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Uppsatsen syftar till att med en bred ansats, innefattandes av juridiska, moraliska och mänskliga rättigheter dilemman förklara inträdet av den brittiska asyllagen under 2000-talet. Under tiden som NATO hade militär aktivitet i Afghanistan (under ledning av International Assistance Security Force), däribland Storbritannien (från 2001 fram till och med 2014) hade dem anställt cirka hundratals afghaThe paper engages a provocative, multi-dimensional legal, moral and human rights issue that strikes at the heart of 21st century UK asylum law. Throughout the NATO Afghanistan military campaigns (headed by the International Security Assistance Force) in which the UK committed combat troops from 2001 to 2014, hundreds of local Afghan nationals were employed by the British Army as interpreters and t

Problem - Uncertainty greatly burdens innovation in tech-driven industries which has made decision-making an art-like navigation, especially within the Fuzzy Front End of operations. This has motivated previous researchers to study the effectual decision-making principles originated by Sarasvathy in regard to a wide variety of audiences such as entrepreneurs, start-ups and top management. Employee

This research investigates the contribution of local currencies to sustainability. I look at a specific local currency scheme (the Bristol Pound, in Bristol, United Kingdom) through a transitions perspective, employing a Transitions Evaluation Framework, Multi-Level and Multi-Phase Perspectives to conduct my analysis. I use a qualitative triangulation approach to collect data, namely semi-structur

The purpose of the thesis work is to investigate how contractors can involve environmental certification in the tender phase of a project and provide a basis for solutions to problems that may arise in environmental certification with CEEQUAL. CEEQUAL (The Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment & Awards Scheme) is a certification system for assessing environmental issues and social

Ett mycket ofta debatterat ämne är vad som ska omfattas inom straffansvaret för våldtäkt och hur den rättsliga prövningen ska gå till. Genom den debatt som förevarit har tankar och idéer kring begreppet våldtäkt som sådant uppkommit. Det övergripande syftet med denna uppsats är därför att närmare undersöka begreppet våldtäkt och dess innebörd över tiden. Uppsatsen avser att besvara om och i vilkenA topic very often debated is what should fall within the crime definition for rape and how the judicial proceedings should be formed. Thoughts and ideas about the term rape have emerged from the debate that has taken place. The overall purpose of this essay is therefore to examine the meaning of rape and how the meaning of rape has developed over time. What this essay intends to answer is if, and

High-throughput screening is one of the most extensively used methods for the identification of molecules of interest during early stages of drug development projects. It is however subject to many artifacts due to various mechanisms. Aggregation and redox cycling are examples of mechanisms of unspecific inhibition that make a large number of compounds appear as active in several high throughput s

Climate policy and Right-wing populist parties are not often associated with each other. The aim of this thesis is to examine four right wing populist parties in the Nordics and their climate policy through a combination of descriptive statistics and idea analyse of political texts. The theoretical outlook was then based on theories regarding party and issue competition. The parties that was exami

All around the world is the form of the built environment playing a significant role in either enabling or inhibiting outdoor activities. When it comes to winter and Winter cities, it is a challenge how to enable and encourage outdoor activities and soft mobility as the harsh conditions often make it uncomfortable to spend longer periods of time outdoors. A major urban design challenge in Winter

Att jag intresserar mig för stranden som plats för mitt examensarbete är kanske inte så konstigt. Som vågsurfare har jag tillbringat mycket tid på stranden och ute bland vågorna. Genom surfingen har jag upplevt många olika kuststräckor och vågor på jorden, men just stranden och surfingen i Sverige har fångat mitt intresse. Här är årstidernas förändringar och havets stormar de största utmaningarna,It is not that surprising that I chose the beach as the subject of my thesis. As a surfer, I have spent a lot of time on the beach and among the waves. Through surfing I have experienced a wide variety of coastlines around the world, but the beaches of Sweden have peaked my interest. The changing of the seasons and the ocean´s storms are the biggest challenges here for a surfer, not the size of th

