Essays about: "information technology and the modern world"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 88 essays containing the words information technology and the modern world.

  1. 21. Land cover changes in Southern Sweden from the mid-Holocene to present day: insights for ecosystem service assessments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Robert O'Dwyer; [2019]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Physical Geography; Götaland; Landscape Reconstruction Algorithm; Fossil Pollen; Ecosystem Services; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from pollen information. READ MORE

  3. 22. Investigating the Modern Social Media Influenced World and its Consequences on Mental Health : How to reduce the negative effects on young women in the social media app Instagram by modifying or adding design parameters and functionality

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

    Author : Cecilia Wikberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Social media; Mental Health; Instagram; Concept Testing;

    Abstract : Social media is valuable when searching for information or to ease communication but what about the health risks, loss of productivity and physical activity, imaginary ideals and addiction? One third of women 16-29 years old suffer from a lower mental health and according to a large number of studies, social media has a big part in it. This study investigates how Instagram can be modified in order to reduce the nega- tive effects on young women caused by the app. READ MORE

  4. 23. Exploring a New Way of Food Inventory Management in Households Using Modern Technologies to Reduce Food Waste

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

    Author : Kushtrim Abdiju; [2019]
    Keywords : Food waste; sustainability; technology; IoT; mobile; web; smart fridge;

    Abstract : Food waste is becoming an increasing threat to the environment and the economy. Estimates indicate that annually, a third of the food produced around the world ends up being wasted. Only one-fourth of that food is enough to take nearly a billion people out of starvation. READ MORE

  5. 24. The outlook for HL7 FHIR profiles in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Rebecka Hansson; [2019]
    Keywords : HL7 FHIR; FHIR profiles; National implementation; Interoperability; Health Information Systems; Standards; HL7 FHIR; FHIR-profiler; Nationell implementering; Interoperabilitet; Vårdinformationssystem; Standarder;

    Abstract : The Vision for eHealth infers that Sweden should be best in the world to utilize the opportunities of the digitization by 2025. One of three particularly important areas of action to realize the vision is standardization of e.g. exchange of information. READ MORE

  6. 25. Preparing for the Next Big Wave of Disruption: A Case Study in Auto Industry

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Anagha Anand; [2019]
    Keywords : Automobile Industry; Technological innovations; Business model; Business model changes;

    Abstract : Problem The year 1886 is regarded the birth year of the modern automobile. Since then, there have been many innovations that have seen the surface and some that have had an influential effect in changing the paradigm itself. READ MORE