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Aid and development has to a large extent failed to generate longterm economic growth in large part of the developing world in the post-war era. This has generated a lot of theory and literature about different solutions, frequently involving “smarter” aid. This study applies named development theories to the emerging field of Blended Value Investment (or Impact Investment) in order to generate ne
This study examines the effect that macroeconomic instability has had on the integration process of the Common Market of the Southern Cone (Mercosur) after 1999. The thesis concludes that while the member benefited from the creation of Mercosur up until 1998 through growth in intra-regional trade and the creation of static welfare effects, macroeconomic instability has eradicated most of these ben
En utökning av EU:s medlemsstaters nationella koncernbeskattningssystem till att även inkludera gränsöverskridande aktiviteter har under en lång tid varit uppe för debatt inom den Europeiska Unionen. Den Europeiska Kommissionen har presenterat kommunikationer och utkast till direktiv som syftar till att harmonisera de nationella reglerna på området, framförallt i förhållande till utjämning av förlThe extension of Member States domestic group taxation schemes to also involve cross-border activities has for long been debated within the European Union. The European Commission has put forward various communications and draft directives in order to harmonize the national laws in that area, in particular in relation to relief of losses occurred at a subsidiary resident in a state other than its
Tea Party-rörelsen har sedan den bildades år 2009 fått stor medial uppmärksamhet och dess inflytande över det amerikanska politiska klimatet har varit mycket påtaglig. Vårt intresse av att studera rörelsen grundar sig främst på dess starka värderingar och åsikter, samt dess färgstärka företrädare. Ett välkänt faktum gällande Tea Party-rörelsen är den hårda kritik de riktar mot president Obama och
The European Spallation Source, ESS, is a joint collaboration of 17 European countries, where the world’s most powerful neutron source will be built for future research within a vast variety of fields. In order to deliver the highly energetic neutrons, protons are accelerated to energies in the GeV range and then collided with a spallation target. This acceleration process requires superconducting
Det allmänna preferenssystemet GSP är ett av EU: s viktigaste unilaterala handelsavtal som ingås med utvecklingsländer. För att gynnas av behandlingen måste länderna uppfylla särskilda kriterier. Ett av villkoren är ratificering och effektiv implementering av ett antal internationella konventioner om mänskliga rättigheter. Bland dessa ingår Internationella arbetsorganisationens (ILO) internationelThe Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) is one of the EU’s most important unilateral trade measures which grants tariff preferences to developing countries. In order to receive this preferential treatment countries are required to fulfil specific criteria. One of the conditions is the ratification and effective implementation of a number of international human rights conventions. Among these,
Sexual violence is ubiquitous. It occurs everywhere. Due to the very nature of sex crimes, however, victim-survivors from sexual violence are much more vulnerable from ‘secondary victimization’ which is also known as ‘post crime victimization’ or ‘double victimization.’ Given that people get common knowledge on human rights issues from newspapers, in particular online articles today, I focused on
Motivation: 3D brain organoids are biological models of human brain development from which a rich body of data can be extracted that allows for insights about neuronal dynamics. Several tools, such as fluorescence calcium imaging microscopy and electrophysiological recordings are being used to assess how 3D brain organoid dynamics recapitulate what is known from the human brain. In-silico automate
In 2020, breast cancer became the most common type of cancer worldwide. While treatment and technology have radically improved, leading to high 5-year survival, the long-term survival of breast cancer is still poor. Gene expression profiling of patients is an important source of information for outcome prediction. The Sweden Cancerome Analysis Network-Breast (SCAN-B) was initiated in 2009 and prov
Addressing climate change will entail groups of people working together to bring about changes in fundamental societal structures. This research investigates how the members of three collective initiatives on climate change in Sweden envision the process of change, based on their understandings of structures and agency. Margaret Archer and Pierre Bourdieu’s theorisations on this matter serve as an
The metabolism of pyruvate in the cell is abnormally regulated in several human diseases, such as type-II diabetes, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders, in which the human mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (HuMPC) sits at a pivotal point. It transports pyruvate across the inner mitochondrial membrane and consists of two proteins, MPC1 and MPC2, and is a potential drug target against these diseases
Tidigare forskning indikerar att personlighet och personliga värderingar är relaterade konstrukt med medelstora korrelationer. Dock har få studier undersökt relationer på fasettnivå. Varje ’Big Five’ faktor innehåller en lägre nivå med ett flertal fasetter vilka tros representera faktorns specifika innehåll. Eftersom de fem faktorerna i ’Big Five’ representerar ett medelvärde av sina respektive faPrevious research suggests that personality and personal values are related constructs with sizeable correlations. However, few previous studies have examined trait-value relations at facet level. Each Big Five trait domain contains several lower-order facets thought to represent the specific contents of the higher-order traits. As a Big Five trait represents an average of its facets, the Big Five
This thesis explores how the city of Malmö plans for the housing provision from a sustainability perspective by studying social and environmental sustainability in the urban development process with a focus on housing. The study is a qualitative case study and interviews with employees working in the municipality and a document study have been conducted. The results have been analysed through the
The study of minimal surfaces has a long history, due to the important applications. Given a fixed boundary, one wants to minimise the surface area: this can be used, for example, to minimise the area of the roof of a building. Similarly, looking for constant mean curvature (CMC) provides us with many interesting applications in physics – one of the easiest examples are soap bubbles. In this work
The decentralization of fiscal responsibilities in China has strengthened economic development and enhanced local public management. However, due to fiscal competition, local governments that are fiscally constrained tend to neglect environmental standards in favour of economic growth. This study researches how outcomes of fiscal federalism in China, measured by budgetary ratios of gross regional
Many bird species living in farmland habitats have suffered severe declines in recent years. This fact has been object to many studies and the reasons for the decline are many, but it all comes down to effects of our shift to a more effective farmland management. We use the land in a more intense way than before. The use of chemicals has effect both on the birds and their food resources. A more ho
