Essays about: "modernisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 essays containing the word modernisation.

  1. 1. Modernisation of a Performance Testing Machine for Olympic Wrestlers : A Case Study of the PowerBox Performance Testing Machine

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Jitse Jan van Esch; [2023]
    Keywords : Modernisation; Performance Testing; Olympic Wrestlers; Real-Time Feedback; Automation; Hardware Technology; User Experience; Data Analysis; Modernisering; Prestatietest; Olympische Worstelaars; Realtime Feedback; Automatisering; Hardware Technologie; Gebruikerservaring; Data analyse; Modernisering; Prestationstester; Olympiska Brottare; Realtidsfeedback; Automatisering; Hårdvaruteknik; Användarupplevelse; Dataanalys;

    Abstract : This master thesis focuses on the modernisation of the PowerBox, a performance testing machine intended for Olympic wrestlers to help them enhance their ability to prevent penalty points caused by being pushed out of the wrestling area. As the PowerBox has become outdated and underutilized, this study aims to revive the project by exploring how modern hardware and software technology can be integrated to provide real-time feedback and automate post-analysis processes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Growing to thrive or growing to die? Analysing high-school students’ perspectives on the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Ronja Karvinen; [2023]
    Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development; Degrowth; Ecological Modernization; Economic growth; Education; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How and what we should teach children about sustainability, in relation to our current economic system, has become the cornerstone of the debate on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This debate takes place in conjunction with a much broader debate on the concept of sustainable development itself, where the role of economic growth is both questioned and supported, seen as either a necessary support for sustainability or as a barrier to truly sustainable societies. READ MORE

  4. 3. Catholicism and the Catholic Church in Contemporary Ireland : The Church-State Relationship, the Societal Role of Catholicism and the Applicability of Secularisation Theory in the Aftermath of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier

    Author : Graeme Stirling; [2023]
    Keywords : Catholicism; culture and social issues; Catholicism in Ireland; Religiosity and secularisation;

    Abstract : Abstract Throughout the period of 1972-2022 and previously, Catholicism has been a robust aspect of Irish national culture and identity and the institutional Catholic church has enjoyed a degree of sociopolitical influence and extensive co-operation with the Irish state. This has led to characterisations of Ireland as an outlier amidst secularisation patterns worldwide, whilst the 2009 scandals following the publication of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports into clerical sexual abuse have led to claims of the collapse of Irish Catholicism and the church. READ MORE

  5. 4. Circular Transformation of the American Wood Packaging Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Shane Yuhasse; [2023]
    Keywords : circular economy; packaging; producer responsibility; wood; waste; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Introduction: Wood packaging consumes over twenty percent of industrial timber harvests in the United States. Organised reuse of wood packaging can reduce timber consumption but is not widely practised. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trade-off or synergy? : An analysis of Swedish parliamentary parties’ framing of the relationship between climate change mitigation and growth

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vera von Otter; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate politics; ecological modernisation; EM; green growth; climate policy; Sweden;

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