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In the wake of alarming reports from IPCC, policy makers all over the world have recognized offshore wind power to become an essential contributor in the future renewable energy system and battling of climate change. However, many countries including Norway lack extensive areas of shallow water suitable for conventional offshore wind, hence an interest for deep offshore solutions has arisen. One o

Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to fill the research gap as previous research on the topic of interest lacks a country specific research on how culture effects standardization vs. adaptation by MNCs in emergent markets, in context to a specific advertising strategy. By providing a unique cross-cultural study on five different emergent markets (China, Pakistan, Mexico, Turkey and CWAR) the re

The science of climate change stipulates that fossil fuels must be kept in the ground in order for earth's global temperature to stay below the 1.5 degrees' Celsius increase pre-ordained as safe for continued human civilization, and to avoid catastrophic natural, social, and economic disasters. Although this is a scientifically proven and agreed upon, governments around the world continue

When it comes to absorbing and emitting radiation, molecules show similar properties as atoms do. A signicant dierence though, is that a molecular spectrum consists of notably more absorption lines compared to an atomic spectrum. The additional lines appear due to the fact that molecules can not only exist in electronic, but also in vibrational and rotational energy states. Each gas has uniquely d

Långvariga kommersiella avtalsförhållanden präglas av en förhöjd risk för att ändrade förhållanden ska rubba avtalsbalansen. Huvudregeln, enligt svensk rätt, är att avtal ska hållas även om avtalsprestationerna blivit mer betungande för en avtalspart till följd av ändrade förhållanden. Avtalet är själva instrumentet för att göra affärer och av rättsekonomiska skäl eftersträvar man således en strikLong-term commercial contractual relationships are characterized by an increased risk that changed circumstances will upset the contractual equilibrium. The main rule, according to Swedish law, is that agreements must be kept even if the contractual obligations have become more onerous for a contracting party as a result of changed circumstances. The contract in itself is the legal instrument for

This thesis proposes an alternative way of comparing the performance of private equity funds and testing if they through active involvement can increase the value of their investments. Resent studies has shown that the true performance of Private Equity funds are about the same as the markets return so by measuring the performance of the companies that most resemble the private equity firms actual

Differences in technological traditions we find between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans has long been debated. It is important to discuss whether the differences in the handling of flint and other raw materials between the two populations . The use of raw materials are obviously directly related to the production of tools used to acquire food . Besides the quality of the material, also

With a fuel consumption of up to 150 tons a day for a containership, fuel cost is the main expense for shippers. To decrease expenses, drag reduction is the most important topic to address. The biggest factor that influence the hydrodynamics of a vessel is marine fouling. A heavily fouled ship can consume an additional 40 % of fuel or more. The process of marine fouling is an extremely diverse and

Att realisera outnyttjad potential – Om webbaserad samredovisning av BIM- och GIS-data En arkitekt placerar in sitt ännu bara tänkta hus i en realistisk 3D-modell av den omgivande staden för att visa allmänhet och beställare hur det kommer bli. En projektör lägger sin tunnel genom en tredimensionell geologisk karta och hittar snabbt och lätt tänkbara problemområden. Kart-appen på mobilen kan intCombined presentations of BIM- and GIS-data Throughout the process of creating and maintaining our built environment, from planning to building to facility management, large amounts of data are produced and consumed. Much of these are geographic data, processed in some form of GIS (Geographical Information System). Others are building data, increasingly handled in different BIM (Building Informati

I dagens samhälle har våld mellan idrottsutövare blivit en alltmer naturlig del av idrotten. Dessa våldshandlingar mellan idrottsutövare vid idrottsutövning brukar kallas för kvalificerat idrottsvåld och uppfyller i många fall rekvisiten för misshandelsbrott enligt den allmänna rättsordningen. Det är däremot sällan fallen av kvalificerat idrottsvåld tas upp till prövning i allmän domstol och i de In today’s society, violence between athletes has become a natural part of the sports activity. These acts of violence between the athletes and during the participation, are usually called qualified sports violence. In many cases, these acts also fulfill the necessary condition of assault under the legal system. However, these kind of cases are rarely being tried in general court, but in those cas

