Our paper studies the foreign direct investment (FDI)-pollution nexus based on China’s province level panel data from 2005 to 2014. The analysis focuses not only on a national panel (including all provinces), but also on three regional panels (provinces are divided by economic region. We applied dynamic panel data model with lagged variables based on general moment method (GMM) to capture causalit

Everything we see in nature shows how the environment influences them from both inside and outside, for example, appearance and inner structure. As Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, specific behavioural and physical adaptations that are the outcome of natural selection. [1] The outer appearance is a visible reflection of how environment changed while the inner structure is the organism

This paper aims to improve the understanding of economic development in Brazil since the 1950s by studying the relationship between structural transformation and poverty reduction at the state-level. Results from a modified shift-share analysis and analysis of an indicator of agricultural transformation suggest that structural transformation is a rather heterogeneous process within the country, hi

Efterfrågan på nyproducerade bostäder är stor i Sverige och bygg- och fastighetssektorn står för en betydande del av samhällets miljöpåverkan. För att minska sektorns miljöpåverkan läggs idag allt större fokus vid att välja byggnadsmaterial med omsorg. Företaget BoKlok bygger bostäder industriellt och vill utreda miljöpåverkan från material som används i stor utsträckning, för att kunna ta större There is a large need for housing in Sweden and the construction sector generates a significant part of society’s environmental impact. To reduce the environmental impact from the sector it is important to choose materials wisely. The company BoKlok builds housing industrially and wants to estimate the environmental impact caused by some of the major material groups. This could lead to more enviro

This is a Bachelor’s thesis on the subject of EU foreign relations with the Andean Community and its most recent political development. The thesis seeks to describe the political ideas behind the European Union’s foreign policy and external relations with the Andean Community, such as they are stated in the Regional Strategy Paper (2007-2013) and the Political Dialogue & Cooperation Agreement

Fiskar i Helge å går på p-piller, vilka risker och faror medför det? När fiskar exponeras för östrogena ämnen som finns i p-piller blir de tvåkönade. P-piller kan bestå av två östrogener, där det naturliga hormonet estradiol (E2) marknadsförs som det miljövänliga alternativet. Denna studie har kommit fram till att det är falsk marknadsföring då E2 inte är miljövänligare än det syntetiska hormonetDuring the 90’s intersex individuals was found among fish downstream sewage treatment plants, this was found to be due to estrogens in the water. Today we know that one of the largest contributors of the effects on fish is 17a-ethinylestradiol (EE2). EE2 is a synthetic estrogen used in contraceptive pills and is one of the most used pharmaceuticals in the world. In addition to intersex EE2 also ge

The large number of orphanages in Jinja, Uganda has promoted the widespread institutionalisation of children from poor families. Parents are left disempowered and have very few options but to sign over the rights of their children because NGOs in the region have largely prioritised orphanage care over other services. This paper critically analyses the failure of non-state actors in addressing the

The objective of this thesis is to examine the response of child poverty to wage and educational gender gaps within the household. The analysis combined household level longitudinal data, from Uruguay’s Continuous Household Survey carried on in 2012 and 2013, with the survey of Nutrition, Child Development and Health conducted in the country in the same years. We use two different models to estima

DNA är en mycket viktig molekyl, eftersom den innehåller all vår genetiska information. DNA består av två komplementära strängar som tillsammans bildar en dubbelhelix. Varje sträng är en sekvens av nukleotider, med olika baser: adenin (A), tymin (T), guanin (G), och cytosin (C). A och T på olika strängar bildar baspar, likaså G och C. Därför kan man genom att läsa av ena strängen veta sekvensen påA simple coarse-grained model has been developed for the purpose of studying DNA melting and especially the formation of bubbles in the melting process. The inter-strand interaction includes terms for excluded volume and electrostatics, as well as a short-ranged attraction modelling hydrogen-bonding, differing for the two base pairs. Results were obtained by canonical Monte Carlo simulations. The

Business Intelligence (BI) is becoming increasingly prioritized within current organisations. Previous research on factors affecting BI have been made within the context of implementation and with a focus on factors considered critical – that is – essential for BI to succeed at all. The authors of this thesis have gathered success factors in the context of BI usage, while not limiting the findings

