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Building sustainable, collaborative solutions to contemporary sustainability challenges requires a new generation of future professionals or ‘change-agents,’ the engagement of non-academic stakeholders, and academic facilitation. Educational reform is needed in order to enhance students’ competencies in becoming effective sustainability professionals. Effective collaborative platforms have the pot
Objectives: Colombia is proving to be a notable epicentre of risk for individuals actively engaged in human rights advocacy. Notwithstanding this pervasive risk, individuals continue to champion their cause on a daily basis. A trend is emerging of more and more Indigenous women taking prominent leadership roles to catalyse social change. With determination, these women are challenging entrenched s
In order to examine how the wind at 10 m above the surface influences the sea ice motion in the Arctic Ocean, a correlation coefficient between wind and ice drift, an angle between wind direction and ice velocity and a reduction factor of the ice speed relative to the wind speed were calculated, using statistical methods. This was done on a 10 km by 10 km grid, for both winter, January to March, a
This study’s ambition is to investigate the effects of Foreign Direct Investment for Turkey at the individual sector level. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first endeavor to investigate the sector-specific effect of FDI on GDP for Turkey. The main research is carried out by support of basic neo-classical growth theory and new endogenous growth paradigms. The study mainly employs empirica
Trinidad and Tobago is a country with a long history in the hydrocarbon industry. This makes the country one of the wealthiest in the Caribbean region and most poised to be at the edge of innovation and sustainable technology use. However, unsustainable urban development practices have resulted in increasing negative impacts. Governments world-wide have been introducing policies and regulations to
The aim of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between depression and memory performance, hypothesizing a decrease in performance among participants with depression tendencies. The cognitive memory task of pattern separation was tested with four different levels of difficulty by use of a computerized memory test and the self-rating MADRS-S depression scale was used to assess the
China has achieved great economic growth since the reform in 1978. China’s industry has been developed significantly along with the economic advancement during the decades. The innovation has been argued by researchers to contribute to the economic growth. Since the industry output grows and contributes to the Chinese economic performance, the issue about how the innovation affects the industry in
In this thesis, the focus lies on the determinants of changes in credit ratings. Multiple regression is used to study the relation between credit ratings and a quantity of selected economic variables. The study is restricted to the US market and the ratings have been assigned by Moody’s during the period 1999-2008. In line with previous studies, the short-term interest rate and corporate profits a
The purpose of the study is to provide empirical evidence if the exposure to in-store TV in retail stores does effect customer-based brand equity of the advertised product. A cross-sectional research design and a deductive approach to theory are used. The quantitative data consists of structured observations and structured interviews with a sample size of n=169. A control group was used to be able
Systemic risk management is always of vital importance for financial stability, meanwhile Environmental (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) are a popular framework on a global scale which is used to assess business risks and opportunities. However, there is relatively little research about the relationship between ESG and systemic risk, especially in developing markets. Therefore, this study aims t
The accumulation of amyloid-β42 fibrils is a hallmark in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The small heat-chock protein αB-crystallin is known to co-exist with amyloid-β42 fibrils and prevent amyloid fibril formation. Amyloid-β42 fibrils arise and expand through different mechanisms of nucleation, however the targeted mechanism by αB-crystallin is yet to be determined. The aim of this project
This thesis studies a geometric random graph model on the discrete circle Z/N Z, in which an edge between distinct vertices u and v is present independently with probability p(u, v) = min{cN^{-(1-α)}ρ(u, v)^{-α},1}, 0 < α < 1, where ρ(u, v) is the graph distance. The main focus is on the number of cycles of a fixed length, which provides a natural measure of the deviation from a tree-like structur
Dielectric metasurfaces are the state of the art of functional optical devices with light manipulating capabilities. Metasurfaces are planar devices which makes them highly efficient since they do not suffer from propagation effects. These devices consist of sub-wavelength dielectric structures arranged in a lattice, situated on a substrate of dielectric or metallic material. They have been shown
The effect of two different body positions on tidal breathing. Key words: Tidal volume, body positions, administration, inhalation therapy, inspiration volume Background Inhalation therapy is becoming a more habitual way of distributing different types of drugs. Several factors are important to consider for optimising inhalation therapy. Physiotherapists play a key role in inhalation therapy.
With the proposed Directive by the European Commission to tax the digital economy more effective by introducing a digital permanent establishment, the question raises how to effectively tax it. Under the current profit-allocation principles, profits are allocated to the jurisdiction in which the significant people functions are situated. However, since a digital PE can exists without any people or
The purpose of this study is to do a qualitative investigation of a language café in the setting of the Swedish church in Lund. The aim is to find out how the process of integration is perceived by the migrants and the volunteers and if there is a qualitative difference between opinions on goals, determinant factors, result, and context. The selection was from the chosen study object and its popul
This paper examines the effect from issuer-sponsored equity research on stock prices in Sweden. This kind of reports has risen in popularity and today, over 290 firms in Sweden are covered by a sponsored equity research. To reach a conclusion, a traditional event study was performed on 141 Swedish firms between the years of 2008 and 2019. The result show that there are significant, at the 1%-level
A common belief is that left-wing parties tend to use their influence to expand the public sector by increasing taxes – but is this belief supported by data? This study aims to find the causal effect of having left-wing majority and left-wing rule on a set of economic and policy outcomes by using panel data of Swedish local governments between 1995 and 2018. A regression discontinuity design is ap
