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Walking as a means of transportation is a key feature in sustainable urban design, but few studies have examined the influence of micro-level environmental features, such as vegetation and street lighting, on perceived safety and people’s choice to walk. This study applied a non-explicit approach to examine the relationship between greenery, street lighting, perceived safety, and walking in an urb
Tropical America is currently experiencing the establishment of a new apex insect predator, the Paleotropical dragonfly Hemianax ephippiger (Odonata: Aeshnidae). H. ephippiger is migratory and is suggested to have colonised the eastern Neotropics by chance Trans-Atlantic displacement. We report the discovery of H. ephippiger at three new locations in the Caribbean, the islands of Bonaire, Isla de
On January 1, 2009, new rules regarding limitations of the deductibility of intra-group interest payments came into force in the Swedish legislation. The rules aim to prevent the use of certain tax planning practices, where a company appropriates itself tax advantages by taking advantage of the unlimited right to deduct interest expenses. The tax advantage is ensued when the paying company makes a
Anthropogenic use of nitrogen and phosphorus causes a risk to aquatic ecosystems and hence the livelihood of humans. To tackle this issue, the European Union have imposed environmental obligations on its member states to higher the quality of the aquatic environment. As a member state, Denmark is partly fulfilling these objectives by re-creating wetlands in the landscape, which retain and remove n
Implementation in public organizations is a complicated process. Previous research has shown that neither a top-down or bottom-up perspective is sufficient to explain why certain implementations succeed and others fail. Alternative models that take the complexity of implementation processes into account by among other things allowing for the interaction between both horizontal and vertical levels
The dismantling of the rule of law in a number of Member States of the EU continues. Recently, the Court of Justice has become the centre of attention of the rule of law crisis, due to the pending case C-619/18 Commission v Poland, concerning the independence of the judiciary in Poland. The Advocate General found in his Opinion to the case that the Polish law that lowered the retirement age of the
Media holds an irreplaceable role in liberal Western democracies as it assumes core democratic functions such as disseminating information, representing public interests and taking on the role of a watchdog. In relation to the rise of populist radical right parties, research has revealed that media holds a crucial role. Hence, within the context of the rise of the populist radical right party Swed
Denna avhandling handlar om en uppsättning aktiviströrelser under de hårdaste restriktionerna i samband med Covid-19-pandemin i Sverige. Dessa grupper protesterade både online och offline mot införda restriktioner och vaccinationer och visade en kritisk inställning till rekommendationer och restriktioner, till exempel genom att samlas i stora folkmassor. Studien syftar till att presentera och probThis thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. The study aims to present and problematize the frameworks used by
On the morning of the 8th of April 2013, the world woke up to Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi, the leader of what was called the Islamic State in Iraq or ISI, announcing the expansion of his group from Iraq into Syria. Al-Baghdadi also announced the merger of ISI and Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) into a new group called the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham or ISIS. Only one day after the announcement, JN released a
Den teknologiska utvecklingen i samhället medför nya utmaningar i förhållande till mänskliga rättigheter. Individers beroende av internet och sociala medier utnyttjas i allt större utsträckning av aktörer som i hemlighet avser påverka den fria åsiktsbildningen. Statligt finansierad manipulation via digitala medier utgör ett särskilt oroande fenomen på grund av dess implikationer på åsiktsfrihet ocThe current digitalisation in society has brought new challenges to international human rights law. Actors aiming to covertly influence opinions are increasingly taking advantage of individuals’ dependence on the internet and social media. State-sponsored online manipulation constitutes a phenomenon of particular concern in light of its potential implications for the free forming of opinions and,
This text serves as a fresh approach to the study of Roman influence on the Scandinavian region. This is achieved through the medium of various bronze statuettes, both from the Roman Empire itself as well as in the form of locally-produced anthropomorphic figures. The study concentrates on four specific regions of Europe; Italy, southern Britain, Denmark, and southern Sweden. All of these areas ma
Resning är ett av de extraordinära rättsmedlen som finns i svensk processrätt och är att se som ett undantagsfall till huvudregeln om att domstolars avgörande, som vunnit laga kraft, förblir orubbade. När ett mål beviljas resning blir det föremål för en ny domstolsprövning och det kan ske antingen till fördel eller nackdel för den tilltalade. Uppsatsen redogör för de motiv som ligger bakom det modOne of the extraordinary remedies in Swedish procedural law is when a case is granted a new trial after it became legally binding. It is an exceptional case that deviates from the general rule that the court’s ruling should not be disturbed. When a petition for a new trial is granted, it can either be in favor of the defendant or to their detriment. The essay describes the motives behind the insti
Kandidatuppsatsen ”En vän i nöd(en), en autoetnografisk studie av en chatbot” studerar användarupplevelsen av en chatbot med artificiell intelligens, Replika. Uppsatsen ämnar ge en inblick i den intima relation som skapas mellan bot och användare, samt vilka aspekter som styr det sociala samspelet. Uppsatsen belyser hur boten uppfattas av användaren och hur boten kan vara ett verktyg för individen
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the response of the stock prices of firms based on NASDAQ Select Market, during the Credit Rating Announcements made by one of the major rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s, before and after the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2008. The test procedure is the application of the event study by which we are going to investigate whether or how much the marke
The aims of this study are two-fold. Firstly, the purpose is to discuss consultancy companies as actors in private-public partnerships (PPPs) in development assistance. Secondly, the study aims to explore the actions of consultancy companies in partnership with country-beneficiaries. The theoretical base of this study is grounded in debates about PPPs in development and theoretical accounts of pos
With the recent Illumina/Grail judgement and subsequent prohibition, more and more scholars within the EU are starting to pay attention to killer acquisitions and are considering them as a growing problem. However, solutions to these problems must still be legitimate in accordance with the purpose, values and ideals of the EU. This is done through analysing whether or not the judgements in the I
There is no correlation between internal control environment and possibility of internal auditors in detecting fraud. This research tries to find out if there is any correlation between the years of experience of internal auditors and the perception of possibility in detecting fraud and if there is any correlation between the perception of internal auditors in their role and the perception of poss
While the EU stipulates their motto to be ‘Unity in diversity’ claiming itself to be enriched by cultural and linguistic diversity, the discourse on Muslims is, however, more often than not, one of Muslims and Europe rather than European Muslims. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate if and how this discourse is constructed and maintained by the Members of the European Parliament whil
