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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Forerunner.
1. Transient electromagnetic pulse propagation in temporally dispersive materials
Sammanfattning : This thesis treats the problem of transient electromagnetic pulse propagation in temporally dispersive media. The analysis is performed using time-domain techniques. In particular, the dispersive wave splitting which decouples the Maxwell equations both in vacuum and inside the medium is utilized. LÄS MER
2. Climate Policy as a Window of Opportunity. Sweden and Global Climate Change
Sammanfattning : Because of their social dilemma character, global environmental problems are difficult to successfully manage. States have few incentives to contribute to the common good because doing so would imply costs but not guarantee that others will contribute. Without a global government that can maintain order states do not want to act the sucker. LÄS MER
3. ”Gudomlig, ingenting mindre än gudomlig!” : Skådespelerskan Ellen Hartmans iscensättningar på scen och i offentlighet
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to examine the diva femininity, career strategies, and acting style of the Swedish actress Ellen Hartman (1860-1945). The aim is to highlight her importance to Swedish theater during the fin-de-siècle. LÄS MER
4. Hemicellulose as barrier material
Sammanfattning : Polysaccharides constitute an important source of raw materials for the packaging industry today. Polysaccharides have good natural barrier properties which are necessary for packaging films. Cellulose is the forerunner among renewable polymers for such applications. Hemicelluloses represent a new interesting breed of barrier materials. LÄS MER
5. Essays on Network Effects and Money
Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four separate papers in the field of monetary economics. The common basis for all the papers is that they deal with money and network effects in one way or another. Although the common basis is the same in all the articles, different approaches are used: theory, econometrics and history of economic thought. LÄS MER