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- Krook, Joakim, 1977-
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Concentrate or dilute contaminants? : Strategies for Swedish wood waste
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis aims to assess the environmental consequences of management strategies for wood waste in Sweden. There is a special focus on separation strategies and in what way such measures influence environmental aspects such as the presence of heavy metals in the waste. Actors’ incentives and capacity to influence wood waste management are analysed, emphasising the importance of driving forces such as governmental regulation and market interactions.The results show that, in comparison to present dilution practice, separation of contaminants would lead to decreased heavy metal emissions during combustion of wood waste while still recovering a similar energy yield from the waste. Such measures would also increase possibilities for resource-saving reuse of the generated ash. For most metals, however, long-term pollution concerns related to accumulations in landfills and unintentional co-recycling are difficult to address, regardless of separation strategy. An exception is industrial preservative-treated wood waste that according to regulation is to be separately handled as hazardous, for which separation measures also would address such future concerns. This indicates that governments could play an important role in environmental policy by, for instance, stimulating separate handling of certain discarded products.Actors in the energy sector involved in fuel and heat production have quite restricted capacities for separation of contaminants in wood waste. Instead, achieving substantially less contaminated wood waste seems to require actors in the waste and construction sectors to develop source separation measures. The fact that such measures often involve actors lacking professional standards for waste management constitutes a fundamental obstacle to efficient separation. Perhaps even more hampering is that source separation at present leads to increased waste disposal costs for actors in the construction sector. Such economic outcomes of source separation are unfavourable, since these actors consider wood waste as a disposal problem for which the costs should be minimised. Despite these obstacles, however, the results show that some actors have proved capable of achieving relatively efficient separation.At present, only a minor share of industrial preservative–treated wood waste is separately handled as hazardous. For actors in the energy, waste and construction sectors, the incentives for such measures appear low even though introduced regulations potentially could have created such incentives. It appears as if a lack of steering mechanisms such as communication and supervision have neutralised the inherent pressure from regulation in many cases. Quality requirements, on the other hand, can be concluded to be of outmost importance for motivating separation measures. Unfortunately, market forces encourage actors in the energy sector to practice inconsistent enforcement of quality requirements. As a consequence, actors in the waste and construction sectors do not experience any strong pressure for separation of contaminants from their customers. In fact, such an inconsistent enforcement of quality requirements seems to have counteracted legal pressures for separation, due to present customer-oriented business management.
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- Mårtensson, Carina, et al.
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Factors behind change in knowledge after a mass media campaign targeting periodontitis
- 2006
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Ingår i: International Journal of Dental Hygiene. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 4:1, s. 8-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate changes in knowledge before and after a mass media campaign, in relation to social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. The study was based on a questionnaire in a cohort design, sent out to 900 randomly sampled people aged 50–75 in Sweden. The response rate to the questionnaire before and after the campaign was 70% and 65% respectively. Sixty-four percent answered both questionnaires. Two questions addressed knowledge, while 10 questions aimed to measure social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. Data were analysed for bivariate relations as to change in knowledge and social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. Data were also analysed in multiple regression analysis with knowledge before, knowledge after and knowledge differences as dependent variables. The results showed that there were a number of independent variables with influence on the dependent variables. Of the social attributes, secondary education gave almost 10% (P < 0.001) better knowledge both before and after the campaign. Among care system attributes, high care utilization was related to knowledge both before and after the campaign. The most important factors for knowledge about periodontitis were education, care utilization and perceived importance of oral health. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that mass media might increase knowledge about periodontitis as a health promotion strategy.
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- Mårtensson, Carina, et al.
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Factors behind change in knowledge after a mass media campaign targeting periodontitis
- 2006
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Ingår i: International Journal of Dental Hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 4:1, s. 8-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to investigate changes in knowledge before and after a mass media campaign, in relation to social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. The study was based on a questionnaire in a cohort design, sent out to 900 randomly sampled people aged 50–75 in Sweden. The response rate to the questionnaire before and after the campaign was 70% and 65% respectively. Sixty-four percent answered both questionnaires. Two questions addressed knowledge, while 10 questions aimed to measure social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. Data were analysed for bivariate relations as to change in knowledge and social attributes, care system attributes and oral health aspects. Data were also analysed in multiple regression analysis with knowledge before, knowledge after and knowledge differences as dependent variables. The results showed that there were a number of independent variables with influence on the dependent variables. Of the social attributes, secondary education gave almost 10% (P< 0.001) better knowledge both before and after the campaign. Among care system attributes, high care utilization was related to knowledge both before and after the campaign. The most important factors for knowledge about periodontitis were education, care utilization and perceived importance of oral health. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that mass media might increase knowledge about periodontitis as a health promotion strategy.
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- Mårtensson, H., et al.
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Aeroelastic properties of closely spaced modes for a highly loaded transonic fan
- 2008
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the design of modem compressor blades of wide chord (low aspect ratio) type it is often hard to avoid having modes that are close to each other in frequency. Modes which are closely spaced can interact dynamically. Mistuning and localization of stresses are known problems with this. A potential problem with this is also the possibility of coalescence flutter of the modes. Even if the modes are frequency separated at zero rotational speed, the centrifugal stiffening may cause the modes to attract and even cross (or veer) at some rotational speed. In design, mode separation criteria are sometimes applied in order to minimize the risk of encountering unknown dynamic phenomena. This study is performed to better understand the dynamics of closely spaced modes with respect to risk for coalescence flutter. A reduced order aeroelastic system is then constructed that describes the interaction between the different modes. The aeroelastic couplings are then calculated for the 2 mode system. The method is general in terms of mode shapes and number of interacting modes. A parametrical study is performed in order to study how strongly the modes interact when the frequency separation is decreased and if there is a risk of destructive coalescence flutter. The investigation is performed on a high pressure ratio front stage fan blade. The tendency of the modes to interact depends on the strength of the coupling compared to the strength of the pure structural modes. The tendency towards instability was increased in cases where the stability margin was smaller of the single modes. The results can be considered to support a separation criterion of 2% for the lower. A re-evaluation should be considered if lighter blade material and increased loads are to be used.
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- Wreiner, Thomas, et al.
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Exploring Service Blueprints for Multiple Actors : A Case Study of Car Parking Services
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Ingår i: First Nordic Conference on Service Design. - : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 9789175197715
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Service blueprints are usually included in listings of standard methods within service design. Still; little research has been conducted on service blueprints. The case study at hand explores how blueprints can be applied in a situation with three key actors; all with different motives and wishes. The case study is within the domain of car parking; a service which at a first glance may seem simple; but is rather complex when scrutinized. Three ways of blueprinting the situation are presented and discussed in the paper. Finally issues which arose from the blueprinting process are discussed in regard to implications for people creating blueprints.
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