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The artificial intelligence boom has led to demand and growth of datacentres and its associated infrastructure in semi-peripheral markets such as Malaysia which is emerging as a new regional hub in Southeast Asia. Drawing on theoretical frameworks of geopolitical ecology and ecologically unequal exchange, this thesis uses process tracing alongside a social network analysis approach to investigate
The digitalisation of the economy has fundamentally challenged the application of the European Union’s (EU) value added taxation (VAT) law, regarding the classification of transactions involving multiple elements. Digital platforms frequently combine content delivery, payment processing, platform access and intermediation into integrated offerings, making it difficult to determine whether a transa
Bygg- och fastighetssektorn står för en betydande del av samhällets klimatpåverkan, vilket har ökat fokus på hållbarhetsfrågor inom samhällsbyggandet. Kommuner har, i egenskap av markägare, en viktig roll genom möjligheten att ställa klimatkrav i markanvisningar. Samtidigt är kunskapen begränsad kring hur dessa krav påverkar exploatörers agerande, särskilt i kommersiella fastighetsprojekt. StudienThe construction and real estate sector contribute significantly to overall climate impacts, which has increased the focus on sustainability in urban development. Municipalities, as landowners, have an important role through their ability to set climate requirements in land allocation processes. At the same time, there is limited knowledge of how these requirements affect developers, especially in
The following thesis examines whether the Danish R&D tax incentives in sections 8 B and 8 X of the Danish Tax Assessment Act qualify as Qualified Tax Incentives (QTIs) under the OECD/G20 Side-by-Side Package and how such classification affects their treatment under Pillar Two. The analysis is based on a doctrinal legal method combined with a functional assessment of the incentives in ligh
Fel, brister och skador på svenska byggnader orsakar uppskattade kostnader på uppemot 111 miljarder kronor årligen. Trots befintliga kvalitetssäkringssystem visar studier återkommande att egenkontroller, det dominerande kontrollverktyget under produktion, inte uppfyller sitt syfte i praktiken. Mot denna bakgrund har användandet av byggkontrollanter på uppdrag av beställaren vuxit fram som ett kompDefects and damage in Swedish buildings result in estimated costs of up to 111 billion SEK annually. Despite existing quality assurance systems, studies consistently show that self-inspection, the predominant control mechanism during construction, fails to fulfil its intended purpose. Against this background, the use of construction inspectors employed by the client has emerged as a complementary
The renovation and adaptive reuse of existing buildings is increasingly recognised as a strategy to address both housing shortage and climate targets in Europe. In Sweden, there is a large potential in converting cold attic spaces in mid-twentieth-century multi-family buildings which offers increased housing capacity without new construction. However, attic retrofits involve complex interactions b
The goal of this thesis was to investigate the path-length dependence of jet suppression for jets propagating through a medium known as the quark–gluon plasma (QGP). The QGP is formed in collisions between two lead (Pb) ions, where the overlap region consists of participant nucleons distributed in an approximately elliptical geometry. Simulations of jet quenching in these collisions were performed
This study has examined how influencers as personal brands use crisis communication in response to cancel culture on social media. The purpose has been to investigate how Swedish influencers construct their personal brand and how these brands become subject to cancellation, as well as how crisis communication is used to repair reputational damage during the crisis phase. The study was grounded in
Low-temperature vacuum spray drying (VSD) is a potential drying approach for probiotic and live biotherapeutic product (LBP) formulations. This thesis investigated VSD for Limosilactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 as a model probiotic strain, with the aim of identifying a feasible lab-scale operating window and using data-driven analysis to support process understanding. Sucrose–maltodextrin formulati
Carbohydrate esterase family 1 (CE1) enzymes are a diverse group of enzymes involved in plant biomass degradation through removal of acetyl and feruloyl substitutions from polysaccharides. In this study, several putative CE1 enzymes were characterized to find out their substrate preference, catalytic properties and possible role during biomass hydrolysis. Functional screening using pNP-acetate and
The screening of foreign direct investment (FDI) has emerged as one of the most contested points of intersection between the interests of national security and the free movement of capital under Article 63 TFEU. Within this evolving regulatory landscape, the Czech FDI Screening Act introduces a residual cate-gory of investments that, while falling outside the scope of mandatory screening, remain s
This study analyzes how Borås municipality has created a new planning tool with a focus on collaboration, strukturskisser. This study aims to investigate how these are understood by planners who work with the tool in different ways. Participation of different parties is a goal of contemporary planning and is implemented in different ways. The study examines what role the new tool has in relation t
This thesis examines whether the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) affects audit fees among listed European firms. Using a firm-year panel dataset from 2017 to 2025 and a difference-in-differences research design, the study compares firms directly subject to CSRD-related reporting requirements with non-mandated firms before and after the directive’s initial
Few-cycle laser pulses are fundamental for tracking ultrashort motions such as electron dynamics and achieving stronger fields. They are also extensively used to perform high-harmonic generation and in attosecond science. However, generating stable and high quality few-cycle pulses requires a simultaneous control of bandwidth and dispersion. The generation of few-cycle pulses in an efficient manne
Glacier retreat has cascading effects for mountain communities whose livelihoods and cultural- cosmological beliefs are deeply intertwined with glacier-fed ecosystems. Loss and damage research and governance overly emphasize economic framings rendering intangible losses invisible. This thesis adopts a Plural Values approach to surface lived experiences of glacier-related loss and damage in the Uga
Oligonucleotides are short fragments of RNA or DNA that can act as active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) in medicines used to target a wide range of diseases, with further applications continuously emerging. Solid Phase Oligonucleotide Synthesis (SPOS) remains the dominant platform for oligonucleotide production. However, SPOS is characterized by high reagent consumption and a poor sustainabilit
This work studied a metal fluoride transition state analogue (TSA) complex of β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM), a phosphoryl transfer enzyme catalysing the interconversion of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) and glucose-1-phosphate (G1P), and its P146A and A136N mutants using advanced NMR spectroscopy methods. Conformational exchange rates of βPGM:MgF3–:G6P TSA complex were extracted at a grid of temperatures
Detta examensarbete tillämpar en kvalitativ fallstudieansats för att utforska hur digitalisering omformar modeindustrins värdekedjor – en bransch präglad av globalt fördelad produktion, korta produktlivscykler och växande hållbarhetskrav. Ett analytiskt ramverk utvecklas genom att integrera Porters värdekedjeperspektiv, Fords typstrategier för teknologi, Rayport och Jaworskis perspektiv på kundgrä
