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Sustainable development rests on, among other things, the ability of policy to stimulate corporate actors to improve their environmental performance. Yet policy design and implementation is a challenging task in this area. This paper investigates this issue by examining the ability of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to foster corporate sustainability from two perspectives: (a) its institutional fr

Recent critics of organizational learning and its normative offshoot the ‘learning organization’ have posited that conceptualisations of organizations based on knowledge and learning constitute a rhetorical device enabling elites to assert different forms of control through a new ‘normalising discourse’. The paper, whilst welcoming such critique, nevertheless asks whether it is adequate to dismiss

BACKGROUND: We investigate the usefulness of expressed sequence tags, ESTs, for establishing divergences within the tree of placental mammals. This is done on the example of the established relationships among primates (human), lagomorphs (rabbit), rodents (rat and mouse), artiodactyls (cow), carnivorans (dog) and proboscideans (elephant). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We have produced 2000 ESTs

Quality assurance is crucial for producers of drinking water, and several steps are taken to ensure a safe and aesthetically acceptable drinking water. Monitoring the microbiological quality of drinking water, both finished and within the drinking water treatment plants, is done through cultivation-based techniques. These techniques can take up several days before results can be seen, and quicker

A shortage of pediatric heart surgeons across the world limits the available surgical interventions, leading to long wait times and higher risk of mortality. The use of robotic surgery and its advantages may help address this issue, and the Collaborative Articial Intelligence Sur- gical Assistance-project is a starting point to develop an autonomous robotic surgical assistant. However, the video f

This thesis investigates the remanufacturing potential of the electric front cross differential (eFXD) within the context of the circular economy (CE) and the R‑framework. Environmental assessment, mechanical validation and structured component classification are combined to identify opportunities and limitations for remanufacturing. The results show that a limited number of components, the tube h

I detta arbete undersöks möjligheten att införa ett webbaserat alternativ till den nuvarande Qt-baserade gränssnittsdelen i kursen VSMN20, Programutveckling för tekniska tillämpningar, vid Lunds Tekniska Högskola. Bakgrunden är en tydlig rörelse på programvarumarknaden mot webbaserade och molnbaserade lösningar, och frågan om hur man skulle kunna få in den förändringen i en kurs där studenter arbeThis study evaluates three Python-based frameworks for developing web applications for finite element analysis: Dash, Streamlit, and NiceGUI. The evaluation focused on interactivity, usability, and suitability for inclusion in a course at LTH about software development for technical applications. To compare the frameworks, the final course project was recreated in each of them while keeping the un

Uppsatsen belyser problematiken kring möjligheten för omhändertagna barn att beviljas uppehållstillstånd i Sverige, när barnet inte får det skydd och omvårdnad som de behöver av sina föräldrar. Omhändertagna barn kan beviljas uppehållstillstånd på grund av sitt vård-behov genom 5 kap. 12 § utlänningslagen, men domstolarna tillämpar bestämmelsen väldigt restriktivt. Finns vårdmöjligheter i hemlandThe essay highlights the issues surrounding the possibility for children in public care to be granted a residence permit in Sweden, when the child does not recieve the protection and care they need from their parents. Children in public care can be granted a residence permit due to their need for care under Chapter 5, Section 12 of the Aliens Act, but the courts apply this provision very restric

The essay deals with implications for Human Rights development in light of China's rise to power. It discusses the problem from three perspectives, China's Human Rights commitment, the clash between western and Asian values and China's potential influence. It is mainly an overview and discussion of the problems and complexities involved in the development. From these three perspective

Lysogenic phages, also known as temperate phages, play a crucial role in horizontal gene transfer and the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Upon induction, they may package bacterial DNA alongside or instead of their own, facilitating the spread of antibiotic-resistant genes. Phage induction can be triggered by the host bacterium's stress responses. While stress-induced prophage

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. While most cancer cases are sporadic, approximately 5-10% are hereditary, with early-onset cases being more frequently associated with hereditary factors. They are often linked to mutations in DNA damage repair genes such as BRCA1/2, and their interacting partners, BARD1, BRIP1,

Most pre-clinical models fail to reliably predict the effects of immunotherapeutic drugs intended for treatment of cancer. A major limitation is their inability to reliably model the tumor microenvironment (TME), a complex and essential component of tumor resistance to treatment. Patient-derived tumor models, like precision-cut tumor slices (PCTS), preserve the tumor architecture and capture the c