The purpose of this study is to evaluate what impact the conflict in Afghanistan has had on the democratization process in the country. Almost twenty years have passed since the US-led invasion and the overthrow of the authoritarian Taliban regime in a response to the 9/11 attacks on American soil. The goal with the invasion was not only to catch Usama bin Ladin, but also to replace the religious

Då gåvobeskattning har avskaffats får gränsdragningen mellan gåva och inkomst större betydelse. Enligt 8 kap. 2 § inkomstskattelagen (1999:1229) är en gåva skattefri, medan inkomst är skattepliktig enligt 11 kap. 1 §. Distinktionen mellan gåva och inkomst blir relevant när en anställd förvärvar aktier utan ersättning från arbetsgivare eller ägare till bolaget. Här måste fastställas om överlåtelsenSince the gift tax was removed, the distinction between gifts and income has gained greater importance. According to chapter 8 article 2 of the Income Tax Act (1999:1229), Inkomstskattelagen, a gift is not taxable. However, according to chapter 11 article 1 income from employment, pensions et cetera are taxable. When an employee receives shares from his or her employer or from the owner of the com

The purpose of this thesis is to put forward a method for collaboration between the fire and rescue service and the societal functions, with the aim to implement measures so that fewer people in risk groups are injured or killed in fire. Following research questions are answered in this thesis: What does the work with individualized fire safety at the rescue service and the social functions look l

Den svenska aktiebolagslagen (2005:551) har sedan år 1895 ställt upp ett krav på ett lägsta tillåtet aktiekapital i aktiebolag. Kravets nivå har både höjts och sänkts från kravets införande till idag. Den senaste ändringen trädde ikraft den 1 januari 2020 då aktiekapitalets lägsta tillåtna nivå i privata aktiebolag sänktes från 50 000 kronor till 25 000 kronor. Förslaget om en sänkning fick stor mSince 1895, the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551) has a required minimum share capital in private limited companies. The requirement level since that time has been subject to change. The most recent change was a reduction of the required level of the minimum share capital requirement from 50,000 SEK to 25,000 SEK, which took effect on January 1, 2020. The proposal regarding the reduction received a

Den här studien undersöker programmet Den stora hälsoresan som har sänts på Kanal 5 och Dplay 2020. I programmet får sex välkända svenska offentliga personer ta del av ett tränings- och kostprogram vid namn 16 weeks of hell som är grundat av tränaren Tony Andersson. Studien använder sig av en diskursanalys genom Rosalind Gills (2007) sjustegs-process för att undersöka vilka diskurser och normer kr

The relationship between human rights and Islam has for a long time been a topic discussed among Muslim theologians and intellectuals. There are those who claim that Islam and human rights are by nature in conflict, then there are those who instead claim that there is no opposition between the two. The purpose of this thesis has been to study the thoughts on the correlation between Islam and human

Title: Mapping the usage of returnable packaging material and a proposal for improvements - a Case Study at Haldex AB in Landskrona Author: Annika Jönsson Supervisor: Enes Hasic & Anders Pålsson, Haldex AB, Landskrona Eva Berg, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Division of Engineering Logistics, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Examiner: Jan Olhager, Department of Indus

Norge drabbas årligen av hundratals jordskred vilket leder till betydande ekonomisk skada och fara för liv. Därför bedriver norska myndigheter och forskningsinstitutioner omfattande forskning om jordskred och vidtar åtgärder för att övervaka, modellera och slutligen mildra konsekvenserna av och förebygga dessa. Som en del av sitt arbete underhåller norska vattenresurs- och energimyndigheten en natNorway experiences hundreds of landslides annually which leads to significant economic losses and poses a threat to human life. Therefore, Norwegian authorities and scientific institutions are conducting extensive research and take measures in the fields of documenting, modelling and ultimately mitigating and preventing landslides. As part of its work, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Dire

