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Decentralized anaerobic digestion (AD) of manure and organic residues is a possible strategy to improve carbon and nutrient cycling within agricultural regions, meanwhile generating renewable energy. To date, there has been limited adoption of decentralized AD technology in industrialized countries owing to low profitability for plant operators. There remains a need to demonstrate the wider sustai

The study focuses on mapping spatiotemporal patterns and detecting the potential drivers of traffic congestion with multi-source data. First, based on real-time traffic data retrieved from an online map, the k-means clustering algorithm was applied to classify the spatiotemporal distribution of congested roads. Then, we applied a geographical detector (Geo-detector) to mine the potential factors f

November 2011 saw the opening of the exhibition "Archeovirtual" organized by CNR ITABC - Virtual Heritage Lab - and V-MusT Network of Excellence, in Paestum, Italy, under the general direction of BMTA1. The event, that was part of a wider European project focus on virtual museums, turned to be a great opportunity to show many different projects, applications and installations about Virtual Reality

What are the pedagogical impacts of internationalisation on the development of higher education in Europe? How can we proceed in this process and take a pedagogical stance on the issue? This theoretical article is partly based on a series of empirical studies, conducted by the author, investigating students' and teachers' experiences and understanding of an internationalised educational context in

Denna studie undersöker förutsättningarna för klimatsmart innovation i Region Skåne. Det finns ambitiösa målsättningar från regionens sida inom området, studien tyder dock på att det finns förbättringsåtgärder kring hur dessa ambitioner verkställs i praktiken. Region Skåne har som uttalad målsättning att vara Europas mest innovativa region 2020 och det är uttalat att klimatsmarta lösningar är etThis study examines the conditions for climate-friendly innovation in Region Skåne. It focuses on small companies within the CleanTech-sector with a total annual turnover below 10 MSEK. A short literary study was conducted about the innovation system for Swedish CleanTech-companies in general. Reading material from Region Skåne was also examined. Five interviews was carried out with representative

The study presents a critical analysis of unequal social geographies in the city of Tehran. It aims to identify degrees of access to different aspects of social reproduction with particular attention to the worse-off districts. The issue of unevenness in Tehran has been discussed by Iranian economists and geographers criticizing bad policies, undemocratic state, and corruption. However, political

Offentliga upphandlingar utgör en stor del av de svenska och europeiska marknaderna och har sedan länge varit föremål för reglering som bland annat ska minska risken för korruption och säkerställa ett effektivt utnyttjande av offentliga medel. Sedan Sveriges tillträde i Europeiska ekonomiska samarbetsområdet 1992 har upphandlingsreglerna utgått från dem som framarbetats av Europeiska unionen. Det Public procurement constitutes a large part of Swedish and European markets and has since long been subject to regulation in order to, inter alia, decrease the risk of corruption and securing an effective use of public means. Since Sweden’s entry to the European Economic Area in 1992, existing rules of public procurement have originated from the rules drafted by the European Union. There exists a

Konkurrensen är hård på dagens arbetsmarknad och då vill företagen skydda sig mot att kompetensen i deras företag kommer till användning i konkurrerande verksamhet. Samtidigt vill arbetstagare kunna utnyttja sin kunskap till fullo samt fortsätta utvecklas inom sin profession vid avslutad anställning. Det medför en skillnad mellan parternas intresse vilken ofta regleras i konkurrensklausul och så lThe competition is fierce in today’s labour market, which results in that company’s competence is even more valuable than ever before. Which in turn means that the use of non-compete clauses is widespread on the labour market. This is to make sure the knowledge is not used by a competing business. On the other hand employees want to use and continue to develop their knowledge in their area of expe

Effekterna av den globala uppvärmningen har visat sig på alla kontinenter och i Sverige har det blivit både varmare och blötare. Risker som kopplas till klimatförändringar i Sverige är torka, värmevågor och översvämningar och dessa risker måste hanteras på alla samhällsnivåer av flera olika aktörer. Stöd och råd för hur samhällsaktörer kan förbereda sig kommer från både Nationellt kunskapscenter fThe effects of global warming have been seen at all continents and in Sweden it has become both warmer and wetter. Risks connected to this are droughts, heat waves and flooding. These risks have to be dealt with on all levels by every actor. Recommendations and support on how to avoid the consequences of these in urban planning comes from both the Swedish Portal for Climate Change Adaptation and t

