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Renewable energy sources (RES), especially wind turbines, have become more important during the last years. An increasing number of distributed generation (DG) units are connected to weak medium voltage distribution networks in rural areas where they have a large influence on the voltage and the line losses. Voltage rise is in this case often a limiting factor for the maximum amount of DG capacity

Many medical schools and faculties are actively promoting scholarly inquiry into teaching and learning to improve education. The Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, Sweden, has developed a Teaching Academy with criteria for membership founded in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Furthermore, the Faculty arranges a conference in medical education and also organises courses to support

Crowdfunding is often considered as a financial source to close the early stage financial gap of new ventures. However, there is little research on its impact regarding other liabilities new ventures face. The aim of this study is to find evidence on how crowdfunding can provide new ventures with additional value apart from financial resources. For this purpose, the concept of liability of newness

Sammanfattning Dold i samhällets uppbyggnad finns en undermedveten strukturell lönediskriminering. Internationell och nationell rätt är endast tillämplig på den individuella lönediskrimineringen, vilket innebär att den strukturella diskrimineringen per automatik tolereras. Kandidatuppsatsen utreder och ifrågasätter rättsläget vad gäller individuell lönediskriminering samt uppmärksammar den struktuAbstract Hidden in the construction of society lies subconscious structural wage discrimination. International and national law is only applicable on the individual wage discrimination, which means that the structural discrimination is automatically tolerated. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to investigate and question the current legislation regarding individual wage discrimination and highlig

The media’s portrayal of the witness during court proceedings is putting the witness at risk for threats. This has led to the witness not wanting to testify, especially as the case concerns organized crime. It is an age old debate where intimidated witnesses are a concern for the legal system, and people’s human rights in general. The debate is complex as the use of anonymous witnesses goes agains

The present thesis, adopting the ecology of language as its conceptual orientation as well as employing linguistic landscape as its methodological tool to collect and analyze data, firstly aims at investigating (1) how the four official languages of Singapore namely Malay, (Mandarin) Chinese, Tamil, and English have been deployed on signs by three different social actors, i.e., the Singaporean gov

This study focuses on the part of the policy process called implementation. Theorists like Lipsky (1980) and Rice (2012) assign the street-level bureaucrats a major role in this process. The street-level bureaucrats of object in this study are personnel on group homes for unaccompanied minors. Since the children do not have anyone else to look after them, it is the welfare states responsibility to

Purpose: A stagnant Cuban economy, state owned and operated businesses, as well as a general public desire for change to happen in the country, present themselves as a matter that should be addressed. The opening up of the private economic sector within a communist regime proves as an interesting topic, and allows for an architectural interpretation to be made. Assignment: Given the economic an

If two undertakings agree to increase their prices, companies may infringe Article 101 of the TFEU which prohibits anti-competitive agreements and concerted practices. If the market is divided between two or more undertakings, the agreement may constitute abuse of collective dominance under Article 102 TFEU. The undertakings might be able to adjust their behaviour so that they could behave as they

Det kommunala planmonopolet tillåter våra kommuner att reglera mark- och vattenanvändningen samt hur bebyggelsen ska se ut. Detta innebär en stor frihet för kommunens sida men även ett stort ansvar att hantera bygglovsansökningar på ett ansvarsfullt sätt. Det är viktigt att kommunen på ett korrekt och legitimt sätt tar hänsyn till de lagar och regler som en bygglovsprövning innefattar. Åtgärden soMunicipalities have a planning monopoly that allows them to regulate land and water use. With this follows a responsibility to handle building permits in a responsible manner. The building measure must abide by the detailed development plan. Sometimes the building measure deviates from the plan, in such cases the Building committee of the municipality can grant a building permit with a minor devia

I dagens snabbt föränderliga samhälle har teknologins inflytande djupt förvandlat olika aspekter av människors liv och medför både stora möjligheter och kritiska säkerhetsutmaningar. För att minska riskerna för dataintrång, skadliga attacker och övergripande cybersäkerhetshot vidtar företag proaktiva åtgärder genom att erbjuda utbildning och träning till sina anställda inom områdena cybersäkerhet In today's rapidly evolving society, the pervasive influence of technology has profoundly transformed various aspects of human life, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and critical security challenges. To mitigate the risks of data breaches, malicious attacks, and overall cyber threats, companies have taken proactive measures by providing education and training to their employees in t

Title:Does the announcement of cross-border acquisitions create value for the acquiring company? Seminar date: 2023-06-01 Course:FEKH89 Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project in Financial Management Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS credits Authors: Almegård Amélie, Andersson Sofia, Sharba Rim Advisor: Andersson, Göran Key words: Cross-border Acquisitions; Synergies; Short-term Value Cr

This thesis investigates general equality concerns regarding the current ECOFIN Pillar 2 Directive proposal from 12th of March 2022. More precisely, the author will analysis, if the Directive proposal infringes Article 20 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights through (1) directly connecting a EUR 750 threshold to its scope of application and (2) excluding specific types of entities from its scope o

The present study centers on the experiences of female Bangladeshi migrants who have relocated to Sweden in recent years. I have endeavored to depict the process of their migration from Bangladesh and afterward integration into the Swedish labor market as an immigrant. In Bangladesh Regardless of professional status, women are expected to do housework. Bangladesh's prevalent religious values a

Nowadays it is becoming more and more common for children, young and older, to have some type of mental health problems, but the question is how does this affect the person's life? The purpose of this paper is to get a more specific understanding of mental health problems regarding children. The paper aims to show how mental health affects children, after a diagnosis and/or a turning point in

The credit spread puzzle has long been a well-researched topic within the literature of fixed income securities, focusing on the factors contributing to credit risk to explain credit spreads. This study provides a new perspective on the subject by specifically examining corporate bonds issued by Swedish real estate companies during the years 2019 to 2023. It is investigated whether explanatory var

Executive aggrandizement is the incremental and intentional dismantling of constitutional checks and balances on executive power. One particular manifestation of this phenomenon, studied within political science for more than 100 years, is the lawful expropriation by executives of the theoretically exclusive lawmaking power of legislatures, an aggrandizement in conflict with the prescriptions of M

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) has been scrutinised in a large variety of fields and from a wide variety of perspectives. Yet, each new published article proves there is more to be uncovered of the novel and its characters. Still, there exists a discrepancy in the attention afforded to its narrators, as the character of Victor Frankenstein is overshadowed by that of the Creature. This phenomen

Climate change is an escalating global issue, with various parts of the world being impacted differently depending on their geographic placement, development status and financial resources. Over the last couple of decades, the intensified climate change impacts have made the climate a subject to be securitized. This happens when a securitizing actor, like a state representative, articulates the cl