Essays about: "External Service Provision"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words External Service Provision.

  1. 1. Product-Service Systems for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers: The Role of External Partnerships

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Pedro Scherma de Carvalho; [2023]
    Keywords : Product-Service System; Collaboration; Partnership; Barriers; Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers;

    Abstract : The current patterns of consumption are threatening the availability of natural resources. These natural resources, such as raw materials and biomass, are critical for different economic activities. ProductService System (PSS) has received attention as a solution to drive resource efficiency by extending the life cycle of products. READ MORE

  2. 2. The assessment of ecosystem services provided by forest edge effects on fields in a fragmented Swedish agricultural landscape : a methodological framework

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : Juliette Nguyen; [2022]
    Keywords : carbon sequestration; cropping systems; DSSAT; ecosystem services; edge effect; food production; landscape diversification; landscape fragmentation; soil heterogeneity; soil organic carbon; spatial variability; total nitrogen; yield;

    Abstract : Agricultural expansion, prompted by increasing global food demand, has fragmented, simplified, and homogenized the landscape in the last decades. The resilience and sustainability of croplands are at stake, resulting in a hight vulnerability to climate change, and having major impacts on environmental protection, biodiversity preservation and food security. READ MORE

  3. 3. THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION? THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EFFORTS TO MITIGATE GRAND CORRUPTION IN THE HEALTHCARE AND MINING SECTORS IN TANZANIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elikana Eliakimu Sadock; [2021-11-26]
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    Abstract : The efforts to fight against corruption portrayed by international and domestic actors are crucial in addressing measures to alleviate corruption in the mining and healthcare sectors. Several experts in social science research argue that transparency, public awareness, and oversight are practical approaches to fighting corruption in the mining and healthcare sectors when they receive the needed support from a working legal system and strong political will. READ MORE

  4. 4. Food Allergy in Hospital from the Patient Perspective : taking a Mixed Methods approach to understand Foodservice Management

    University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för naturvetenskap

    Author : Madeleine Neff; [2018]
    Keywords : food allergy; nutrition; hospital; mixed methods; person centred care;

    Abstract : Foodservice is integral to safe, adequate and satisfactory food allergy management in the hospital setting. To date, research focused on objective measures of energy and protein provision, implementation and evaluation of food allergy guidelines and assessment of process failures leading to allergen exposure. READ MORE

  5. 5. Scaling cloud-native Apache Spark on Kubernetes for workloads in external storages

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

    Author : Piotr Mrowczynski; [2018]
    Keywords : Cloud Computing; Spark on Kubernetes; Kubernetes Operator; Elastic Re- source Provisioning; Cloud-Native Architectures; Openstack Magnum; Data Mining; Cloud Computing; Spark över Kubernetes; Kubernetes Operator; Elastic Re- source Provisioning; Cloud-Native Architectures; Openstack Magnum; Containers; Data Mining;

    Abstract : CERN Scalable Analytics Section currently offers shared YARN clusters to its users as monitoring, security and experiment operations. YARN clusters with data in HDFS are difficult to provision, complex to manage and resize. This imposes new data and operational challenges to satisfy future physics data processing requirements. READ MORE