Search for dissertations about: "threats"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 411 swedish dissertations containing the word threats.

  2. 1. Talking Threats : The Social Construction of National Security in Russia and the United States

    Author : Roxanna Sjöstedt; Thomas Ohlson; Johan Eriksson; Jeffrey Checkel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; threat images; security; securitization; norms; ideas; HIV AIDS; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Why are some issues seen as threats? This dissertation attempts to explain the dynamics of threat construction by national decision-makers. The theoretical ambition is twofold: first, the dissertation aims at improving the research on threat construction by suggesting a broad approach that analyzes this process in a structured manner. READ MORE

  4. 2. Unwanted Traffic and Information Disclosure in VoIP Networks : Threats and Countermeasures

    Author : Ge Zhang; Simone Fischer-Huebner; Costas Lambrinoudakis; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SIP; VoIP; security; Denial of Service; Vulnerability analysis; timing attacks; Spam; DTMF; SIP; RTP; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : The success of the Internet has brought significant changes to the telecommunication industry. One of the remarkable outcomes of this evolution is Voice over IP (VoIP), which enables realtime voice communications over packet switched networks for a lower cost than traditional public switched telephone networks (PSTN). READ MORE

  5. 3. The threat from non indigenous species - ecosystem vulnerability, global distribution and co-occurrence with other major threats

    Author : Helena Berglund; Biodiversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; threats; distribution range; isolation; endemism; invasions; invaders; vulnerability; non indigenous species; rarity; threatened species;

    Abstract : We live in a globalised world where people and goods travel large distances. Various species are brought along on these journeys, intentionally or as hitchhikers. Some of these species establish populations in regions to which they could not have spread without human assistance, and where they are considered to be non indigenous species (NIS). READ MORE

  6. 4. New threats - Old Routines : bureaucratic adaptability in the security policy environment

    Author : Lars Nicander; Steve Lindberg; Tomas Ries; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Abstract : Huvudfokus för denna avhandling är området byråkratisk förändringsbenägenhet i förhållande till omvärldsutveckling på det säkerhetsrelaterade området. Den forskningsfråga som står i centrum är: Hur kan man tidsmässigt förkorta processen från upptäckten av nya hotförutsättningar till att nödvändiga skyddsåtgärder implementerats, och var finns flaskhalsarna? Syftet är att från olika infallsvinklar studera samspelet och kopplingarna mellan de statliga institutioner som har att uppmärksamma och varna för olika former av antagonistiska hot, och de strukturer som har att planera för samhällsberedskapen genom att snabbt och smidigt omsätta dessa signaler till styrande inriktningar med motsvarande resursallokeringar till utsatta sektorer. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Shaken Self on Shopping : Consumer Threats and Compensatory Consumption

    Author : Tobias Otterbring; Per Kristensson; Michael Dahlén; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; threat-compensation effects; compensatory consumption; belief-behavior inconsistencies; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : In a series of experiments, with a total sample of over 2,400 participants, this thesis investigates how various threats that customers may encounter influence the customers’ subsequent purchase and choice behaviors. Furthermore, this thesis examines whether individuals’ predicted behaviors in certain consumer contexts are congruent with customers’ actual behaviors in these very contexts. READ MORE