Search for dissertations about: "Americas"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word Americas.

  2. 1. Regional cooperation and conflict management: Lessons from the Pacific Rim

    Author : Niklas Swanström; Tom Hart; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peace and conflict research; Regional cooperation; formal; informal; conflict management; Pacific Rim; East Asia; Northeast Asia; Southeast Asia; Americas; North America; South America; regional organizations; conflict resolution; regionalism.; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Regional cooperation is increasingly important as a means to create peaceful relations and improve economic development. The problem today is not to initiate cooperation, but rather how to handle disputes and maintain good relations. This is done through conflict management mechanisms (CMMs) in most regional cooperation structures. READ MORE

  4. 2. Computational hydrodynamics applied to an America's Cup class keel - best practice and validation of methods

    Author : Sofia Werner; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; CFD; America s Cup; induced drag; wind tunnel; winglet; validation; keel; vortex drag; wake survey;

    Abstract : Numerical predictions of the flow around yacht keels can be performed with various types of methods. In this work computational fluid dynamic (CFD) computations are validated against wind tunnel studies of an America's Cup Class keel with the purpose of investigating the accuracy that can be achieved with CFD, which methods that are suitable and how they should be used in the best way. READ MORE

  5. 3. The ostracod genus cyprides in the Americas

    Author : Philip A. Sandberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 4. Finding a balance: Placing Farmers' Markets in the context of sustainability in modern society

    Author : Helen Nilsson; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on local food systems in Sweden, using examples from the Farmers’ Markets that are a growing phenomena in Sweden, as well as in many other developed countries across Europe and the Americas and many other developed countries. Farmers’ Markets are about consumers and producers reconnecting and re-establishing the relationships of trust and transparency that are lacking in today’s modern industrial food production and distribution chains through consumers meeting producers and interacting with them directly. READ MORE

  7. 5. Designing Platform Emulation

    Author : Daniel Rudmark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; open platforms; platform emulation; outlaw innovation; action design research; guided emergence; open platforms;

    Abstract : Many contemporary firms and public agencies seek to engage external third-party developers to supply complementary applications. However, this type of development sometimes occurs without organizational consent, which creates problems for subjected organizations at both the technical and organizational levels. READ MORE