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21. A rational response to natural disasters? : Explaining the global rise of regional disaster risk management
Sammanfattning : Natural disasters pervade the certainty of social life. In a globalized world this truism increasingly calls for transnational solutions to prevent, prepare, and respond to these deadly disruptions. Regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) has recently emerged to meet this concern. LÄS MER
22. Optimal adaptive designs and adaptive randomization techniques for clinical trials
Sammanfattning : In this Ph.D. thesis, we investigate how to optimize the design of clinical trials by constructing optimal adaptive designs, and how to implement the design by adaptive randomization. LÄS MER
23. Bioinformatic methods for metagenomics and comparative genetics in veterinary medicine
Sammanfattning : Good science includes innovation, investigation, and rigor. This thesis’ first study is related to rigor. This study was performed at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, as part of the Arbovirus Incidence and Diversity (AVID) project. LÄS MER
24. Essays of Financial Performance and Capital Structure
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on financial performance and capital structure. Essay I assesses the strength of strategic inputs into profitability among firms within several sub-sectors within the industrial service sector in the U.S. and Sweden. LÄS MER
25. Micro- and macroevolutionary aspects of body size diversification and thermal adaptation in insects
Sammanfattning : Body size and body temperature are the two most important traits in biology. In this thesis I show how these twovariables have shaped the evolution of insects over the last 300 million years. LÄS MER