Search for dissertations about: "small states"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 454 swedish dissertations containing the words small states.

  2. 16. Alternative Stable States in Size-Structured Communities : Patterns, Processes, and Mechanisms

    Author : Arne Schröder; Lennart Persson; André M. de Roos; Tim Benton; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biomass overcompensation; Chaoborus; emergent Allee effect; Heterandria formosa; juvenile recruitment bottlenecks; ontogenetic niche shifts; Poecilia reticulata; Biology; Biologi;

    Abstract : Alternative stable states have been, based on theoretical findings, predicted to be common in ecological systems. Empirical data from a number of laboratory and natural studies strongly suggest that alternative stable states also occur in real populations, communities and ecosystems. READ MORE

  4. 17. Clocks, DBMs and States in Timed Systems

    Author : Johan Bengtsson; Joost-Pieter Katoen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

    Abstract : Today, computers are used to control various technical systems in our society. In many cases, time plays a crucial role in the operation of computers embedded in such systems. This thesis is about techniques and tools for the analysis of timing behaviours of computer systems. READ MORE

  5. 18. Creating and Probing Extreme States of Materials : From Gases and Clusters to Biosamples and Solids

    Author : Bianca Iwan; Nicusor Timneanu; Janos Hajdu; Stacey Sorensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; free-electron laser; ultrashort X-rays; non-equilibrium plasma; Coulomb explosion; isotope effect; hydrodynamic expansion; ion acceleration; high intensity lasers; ablation; time-of-flight spectroscopy; Fysik; Physics;

    Abstract : Free-electron lasers provide high intensity pulses with femtosecond duration and are ideal tools in the investigation of ultrafast processes in materials. Illumination of any material with such pulses creates extreme conditions that drive the sample far from equilibrium and rapidly convert it into high temperature plasma. READ MORE

  6. 19. Still searching the best way... : a multiple-case study in small industrial organizations

    Author : Lena Rantakyrö; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industrial Work Environment; Industriell produktionsmiljö;

    Abstract : The purpose of my studies was to get a deeper understanding of small companies’ organization logic and to find out if they had adopted new management concepts such as Just-In-Time, Total Quality Management, Time Based Management, Business Process Reengineering, Lean Production and concepts of Learning Organization, or if they were influenced by these concepts in their way to organize production and labor. More specific research questions were: What are the opportunities and obstacles for implementation of new management concepts in small industrial organizations? What management strategies are used in small companies? How do small companies deal with learning and training? How does flexibility manifest itself in small companies? How do small companies relate themselves to the environment and are they cooperating with other companies? The results are presented in seven papers. READ MORE

  7. 20. Back on the map : essays on financial markets in the Baltic States

    Author : Albina Soultanaeva; Kurt Brännäs; Hossein Asgharian; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : Financial Markets; Time series; GARCH; Asymmetry; News; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract :  This thesis consists of five self-contained papers, which are all related to the financial markets in the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  Paper [I] studies the impact of news from the Moscow and New York stock exchanges on the returns and volatilities of the Baltic States' stock market indices using a time series model that accounts for asymmetries in the conditional mean and variance functions. READ MORE