Enligt Doughnut-hypotesen, tenderar diskussioner och debatter i samhället grunda sina argument och utgå från generella begrepp som “demokrati”. Problematiken i detta är att parterna i diskussionen kan ha givit olika meningar och filosofiska kärnor åt dessa generella begrepp. Detta resulterar vidare i att diskussionen cirkulerar kring en “tom mitt”, likt en doughnut, då det saknas en definierad fil

The load transfer and redistribution phenomenon that occurs through the mobilization of shear stresses in response to relative displacements in granular materials, such as soils, is attributed to the arching effect. The arching effect has a great influence on the behaviour of soils and plays an important role in predicting earth pressure in granular backfills of limited extent, confined by unyield

International sanctions has been the subject of extensive political debate, its effectiveness is highly questioned and its wide implementation even more so. Yet economic sanctions still remain the primary punitive response in the international community, states violation of sovereignty, authoritarianism and/or deviations from the human rights charter are regularly met with international condemnati

Syftet med studien är att analysera och förklara hur händelser knutna till avregleringarna påverkat SJ AB i dess strategiutveckling mellan åren 2001-2014. Vidare har vi med studien avsett att förklara hur bolaget arbetat för att implementera strategierna i verksamheten utifrån ett antal ekonomistyrningsverktyg. Resultatet av studien visar att SJ AB i dess strategiutveckling i flera fall avsett at

Undersökningens avser att mäta om överavkastning i samband med aktiesplit är möjligt att uppnå på den svenska aktiemarknaden? En jämförelse mellan large cap, mid cap och small cap kommer att presenteras för att kunna precisera vilken företagsstorlek som genererar störst överavkastning. Undersökningen ämnar presentera resultat utifrån mätningsmetoder som inte tidigare har förekommit vid studier på The study is intended to measure whether abnormal return associated with stock split is possible to achieve on the Swedish stock market? A comparison of large cap, mid cap and small cap will be presented in order to specify the company size that generates the greatest abnormal return. The study intends to present the results by measuring techniques not previously occurred in studies in this area.

For more than 40 years the case-law of the European Court of Justice has been developing the principle of prohibition of abuse of law in the European Union. However, in the sphere of value-added tax, the principle was invoked by the Court for the first time in 2006 in the landmark case Halifax, creating a tension between this emerging principle and the principle of legal certainty observed and pro

Haematopoietic stem cells are the source of all blood components including T-cells. When the T-cell programme is initiated in these cells, the expression of T-cell associated genes such as TCF7 is up-regulated, while genes opposing this fate are turned off. Subsequently, epigenetic marks on the gene BCL11B and its regulatory elements, disabling the expression of the gene, are removed and the trans

Att organiserade intressen utövar inflytande över beslutsfattandet inom EU råder det inga tvivel om. Vad vi ämnar att besvara med vår studie är hur EU ställer sig till deras inflytande, vilket arbete som görs för att öka insikten i den samt om tillvägagångssättet skiljer sig mellan olika intressen. Utifrån frågorna tar vi upp hur Europaparlamentet och kommissionens struktur möjliggör särintressena

Right-wing populism has spread across the European continent during the 21th century, this paper examines if this also is the case on the social media platform Facebook. Through the use of multivariate ordinary linear regression models the thesis seeks to answer if right-wing populist parties and leaders in 12 western European countries generate more followers on their official Facebook accounts t

Trust is considered one of the main preconditions for good democratic governance. Trust in political systems facilitates effective policy implementation and rule due to increased government compliance. Due to the importance of trust for democratic political systems, in this paper I study the factors that cause trust for the EU, focusing on the relationship between citizens trust for national insti

Under de senaste decennierna har antalet diagnostiserade cancerfall stadigt ökat. För patienter med den ödesdigra hjärntumören glioblastom har överlevnadsstatistiken dock stått still. Forskare i Lund och Köpenhamn tros nu ha funnit pusselbiten som kan komma att ändra på detta. Cancern är en av de dödligaste sjukdomarna i Sverige och stod för 26 procent av alla dödsfall år 2017. Däremot har man unPurpose: Improvements in mortality rate of glioblastoma patients have been limited during the past decades, due to the tumor’s rapidly growing and infiltrative behavior and resistance to current therapy. Recent findings show that higher brain mean dose strongly correlates with inferior overall survival and that local recurrences mainly occur centrally in previously irradiated regions. This project

In recent years, experimental studies on gender assignment to borrowings in languages such as German and Dutch have observed variation in gender assignment in relation to dialectal areas, among other factors. However, many issues related to gender assignment have yet to be fully understood, and the sociolinguistic variation has not been properly investigated. The objective of the present study is

Purpose Our purpose is to increase the understanding of an organization’s change process by interpreting organizational members’ lived experience during a change process where messages are being communicated ambiguously. We will draw on Weick’s theoretical framework of sensemaking in order to analyze the effects of top managers’ strategic ambiguity. We further aim to contribute to academia by addr

Ambitionen är att förstå hur det praktiska förhållningssättet till korruption inom kommuner kan se ut; och hur detta kan tänkas påverka hur riskerna för att tjänstemän skall agera felaktigt. Utifrån detta används därför de olika indikationer som tidigare forskning resulterat i och jämförs med vad som framkommer utifrån de intervjuades utlåtanden. För att kunna bilda denna förståelse används en ana

The purpose of this bachelor ́s thesis is to make a comparison between the two measurements of credit risk ”Distance to default” with a modified Merton model and credit ratings from Standard & Poor ́s. The thesis investigates how well the measures agree with one another by using Spearman ́s rank correlation coefficient. By doing this the thesis is meant to provide the reader with an idea of wh

In a murine model of platelet alloimmunization, we examined the definitive role that mononuclear cells (MC) have in modulating platelet immunity by using platelets from severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. CB.17 (H-2(d)) SCID or BALB/c (H-2(d)) mouse platelets were transfused weekly into fully allogeneic CBA (H-2(k)) mice and antidonor antibodies measured by flow cytometry. MC levels in BA