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How long do fungal hyphae persist in the environment? And how does this differ betweengroups and species of fungi? Despite growing knowledge of fungal contributions to decom-position and soil carbon cycles, surprisingly little is known about the turnover of mycelia:What happens to fungal hyphae over time? And how this impacts different fungi’s contribu-tion to carbon sequestration?In this study, w

Fire has shaped terrestrial ecosystems for hundreds of millions of years. Human activities dramatically shift natural fire regimes, leading to adverse conservation impacts that are projected to increase in severity. Many animals appear ill-equipped to face these drastic changes, and they may be unable to adapt rapidly enough. In contrast, behavioural plasticity could offer a faster solution to ach

In recent years, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has faced mounting resistance from regressive political forces seeking to undermine its hard-won normative gains. This Open Access book offers a timely and rigorous examination of this global backlash, providing both theoretical innovation and empirical depth.Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, the volume introduces a no

Gärdenfors' and Levi's theories of rational belief changes will be compared to Kuhn's theory of scientific progress. Gärdenfors' proposal to analyze scientific revolutions in terms of big changes in epistemic entrenchment will be criticized for not being able to represent the important constituting function of the paradigms. Parts of Levi's theory that are incompatible with Ku

This is a qualitative study done at the University of Duesto in Spain; the focus is on the Erasmus students in the spring of 2004. The purpose of the study had arisen from a personal interest and experience and was to find out if the Erasmus students' distinguish themselves from Spanish students at the University of Duesto. Why do they distinguish themselves and do they want to? The study is

This paper traces the role of innovation in China, a developing economy striving for developed status. China has enjoyed blockbuster economic growth over the past three decades thanks to economic reforms which have allowed it to utilize its comparative advantages as a low cost center of manufacturing and become the so called ‘workshop of the world’. But much of China’s growth to date has stemmed f

Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to analyze if implied volatility and the implied risk neutral density function can predict short term market return of the Swedish OMX-index. To study the relation between information in option prices and short term market return I perform and OLS-regression with the market return as dependent variable. Implied volatility and the various moments of the implie

This paper analyzes production fragmentation in the telecommunications industry, using Hungary as a case study. The driving forces of production fragmentation are partly industry and product characteristics but also conditions in the environment, among which transaction cost are especially important. Because of its characteristics, the telecommunications industry has high fragmentation potential a

This paper conducts an empirical study of the determinants of credit default swap (CDS) prices. By using a new set of CDS quotes and explanatory variables for thirty major corporations, a set of linear panel data regressions are performed. The study confirms earlier research where risk free interest rate, volatility and leverage are found to be highly significant. In addition to this, a new variab

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely considered to be one of the main generators of so called spillover effects, where not only direct employment is a positive outcome but the whole economy can benefit in various ways. The recognition of spillovers has resulted in a more active role of host country governments to attract FDI. This thesis analyzes the FDI inflows in Slovenia and the role of pu

The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the implications and dynamics behind consistency between individual resource allocation decisions and corporate strategy concept. The telecom industry, a high-velocity environment going through an extensive deregulation process, is put under the magnifying glass. Japanese telecom giant NTT Group is compared to its German counterpart Deutsche Telekom. P

This thesis examines why working time preferences differ between workers and nations, and explains the effect of working time regulation and working time flexibility on negotiating work-life balance. In five separate sections the following working time issues are examined: the number of hours worked by workers in Europe; factors affecting individual working time preferences; how working time prefe

Convertible preferred shares are, the most frequently used investment instrument in venture capital or private equity investment. The various rights associated with these shares make them more valuable than ordinary shares. A vital feature, at least for the US venture capitalist, is the conversion right that is the right to convert a preferred share into an ordinary share. For the right of convers

The objective for this master thesis has been to develop a mathematical model of the actuator parts of the fifth generation Haldex AWD system. The parts to be modeled are the DC-Machine and the pump. Also a model of the elasticity of the clutch has to be derived as well as a model for the hydraulic fluid. These models were then to be implemented in Matlab Simulink. The model was derived by means o

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influencing factors on underpricing in the UK and Germany. The focus hereby lies on the different institutional framework (common and civil law) and implied ownership structure of both countries. A quantitative analysis is conducted using multiple linear regression model and descriptive statistics. The dependent variable underpricing is regressed on

For Chinese economy, the relationship between ownership and company performance is an important theoretical and practical topic. My research question is how ownership affect company performance and what is the basis determinant. In the view of macro, it relates to whether the economy system need further reform or not and if the economy could remain a sustainable growth. In the view of micro, it re