Essays about: "hazard rate"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 46 essays containing the words hazard rate.

  1. 6. Including a Vulnerability Centred Adaptation Perspective in Urban Climate Assessment : The Case of International Women in the Malmö Lund Region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Severine Renard; [2022]
    Keywords : climate; climate adaptation; climate change; climate analysis; hazard; impact assessment; international women; Malmö Lund Region; risk assessment; vulnerability assessment;

    Abstract : The topic of climate adaptation has gained momentum in the last decade as a response to the increasing rate at which global climate is changing. There are two leading discourses to climate adaptation, Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) perspectives, which focuses on adapting to specific climate hazards and scenarios, and Vulnerability Centred Adaptation (VCA), which focuses on the socio-economic and environmental factors that compound climate impacts. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Effect of Anticholinergic Medications on People living with Dementia: A Systematic Literature Review.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

    Author : Israt Jahan Dowel; [2022]
    Keywords : Dementia Alzheimer s Anticholinergic medications outcome ; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract: Background: Dementia is a global public health concern as it causes high dependency of the patients with Dementia (PwD) on their families and the community. Dementia is an irreversible neurodegenerative disorder for the elderly often associated with many comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, kidney diseases, etc. READ MORE

  4. 8. Intergenerational Transmission of Health and Life span : An Exploration of an Association Between Parental Age-at-Death and Disease Outcomes in Offspring

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Anna Thalén; [2022]
    Keywords : Life span; intergenerational health; parental age-at-death; disease risk; longevity; hospitalization;

    Abstract : Parental and offspring life spans are modestly associated and a transmission of disease risk from parents to offspring has been proposed as a possible explanation. Using birth cohort data consisting of 86 168 offspring and their parents, the aim of this explorative study was to quantify and describe the association between parental age-at-death and risk of disease in offspring over a 33-year follow-up period. READ MORE

  5. 9. RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF REPAIRABLE SYSTEMS WITH COVARIATES: A CASE STUDY OF RAILWAY TRACK

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Drift, underhåll och akustik

    Author : Alvaro Andres Rincon Franco; [2021]
    Keywords : Reliability; Railways; Covariates;

    Abstract : Linear assets are complex industrial systems that extend from one geographical region to another. Given the criticality of the industrial activities linked to them, it is vital to accurately estimate the systems' reliability. READ MORE

  6. 10. The risk of sub-optimal allocation of government spending when implementing GDP-linked bonds

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Aline Ghatan; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2021]
    Keywords : GDP-linked Bonds; Moral Hazard; Sovereign Debt; Public Spending;

    Abstract : This paper examines the risk of suboptimal allocation of public resources in countries issuing GDP-linked bonds and how such risk can be mitigated. Throughout the analysis, a linear interest rate function for GDP-linked bonds is used. READ MORE