Search for dissertations about: "reciprocal regime"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words reciprocal regime.
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1. Gift and Exchange in the Reciprocal Regime of the Miskito on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, 20th Century
Abstract : This dissertation is a historical-comparative analysis of a conflict that has developed in the economic system of the Miskito in the 20th century, concerning the use of common property resources. The study is based on empirical material collected in a Miskito/Creole village on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua in the 1990s. READ MORE
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2. Theoretical modeling of scanning tunneling microscopy
Abstract : The main body of this thesis describes how to calculate scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images from first-principles methods. The theory is based on localized orbital density functional theory (DFT), whose limitations for large-vacuum STM models are resolved by propagating localized-basis wave functions close to the surface into the vacuum region in real space. READ MORE
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3. Coding and Transmission Strategies for Secrecy
Abstract : In this thesis we consider several problems relating to information theoretic security. The wiretap channel is the simplest information theoretic setting which takes security into account, and in the first chapters of the thesis we design some practical coding schemes for this channel model. READ MORE
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4. Adjusting to the extreme : Thermal adaptation in a freshwater gastropod
Abstract : Temperature is a ubiquitous force influencing biological processes ranging from cellular responses to life span. The thermal environment for many organisms is predicted to change with globally increasing temperatures and studies conducted in natural systems incorporating various evolutionary forces, such as gene flow, is needed. READ MORE
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5. Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Herbivory in the Perennial Herb Lythrum salicaria
Abstract : In this thesis, I combined field, common-garden and greenhouse experiments to examine the ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant-herbivore interactions in the perennial herb Lythrum salicaria. More specifically I examined (1) whether resistance and tolerance to damage from herbivores vary with latitude and are positively related to the intensity of herbivory in natural populations, (2) whether effects of herbivory on plant fitness vary with latitude, (3) whether populations are locally adapted and whether herbivory influences the relative fitness of populations, and (4) whether the intensity and effects of insect herbivory on reproductive output vary locally along a disturbance gradient and are associated with differences in plant resistance. READ MORE