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Research background and purpose: Amidst turbulences, there is an increasing recognition of capabilities factors in driving SMEs’ resilience. Besides, turbulences have casued difficulties for SMEs in sustaining their social sustainable practices, resulting in adverse effects on employees and society at large. Thus, SMEs need to leverage their capabilities to enhance their resilience and contribute
The enactment of the new Swedish foreign direct investment law, "Lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar", is a major step taken by the Swedish government in order to safeguard its strategic interests against foreign investors. This thesis will evaluate the legal challenges and compliance issues that foreign investors and Swedish sellers face under the new law. The
Research question: What are the prerequisites and influential factors that determine an inclusive planning and implementation process of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)? Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide a more holistic understanding of SUMPs. Therefore, the aim is to explore the prerequisites and influential factors that determine the inclusive planning and implementation
The link between organizational dehumanization, burnout and organizational factors has not yet been thoroughly explored. The study’s aim was to evaluate the relationship between burnout, organizational factors such as workload and work control, and organizational dehumanization in Germany’s private sector. The present study used a quantitative approach and included translating a newly established
Objective: Based on the theoretical model of post-traumatic growth (PTG) and the Positive Memory-PTSD model, this study aims to investigate the main and moderating effect of different characteristics of positive memory on the mediating effect of deliberate rumination on the relationship between event centrality and PTG of emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: 253 emerging adults (7
The purpose of this thesis is to present a more complete picture of Chile’s water management system in terms of the three pillars of sustainable development, namely regarding the social, environmental, and economic outcomes of the 1981 Water Code. The contribution of this research relies in the understanding of the law’s reproduction of socio- ecological inequalities and in the investigation of a
The purpose of this paper is two fold. First we clarify and enrich the understanding of the need for higher sales educated professionals through an extensive understanding of the sales transformation. Second, we develop an understanding of the sales role and its related competencies in a transformed sales landscape. We introduce a theoretical framework to understand the need for sales educated pro
Corporate inversion is the procedure of reincorporating abroad for tax purposes to reduce the corporate income tax. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, we evaluate the shareholder value creation aspect of U.S. corporate inversions after 2004, a year when the U.S. imposed a number of regulatory changes to reduce the benefits of tax inversions. Second, we examine a number of board-related
Grey peas are a forgotten grain seed in the Nordic countries as well as Sweden, which are quite unexplored for their potential uses in different food products. Before the cultivation of yellow peas and green peas took over, they used to be the dominating type of peas in Europe in medieval times. They are a rich source of protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals such as B vitamins, folates, and Iron.
The present thesis deals with the metaphorical role of the eye in the Japanese language and how it compares to English. Metaphorical concepts provided by Lakoff and Johnson are explained in the context of English, then translated and tested with native Japanese people to see if the same concepts are apparent in the Japanese language. A number of other aspects were also put into contrast to each la
In the aftermath of significant geopolitical shifts in 1989, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) underwent pivotal economic transitions from state-controlled systems to market-driven environments. This study focuses on the CEE countries from 1992 to 2020, dissecting the intricacies of their varied economic outcomes and their incomplete convergence. By separately testing social capabilities, namely tr
Denna uppsats har undersökt konceptet kontraåtgärder inom folkrätten i förhållande till EU:s användning av sanktioner som ett medel för att tvinga efterlevnad av internationella förpliktelser. En kontraåtgärd är en åtgärd som i sig själv är olaglig men blir laglig när den tas som svar på en annans stats olagliga handling. Syftet med kontraåtgärden är att förmå den felande staten att upphöra med siThis thesis has studied the concept of countermeasures in public interna-tional law. I have analysed two cases where the EU has imposed sanctions on States that do not follow their international obligations. A countermeas-ure is a measure that is inherently illegal but may become legal if it is adopted as a response to another State’s unlaw act. The purpose of a coun-termeasure is to induce cessat
Underrättelseverksamhet bedrivs till stor del i syfte att förebygga eller förhindra brott. En vital del av utredningsarbetet är att identifiera och avgränsa potentiella misstänkta. Arbetsmetoden kallas för förutsägande profilering. Metoden förutsätter bearbetning och insamling av uppgifter när misstanken ännu inte kan individualiseras. Sådana uppgifter kan innehålla så kallade känsliga personuppgiIntelligence service is largely conducted by crime prevention agencies. A vital part of the investigation is to identify and delimit potential suspects. The method is called predictive profiling. The method implies processing and collecting information when the suspicion cannot yet be individualized. Such data may contain so called sensitive data. The registration of sensitive data impli-cates a v
This paper is a proposition of how to use an archetypal analysis based on new theoretical concepts of the Jungian archetypes, such as the image schema (Knox, 2001), the bi-polarity of complexes (Perry, 1970), and the culture complex (Singer, 2006). Consequently, these are combined with the cognitive schema theory, cues and the cultural frame switch theory. Furthermore, these theories are connected
Protein C (PC) is activated to an essential anticoagulant enzyme (activated PC or APC) by thrombin (T) bound to thrombomodulin (TM), a membrane receptor present on the surface of endothelial cells. The understanding of this complex biological system is in part limited due to the lack of integration of experimental and structural data. In the work presented here, we analyze the PC-T-TM pathway in t
Transient kinetics of the equine infectious anemia virus deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotide hydrolase were characterized by monitoring the fluorescence of the protein. Rate constants for the association and dissociation of substrate and inhibitors were determined and found to be consistent with a one-step mechanism for substrate binding. A C-terminal part of the enzyme presumed to be flexible
As a first application of optical double resonance and zero field level crossing spectroscopy to the elements of the sixth group in the periodic table of the atoms, the 5p36s5S2 level in the Te-I spectrum was investigated using natural tellurium in a high temperature quartz cell. For the electronic Landé-factor and the natural radiative lifetime the following values were obtained:$$g_J \left( {5p^
The effects of UV-C (254 nm) and UV-B (280-320 nm) on chlorophyll fluorescence induction and ultraweak luminescence (UL) in detached leaves of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. were investigated. UL from leaves exposed to UV-B and UV-C radiation reached a maximum 72 h after irradiation. In both cases most of the light was of a wavelength over 600 nm. An increase in the percentage of long wavelength light
Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen behandlar frågan om vad man i Sverige brukar kalla "människovärde". Denna fråga belyses genom en analys av begreppen "livets helgd" och "livskvalitet" som i den anglo-saxiska debatten har kommit att symbolisera två helt olika sätt att tolka det mänskliga livet värde. Tanken om livets helgd brukar anföras av dem som tror att livets värde är inneboende och iThe principles of sanctity of life and quality of life are often appealed to in medical decisions at the "edges of life." Notwithstanding their importance in bioethics, these principles are still badly understood. This study is an attempt to clarify their normative significance and content. Because these principles pertain to the more general question of the value of life, the study begins by exp
The objective of the study was to find ways of improvement of the dissolved air flotation process by studying the flow structure. The paper presents experimental data on flow structures and the relation between the flow structure and the removal efficiency. Measurements have been performed in a pilot plant with an Acoustical Doppler Velocimeter. The water velocity was measured in a grid net, givin