I denna uppsats analyseras om, och i så fall hur, domaren kan minska risken för s.k. systematiska tankefel vid bevisvärderingen i brottmål. Ett systematiskt tankefel är ett tankefel som vi människor tenderar att göra gång på gång och som uppkommer som en konsekvens av hur det mänskliga tänkandet är konstruerat. Det finns anledning att anta att dessa typer av tankefel också förekommer inom ramen föThis paper is concerned with cognitive biases in legal decision making. A bias is a systematic error in thinking which can be explained by the way the human mind is designed. There are reasons to believe that judges fall prey to biases and errors when they are confronted with evidence in Court. The author discusses whether it is possible for judges to avoid biases when they evaluate legal evidenc

Sammanfattning Föreliggande uppsats utreder möjligheterna att införa ett förbud mot rasistiska organisationer i svensk rätt, med särskilt fokus på föreningsfrihetens rättsliga ställning i den svenska grundlagen samt Europeiska konventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna. Föreningsfri-heten har visserligen en stark ställning i den svenska grundlagen, men denSummary This thesis examines the possibility of introducing a prohibition on racist or-ganisations in Swedish law, focusing primarily on the legal status of the free-dom of association as protected by the Swedish Constitution as well as the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Although the freedom of association holds a strong position in the Swedish Constitution

This thesis targeted a new group in the transitioning Chinese society---the New Elder Group (NEG) --- at the private level, focusing on their everyday life. NEG refers to retired people who are relatively young (55-80), financially independent, and in good health. Their primary desires in everyday life is to “live a good every day”. This thesis demonstrates the need to pay more attention to the di

As a result of 20th-century car-centric planning, many urban districts had emerged designed to serve only one function. Different residential suburbs and trade areas were dispersed scattered within and outside the cities. This has led to more dependence on private cars to meet people’s daily needs. Urban Ergonomics will discuss one type of these areas, the external shopping centers, or the big-bo

Nowadays, many industries are investing a lot of resources in the development of new technologies that interpret hand gestures and use them as a communication interface between the user and the system. However, the surveillance industries have remained on the sidelines of this technological development. Instead, the joystick and the mouse are the most common devices found in control rooms. Using t

The development and consumption of functional food are increasing. To meet such an increasing demand, vegetable milk extracted from quinoa and fermented with lactic acid bacteria can offer an excellent alternative to fermented dairy milk which has a high nutritive value and is free from lactose, gluten and cholesterol. This research aims at: (a) isolating and identifying the autochthonous microbio

This thesis aim to increase the understanding of educational divide in the urban environment. The study takes place in Malmö, in many ways a divided city and so even within the school system. Several political decisions were implemented in the early 90s in Sweden to make the educational system more equal and adjusted to individual needs of students. A free-choice of school, private- school-establi

There is an ongoing discussion in information retrieval research regarding the merits of subject indexing with controlled vocabularies as opposed to relying on free-text descriptions. Earlier research has compared subject headings with other metadata, such as document titles or tables of contents, to determine the relative value of subject headings as subject access points in an information search

At this point, railway switching systems exchange takes about 15 hours to perform. It means that long time is needed if performing multiple exchanges. It even means that traffic on tracks has to be disallowed for a long amount of time. It costs maintenance companies like Infranord a lot of money to keep tracks free from other vehicles during the work. The company needs to purchase special permissi

Seveberggrunden i nordöstra Kebnekaise domineras av amfiboliter och ögongnejser. Detta examensarbete beskriver tektonostratigrafin i två nyckelområden (Nallo och norra Mårma). Seven i nordöstra Kebnekaise korreleras med den övre Seven söderut i Kebnekaise samt norrut mot Abisko och Indre Troms. I specialstudier identifieras moderbergarterna för en nyupptäckt gnejs samt för två typer av ögongnejserThe Seve Nappe Complex in the Kebnekaise Mts. is dominated by metabasites (Kebne Dyke Complex) and mylonitic gneisses. This study describes the tectonostratigraphy in two key areas (Nallo and Mårma) and investigates the origin of a granitic gneiss and two varieties of augen gneiss. The Kebne Dyke Complex consists of thin dark bands of amphibolite in a metagabbro, interpreted to represent dolerite