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1. 1. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Lucile Vanin; Hannah Bozorgnia; [2023]
   Keywords : KPIs; Management Control Systems; Sustainability; Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems; Sensemaking;

   Abstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE

3. 2. Mine Action and Triple Nexus Implementation: A study case of the Colombian Final Peace Agreement

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Luisa Vargas; [2023]
   Keywords : triple nexus; peacebuilding; post-conflict; mine action; humanitarian demining;

   Abstract : The policy debate and definition of the Triple Nexus have been largely led by the United Nations, multilateral organizations, and donors. Since the Triple Nexus concept’s proposal, the international community has struggled with operationalizing this approach. READ MORE

4. 3. Intermediate-mass black hole binary as an origin of super-massive black holes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Isabelle Signe Maj Maria Thord; [2023]
   Keywords : Intermediate-mass black holes; binary; merger; hardening; encounters; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : Galactic nuclei contain super-massive black holes (SMBHs), nuclear stellar clusters (NSCs), or both. In the NSC, intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are likely to reside and form highly eccentric binaries. Over time, the orbit of a binary could harden via interaction with surrounding low-mass stars. READ MORE

5. 4. Compact Representations of State Sets in State Space Search

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Hugo Axandersson; [2023]
   Keywords : State Space Search; Planning; Closed list; Open list; Memory compact; Level-Ordered Edge Sequence LOES ;

   Abstract : Modern day technological advancements are moving at a rapid pace. In the field of Artificial Intelligence, algorithms are becoming ever faster and process larger amounts of data. These fast algorithms call for data structures that can store this processed data compactly. This premise also holds true in the AI subfield of planning. READ MORE

6. 5. From Hospitium to Hybridisation: The acquisition, adoption, and transformation of Roman zoomorphic forms in Barbaricum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : David Stuart Parker; [2022]
   Keywords : Zoomorphism; Romans; Roman imports; Romanisation; hybridisation; Barbaricum; hospitium; dona militaria; spoils of war; gift-giving; Roman provinces; Roman Iron Age; Iron Age societies.; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : This text is an attempt to re-evaluate the significance of Roman imports in Scandinavian contexts as well as to answer overarching questions concerning frontier zones, and the building of core-periphery relationships. This is achieved by applying the Roman concepts of hospitium and dona militaria as well as theoretical frameworks such as provincial ritual practices and cultural hybridisation to a predefined group of material culture. READ MORE