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  1. 1. Costs in Swedish Public Transport : An analysis of cost drivers and cost efficiency in public transport contracts

    Author : Andreas Vigren; Svante Mandell; Johan Holmgren; Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Cost; Increase; Efficiency; Contract; Procurement; Public transport; 02 Road: Economics; 02 Road: Economics; Transportvetenskap;

    Abstract : During the last seven years, the total cost for Swedish public transport provision has increased by over 30 percent in real terms according to figures from the government agency Transport Analysis. A similar pattern is found if considering a longer time span. READ MORE

  2. 2. Tradition as Resource : Transnational Somali Women Traders Facing the Realities of Civil War

    Author : Rannveig Jetne Haga; Mattias Gardell; Lena Roos; Francesca Declich; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dubai; Somaliland; Somali women; civil war; tradition; agency; security; autonomy; negotiations; piety; postcolonial; feminism.; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Islamology; Islamologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This dissertation is an analysis of interviews with and observations among transnational Somali women traders, located in Somaliland (northwest Somalia) and Dubai. Since the outbreak of the Somali civil war an increasing number of women have become the sole providers of their families. READ MORE

  3. 3. Law Enforcement Large-Scale IT Systems in EU Internal Security and Migration Policies

    Author : Zoltán Dóczi; Erzsébet Sándor Szalayné; Hungary Pécs University of Pécs; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Schengen; large-scale IT systems; law enforcement; eu-LISA; smart borders information power; security deficit; facilitate travel;

    Abstract : Borderless Europe raises the problem of increased security deficit. One of its segments may be counterbalanced by the control of immigration flow at the external borders that consists of three endeavours: the common border control policy, the common visa policy and the common asylum policy. READ MORE

  4. 4. Interference detection and localization in the GPS L1 frequency band

    Author : Oscar Isoz; Magnus Lundberg-Nordenvaad; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Industriell elektronik; Industrial Electronics;

    Abstract : The usage of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) in general and the American GPS in particular increases everyday and so does the number of applications where it is used. The GNSS receivers relies on receiving signals from satellites orbiting the earth at an altitude of about 20 000 km and the signals received by the receiver are signicantly weaker then the background noise. READ MORE

  5. 5. Possibilities of dried blood spots as a matrix in therapeutic drug monitoring of antiepileptic drugs in children

    Author : Camilla Linder; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : For children with epilepsy, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is essential for treatment. TDM monitoring requires two visits to a health care unit, first for collection of the blood sample before the morning dose and a few days later the family will travel once again to see the pediatrician. READ MORE