The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations uppskattar att så många som 840 miljoner människor är undernärda, de flesta av dem människor i utvecklingsländer. Samtidigt försöker många parter förbättra och skapa nya växtsorter som ger större skördar, ökade näringsvärden, och andra fördelaktiga egenskaper. Nya växtsorter kan få skydd genom den internationella immaterialrätten vilket The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations estimates that as many as 840 million people are undernourished, most of them living in developing countries. Meanwhile many parties are looking to improve and create new plant varieties that gain greater yields, increased nutritional values, and other beneficial traits. These new plant varieties can gain protection by the international

This study explores the possibilities of reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the perspective of the Palestinian citizens of Israel, also known as the Israeli-Arabs. The theoretical and empirical frameworks aim to provide further research to the field of reconciliation through peaceful containment of narratives between deeply divided groups in intractable conflict. Given the

The objective of this thesis is to investigate performance for dierent investment alternatives for an investor wanting to track a multidimensional stock index. Performance is measured in terms of transaction cost, active return against the index and tracking error. The problem is approached by comparing performance for a full replication strategy against a strategy in which the traded portfolio is

In a globalised world dominated by market-led growth, a rolled back state and a powerful business sector, production networks have become increasingly complex. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) evolved as a mainly business-driven response to civil society actors’ call for more ethical business practices that care for people and environment. As such, the business sector has successfully come be

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. The DFID, a global leader in resilience-building, will serve as a case to show in what ways power-relations are embedded within the organisation’s di

This thesis aims to use an approach based upon image-based 3D modeling in a comparative analysis of maquetas and ceremonial structures from the Late Moche Period in the Jequetepeque Valley, Peru, and determine if this approach is constructive in such an analyses. During this work, one particular case will be used, comparing one maqueta from San José de Moro to one ceremonial structure of San Ildef

Den här uppsatsen handlar om den del av marknadsmissbruk som utgör otillbörlig marknadspåverkan. Ämnet fick helt nyligen förnyad aktualitet med anledning av ett domslut från HD. Uppsatsens övergripande syfte är att beskriva gällande rätt kring otillbörlig marknadspåverkan. Utöver det behandlar uppsatsen domslutet från HD ingående och analyserar konsekvenserna av nu sagda dom. Slutligen redogör uppIn this essay market abuse will investigated and more specifically market manipulation. Market manipulation has recently been discussed due to a court ruling by the Supreme Court of Sweden, NJA 2013 s. 987. The comprehensive purpose of this essay is to describe the established law in regards to market manipulation. In addition to that this essay will analyse NJA 2013 s. 987 and in particular the l

WHO gav år 2008 ut en checklista för säkrare kirurgi och ökad patientsäkerhet. Efter att checklistan infördes internationellt har antalet komplikationer och dödsfall reducerats (Socialstyrelsen, u.å). I Sverige idag finns bristande kunskap om hur den totala följsamheten ser ut sedan checklistan infördes. Syftet med studien var att beskriva och jämföra operationsteamets följsamhet av momenten ”Tim

Denna uppsats analyserar det komplexa rättsläget i situationer när principen om effektivt rättsskydd, som är en allmän princip inom EU-rätten, påverkar medlemsstaternas nationella processautonomi. Det är oklart, såväl i doktrin som i EU-rättslig praxis, vad principen om effektivt rättsskydd innebär. Den kopplas ofta samman med både likvärdighets- och effektivitetsprinciperna, som också begränsar dThis thesis examines the complex legal landscape of situations where the national procedural autonomy of EU Member States is affected by the general principle of EU law known as the principle of effective judicial protection. The meaning of effective judicial protection is unclear in the legal doctrine as well as in the case law from the Court of Justice of the European Union. It is often linked t

I uppsatsen utreds under vilka förutsättningar en styrelseledamot i ett aktiemarknadsbolag kan bli ansvarig för felaktig eller vilseledande börsinformation till värdepappersmarknaden. Korrekt informationsgivning från aktiemarknadsbolag till värdepappersmarknaden är väsentligt för att upprätthålla förtroendet från både enskilda investerare och från allmänheten. Reglerna syftar även till att skydda In this paper I examine under which conditions a director of a publicly listed corporation can be held responsible for incorrect or misleading disclosure on the securities market. Proper disclosure from publicly listed corporations to the securities market is essential for the sake of maintaining the trust from both investors and the general public. The regulation also aims to protect investors by

