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  1. 21. A Search for Neonicotinoid Binding Sites in the Optic Lobes of Honeybees and Blowflies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Ashley Hulcoop; [2019]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Neonicotinoid insecticides are agonists to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brains of insects. At sub-lethal doses these chemicals cause behavioral abnormalities in several bee species, reducing overall fitness. nAChRs expressed in the optic lobes of insects bind neonicotinoids, thus may be involved in these behavioral changes. READ MORE

  3. 22. Governing sustainability in the garment sector: The European Union’s action agenda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Caroline Heinz; [2018]
    Keywords : European Union; sustainable garment governance; green economy; circular economy; sustainable supply chain management; planetary boundaries; environmental sustainability; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The garment sector has increasingly attracted attention over the last years, due to it being an important contributor to the increasing pressure on planetary boundaries. While not only representing one of the world’s largest consumer industries, but also, a growing sector, trends are indicating towards its negative environmental and social impacts rising further. READ MORE

  4. 23. Enhancing the European security and defence policy : European integration and the changing of the Norwegian and the Swedish security identities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Yvonne Moholt van Reeuwijk; [2018]
    Keywords : Europeanisation; security identity; Common Security and Defence Policy; Swedish security identity; security; Norwegian security identity; comprehensive security actor.;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between Europeanisation and the recent changes of the Norwegian and Swedish security identities. Since the mid-1990s, these two countries have gone different ways, the former as an active non-member with no decision-making powers and the latter as an active participant in the development of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). READ MORE

  5. 24. What has the European Union done to approach terrorism - Responses to a growing security challenge

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Magdalena Glusniewska; [2018]
    Keywords : European Union; Terrorism; Security; Hard Soft Power;

    Abstract : One of the mayor security problems nowadays is the international terrorism and it has become a threat to the European people as well. The number of the attacks is increasing, European citizens are traveling to Middle East to join foreign terrorist groups and online propaganda is being more and more popular. READ MORE

  6. 25. Albania, a place where long-standing traditions devised a nation : The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini is alive and kicking

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Arjana Lugaj; [2018]
    Keywords : albania; kanun; law; blood revenge; identity;

    Abstract : Albania is a young democratic country that is still learning how to move forward. Albania has lived under regimes not democratically chosen for centuries: the Ottoman Empire before and the Communist regime than. READ MORE