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Tackling the challenge of adaptation to climate change in developing countries will require the mobilization of new and additional funding. Like other adaptation approaches, Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is threatened by a growing adaptation funding gap. Further private sector involvement, for instance in the context of innovative direct financing models for EbA, is one way to help bridge the g

In the present study, the enzyme thymidine kinase 1 from tomato (ToTK1) was expressed in E.coli and purified to near homogeneity by means of affinity chromatography. However, purified ToTK1 of bacterial origin displayed no substantial catalytic activity. Expression was also attempted in insect cells using the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS). Significant TK activities were detected in t

In similarity to other European countries and the USA, Belgium, has been facing an emergence of microbreweries in the last decade. However, given the environmental footprint and, particularly, the water footprint of beer as well as the fact that microbreweries can sometimes lag behind in energy efficiency or water usage, it is worth considering the sustainability implications of this trend. The sa

Denna masteruppsats i socialantropologi diskuterar och undersöker hur kommersiella intressen påverkar konstproduktionen vid ett art center i centrala Australien. Studien är baserad på etnografiskt fältarbete under slutet av 2014. Inom den västerländska konstteorin finns det en tydlig uppdelning mellan konst producerad med kommersiella intentioner och konst skapad utifrån konstens egen skull. De båThis Masters thesis in social anthropology describe and explore how commercial interests have affected the production of art at an aboriginal art centre in the heart of Australia. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork during six weeks in the end of 2014. In Western art theory, there is a sharp division between art produced with commercial interests versus a presumable more authentic art der

I media talas det om att lärarstatusen är låg, men lärare kommer sällan till tals. Mitt intresse med denna undersökning har varit att få en förståelse för hur lärare kan uppleva status Med denna kvalitativa studie är därför syftet att skapa en förståelse för hur lärare på komvux ser på sin lärarstatus. Det empiriska material som används i denna studie är insamlat genom intervjuer med fyra lärare

Till de absolut mest fascinerande problemen inom matematiken hör de som är enkla att formulera och förstå sig på men som trots detta stått emot sofistikerade attacker under en längre tid. Collatz förmodan eller ”3n+1-problemet”, vilket det kanske är mer känt som, hör till denna kategori. I snart hundra år har matematiker – bland dessa, några av vår tids främsta – utan framgång angripit det. Vad ärWe investigate the dynamics of the Collatz map over various domains. In particular, cycles will be studied, and conditions for their existence will be provided.

The Solar energy is playing a fundamental role in the transition to a low carbon electricity production system. Driven by rapidly decreasing prices for solar installations in the last years, the solar energy market in Europe is currently undergoing a transformation. Subsidies such as feed-in tariffs are being phased out and replaced with the possibility to self-consume solar energy, earning a prof

Carbon taxation can be a crucial policy to transform towards a greener economy, which was identified as a key strategy to achieve sustainable development at the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in 2012. As more countries consider the introduction of carbon taxation and other carbon pricing mechanisms, it’s relevant to learn from the experiences in Nordic countries, whi

Jihadism has become a major topic in Western as well as non-western public debate. Many military groups have sprung up in late 20th and early 21st century, claiming legitimacy using jihad for a wide variety of causes ranging from Kashmir, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Nigeria. This leads to the question whether Islamist fundamentalism has been successful in project

Uppsatsen bygger på intervjuer genomförda med tio personer som har god man. Fem av intervjuerna inbegrep ytterligare deltagare, med uppgift att bistå under intervjun. Två av dessa personer var gode män som deltog i deras egenskap av att dels bistå, och dels (delvis) företräda under intervjun. Alla deltagare var medlemmar av intresseföreningar (tre olika) för personer med funktionshinder. Uppsatsen

Veterinary pharmaceuticals used in areas with intense agriculture and livestock/horse yard facilities may leach into the soil and be further transported as runoff into surface waters used as drinking water supplies. The focus of this thesis is to clarify how the existing legal framework on monitoring and regulating these residues, help Sweden to comply with two of the national environmental qualit

Cities face a host of challenges including urbanisation and climate change and must quickly adapt and integrate sustainability solutions to deal with these challenges. One platform seen as a mechanism to support innovation for sustainability in cities is the concept of the living lab. A living lab is a user-centred, open innovation ecosystem that seeks to engage academia, industry and municipaliti

Background: An extensive literature review pointed out the limited knowledge on the value of sustainability transparency in road freight distribution. This is researched in the context of non-compliance to current sustainability issues in Sweden. Additionally, the value of sustainability transparency for the procurement activity of a transport buyer was not explored. Purpose: The purpose of this s

The sharing economy, which facilitates technology-enabled sharing of underused assets, is an umbrella for a variety of segments and platforms. The concept includes peer-to-peer, business-to-business and business-to-consumer platforms which are celebrated for their potential to facilitate a transformative change towards a sustainable society grounded in access over ownership, empowerment, inclusive

This master thesis study is a preliminary investigation of the Säveån River as part of the Swedish Geotechnical Institute’s (SGI) landslide risk assessment project. The main objectives include building a hydrodynamic model for the river, estimating sediment transport along the river, assessing the implications for erosion and bank stability and evaluating climate change effects on sediment transpo

In times of worldwide increasing overfishing, marine reserves are a vital tool of marine conservation and fisheries management. Benefits of marine reserves can extend beyond reserve boundaries to adjacent fishing grounds through spillover of fish. Anticipating higher catch rates, fishers try to capitalize on spillover by increasingly fishing along reserve boundaries, a behavior known as fishing th

This thesis is constructed on an examination of the global principles and operational methods of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and their linkage to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). These phenomena have implications for the sustainable banking business, which aims to deliver banking products and services aligned with a triple-bottom-line corporate approach contributing to sustainable

The principal aims of the present study were to examine the latent heat stress relieving capacity of drinking buttermilk and to observe the human gut microbiota in hot occupational condition. A human crossover intervention study with 12 volunteers was studied, each of them performed 3 hours of physical work in a heat chamber. During the working period, the volunteers were given buttermilk, water o

Ett ramverk fö r att va rdera samha llsnyttan av sa kerhet i va gtunnlar Detta examensarbete undersöker och föreslår ett ramverk för hur samhällsnyttan av skyddsåtgärder ska kunna beskrivas med hänsyn till samhällets aversion för katastrofer. Rapporten tar sin utgångspunkt i att beskriva en metod som kan tillämpas för beslut om riskreducerande åtgärder i vägtunnlar. Trafikverket har under lång tidThis report describes a framework for evaluating social benefit of safety in road tunnels and above all in terms of describing society's aversion to disasters in socio-economic terms. The framework presents a method for quantifying the benefit sacrifice as rational decision-makers are prepared to do to prevent disasters.