Hållbarhet och hållbara investeringar är aktuella frågor i vårt samhälle i dag. För många investerare handlar det inte längre endast om att skapa positiv avkastning utan även hur denna avkastning skapas på ett hållbart sätt. Frågan som börjar ta mer plats i dag är inte hur dyrt det är att analysera bolag efter deras hållbara principer, utan snarare hur dyrt det blir om vi inte gör det. Denna uppsaSocial responsibility and socially responsible investments are current issues in our society. For many investors it is not just about creating return anymore but also creating socially responsible return. The question that starts to form more and more is not how expensive it is to analyse companies with respect to how socially responsible they act but how expensive it is not to. This study examine

In this field study, the possibilities and obstacles facing five organisations in the women's social movement in Lebanon are described and discussed. In the light of globalisation, transnational social movements have emerged as an alternative political arena to promote various issues of global concern, among them women's rights. The idea of ?transversal politics? emphasises the importance

Sustainability is becoming an important factor to consider while buying different products such as outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories. Also there is a growing awareness that business side should take an important role in promotion of sustainable consumer behaviour. This paper investigates sustainable consumer behaviour in general and in relation to outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories

Under de senare åren, har säkerhetspolitiska spänningar förhöjts till följd av bland annat Rysslands invasion av Ukraina samt utländska försök att genom direktinvesteringar tillgodose sig med svensk teknik för att stärka sin globala ställning. För att tillåta medlemsstater att komma till bukt med strategiska direktinvesteringar som genomförs på deras territorie införde EU genom stiftandet av FDI-fOver the past few years, tensions regarding national security have been on the rise due Russias invasion of Ukraina as well as attempts from foreign states to gain access to Swedish technology to further develop their international posi-tion of power through using strategic direct investments. In order to allow member states to combat the use of strategic direct investments made on their territory

The purpose of this study was to illustrate how adolescens from different ethnic groups look at their future. My questions at issues was: What is the adolescens life look like in twenty year considering: education, the worksituation, familysituation and connection with their country of origin? What's the meaning of the conception future for the adolescens? How do the dreamfuture fore the adole

Problemställning: Cementproduktionen står idag för ca 5% av världens koldioxidutsläpp, vilket har stor negativ påverkan på klimatet. För att minska utsläppen behöver cementanvändningen reduceras genom t.ex. ersätta cement med andra material, såsom flygaska, mald granulerad masugnsslagg och kalcinerad lera. Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka den maximala vol.% cement som kan ersättas med flygaska, slaProblem: The production of cement stands today for approximately 5% of the world total emission of carbon dioxide, which has negative impact on the environment. In order to reduce the emission, the use of cement has to be reduced by e.g. replacing some of the cement with other materials. Purpose: The purpose is to find the maximum amount of fly ash, slag and calcined clay that can be used in conc

I det här arbetet så studerar och analyserar jag en stor internationell idrottsorganisations ansvar i relation till samhällsproblem. Genom att genomföra en kvalitativ innehållsana-lys på UEFA och deras egen rapport om sitt sociala ansvar i samband med EM 2012 i Polen och Ukraina så studerar jag deras egen syn på sitt samhälleliga ansvar. Med ett teoretiskt perspektiv i formen av intressentmodellenIn this work I study and analyse a major international sports organisations responsibility in relation to societal problems. By performing a qualitative content analysis on UEFA and their own report regarding their social responsibility in connection with the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine I study their own perspective on their societal responsibility. With a theoretical perspect

Hong Kong used to enjoy high degree of press freedom during the period under the British colonial control, however, since the handover to China in 1997, the media self-censorship is becoming explicit. Attributed by the political and economic influences from China, Hong Kong media become more reserved in reporting Chinese sensitive issue, the objectivity and impartiality is threatened. This paper i

This master thesis studies a two-echelon distribution system for perishable items with two non identical retailers. Each location is managed following a standard continuous (R, Q) ordering policy. The demand occurs solely at the retailers and follows independent Poisson processes. Customers are backordered when the retailer is out of stock. The items are considered as fixed lifetime perishables. W