Essays about: "Fragility"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 56 essays containing the word Fragility.

  1. 11. Fragmentation in graupel snow collisions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Martanda Gautam; [2022]
    Keywords : Ecosystem Analysis; Clouds; Snow; Graupel; SIP; Fragmentation; CKE; Rime Fraction; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Aircraft observations of precipitating clouds with cloud top temperatures higher than -38°C have revealed that Secondary Ice Production (SIP) is responsible for presence of majority of ice particles. One such SIP mechanism is fragmentation via collisions between ice particles. READ MORE

  3. 12. Exploring potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management in conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lærke Uhrenholt Jensen; [2022]
    Keywords : Disaster risk management; disaster risk reduction; fragility; violence; conflict; Red Cross; Red Crescent; Africa; Sudan; South Sudan; Nigeria; Ethiopia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Despite a growing interest in the conflict-disaster nexus, major knowledge gaps persist on operational knowledge and guidance on conflict considerations in disaster risk management programming. The objective of the study was to identify potential pathways for strengthening disaster risk management efforts in fragility-, violence-, and conflict-affected contexts. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Impact of Private Equity on Firm Resilience and Performance During Crisis: A Study of Portfolio Companies in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Isak Öhlund; Gustaf Frumerie; [2021]
    Keywords : Recession; Portfolio Company; Private Equity;

    Abstract : Do PE-backed firms contribute to financial stability, and do PE-backed firms perform superior compared to their non-PE-backed peers during crises? These are the two central questions of this paper when company data from 2004 - 2010 is examined for the Swedish market amid the Great Recession, 2008. A sample of 79 PE-backed and 129 non-PE-backed firms are compared. READ MORE

  5. 14. Costs & Benefits of an AI/IT Tool for the Swedish Antibiotics Supply Chain : An AI/IT Tool to address shortages of Antibiotics in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Venkateswarulu Yashwanth Krishna Modugula; Raghavendra Shridhar Hegde; [2021]
    Keywords : Supply chain; Antibiotics; Anti-microbial Resistance; Shortages; AI; Machine Learning; Costs and Benefits; AI IT Tool; PLATINEA;

    Abstract : Sweden faces shortages in antibiotics. Shortages are caused due to a variety of reasons. Due to low profit margins and opportunity costs, antibiotic supply chains may experience a lack of competition. Lack of competition across the various stages of supply chains leads to fragility in the supply chain which ultimately results in shortages. READ MORE

  6. 15. Rules to Multiplayer : How players and designers optimize fun out of their game experiences

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Emelie Rodin; [2021]
    Keywords : Design; Games; Multiplayer; World of Warcraft; Massive Multiplayer Online;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the concept of different rules within large multiplayer games, how we play thegames and what leads to different rules within a game. It establishes that rules can be explicit andimplicit, as well as based on digital hard rules, softer rules, such as community or social rules and thatplayers will design and build their own games out of these rules. READ MORE