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This study uses the sanctions imposed on and by Russia in 2014 as an exogenous shock on Swedish firms. The results suggest that the total short‐run cost of these sanctions on the Swedish economy amounted to around 1 billion SEK in 2013 prices, which implies a rather limited impact (around 0.025% of the Swedish GDP). The sanction effects were, however, highly asymmetric, and the direct effect on fi

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an adverse metabolic state composed of obesity, hyperglycemia/pre-diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. It substantially increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality, and has a huge impact on public health. Area covered: The present review gives an update on the definition and prevalence of MetS, and its impact

The present study aims at modeling and analyzing the climate change effects on the runoff of the Rheraya stream (Morocco), taking into account the snow component. For this purpose, we combined the GR4J conceptual rainfall-runoff model with the CemaNeige snow module calibrated over 1989–2009, for daily time step simulations. Med-Cordex climate projections for the period 2020–2040 were used to simul

This study examines the long-term effect of Christian missionary exposure on HIV infection and related sexual behaviour in Zambia. I use distance to a historical missionary church and health facility as proxies for missionary exposure. I constructed a geocoded data set combining information on the historical locations of churches and missionary health centres with contemporary individual-level dat

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine coverage remains low in Libya compared to other countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This study aimed to evaluate the willingness of the general public in Libya to receive COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccines. Additionally, the study aimed to investigate the potential effect of combining the two vaccines to reduce COVID-19 vacci

Context. β Pictoris is a young nearby system hosting a well-resolved edge-on debris disk, along with at least two exoplanets. It offers key opportunities for carrying out detailed studies of the evolution of young planetary systems and their shaping soon after the end of the planetary formation phase. Aims. We analyzed high-contrast coronagraphic images of this system, obtained in the mid-infrared

The core objective of this article is to develop and apply a framework based on institutional theory for investigating and exploring how boards of directors respond to changes in the national pattern of corporate governance. In contrast to most models of institutional changes that are based on the structure of the change process, our framework focuses on the content of institutional changes in ter

In addition to HPV, high parity and hormonal contraceptives have been associated with cervical cancer (CC). However, most of the evidence comes from retrospective case-control studies. The aim of this study is to prospectively evaluate associations between hormonal factors and risk of developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3)/carcinoma in situ (CIS) and invasive cervical cancer

Eftersom Storbritannien efter mer än 30 år sedan CISG:s ikraftträdande fortfarande inte har anslutit sig till konventionen, frågan uppstår om varför så är fallet. Kan det vara så att det till en viss del kan bero på skillnader angående hur den engelska tillämpliga lagen ifråga och CISG ställer sig till skyldigheten att betala skadestånd? Syftet med uppsatsen är att klargöra de likheter och skillnaSince the U.K. after more than 30 years from the CISG’s enforcement still has not adopted the Convention, the question arises; how come? Could it be that this partially is due to differences in how the English applicable law and the CISG addresses liability for damages? The objective of this paper is to elucidate the similarities and differences in the two laws, regarding the seller’s obligation t

The paper investigates the effect of interest rate announcements on stock returns and trading volume from two view-points: aggregate level and industrial level. We apply two models and two test methods in both the short and the long event window to examine the investors’ reactions to interest rate announcements of the State Bank of Vietnam. The results show that the market index rarely responds to

Sociala mediers framväxt har fört med sig nya former av medborgardeltagande. Detta är en fallstudie av Greenpeaces kampanj Give the Orang-Utan a Break från 2010 som rikta-des mot Nestlé för dess användning av palmolja. Syftet med fallstudien är att analysera diskursen i bloggar under Greenpeacekampanjen och relationen mellan olika typer av tex-ter som publicerats online. Studien använder sig av enThe rise of social media has brought with it new forms of civic engagement. This is a case study of the Greenpeace 2010 campaign Give the Orang-Utan a Break directed at Nestlé for its use of palm oil. The purpose of this case study is to analyse the discourse used in blogs during the Greenpeace campaign as well as to analyse the relationship be-tween different types of online content. The study ap

With the new information society and knowledge economy evolve different and more complex requirements to innovation and competitiveness. Scholars and policy makers have emphasized the importance of adapting to ICT and exploit its numerous possibilities, although the exact methods for doing so remain unclear. The integration of ICT in educational institutions and their curricula have been stressed

Svaga riktlinjer utan verkan? Sedan vi människor började bruka jorden för mer än 10 000 år sedan, har vi haft nytta av humlor och bin som pollinerat våra grödor och spindlar och skalbaggar som ätit upp skadeinsekter som t.ex. bladlöss. Dessa och många andra så kallade ekosystemtjänster riskerar nu att försvinna allteftersom människan gör anspråk på större och större ytor och brukar jorden allt inAbstract Biodiversity continues to decline worldwide and this is threatening the provisioning of ecosystem services. The EU has a target of halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services in the union by the year 2020. In the reformed Common Agricultural Policy that will take effect in the EU in 2014, three greening measures are included to meet the reform objectives fo

The issue of Eurozone crisis has been in the center of spotlight since the very beginning of its outbreak. Much attention has been drawn to analyze the reasons behind the crisis and the questions regarding whether Eurozone is a successful union came along. This research will be devoted to present and analyze the possible factors, which led to the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis, and this will be d

The objective of this essay is to investigate if the performance of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) share has an impact on the probability of closure of the same Exchange-Traded Fund. A great number of ETFs closures occurred in the last two years and the number of these closed ETFs represent a relevant percentage of the total number of ETFs that have been liquidated since this type of shares came to

In this text the author attempts to extract the criteria for establishing ''overall control'' as described by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the case against Dusko Tadic. This test was formulated by the ICTY Appeals Chamber in an effort to qualify the relationship between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the army of the

This essay contains an analysis of the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the Israeli Wall and a comparison between this judgement and others from the Court regarding the right to self-defence. Moreover, State practice and doctrine on the subject will be evaluated. The wall, or the 'security fence', built by Israel on Occupied Palestinian Territory, has become the wor