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1. 1. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

3. 2. The future of captured CO2 : Analysis of the role of carbon capture, storage and utilisation in a sustainable Europe

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknik

   Author : Oscar Granér; Daniel Johansson; [2022]
   Keywords : CO2; CCS; CCU; CCUS; BECCS; CRC; negative emissions; Europe; carbon pricing; EU ETS; CO2 infrastructure;

   Abstract : The energy transition is one of the largest challenges our global society is facing. In 2015, the United Nations acknowledged the Paris Agreement, where the world’s nations were united to limit the global warming well below 2 °C in comparison with pre-historic levels. READ MORE

4. 3. Exploring Consumer Expenditure And Environmental Impacts Across European Nations : A Data-Mining Approach

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sjoerd Herlaar; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : As the pressures on the environment created by humanity increase, understanding how products influence a person’s overall impact becomes more important in order to make choices about how a person chooses to consume. Recent literature shows that household consumption is responsible for 51% to 81% of a nation’s total emissions (Ivanova, Stadler, et al. READ MORE

5. 4. Women’s self-employment in Europe : What factors affects women’s self-employment in five regions in Europe?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Adila Mohsini; Artina Salihu; [2018]
   Keywords : Women; Self-employment; North Europe; East Europe; South Europe; West Europe; North-West Europe; Push factors; Pull factors;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyse women’s self-employment in five regions of Europe, namely Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, North-West Europe and Western Europe in two years, 2002 and 2016. To assess the factors affecting women’s self-employment in Europe we base our analysis on push and pull theory and as far as the quantitative part is concerned we estimate a probit model. READ MORE

6. 5. Projecting invasive species using remote sensing and spatial explicit models

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Astrid Zimmermann; [2018]
   Keywords : Physical Geography; Ecosystem Analysis; Rosa rugosa; invasive species; aerial images; growth rate; modeling; cellular automata; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : An evaluation of the current and previous Rosa rugosa growth on Kieler Ort, Germany, with the aim to predict the rose coverage in future, under consideration of environmental factors. Kieler Ort, a rather isolated island in the southwest Baltic Sea is representing a unique environment which is protected for its landscape, nature, flora and fauna and serves as a bird sanctuary. READ MORE