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The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between growth rate, final mass, and larval development, as well as how this relationship influences reproductive trade-offs, in the context of a gregarious life-style and the need to keep an optimal group size. We use as a model two sympatric populations of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa, which occur in different seasons

STUDY OBJECTIVES---To study geographical differences in diastolic blood pressure and the influence of the social environment (census percentage of people with low educational achievement) on individual diastolic blood pressure level, after controlling for individual age and educational achievement. To compare the results of multilevel and ecological analyses. DESIGN---Cross sectional analysis perf

Background: Legislation was passed in Sweden to stimulate the development of different housing solutions for persons suffering from severe mental illness. Among these solutions are small congregate residences built in the community to provide suitable housing and support for those not able or willing to live independently. Aims: The general aim of the present study was to compare the psychosocial

Abstract in UndeterminedThe objective of the report is to analyse simulation results coming from the use of a policy evaluation method that encompasses a wider set of determinants for technology choice. To that end, we use the EEB_Sweden model v1.0. Still in an early stage of development, the model offers an opportunity to capture or integrate critical modelling aspects that justify our research p

This book deals with industrial renewal in Finland during the period 1945-98. One of the most recent trends in the advanced economies has been an accelerating rate of innovations and technological change. Previously, innovation was often generated through a series of discrete steps in research, development, and production. Today, innovation is increasingly generated in networks where value is gene

Recent empirical evidence strongly supports Jacobs's (1969) externality hypothesis that urban diversity provides a more favorable environment for economic development than urban specialization. In order to correctly gauge Jacobs's hypothesis, economic development should be understood as a result of innovations. Furthermore, a relevant diversity measure should take into account the degree of divers

Urban establishment from scratch based on a smart city vision has been mainstreamed as a strategy to achieve urban sustainability goals. However, the smart city model itself has been criticized because of how the techno-centric solutions it uses could potentially lead to economic and social inequality. Urban Political Ecology (UPE) focuses on how the urban production process involve commodificatio

Detta arbete är en undersökning av regelverket för solcellsanläggningar på brukningsvärd jordbruksmark och hur detta regelverk tolkas i praktiken. Brukningsvärd jordbruksmark är en nationellt skyddsvärd resurs som erhåller ett särskilt skydd i miljöbalken genom en hushållningsbestämmelse i 3 kap. 4 § miljöbalken. Detta eftersom en långsiktigt säkerställd livsmedelsproduktion utgör ett väsentligt sThis thesis is an investigation of the regulatory framework for photovoltaic installations on arable farmland and how this framework is interpreted in practice. Usable agricultural land is a resource worthy of national protection and receives special protection through a management provision in the Swedish Environmental Code. This is because long-term food production is considered an essential soc

The purpose of the study is to investigate the growing trend in consumers to go back to basic lifestyle and to reveal how different events, meanings, experiences and ideas have a role to play in this change in consumers’ attitude. The paper aims to understand this new rising trend and consumer interest and provide a theoretical explanation of the phenomenon. The study focuses on barefoot / minimal

Denna studie ämnar undersöka det relativt outforskade området gällande platsvarumärkning av en region bestående av flera hela stater, här benämnt transnationellt platsvarumärke. Syftet är att fördjupa kunskaperna om transnationella platsvarumärken i synnerhet och platsvarumärkning i allmänhet genom en fallstudie, bestående av intervjuer och dokumentstudier, av ett transnationellt platsvarumärke –

Den här artikeln handlar om hur några palestinska nyanlända upplevde Etableringsprogrammet som ett hinder för integration. Trots ett fokus på rättigheter, gratis svenskundervisning och riktade program verkar alltför många människor som flyr till Sverige fastna i fattigdom och arbetslöshet. Alla drömmar och förhoppningar flyktingar hade med sig från sina tidigare liv verkar så obegripligt svåra att

White- and blue collar workers traditionally belong to different unions and, therefore, are covered by different collective agreements. Collective agreements for different employee categories create internal divisions, which mean that white collar workers are not obliged to do work that falls under a blue collar agreement and reversed. Historically the difference between white- and blue collar wor

As part of the psychiatric assessment after a suicide attempt contact with a significant other could be of importance in order to obtain an additional view of the patient's situation, and thereby possibly broadening the basis of the assessment. The aims of this study were to investigate whether information from a significant other would be helpful in the psychiatric assessment of the patient, and

The subject of sibling violence is a blind spot in both social research and popular culture in Sweden, where we have conducted our empirical study. There is a normalizing discourse around sibling quarreling, with the act generally being seen as a natural part of children’s development. On the other hand, there is a problematizing discourse in an international context; violence perpetrated by and a