Essays about: "Danger of doing nothing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Danger of doing nothing.

  1. 1. Jet Grout Bottom Plug in Deep Excavations : Numerical Analysis of a Tunnel Project

    University essay from KTH/Jord- och bergmekanik

    Author : Ida Schjelderup; [2022]
    Keywords : Jet grouting; jet grout bottom plug; cut-and-cover tunnel; tunnel design;

    Abstract : This master thesis has investigated the performance of a deep excavation with a jet grout bottom plug used to prevent bottom heave and hydraulic uplift failure. The concept of a jet grout plug as a structural and sealing component in a specific case was studied, namely one of the tunnel sections of The West Link tunnel project in Gothenburg. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysing space dependencies - Methods and factors for method development

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

    Author : Theodor de Sousa; [2022]
    Keywords : Vital societal functions; critical infrastructure; interdependency; dependency analysis; space services; space infrastructure; GNSS; PNT; ICT; method development; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Vital societal functions and critical infrastructure rely to an increasing extent on services from space, such as navigation and positioning systems, timekeeping, and communications. However, understanding of space service dependencies is low among practitioners and society at large, with research on societal space dependency being limited as well. READ MORE

  4. 3. Encouraging Pro-Social Behaviours Through Feelings of Responsibility: Investigating factors influential to the behaviour of low-risk individuals during the COVID-19 response in Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Caolán Leneghan; [2021]
    Keywords : Human Behaviour; Risk Communication; COVID-19; Public Health; Risk Response; Social Heuristics; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research examined the experiences of 12 low-risk individuals to identify factors influential to their behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. The method used a semi-structured format of interviews conducted over June 2021. READ MORE

  5. 4. Commanding the Swedish roads : Non-verbal performatives in the grammar of road signs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ottilia Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : road signs; speech act theory; linguistic landscape studies; cooperative principle; semiotics;

    Abstract : Road signs form a non-verbal semiotic system – by many encountered on a daily basis – that dictates the actions of the users of the road, in order to create a safe and efficient traffic environment. It is clear that road signs are not just ‘saying’ things but ‘doing’ something. READ MORE

  6. 5. Stop spreading the news! : How disinformation spreads on social media and what politicians are doing about it

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

    Author : Patric Hjorth; [2020]
    Keywords : Disinformation; False Information; Fake News; Facebook; European Commission; Social Media; EU; policy; Action Plan on Disinformation; Code of Practice on Disinformation;

    Abstract : Following the rise of social media, the world has found itself in a hyperconnected state. Through the press of a button, it is today possible to reach every corner of the world. This has brought opportunities for freedom and liberation, but in the past years it has also become a danger for these ideas. READ MORE