This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of sustainability practices in food retailing sector. Report is structured to reflect on overall sustainability trends among European food retailers, outline drivers and barriers to address sustainability issues in retailer’s supply chain operations and provide classification of sustainability initiatives undertaken by EU retail organizations tha

Samhällsvetenskaplig forskning äger vanligen rum ytterst stillsamt, bland högar av papper och böcker, vid datorskärmar och på seminarier. Men ibland händer det något. En dag kan man få tag i en text som hjälper en att skärpa blicken, få ordning på intrycken och energi nog att börja argumentera. Materialet faller på plats och forskningen går faktiskt framåt. Det handlar om teoretiska händelser –

One of the most promising and novel strategies to interfere with neurological disease processes is gene therapy using recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors. Such a rAAV-based gene delivery approach is rapidly advancing towards clinical trials. In this regard, neuropeptide Y (NPY) gene transduction into the brain tissue has attracted particular interest due to its potential to regulate

Popular Abstract in Swedish Cancer i levern kan vara av två typer - antingen kan den ha sitt ursprung från levern och kallas primär levercancer eller också är den en spridning av tumör till levern från en annan plats i kroppen, s k dottersvulst eller metastas. Idag är kirurgi av tumörer i levern förstahandsbehandling, men tyvärr är det bara 1/10 patienter som har tumör i levern som kan bli aktuellLocal treatment of a tumour is of interest from a number of perspectives. It is focused on reducing the tumour volume with minimal trauma, inducing tumour immunity and is a potential component of a combination therapy against tumours. Interstitial laser thermotherapy (ILT) has turned out to be a method well suited for selective local destruction of malignant tumours. This thesis is based on an exp

Sedan år 2003 har kontinuerlig provtagning skett i Skillebyån inom ramen för recipientkontrollprogrammet Skillebyån som bedrivs av Stiftelsen Biodynamiska Forskningsinstitutet med stöd från Södertälje kommun, miljökontoret. Resultaten bekräftar tidigare undersökningsresultat och indikerar en fortsatt hög närsaltbelastning i ån. Resultaten baseras på mätning av vattenföring och närsalthalterna i ån

Construction of the MAX IV facility started in 2010 and commissioning is expected to begin in 2014. Once com- pleted, the facility will include two storage rings for the production of synchrotron radiation. The 3 GeV ring will house insertion devices for the production of x-rays, while the 1.5 GeV ring will serve UV and IR users. Recently, the lattice and optics of the 1.5 GeV storage ring have be

The Energy using products (EuP) directive proposed by the European Commission is often referred to as "the first Integrated Product Policy (IPP) directive". The main purpose of the directive is to ensure the free movement of EuP in the internal market as well as to improve the environmental performance of products throughout their life cycle. Product groups likely to be addressed through the direc

Popular Abstract in Swedish Effektiv sökning och sortering är byggstenar som används vid nästan all algoritmdesign. Sökrutiner och sorteringrutiner implementeras ofta slentrianmässigt med hjälp av algoritmer som bygger på parvisa jämförelser mellan element. I denna avhandling argumenterar vi för att algoritmer som också utnyttjar elementens interna struktur är överlägsna i många avseenden, både prEfficient sorting and searching are corner-stones in algorithm design. In computer science it has become a deep-rooted habit to use comparison-based methods to solve these problems. In this thesis we argue that radix sorting and searching algorithms are superior in many respects, both practical and theoretical. They are often remarkably simple and many, if not most, sorting and searching problems

The problem of burst losses in OBS networks has an impact on the service quality perceived by end users. In order to guarantee certain level of Service Quality (QoS) in terms of burst losses, wavelength resources have to be dimensioned properly. In this paper, we address the problem of the Virtual Topology (VT) design that concerns the establishment of explicit routing paths and the allocation of