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  1. 1. Variation Management Strategies for Future Construction Sites: A study to address role of an equipment rental business in the energy transition

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    Author : Ellen Blanksvärd; Frida Svensson; [2023-09-21T12:07:03Z 2023-09-21T12:07:03Z 2023 2023]
    Keywords : battery storage; variation management; flexibility services; peak shaving; load shifting; demand side management; rental business; electrification; construction equipment; construction sites;

    Abstract : Construction sites are facing challenges with high power peaks due to electrificationof heavy equipment where potential consequences are increased power tariffs locallyand risk of limited power supply. Another development is an increased intermittentpower supply due to more wind- and solar power in the electricity system, whichcauses price fluctuations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Can AI Respect Patient Autonomy?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Ellen Svensson; [2023]
    Keywords : AI; AGI; black box; autonomy; respect for autonomy; informed consent; bias; clinical care; healthcare; bioethics; opacity; transparency; explicability; voluntariness; republican freedom; liberty; non-domination;

    Abstract : AI is entering clinical care and the healthcare sector in a big way, at the same time, a growing number of scholars are concerned that this technology cannot adhere to current bioethical principles. In particular, there are increasing concerns that AI poses a threat to the autonomy of patients by being irreconcilable with the practice of informed consent. READ MORE

  4. 3. How did the financial crisis of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic affect the Swedish consumer price index?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Ellen Svensson; Hanna Henrysson; [2022]
    Keywords : Financial crisis; Covid-19; pandemic; effects; CPI; inflation; basket; GDP growth; unemployment; money supply;

    Abstract : This study analyzes how the financial crisis of 2008 compared to the Covid-19 pandemic affectedinflation, measured by the consumer price index, in Sweden. This study aims to give moreprofound knowledge of how two crises affect the consumer price index and therefore preventpotential future economic crises. READ MORE

  5. 4. Socialt hållbara offentliga platser : en studie av Nobeltorget i Malmö

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Ellen Svensson; Fanny Brånalt; [2022]
    Keywords : torg; public space; social hållbarhet;

    Abstract : Den offentliga ytan är under förändring. I takt med att sociala aktiviteter allt mer sker i privatiserade eller digitala miljöer minskar användningen av den offentliga ytan. Offentliga miljöer är betydande mötesplatser i staden och är viktiga för ett hälsosamt samhälle. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ethics in a Pandemic : On Bioethical Decisions, Status Quo Bias and Covid-19

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Ellen Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; bioethics; decision-making; risk; uncertainty; status quo; status quo bias; the precautionary principle; pandemic; the corona-commission; Coronakommissionen;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic and the Swedish strategy when dealing with the crisis, have shown that a status quo bias can be highly damaging for bioethical decision-making. The pandemic presented a situation of high levels of uncertainties, where incomparable values such as health and freedom, were being put against each other. READ MORE