Essays about: "obstacles and limitations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 98 essays containing the words obstacles and limitations.

1. 1. Private-Public Collaboration in Sweden’s Civil Preparedness

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Victor Heidenfors Armblad; [2024]
   Keywords : Private-public collaboration; collaborative governance; crisis management; civil defence; security; theory-testing; nested case study; civil preparedness; contingency sector; total defence;

   Abstract : Recent developments in Sweden’s security policy have prompted the rearmament of the total defence. The total defence comprises both military and civil defence. The civil defence, in conjunction with crisis preparedmess, forms Sweden’s civil preparedness. READ MORE

3. 2. Energy justice and gender implications on prodcutive uses of energy. A case study based in rural Bolivia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Adriana Fernandez Villalobos; [2023]
   Keywords : energy; women; gender; justice; rural; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research investigates the gender dimension of the impacts of access to clean and modern energy and technology in productive uses of energy. Rural organizations led by women supported by the EnDev project Bolivia were selected for a multi-site case study. READ MORE

4. 3. How to fail successfully: the struggles of PAR within academia

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Dimitra Moustaka; [2023]
   Keywords : Participatory action research PAR ; decolonial research; asylum interview; coloniality of the academy; intersectionality; self-reflectivity;

   Abstract : This research seeks to explore the origins and values of participatory action research, as well as its role in transforming possibilities to knowledge production and shaping equal relationships between research participants. Drawing from the theoretical frameworks of intersectionality and decoloniality and with a focus on the experience of the asylum interview, the research seeks to explore the ways that those epistemological paradigms intertwine with participatory research to deconstruct the dichotomy between researcher and research subject (expert/community) and re-balance the power differentials embedded within academia, canonical knowledge production and traditional research methodologies, to initiate change. READ MORE

5. 4. Moving Beyond Two Dimensions : An Evaluation of Four Different Three-Dimensional Locomotion Interfaces for Virtual Reality

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Erik Meurk; [2023]
   Keywords : virtual reality; locomotion; three dimensional; virtuell verklighet; rörelse; tre dimensioner;

   Abstract : This paper presents a comparative evaluation of four 3D locomotion interfaces in virtual reality: Slider, Teleport, Point & Tug, and Arm-Cycle. The study employed a mixed methods approach to assess their performance using a token-collecting task in a virtual environment with obstacles, focusing on efficiency, spatial awareness, usability, task load, presence, and cybersickness. READ MORE

6. 5. On the road to grid stability - Using batteries in heavy vehicles and charging infrastructure as frequency reserves

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

   Author : Matilda Kjellström; Caroline Wuttke; [2023]
   Keywords : Case Study; Electrification; Frequency regulation; Energy reserve; Battery; Heavy vehicles; Vehicle-to-grid; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Background: Climate change and increasing threats that come with it fosters a need for changing from fossil sources of energy to renewable ones. Sweden aims to have net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year of 2045. One of the sectors that need to take part in this shift towards fossil free energy is the transport industry. READ MORE