Essays about: "PHA"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the word PHA.

1. 6. Bioplastics Material Flow Analysis And Their Environmental Impacts

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Xinyi Qin; [2022]
   Keywords : Bioplastics; Material flow analysis; Life cycle analysis;

   Abstract : This research is conducted to have a better understanding on the future develop- ment of bioplastics and their environmental impacts. This research first studies the future consumption and waste of bioplastics till 2050 by material flow analysis (MFA). READ MORE

3. 7. "Un-masking the Mask-Issue". Examining People´s Meaning-Making Processes and Risk-Cultural Norms regarding Facemasks.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Tim Arasimowicz; [2021-07-27]
   Keywords : Facemasks; Efficiency; Communication; Media diets; COVID-19; Sensemaking; Meaning-Making; Noticing; Acting; Risk Culture; Trust in Authorities; Anticipation; Accountability; Framing;

   Abstract : While most of the world quickly came to terms with covering their noses and mouths in crowded places, people in Sweden have mostly gone without, riding buses and metros, shopping for groceries, and going to school maskless, with only a few rare souls have covered up (Novus, 2021). Officials from the Swedish Public Health Authority (PHA) have repeatedly argued that masks are not effective enough at limiting the spread of the virus to warrant mass use, insisting it is more important to respect social distancing and handwashing recommendations. READ MORE

4. 8. "Under pressure". A study of the Swedish Public Health Agency´s crisis - and reputation management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Lina Karlsson; [2021-07-27]
   Keywords : COVID-19; crisis communication; societal crisis; public organizations; public agencies; reputation; reputational threat; Image Repair Theory; IRT; Bureaucratic Reputation Theory; BRT; rhetorical analysis; rhetorical criticism; kategoria; apologia;

   Abstract : This study examines the Swedish Public Health Agency’s (PHA) crisis communication regarding the COVID-19 pandemic during the year of 2020. Departing from a synthesis of the frameworks of Image Repair Theory and Bureaucratic Reputation Theory, the PHA’s online press conferences are critically analyzed to map out how the PHA’s representatives react to reputational threats that occur alongside and in connection to its management of the crisis at hand. READ MORE

5. 9. Accessibility Studies of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids from the Sun-Earth L2 Libration Point

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Rymdteknik

   Author : GAUTHAM GANESAN; [2020]
   Keywords : Near-Earth Objects; Potentially Hazardous Asteroids; Halo Orbit; Invariant Manifolds; Analytical construction; Palermo Scale; Low-Energy transfer;

   Abstract : A newly proposed F-class mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2019,Comet Interceptor, aims to dynamically intercept a New Solar System Objectsuch as a Dynamically New Comet (DNC). The Spacecraft will be placed in aperiodic (Halo) orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrangian point, waiting for furtherinstructions about the passage of a comet or an asteroid, which could well bereached within the stipulated mission constraints. READ MORE

6. 10. Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production from Municipal Waste Streams

   University essay from KTH/Resursåtervinning

   Author : Elsa Eriksson; [2020]
   Keywords : Polyhydroxyalkanoate; volatile fatty acids; mixed culture; bioreactor; municipal waste streams; Polyhydroxialkanoat; flyktiga fettsyror; blandad kultur; bioreaktor; kommunalt avfall;

   Abstract : Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a group of bioplastics, which are produced through microorganisms. They are accumulated in granules inside bacteria’s cell cytoplasm and serve as an energy reserve. READ MORE