Essays about: "example of significance of study of thesis"

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  1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

  3. 2. EU Taxonomy from the Perspective of Investors

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknik

    Author : Agnes Isaksson; Ismira Hodžić; [2023]
    Keywords : EU Taxonomy; Investors; Investment Decisions; Sustainable Investments; Sustainability Reporting; SFDR; CSRD; Asymmetric Information; Legitimacy Theory;

    Abstract : To redirect capital flows towards sustainable investments, the European Union (EU) has implemented the EU Taxonomy, a classification system with definitions for sustainable economic activities. The Taxonomy constitutes a part of the European Green Deal, which is an initiative to transition the EU towards sustainability and competitiveness. READ MORE

  4. 3. Institutional dynamics in Cuban agriculture : a case study from three Cuban farms

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Calle Lindkvist; Lisa Hedborg; [2023]
    Keywords : institutions; institutional change; Cuba; agriculture; path-dependency; informal constraints; formal constraints;

    Abstract : Cuba is still subjected to the trade embargo imposed by the United States in 1962, restricting global trade and historically forcing Cuba into a dependency on the Soviet Union for energy, oil, and agricultural inputs. Today's agricultural system in Cuba bears the imprint of this historical reliance in the form of institutional constraints that shape Cuban farmers everyday activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Your post has not been uploaded. Try again?: A Study on the loss of social media during incarceration

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Shahed Athir Hadi; [2023]
    Keywords : Incarceration; Social media; Identity; Social reclamation; Control; Power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the loss of social media during incarceration and how incarcerated individuals reflect on the abrupt absence of social media in their lives. Based upon eight interviews with previously incarcerated individuals, this thesis studies the emotional process incarcerated people go through when doing identity work. READ MORE

  6. 5. Inverkan av kuffens placering och hundens position vid indirekt blodtrycksmätning med High Definition Oscillometry

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sofie Johansson; Vanessa Olli; [2022]
    Keywords : blodtryck; High Definition Oscillometry; icke-invasiv; oro; position; rädsla; stress;

    Abstract : Indirekt blodtrycksmätning är vanligt förekommande på klinik och används inom veterinärmedicin för att ge information om den kardiovaskulära funktionen hos patienten. För att erhålla tillförlitliga mätresultat är det av betydelse att ha ett standardiserat tillvägagångssätt på kliniken. READ MORE