Search for dissertations about: "book review"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 2059 swedish dissertations containing the words book review.

2. 1. Geology, stratigraphy, and fossil vertebrates of Gotland, Sweden : a review

   Author : Oskar Bremer; Henning Blom; Per Ahlberg; Märss Tiiu; Jan Ove Ebbestad; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Silurian; Gotland geology; Baltic Basin; extinction events; isotope excursions; atmospheric and oceanic cycles; early vertebrates; scale taxonomy; environmental preferences; vertebrate biozonation.; Earth Science with specialization in Historical Geology and Palaeontology; Geovetenskap med inriktning mot historisk geologi och paleontologi;

   Abstract : The Silurian limestones of Gotland, Sweden, and their exceptionally well-preserved fossils have attracted the interest of scientists for more than 200 years. The sedimentary rocks represent approximately 10 million years of time, and were deposited in a shallow, equatorial inland sea named the Baltic Basin. READ MORE

4. 2. The aquatic ecotoxicity of manufactured silica nanomaterials and their interactions with organic pollutants

   Author : Frida Book; Göteborgs universitet; Göteborgs universitet; Gothenburg University; []
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   Abstract : Manufactured silica nanomaterials are one of the nanomaterials consumed in the highest volumes (more than 4 000 000 tons/year/globally) and are used in a wide range of products and industries such as food, cosmetics, coatings, paints, textiles, concrete and the paper and pulp industry. They also provide promising properties that help solving societal challenges, such as water remediation, by binding contaminants. READ MORE

5. 3. How institutions matter in MA research : a literature review

   Author : Malin Härström; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutional theory; Institutional theorizing; Embedded agency; Institutions; Social structure; Sources of change; MA practice; Sources of MA practice; Conceptualizations of MA; Social role of MA;

   Abstract : It is currently popular to study management accounting (MA) from an institutionalist perspective. Such a perspective is premised on that ‘institutions matter’; so that notions of social structure, agency and linkages in between them thus become central. READ MORE

6. 4. Judicial Review and Individual Legal Activism : The Case of Russia in Theoretical Perspective

   Author : Anna Jonsson; Anders Fogelklou; Thomas Bull; Katlijn Malfliet; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Constitutional law; Judicial review; judicial protection; individual rights; individual legal activism; democracy; support structure; standing rules; legal aid; public law adjudication; civil society; Council of Europe; access to justice; Russia; post-Socialist; legal transition; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional law; Konstitutionell rätt; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional Law;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with judicial review of governmental action and individual legal activism. It investigates whether judicial protection of individual rights and individual legal activism, within the field of public law, can be seen as an alternative or complement to electoral control of political and administrative powers. READ MORE

7. 5. Mapping management accounting and trust : an extended literature review

   Author : Gabriella Wennblom; Jonas Gerdin; Sven Helin; Tobias Johansson; Christian Ax; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; management accounting; trust; system trust; control; performance evaluation; interorganizational relationships; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : More than three decades ago the notion of trust was introduced into the management accounting (MA) literature, and a growing stream of empirical papers elaborating on the relation between MA controls and trust signals the importance andvitality of this research area. However, a closer look at the literature shows that while major insights have been made, there is also considerable confusion around both research models and the meanings of key concepts. READ MORE