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Humanitarian organizations transitioning from a service provider (SP) to a capacity strengthener (CS) in countries where there is political stability and economic growth presents a set of opportunities and challenges. Despite this there has been limited research studies that have been conducted on the transition of humanitarian organizations in this context. The overall objective of this research

Syftet med denna uppsats är att diskutera möjliga vägar framåt för att uppnå en samtyckeskultur. Därför ställs frågan hur lärare upplever sina möjligheter att påverka ungas attityder, i relation till sexuellt våld. I studien betraktas lärare som nyckelaktörer i fråga om att forma den offentliga sektorn och implementera politiska beslut på gräsrotsnivå, i linje med Michael Lipskys teori om gräsrotsThis essay discusses possibilities on how to move forward towards a consent culture. The following question is being raised; in which ways do teachers have opportunities to influence their students attitudes in relation to sexual violence. Teachers are regarded as holding a key position in the process of shaping the public service, and in the implementing process of political decisions at grass ro

The increasing concern on the present and future impact of climate change has raised the attention on the relationship between technology and the environment. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of green innovation on carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions per capita are used as a proxy for environmental quality. Technological innovation is measure

Topics of financial distress and corporate governance structure have attracted many researchers before. However, no one combined the three distress models of Altman (1968), Ohlson (1980) and Zmijewski (1984) with corporate governance variables. The main goal of this paper is to answer the following question: what is the impact of corporate governance variables on financial distress for traded U.S

This thesis aims to provide a political strategy for building a lasting pro-climate governing majority in the House and Senate. It analyses the current state of the pro-climate coalition in Congress and lays out the top opportunities for and threats to climate governance in the US. Overall, passing robust climate legislation through the US Congress requires a clear understanding of how social iden

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vilka kompetenser som anses viktiga för en revisor att besitta och utifrån Det dubbla greppet analysera hur den teknologiska utveckl-ingen i revisionsbranschen har påverkat revisorns kompetenser. Metod: För att undersöka syftet har en intressentanalys genomförts. Denna har genomfört med hjälp av kvalitativa och semi-strukturerade intervjuer med sex olPurpose: The purpose of this essay is to investigate which competences that’s considered important for auditors to possess and based on Det dubbla greppet analyse how the techno-logical development has effected competences auditors possess. Methodology: In order to investigate the purpose of the essay the authors conducted a stakeholder analysis. To achieve this semi structured qualitative inter

The aim of this report was to investigate the prominence effect as an underlying reason for saved-lives insensitivity in moral decision-making. Saved-lives insensitivity, the tendency to help fewer rather than more victims, causes unnecessary suffering. Why this tendency occurs is still unknown, but the prediction of this study was that the prominence effect is an underlying mechanism. The promine

Flexible parking requirements have been introduced in several Swedish city governments in recent years. Through qualitative interviews with traffic engineers, learnings from these years have been compiled and then compared with a literature review. The flexibility de-sign and required mobility management measures varies from detailed to free, and results show that different engineers prefer differ

A previous study found that oxygen can promote the growth of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and PTA 4659 (Koendjbiharie, 2015). However, the presence of oxygen is a cause of H2O2 accumulation, which can result in impaired growth. The first part of this project was to investigate survivability of cells when treated with H2O2. The results revealed that the higher the concentration of H2O2, the lowe

The World Bank is a key actor within development, continuously funding projects on women’s empowerment in countries world-wide; Liberia being one of them. Women and girls have been particularly affected by previous conflicts in Liberia, strongly impinging on their participation in the labor market still today (UN Women 2014). Research shows that one of the foremost issues for women today is the fa

Despite being aware of the health risks associated with making “bad” health decisions, we seem to deny our personal vulnerability to the harmful effects of poor health behavior. Aiming to explore whether the harmful effects associated with poor health behavior are personalized once our peers suffer from them, reflected by improved health behavior and referred to as “peer effects”, this study uses

To recover from armed conflicts, state authorities need to take on measures that will permit statebuilding to happen. Usually, the first type of measures put into place is the adoption of programmes called Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). Because they target individuals who are deemed potential threats to the success of the peace process, namely combatants, DDR programmes are s