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Effective and fair taxation is imperative for development and thus sustainable peace in post-conflict countries; yet there is a glaring paucity of generalizable research on the subject. Drawing on theories from Political Economy and Comparative Politics this thesis investigates how political veto powers affect these states’ ability to mobilize domestic resources. An integrated model of delayed pol

In this report, the dynamics of an aertor of an activated sludge process is studied. Two control strategies for the dissolved oxygen concentration are tested. One contains either a PI-controller or an on-off controller, the other a self-tuning controller.

There are two key-parameters in the system, KLa, the total oxygen transfer rate, and OUR, the oxygen uptake rate of the microorganisms

The Peace Agreement between Farc-EP and Juan Manuel Santos is the result of a complex dialogue, not only between the signing parties but also between the victims, the opposition, the international community and the civil society. The agreement entails a narrative that recognizes the armed conflict and proposes a path to end it while bringing peace and reconciliation. The settlement incorporates le

Vattenkraft tillsammans med kärnkraft är dominerade energikällor i Sverige. Vattenkraften är till skillnad från kärnkraften en förnybar energikälla. Vattenkraften är vidare ett klimatvänligt energislag eftersom det inte orsakar koldioxidutsläpp under drift. Dessutom har vattenkraften unika förmågor som regler- och lagringskraft, vilket innebär en stor trygghet för Sveriges energisystem och samhäll

Algae exhibit different strategies to avoid predation by zooplankton. In green algae, which are generally not known for being toxic, colony formation or a protective mucilage cover can be such defence mechanisms. This study investigates the predation defence of Microglena globulifera (Chlamydomonadales), a unicellular freshwater green alga, against the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. Rotifers gro

This thesis analyzes how the young public feels about communication efforts that seek to emotionally appeal to them, by investigating the example of brand activist campaigns. By applying narrative theory, the study examines how these campaigns are structured to evoke emotions and how the young public emotionally responds to them. This way, the thesis has a holistic approach to the emotional side o

The houses from the million homes program are in severe need of renovation. A problem that arises when housing companies renovate are extreme rent increases. In many instances it exceeds the tenants’ payment ability. Resulting in a renoviction process where the tenant has no choice but to move. This study aims to examine how the housing company Fastigheter AB Trianon has worked with these necessar

Inflationen har stigit kraftigt de senaste åren runt om hela jorden. Stigningen kom oväntat och överraskade både centralbanker och kapitalförvaltare. Detta har lett till kraftiga ränteökningar för att försöka dämpa inflationen till lägre nivåer. Kanske hade det gått att undvika dessa kraftiga ränteökningarna om man hade haft tillgång till estimat av inflation på förhand. Vi undersöker i detta exDifferent models were developed with the aim of nowcasting inflation at a daily basis with high frequency variables, while using real-time data to avoid look ahead bias. Both popular machine learning models such as Random Forest and XGBoost, and more traditional models such as UMIDAS and Almon distributed lag models were used to make the nowcasts. The MIDAS framework was utilized as a way of handl

This thesis aims at evaluating the castle-building phenomenon in Italy and Japan through a comparative study of Canossa Castle in Italy and Azuchi Castle in Japan. By comparing Canossa Castle and Azuchi Castle, this thesis firstly investigates the definition of the word castle in Italian, Japanese and English to understand how languages influence the understanding of this phenomenon. By using pr

The surge in multinational corporations and increased globalization have brought substantial attention to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), a business phenomenon of considerable importance. Nevertheless, the global distribution of FDI is rather uneven, with transition countries being especially problematic. Although FDI has been assigned a crucial role in raising capital during structural changes t

I uppsatsen presenteras en undersökning av de svenska grundlagsbestämmelserna avseende handlingsoffentlighet och frivilligt utgivningsbevis i förhållande till Europeiska unionens (EU) dataskyddsförordning (2016/679). Inom ramen för svensk rätt har var och en rätten att ta del av en allmän handling med tillhörande personuppgifter. Vidare kan hemsidor beviljas ett frivilligt utgivningsbevis innebäraThe essay presents an examination of the Swedish constitutional provisions regarding public documents and voluntary release certificates in relation to the European Union's (EU) data protection regulation (2016/679). Within the framework of Swedish law, everyone has the right to access a public document with associated personal data. Furthermore, websites can be granted a voluntary publication

There is a widely regarded issue in Sweden, where its residents are categorized based on both their racial- and foreign affiliation, which may contribute to an individual's social exclusion from society. The categorization is based on a social construction with two opposite poles, “Swedes” and “non-swedes”, which causes concern for individuals with a foreign background as they become victims o

En förhöjd temperatur på jorden på grund av solens utveckling kan leda till förödande konsekvenser. Allteftersom solen åldras ökar den nämligen i ljusstyrka – vilket gör att vår planet nås av en större mängd ljus. Därmed värms planeten upp och detta kan på sikt leda till en förstärkt växthuseffekt och en skenande temperatur. Även om temperaturändringen inte är märkbar i nuläget kommer den om ungefThe stellar luminosity increases as a star evolves which inevitably yields a higher temperature on planets in orbit around the star. It is reasonable to assume that intelligent civilizations would tackle this issue through installing artificial structures that can alter the radiation received by the planet. Such structures, if they exist, are potentially detectable with current or near-future tech

Campylobacter jejuni causes around 100 million cases of gastroenteritis each year and are often transmitted to humans through the consumption of contaminated food, especially poultry. One of the natural enemies of C. jejuni is the bacteriophage Fletchervirus. In this master thesis I have been working on developing and evaluating different tools to modify Fletchervirus which could in the future hel

Målet med detta arbete var att utveckla en prototyp av en kostnadseffektiv pulsgivare till motorerna för ASSA ABLOYs snabbrullduksportar. Pulsgivaren ger återkoppling till de automatiska dörrarnas kontrollsystem och ska göra detta på ett tillförlitligt sätt samtidigt som de ska vara mer kostnadseffektiva än de nuvarande lösningarna som används på ASSA ABLOY. Utöver detta ger en egen produkt företa