In the quest to find a ‘least cost solution’ for climate change mitigation that do not interfere with business-as-usual, carbon trading and PES schemes were introduced. PES schemes with carbon forestry projects are implemented in the Global South as a win-win-win tool for climate change mitigation and sustainable development. In this thesis, the Ugandan carbon forestry project Trees for Global Ben

Tropikskog skövlas för ekonomisk vinning och får till följd att en mängd arter dör ut och att koldioxid frisätts varje år. Idag saknas en rättsligt bindande reglering för bevarandet av tropikskog. I den här kandidatuppsatsen utreds ett antal folkrättsliga regleringar för att undersöka om nya trender inom internationell miljörätt kan bidra till att tropikskogarna bevaras. I uppsatsen förs ett lex

I Lag (1993:1651) om läkarvårdsersättning och Lag (1993:1652) om ersättning för fysioterapi finns bestämmelser om ersättning till en privat praktiserande läkare respektive fysioterapeut som har ett samverkansavtal med en region. Läkaren eller fysioterapeuten begär ersättning för de vårdåtgärder de har utfört och regionen gör en utbetalning. Regionen kan i efterhand granska ersättningarna och återkThe Act (1993:1651) on Medical Compensation and the Act (1993:1652) on Compensation for Physiotherapy provides the legal framework for compensation of privately practicing doctors and physiotherapists that are attached to the region by a cooperation agreement. If a doctor or physiotherapist demands compensation for a performed healthcare measure, the region is obliged to pay said doctor or physiot

Supply chain management (SCM) and packaging solutions are essential in the food industry due to their impact on the environment and economics, necessitating innovation. How to efficiently move goods through the supply chain therefore involves a complex network involving a great amount of stakeholders and processes. Food distribution logistics are particularly complex, requiring standard procedures

Purpose - The collection-delivery points in Sweden are the main delivery method and facilitates a growing volume of parcel deliveries from e-commerce. As the model has been implemented on such scale in the country, the negative externalities previously outlined in the literature can get magnified in the context of the Swedish consumers. It is important to gain a deeper understanding on every aspec

A variety of demand side management (DSM) methods are needed to ensure electric grid reliability and to integrate increasing shares of renewable energy sources into electricity networks. To investigate whether communal laundry rooms in Stockholm represent a good candidate for employing DSM to reduce the severity of electricity load peaks, tenants are surveyed on their willingness to temporarily lo

The mobile telecommunication network is growing year after year and it will soon move into the high speed 5G and Internet of Things technology. These new technologies will improve the throughput and data connectivity and due to that the energy consumption in radio and digital units may increase in a Radio Base Station (RBS). There are more than 500 000 off-grid RBSs in the world which are powered

The mobile telecommunication network is growing year after year and it will soon move into the high speed 5G and Internet of Things technology. These new technologies will improve the throughput and data connectivity and due to that the energy consumption in radio and digital units may increase in a Radio Base Station (RBS). There are more than 500 000 off-grid RBSs in the world which are powered

Humanitära interventioner, alltså militära ingripanden i en stat utan dess samtycke för att skydda befolkningens mänskliga rättigheter, har under de senaste årtiondena varit omdiskuterade. Interventionernas förespråkare menar att vi alla har en moralisk skyldighet att hjälpa människor i nöd. De som är kritiska till interventionerna menar att dessa innebär en kränkning av en av folkrättens hörnstenHumanitarian interventions, that is to say military interventions in a state, without its permission, to protect the population’s human rights, have during the past decades been controversial. The advocates of the interventions regard it as everyone’s duty to help humans in need. The interventions’ critics argue that the interventions are a violation of one cornerstone of the international law, th