Standards play a significant role in shaping our environment and everyday life. In the context of the built environment, they ensure consistency of quality between different projects. The European Daylight Standard EN17037 “Daylight in buildings” is one of those standards, currently in use in the European Union, and was established to secure enough natural light indoors to achieve spaces that are

Neuropsykiatriska utredningar och diagnoser har varit ett återkommande tema i media men arbetsvillkoren för psykologer som arbetar med utredningar har inte diskuterats.Denna kartläggning genomfördes för att undersöka psykologers arbetssituation. Kartläggningen genomfördes som en digital enkät under hösten 2024 och denna rapport sammanfattar resultaten. Enkäten kartlade tre större områden: möjligheNeuropsychiatric assessments and diagnoses have been a recurring topic in the media, but the working conditions of psychologists involved in these assessments have not been widely discussed.This survey was conducted to examine the working conditions of psychologists. It was carried out as a digital questionnaire during the autumn of 2024, and this report summarizes the results. The questionnaire f

Title: The Influence of Institutional Investor Heterogeneity on Dividend Payouts: Evidence from Japan Purpose: To examine how institutional investor heterogeneity influences dividend payout policies in Japanese firms, and whether the implementation of Japan’s Corporate Governance Code (CG Code) in 2015 has modified this relationship. Methodology: The study employs fixed effects panel regressio

Purpose: This study aims to explore the path of policy adjustment on enterprise innovation performance in the context of fiscal subsidy rollback in China's NEV industry, focusing on the changes in the dimensions of enterprise R&D inputs and patent outputs and further analyzing the moderating role of enterprise size in the process of policy impact. Methodology: Based on the panel data of

This thesis investigates the application of reinforcement learning (RL) to the problem of hedging Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA), a key component of counterparty credit risk in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. While prior studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of RL in hedging simple financial instruments, this work extends the literature by exploring whether RL, specifically the Proxim

Purpose: This study explores the impact of ESG performance on corporate debt financing costs in Chinese A-share listed companies. It investigates the underlying mechanisms and heterogeneity across ownership, region, and industry. Methodology: Using panel data of 33,830 firm-year observations from 2011 to 2023, the study applies fixed effects regression models. ESG performance is measured by the H

Kriminella gäng i Sverige består nästintill uteslutande av män och utgör en kontext präglad av en starkt etablerad maskulinitet. Samtidigt har det synliggjorts att även brödraskap, lojalitet och kärleksyttringar formar den gängkriminella världen. Studiet av gängkriminella män utgår ofta från ett maskulinitetsperspektiv, men tenderar i somliga fall att istället fokusera på hur brödraskap tillsamman

During the second half of the 19th century, a French school of trumpet playing was established, with French musicians and composers at the forefront of the instrument’s musical and technical development. As a result, it was entrusted with a more prominent role within the orchestra and soon also as a solo instrument. On the present disc, Håkan Hardenberger – who like so many other leading trumpet p

This paper explores how to implement high-contrast modes in modern game engines to enhance accessibility for low-vision players. Through shaderbased rendering modifications and post-processing techniques, a customizable accessibility mode was developed to improve object recognition and visual clarity without sacrificing game aesthetics. Conducted in collaboration with IO Interactive, a web-based u

This thesis examines how the European Union’s recent development towards binding regulations on Human Rights Due Diligence and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure, particularly the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive have impact on Chinese companies and China’s regulatory framework. These laws require companies to ide

The advent of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) introduces transformative, yet deeply problematic, complexities into modern warfare, particularly concerning the attribution of criminal responsibility under international criminal law. This thesis confronts the critical challenges these systems pose to the dolus specialis, the specific intent to destroy, requirement for the crime of genocide.

Emulsifiers can influence fat crystallization through multiple mechanisms: by promoting or in-hibiting nucleation, modifying polymorphic transitions, or enhancing oil-binding capacity. In collaboration with Palsgaard A/S, this thesis aimed to evaluate the functional impact of selected emulsifiers from their portfolio on the thermal and textural stability of fat-based biscuit cream fillings. The go

Håkan Hardenberger leads the VSO in a revelatory program with music by Gruber, Takemitsu, and Haydn.Presented by the VSO in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing ArtsProgram:Tōru Takemitsu: Paths in Memoriam W. Lutoslawski (Trompete solo),1994 für Hakan Hardenberger komponiertJoseph Haydn: Symphonie Nr. 6 D-Dur Hob. I:6 "Le Matin"Tōru Takemitsu: "Rain Coming" für Kammerorchester (198

Konserten inleds med André Jolivets pulserande och krävande Concertino för trumpet, stråkar och piano, följt av den kraftfulla Symfoni nr 2 av Arthur Honegger, skrivet i skuggan av andra världskrigets fasor. Upplev Tobias Broströms futuristiska «Sputnik» och de gripande melodierna i Mark-Anthony Turnages «Nocturne». Fördjupa dig sedan i skönheten i Lars-Erik Larssons «Adagio» för stråkar och Rolf

In 2024, the Namibian government announced the culling of wildlife as a drought intervention measure. The consideration of food security in conservation decision-making manifests the tension in international law between a state’s conservation imperatives and human rights law obligations. Consequently, the thesis explores: What can the law do to balance food security imperatives against conservatio

This thesis focuses on the impact of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the Court) on the legal recognition of same-sex couples in Eastern Europe. It examines how the Court’s current remedial approach influences change in national legislation, policies, and broader social attitudes, in contexts where queer rights remain politically contested and structurally excluded. This study is importa

This thesis argues that the escalating and protracted violence in Mexico, commonly known as the ‘war on drugs,’ constitutes a non-international armed conflict (NIAC) under international humanitarian law (IHL), calling for a formal application of this legal framework. Despite its devastating humanitarian consequences, the conflict is often mischaracterised within a law enforcement paradigm, contrib

In recent decades, international human rights law has encountered growing challenges and opportunities at the same time, posed by regimes that, while maintaining democratic appearances such as free and fair elections, adopt authoritarian practices questionable with liberal rule-of-law stand-ards. This phenomenon, has being referred to as "illiberalism," reflecting a ris-ing tension betw