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Analyzing Thailand’s competitive advantage in ASEAN after Asian crisis in 1997 is vital for a nation’s economic development in the region where the neighborhood could be both complementary and hostile. Utilizing Porter’s diamond model with the quantitative approach has concluded that Thailand is ranked as the third-most competitive nation in ASEAN. Malaysia is identified as Thailand’s most awful c

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Jag har studerat ungefär 450 miljoner år gammalt material från Cincinnati-området i USA. Materialet består av stenplattor av olika storlek, med fossila rester av olika havslevande organismer. Under tidsperioden Ordovicium låg den amerikanska kontinenten vid ekvatorn och dess inre täcktes av ett hav. Just i området kring Cincinnati avlagrades i detta epikontinentThe study aims to reconstruct the palaeoenvironments and faunas from six different localities in the area of Cincinnati, USA. The Upper Ordovician consists of limestones with intercalating mudstones. The faunas are rich and very diverse. The taxonomic composition and taphonomic indications are briefly described. The palaeoenvironment and faunal communities are reconstructed and compared to Bretsky

A diagnosis-prescribing study was performed in 5 Swedish counties during 1 week in November in 2000 and repeated in 2002. The aim of the present study was to analyse data for children 0-15 y of age who consulted a general practitioner with symptoms of an infection. During the 2 weeks studied, 4049 children were consulted. Respiratory tract infections (RTI) were the predominant diagnoses, above all

Bakgrund Diabetes mellitus är en av de vanligaste dödsorsakerna hos vuxna och uppskattades år 2017 vara upphov till 4 miljoner dödsfall globalt. Diabetes mellitus är en av de fem icke-smittsamma sjukdomarna som WHO har valt att prioritera i syfte att förbättra folkhälsa. Diabetes mellitus typ 2 ligger bakom 80-90 % av all diabetes. Förutom att sjukdomen kan leda till njursvikt, perifer neuropati o

Progress on Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education (SDG4) has been insufficient and knowledge of how it is implemented into domestic contexts remains limited. Using norm diffusion theory as a framework, this thesis is a comparative study of SDG4 implementation in five countries around the world. By analysing both the discursive and practical impact of SDG4, this thesis has studied if an

Non-drinkers among youth in Sweden have increased markedly during the last 15 years. The aim of this study is to investigate the temporal association between region of origin among Swedish youth and rates of non-drinking.

There are few longitudinal studies on sick building syndrome (SBS), which include ocular, nasal, throat, and dermal symptoms, headache, and fatigue. We studied the associations between selected microbial components, fungal DNA, furry pet allergens, and incidence and remission of SBS symptoms in schools in Taiyuan, China. The study was based on a two-year prospective analysis in pupils (N = 1143) i

This thesis is focused on the lack of investment in the human security of the marginalized Hazara minority of Afghanistan. Human security is a relatively new concept over which there is considerable debate and this thesis presents a discussion of various debates regarding human security and peacekeeping before taking a firm stance in the debates, emphasizing the importance of investing in the huma

Today cities are the result of centuries of history and human development, accelerated during the past 100 years. Post-industrialization, modernism’s top-down city planning approach, and the prioritisation of motor vehicle design over humans resulted in more people moving to cities, more space needed to allocate new vehicles, expansion over rural areas, and exponential pollution growth. Thus, huma

Parents' experiences of child protection investigations - a meeting with society's safety net. The aim of this study was to explore how parents experience child protection investigation processes and further to examine what those investigations are perceived to do and consist of. The study was conducted through a social constructionist approach through which parental experience is seen

A FT-NIR (Fourier-Transform Near Infrared) model for moisture content has been developed for whole seeds of Swedish rapeseed (Brassica napus) by the conditions given during the harvest of 2014. Compared to Internal standardized (ISO) method 665, the final model showed very small differences in terms of repeatability and measurement uncertainty even though the measurement time was four times faster

This study is concerned with the subject of the resource curse. When countries discover significant natural resource reserves they counterintuitively exhibit dropping growth rates despite its high world market price. Several researchers have studied this phenomenon and labelled it the “resource curse”. They have tracked it to a number of causes, including how massive mineral windfalls affect the p

Droplet microfluidics is a technique that can improve biochemical analyses through higher throughput, lower sample volumes, and reduced costs. For several applications of droplet microfluidics, manipulation of the droplets is required. Trapping is one technique to manipulate the droplets, and can be used for incubation and monitoring of the droplets, allowing enough time for chemical processes to