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In logistics, transport purchasers are increasingly facing environmental challenges. The role of logistics managers is important because their decisions as to how and where resources are used can potentially have major impacts on the environment. The challenge for logistics managers is to determine how to incorporate environmental management principles into their daily decision-making processes. 1

This is the first report of the Twin Mom Study, an investigation. of three hypotheses concerning influences on maternal adjustment. These hypotheses concern the role of the marital and parent-child relationships in mediating genetic influences on maternal adjustment and on the importance of the mothers' marital partners as a specifiable source of influences on their adjustment not shared with thei

Corporate growth is often viewed as being either internally generated or externally achieved through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). During the last decade, strategic alliances have become an increasingly popular third alternative to either internal or acquired growth. Alliances can be cheaper, more flexible, and faster than internal or M&A growth. However, they suffer from a major drawba

Weathering rates of base cations are crucial in critical load calculations and assessments of sustainable forestry. The weathering rate on a single site with detailed geological data can be modelled using the PROFILE model. For environmental assessments on a regional scale, the weathering rates for sites are scaled into regional maps. The step from sites to regional level requires focus on the spa

Popular AbstractI denna avhandling studeras förhållandet mellan människa och djur, i synnerhet människans relation till lantbrukets djur. Med teoretiska perspektiv från socialkonstruktivism och existentiell fenomenologi behandlas frågor om hur djur och nötkreatur (som utgör en fallstudie) framträder i diskurser och hur de ingår i bönders livsvärldar. Utifrån debatterna om belgisk blå, BSE (galna kThis dissertation is concerned with the relationship between humans and animals. In particular, it explores human relations to farm animals, and especially cattle. The empirical and theoretical work is concerned with how animals appear in discourses and how they form part of human life worlds. Three debates about recent animal-related issues are examined: the introduction of the cattle breed Belg

I TV-programmet »Uppdrag granskning« påstods nyligen (16 mars 2004) att det är livsviktigt för patienter med akut hjärtinfarkt att bo i närheten av rätt sjukhus. Frågan är när geografiska skillnader i dödlighet blir så pass stora och säkra att de har betydelse för den enskilda patienten. När man studerar skillnader i dödlighet mellan olika sjukhus bör man om möjligt också beakta landstingens roll.