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Real utopias and dystopias from the Colombian Amazon : collective future scenarios under government & FARC-EP post-agreement period

After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict, the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People’s Army (FARC-EP) raises both hope and concern. There are several opportunities for people, derived from wealth and land redistribution. However, the environmental sustainability of the mechanisms to implement the agreements represent the b

" Det viktigaste är egentligen att vi vågar se det här" - En kvalitativ studie om skolkuratorers upplevelser, erfarenheter och arbetssätt kring psykisk ohälsa hos unga

Abstract Author: Maria Bjärlestam Title: ” The most important thing is that we dare to face this”- A qualitative study about the experiences and ways of workning for school counselors when it comes to mental illness among adolscents Supervisor: Lina Ponnert Assessor: Tove Harnett The main purpose of this study was to investigate what thoughts school counselors have about the reasons for mental

Fluid-Structure Interaction; Numerical Modelling andExperimental Comparison

Målet med examensarbetet är att undersöka påverkan av fluid-struktur interaktionen för en svängande kropp nedsänkt i vatten. Vidare är det undersökt huruvida det går att modellera denna typ av fenomen med akustiska element i LS-DYNA med Mat\_Acoustic. Experiment med en svängande låda utfördes för att kunna jämföras med simuleringar av samma uppsättning. Experimenten innefattade fyra olika svängninThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effects of fluid-structure interaction on a submerged oscillating structure. It is to be determined whether it is possible to model such effects with acoustic fluid elements in LS-DYNA using Mat\_Acoustic. Experiments of an oscillating submerged box were performed and the results were used to compare simulations of the same setups. The setups compri

Cash is Queen - Impacts of conditional cash transfers on women’s empowerment

This thesis investigates the causal effects of the Peruvian conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, Juntos, on women’s empowerment defined along the psychological and familial dimensions. Usually, the main goal of CCTs is to reduce poverty. Women are key actors in the fulfillment of conditions and recipients of the transfer, and can thus also be affected by the program in terms of empowerment. Th

Grönyta och biologisk mångfald i urbana trädgårdar - En studie av privatägda trädgårdar i Lunds tätort

I svenska städer besår cirka 50 % av städernas grönytor av parker, kyrkogårdar, parkleder, men även av trädgårdar. Den här studien visar att äldre trädgårdar är större och grönare. Varför är då privata trädgårdar i urbana miljöer av intresse? Privatägda trädgårdar bidrar i stor utsträckning till den totala andelen grönyta i urbana miljöer. Grönytor bidrar till infiltration av dagvatten, vilket min

A parametric approach to data cleaning of ion current measurements

In this thesis, a few possible methods to clean nuisance signals from ion current measurements are explored. Ion current measurements can be used to optimise a combustion engine, but interference from the ignition system coupled with clipping caused by limitations in the measurement equipment limit the amount of data that can be extracted. This thesis develops a model which is used for simulation

Women as victims of domestic violence in China

The purpose of this thesis is to get an overview of how the Chinese legislation defines and understands violence in close relationships, to show which legal and political measurements the Chinese government takes in order to help women who are victims of domestic violence. Analysis is made on the basis of a legal perspective and radical feminist perspective. The legal perspective is based on indiv

State’s Image as Future Capital : A study of China’s cooperation with Russia on developments in the Arctic

China’s influence on the global stage is constantly expanding. Recently, a considerable amount of attention has been paid by the Chinese officials to the developments in the Arctic region. Majority of scientific works which have focused on the underlying rationale behind Chinese presence in the Arctic used theoretical tools provided by either liberal institutionalism or realism. Consequently, the

Vietnamese Mumpreneurs? Middle-class Mothers Negotiating Motherhood and Work in Northern Vietnam

This thesis explores the construction of motherhood in Northern Vietnam and how motherhood influences engagement with digital entrepreneurship. The study relies on 10 in-depth interviews with middle-class mothers of young children in urban areas in Northern Vietnam, who are currently running online businesses through Facebook. Existing literature on motherhood in Vietnam has placed motherhood with