Inspired by Krones Group in Holte/Copenhagen, the intention of this thesis is to simulate and optimize pasteurisation processes. Based on different modes of heat transfer, a mathematical model to describe the thermal processes in the product is developed. The main goal of the thesis is to optimize the thermal treatment of the product. Both the derivative-free COBYLA and the gradient-based MMA opti

Very sick patients who need specialized health services often require transport from their community to a regional facility that is appropriately resourced to provide definitive care for their condition. This is particularly important for people living in rural and remote areas but can be challenging due to long distances, mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The purpose of this research wa

This research is inspired by the concerns of deterioration of the environment by human activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the world. SMEs as organizational level members of societies are responsible for environmental sustainability as other society members for the damages of their business activities to the environment. The current study aims

In an ever changing world, nothing is changing more constantly and rapidly as the weather. It’s an integral part of human existence, with enormous implications for our possibility to survive. However, nothing has been as out of reach for humans to alter as the weather, but in the last century this has changed. Unintentionally we have set in motion a large change in our climate that we are now begi

Inom sjukvården delas patienter ofta in i riskgrupper som avgör vilken behandling som passar varje patient bäst. Företrädesvis ska indelningen baseras på information om patienterna, som till exempel ålder och tumörstorlek, och det är möjligt att använda sig av känd patientinformation för att lära en dator att koppla en given patient till en viss riskgrupp. Detta görs genom att man minimerar någon In this project, we compare two error functions for the purpose of training artificial neural networks on heavily censored data (data where key information is missing). J. Kalderstam et al. has shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on Harrell's C index \cite{Harrell} using genetic algorithms. He has also investigated the possibilities of improving the performa

Genom att studera hur en vision används av aktörer i en serviceorganisation syftar uppsatsen till att bidra till djupare förståelse kring funktionen av vision. Uppsatsens empiriska material utgörs av en fallstudie på hotellkedjan Scandic där tolv kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts. Den valda metoden är passande för att nå en djupare förståelse för hur personal upplever visionen i sitt arbete. D

Since the Lisbon Treaty’s entering into force in 2009 it is stated in Article 6(2) TEU that the EU shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental Rights (ECHR). In the second sentence of the same article it is provided that “such accession shall not affect the Union’s competences as defined in the Treaties”. Attached to the Lisbon Treaty is also Protocol No 8 in which it

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur frontpersonalen på Arbetsförmedlingen i Åstorp arbetar med att bygga upp förtroendet hos kunden. Frontpersonalens uppfattning och upplevelser har undersökts. Förkunskapen om hur myndigheten arbetar och hur förtroende begreppet ska definieras erhölls av en innehållsanalys på ett internt dokument hos Arbetsförmedlingen. Frontpersonalens uppfAbstract This paper’s purpose is to examine how the frontline workers at the Swedish Public Employment Service, Arbetsförmedlingen in Åstorp works to build trust with the customer. Frontline workers’ perceptions and experiences have been studied. Through a content analysis in an internal document from Arbetsförmedlingen were the writers’ prior knowledge of how the authority is working and defines

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur energiskogsodlingar är placerade i landskapet i förhållande till skogsmark, vägar och vatten och hur de fördelar sig mellan olika jordbruksproduktionsområden. Detta med fokus på energiskogssorterna salix, poppel och hybridasp i Sverige under tidsperioden 2000 till 2013. Arbetet baseras dels på en litteraturstudie och dels på GIS-analyser. Studiens resuThe purpose of the study was to analyze the location of energy forest plantation in relation to rivers, forests, roads and production areas. Focusing on the energy forest Willow, Populous and Aspen in Sweden between 2000 and 2013. The method used in this study consisted of a literature study and a GIS-analysis. The results are presented in tables and later on discussed. The conclusions of the stud

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka i vilken grad depression och omvårdnadsrepresentationer samvarierar hos pappor efter barns födelse. Särskild vikt gavs åt sambandet mellan pappornas grad av depression och deras upplevelse av maternal gatekeeping. När en pappa har en upplevelse av maternal gatekeeping känner han sig utestängd från delar av famljelivet och omvårdnaden av barnet. Målgruppen The aim of this study was to examine to what extent father’s postpartumdepression and caregiving representations correlated. Of special interest was the relationship between fathers severity of depression and their experience of maternal gatekeeping. When a father experiences maternal gatekeeping he feels excluded from parts of family life and caregiving of the child. The target group of the study