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Nanotechnology is a collective definition referring to every technology and science which operates on a nanoscale. Nanoparticles have different properties than larger particles and these properties can be utilized in a wide spectre of areas such as in medicine, information technologies, energy production and storage, materials, manufacturing and environmental applications. Although nano-derived a

This paper deals with the question: "Why does the U.S. aid project to cambat HIV/AIDS in Africa, called PEPFAR, use a strategy that has been shown to be couterproductive?" The author uses an anthropological approach, based on theory of "aid as a gift" inspired by work of Mauss and Stirrat& Henkel. The study demonstrates that the interests that lie behind PEPFAR have had a g

The aim of this collaboration, between the division of Thermal Power Engineering and Lunds Energi AB, is to investigate the possibilities of training artificial neural networks (ANNs) with power plant operational data. For this purpose operational data from Lunds Energi's gas turbine GT10B with heat recovery unit (HRU) will be used. Furthermore a model with user interface is created to dem

Islands? characteristics provide several advantages as laboratory for studying 100% renewable energy sources (RES) systems. Their isolation makes them a ?unique laboratories, to gain knowledge and understanding of people/environment relationships? ; to prove its feasibility and acquire the needed knowledge for such systems to work; to be pioneer project, basis of other islands? projects and even a

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur kvinnliga poliser, som har ett intresse av piketenhetens arbete, upplever sina egna möjligheter att söka sig till enheten. Vi har intervjuat nio kvinnliga poliser som har deltagit i en prova på-utbildning anordnad av en av landets tre piketenheter. Syftet med utbildningen var bl.a. att försöka rekrytera fler kvinnor till enheten, eftersom den idag utg

As the way of communicating and accessing information has changed radically over the past decade so has the way the public libraries operate to reach the citizens. In these times the demands of what a public library should be and offer the visitors have changed. One should have the option to access the digital public library at any given hour of the day, from anywhere in the world and at least

In the last two decades, a concern on how federal forests in the United States are managed has provoked concerns among different stakeholders, including NGOs. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of NGO influence on forest management legislation. Eight aspects were selected and compared in different study cases referring to legislative proposals dealing with forest man

This research discusses the impact of government policies on the development of biogas systems in Finland and Sweden. Special focus is on the diffusion of anaerobic digestion technology as part of the renewable energy systems in both countries. Both Finland and Sweden have a relatively modest biogas production in the European context. While biogas production in Finland is mostly based on the colle

This thesis investigates the ability of retailers to communicate sustainable products through sustainability marketing. Sustainable products are defined as products that "make a contribution to the solution of socio-ecological problems" (Belz, 2005). Whereas traditional marketing aims at increasing business revenues, sustainability marketing aims at reaching sustainability and business g

This research aims at finding out the barriers to dedicated energy crop cultivation from the perspective of farmers. The study focuses on the case of willow in the Grudziadz region in Poland. Great potential in the long term has been identified for dedicated energy crops, especially in countries with large areas of agricultural land and the need for diversification of activities in rural areas. H

Innovation is commongly discussed from the perspective of the manufacturing industry. Innovations can be the profitable market introduction of novelties, including new products, improved production techniques and logistics, or new ways of marketing and communication. Innovation can also be used to describe organisational and relational changes. While the service industry differs from the manufactu

Offshore wind farms are believed to have significant potential as a renewable energy technology; although the current costs are far from competitive. Consequently the future development of offshore wind farms depends on cost reductions. The trend for a large number of renewable energy technologies has been that as experience increases the costs associated with the technology will decrease; experie

The story of Jonathan and David is a part of the deuteronomical view of Israels history from the occupation of the holy land all the way to the exile in Babylon. I am aware of that this is not true history, but it is nevertheless interesting to ask oneself: Why are those people a part of the deuteronomical history? What was the meaning in telling the story in this way? Exegetes and researchers ar

Under 70-talet förändrades det hawaiianska folkets etniska identitet, då en frihetsrörelse uppstod. Det finns anledning att begrunda om identitet och samhällsförändringar har en ömsesidig relation, där förstärkning respektive försvagning av identitet är beroende av samhällsutveckling. Frihetsrörelsens framväxt reflekterar den problematik som hawaiianerna har stött på. Rörelsens mål är att utveckla

Grundtanken i deliberativ demokrati är att politiska beslut skall grundas på en fri och förnuftig deliberation mellan fria och jämlika medborgare. Målet med denna deliberation är att nå en rationell konsensus, och kräver att deltagarna sätter sina personliga intressen, värderingar och perspektiv åt sidan, samt fokuserar på det allmänna bästa. I denna uppsats presenterar jag teorin bakom, och framf

Målet med detta examensarbete är att skapa en guidebok och tillhörande webbsida om fotvandring i Rumänien. I rapporten genomförs en målgruppsanalys samt en empirisk undersökning. Resultatet av dessa blev en serietestade hypoteser om målgruppens egenskaper. Därefter innehåller rapporten en genomgång av hur boken och webbsidan skapades och anpassades efter målgruppens egenskaper, utifrån hypoteserna

Studien syftar till att försöka finna de uppfattningar som låg- och mellanstadielärare uppvisar i samband med läxan som fenomen. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna har analyserats utifrån Hellstens (1997) sju konnotationer av begreppet läxan. Dessa är förberedelse, tidstruktur, kontroll och styrning, kärlek och omsorg, identitet och status, gemensk

Syftet med studien är att beskriva och förstå hur personal inom hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisationer förhåller sig till, samt skapar mening i en pågående, politiskt initierad förändring. Tio fokusgrupper har genomförts och analyserats utifrån teorier om organisationsförändring samt narrativ ansats. Resultatet stöder teoretiska antaganden om organisationer som narrativa system, där fragmenterat berät

The current paper compares the relations between different measures of activity and some common neuropsychological tests. One-hundred and fifty five healthy elderly, aged 55 - 85, living in Sweden were included. Gender-specific patterns were found for both activities and correlations between activities and cognitive measures. The main findings suggest that activities are associated with cognitive

The Chronicles of Prydain are a children´s fantasy written by Lloyd Alexander and published for the first time between 1964 and 1968. According to Alexander, "the Prydain books all together might be an attempt to express what it takes to become a human - all the things that you have to go through and give up and learn and so forth to become a real human being". The cultivation of the mi