Essays about: "global perspective"

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  1. 1. Adherence in patients with heart failure. Relationships to symptom burden and hospitalization frequency : A cross-sectional survey study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)

    Author : Helen Moe; [2024]
    Keywords : Adherence; Cross sectional study; Heart failure; Hospitalization-frequency; Non-adherence; Symptom burden;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the degree of adherence and non-adherence to treatment regimen in the population with heart failure, as well as to explore relationships to symptom burden and hospitalization-frequency. Introduction: Heart failure – a chronic disease with a somber prognosis and high mortality, incidence and prevalence increasing world-wide. READ MORE

  3. 2. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

  4. 3. Implementation of Dyson equation to accelerate convergence in RS-LMTO-ASA code

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Materialteori

    Author : Elis Uebel; Viktor Frilén; [2024]
    Keywords : Density functional theory; Dyson equation;

    Abstract : First-principle calculations is a key ingredient for us to understand, improve and design new materials. Density functional theory (DFT) [1] has proven to be a very powerful tool and a number of different versions exist depending on the problem at hand. READ MORE

  5. 4. Shifting focus from yields to food supply : an evaluation of the ‘number of people fed per hectare’ indicator at farm and national level

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Ida Ekqvist; [2024]
    Keywords : Land use efficiency; Sustainability indicators; Agricultural productivity; Food production;

    Abstract : The challenge of feeding a growing global population while reducing the pressure on climate and ecosystems has gained much attention in research over the last decades. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect in research addressing this complex challenge is the efficiency of food production in meeting nutritional needs within the constraints of global cropland resources. READ MORE

  6. 5. Publicly approved wars : How soft power is used to sway public opinion

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ville Sternbeck; [2024]
    Keywords : Soft Power; Public Opinion; American Military Intervention; Afghanistan War; Taiwan Crisis;

    Abstract : The United States has always been a very prominent user of hard power and has in most of its existence wielded a great amount of it, seen by their long military history. Another power the United States has a vast amount of is soft power, begging the question how this power has been utilized in the past, to for example create public support for military intervention. READ MORE