Essays about: "how risk are controlled"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 71 essays containing the words how risk are controlled.
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11. Simulating cable fires in Fire Dynamics Simulator : Based on small scale testing in cone calorimeter
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brandAbstract : In a society increasingly more influenced by technology and electricity, electrical and computer cables will play a more vital role in humans’ everyday life. With an increasing number of cables being introduced into society, the risk of fires caused by or involving cables will increase and become a more common danger to property and human lives. READ MORE
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12. 'The world has changed; these days, women are the ones who are keeping their families'. Gender norms, women's economic empowerment and male capture in the rural Tanzanian poultry value-chain
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The study presented in this thesis aimed to explore how gender norms in four rural districts in Kilimanjaro and Lindi Region of Tanzania might influence rural women chicken farmers' economic empowerment when an urban vendor introduces an improved breed of chicken. More specifically, the following aims were explored: the normative expectations for husbands and wives in the communities researched, and how these expectations may influence intra-household negotiation processes following a market-led intervention within the Tanzanian poultry value-chain; if and how intra-household resource allocation may be changed if profits were to increase within a women-led business. READ MORE
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13. Militarization: A Witch's War Brew? : How military power affects authoritarian regimes' behavior
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The effect of regime type on conflict onset is a well-studied phenomenon, and various studies have found that variance in regime type, and within regime types, affects conflict onset. For instance, militarization in autocracies seems to be linked with increased risk of initiating conflict. READ MORE
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14. PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING PATIENT EDUCATION FOR ADULT AND ADOLESCENT ATHLETES WITH PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärdAbstract : ABSTRACT Background: Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is commonly seen in athletes and common symptoms are for example pain and stiffness, and difficulty in climbing stairs. Physiotherapy exercise interventions aim to increase the range of motion, strength, knee stability, balance, and functional ability. READ MORE
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15. The Effect of House Price Risk on Homeowners' Portfolio Choice
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Using the 2017 wave of China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), this paper studies how house price risk affects homeowners' stock market participation and share of liquid financial wealth invested in stocks conditional on not moving. Exploiting the subsample of homeowners whose tenure choices are exogenous due to the institutional changes during the Chinese housing market privatization, this study finds that the correlation between housing return and stock return has a crowding-out effect on both stock market participation and stock shares among participants. READ MORE
