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Multilevel energy regulation : a study of NVE’s connections and autonomy in a European context
2016
Masteroppgave offentlig politikk og ledelse- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 An evolving European executive order is changing the circumstances for national steering and administrative capacities. Increasingly compound and interconnected administrative structures that span across levels of governance provide an environment where domestic agencies might be serving multiple organizations or centres of authority simultaneously. Thus potentially challenging national control and accountability. This thesis has set out to map NVE’s potential participation in such multilevel administrative structures for energy regulation in Europe. By examining NVE’s connection and contact with its ministry departmen…
The Voice of the Vanni Tamil women for Peace
2016
Master thesis development management - University of Agder 2016 The civil war in Sri Lanka came to an end in 2009, costing more than 40,000 civilian lives and resulting in major destruction of private and public property. At the end of the civil war the government of Sri Lanka promised peace through passing of amendments to the constitution, initiating reforms to institutions and ensuring human rights and freedom for civilians. The government’s promise of peace has become subject to the criticism of ethnic politics. While assuring peace through constitutional and institutional reforms and human rights and freedom for civilians, the government has promoted victors’ peace by celebrating the m…
Reproductive Physiology ofAedes(Aedimorphus)vexans(Diptera: Culicidae) in Relation to Flight Potential
2001
Total protein, lipid, and glycogen of Aedes vexans (Meigen) were related linearly to body size at eclosion. Starvation after emergence led to the determination of minimal irreducible amounts of protein, lipid, and glycogen and the availability of the teneral reserves, whereas access to sucrose revealed the potential for reserve synthesis. Glycogenesis and lipogenesis increased reserves approximately 10-fold the teneral value within 1 and 2 wk after emergence, respectively. Carbohydrate feeding was an essential behavior before blood feeding and oogenesis commenced. Female flight was tested on a flight mill. Maximal flights of 10-17 km in a single night occurred at 2 wk posteclosion and paral…
Socially Responsible Sector: B Lab Certification of For-Benefit Organizations
2019
Master's thesis Innovative governance and public management ME523 - University of Agder 2019 This is a study of the motivations of organizations to become certified B Corps through thenon-profit B Lab. The Abilities, Motivations and Opportunities framework, rooted in behavioraland organizational management literature is applied to the certified B Corp model, andtheoretically compared to corporate social responsibility. Empirical data collected comparescommon language used to describe 3,508 organizations and self reported motivations to becomecertified through survey responses of 279 active certified B Corps. The results of the study showthe difference between corporate social responsibility…
«Fred byrjar i heimen» : ei etnografisk undersøking av ein kvinneorganisasjon som arbeider med fred i Bogota, Colombia
2019
Masteroppgave Global development and planning UT506 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 In the post-conflict situation that defines Colombia,SPK works to raise women’s awareness (or works to make women conscious) of their own potential tocontribute to local politics.This paper examinesthe meanings of peacework in all it’s shapes and forms, but also how this work is connected to a victim identity. Inspired by Dorothy Smith and institutional ethnography Iexamine what can control the work in the organization, with a particular eye on the role of financial supporters. Words as «empowerment» and «peace builder» are used both in SPK, but also in the general discourse around women and peace. The gender a…
Caracterización genómica del microalga Trebouxia sp. TR9 aislada del liquen Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. mediante secuenciación masiva
2015
Los líquenes son complejas entidades simbióticas originadas por asociaciones cíclicas e interacciones positivas de organismos muy diferentes, un hongo heterotrófico y uno o varios “fotobiontes” autótrofos fotosintéticos, tanto algas verdes unicelulares, como cianobaterias o ambos. Además, comunidades específicas de bacterias aparecen como simbiontes obligados de líquenes. En todos los talos del liquen Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach., coexisten las dos mismas especies de algas Trebouxia (T. jamesii -TR1- y Trebouxia sp. TR9). Esta forma de asociación simbiótica específica y selectiva es interesante como modelo de la coexistencia de dos especies diferentes de Trebouxia dentro de un mismo talo li…
Evolution and systematics of the late miocene spanish Giraffidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Pecora)
2017
Esta tesis doctoral se centra en la filogenia y sistemática de los jiráfidos del Mioceno tardío español (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Pecora). Los jiráfidos son un grupo monofilético de rumiantes caracterizados por la presencia de caninos bilobulados y un tipo especial de apéndice craneal epifisario y permanente denominado osicono [1]. Asimismo son los únicos supervivientes del clado Giraffomorpha, un grupo de rumiantes pécoras que contiene a Propalaeoryx junto con los Palaeomerycidae, Prolybitheriidae, Climacoceratidae y Giraffidae [2,3].Actualmente la familia Giraffidae está representada por tan solo dos géneros actuales africanos, Okapia, con una única especie, Okapia johnstoni, que habita las …
Gli effetti dell'apertura del fallimento (o della liquidazione giudiziale) sul procedimento ex art. 2409 c.c.
2020
È tuttora una questione controversa se tra il procedimento di controllo di cui all’art. 2409 e il procedimento fallimentare (in futuro, di liquidazione giudiziale) sussista un rapporto di incompatibilità o, invece, di reciproca autonomia, stante la completa assenza di disposizioni normative che regolino il caso in cui i due procedimenti siano simultaneamente pendenti nei confronti della medesima società. In questa prospettiva, occorre esaminare se la denuncia per gravi irregolarità nella gestione ex art. 2409 c.c. sia pur sempre proponibile nel caso in cui la medesima sia già stata dichiarata fallita (o ne sia stata aperta la liquidazione giudiziale); e, nell’ipotesi inversa in cui tale den…
A resource-based view of green innovation as a strategic firm resource: Present status and future directions
2021
Green innovation could become a valuable firm resource for establishing competitive advantage while simultaneously contributing towards sustainable development; in other words, green innovation has the potential to address the dilemma between consuming available resources and preserving them for the future. However, there is a dearth of studies systematically examining the present structure and future scope of research on green innovation as a firm resource. Seeking to explain the sustainable development dilemma of green innovations through the theoretical perspective of the resource-based view of the firm, we address this gap with a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 951 relevant artic…
Scientific Opinion on an application by Syngenta (EFSA-GMO-DE-2009-66) for placing on the market of herbicide tolerant and insect resistant maize Bt1…
2015
Question number: EFSA-Q-2009-00444 on request from Competent Authority of Germany; The EFSA GMO Panel previously assessed the four single events combined to produce a four-event stack maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × GA21 and did not identify safety concerns. In this opinion, the EFSA GMO Panel assesses the four-event stack maize and all its subcombinations independently of their origin. No new data on the single events, leading to modification of the original conclusions on their safety, were identified. The molecular, agronomic, phenotypic and compositional data on the four-event stack maize did not give rise to safety concerns and there is no reason to expect interactions between the singl…