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Promoters of improved cook stove technologies (ICS) argue that the use of these technologies offers several benefits such as improved health, fuel saving, reduction in green house gases emissions among others. Many of the studies exploring the use of improved cook stoves reveal a strong pro-diffusion bias towards these benefits, and few studies have investigated the adoption and use of ICS from th
Recent advances in reinforcement learning research has achieved human level performance in playing video games (Mnih et al., 2015). This inspired me to understand the methods of reinforcement learning (RL) and investigate whether there is any basis for those methods in neurobiology and animal learning theories. The current study shows how RL is based on theories of animal conditioning and that the
Environmental problems commonly occur in the aftermath of natural disasters. If not managed properly, they jeopardise the success of the entire recovery process. The humanitarian sector has realised this threat and is looking for ways to properly mitigate environmental problems while maintaining their necessary flexibility. The conventional industry broadly uses environmental management systems (E
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept of high relevance for business in general, and within logistics in particular (Seuring et al., 2008), and represents a set of actions that extend beyond the legal obligations and the explicit monetary interests of the company, aiming to benefit the society (McWilliams and Siegel, 2001). An important dimension of CSR is Occupational Health and Safe
What are the effects of being familiar with a supermarket? Many of us do most of our shopping in one supermarket. By doing so we memorize the location of products and different categories in the supermarket. By memorizing we are able to reduce the amount of time and effort needed to go grocery shopping. Participants’ eye movements are recorded when shopping three products (pasta, yoghurt and cerea
We have studied the interaction of light with two types of closely related nanostructures: a single horizontal InP nanowire and an infinite periodic array of such nanowires. The study has been done theoretically by calculating the absorption cross section of the nanowires via a semi analytical method, the Mie theory, and two numerical methods, the scattering matrix method (SMM) and the finite elem
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of Klurisen, a test measuring mathematical problem-solving ability. A total of 273 Second grade students participated in trials, testing Klurisen twice and an adapted Swedish version of a subtest of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills once. Results indicated that the reliability of the two subtests of Klurisen were low when assessed se
This study discusses how different agents shape institutional change in Tajikistan, and ultimately how this affects the process of decentralization within pasture management institutions. The purpose of this thesis is to explore how decentralization takes place in the context of institutional change, and to increase our understanding of the potential barriers to the effective decentralization of n
This paper focuses on FET standard from the perspective of the host state. Assuming that the FET standard is problematic and too investor friendly, the question is how the FET standard may be limited in favor of the host state without the investor losing an unreasonable amount of protection. In search of the answers to this question, the paper focuses on the content and components of the FET stand
Northern Fennoscandia belongs to the sub-arctic environment and its forests are mostly composed of mountain birch trees (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii). Outbreaks by autumn moth (Epirrita autumnata) and winter moth (Operophtera brumata) are one of the most important natural disturbance factors in the mountain birch forests, with important implications for future ecosystem functioning. If ther
Agricultural soil quality is decreasing as a result of the expansion and intensification of agriculture. A key indicator of soil quality is soil organic carbon (SOC) which is degraded when land is converted from natural to cultivated systems and subject to intensive agricultural land use, reflecting reduced soil fertility and productivity. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of crop di
The latest standard within video compression, HEVC/H.265, was released during 2013 and provides a significant improvement from its predecessor AVC/H.264. However, with a constantly increasing demand for high denition video and streaming of large video files, there are still improvements that can be done. Difficult content in video sequences, for example smoke, leaves and water that moves irregular
Organic polymer-based solar cells recently attracted much attention as an efficient and inexpensive light-to-electricity conversion solution. However, the mechanism behind charge generation processes in organic materials is still not fully understood due to complex nature of carbon-based compounds. Studies of charge generation, recombination and transport processes are essential for revealing the
Most OECD-countries, including Sweden, have during the last decades experienced a declining trend in the labour’s share – the ratio of incomes from employment in relation to the economy’s total income (GDP). This thesis analyses the declining labour’s share of the Swedish transport and communication sector 1920-2000. The transport and communication sector has gone through changes of importance to
The purpose of the study is to investigate how much interest media has shown selected topics in the corporate governance systems in Germany and Sweden. The four selected aspects are: ownership structure, employee representation on the boards, disclosure of board members’ compensation and female directors on the boards. The reasons for and consequences of the similarities and differences will also
Title: GMO Food Products The issue of marketing and selling them in Europe - A Business and Legal Perspective. Author: Shane King Supervisors: Anneli Carlsson and Ewa Rabinowicz Problem The European Unions regulations in regard to GMO’s and the approval process for both release into the environment, and onto the market, has been under fire by the USA along with Canada and Argentina. The WTO has ru
Bakgrunden till denna uppsats finns att finna i de klassiska sociologiska teoretikerna, som bland annat studerade vilken mening människan lägger i arbetet utifrån den historiska utvecklingen. Denna uppsats tar sitt avstamp i nätverkssamhället, och försöker utreda vilka effekter den nya organiseringen har för formuleringen av ett meningsfullt arbete. Syftet med uppsatsen är att se hur personalen på
