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1. 6. Wetland Mitigation Banking in the United States

   Författare :Ville Pekka Tapani Inkinen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biodiversity; land use; offsetting; mitigation banking; wetlands;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I study market-based biodiversity conservation policies in the context of the wetland compensatory mitigation program under the US Clean Water Act. The program requires developers to compensate for adverse impacts on wetlands by purchasing credits that specialized firms have generated in advance from wetland conservation activities. LÄS MER

3. 7. Develop your memory strategies! Self-generated versus mnemonic strategy training in old age : maintenance, forgetting, transfer and age differences

   Författare :Anna Derwinger; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Memory training; aging; episodic memory plasticity; self-generated strategies; mnemonic strategies; numeric material; maintenance; transfer; forgetting; age differences;

   Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to further our understanding of episodic memory plasticity in normal aging, by examining the effectiveness of a mnemonic-strategy training program versus a self-generated memory strategy training program in healthy adults between 20 and 90 years old, using numeric materials. The effectiveness of training was evaluated in terms of immediate gains, transfer of skill, maintenance of skill, and forgetting of learned information. LÄS MER

4. 8. Essays on portfolio behavior and asset pricing

   Författare :Bo Stoltz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays on portfolio behavior and asset pricing.The first Essay employs portfolio theory to study the balance sheet composition of theSwedish Manufacturing Industry 1965-90. LÄS MER

5. 9. Coordinated MultiPoint Transmission with Incomplete Information

   Författare :Tilak Rajesh Lakshmana; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; scheduling; precoding; coordinated multipoint; joint transmission; backhauling; particle swarm optimization; decentralized; stochastic optimization; convex optimization; efficient backhauling; centralized;

   Sammanfattning : The demand for higher data rates and efficient use of various resources has been an unquenchable thirst across different generations of cellular systems, and it continues to be so. Aggressive reuse of frequency resources in cellular systems gives rise to intercell interference which severely affects the data rate of users at the cell-edge. LÄS MER

7. 10. A Study of Localisation Economies and the Transport Sector

   Författare :Johan Klaesson; Jönköping University; []
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   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five individual essays, and a common introduction, sharing the general idea that the location of economic activities matters. Four of the essays explicitly introduce a transport sector that has impacts on the location and economic efficiency of other activities. LÄS MER