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Foreign aid allocated to projects aimed at enhancing gender equality has grown rapidly and amounted to $45 billion in 2017, with the largest share allocated to countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the large amounts, the effectiveness of aid to gender equality aid has received little scholarly attention. This thesis studies the impact of foreign aid aimed at gender equality on a range of indica

Cosmopolitan theory has long argued that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected. Through borderless phenomena such as climate change, and through globalizing processes such as cross-border mobility and the global market, we are becoming increasingly aware of their social and political impact as global news and debates fill our social media channels. To this end, cosmopolitan theory argu

Temporary agency work is an ongoing trend that has been growing largely in the recent years. It is defined by a triangular relationship between temporary agency workers (TAWs), temporary agency, and clients. Furthermore, it is associated with low status and low-skilled job tasks. Despite its growing role in the labor market, little is known about the TAWs’ organizational commitment to their tempor

Despite a small population, Australia is globally relevant as the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the OECD and the world’s largest exporter of coal. Australia is also uniquely positioned amongst developed nations as being both acutely exposed to climate change impacts and being without coherent energy and emissions policies. This study reassesses Australia’s emissions profile uti

Research on developing economies has largely ignored the possibilities for shifting the center of attention towards well-being instead of economic growth. Due to the deficiency of research on well-being, especially with regard to ICT, this study approaches the current research gap and attempts to integrate recent literature by proposing a combination of frameworks and indicators. Kenya is not only

To allow further device scalability within the data storage industry there needs to be continued research of new technologies. One promising technology is the Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), based on magnetoresistive elements, which is non-volatile; consume low power and have fast read and write operations. To make the technology scalable, the bit (the smallest element in the MRAM) needs to

Ungefär 95% av alla barn i Sverige går i förskolan. Förskolans verksamhet ska följa de mål och riktlinjer som läroplanen för förskolan beskriver. Läroplanen beskriver bland annat områden som berör demokrati, värdegrund och att ta ansvar för att kunna skapa en framtid. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur och om två pedagogiska inriktningar påverkar pedagogernas förhållningssätt i verksamheten

The aim of this thesis is to answer the question how the interconnection of two success factors contribute to the individual elements of the Front End of Innovation, as identified by Koen et al. (2001). The distinguished success factors are; the integration of marketing & sales and research & development, and customer involvement (Florén et al. 2018). To get a thorough understanding of the

According to Christopher Vogler, all unforgettable stories contain a distinctive dramatic structure and an evolving hero accompanied by other archetypical characters. This essay examines the popular children’s book Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, and which impact the different archetypes in the story have on Percy’s growth as a hero. Traditionally, the mentor archetype is mostly credited fo

In the automotive sector purchasing plays a key role in strategic management, as most companies are pressured by constant innovation and cost pressure. Hence, most companies focus on lean management and outsource many of their business activities to stay competitive. The supplier selection is crucial to be able to efficiently and effectively carry out business operations. Therefore, in order to es

BVOC emissions from trees contribute to ozone and secondary aerosol formation and therefore have an impact on air quality. The two most abundant BVOCs emitted from trees are isoprene and monoterpenes. In urban areas, air pollution levels are already elevated and high rates of isoprene and monoterpene emissions from trees will potentially contribute to even higher levels of ozone and aerosols in th

In 2016 the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) decided to modify its resistance strategy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). This study analyses political imaginations within the displaced KDPI community in Iraqi Kurdistan through a social constructivist paradigm and the methods of observations and interviews. Findings highlight “insider views” of resistance and outline how identity

Increasing water demand and water security risks are global concerns for societal prosperity and business continuity as clean water is a critical input in several industrial processes. Understanding water risks is a complex field and few studies exists on the effects of water supply disruptions on industries. Economic impact assessment of water shortages is therefore important for insurance and ri

Single use medical devices have been the widespread practice for clinical work for many years. However, the negative environmental impacts of using disposable products have also attracted attention worldwide. To choose a disposable or reusable medical device should not only encompass economic and clinical safety aspects but also environmental impact. This study has compared environmental impact be

I arbetslivet överlag är förekomsten av distraktioner många gånger en problemkälla och begreppet kognitiv ergonomi har på senare tid fått ökat fokus. I det här arbetet undersöktes hur arbetsprestationen under visuella sökuppgifter utifrån auditiva instruktioner påverkades av auditiva (ickeverbala) distraktioner under låg respektive hög load. Load manipulerades genom förekomsten av distraherande viThe occurrence of distractors is often a factor reducing the productivity in workspaces and cognitive ergonomics has gained increased focus. This work investigated how auditory (nonverbal) distractions during low and high load influenced the performance of a visual search task based on auditory instructions. Load was manipulated by the presence of distracting visual stimuli. The result showed that

I detta arbete har det visats att artificiella neuronnät är lämpliga för att lösa svåra inversproblem inom kvantfysik. Relativt enkla program har använts för att räkna ut kvantmekaniska potentialer från antingen deras energispektrum, eller hur partiklar fördelar sig i dem. Vilket visar på att denna teknik skulle kunna vara lämplig för andra svårare problem i området. Det skulle också kunna användaInverse problems are important in quantum physics as their solutions are essential in order to describe a number of systems using measurable information, e.g. excitation energies or material properties. The problem with inverse problems is that they are usually very hard to solve. One method that could be useful in solving these problems is artificial neural networks. Artificial neural networks ha

Controlled water activity in an enzymatic reaction can influence enzyme activity and productivity. A small layer of water around an enzyme gives it a required flexibility to catalyze reactions at a higher rate in contrast with the one that is dry (Adlercreutz, Dicko, Larsson, & Månsson, 2017). The hypothesis of this research project is that the product yield and productivity of acidolysis and

Medias framställningar om hemlösa och hemlöshet påverkar övriga samhällsmedborgares föreställningar om hemlösa och hemlöshet och i sin tur hur hemlösa bemöts och behandlas. Normerade samhällsgrupper dikterar genom media hemlösas livsvillkor och sociala roller. En konsekvens av detta är att hemlösa stigmatiseras. Denna uppsats utforskar genom kvalitativa metoder medias framställningar av hemlösa oc

Self-driving vehicles is a highly anticipated technology for increasing the safety and efficiency of automotive transportation systems by removing the risk of human errors. Volvo Car Corporation is determined to produce vehicles of full autonomy and highest safety within the near future. To achieve this goal, Volvo Cars is in parallel with the development of autonomous vehicles setting up a sophis

Knowledge about the gas-phase close to an active catalyst is essential in order to understand the properties of the catalytic reaction process. By the use of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF), the gas-phase can be visualized with high spatial and temporal resolution without affecting the catalyst. In this work, catalytic CO oxidation over a Pd(100) catalyst is investigated using laser-induc