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It is intuitive and well known, that if agents in a multi-agent system iteratively update their states in the Euclidean space as convex combinations of neighbors’ states, all states eventually converge to the same value (consensus), provided the interaction graph is sufficiently connected. However, this seems to be also true in practice if the convex combinations of states are mapped or radially p
Assessment of the most appropriate groundwater conditioning factors (GCFs) is essential when performing analyses for groundwater potential mapping. For this reason, in this work, we look at three statistical factor analysis methods-Variance Inflation Factor (VIF), Chi-Square Factor Optimization, and Gini Importance-to measure the significance of GCFs. From a total of 15 frequently used GCFs, 11 mo
The alleged relation between mental disorder and violent criminal behaviour has been investigated mainly from an epidemiological perspective. Population-based registry studies have shown that violence occurs more frequently among people with mental disorders, like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, compared with control subjects, but that the increased risk is largely mediated by drug abuse and s
Objective:To evaluate short- and long-term outcomes after modified Stage-I (mStage-I) palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).MethodsThis retrospective single-centre study analyzed 128 patients with HLHS treated between 1993 and 2023. Patients were divided into two groups: Era-I (n=36), from 1993 to 2001, who underwent the classic Norwood procedure, and Era-II (n=92), from 2002 to 20
Study regionThe study encompasses Sweden (450 000 km2) located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe.Study focusWe quantified the future crop-water demand and water-irrigation needs of 30,000 km² arable land across Sweden to prepare for climate adaptation. We applied a spatially distributed catchment-scale (40,000 sub-basins) hydrological model with an irrigation routine according to FA
Deliverable D3.3 is the result of T3.3 Develop context-enriched operational guidelines for AI research areas.The aim of T3.3 was “to identify and lift overarching ethical concerns by cross-analysing use cases toimplement the bottom-up co-creation of context-enriched non-technical AI ethics guidelines” per AIresearch area (cf. AIOLIA DoA). The AI research areas covered in this deliverable are Gener
Diel rhythms synchronized to Earth's photic cycle are near-ubiquitous among animals living in regions with distinct day-night cues. Where such cues are reduced or absent, however, activity patterns may weaken, reorganize or become decoupled from the light-dark cycle, which may allow for more flexible behavioural expression. Using a dataset of >900 free-ranging black-legged kittiwakes from colonies
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by the selective loss of upper and lower motor neurons. There is a considerable variability in the disease progression of sporadic ALS, but the molecular basis for phenotypic heterogeneity remains largely unknown. ALS patients often manifest systemic metabolic abnormalities such as glucose intolerance and hyperme
Although the Chinese government claims respect of human rights, it seems that the official Chinese conception of these rights is not only different from but also challenges the dominant international conception - this Chinese challenge of the international human rights regime constitutes the problem area of this thesis. Using a Laclau and Mouffe inspired discourse analysis strategy to deconstruct
The aim of my work was, from the point of view from my respondents and literature, to create a picture of why so many highly educated people born abroad don't have an employment that coincides with their education. The question at issue was: How come highly educated people born abroad don't have an employment that coincides with their education from the native country? In my work, I carr
Library and information science (LIS), being a research area characterized by theoretical discord and definition disarray, provides an interesting field of inquiry. Its content, boundaries, scope and superior identity are not clearly stated. This Master s thesis focuses on a thus far unexplored perspective on the discipline: a conceivable statistic and causes- and- effect relationship between the
This paper examines the increasing use of bilateral investment treaties as instruments of foreign investment protection. The outcomes of treaty arbitrations are analysed to assess the extent to which treaties limit the economic policy choices available to host states. The disputes are also analysed to determine how such treaties may affect the development of legal institutions and the general appl
This paper aims to analyze how child restraint systems (CRS) in cars should be positioned to protect children at the ages 1 to 5. The study is preformed in co-operation with the Swedish insurance company Folksam. Data from Folksam´s database on car crashes in the years 1999-2004 is being used in this study. Every child in the ages 1 to 5 was searched for in the database, which resulted in 184 obse
171 miljoner människor i hela världen har diabetes enligt World Health Organisations (WHO) senaste undersökning år 2000. Den kroniska sjukdomen påverkar individens hälsa och syftet med magisteruppsatsen är att undersöka om diabetiker har fler sjukskrivningstillfällen och sjukskrivningsdagar än icke-diabetiker? Uppsatsen empirisk data kommer från HILDA (Health and Individuals Longitudinal Data and
Det finns drivkrafter för införande av virtuella möten i organisationer både i form av miljöaspekter och ekonomiska incitament. En omfattande förändring av mötesformer sker dock inte av sig själv. 2006 initierade Vägverket ett projekt kallat Resfri för att bygga upp en informationstjänst som kan hjälpa organisationer att ändra sina mötesvanor. För Vägverkets räkning har författarna utfört intervju
Vid uppsägningar på grund av arbetsbrist ska arbetsgivaren enligt huvudregeln i 22 § 4 st LAS upprätta en turordningslista efter anställningstid för berörda arbetstagare. På listan ges arbetstagare med lång anställning företräde till fortsatt anställning framför arbetstagare med kortare anställningstid. Detta har påverkat olika grupper av arbetstagare på olika sätt. I uppsatsen behandlas invandrar
I AD representeras arbetsmarknadens huvudorganisationer av så kallade intresseledamöter. När AD prövar ett mål om etnisk diskriminering har domstolen en så kallad allmän sammansättning. I en allmän sammansättning deltar tre ledamöter som inte kan anses företräda arbetsgivar- eller arbetstagarintressen och fyra intresseledamöter. Det har ett flertal gånger riktats kritik mot AD:s intresseledamöter
Syfte: Syftet med studien är att se om ett samband förekommer mellan Moody’s ranking och beräkningar utförda med en modifierad modell av Merton för ett visst antal europeiska företag. Syftet är vidare att dra slutsatser och tolkningar vad gäller tillförlitligheten och relevansen kring att använda den modifierade Merton modellen som ett kreditmått. Metod: Tillvägagångssättet för att erhålla resulta
