This report aims to introduce the reader to contemporary developments in Iraq and Syria. It starts by an overview of the modern history of the two states. This is followed by more focused parts with the purpose to highlight issues in regard to uprisings and conflicts. Specific attention is given to recent and current political culture and to policies concerning religious and ethnic groups as well

The article demonstrates historical dimensions between Sweden and Latvia, focusing on contemporary historical debates

We present new polynomial-time approximation schemes (PTAS) for several basic minimum-cost multi-connectivity problems in geometrical graphs. We focus on low connectivity requirements. Each of our schemes either signifi- cantly improves the previously known upper time-bound or is the first PTAS for the considered problem. We provide a randomized approximation scheme for finding a biconnected graph

I kursen ETS170 kravhantering erbjuds studenterna möjligheten att genomföra praktikprojekt i samarbete med näringslivet. Praktikprojekten utgör 2 av 5 poäng och genomförs i grupper av 3-5 studenter. I dessa skarpa projekt tillämpar studenterna teorin i kursen på verkliga industriella problem och får genom stort eget ansvar prova sina förmågor att gå från teori till praktisk handling i en verklig i

Popular Abstract in Swedish Lågflödesanestesi (reducerat färskgasflöde till 1,0 l/min) har fördelar genom att minska gaskostnader, reducera gasutsläpp till atmosfären samt öka befuktningen i andningsvägarna. Anestesiologin har under 1990-talet tillförts två nya inhalationsmedel, desfluran och sevofluran. Dessa båda nya inhalationsmedel skiljer sig från de tidigare främst genom sin lägre löslighet Volatile agents are economically and ecologically acceptable only when administered via low-flow systems. However, sevoflurane degrades during low-flow anaesthesia to compound A, and a high carbon dioxide absorber temperature increases this degradation. This thesis suggests that there is a correlation between apparatus dead-space volume and absorber temperature during low- and minimal-flow sevoflu

It is possible for persons to deserve evaluative attitudes such as admiration and disdain. There is an apparent asymmetry between positive and negative attitudes, however. While the latter appear to be subject to what I will call a "control requirement," the former do not appear to be so subject. I attempt to explain away this asymmetry by appeal to pragmatic factors

Dissociation is a complex concept that involves at least two different types of phenomena: the compartmentalization of psychological processes such as memory or identity that should ordinarily be integrated, and alterations of consciousness characterized by experiential detachment from the self and/or the environment. Although there are non-pathological manifestations of dissociation, this chapter

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During recent years the nuclear decay modes of discrete prompt proton and alpha-particle emission from deformed or superdeformed high-spin states have been discovered in nuclei in the vicinity of doubly-magic Ni-56. The particle decays may be viewed as self-regulated two-dimensional quantum tunnelling processes. Due to the decay the remaining nuclear mean-field potential is rearranged dramatically

Empirical findings indicate a need of support for environmental management within the manufacturing industry for improving the environmental performance of their production systems. This paper elaborates on a generic, three step visualization tool, here called Green Performance Map (GPM). The GPM adds to the framework of ISO 14001, providing the user with a systematic procedure to visualize enviro

Ontologies, formal knowledge representation, and reasoning are technologies that have begun to gain substantial interest in recent years. We present a high-level declarative approach to writing application programs for specific ontologies, based on viewing the ontology as a domain-specific language.Our approach is based on declarative meta-compilation techniques. We have implemented a tool using t

One of the main objectives of this series is to explore the relationship between Islam, nationalism and citizenship in its diverse expressions. The series intends to provide a space for approaches that recognize the potential of Islam to permeate and inspire national forms of identification, and systems of government as well as its capacity to inspire oppositional politics, alternative modes of be