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The aftermath of the Gorkha earthquake was followed by a heavy critique of the government of Nepal for not distributing relief aid or responding to the disaster in a timely manner. Though many dimensions of the earthquake and its impacts have previously been examined, little research has been conducted on what factors impacted the spatial distribution of the relief aid that was actually delivered.

In an era where social media shapes public opinion and lifestyle choices, and issues such as global climate change are at the forefront of the public’s minds, green influencers emerged as promoters of sustainability and educators on environmental topics, especially among Gen Z. Despite the growing popularity and influence of green influencers, there is a lack of knowledge related to how Gen Z perc

Background: Smoking is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and causes exposure to cadmium, which is a pro-atherosclerotic metal. Cadmium exposure has also been shown to increase the risk of CVD, even after adjustment for smoking. Our hypothesis was that part of the risk of CVD in smokers may be mediated by cadmium exposure from tobacco smoke. We examined this hypothesis in a medi

Air travel is predicted to grow over the coming decades contributing to carbon emissions. Airlines have offered voluntary carbon offsetting for over a decade, yet less than 10% of air travellers purchase them. Previous studies ignore the broader policy or social context of sustainable transport and aviation offsetting. In a natural experiment, a panel of the same Australian residents was tracked o

The main purpose of this thesis is to study the Internet governance regime. In order to achieve this, I have a theoretical and an empirical ambition. The first is to develop a process-oriented theoretical framework for studying the evolution of the Internet governance regime, which I argue is necessary in order to capture the dynamics of regime evolution. The framework is based on the structuratio

In the framework of clusters and innovation systems, several scholars have mentioned the phenomena of related variety and diversification. Variety in specific has been observed in a number of different industries and agglomerations, but not extensively examined yet. This study tries to understand innovation in the spirit-industry of the cognac region, recently baptized Spirit Valley, and more spec

The European Union is a major global political actor both in fields of trade as well as that of human rights. While the union is engaged in holding their members responsible for human rights abuses and reducing world poverty through aid and beneficial trade, its trade policy is often subject to criticism. Such critique serves as a valuable gate opener to relevant trade policy documents for this es

We study the spectral properties of the advection-diffusion operator associated with a non-chaotic 3d Stokes flow defined in the annular region between counter-rotating cylinders of finite length. The focus is on the dependence of the eigenvalue-eigenfunction spectrum on the Peclet number Pe. Several convection-enhanced mixing regimes are identified, each characterized by a power law scaling, -μd∼

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze and contextualize the outcomes of competence development as a restructuring strategy in a company that was significantly affected by the economic recession in 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In the context of restructuring, increased globalization has expanded international competition that in turn has put additional pressure on organizational

Growing number of ISO 14001 certifications worldwide creates new possibilities for organizations to benefits from the global recognition of the standard. One of them is unequivocally the use of ISO14001 certificate as one of conditions for supply chain cooperation. Such situation pulls many enterprises into implementation of the systems for the bare reason of fulfilling the requirement, abreast to

During the last few decades, education globally has been marked by being closely related to the economy. It always was, but today’s commodification and marketization reach into any aspect of the educational system (Ball, 2012; Bartlett et al., 2002). Sweden is a specific case at hand, since privatization and competition between schools have taken especially sinister forms, and have far-reaching ef

There is a critical need to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying brain injury, repair, and recovery following ischemic stroke-a global health problem with major social and economic impact. Despite 5 decades of intensive research, there are no widely accepted neuroprotective drugs that mitigate ischemic brain injury, or neuroreparative drugs, or personalized approaches that guide therapies to

Classic accounts of transitions research have predominantly built on reconstructions of historical transition processes and in-depth case studies to identify and conceptualize socio-technical change. While such approaches have substantively improved our understanding of transitions, they often suffer from methodological nationalism and a lack of generalizability beyond spatial and sectoral boundar