Essays about: "information systems risk management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 118 essays containing the words information systems risk management.

  1. 16. How social behaviour in juvenile Brown trout (Salmo trutta) are regulated by social hierarchies and exposure to the benzodiazepine oxazepam

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Elin Johansson Kvarnström; [2022]
    Keywords : Behaviour; Brown trout; Dominance; Ecotoxicology; Exposure; Fish; Oxazepam; Pharmaceutical; Salmo trutta; Social status;

    Abstract : Improved global healthcare rises the production and consumption of human pharmaceuticals. Insufficient wastewater treatment systems and unregulated downstream impacts causes pharmaceutical contamination of surface waters with trace residues in countries covering all continents. READ MORE

  3. 17. Mitigating the Urban Heat Island Effect in a Local Context : how wind and vegetation regulate temperatures during summer, with an example from the grounds of Karlstad Central Hospital, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Patricia Kirkhorn; [2022]
    Keywords : GIS; Envi-met; microclimate; climate change; vegetation; wind; city planning; urban heat island; thermal comfort;

    Abstract : Climate change is the cause of more weather extremes. Cities' dense configuration, heat absorbing surfaces and low amount of vegetation leads to higher temperatures within cities known as the urban heat island effect (UHI). READ MORE

  4. 18. Fördröjning och rening i urbana dagvattenlösningar : undersökningar av krossmagasin med kolmakadamfyllning i Rosendal Etapp 1 samt Gamla Uppsalagatan 21:20

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

    Author : Marlene Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : biokol; dagvatten; metall adsorption; hållbara dagvattenhantering; reningsförmåga; first flush; svackdike; makadamdike; avsättningsmagasin;

    Abstract : Klimatanpassning av urbana miljöer är en stor utmaning som samhället står inför. Att ta hand om dagvattenavrinning när regnen blir intensivare och flödestopparna större gör att de underdimensionerade ledningsnätet inte räcker till för dessa flöden. READ MORE

  5. 19. Perception and management strategies for climate-induced risks among pastoralists and agro-pastoralists : a case study from dry land farming systems in northern Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Elema Mamo; [2022]
    Keywords : Risk; climate change; risk management; climate change risk perception model; agriculture; risk preferences; adaptation and mitigation strategies;

    Abstract : Agriculture is the backbone of many economies around the world, and it is arguably the sector most affected by climate change with its variability and extremes. Farmers have suffered significant losses as a result of such occurrences in the past and have used a variety of risk management strategies to deal with the risks involved. READ MORE

  6. 20. An Adaptive IMM-UKF method for non-cooperative tracking of UAVs from radar data

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Hólmfrídur Elvarsdottir; [2022]
    Keywords : Radar tracking; Kalman filters; UAV Unmanned Arial Vehicle ; IMM Interacting Multiple Model ; Nonlinear filters; Radar spårning; Kalmanfilter; Obemannade luftfarkoster; IMM Interacting Multiple Model ; Olinjära filter;

    Abstract : With the expected growth of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) traffic in the coming years, the demand for UAV tracking solutions in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) industry has been incentivized. To ensure the safe integration of UAVs into airspace, Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems will need to provide a number of services such as UAV tracking. READ MORE