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Diel rhythms synchronized to Earth's photic cycle are near-ubiquitous among animals living in regions with distinct day-night cues. Where such cues are reduced or absent, however, activity patterns may weaken, reorganize or become decoupled from the light-dark cycle, which may allow for more flexible behavioural expression. Using a dataset of >900 free-ranging black-legged kittiwakes from colonies
This study investigates the extent to which the institutional and policy frameworks of New Zealand's carbon markets support or constrain Māori self-determination. Drawing on decolonial theory, political ecology, and critical discourse analysis, and oriented by Kaupapa Māori research principles, it examines how Māori values and development goals are reflected within the structure of the nationa
Across the EU, wildfires are becoming an increasingly devastating threat, placing growing pressure on investment in prevention. This thesis examines whether the greening of EU investment fund regulations governing the European Regional Development Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development between the 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 programming periods has produced a regulatory architec
Conventional monoclonal antibodies that function via occupancy-based inhibition often fall short due to drug resistance and non-enzymatic scaffolding functions that persist despite successful inhibition of the target protein. Antibody-based proteolysis targeting chimeras (AbTACs) utilize a novel event-driven modality allowing for specific degradation of the target protein. This study investigated
This thesis examines the extent to which the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Commission v Belgium (C-524/23), regarding Belgium’s failure to comply with the Directive by failing to correctly transpose Article 8(7) of the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) into its domestic legal framework, impacts the Dutch transfer pricing rules under Article 8b of the Corporate Income
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs) play a crucial role in modern wireless communica- tion systems. However, they can achieve high performance only when their internal registers are dynamically and precisely configured. To maintain reliable control while operating in complex multi-antenna environments, several interface techniques have been developed, among which the Serial Peripheral Inte
Den här studien är ett svar på Nords (2017) slutsatser om yrkesskribenters behov på arbetsplatsen. Studien kartlägger vilka svårigheter yrkesskribenter på kommunal förvaltning upplever när de skriver och vilka strategier de använder för att hantera dem. Materialet består av åtta intervjuer med deltagare från tre svenska kommuner, tematiskt analyserade utifrån Flower och Hayes (1981) kognitiva skri
This thesis examines legal tensions arising from the interaction between OECD/G20 IF Administrative Guidance and the Pillar Two Directive within the EU legal order. While the Pillar Two Directive remains locked into version of OECD/G20 IF Pillar Two rules as they stood in 2022, the OECD/G20 IF continues to develop its Pillar Two framework through subsequent Administrative Guidance. The thesis exam
A lot of architecture today is designed through the sweeping clicks of a cursor - but what happens when we abandon the pen for the precision of the digital tools? This thesis investigates how the choice of design medium affects the cognitive process and aesthetic outcomes in contemporary architecture. Through comparative experiments, the study looks at these differences by analysing façades produ
The documented adverse effects of climate change have led to national and international efforts to reduce global carbon emissions during recent decades. Significant decarbonisation requires not only a reduction in the production and use of fossil fuels, but a transformation of the entire energy system itself, transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. This large-scale transi
This thesis examines the growing role of algorithmic and data-driven systems in European Union asylum procedures and explores their implications for legal accountability, procedural fairness, and fundamental rights protection. As migration governance increasingly relies on biometric databases, interoperability frameworks, and automated decision-support systems, questions arise regarding the compat
Disasters are occurring at an increased rate and with increased intensity. The impacts of a disaster are felt across the whole of society; however, not everyone experiences a disaster in the same way. Pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequalities have a significant influence on the experiences of individuals and communities within disasters. Disasters are not natural; they can be prevented, and th
This thesis examines how the European Court of Human Rights has applied Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights at Europe’s land borders in cases where states rely on the logic of the fiction of non-entry, that is, the legal technique through which states treat individuals who are physically present at the border as if they have not yet legally entered the territory. Through a doctrin
Gender tests in sports have become increasingly popular amongst sports gov-erning bodies. Even the International Olympic Committee only recently, in March 2026, introduced a new rule requiring female athletes to undergo ge-netic testing to be allowed to compete in the female category. This article ex-amines gender testing in sport and the question of whether these regulations violate the human rig
In the last decades, there is growing concern about increasing delegation of life-and-death decisions to Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS), powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which may undermine compliance with international legal principles and weaken accountability for unlawful harm. In particular, this thesis examines the impact of AWS on the protection of victims under International Human
This thesis examines how contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) systems challenge the protection of the right to privacy under international human rights law, particularly Article 17 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. It argues that privacy should not be understood only as protection against unlawful access to pe
Kandidatrapporten undersöker hur en före detta ångcentral kan omvandlas till stadsdelsbiblioteket Ångcentralen 2. Järnvägsverkstäderna har förlorat sin ursprungliga funktion, men de historiska tegelbyggnaderna berättar historien om området och de människor som arbetade där. Projektet betonar hur vi tar hand om och vidareutvecklar Lokstallarna i södra Kirseberg. Industriell historia och rumsliga kv
Rural towns and areas has both challenges and opportunities of regional and local public connections on a human scale. Urbanization is pushing the rural areas into big scale infrastructural solutions, but also creates barriers for accessible public space on a human scale. The project investigates rurality from a broad perspective to local perspective, and what rurality means in terms of accessibi
This thesis analyses the structural limitations of the prevailing entitlement-based framework of international human rights law (IHRL), particularly in pluralistic and multicultural societies, and evaluates whether integrating duties alongside existing rights, a duty-infused reconceptualization, can address those limitations or not? The study draws its primary motivation from a structural crisis i
