In this thesis I examine the connection between female embodiment and subjectivation, technologization of reproduction and rationalities of government in Ukraine, where assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were introduced not so long ago, but have already become part of the lived experience of numerous women and heated a large debate in society about the nature of women, motherhood, national d

The aim of this thesis is to analyse the short story ”Ukannis al-shams ‘an al-suṭūḥ” by Ḥanān al-Shaykh from a postcolonial perspective. The analysis is based on the theories of Edward Said, Chandra Mohanty, Suha Sabbagh, Judith E. Tucker and Frantz Fanon. I have examined whether stereotypes of people, particularly Muslim women, from the Arab world can be found in the short story, and whether any

Abstract Objectives: Serum from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is often characterized by their ability to promote phagocytosis of necrotic cell (NC) by polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). The aim of this project was to study phagocytosis of NC by PMNs in presence of serum from SLE patients, and associate the ability of phagocytosis with circulating nucleosomes and autoantibodi

Abstract Habitat complexity is shown to be an important driver of invertebrate diversity on impacted coral reefs when the diversity supported by a comparative unit of habitat complexity is compared to that of a pristine coral reef. The more structurally complex pristine reef does not support the conventionally expected greatest amount of diversity, instead an upper limit threshold to habitat comp

Syftet med studien är att beskriva och analysera vad som påverkar kunskapsöverföring inom och mellan projekt. Primärdata samlades in genom en kvalitativ fallstudie på företaget BigCorps projektavdelning. Studien leder framförallt fram till två centrala slutsatser. Starkt projektfokus på grund av den höga graden av självständighet kopplat till kunskapsarbete och projektarbete kan i sig hindra kunsk

På bangården i Nässjö har det mellan 1918 och 2005 legat en impregneringsanläggning för järnvägsslipers. Som impregneringsmedel användes främst kreosotolja vilket innehåller polycykliska aromatiska kolväten (PAH) som kan vara skadliga för människa och natur. Marken på bangården är nu kraftigt förorenad och ska därför saneras. Tyréns AB har på uppdrag av Trafikverket tagit fram ett förfrågningsundA facility for preservation of wooden rail road sleepers has been operating at the railway yard in Nässjö between 1918 and 2005. The main preservative used at the site was creosote which contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) that can be harmful to humans and the environment. The soil at the railway yard is due to these activities heavily polluted and the Swedish Transport Administration

This paper uses panel data from 45 OECD and Latin American countries over 21 years to estimate the effect of different tax structures on GDP growth. A key aim is to compare the results from using two common measurement techniques, statutory tax rates and tax revenues as share of total tax income. The results from GMM estimations indicate that the choice of measure not only affects the statistical

Sociologen Wuokko Knockes forskning från 1986 påvisade hur kvinnor med utländsk bakgrund diskriminerades på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Det rådde arbetskraftsbrist inom industrin under denna period vilket bidrog till att invandrarkvinnor ofta blev hänvisade till denna sektor, och där blev tilldelade de mest lågvärderade, tyngsta och enformigaste arbetsuppgifterna, och inom den offentliga sektorn

In project RASTEP (RApid Source TErm Prediction) a computerized tool for real time prediction of source terms at a nuclear power plant is developed. The tool consists of two modules where one is a Bayesian belief network (BBN). A BBN consists of connected nodes and each node has a defined conditional probability table (CPT), which contains the probabilities that a node is in its different states g

Following World War Two emigration from Central and Eastern Europe, in particular, has grown in spite of increasingly strict border controls. Given this rise in migration pressure from the East during a strictly regulated period, the 2004 EU enlargement of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia threatened to transform the migration landsc

The purpose of this thesis is to make a sensitivity analysis of buildings in Växjö municipality relative future climate change, where the climate is expected to become warmer and more humid. Building constructions are analyzed in terms of moisture performance and how climate change may affect the moisture related durability of buildings. This thesis is limited to buildings with wooden frames opera

Popular Summary Native forests are one of the most important natural resources in Chile and cover 13.6 million ha in Chile (18% of the country area). These forests provide a wide range of ecosystem services but have been negatively affected by drastic land-use changes. Taking into account that future climate and land-use changes will affect these ecosystems, it is important to have efficient tools

Informationssystem är idag i princip ett oumbärlig hjälpmedel för de allra flesta företag och det finns flera olika källor och teorier som behandlar frågan om hur företag bäst lyckas med implementeringen av ett informationssystem. Det finns dock betydligt mindre dokumentation vad det gäller system som redan är i drift och hur de bör hanteras, särskilt när det kommer till små och medelstora företag

This paper empirically investigates the impact of natural resource dependence and abundance on financial sector development in MENA for the period 1980-2009. The link established provides a new explanation for the different levels of financial development across the region, which may influence the pace of economic growth. Using fixed effect estimator, the model makes an explicit differentiation be

This empirical paper uses modern methodology and techniques to analyze old and ongoing scholarly disagreements about the nature of Industrial Revolution. It analyzes the Industrial Revolution in Sweden and to find out whether it supports the traditional or revisionist view of the Industrial Revolution through quantitative time-series methodology and techniques such as cointegration analysis, Vecto

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att analysera hur komponentavskrivningar på förvaltningsfastigheter påverkar redovisningens ändamålsenlighet gällande intressenternas behov av ekonomisk översikt och beslutsunderlag. Vidare ska undersökningen analysera huruvida de ökade kostnader som komponentmetoden medför, motsvarar en ökad ändamålsenlighet i redovisningen för intressenterna. Metod: Kvalitativ metod