Essays about: "interdependent"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 177 essays containing the word interdependent.

1. 1. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
   Keywords : migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

   Abstract : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. READ MORE

3. 2. To Deploy, or Not to Deploy, That is the Question A qualitative study of the decision-making experiences of engineers deploying software changes in production

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Jessica Ann DeVita; [2024]
   Keywords : Automation; Common ground; Complexity; Coordination; COVID19 pandemic; Deployment decision; Incident response; Mental model; Naturalistic decision-making; Phenomenology; Resilience; Risk; Software engineering; SRE; Strategy; Temporal reasoning; Uncertainty; Web operations; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The web services that millions of people count on require large-scale computer resources (servers, nodes, networking) and an intricate set of interdependent software services. Under pressure to continually improve these services, code and configuration changes are deployed hundreds or thousands of times every day. READ MORE

4. 3. (Swift) sanctions and the rise of parallel payment systems: A qualitative study of financial infrastructure and power dynamics in times of FinTech

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Jacqueline Klehr; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : Financial infrastructure; economic sanctions; Swift; payment systems; ; cross border payments; financial network;

   Abstract : In 2022, the West imposed sanctions of unprecedented scale on Russia following the war in Ukraine, including severing Moscow from the main global financial message provider, Swift, with the objective to harm the ability of Russian banks to operate globally. As the global financial system is centralised, being severed from Swift significantly complicates the process of conducting cross border payments. READ MORE

5. 4. Effects of Prolonged Electricity Supply Disruptions on Critical Entities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : André Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : vital societal function; VSF; critical entity; CE; vital societal entity; VSE; critical infrastructure; CI; critical flow; prolonged outage; electricity supply disruption; preparedness; total defence; civil defence; civil preparedness; crisis preparedness; grey zone; critical entities resilience; CER; hybrid warfare; energy security; societal resilience; cascading effect; dependencies; interdependencies; long-term disruption; power outage; power disruption; consequences; outage; samhällsviktig verksamhet; kritisk infrastruktur; totalförsvar; beredskap; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This study investigates Swedish critical entities (CEs) ability to maintain function during up to three months of electricity supply disruptions. It also examines possible improvement measures, and how contextual cases (grey zone, heightened state of alert, war) influence CEs’ ability to maintain function during electricity supply disruptions. READ MORE

6. 5. Interdependence of resources

   University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

   Author : Maria Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sami community; resources; ecologies; nomad; exploited land; reindeer herding; commons;

   Abstract : The demand for natural resources is increasing, leading to more exploitations in northern Sweden. This project is situated in the region of Norrbotten, which is currently undergoing significant transformations due to continued mining activity, energy production, and forestry. READ MORE