Essays about: "technology in society"

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  1. 6. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
    Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

  3. 7. Adaptive Tactics in Software Operations: How People Manage Complexity by Asking for Help

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Michael Vincent Wettick; [2024]
    Keywords : Recruitment; Software Operations; Anomaly Response; Incident Response; Escalation; Adaptive Capacity; Decision Making; Tacit Knowledge; Complexity; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Society relies on the continued operation of software systems, from healthcare to social media platforms. These systems can be engineered to be highly reliable, but complexity assures surprise. People have the ability to manage this complexity, filling gaps in design by recognizing, diagnosing and correcting anomalies. READ MORE

  4. 8. To Deploy, or Not to Deploy, That is the Question A qualitative study of the decision-making experiences of engineers deploying software changes in production

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jessica Ann DeVita; [2024]
    Keywords : Automation; Common ground; Complexity; Coordination; COVID19 pandemic; Deployment decision; Incident response; Mental model; Naturalistic decision-making; Phenomenology; Resilience; Risk; Software engineering; SRE; Strategy; Temporal reasoning; Uncertainty; Web operations; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The web services that millions of people count on require large-scale computer resources (servers, nodes, networking) and an intricate set of interdependent software services. Under pressure to continually improve these services, code and configuration changes are deployed hundreds or thousands of times every day. READ MORE

  5. 9. Parent perspectives on the barriers and enablers to effective pain assessment in children with disabilities : A literature study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap

    Author : Elinor Bradshaw; [2024]
    Keywords : Children with disabilities; family; nursing; pain; pain analysis; Barn med funktionsvariation; familj; omvårdnad; smärta; smärtanalys;

    Abstract : Introduction: Children with disabilities (CwD) experience pain more often than healthy children. Assessing their pain is complicated by their limited communication skills, multiple complex pain problems and the presence of maladaptive behaviors, leading to underestimation and undertreatment of pain. READ MORE

  6. 10. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Agnes Ström; [2024]
    Keywords : Standard; standardisation; industrial PET; polyethylene terephthalate; circular economy; plastic; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE