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Traditional security studies focuses primarily on physical threats to the state. By contrast, the ontological security framework argues that individuals feel secure when they are able to maintain a communal narrative. Such a framework lends itself to an analysis of the impact of identity continuity on security. This thesis uses the ontological framework to understand the security issues that arise

The issue of security is still an aspect of concern for domestic and international politics. In Southeast Asia, in 2003, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed to establish three pillars for the future single community by 2015: the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). To live at peace with o

I detta examensarbete undersöks databasen Plantfacts som innehåller data om stålverk från hela världen. Syftet med detta är att utvärdera om det finns en koppling mellan primärt och sekundärt producerat stål och olika typer av stålverk i downstream-processer. För att utföra detta har databasen formaterats om i Excel med hjälp av Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Från början var Plantfacts databIn this thesis the Plantfacts database is investigated, which contains data about steel plants from all over the world. The purpose is to evaluate wheter there is a coupling between primary and secondary steel and different types of steel plants in downstream processes. To achieve this, the database has been reformatted using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in Excel. Initially, the Plantfacts

Efter det Stora språnget framåt svepte en svår hungersnöd över Kina. En längre period av ofördelaktigt väder och vänsterextrem politik gjorde att Henan drabbades extra hårt av svälten. Samtidigt som kannibalism härjade så genomdrev provinskommitténs förste sekreterare Wu Zhipu (吴芝圃) även insamlingen av det då största bidraget till den nationella spannmålsreserven någonsin. Det var Wus nit i att föThe economic policies of the Great Leap Forward led to a nationwide famine in the end of the 1950s. The starvation was especially severe in Henan due to a lengthy spell of unfavorable weather and leftist political policies. The situation was further aggravated by Henan's province committee's first secretary Wu Zhipu (吴芝圃) insisting on making the most ambitious contribution to the national

Some colors might have different connotations depending on people’s cultural backgrounds. When talking about evacuation, the color employed for exit signs and flashing lights plays a significant role because it is in charge of transmitting a message to the evacuees, either danger or safety. The aims of this study are to evaluate the influence of red and green emergency wayfinding systems on people

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) communication aims to get stakeholders' buy-in, especially consumers. However, the mainstream CSR definition comes from a corporate perspective, and consumers' understanding of CSR is overlooked in cur-rent literature. This study challenged the dominant CSR interpretation through an at-tempt to discover consumers' perceptions of CSR practices. The