This thesis provides a study of the coastal state jurisdiction over the continental shelf. The study is limited to exploration and exploitation of subsoil petroleum deposits as well as the activities affiliated with this. There is a problem of overlapping, or conflicting jurisdictional competence, in situations where the law of the flag state applies in regard to the vessels involved in the petrol

Abstract This study was carried out in Cote d’Ivoire on female ex-combatants and members of organisations working with reintegrating former combatants. The study revolves more on war and reintegration of female ex-combatants. The main objective of the study is to document the presence, roles (combat roles), and treatment of women within war and reintegration. This is done for the fact that, women

Denna uppsats följer upp en indikation om att programledare – de som är närmast ansvariga för utbildningsprogrammen på Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH) – upplever sig ha ett dåligt inflytande över sin arbetssituation och sitt utvecklingsarbete eftersom de har ett ansvar men inte någon befogenhet att ta beslut över sitt ansvarsområde. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur kommunikationskanaler

Psykoterapi är en dokumenterat effektiv behandling mot många olika psykiska åkommor. Under många år har forskningen kring psykoterapi varit inriktad på att undersöka olika terapimetoders efficacy och i dessa studier kontrollerar man ofta för de faktorer som kan ha med terapeuten som person att göra. På senare år har intresset för icke metodspecifika faktorer ökat däribland också intresset för på v

Detta experiment undersökte om ett systematiskt tillvägagångssätt i en urvalsprocess ökar möjligheterna att välja ut de mest lämpade kandidaterna, och om det minskar risken för diskriminering på faktorerna attraktion och kön. Deltagarna (64 studenter) gjorde en fingerad rekrytering till två olika jobb: säljchef och möbelsäljare. Grad av systematik manipulerades genom att testgruppen fick tillgång

Title: Returns on Assets and Returns on Stocks: Based on Swedish Market. Authors:Tatiana Studyanikova and Eirini Sarantopoulou. Advisor:Hossein Asgharian. Key Words: Returns on assets (ROA), returns on stocks (ROS), variation, principal component analysis, firm-specific level. Purpose: Examine whether common factors of returns on stocks and returns on assets explain most of the variation in return

This study shows how a group of women with infertility issues find friendship, emotional support, and information using the anonymous environment of one virtual community. Through interviews with 11 women and an analysis of online journals and forum postings, the case study looks at how women use the anonymous and non- temporal nature of the Internet to be empathetic and supportive, and further ex

När den Europeiska ekonomiska gemenskapen bildades genom Romfördraget fanns inga uttryckliga hänvisningar till skyddet för de grundläggande rättigheterna. Den här uppsatsen beskriver framväxten av regelverket för de grundläggande rättigheter som har utvecklats av EU:s rättsväsende och lagstiftare i nära samarbete med medlemsstaterna och Europarådet. Målet med denna framställning är att presentera The Treaty of Rome which established the European Economic Community contained no explicit references to the protection of fundamental rights. This thesis describes the emergence of an EU acquis covering the field of fundamental rights developed by the EU judiciary and legislators in close cooperation with the Member States and the Council of Europe. The objective of this essay is to present the a

The purpose of our paper is to examine the relationship and interactions between oil price movements and stock market indexes in main two oil exporting countries - Russia and Norway from January 1998 to March 2011, and test how and to what extent oil prices together with other variables influence stock markets. Apart from crude oil price, we also include to our model some macroeconomic explanatory

This paper aims at providing a detailed analysis of the leading indicator properties of corporate bond spreads for real economic activity in the euro area. In- and out-of-sample explanatory power of corporate bond spreads on economic growth is examined along four dimensions: the industry sector – i.e. distinction between financial and non-financial corporations, the bonds‟ credit ratings and their

ABSTRACT Author: Emmy Emanuelsson, Erika Jönsson Title: A qualitative study about how professionals reflect on learning-disabled parental capacity Supervisor: Alexandru Panican Assessor: Christina Erneling The purpose with this study was to explore how professionals in social work reflect on learning-disabled parental capacity from a child- and parent perspective. We have investigated two differen

I dagens informationssamhälle är ett av företagens viktigaste konkurrensmedel hur medarbetarna tar till sig, bearbetar och förmedlar information, med andra ord hur de kommunicerar. Kraven har blivit högre på internkommunikationen i moderna organisationer, vilket har fått konsekvenser för människors yrkesroll, vars mjuka värden prioriteras såsom förmågan att kommunicera. Därför är det av intresse aIn the information society, one of the most important competitive weapon for the companies, is how their co-workers process and mediate information, in other words how they communicate. The demands on the internal communication are higher today in modern organizations. This has consequences for people’s professional roles, which nowadays focus on soft qualities for example the skill to communicate

Tutors: Stefan U Klingberg, Director Strategic Planning, Scania CV AB Ulf Paulsson, Ph.D in Engineering, Department of Business Administration Malin Olander Roese, Department of Design Sciences, LTH Issue of study: Services dominate the economy of today why it becomes essential for companies to add value through services. Still many companies fail to do so. The main reason is existing knowledge

Syfte och problemformulering: Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom aktuell rätt och rättspraxis genom åren klargöra var gränsdragningen går mellan äkta och oäkta bostadsföretag och hur denna gränsdragning görs. Problemformulering; Hur avgränsas äkta privatbostadsföretag från oäkta bostadsföretag? Metod: I uppsatsen används klassisk juridisk metod och uppsatsen inleds med en deskriptiv del som reKey words: Genuine real estate company, not genuine real estate company, housing cooperative/society, majority shear, qualified area Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to describe the problem of line drawing between genuine and not genuine real estate companies and how this line drawing has been done in legal usage. Methodology: This study is based on a legal method. It begins with a descript

Den här uppsatsen undersöker vilken effekt mottaget bistånd har på den ekonomiska tillväxten. Detta görs genom en sammanställning över tidigare forskning inom området, samt med hjälp av enklare tester för att undersöka biståndseffektiviteten betingat på olika faktorer. Det visar sig att bistånd är beroende av att det finns en av bistånd oberoende miljö i landet som främjar ekonomisk tillväxt, då b

The last decades have seen increasing empirical support for the argument that institutional quality has a significant impact on economic growth. However, in these cross-national studies China often seems to be an exception. Despite weak institutions, encroachments on property rights and the rule of law, China has achieved growth rates surpassing all other developing economies. This study asks whet

By addressing an absence of implementation studies, this master thesis aims to examine the implementation of the FRESH health policy in schools in Lombok, Indonesia. The method used is a qualitative field study based on empirical material consisting of interviews with representatives from implementing organizations and teachers designated to be “FRESH coordinators” in schools. By utilizing dimensi

My thesis focuses on the relationship between the local and regional level of Swedish public governance. Since decentralisation has been an ongoing trend in the public sector for at least two decades I assess this subject to be of importance for further discussion and analysis. The dissertation is meant to evaluate a few of the original purposes of decentralisation pronounced by the national admin

This thesis deals with an approach in how to structure global governance, proposed by an Australian political scientist John S. Dryzek, called ‘Discursive democracy’. This thesis presents the approach, goes through the different aspects of it and tries to give the reader a sufficient understanding of the approach. The thesis offer an evaluation of the approach through a process where the approach

Many of the Latin American and Central American countries have had diffuculties with the democratic process. One country that particularly stands out in the Central American region is Costa Rica, a nation that achieved democratic consolidation in the 1950’s. In order to analyze why Costa Rica has been characterized by this success, the researcher Larry Diamond’s theory is used almost as an analysi