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Violent internal conflicts have characterized Sri Lanka for much of the last century, often driven by issues of identity, ideology, and victimhood. In 1983, a civil war broke out between the Sinhalese-dominated government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), lasting until 2009, when government forces defeated the LTTE militarily. Although the war has ended, the population continues to

Costa Rica is often regarded as a role model among Latin American countries, with a relatively high level of social development and education. However, just like many other countries in this region, it has enacted far-reaching neoliberal policies since the 1980s, and many of these have negatively affected rural workers in the agricultural sector. This thesis explores how people in rural areas in C

Following Russia´s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Sweden made the historic decision to abandon its more than 200-year long policy of neutrality by applying for a membership in the military alliance (NATO). This shift marked a significant reconstruction of the Swedish Armed Forces. Although the Swedish Armed Forces have long been recognized as one of the most gender-equal military organizations, thi

Det här arbetet kommer att undersöka hur det grönländska narrativet representeras i den politiska konflikten om USAs uttalade intresse att ta över ön. Arbetet baseras på en kvalitativ narrativ analys av politiska uttalanden och media artiklar. Resultatet visar på hur det grönländska perspektivet kommer i skymundan för andra aktörers intressen. Resultatet av analysen visar på hur en narrativ konstr

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur Donald Trump i intervjuer och tal konstruerar problem kring yttrandefrihet. Materialet är begränsat till tal och intervjuer i början av Trumps andra mandatperiod som president i USA. Talen och intervjuerna analyseras sedan genom kritisk diskursanalys utifrån Carol Bacchis metodologiska ramverk: "What's the problem represented to be?. Det teore

This case study aims to examine how a negative image of Sweden is constructed in the LVU campaign, a transnational disinformation campaign that accuses the Swedish state of systematically kidnapping children from foreign and muslim backgrounds. It employs a qualitative case study design and critical discourse analysis to explore different discursive strategies in which Sweden is portrayed as a mal

The European Union’s recent history of sanctions targeting the Russian Federation can be dated back to 2014 when the latter committed to its illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula from the state of Ukraine. In the wake of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have we seen how the European Union has expanded upon these preexisting sanctions through several extensive sanctions pac

This thesis analyzes Sweden's management of the covid-19 pandemic with a focus on the balance between expert authority and democratic responsibility in a crisis scenario. The Study is based on the Corona commissions report and relevant scholarly literature, which are used to analyze how expert knowledge shaped political decision-making and public communication. The findings show that the Swedi

This thesis examines how Region Skåne and Region Stockholm work to comply with the Swedish care guarantee (vårdgarantin), with a particular focus on the management of waiting lists and the referral of patients to other regions. The study adopts a qualitative and comparative case study design based on document analysis of official reports, policy documents, and statistical data. The analysis is gui

In light of a feminist read of violence as existent along continuums, this study examines how violence against women and girls is discursively represented in Northern Ireland’s strategy to End Violence Against Women and Girls. This is done based on Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to be” approach to policy analysis, through which two prominent problem representations were identified.

The relationship between peace and business actors is by no means a simple one, and a substantial body of research has been devoted to analysing the many ways in which businesses fuel conflicts around the world. Yet, recent years have seen an increased interest in the notion of business actors as potential peacemakers. Simultaneously, the interest in inclusive peace processes, and particularly civ

This study demonstrates how Leviticus 21 formulates priestly sanctity through laws that regulate gender, class, and impurity within the Holiness Legislation. By applying a synchronic critical discourse analysis, informed by the distinction between ritual and moral impurity, the analysis explores how legal form produces hierarchical exclusions that reinforce priestly dominance, sanctioned through a

Det här examensarbetet går ut på att göra en konceptstudie och dimensionering av ett handledsverktyg för den snabba materialhanteringsroboten HKM från Cognibotics. Handledsverktyget skall möjliggöra att robotens funktionalitet utökas och breddas. HKM-robotens unika kombination av räckvidd och hastighet i kombination med ett nytt handledsverktyg ger företaget goda möjligheter att etablera sig inom The purpose of this thesis is to perform a conceptual study and dimensioning of a wrist tool for the high-speed material handling robot HKM by Cognibotics. The wrist tool is intended to enhance and broaden the robot's functionality. The unique combination of reach and speed of the HKM robot, in combination with the new wrist tool, gives the company good prospects to establish itself in the log

Vi människor lär oss mycket genom att prova oss fram. När vi märker att något fungerar bra, gör vi det igen och när något går dåligt, försöker vi undvika det i framtiden. Förstärkningsinlärning handlar om att ta inspiration från hur människor lär sig genom att interagera med sin omgivning. När en enskild person växlar pengar, till exempel inför en semester, påverkar det inte växelkursen nämnvärt.This thesis investigates the suitability of reinforcement learning (RL) for solving the optimal execution problem in financial trading. It evaluates the strengths, limitations, and practical considerations of applying RL techniques to this task. Several RL algorithms were implemented and tested, including Double Deep Q-Network (Double DQN) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), both of which achi

In this thesis we employ the method of eigenfamilies in order to construct explicit examples of complete minimal submanifolds in the classical non-compact Riemannian symmetric spaces $$\SLR n/\SO(n),\ \Sp(n,\R)/\UU(n),\ \SO^*(2n)/\UU(n),\ \SU^*(2n)/\Sp(n).$$ In each case, we produce a multidimensional parametrized family of complete minimal submanifolds of codimension two. The results form a conti

In the past decade, development aid has played an increasingly important role in China’s global strategy. As China pursues more assertive foreign policies through initiatives like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the expansion of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), its interpretations of diplomatic relations are distinctive from the traditional frameworks shaped by western countries.

Egypt’s area is approximately 1.002 million km². However, the population and economic activity are concentrated along the banks of the Nile, where the urbanization rate is approximately 7.8%, while the rest of the land is considered desert. This population and spatial density has prompted both the public and private sectors to consider and seek solutions represented by building new urban communiti

Fermentation of Ulva spp., a protein-rich green macroalga, offers a sustainable approach for utilising an available resource and developing functional food ingredients. However, its high levels of inorganic matter, polyphenols, and complex polysaccharides such as ulvan pose challenges to microbial metabolism. This study investigated the effects of various pretreatment strategies, including hot wat

This study investigates whether firms with higher ESG scores showed greater financial resilience measured by reduced downside risk and superior performance outcomes during the COVID-19 market shock specifically in the Nordic region. Conducted by drawing on the theories stakeholder theory, and the risk management hypothesis. It examined if ESG attributes could serve insulatory effects by preserving