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We demonstrate heterogeneous chemistry between Li and anatase TiO2 nanoparticles under UHV. The reduction of TiO2 upon formation of lithium oxide proceeds via two different schemes: one that reduces Ti4+ to Ti3+ and one that reduces Ti4+ directly to Ti2+. The second scheme sets in only after a critical degree of reduction (i.e. Li amount) has been reached (Li/Ti = 0.28) and is associated with rest
The thesis integrates three different areas namely conflict prevention, human rights and NHRIs. The underlying assumption, that it is possible to prevent conflicts by implementing human rights, will be challenged. Furthermore, the human rights protection and the existing human rights machinery will be explored. The purpose is to examine and analyze if NHRIs are an efficient tool to implement human
In my paper I have emanated from the question when a refusal to deal by an undertaking in a dominant position constitutes an abuse according to article 82 EC Treaty. Article 82 of The Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Community, signed in Rome 1957, incorporating the changes made by the Treaty of Amsterdam on 2 October 1997, OJ 1997 C340, pp. 173-308, hereafter referred
Aktiebolaget som associationsform är en av det svenska affärslivets grundkomponenter och har kontinuerligt utvecklats i takt med samhället i stort. Idag tycks vi stå inför en ny syn på aktiebolaget som samhällsaktör, där uppmärksamheten riktas mot dess förhållande till sin omvärld, istället för på interna bolagsstyrningsaspekter där fokus legat under en längre tid. Denna uppsats granskar förhållanThe limited liability company (Sw. “aktiebolag”) as a legal figure constitutes one of the basic components in Swedish business life and has continuously evolved with society at large. Today we seem to be facing a new notion regarding the limited company’s role in society, where attention is drawn to its relation to the surrounding world, instead of focusing on internal corporate governance aspects
Att stå på scen och sjunga inför en publik innebär på många sätt att iklä sig en roll. Den västerländska konstmusiken och opera är traditionstyngda genrer med starka normer för hur sångare ska bete sig på scen. Normer i samhället i stort påverkar människors medvetna och omedvetna livsstilsval och värderingar, samt förmåga att förändra sin livssituation. De hänger ihop med makt och fungerar hämmandSinging on stage is in many ways equivalent to dressing up as a character. Western classical music and opera are both genres with heavy traditions of how to act on stage. Norms in society in general affect how people consciously and subconsciously lead their lives, what their values are and what ability they have to change their life. Norms are connected with power and impede and restrict deviatio
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the audit profession's interpretation of the characteristic competence in sustainability assurance, and how this is practically demonstrated. Method: In this paper, a qualitative research with an inductive method approach has been used. Theoretical perspectives: Theories in this paper consist of Flint’s (1988) philosophy of auditing, Abbott’
Wind energy production is a section that became bigger and bigger thanks to the interests in finding new ways to produce energy that do not involve fossil fuels because of environment concerns, because of their costs and because of their limited amount. Even though wind energy was exploited also in the past, for example in wind mills, it is with wind turbines that all the problems affecting these
During the last few years increased focus has been given to environmental and social issues due to worldwide changes in the weather and temperature, in some cases leading to natural disasters and dramatic changes in everyday life. Media and politicians have begun to address related problems, acknowledging the fact that human impact on nature is a real problem that poses as a threat to our future.
My graduate thesis handles the problem how Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (SEMC) in the easiest way can establish a market in the south of India, Chennai, relating to accessories. The most relevant accessory that they want to manufacture is portable hands frees. I have made an analysis of financial and governmental directives and found out what the restrictions are to import and export goo
Neisseria meningitidis colonizes the upper respiratory tract (URT), enters the blood stream, and reaches the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). In the present study, we show that bacteria isolated from the URT adhere better to human epithelial cells, compared with bacteria from blood or CSF, which suggests that important changes of virulence-associated proteins take place during bacterial dissemination. P
The electric field-assisted charge carrier photogeneration in a Ladder-Type Methyl substituted Poly(Para-Phenylene) was investigated by studying the electromodulated ultrafast transient differential absorption spectra and kinetics. The field stimulated appearance of the polaron absorption and quenching of the singlet exciton absorption proves that dissociation of excitons into geminately bound ele
Over a 1-y period, 26 inpatients at the Jordan University Hospital in Amman were detected with bacteraemia (23 cases) or respiratory tract colonized with B. cepacia (3 cases). A combination of genetic identification and molecular typing has proved that all cases were caused by a single epidemic strain of B. cepacia genomovar IIIa. Nosocomial infections could be documented in 21/26 (81%) patients,
Gruvavfall är världens största miljöproblem om man räknar i ton. Detta orsakar bland annat metallförorenat lakvatten samt försurning av mark och vatten. Gruvbrytning har förekommit i större skala sedan 1800-talet vilket har medfört stora mängder av avfall som tidigare deponerades i naturen utan hänsyn till miljön. Från deponier med gruvavfall transporteras vittringsprodukter (sulfat, syror och tunMine waste is the world’s largest environmental hazard, measured in tons. It causes acidification of soils and groundwater. Another hazard from mine waste deposits is the leakage of metals, which are transported to surrounding areas. Large-scale mining has occurred since the 19th century and it has produced enormous amounts of mine waste, often deposited without any concern of the environment. Fr
The aim of this study was to examine the view of social service workers on the secondary housing market based upon their work with social investigations regarding people with a difficult substance abuse. The foundation of this study rests upon a phenomenon, which according to other scholars, occurs in the secondary housing market in Sweden. The secondary housing market consists of a multitude of h
We introduce empirical work on Romance language acquisition withrespect to the interfaces of syntax with other modules of grammar (internal interfaces)and other domains of cognition (external interfaces). We do so by choosing specificphenomena within the following interfaces: syntax-morphology, syntax-semanticsand syntax-pragmatics. In the domain of syntax-morphology we focus on grammaticalgender,
Caveolae are abundant adipocyte surface domains involved in insulin signaling, membrane trafficking and lipid homeostasis. Transcriptional control mechanisms for caveolins and cavins, the building blocks of caveolae, are thus arguably important for adipocyte biology and studies in this area may give insight into insulin resistance and diabetes. Here we addressed the hypothesis that one of the less
OBJECTIVE:: To compare the rates of abdominal surgery during pregnancy among women with previous bariatric surgery (women in the case group) and women with first-trimester body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 and no previous bariatric surgery (women in the control group). METHODS:: We conducted a national cohort study, merging data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry and the Swedish National
