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This essay investigates the effects of a same-sex teacher assignment on female and male 8th grade students in Australia and New Zealand using data from the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). I employ the first difference (FD) method introduced by Dee (2007) to analyze the impacts on students' math and science academic achievements, as well as their attitudes toward these subjects

Architectural education is most of the time based on architectural tasks with little connection to real circumstances of a building process. The projects focuses on design and the result of the projects is abstractions of the reality, such as drawings, diagrams and models. Architecture through practice aims to explore parts of the architectural practice which we usually don’t have to think about i

The human rights regime and the trade regime set obligations on states that may create conflicts that challenge a state’s autonomy for policy and regulatory practices. To deal with these conflicts, we argue that states employ different causal mechanisms from Risse, Ropp and Sikkink’s spiral model when setting their commitments to, and executing compliance with, these regime obligations, and that t

Detta arbete avser att kartlägga hur prövningen av 3 kap. 5 och 7 §§ fastighetsbildningslagen (1970:988) (FBL 3:5 och 3:7) har skett i lantmäteriförrättningar från 2004 fram till våren 2016, samt att kartlägga eventuella skillnader över landet. Slutsatserna från dessa frågeställningar väntas ge ett svar på huruvida prövningen eller lagstiftningen är i behov av förändring. En litteraturstudie har gThe Swedish Real Property Formation Act (1970:988), 3rd Chapter, 5th and 7th §§ (FBL 3:5 and 3:7) regulates protection of forested real property. The trial in practice have been investigated through an analysis of records of cadastral procedures performed in Sweden from 2004 to spring 2016. The most important conclusion of the investigation is that the trial is heterogeneous over the country. It h

Brottet våldtäkt är en företeelse i svensk straffrätt som engagerar många och det skapas ofta starka reaktioner när media rapporterar om friande våldtäktsdomar. Våldtäktsparagrafen har ändrats ett flertal gånger genom åren och den senaste lagändringen trädde i kraft den 1 juli 2013. Vi fick då ett nytt begrepp i svensk rätt när ”särskilt utsatt situation” ersatte den tidigare lydelsen ”hjälplöst tThe offence rape is a phenomenon in Swedish criminal law that engages many people and often creates vivid reactions when media reports about verdicts of acquittal in cases involving rape. The rape section has been changed at multiple times over the years. The last change entered into force July 1, 2013 when the new concept ”particularly vulnerable situation” (”särskilt utsatt situation”) replaced

A capture-mark-recapture study on the threatened saproxylic beetle Lucanus cervus was carried out in a chestnut (Castanea sativa) woodland located in northern Italy, using visual encounter surveys (VES) as well as aerial flight interception traps and pitfall traps (PT), both of which were baited with different odour lures. In total, 111 males and 25 females were captured, and VES was by far the mo

Arid and semiarid Middle Eastern countries generally, and Syria in particular, face serious water shortage problems and challenges with water sustainability. Climate change, population growth, and economic development play a major role in decreasing available water resources per capita. This, in turn, has great impact on domestic, agricultural, and industrial water use. In this study, marginal and

We analyze a coincidence Stem-Gerlach measurement often discussed in connection with the derivation and illustration of Bell's theorem. The treatment is based on our recent analysis of the original Stern-Gerlach experiment [H. Wennerstrom and P.-O. Westlund, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 1677 (2012)1, where it is concluded that it is necessary to include a spin relaxation process to account for the

The functional role of aerobic lactate production in the rat portal vein was investigated. Changing substrate from glucose (11.5 mM) to pyruvate (11.5 mM) or beta-hydroxybutyrate (3 mM) had virtually no effect on spontaneous mechanical activity. Lactate production (FLA) was smaller with pyruvate than with glucose (0.05 +/- 0.01 vs. 0.14 +/- 0.03 mumol g-1 min-1, n = 4). Addition of 0.5 mM iodoacet

Internet dating has with the advent of dating apps gone mobile. Furthermore, social media apps and virtual contact are playing an increasing vital role in courtship and flirtation processes while also easing the aches of distance relationships. Online behaviors have consequences on mental health, the purpose of this bachelor thesis is to examine what the dominant dating apps and social media platf

The increasing awareness of the urban environment’s contribution to climate change and other environmental problems has brought about a myriad of commercially available schemes that aim to mitigate detrimental impacts on the environment. These schemes, or rating tools, provide a convenient way to benchmark the eco-efficiency of buildings and, more recently, neighbourhood developments. Furthermore,

While deforestation and forest degradation have gained attention in recent years not least at the UN climate negotiations, a third “de”, i.e., defaunation, has to a great extent been overlooked. Human-induced faunal loss does not only reduce tree species diversity, but also significantly erodes key ecosystem services and functions and further disadvantages local communities. In this article, we an

In late summer-early autumn, trees undergo growth cessation culminating in bud set. For a wide range of plants, including Populus, photoperiod is considered as the primary environmental cue determining timing of growth cessation and shoot to bud transition. However, studies on Populus have revealed temperature influence on seasonal growth cessation and bud set. In this study we examine the role of

In tropical regions, the patterns of carbon (C) and nutrient properties among ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal associations are unknown. We aim to reveal whether the dynamics differ and the ecological drivers and ecosystem functioning implications of such differences. Based on a dataset of 97 tropical forest sites, we related EcM trees abundance (as a proxy for the transition from AM t

Hypovolemia-induced hypotension may lead to an aortic diameter decrease in patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA). This study investigates the changes in supra-and infra-renal aortic neck diameters before and after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) for rAAA and the possible association with endograft apposition. A retrospective cohort study was conducted including 74 pa

The past few years have witnessed the emergence of a plethora of transnational climate governance experiments. They have been developed by a broad range of actors, such as cities, non-profit organizations, and private corporations. Several scholars have lately devoted particular attention to voluntary global business initiatives in the policy domain of climate change. Their studies have provided c

In times of emergent emphases on how climate change will affect welfare societies, welfare policies and individuals’ welfare and vice versa, this study investigates public support for welfare and environmental policies and concerns. Since previous research and literature have pointed towards a socioeconomic divide between the welfare agenda and the environmental agenda in terms of public support,

An important function of coastal ecosystems is the reduction of the nutrient flux from land to the open sea, the coastal filter. In this study, we focused on the two most important coastal biogeochemical processes that remove nitrogen and phosphorus permanently: denitrification and phosphorus burial. We compiled removal rates from coastal systems around the Baltic Sea and analyzed their spatial va