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Estimation of GPP in Sudan using the evaporative fraction as water stress factor The Gross Primary Production "GPP" quantifies the amount of carbon entering an ecosystem. It is an ecosystem service since it is a source of energy for all organisms and it is estimated to reduce atmospheric CO2 in about 123 Pg C per year at the global scale. Therefore, the improvement of estimation methods

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a global health threat, claiming 1.6 million lives in 2021 alone and infecting an estimated quarter of the world’s population in a latent or controlled infection. Glycolipids make up a large part of the bacterial cell wall and closely interact with innate immune cells, influencing their response upon infection. Th

After the breakup of the Soviet Union Estonian economy found itself cut off from its main markets and production links. One major barrier in the economic transformation and diversification process that followed was the lack of necessary tacit productive knowledge in the country. Furthermore, local firms had no or only weak links to the global production and knowledge networks that function as impo

We have studied left-right-symmetric (LR) model building in two specific instances: the Minimal Left-Right-Symmetric Model (MLRM), with gauge group SU(3)_C × SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × U(1)_{B-L} and parity as the LR symmetry; and a non-supersymmetric, trinified theory, with gauge structure SU(3)_L × SU(3)_R × SU(3)_C × Z_3 and an additional, novel, SU(3) family symmetry. For the MLRM, we have rederive

Agricultural intensification is seen as a major threat to global biodiversity. Semi-natural grasslands play an important role in maintaining biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity and community structure in semi-natural grasslands depends not only on local management but also on the surrounding land-use. Further knowledge on landscape-scale effects would help improving the managemen

Sweden has expressed a commitment to children’s rights in the last few decades, signing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1990 and eventually incorporating it as Swedish law in 2020. With the Covid-19 pandemic coinciding with the convention as law and drastically changing the lives of many, including those of children and youth, what role do children’s rights play during a gl

Climate change impacts global agricultural systems through changes in average temperature, precipitation quantity and timing, and extreme weather events. Climate change adaptation (CCA) for agricultural systems will be based on changes to farms’ day-to-day operations and long-range planning, governmental policies and regulations, and broad changes in supply chains. The purpose of this thesis is to

To compete on the global market many companies need to undergo fundamental organizational changes. However, many companies fail to make successful transformations. To identify the factors that contribute to a successful transformation, some researchers have focused on a micro perspective and investigated employees’ characteristics and attitudes (e.g., organizational commitment, readiness for chang

The global rapid growing urban inhabitants and urbanization promotes a conflict with natural resources conservation, sustainable urban structure establishment, and urban expansion. Urban green space (UGS) plays an essential role in sustainable communities, human health promotion, and economic development, however, is gradually replaced by the basic infrastructures in the context of densification s

This thesis investigates the hydrosocial territory of Sicily through a political ecology lens, analysing how water insecurity is due to climate change, state absence, socio-political fragmentation. Although water is physically present on the island, its mismanagement, shaped by clientelism, infrastructural decay, and political dysfunction, produces a sense of insecurity, exacerbating social inequa

This paper analyses the evolving nexus between personal data protection and antitrust law in the European Union’s digital economy, where personal data functions as a critical competitive resource. It explores how the German Fed-eral Cartel Office’s landmark 2019 decision against Facebook, which framed excessive data collection under non-compliant GDPR terms as an abuse of dominance, signalled a p

Drug use is governed today by a global prohibition regime that medicalizes and criminalizes people who use drugs, producing marginalization, risk environments, and illicit markets. In parallel, digital platformization has enabled darknet cryptomarkets to reorganize drug distribution and create new social contexts in which drugs, markets, and users are discursively constructed. This thesis examines

Can institutional expansion be interpreted as a form of state control or surveillance?Globalization and the digital era have enabled criminals to commit financial crimes and financing terrorism by moving money across borders, making it more difficult for national authorities to detect and prevent such crimes. In response to raised financial crimes, institutions have expanded their mandate and impl

The European Union has long been regarded as a global transformative power, capable of promoting democratic reforms in candidate countries through its merit-based enlargement process. However, democratic backsliding in the Western Balkans has raised concerns about the credibility and effectiveness of EU conditionality. This thesis examines the extent to which the EU enlargement process has enabled

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Bacteria have a remarkable ability to adapt to different environments. When bacteria encounter stress that causes macromolecular damage in the cell, leading to a suboptimal performance of cell metabolism, they can elicit an adaptive response. In this thesis Bacillus subtilis is used as the primary model organism to study bacterial adaptation to oxygen limitation, reactive nitrogen species and disu

Severity assessment of patients with haemophilia A (HA) is traditionally based on FVIII activity (FVIII:C). Clinical phenotype of HA patients often differs between individuals with the same FVIII:C determined with clotting and chromogenic assays. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of the FVIII:C on thrombin generation (TG) assay parameters both in vitro and ex-vivo postinfusion plas