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The purpose of this thesis is to find a model, which is based on economic variables that can forecast the cotton price better than commonly used benchmark models. A vector error correction model is used because of the existence of non-stationary variables and one cointegration relation in the data. Two types of forecasting methods are used for out-of sample predictions. The dynamic forecasting in
Climate change represents one of the most serious threats to international environmental, social and economic security. The growing energy consumption is producing enormous amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, which are fastening climate change and polluting the environment. For this reason, the European Union (EU) desires to act as a global leader in combating climate change and is therefor
In the aftermath of 9/11, a heightened development of security provisions within the United States of America (US) has been observed. This thesis seeks to study how these security provisions have influenced the process of a securitization of migration and the conceptualization of migrants within the US. This research paper applies Foucault’s notion of biopower to study this issue by examining risk
Creativity has become a central concept in today’s society and economy. Despite this, the concept of creativity is largely absent in organizational communication theory. The aim of this thesis is to show how internal communication that promotes and supports creativity in an organization can be conceptualized in a model and what the main mechanisms of this process are. The model is developed with a
In Swedish hospitals, medical emergency teams, including nurse anaesthetists, are called in the event of a cardiac arrest. Previous research shows that nurses feel ill-prepared for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) events. The quality of teamwork is considered the key to safe and effective treatment of the critically ill patient. Aim: To describe nurse anaesthetists’ experiences of teamwork duri
Glaciala sediment- och landformskonstellationer har länge använts för att rekonstruera inlandsisens dynamik och rörelser under Kvartärperioden, specifikt så för den senaste glaciationen i norra Europa och södra Skandinavien. En sådan sediment- och landformskonstellation är ’småkullig morän’, som tidigare har använts som en övergripande och beskrivande term starkt associerad med dödisutsmältning ocGlacial sediment-landform assemblages have long been used to reconstruct the dynamics of ice sheets throughout the Quaternary time period, particularly so for the period of the last glaciation in northern Europe and southern Scandinavia. One such sediment-landform assemblage is hummocky moraine, which has previously been used as an all-encompassing descriptive terminology strongly associated with
A growing body of literature within political ecology is concerned with the exercise of political and economic power within climate change policies (Robbins, 2020). In this thesis, I explore the political economy of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), using methodological reflections and empirical material from a case study of a Ugandan smallholder agricultural community. To assess how local communit
Acoustophoresis is a cell separation technology where particles or cells are suspended in a fluid container and subject to acoustic standing waves. The standing waves exerts an acoustic radiation force on the particles, pushing them towards the nodal plane. This movement is called migration, and the migration velocity depends on the acoustic mobility of the particle, which depend on the particle s
Anthropogenic activities such as hydropower exploitation have been one of the main drivers of anadromous fish biodiversity loss during the past century. This has led to genetic homogenization and to the reduction of positive mechanisms such as the “portfolio effect”. In this study we propose the first comprehensive analysis of the genetic differences in Salmo salar and Salmo trutta populations in
The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Agenda has launched several new actions in order to reorient capital flow of the financial market to sustainability objectives. One of these initiatives was to unify and harmonize the rules on marketing of sustainable aims of financial products. Financial Market Participant, including institutional investors, are obligated to disclose their due diligence po
Merger and acquisition deals are one of the most important events corporations engage in. After completing mergers the most essential task for executives would be maintaining joint revenue growth in order to provide the deal’s success. So, customers’ reaction to M&As is a crucial factor for the achievement of goals through M&A. The main purpose of this thesis is to study how customers reac
Investments in risk reduction are very complex with many factors that affect the overall profitability of the investment. Therefore, different models and approaches are used in the decision making process. An analysis of the problem is then made according to certain basic rules. When the risk situation is evaluated in this manner the decisions that are made are rational and consistent. By using th
Capacity development projects must be based on a thorough understanding of the situation within the subject country. However, the assessment phase is a very complex process and should cover a great number of aspects that both in time and space could affect the outcome of a triggering event. This project tries to identify what general aspects that could affect a country’s Disaster Management Capaci
Ever since 1987 the Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA), a theocratic rebel force, has been abducting children in Uganda to partake in the conflict against the Ugandan government and its forces. The children’s lives are drastically changed in a matter of minutes; they are suddenly forced to whiteness and take part in ruthless brutalities. Some of them live for months, others for years, under dictatorial r
The purpose of this paper is for the reader to realise how national innovation systems are deeply intertwined with the legal background of a country and to understand the processes that involves national innovation systems specifically regarding the stem cell / genetics research and how the need for specific community law must be considered targeting the stem cell patents. The legal part will try
This thesis is written within the Master Program of the School of social work at the University of Lund. It comprehends a study of the pre-school personal appreciation about the pedagogical material -Children picture book- for pre-school education in the municipality of Gävle. The methodology of the study is the focus-group approach with slither tone of attitude study. This method help in order to
Sammanfattning Skuldsaneringsinstitutet är ett kompromissfyllt instrument där många intressen ställs mot varandra och det är i den allmänna skälighetsbedömningen som avvägningen ska göras mellan dessa intressen. Arbetet handlar om att beskriva den allmänna skälighetsbedömningen mer ingående utifrån dels ett deskriptivt rättsutvecklingsperspektiv och dels ur ett mer teoretiskt och analyserande perSummary The institute for debt reconstruction is a process and function full of compromise wherein the conflicting interests of several parties must be considered. Such conflicts are assessed from the perspective of making a judgement of general reasonableness. This work describes such judgements from legislative development as well as theoretical and analytical perspectives. I seek to clarity an
1. IntroductionBoth the development of nowadays membrane technology and nutritive sweeteners started in the middle of the 20th century. The development of the asymmetric membranes using phase inversion was pioneered by Loeb and Sourirajan in the 1960-ies, while the discovery of glucose isomerase was a milestone in the commercialisation of high fructose corn syrup in the beginning of the 1970-ies.
This overview of progress made in preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) was delivered in a workshop at the Orthopaedics Research Society Annual Conference in 2019. As joint trauma is a major risk factor for OA, defining the molecular changes within the joint at the time of injury may enable the targeting of biological processes to prevent later disease. Animal models have been used to te