The Confucius Institute at Suez Canal University: A Tool in China’s Public Diplomacy

This thesis will analyze the Confucius Institute at Suez Canal University in Egypt. Since 2004 China has been establishing Confucius Institute around the World. The official task of these institutes is to teach Chinese language and culture to foreign publics. However, there are many different opinions about these institutes, and thus superiority of a certain position is absent. Some of the previou

LGBT and the Changing Moral System in Contemporary Chinese Society: Formality Marriage and the Strife between Family-centered Values and Self-centered Individual Needs

This study focuses on the phenomenon of formality marriage xinghun in contemporary post-socialist China. This practice is becoming more and more common among LGBT individuals, namely gay men and lesbian women. The research aims to unveil and inquiry the mechanism working behind such practice, focusing on the factors influencing the choice to undergo xinghun, the search for xinghun partner and the

Rational Institutional Design of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Bounded Rationality Embedded in A Change-through-Continuity Characteristic

As a Chinese initiative, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a newly established multilateral financial institution which addresses the daunting infrastructure demands across Asia and furthers interconnectivity and economic development through advancement in infrastructure and other productive sectors. AIIB is envisaged to be built into a first-class multilateral development institu

Participatory Culture between Producer, Co-Producers and Community on YouTube Channel Easy Languages

Easy Languages is a channel on YouTube that focuses on language learning through street interviews. The channel is the result of dynamic participatory culture on the Web 2.0 and it has a main producer and several co-producers who constantly upload language-learning videos on the channel. Participatory culture is the main theme of this thesis. This thesis investigates the motivations behind the par

Classification of Acoustic Scenes Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Minut is a startup company that builds a camera-free home monitor called Point. This thesis is about investigating the possibilities for Point to be able to use machine learning techniques for classification of acoustic scenes, in particular to detect if a party is ongoing in the home where Point is located. Machine learning is a mathematical field that uses data to learn models from which one can

Mutual recognition of standards and international trade: what can we learn from the Organic Equivalency Policies?

The development of product standards and their widespread adoption can play a vital role in facilitating transactions and enhancing trade, both domestically and internationally. This paper aims to examine whether mutual recognition of product standards could facilitate international trade of organic products. The measure of mutual standards used in this thesis is a number of organic equivalency ar

Berättelser om återhämtning

This study is based on interviews with people who have been in contact with psychiatric care and are, or have been in recovery from mental illness. The aim was to investigate how the interviewees describe their recovery and which factors that matter in recovery. The previous research this study builds upon show that a key aspect of recovery comes from reclaiming power of self and finding or, refin

Community-Based Preparedness Trainings to Build and Strengthen Local Capacities for Disaster Preparedness. With lessons learned from Preparedness Trainings in landslide risk communities in Sri Lanka

Disaster response is most effective, if a high level of preparedness is in place before natural hazards strike. As many low-income countries are under-financed when it comes to Disaster Risk Reduction, it is lower-cost interventions such as Community-Based Preparedness Trainings that they often rely on to provide strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities. These trainings are widely use

Mutual fund performance in the Swedish premium system - Beyond the mean-variance framework

This paper presents an evaluation of the Swedish pension system, using performance measures that accounts for higher moments of the distribution. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between the classical Sharpe ratio and more sophisticated measures, while specifically focusing on the outcome of the default fund in the system. These additional measure consists of the ASSR which acco

High-growth SMEs and public export aid

he Swedish government’s export strategy (2015) calls for Swedish SMEs to export more, particularly beyond the EU Internal Market. Swedish public organisations engaging in export-promoting activities are thus to increase export aid to SMEs, using SMEs’ needs as compass. Yet many, if not most, SMEs will never export. In a survey (N=174) to high-growth SMEs, this study examines exportoriented SMEs’ o