "general risk"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1743 swedish dissertations containing the words general risk.

  2. 1. Risk, language and discourse

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Author : Max Boholm; Sven Ove Hansson; Niklas Möller; Terje Aven; [2016]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice.          Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE

  4. 2. Risk, language and discourse

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Author : Max Boholm; Göteborgs universitet.; Gothenburg University.; [2016]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk; safety; concept; meaning; definiton; discourse; langauge; risk communication; corpus linguistics; content analysis; nanotechnology; nanoparticle;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice. Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE

  5. 3. Societal risk and safety management Policy diffusion, management structures and perspectives at the municipal level in Sweden

    University dissertation from Karlstad : Karlstads universitet

    Author : Anna Johansson; Inge Svedung; Ragnar Andersson; Diana Stark-Ekman; [2013]
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; societal risk and safety management; risk management; safety management; safety work; risk governance; policy implementation; planning; injury; accident; risk; safety; security; health; public health; prevention; promotion.; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : This compilation thesis investigates risk and safety management at the Swedish local governmentallevel. It sets special focus on municipal implementation of overall international and nationalstrategies and objectives regarding holistic, cross-sectorial and multi-strategic risk and safetywork, and the prevention of accidents and injuries. READ MORE

  6. 4. Risk, Risk Analysis and Decision-making with Reference to Biostatistics and the Field of Medicine

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Author : Per Näsman; Lars-Göran Mattsson; Stephan Ogenstad; [2010]
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; risk analysis; risk; consequence; system; biostatistics; decision; decision-making; health care; medicine; TECHNOLOGY Other technology Medical engineering; TEKNIKVETENSKAP Övriga teknikvetenskaper Medicinsk teknik;

    Abstract : Risk, risk analysis and decision-making are essential aspects of health care andmedicine, for patients as well as for physicians and for society as a whole, andthe concept of risk and risk analysis in decision-making has a long history. Theword risk has many different interpretations and has no commonly accepteddefinition. READ MORE

  7. 5. Regulatory tools for managing chemicals risk at the workplace

    University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Author : Qian Ding; Sven Ove Hansson; Maria Albin; [2013]
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Occupational Diseases; Chemicals; Carcinogens; Risk Management; Regulatory Toxicology; Occupational Exposure Limits; Chemicals Legislations; Risk Assessment; Acceptable Risk;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on exacerbating chemicals risk in workplaces under the background of rapid industrialization in developing countries. The overall aim is to investigate the development of regulatory tools which aim at minimizing the health risks from chemical substances in the workplace. READ MORE