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According to the classical perspective, polity size and democracy are inversely related. In this article, we argue that there is an important exception that manifests itself at the district level in settings where multiparty competition is allowed. Specifically, we find that larger districts encourage greater contestation. This results from a little-noticed mechanical effect as well as from severa
This paper explores the relationship between historical political conflicts and subnational variation in state capacity. I draw on new literature which suggests that internal patterns of state strength mirror the geographical distribution of socio-political conflicts during critical periods of institutional change. This general argument is placed within a broader society-centric theoretical framew
The land development process is usually known as a very complex and drawn-out process. During the latest decade, the system of municipal development has become more market-oriented and the responsibility has shifted from public to private sector. The property developer takes a great financial risk each time a new project is initiated by not knowing when or if a detailed development plan will be ap
The Gulf of Thailand is a region with a relatively high coral cover, despite having many stressors on the reef such as the bi-annual monsoon and high temperatures. Assessing coral reefs in this area can provide insight into how these reefs maintain their coral cover and seem to replenish the reef, increasing resilience to future extreme events. This study assesses the conditions on the reef flat a
The design field is at a determining moment, with socially and environmentally imminent threats in the coming decades. To tackle such complex problems requires extensive and adaptive responses. Design at the intersection of anthropology, sustainability and innovation is the most pressing discussion of our time (Erickson, 2003). A starting point for designers could be to start digging were we st
This study investigates the role of China in the development of Cambodia’s building construction sector and identifies some of the perceived impacts of China’s foreign direct investment on the livelihood of the Cambodian local people including construction workers in Phnom Penh. It rests on two theoretical/conceptual frameworks: sustainable development and dependency theory. The methods conducted
Recently, the media has brought attention to the Adam case, a young boy who was taken into compulsory care by social services in Helsingborg amid false allegations from his mother and other parties. This study aims to analyze how the media frames social services, in this case, and how different parts are given voice in the media coverage. A qualitative content analysis was performed on news articl
Mangroves are crucial tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems in decline. In Kenya, 20% have been lost with degradation reaching nearly 90% in Mombasa’s Tudor Creek mangrove forest, mainly due to logging for livelihoods. Despite ongoing restoration efforts, plural values of mangroves and their representation in monitoring are insufficiently understood. Drawing on the IPBES typology of nature’s
Nima is a distressed neighbourhood located north of central Accra, the capital city of Ghana in West Africa. Nima is an extremely dense community, where land is very scarce. Single floor, clay built compound houses occupy the entire neighbourhood. Spatial planning is lacking, infrastructure is limited and overcrowding proposes a severe problem. Nima, a neighbourhood which is a direct result of rap
Sweden has a tradition of a strong social legislation regarding child protection. However at the ratification of the Convention on the rights of the Child of 1990 there surfaced a need for certain alterations in the Swedish social legislation. A decade later the BO (Children's ombudsman) felt that the change took place too slowly and also that the Convention was still virtually unknown to the
There are increasing pressures on the humanitarian system. On the one hand, there is a funding gap threatening the international community will not be able to meet humanitarian needs in the future. On the other hand, the multitude of pressures on the environment, are eroding environmental resilience and increasing vulnerabilities to disasters. To counteract these pressures on the humanitarian syst
Abstract Author: Gentiana Hodza Titel: Aktivering – ett krav eller en motprestation? Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort Assessor: Anders Östnäs The aim of this study was to examine how the social worker regards his/her work and the expectations set on them, and also what possibilities they have in affecting the activation requirements for assistance recipients. The study was based on six social workers
Syftet med föreliggande kandidatuppsats var att med en explorativ ansats undersöka hur fenomenet ohövlighet upplevs bland svenska arbetstagare samt att definiera begreppet utifrån en svensk kontext. Undersökningen genomfördes med semistrukturerade intervjuer av 6 deltagare från södra Sverige. Fem huvudtema identifierades genom tematisk analys: intention, makt, påverkan, förväntningar och respekt. The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to investigate how the phenomenon of workplace incivility is experienced amongst Swedish employees and to define the concept of workplace incivility within a Swedish context. The study was carried out using semi-structured interviews on six participants from southern Sweden. Five main themes were identified through thematic analysis; intention, power, impac
Childhood stunting is a serious global public health issue that exhibits local spatial variations. Previous studies have used traditional statistical methods to identify stunting risk factors, and little is known about the application and usefulness of spatial machine learning techniques in identifying localized stunting risk factors based on complex datasets. This study assesses the performance o
In renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a majority of the patients are today diagnosed incidentally due to the frequent use of cross-sectional imaging. This has resulted in the diagnosis of smaller tumours and less advanced tumour stages. Imaging for renal tumour diagnostics and staging aim to differentiate between benign and malignant disease and precise determination of primary tumour extent before decis
It is essential that the design of atomizing sprays be tailored to the specific requirements of various industrial processes within, e.g., the agricultural or energy sector. However, the measurement of key atomizer parameters—central to the optimization of such systems—suffers from time-intensive techniques, complex calibration routines, and/or the need to include additives in the injected liquid.
Most implementations of single character recognition use standard arclength parameterization of the handwritten samples. A problem with the arclength approach is that points on curves of different samples from one character class may then actually correspond to parts of different structural significance. Many methods such as DTW and HMM have been successful partly because they are less sensitive t
Using quantum dot artificial atoms as a simple toy model, we reflect on the question of whether spin density functional theory (SDFT) can accurately describe correlation effects in low-dimensional fermion systems. Different expressions for the local density approximation of the exchange-correlation energy for the two-dimensional electron gas, such as the much-used functional of Tanatar and Ceperle
Abstract in UndeterminedC-14 specific activities were measured in grass samples collected around Brazilian nuclear power reactors. The specific activity values varied between 227 and 299 Bq/kg C. Except for two samples which showed C-14 specific activities 22% above background values, half of the samples showed background specific activities, and the other half had a C-14 excess of 1-18%. The high
