In the last few decades, dissatisfaction with the prevailing critical paradigm ¬– what Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick as early as 1997 dubbed “paranoid” or “suspicious” reading – has grown significantly. This thesis is a survey of three recent works, The Albertine Workout (2014), Unfinished Business: Notes of A Chronic Re-Reader (2020), and A Ghost in the Throat (2020), that emerge from this discontent. Pa

Star clusters can harbour many exotic objects, including black holes (BHs), X-ray binaries and blue straggler stars. In dense stellar environments like globular clusters (GCs), two-body relaxation drives their dynamical evolution, where gravitational interactions between stars strive to equalize their kinetic energy in the cluster. Theoretical studies have indicated that some of these clusters can

More than 17.9 million new patients worldwide suffer from heart diseases. In order to conduct a proper diagnosis and treatment, it is necessary to develop a functionality for patients and doctors, which has the possibility to transfer the continuously measured data to the doctor for several days. In addition, such a tool should have the function to wirelessly transmit an alarm to the doctors, prov

This study analyzes how the German influencer Rezo can gain credibility through his language in his political youtube-video "The destruction of the CDU," which was released just before the EU election in 2019. The study is inspired by the research of Norman Fairclough and his contribution to the field of discourse analysis. His critical discourse analysis is used as both theory and metho

År 2002 och 2003 införde Sverige särskilda skatteregler för avyttring av andelar i skalbolag. Reglerna syftar till att säkerställa att den skatt som belöper på bolagets verksamhet betalas in i samband med en ägarövergång. På senare år har frågan om skatteflykt varit föremål för reglering inom EU. Ett antal EU-direktiv har tillkommit på området och EU-domstolen tolkade 2019 frågan om skatteflykt geIn 2002 and 2003 special tax regulation regarding divestment of shares in shell entities was introduced in Sweden. This regulation seeks to ensure that the corporate tax due by the company is paid after the ownership has been transferred. Recently, the matter of tax evasion has been brought up on the EU-agenda. Several directives have been introduced on the matter and in 2019 the Court of Justice

Den offentliga sektorn i Sverige har historiskt genomsyrats av transparens och skydd för arbetstagares rättigheter. Yttrandefrihet och meddelarskydd är rättigheter som utgör kärnan för demokrati. Trots att arbetsrättsligt skydd är en kärnfråga i Sverige, uppstår frågor om hur långt skyddet egentligen sträcker sig. Syftet med denna uppsats är att genomföra och förmedla en sådan analys på ämnet. ÅrThe Swedish public sector has historically been characterized by transparency and the protection of employees. Freedom of speech and the messenger protection are rights that constitutes the core of democracy. Despite the protection of workers is a Swedish core value, questions concerning the width of the protection arise. The purpose of this essay is to pursue and mediate such an analysis on the m

Titel: Väderskyddad produktion Författare: Emma Olsson & Oscar Remmerfors Handledare: Stefan Olander – Universitetslektor vid Avdelningen för Byggproduktion, Lunds Tekniska Högskola Examinator: Anne Landin – Professor vid Avdelningen för Byggproduktion, Lunds Tekniska Högskola Problemställning: • Under vilka förutsättningar kan lönsamhet uppnås vid användandet av väderskydd för nyproduktioTitle: Weather protected production Authors: Emma Olsson & Oscar Remmerfors Supervisor: Stefan Olander – Docent, Division of Construction Management, Lund University Examiner: Anne Landin – Professor, Division of Construction Management, Lund University Problem: • During which circumstances can profitability be achieved when using weather protection for the new production of residential bu

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. Apart from an early and accurate diagnosis, the ability to track progressive changes is important for the development of disease modifying treatments. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging is a potential method to detect the microstructural changes in the gray matter, which appear years prior to cortical atrop

Examensarbetets titel: CSR och dess inverkan på anställdas motivation Seminariedatum: 2 juni 2022 Kurs: FEKH49, Examensarbete i organisation på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Elsa Castensson, Sofia Holmbeck och Axel Nilervall Handledare: Olof Hallonsten Fem nyckelord: CSR, corporate social responsibility, motivation, employee empowerment, inre motivation Forskningsfråga: Hur upplever anställda påTitle: CSR and Its Impact on Employee Motivation Seminar date: June 2nd, 2022 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor’s Degree Project in Organization, Undergraduate level, 15 credits Authors: Elsa Castensson, Sofia Holmbeck, and Axel Nilervall Advisor: Olof Hallonsten Five Keywords: CSR, corporate social responsibility, motivation, employee empowerment, internal motivation Research Ques

