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In the creation of the Swedish Torts Act of 1972, questions of autonomy were raised and discussed in a number of different ways. Its treatment here and in the writing of several important legal scholars in the period between the 1864 Penal Law and the new Torts Act offers several valuable insights into the problem of autonomy and tort law today, not least concerning robotics and AI. This essay ar
Trade preferences used as a policy tool to promote exports from developing countries has been criticized for not being effective, as the increase in the share of imports to the European Union from developing countries has been disappointing. There has also been concerns regarding the underutilization of trade preferences among least developed countries. Both these arguments have led many to believ
This thesis investigates the volatility structures found in forward-looking fundamental valuations of the Swedish stock index OMXS30. The evaluated data constitutes daily observations of P/E ratios based on twelve months earnings estimates during the period 2009-01-02 until 2018-10-18. The analysis is conducted by applying a GARCH modelling framework to a log-return transformed return series deriv
Determining fatty acid composition within different lipid classes is a time-consuming process. Generally, normal phase chromatography is used to separate lipids by lipid class, based on differences in polarity. Fractions of this separation are then collected and derivatized into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMES), followed by analysis with gas chromatography and flame ionization detection (GC-FID).
The author of this thesis wishes to contribute to transitions towards more sustainable energy systems in Argentina. In order to do so, two objectives are established. The first one refers to increasing the understanding of the transitions taken place at the local level within energy supply systems in Sweden. The second objective is to increase the understanding of the conditions that need to be in
Impacts of extreme events caused by climate change, particularly heavy rains that lead tofloods and the prolonged recurrent droughts are now a regular occurance across the entireAfrican continent, hindering the region’s ability to be able to meet the MDGs by 2015. Africais already described as the most vulnerable and least prepared continent to these impacts andwith the lowest adaptive capacity le
Finanskrisen har haft en global inverkan på det finansiella systemet och har krävt en översyn av hur finansiella åtaganden och överväganden hanteras. Krisen har även satt igång en debatt kring hur vissa sedan länge allmänt accepterade principer om interna bolagsstyrningsfrågor ska hanteras. Ett av de mest framstående problemen som har fått mycket uppmärksamhet av många olika intressenter är ersättThe financial crisis that has been recently affecting the financial sector at a global level has led to the need to reflect on the way financial undertakings are managed. Consequently, it has also triggered a reflection on some commonly accepted and generalised principles related to internal governance. One of the most prominent issues that have been attracting the attention of different stakehold
The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine what form the information seeking discourse has, as displayed through the call for papers of the Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference. The ISIC conference is a biannual conference which gathers many key researchers and is widely regarded as the preeminent conference in the information seeking field, a field of research that has comparative
ERP-systems have become a vital part in the modern economy. However, to achieve a high level of information integration between business units, ERP-systems have sacrificed flexibility. As organizations are constantly changing it may be questioned whether the ERP-systems are supporting or restricting the organizations during their change process. In this study we have aimed to clarify the relations
The study was conducted through an abductive approach and a qualitative research strategy using a hermeneutic epistemological stance. The data was collected using interviews and respondents selected with a purposive sample technique. With interviews as a data collection technique, we have gathered data from five respondents representing larger listed companies, auditors from the four largest audit
Before a processing unit is taken into production it is prepared with water instead of product, among other things it is sterilized this way. When this preparation phase is done, the water is pushed out with the product that is about to be processed. During this phase a mixed zone of water and product occurs. This mixed zone of water and product results in a cost for the producing company due to l
A current growth in the field of information technology is certainly innovative in nature. In size and ease of access, knowledge and information are growing. Prospect decision makers in many fields will be accessible with extraordinary new tools for growth. In fields like health, agriculture, human resources, education and business improvement, transport or environmental improvement the consequenc
