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A well-known maxim defines politics as "the art of the possible". This definition implies that the nature of politics is relative to specific circumstances and derives from an adoption of the line of action possible under given circumstances; correlated to this is a rejection of political activities whose realisation is impossible while being subjected to these circumstances. This essay
Cooperative and reciprocal practices within agriculture have been widely discussed as important strategies in order to reduce risks and costs of labour and capital acquisition. Within the Andes reciprocal norms appear to be particularly institutionalized due to their historical rootedness in Andean culture. With the present case study I sought to examine reciprocal exchange practices in agricultur
The effects of global warming are apparent and the work towards a sustainable future is underway. In order to reduce the environmental impact caused by the transportation sector, a transition from fossil fuels to those based on renewable resources are important. Using agricultural land to produce raw materials, e.g. wheat or corn, for biofuel is controversial as it competes with food production. F
During the last decades, increased concentrations of natural organic matter (NOM) and colour of surface waters have been reported from northern Europe and North America. Since surface waters are widely used for drinking water production this development has been problematic for drinking water producers. Even though NOM in itself is not harmful, it can cause production of undesirable disinfection b
Europeiska unionen har länge arbetat för att uppnå fri rörlighet på den inre marknaden. På de flesta områden har arbetet nått långt men det finns undantag. Hypotekslånemarknaden inom EU är, trots betydande ekonomisk storlek, inte harmoniserad och ett flertal hinder mot den fria rörligheten av kapital existerar. Fokus i uppsatsen ligger framförallt på harmonisering och införande av en europeisk hThe European Union has long worked to achieve free movement within the internal market. In most areas, work has come a long way but there are exceptions. The mortgage market in the EU, despite significant economic size, is not harmonized, and a number of obstacles to achieve free movement of capital exist. The focus of the essay is primarily on the harmonization and implementation of a European
Many insects have a behavioral need for the rapid detection of small moving visual targets. In dragonflies and flies, Small Target Motion Detector (STMD) neurons have been found to fill this function, but observations in Hymenopterans raise questions of whether similar neurons are present. In high order variants of these neurons, predictive response gain modulation thought to be driven by dendriti
På senare år har Lagrådet riktat kraftfull kritik mot lagförslag som rege-ringen trots allt lagt fram inför riksdagen, och som sedermera blivit lag. Att lagstiftaren frångår en lång praxis kring lagarnas beredning och remissin-stansernas betydelse för slutlig lag kan antas påverka förarbetenas roll som rättskälla. Utifrån denna bakgrund är syftet med uppsatsen att ur ett kon-stitutionellt perspektIn recent years the Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has directed forceful criticism at preparatory legislation that the Government has nevertheless submitted to the Riksdag (Parliament), and which have subsequently be-come law. The legislature’s departure from an old practice concerning the preparation of legislation and the significance of referral bodies for the final form of law may be assume
Background: Low-level processing and normalization of microarray data are most important steps in microarray analysis, which have profound impact on downstream analysis. Multiple methods have been suggested to date, but it is not clear which is the best. It is therefore important to further study the different normalization methods in detail and the nature of microarray data in general. Results: A
In this thesis the encounter of the Catalan culture with the German culture at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2007 is investigated. The leading research question is how the Catalan culture presented itself at the planned encounter with the German culture and how it was perceived by the latter. Semiotic analysis was conducted on the basis of newspaper articles from nine different newspapers analysing a
Before developing a new product, the future market of the identified opportunity needs to be estimated. There is a need to evaluate the probable future product in terms of profitability, which requires prediction of sales price, costs and future volumes. A forecasted volume is not only basis in profitability calculations but it also serves as an input for planning of future capacity in terms of e.
Research question: How can business-to-business companies utilize social media in order to manage their established customer relationships? Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the theoretical framework and case studies in order to gain an understanding for the advantages and disadvantages of social media in a relationship perspective. To be able to answer how business-to-busine
Happiness research generally claims that money is not important for happiness. Money is often studied by happiness economists in the form of income. However, there are reasons why income can be considered an imperfect measure of economic well-being. For example, it does not account for wealth or even consumption—and this is just to cite strictly economic examples. There are also other aspects of l
In "Temperate Women. Educators, Entrepreneurs and Political Agents. The White Ribbon 1900–1930" the female Christian temperance union, the White Ribbon, is in focus. The organization’s ambition was to create a temperate and moral society, running a variety of philanthropic institutions and adult education, as well as non-alcohol restaurants. The aim of the thesis is to study the White Ribbon’s s
Time-varying signals, such as sound waves, low-frequency vibrations from the earth, or electrical impulses in the human body, are often non-stationary, meaning their characteristics change over time. Because of this, standard spectral analysis methods, which assume stationary signals, cannot be used for analyzing such signals, as they discard the time-varying dynamics. This necessitates methods fo
What if Women Ruled the World? Yael Bartana stages this question in her performative piece Two Minutes to Midnight. The all-female government of a fictional nation is tasked with addressing an imminent nuclear threat posed by a foreign power. A panel composed of actresses and real-life experts in defense, law, politics, and psychology gathers in a democratic “peace room.” This space reflects the t
The Gaussian β-ensemble is a real n-point configuration {xj}n1 picked randomly with respect to the Boltzmann factor e− β 2 Hn, where Hn = ∑i≠j log |xi−1xj| + n ∑ni=112 xi2. It is well known that the point process {xj }n1 tends to follow the semicircle law σ (x) = 21π√(4 − x2 )+ in certain average senses. A Fekete configuration (minimizer of Hn) is spread out in a much more uniform way in the inter
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Sahel kallas regionen som ligger mellan Saharaöknen i norr och den gröna savannen i söder. Det sträcker sig från Atlanten i väst till Röda havet i öst. Området karakteriseras av låg och oregelbunden nederbörd. Torka och svält har drabbat stora delar av området i flera omgångar. Den stora torkan 1984 lever kvar i folks minne som en fruktansvärd katastrof. SatellRecent research has shown significant increasing trends in NOAA NDVI for the Sahel region during the period of 1982-1999. These observations could indicate that the amount of vegetation in the region is increasing. The changes could be interpreted as a recovery from the Sahelian droughts during the 1970´s and 1980´s. However, there are currently large uncertainties as to which processes that have
The thesis presented here delves into why dwell time delays for commuter trains occur, with a specific focus on the impact of boarding and alighting passengers. The overarching aim is to develop knowledge of how time delays arise to identify and describe potential ways in which dwell time delays can be reduced. In addition to this, a secondary aim is to identify how dwell times can be studied on a
