Search for dissertations about: "helsinki"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the word helsinki.

  2. 1. Kinematic Control of Redundant Knuckle Booms with Automatic Path Following Functions

    Author : Björn Löfgren; Jan Wikander; Arto Finland Helsinki University of Technology Visala; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Hydraulic manipulator; redundancy; kinematic control; local optimization; knuckle boom; forest machine; forwarder; boom tip control; joystick control; simulations; path following; Construction engineering; Konstruktionsteknik;

    Abstract : To stay competitive internationally, the Swedish forestry sector must increase its productivity by 2 to 3% annually. There are a variety of ways in which productivity can be increased. One option is to develop remote-controlled or unmanned machines, thus reducing the need for operator intervention. READ MORE

  4. 2. Urban Disaster Governance : Resilience and Rights in the Unequal City

    Author : Eija Meriläinen; Anja Nygren; Finland Helsinki Hanken School of Economics; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; disaster governance; urban disasters; resilience; right to the city; marginalisation; community;

    Abstract : While a hazard, such as an earthquake, may result from natural processes, the unequal ways in which it impacts people’s lives are not an outcome dictated by forces of nature. Indeed, the disaster unfolding from a hazard has much to do with how human societies are governed. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mediation and the legal system : Extracting the legal principles of civil and commercial mediation

    Author : Petra Hietanen-Kunwald; Risto Koulu; Matti Rudanko; Finland Helsinki University of Helsinki; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : It is common to perceive mediation as a social practice, a practice that takes place outside the law and is unrestricted by legal rules. The subject of my dissertation is the normative dimension of mediation. READ MORE

  6. 4. Advocates of Realpolitik : Sweden, Europe and the Helsinki Final Act

    Author : Aryo Makko; Hossein Sheiban; Thomas Jonter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sweden; Foreign Policy; Diplomacy; CSCE; Final Act; Cold War; Détente; Active Foreign Policy; Olof Palme; Neutrality; Neutrality Policy; EC; EEC; History; historia;

    Abstract : Sweden is traditionally portrayed as an active critic and mediator or bridge builder in international politics during the 1960s and 1970s. The activation of Swedish foreign policy, often ascribed to Prime Minister Olof Palme, has been lauded as a transformation from armed isolationism to internationalist solidarity. READ MORE

  7. 5. Polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocyclics and organophosphate esters : analytical methodology and occurence in occupational environment

    Author : Håkan Carlsson; Vesa Kanniainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Analytical Chemistry; analytisk kemi;

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