Vascular plant observances were compiled for 10 well-documented parishes throughout southernmost Sweden from published floras, herbarium specimens, modern inventories, and a large citizen-science database to provide presence/absence of species from 1800-2020 at the decade level. A regionally-specific database of species-specific plant traits and ecological indicator values was used to examine flor

Denna uppsats är baserad på en översättning av kapitel 1-9 i första delen av romanen Future Popes of Ireland av den irländske författaren Darragh Martin. Efter en inledande källtextanalys baserad på modellen som beskrivs av Hellspong & Ledin i Vägar genom texten – Handbok i brukstextananalys (1997) följer ett kortare medierande avsnitt om överväganden inför översättningen, där valet av översät

This study assessed the work of individuals, organizations and the state in the promotion of women’s right to education after the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. It drew from the theories of feminism and masculinity as well as Feminist Security Studies and gender and development studies. In order to achieve its objective, the study adopted a triangulated research method which involved Discourse Ana

"Developmental Assets" refer to a series of relevant experiences, relationships, skills and values that can effectively promote the healthy development of children. They are social and psychological strengths that can enhance the healthy development of children and adolescents. Studies have shown that having sufficient developmental assets can develop children's competencies, skills

Abstract Digital sourcing platforms were invented in the last decade of the 20th century and brought tools such as electronic reverse auctions (eRA) into the hands of purchasing professionals. The Trelleborg Group initiated a project to implement such a digital sourcing platform last year but the research in the field is outdated. Focus was directed to the choice of sourcing approach, i.e. either

IPO underpricing is an international phenomenon that has been documented by numerous authors. However, the IPO market keeps evolving. Since the decline in IPO volume following the “dot-com bubble”, there have been periods with high IPO volume, as well as periods with low IPO volume. This paper uses a linear regression model and t-tests to investigate underpricing of European IPOs between 2001 and

Wet cupping, or traditional Finnish cupping has been practised in Finland for several centuries. It is a treatment where blood is removed from the body through a ritual-like procedure. The treatment starts with the cupper making small cuts on the skin with a lancet or cuppers axe. Cups are placed over the cuts, and through the vacuum that emerge under the cups blood is drained. Still in the middle

The marginal pricing power and individual impact of proxies used in international asset pricing and financial integration studies is not well researched. In this study I look at the most widely used proxies; i.e. World Index Return, change in Eurodollar rate, change in spread between 10-year U.S. T-bond and 3-month U.S. T-bill, and change in spread between Baa and Aaa rated bonds; and ascertain wh

Linc-DGCR6-1 as a new potential “bodyguard” of human germ cell survival Immune responses are essential to protect us from pathogens. However, there are distinct sites of our body, such as brain or testis, in which the action of systemic immune system is not well tolerated. For this reason, these sites evolved different strategies to suppress immune responses, creating what is known as “immune pri

Evolvering av textklassificerare med hjälp av genetisk programmering Genetisk programmering (GP) är ett område inom AI som är inspirerat av den biologiska evolutionen. I detta arbete använder vi genetisk programmering för att evolvera fram textklassificerare. Denna metod ger många fördelar som dagens teknik saknar. Textklassificering går ut på att kategorisera textdata efter fördefinierade klassText classification is one of the main tasks within the field of natural language processing, which has been growing significantly during the last decade with applications in different industries. Despite different approaches to text classification showing good results, such as Machine Learning and Deep Learning, their shortcomings give substance to the need for further research on other approache

The goal of this master thesis has been to implement adaptive PI-control of two air flow heaters in an air sterilization module. This is done by modeling the module and using the information from the model to estimate the dynamics of the heaters. The idea of this thesis is to implement adaptive control with as simple control structures and tuning algorithms as possible, to keep it as generalized

This thesis studies a network game of heterogeneous and asymmetric public goods. Players allocate their wealth between private and public goods, benefiting from the public goods provisioned by their out-neighbors on the network graph. Utilities are given by a Cobb-Douglas function to capture substitutability and decreasing marginal returns. I prove that the game is well-behaved under a condition r