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Thirteen stellar objects known as extended globular clusters were found in the Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy. Three of these extended clusters have quantitative properties which are subsequently used to determine whether clusters of extended size could survive in the orbits of the Milky Way Galaxy. The question of whether extended clusters could survive in the orbits of the Milky Way, is interestin
In order to achieve the environmental quality goals it is required to reduce emissions, particularly carbon dioxide emissions from road transport. A step in the right direction, from an environmental perspective, is to increase the use of electric railway. This means that a well-developed and functioning network that is customized to the European standards is required in order to motivate and mana
Title: Customer Value Driven Continuous Improvements in Sales and Service - Introducing the Customer Value Assessment Method (CVAM) Authors: Magnus Flodberg and Joakim Olsson Supervisors: Fredrik Häglund, Institute of Economic Research, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University Bertil I. Nilsson, Industrial Management and Logistics, Faculty of En
This is a study on how the widespread use of GlobalGAP standards, a food safety certification scheme commonly used by the large food retailers, affects African countries’ propensity to export fruit and vegetables. The theoretical framework for this study is based on the ongoing debate on whether standards work as a catalyst or a non-tariff barrier to trade. The question at issue for this paper foc
Germany’s current energy grid was built to match energy production from major power plants (coal, gas, nuclear). Due to the 2011 decision to exit all nuclear power until 2022 and ambitious national CO 2 reduction targets, the need to modernise and extend the grid has received substantial attention. In the past, implementation of grid extension projects had shown to be slow and raise serious pu
This paper is an investigation of the urban climate of Malmö (population about 230,000) in the south of Sweden. The purpose for this study has been to investigate and combine information, obtained by two different methods for measuring temperature, conventional equipment as well as thermograms taken from the air.
During the process of its socio-economic development, Vietnam has been achieving the remarkable successes in poverty reduction, and the economic growth that is recognized by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the international communities. However, the fast industrialization and urbanization are attracting the increasing inflow of rural migrants to urban areas. Besides that, the govern
The idea of a common language has always existed in some form in China, from the ya yan of Confucius to the modern day mandarin – known as Putonghua. During the Qing dynasty the Beijing dialect slowly became dominant, and in the years following the Xinhai revolution this was made formal through a series of decisions aimed at standardizing the language. The current definition dates back to the 1956
Det sker en allt snabbare förändring av landskapet. Urbaniseringen ökar hela tiden med bostadsbebyggelse, industrier, flygplatser och vägar för att nämna en del av det. Andra företeelser minskar istället i antal och utbredning såsom ängs- och hagmarker, lövskog, märgelgravar, åkerholmar, stengärden, bäckar med flera. Detta är allvarligt då växt- och djurarter utrotas och fler riskerar att försvinn
Dependence on fossil fuel is an issue for the many countries, it is particularly challenging for Small Island Developing States. Reliance on fossil fuel is becoming for many SIDS an economic burden. Due to the constant fluctuation in oil prices which leads to high fuel prices, high cost of living, and high electricity bills when the price of this commodity is high. This results in constant pressur
Partially due to years of poor water management practices in Moldova, water resources are increasingly becoming a concern. This situation is intensified by the pollution of water bodies that could be used for drinking water supply. An improvement of the water supply system in Moldova’s capital city Chisinau would result in an upgrading of water quality and hence increased health and living conditi
In order to study the influence of the weather on the snowmelt in the Tarfala Valley, a survey of the runoff from the snow in the valley, was performed in May and June 1988, at the Tarfala Research Station. The aim of the survey was to find a simple numerical model that corresponds well to the runoff from the snow and to identify reasons for deviating runoff in different places. The survey was bas
Följande arbete utgör en 10 poängs-uppsats vid Naturgeografiska institutionen, Lunds universitet. Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilken skoglig information en Landsat TM scen innehåller avseende vissa skogliga beståndsvariabler. En skogsfastighet utanför Oskarshamn i Småland utgjorde undersökningsområde. Fastigheten består av cirka 1300 ha produktiv skogsmark indelat i 198 avdelningar. Lands
Undersökningen har visat att koncentrationer av luftföroreningar i bl a gatumiljö är avhängiga olika meteorologiska parametrar. Sålunda finns tydliga samband mellan koncentration och vindhastighet. Mellan koncentration och nederbörd respektive luftfuktighet finns någon typ av samband. De olika parametrarna påverkas i olika hög grad av omlandets och stadens morfologi. Rapporten redogör dels generel
Lönebildningen är en central samhällsprocess med avgörande betydelse för såväl den enskilde löntagaren, arbetsgivarna, arbetsmarknadens parter och staten. Den genererar förutsättningarna för bland annat sysselsättningen och den internationella konkurrenskraften. I en tvärvetenskaplig kontext av arbetsrätt med inslag av statsvetenskap, ekonomisk historia och arbetsmarknadsekonomi åskådliggörs en ko
In this essay the encyclopedia Kvinnan och hemmet from 1951 is examined by using Yvonne Hirdman’s theoretical framework of the gender system and its two principles and as a methodical approach the hermeneutic circle is used. The purpose of this essay is to analyze which female and male ideals that are to be found in Kvinnan och hemmet and how these ideals are described in relation to each other. T
Miljoner människor faller årligen offer för människohandel världen över och efterfrågan på framförallt kvinnor och barns sexuella tjänster är stor. Sverige har en unik lagstiftning mot köp av sexuella tjänster med nära koppling till och avskräckande effekt på människohandelsindustrin. För att möjliggöra mer nyanserade bedömningar, exempelvis i fall där den som erbjuder tjänsten är offer för männisEach year millions of people are victim of human trafficking and the demand for women’s and children's sexual services is particularly high. Sweden has a unique law criminalizing the purchase of sexual services, which is closely linked to the human trafficking industry. On July 1st, the maximum penalty for the purchase of sexual services will be raised to imprisonment for one year. This will a
The Black Scholes Merton (BSM) contingent claims approach to modeling corporate default risk entails mapping a distance to default (DD) to a probability of default (PD) in application. To accomplish this, the research community typically assumes a normal distribution. The authors question the practical relevancy of such research, since the BSM contingent claims approach most commonly used in pract
