Search for dissertations about: "waste not want not"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words waste not want not.
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1. Towards a framework for enabling sustainable production systems: a life-cycle perspective
Abstract : This thesis contributes to scientific knowledge by offering the foundation of a framework that helps stakeholders such as managers and engineers to enable sustainability over the entire lifecycle of the production system, from planning to re-use. In this thesis sustainability can be assessed through performance indicators and is understood through its triple bottom line of: economic, environmental and social sustainability. READ MORE
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2. Uncertainties in modeling groundwater contamination
Abstract : The scientific problem of nuclear waste disposal suffers from stronguncertainties arising both from its object (the system being studied being unknown) and also from its ambitious objectives (prediction of future events and their consequences). This work focuses on identifying, structuring and quantifying the main uncertainties involved in this field. READ MORE
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3. The meal in geriatric care : Habits, values and culture
Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to study the meal situation in geriatric care, focusing on cultural, social, psychological and nutritional qualities of the meals for the patients as well as caring strategies and actions performed at meals by the nursing staff. The studies were carried out in a rehabilitation and long-term care clinic providing geriatric care. READ MORE
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4. Business Intelligence Utilisation through Bootstrapping and Adaptation
Abstract : Business Intelligence (BI) has traditionally been viewed as a technology-driven, rational process, which would lead to better decision-making in organisations. Fact-based decisions are expected to reduce costs and increase income for a company, but also, for example, prevent crime and illness on a more global scale. READ MORE
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5. Making sense of sufficiency : Entries, practices and politics
Abstract : The affluent groups and societies in the world have made material consumption part of their lifestyle. Today, overconsumption has come to constitute an acute environmental problem, both with regards to the natural resources needed to satisfy our ever-growing wants, and to the mountains of waste it leaves behind. READ MORE