In the last decades, due to geopolitical tensions, climate change, and technological advancements, countries worldwide are becoming less dependent on oil. This thesis aims to establish if decreased oil dependence weakens the impact of oil price shocks on inflation, thus contributing to the existing literature on the oil-inflation relationship. To this end, a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR)

Avsaknaden av rättspraxis och doktrin avseende anläggningsleveranser enligt ABA 99 skapar osäkerhet i hur man ska tolka dess avtals¬bestämmelser. Osäkerheten aktualiseras inte minst vid tolkning av ansvarsbegränsningen i ABA 99. Syftet med denna framställning är att undersöka hur ansvarsbegränsningen i ABA 99 bör tolkas, samt att utreda huruvida ansvarsbegränsningens rättsverkan bör begränsas. RThe lack of case law and legal literature regarding plant deliveries pursuant to ABA 99 creates uncertainty with regard to interpretation of the standard-form contract’s provisions. These uncertainties are especially prevalent when interpreting the limitation of liability clause in ABA 99. The purpose of this essay is to analyse how the limitation of liability in ABA 99 should be interpreted, and

I den här uppsatsen kommer säkerhets- och underrättelsetjänstreform i två forna sovjetrepubliker, Estland och Ukraina, undersökas med hjälp av logic of appropriateness. När Sovjetunionen föll fann sig både Estland och Ukraina i en prövande säkerhetssituation och behövde snabbt bestämma sig för vilken väg de respektive staterna skulle ta när det gällde underrättelsetjänsten och det forna KGB. Estla

With climate change as our current greatest threat, it is necessary to reduce carbon emissions by decreasing fossil fuels. Indigenous movements have played a crucial role in combating climate change, especially with their resistance to pipelines. Their movements have had both successes and failures, meaning that more research is needed to examine what strategies are effective. This thesis applies

Nik-related kinase: A New IL-10 Regulator Our body is constantly exposed to microscopic organisms called microbes. Some of these organisms are harmless while others are able to cause infection and damage. Thus, our body has defense mechanisms that include the immune system. Macrophages are cells that belong to the immune system and have key roles in defense against infection, wound healing, and r

Over the last three decades, Southeast and East Asian countries have experienced a substantial fertility decline. The socio-economic and demographic determinants appear to be important in explaining the fertility transition experienced in the region. Applying a fixed-effects estimation technique on the 1990-2019 panel data, this study found that increased women’s empowerment (include female educat

In modern legal systems, criminal responsibility is based on the concept of agency, which includes autonomy, intentionality, and individual accountability. In parallel, as technology advances and the use of artificial intelligence in our daily lives becomes more prevalent, important tasks are entrusted to AI-driven systems. As a result, AI will increasingly perform independently of humans. The mor

Mätning av partiklars och cellers akustiska egenskapar genom partikelspårningshastighet I många medicinska sammanhang är man intresserad av att kunna separera olika celltyper från varandra, exempelvis vita blodkroppar från ett blodprov eller insulinproducerande celler från bukspottskörteln. Det finns ett antal olika metoder för att genomföra denna separation. En tämligen ny metod bygger på akustoAcoustophoresis is a method to manipulate and move cells or particles suspended in a medium using acoustic waves. The speed of the acoustophoretic motion depends on the cells' acoustic mobility, i.e. their size, density and compressibility relative to the medium. Differences in acoustic mobility can be used to separate particles from each other. Separation is an important tool within biomedica

This thesis is based on a quantitative study that is conducted by comparing the fundraising effectiveness of humanitarian non-profit organisations (NPOs) to their program expenditure. The fundraising effectiveness of NPOs is derived from fundraising expenses over donations received. Using two hypotheses that were developed using literature revolving around capabilities, with a special focus on mar

We investigate the problem of risk averse robot path planning using the deep reinforcement learning and distributionally robust optimization perspectives. Our problem formulation involves modelling the robot as a stochastic linear dynamical system, assuming that a collection of process noise samples is available. We cast the risk averse motion planning problem as a Markov decision process and prop

Preventiva tvångsmedel är tvångsmedel med preventivt syfte som används, utan att en förundersökning är inledd, i underrättelseverksamhet. Säkerhetspolisen har i en hemställan från 2021 lagt fram önskemål om en författningsändring av lagen om åtgärder för att förhindra vissa särskilt allvarliga brott (preventivlagen) som skulle möjliggöra husrannsakan i underrättelseverksamhet. Den förslagna reformCoercive preventive measures are secret coercive measures used in intelligence, meaning that a pre-trial investigation has not yet been initiated. The Swedish Security Service has in a request from 2021 proposed an amendment of the Act on Measures to Prevent Certain Particularly Serious Crimes (2007:979), the Prevention Act, which would make it possible to conduct searches in intelligence. This wo