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The Palestinian refugee question is one of the most protracted and politically charged refugee crises of modern times and in modern history. Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have endured generations of statelessness, constrained by exclusionary legal frameworks. This study examines the condition of statelessness among Palestinian refugee youth in Lebanon and the formation of political agency and ev
Transformation projects still tend to focus on buildings that once had life. This thesis aims to work with those that were never brought to it. In today’s world, there are an increasing amount of projects that garner a lot of attention and investment quite quickly. Some of these are taken through to the design stage and into development, only for them to suddenly not be viable. Development quickl
This paper analyses the pivotal gothic novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley through a close queer reading, focusing on excerpts featuring the artificially created creature and their maker, Victor Frankenstein. The queer perspective is applied to the gender identity and expression of the creature, which is a reading that lends itself to the teaching of the novel to Swedish upper-secondary students be
Thesis Purpose: This study explores the major drivers and barriers to eco-innovation in Scandinavian and Finnish furniture companies, examining the influence of company size and age. The findings benefit stakeholders including businesses, policymakers, professionals, investors, and consumers. Theoretical Perspective: This study’s theoretical framework was developed through an exploration of eco-in
Biodiversity loss and diminishing urban green space are widely recognized sustainability issues, but little research exists on the construction sector’s role and the attitudes they hold towards biodiversity. This study contributes to the sustainable urban design literature by studying how construction companies in Finland view their relation to biodiversity and how they could achieve better biodiv
Human rights values are often mentioned politically in the interaction between the Americas and Europe, but their scholarly examination remains rare. This paper aims to contribute to the study of Latin America and Europe today by re-examining the engagement of the European Union and Mexico, extending beyond trade to encompass human rights concerns. While the Mexico-European Union relationship cont
Europeiska kommissionen har sedan en tid tillbaka upplevt brister i EU:s kontroll av företagskoncentrationer. Detta eftersom EU:s koncentrationsförordning inte anses fånga alla potentiellt konkurrensrättsligt problematiska företagsförvärv. Diskussionerna har gällt både förordningens kriterier för "unionsdimension", alltså tröskelvärdena för omsättning, och "koncentration", alltThe European Commission has for some time perceived enforcement gaps in relation to the jurisdictional scope of EU merger control not being adequate in capturing all potentially competitively problematic mergers and acquisitions. The discussions have been both in regard to the criteria of ‘Union dimension’, i.e. the turnover thresholds, and to the criteria of ‘concentration’, i.e. the threshold of
The relationship between capital structure and firm performance has been a recurring topic of discussion. Within this context, frameworks such as the Modigliani and Miller, Trade-Off, Market Timing, Pecking Order, Agency theories have been widely examined by researchers, offering diverse viewpoints on how capital structure decisions impact corporate performance in distinct industrial, regional and
Understanding the mechanisms that shape banks’ risk management practices is crucial for maintaining a sound financial system. An extensive body of literature has documented that financial outcomes and risk-taking behavior are influenced by the gender of its directors and executives. This literature tends to exclude financial institutions and when not, focus on an isolated performance indicator or
Den här uppsatsen ansluter sig till ett framväxande fält inom den internationella rättsvetenskapen som undersöker hur folkrätten kan stödja katastrofriskreducering (disaster risk reduction). Fokus för uppsatsen är irreguljära migranter, dvs. migranter som inte efterlever värdlandets migrationslagstiftning, och den särskilda sårbarhet som de kan vara utsatta för i samband med katastrofer. De flesThis thesis joins an emerging body of international legal scholarship that explores the ways in which international law can support disaster risk reduction. The focus of this thesis is on irregular migrants, ie migrants who do not comply with the immigration laws of their host state, and the specific vulnerability that they might experience in the context of disasters. Most legal scholars have t
This thesis investigates the enhancement of technical tasks in penetration testing through the integration of soft skills, contrasting them with hard skills within the cybersecurity profession. The research utilized a conceptual framework developed for this study, alongside empirical data gathered from semi-structured, qualitative interviews with 3 penetration testers and 2 in-formation security s
Amidst debates on the potential adverse consequences of high-technology industries on employment, it is imperative to gain a deeper understanding of how high-tech industries shape labour markets outcomes across various socio-economic, institutional, and geographical contexts. This thesis seeks to contribute to this understanding by estimating the impact of high-technology industries on employment
This thesis examines the compatibility of the European Union’s countervailing duties on imports of Chinese battery electric vehicles with World Trade Organization law. Particular focus is given to the causation and non-attribution requirements under Article 15.5 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, in conjunction with the threat of material injury standard under Article 15.7.
From the mid-2000s onwards, deep and comprehensive bilateral ‘new generation’ free trade agreements (NGFTAs) became the central instrument of the European Union’s (EU) Common Commercial Policy (CCP). The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada was initially praised for its innovative scope and design and intended to serve as an archetype for future EU trade agre
Disasters are social and political constructs, and their impacts are shaped by people’s action and inaction. How we allocate time, money, and resources matters in shaping the outcomes post-disaster, especially of those most vulnerable. While the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community is an understudied demographic in disaster research, existing studies show that LGBTQ+ p
As organizations increasingly depend on electronic performance monitoring, data collection of perceived Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM) threatens the psychological conditions required for employee creativity. This quantitative study examines how leaders can buffer against electronic performance monitoring through Creativity-Enabling Leadership (CEL); conceptualized in this study as a secon
The purpose of this study is to investigate how autonomous AI communication affects consumers' ability to evaluate brand authenticity in public discourse. The study argues that existing brand authenticity frameworks rest on an unexamined premise, termed here the Supervised AI Communication Assumption, that brand-relevant AI communication is always authorised by a human principal, produced unde
This thesis examines the discursive mechanisms through which prominent technology founders mobilise entrepreneurial identity to construct and legitimise visions of political governance in their public discourse. Drawing on Faircloughian Critical Discourse Analysis and the concept of ideological entrepreneurship, the study analyses a corpus of public texts produced by Peter Thiel and Elon Musk betw
Abstract: : Calmodulin‐binding proteins (CBPs) in the rabbit vagus nerve were studied by means of calmodulin‐Sepha‐rose affinity chromatography and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The soluble fraction (105g supernatant) of a nerve homogenate contained four CBPs with molecular weights of 44, 55, 91, and 93 kD, respectively. Slowly transported proteins were recovered in the vagus 3 days after i
In the Metropolitan Region in Chile the population is growing as the inhabitants are relocating towards the capital of Santiago de Chile. The capital, located in a valley, is now home to over 40% of the population, and faces challenges with sufficient air-quality and waste disposal. 58% of all waste in Chile today is of organic matter, and with economical limitations in the municipalities, change
