Foreign aid with the aim to promote gender inequality within low-development countries (LDC´s) has increased significantly during the last decade. According to a report published by the OECD, bilateral assistance from the OECD Assistance Committee (DAC) aimed at increasing gender equality reached an average of 44.8 billion US dollar during the period 2016-2017. OECD, together with the World Bank,

Jus cogens norms and obligations erga omnes are concepts within international law that are often used to reinforce legal claims. This thesis aims to assess to what extent invoking these concepts, along with their reinforcing capabilities, is justified in specific cases. In order to achieve this, the thesis first gives an overview of the theoretical debate surrounding the concepts of jus cogens no

The EU is establishing its leadership in setting global rules and standards for sustainable development over the world through legal instruments with transformational effects on third countries. On the one hand, the EU is the leading region in the development of mHRDD legislations which has been hardened for the last decades and is now evolving to become CSDD, generating extraterritorial effects f

To meet the growing demand of meat alternatives, this project was dedicated to creating a chicken analogue prototype with mycoprotein. Within the project, two approaches of alginate gelation, external (diffusion) crosslinking and internal crosslinking, were studied in this particular food matrix. Using the external crosslinking method, the effects of major ingredients on the texture, structure and

Food scarcity is a common occurrence for farmers in the rural Himalayan regions. As fruits and vegetables are a crucial part of most farmers' diet, food deficiency can become evident in between harvesting periods, when there is no fresh supply. A lack of proper storage facilities and preservation methods further amplify this as the commodities that are stored can start to rot. The farmers do t

This thesis aims to explore how managers comprehend the systemic value of a companies’ Performance Management System (PMS). The study findings show that PMS causes path-dependent behavior, leading to organizational rigidities, strategic inertia, and diminishing PMS effectiveness. Managers' comprehension of the multifaceted, complex, and systemic nature of PMS can counteract the unintended nega

Hur kan restmaterial från stålindustrin användas för att minska uttaget av naturresurser? Ett vanligt användningsområde av exempelvis stålslagg är som konstruktionsmaterial vid sluttäckning av deponier. Genom att använda slagg för detta ändamål kan mängden deponerat material minska, samtidigt som man kraftigt minskar behovet av vanligt täckmaterial, såsom grus och jord. Stålslagg kan även användasA variety of excess material is produced in the processes used in the scrap-metal based steel industry. The largest stream of material, by volume, is steel slag. Since slag material has very different properties and wide differences in its chemical composition its usage can be found in different sectors. The increased understanding of slag and its properties has made companies less prone to divert

Today, more and more consumers are asking brands to take a stand on socio-political issues in order to generate a values-based connection with consumers. However, most previous research has focused only on individual brand activism, with little attention paid to co-branding brand activism. Through the co-branding case of Dove and The Body Shop, this study aims to understand how Dove framed its col

Evidence of value creation for acquiring companies is revealed by a Nordic sample of acquisitions. The sample of 171 acquisitions, involving 130 acquirers, allows for investigating the performance of companies making several acquisitions. Such serial acquirers also generally create value, but to a lower extent and with a negative trend for each additional acquisition. It is found acquirers gain an

Diabetes if not managed properly may have severe health implications. Mobile applications that support its management have been developed, however, little research has examined their success. The aim of this mixed-methods study is to identify success factors of such applications from the users` perspective. The research process was guided by a conceptual frame- work based on the updated DeLone and

Due to the increasingly concerning threat of climate change, organizations, including industrial companies, are pressured by various stakeholders to consider their impact on the environment, economy and society. The Industry 4.0 (I4.0) revolution enables companies to use new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the challenge of making a positive impact on sustainability. Ho

The detailed use of Building Performance Simulation (BPS) tools to estimate the energy use and encourage energy savings solutions is vital in mitigating the energy use for buildings and the production of this energy. Furthermore, the design of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly buildings involves a collaborative effort among professionals in the Architecture, Engineering, and Constructi

The fastest rising group of entrepreneurs is represented by females, yet entrepreneurship is still considered a male-dominated industry. Female entrepreneurs have to deal with gender-stereotypical challenges, due to the overrepresentation of men in entrepreneurship. Contemporarily, the concept of female entrepreneurship is understudied and scarce, specifically the entrepreneurial identity. This t

Metoderna för att testa olika hypoteser har genom åren utvecklats drastiskt. Fortfarande finns många experiment som utförs på det klassiska viset i en laborationssal, med fysiska hjälpmedel och mätverktyg för att få fram en slutsats. Dock har den omfattande tekniska utvecklingar breddat möjligheten för vilka hypoteser som är testbara. Genom simuleringar kan tidigare omöjliga teser kontrolleras ochGalaxies contain a wide variety of star clusters with different properties. Each cluster is a possible source of runaway stars, which can be progenitors of supernovae in other parts of the galaxy than their home cluster. Considering runaway stars in galaxy simulations has shown to increase the galactic feedback. This project investigates how the initial condition of a star cluster affects the velo

Culture is in danger. Globalization provides an extraordinary opportunity for people from different countries and areas communicate with each other, which leads to culture intersection. Different kinds of culture are dying with the impact, remaining pity. Within those culture fading away, one of Chinese street food culture called ‘sugar painting’ or ‘sugar man’ attracts me the most. It was popular

Examensarbetets titel: Konsten att styra diskret - En kvalitativ studie om samspelet mellan styrning och internal branding Seminariedatum: 2 juni 2022 Kurs: FEKH49 - Examensarbete inom organisation - Kandidatnivå. 15 hp. Författare: Isa Lilja Järnström, Claudia Lyckler och Hanna Westerberg Handledare: Tony Huzzard Nyckelord: Resultatstyrning, normativ styrning, internal branding, callcenter, anstäThesis title: The Art of Controlling Discreetly - A qualitative study of the interplay between control and internal branding Seminar date: June 2, 2022 Course: FEKH49 - Bachelor’s Degree Project in Organization. Undergraduate Level. 15 credits. Authors: Isa Lilja Järnström, Claudia Lyckler and Hanna Westerberg Supervisor: Tony Huzzard Key words: Output control, normative control, internal branding

This thesis studied methods of improving a background model for a data processing pipeline of LiDAR point clouds. For this, two main approaches were evaluated. The first was to implement and compare three different models for detecting ground in a point cloud. These were based on more classical modeling approaches. The second was to use Deep Learning for semantic segmentation of point clouds and t

Mörk materia, som det ofta kallas, utgör den största delen av materian i Universum. Då den inte interagerar med synligt ljus, är det omöjligt att observera dess närvaro direkt. Istället får man tillta indirekta metoder, där man kollar på hur objekt som är synliga påverkas av den mörka materiens närvaro. Ett exempel på en sådan metod är att studera egenskaper hos så kallade stellar streams, eller `Satellite galaxies on bound orbits around the Milky Way (MW) are constantly subject to tidal forces from the MW. If the tidal forces are large enough, they may strip the outermost stars of the satellite, that in turn distribute themselves in long elongated stellar streams. These stellar streams are good probes of the Galactic potential due to the constraints they place on the structure of the pote

Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is essential for those who menstruate because they have different needs during disasters and crises. Current MHM is focused on immediate needs instead of longer-term vulnerabilities and capacities. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how gendered vulnerabilities and capacities are considered in MHM policies and practice. The aim is to bring more focus to the