Sökning: "USFS"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade ordet USFS.

  1. 1. Bridging the Broadband Divide through Universal Service Funds : Key Principles for Broadband Connectivity Projects in Underserved Areas

    Master-uppsats, Ekonomiska informationssystem; Tekniska högskolan

    Författare :Raoul Joshi; Fredrik Hammarström; [2013]
    Nyckelord :Universal Service Fund; USF; Broadband Divide; ITU; International Telecommunication Union; Broadband; Developing Countries; Universal Access; Universal Service; Market Access Gap; Broadband Ecosystem; Los Botados; Dominican Republic; Felda Jelai; Malaysia; Mirpur Khas; Pakistan; San Andres; Colombia; Policy; Procedural; Executional; Political Will; Time Horizon; Stakeholder Power Balance; Degree of Operator Risk; Ecosystem Funding; Organizational Structure; Human Capital; Local QoS Assurance; Reaching Key User Groups;

    Sammanfattning : The rapid emergence of broadband, or always-on Internet, during the course of the last decade, has increased the importance of the so- called information society in urban and industrialized societies world- wide. Liberalized information and communications technology (ICT) market forces worldwide have however failed to supply these services to rural and low-income regions resulting in the so-called digital divide. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Language Bias in Accident Investigation

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Författare :Crista Shannon Vesel; [2012]
    Nyckelord :human causal attribution; SAIG; Serious Accident Investigation Guide; USFS; Forest Service; accident investigation; accident report; agentive language; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This paper examined the language and content of the U.S. Forest Service's Serious Accident Investigation Guide (SAIG), which is used to investigate what the organization terms 'serious wildland fire accidents'. LÄS MER

  4. 3. An economic assessment of stand-level treatments for southern pine beetle prevention

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Författare :Nathaniel Naumann; [2012]
    Nyckelord :Southern Pine Beetle SPB ; Soil expectation value; economic risk; SPB;

    Sammanfattning : The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) is a native pest of pine trees in the Southeast US. It is the most significant pest of forests in the region (Fettig et al., 2007). LÄS MER