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Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) causes serious environmental impact in its end-of-life phase and it is the largest known source of heavy metals and organic pollutants in municipal waste. Moreover, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) containes valuable components that if recycled and reused, could reduce the use of virgin materials. However, nowdays WEEE is mostly landfilled.
Sammanfattning Jag har valt att problematisera varför vissa grupper och aktörer inte vill kalla sig för feminister och istället säger att de är för jämställdhet. Jag påstår därmed att på grund av det avståndstagandet har antifeminismen vuxit fram. Ordet feminist kopplas ofta samman med en vänsterpolitik, därför har jag valt att belysa högerns åsikter angående feminismen och jämställdhetsbegreppe
Institutional repositories are now being created to manage, preserve, and maintain the digital assets and intellectual output of a university. The incentives to change the process of scholarly communication have also begun serving as a strong motivator. There are problems to consider and questions to be solved when dealing with electronic publishing and the implementation of institutional reposito
As a tool to implement competition policies, Competition laws play important role in protecting and encouraging competition environment in market economy, guarantee the freedom of economic activities and the effective functioning of market mechanisms. Therefore, the competition laws have achieved more practical importance nowadays, and become indispensable components of legal structures in many co
In the first reading of the Draft Articles on State Responsibility, the ILC adopted Article 19, which made a distinction between two categories of internationally wrongful acts&semic 'delicts' and 'crimes' of states. This article, however, proved to be highly controversial. Consequently, the ILC in the second reading decided to 'decriminalize' state responsibility, i.e.
Kosovo was administered by the UN for almost ten years before unilaterally declaring its independence on the 17th of February 2008. In order to gain support from some major international political players, the declaration of independence was made in line with a number of requirements, including continued external presences, resulting in a ''supervised independence''. These requirem
Individuell lönesättning är ett intressant och aktuellt begrepp som inte har behandlats något märkbart i svensk forskning. Lönesättningen är något som berör alla parter på arbetsmarknaden och som också får dess riktlinjer bestämda av parterna då någon lagreglering inte finns. Arbetsmarknadens historia har präglat hur den individuella lönesättningen ser ut idag. De starkt centraliserade avtalen kom
The Common European Framework of reference for languages (CEFR) has, since its publication in 2001, become a key document with respect to the organisation of language teaching and testing in Europe. The six reference levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2) have become widely accepted as the European standard for grading an individual's language proficiency. However, it has been pointed out that the
Sammanfattning EU står inför en stor utmaning att kunna ta emot alla flyktingar som är på flykt. Idag är det främst de syriska flyktingar som är på EU:s agenda. Situationen i Syrien har tvingats miljontals människor på flykt och EU har ett stort ansvar att ta hand om de syriska flyktingar som kommer till dit. I EU pågår därför ett intensivt arbete att hitta lösningar på flyktingproblematiken, för Summary The Syrian refugees coming to Europe is a big challenge for the member states in the European Union. The situation in Syria has led to many millions of Syrians have fled their country of origin and they seek protection in nearby countries and in Europe. The European Union is facing a big problem in finding a solution for all these Syrians coming to Europe. During the last year, 2013, it ha
Sammanfattning Medlemskapet i EU har fått betydande rättsliga konsekvenser för medlemsstater och bidragit till införandet av en ny rättsordning. EU-rätten är enligt EUD:s rättspraxis överordnad och har företräde framför den nationella lagstiftningen. På vissa områden som t.ex. direkt beskattning har medlemstaterna behållit den nationella suveräniteten. Direkt beskattning regleras inte utan enstakaSummary The membership of EU has had significant legal consequences for the member states and has resulted in a new legal system. The EU Law is superior to and has priority over national legislation according to the EU case-law. In some areas, for example direct taxation, the member states have retained their national sovereignty. Direct taxation is not regulated except for a few exceptions in the
Context: The global demand for food is expected to continue increasing for decades, which may drive both agricultural expansion and intensification. The associated environmental impacts are potentially considerable but will depend on how the agricultural sector develops. Currently, there are contrasting regional developments in agriculture; expansion and/or intensification in some regions and aban
Background: The relation between vitamin D status and lymphoma risk is inconclusive. Objective: We examined the association between prediagnostic plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and lymphoid cancer risk. Design: We conducted a study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort of 1127 lymphoma cases and 1127 matched controls with a mean follow-up time
Background: Appendicitis is the most common disease requiring abdominal surgery in children. However, the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis is still a challenge, resulting in perforation and negative appendectomies, especially in girls and young children. Further, the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis is not known. Aim: To examine acute appendicitis in children in the aspects of evaluation of t
The physical processes and time scales underlying the evolution of surface tension in atmospheric solution droplets are largely unaccounted for in present models describing cloud droplet formation. Adsorption of surface-active molecules at the surface of a solution droplet depresses the droplet surface tension but also depletes solute from the droplet bulk, which have opposing and sometimes cancel
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are a family of bacterial toxins with seven major serotypes (BoNT/A-G). The ability of these toxins to target and bind to motor nerve terminals is a key factor determining their potency and efficacy. Among these toxins, BoNT/B is one of the two types approved for medical and cosmetic uses. Besides binding to well-established receptors, an extended loop in the C-termin
This thesis project was to develop a module for a forest precision seeder. The project is made at BCC AB. BCC is a worldwide supplier of forest seed centre and containerized nursery equipment. BCC develops, designs, produces and sales machines for forest seed handling. BCC s existing precision seeder can not handle seed that are tinier than 1 mm in diameter. With a growing market in countries with
Sammanfattning Begreppet underrättelseverksamhet kan innefatta brottsförebyggande verksamhet. Det handlar då om rättsutredande myndigheters arbete med att förhindra eller förebygga brottslig verksamhet. För att kunna bedriva ett effektivt arbete proaktivt krävs att adekvat information insamlas och att denna insamling sedan ligger till grund för en vidare bearbetning och analys. Den information somSummary The concept of intelligence may include efforts of crime prevention. When crime prevention is concerned it comes down to investigative authorities efforts to avoid or prevent criminal activity. For intelligence to be able to work effectively the process requires that adequate information is collected and that this collection may form the basis for further processing and analysis. The infor
