Populärvetenskaplig ammanfattning Den Arktiska tundran har påverkats mycket av klimatförändringarna de senaste årtiondena. Den pågående uppvärmningen gör att djupet på det aktiva lagret ökar och att buskiga växter, som annars inte trivs i den kalla miljön, vandrar in på tundran. Forskarna för att dessa förändringar kan leda till att de Arktiska ekosystemen blir en källa för koldioxid (CO₂), iställClimate change has affected ecosystem structure and composition in the Arctic during the last few decades. Researchers have observed a greening trend as the active layer depth is increasing due to rising air- and soil temperatures. Align with climatologic factors, Arctic ecosystems have a long history of grazing by large mammalian herbivores and geese. The Grazing Optimization Hypothesis suggests

Att anlägga en vallbesådd zon på 6-20 meter mellan vattendrag och åkermark, en så kallad skyddszon, är ett tämligen enkelt sätt att minska näringsläckaget från jordbruket och därmed minska övergödningen i sjöar, vattendrag och hav. För sådan typ av skyddszon har lantbrukare sedan 1996 kunnat få miljöersättning från Jordbruksverket för att kompensera förlusten i skörden på grund av minskad åkerareaCreating a 6-20 meter wide grass zone in between a watercourse and farm land is a fairly simple method to reduce nutrient losses and thereby also to reduce eutrophication in lakes, watercourses and oceans. This zone is called a riparian buffer zone. Farmers in Sweden have had the opportunity to apply for environmental grants from the Swedish Department of Agriculture for such buffer zones since 19

I dagens skola är grupparbete en vanlig undervisningsform. Diskussionen om grupparbete har länge varit av intresse hos både socialpsykologiska- som utbildningsforskare. Då grupparbeten idag är så pass vanliga syftar denna studie till att undersöka vilken gruppsammansättning som ger eleverna den bästa förutsättningen för en bra inlärning. I undersökningen genomförs ett experiment med elever studera

Two joined documents that contain firstly, a business plan for Furnyx.com and secondly, Theoretical reflections - A viewpoint from within incubators. This is the final and public version of a Master thesis/project as part of the Master program in entrepreneurship 2011-2012.

Nowadays the private sector tends to increase its engagement into social and environmental issues and cooperate with the public organizations in order to contribute to the development of the societies where the companies operate and also mitigate the environmental damages incurred by industry. The increase in social responsibility by private firms is generally articulated by and pursued through th

This thesis examines the Technical and Vocational Education and Training(TVET) related contents (including legal instruments and other guidance) from human rights bodies,ILO and UNESCO these three international bodies and also from China this national context. It analyzes the related legal frameworks of TVET from those sources and assesses their impacts in the national level, finally concludes the

Previous research on hydropower projects impact on people’s socio-economic development has mainly focused on relocated people, immediately after they were relocated, arguing that relocation result in underdevelopment of people´s livelihoods. Henceforth, this research contribute to the literature through including a long-term perspective to highlight immediate and long-term impacts on relocated and

Kockums is a leading company that develops military marine systems, for use both below and above the water surface [1]. Future submarines have a need to be operated more accurate than today’s submarines to perform various types of new operations. Therefore, on behalf of the conceptual design department on Kockums, a maneuvering system was to be developed to operate a submarine more accurate at low

In this thesis I examine pastoralists’ marginalization when it comes to land ownership in Tanzania, through a Minor Field Study based on interviews. The perception on pastoralism is since colonial times very negative and their way of living do not seem appropriate for the 21st century by the government. Pastoralists face a multitude of problems such as land alienation, degraded resources, conflict

Result This thesis has resulted in a new Project Management (PM) tool for the Scania Engine Development Project Coordination group, customized for engine development long-term test planning and tracking. The PM tool also shows resource use, capacity, and forecast of all Scania’s engine test benches located in Sweden, Germany and Brazil. Issue of study As a result of the continuously increasing

There is probably millions of photographs in the world that no one knows about because of the difficulty archivists have writing about them. It is exceedingly difficult to classify and describe photographs and very often textual models for written sources are applied uncritically to visual materials. Most libraries, archives and museums are now involved in the process of digitisation to improve ac

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 first European macro-regional strategy, the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) was launched in 2009. The EUSBSR has been a role model for other macro-regions in the EU, which makes it relevant to study from a governance perspective. This thesis adopts a case study design with the aim of examining how the EUSBSR governance system can be characterised and in what ways the

The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the meaning and knowledge production on labor immigration in a Swedish governmental context. This examination is done through a post-structural policy analysis focusing on understanding the discoursive construction of labor immigration and the labor immigrant is the thesis done with Carol Bacchi’s method of analysis named ”What’s the problem represented

A postcolonial critic has been articulated towards the failed state literature saying that it places failed states in the third world in a position of deviancy from western states. This thesis examines if the criticism against that literature also has any empirical relevance by studying in which way Zimbabwe, seen as a failed state, is portrayed by the media in Great Britain. This is done by a dis

Lean has become a popular organization model during the late 21st century, and it is widely spread through healthcare with high expectations of improvement and reorganization. The implementation of a certain policy is in the literature seen as a crucial step in policy realization. To better understand Lean and its adaptation to healthcare, this study examines how Lean is being implemented into Swe

In the spring of 2010, the Swedish government published an action plan for Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE). The submitted paper examines and analyzes the formation of the policy document and its sources of inspiration. Swedish policy formation on social enterprises and work integration social enterprises is analyzed on the bases of both Dolowitz and Marsh's theoretical framework as

Denna studie resonerar kring neorealismen och neoliberalismens syn på problematiken i relationen mellan Turkiet, Syrien och Irak gällande vattnet i Tigris-Eufrat deltat. Syftet är att studera likheter och skillnader de teoretiska perspektivens sätt att se på samarbeten och konflikter. De jämställs ibland till tvillingar genom deras utgångspunkt i det anarkiska strukturen men också som två absoluta

Asyl- och migrationspolitik har under en lång tid varit en nationell angelägenhet för de europeiska staterna, medlemsländerna har under senare tid försökt harmonisera denna till ett mer överstatligt projekt. Den senaste ledstjärnan för samarbetet och för hantering av asylströmmar är Stockholmsprogrammet där solidaritet mellan medlemsländerna spelar en betydande roll. I programmet slogs det fast at