This essay investigates the Swedish Ecumenical Programme in Israel-Palestine (SEAPPI) with the purpose of examining how an NGO, such as SEAPPI, can remain neutral or impartial in an asymmetrical conflict. This will be done with the support of Slim’s (1997) perspective on neutrality and impartiality. The primary material are the two books based on the accompaniers’ reports on the situation and thei

This essay aims to display how orientalism is incorporating itself through children's literature. By understanding orientalism as a hegemonic discourse, and examining it through a foucaultian discourse analysis, my soul purpose is to discuss wether orientalism gains strength and viability through the works of authors. The result show that the orientalistic discourse feeds itself by affecting t

Vertikala restriktioner och särskilt sådana gällande pris har i allmänhet ansetts ha negativa effekter på konkurrens under en lång tid, både i USA och i EU. Prisgolv har en lång historia av att ses som konkurrensbegränsande. I USA har det setts som per se olagligt i nästan hundra år under Sherman Act avsnitt 2. Under de senaste decennierna har det dock skett en förändring i synen på prisgolv, som Vertical restrictions and especially price restriction has generally been deemed anticompetitive during the years, both in the US as well as in the EU. Minimum resale price maintenance has a long history of being seen as anti-competitive. In the USA there has been a per se illegality regarding RPM for almost a hundred years under the Sherman Act section 2. However, in the last decades there has be

The aim of this thesis is to analyze women’s presence in historical archives by studying the structure of two specific archival institutions and their information retrieval systems. The institutions we have chosen are the National Archives of Sweden and Women’s History Collections at the University of Gothenburg. The study has been conducted by searching for women of varying levels of recognition

The purpose of my thesis is to study how different cultural heritage institutions digitize their historical picture collections. Many of these collections contain thousands or even hundreds of thousands of photos and it can be a great strain on any institution´s resources to digitize them. I wanted to see if they use any kind of standard and if not - would a national standard be a help or a hindra

Uppsatsen analyserar den pågående konflikten i Centralafrikanska republiken och dess angränsande länder, med särskilt fokus på regionen omfattande nordöstra Centralafrikanska Republiken, östra Chad och västra Sudan (CCS-regionen). Med anledning av dess orsakande av avsevärda civila förluster och dess efterlämnande av åtskilliga förstörda samhällen utgör konflikten en betydande angelägenhet för detThe thesis examines the contemporary conflict in the Central African Republic and its neighbouring countries, in particular the region comprising north-eastern Central African Republic, eastern Chad and western Sudan (the CCS-region). Having caused numerous civilian casualties and left countless societies entirely ruined, the conflict is one of major concern for the international community. The co

The demand for centralised risk metric services is increasing as the regulations and legislations in the financial market becomes stricter. In cooperation with TriOptima a framework for such service is presented. The framework is constructed such that parallel computation using graphical processing units (GPUs) is possible, with the goal to obtain maximal computational speed. The focus of this the

Bakgrund: Att bemöta barn som ska sövas kan innebära en utmaning. Sjukhusmiljön med specifik teknisk utrustning kan skapa en oro och rädsla hos barnet. Ett barn som är oroligt vid sövning riskerar att få postoperativa komplikationer som ökad smärta och sömnsvårigheter. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa anestesisjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att bemöta barn som ska sövas. Metod: Enskilda se

Indonesien har ratificerat de viktiga internationella mänskliga rättigheter-traktaten som ålägger stater att eliminera diskriminering av kvinnor – CEDAW, ICCPR och ICESCR. Ändå existerar omfattande diskriminering av kvinnor i landet, underblåst särskilt av lokala regleringar som tillkommit genom den starka regionala autonomin. Dessa regleringar, antagna på provins-, region- eller stadsnivå, bryterIndonesia has ratified the crucial international human rights treaties obligating states to eliminate discrimination against women – the CEDAW, the ICCPR and the ICESCR. Yet discrimination against women exists in Indonesia, especially fuelled by local regulations able to arise due to the country’s strong regional autonomy. Enacted either at province, regency or city level, these regulations contra

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka i vilken utsträckning arbetstidslagstiftningen i Thailand och Sverige skyddar rätten till decent working time för hushållsarbetare. För att uppnå detta jämförs arbetstidslagstiftningen i de två länderna med hur decent working time definieras inom den internationella arbetsrätten. Denna analys utgör grunden för en diskussion om arbetstidsregleringen för hushåThis paper explores the extent to which working time legislation in Thailand and Sweden protects the right to decent working time for domestic workers. This is examined through a comparative analysis of the national working time legislation in the two countries and the parameters of decent working time established in international labor law. This is the basis for a subsequent discussion on the re