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1. 1. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

   Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

3. 2. The Power of the Tides : A Quantitative Study Investigating the Momentum Strategy with 30 Industries

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Oscar Estéen; Jonathan Landahl; Hugo Karlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Momentum strategy; industry momentum; risk management; market anomalies; momentum investing; portfolio management;

   Abstract : Background: Buying past winners and selling past losers has historically generated both profits and losses. The momentum strategy has been researched with risk measures and portfolio creation as fundamental components. READ MORE

4. 3. Navigating the Tides of Sustainability:  Gaps in IMO Legislation and the Shipping Industry´s Perception on a Transition Towards Sustainability

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Maria Madalena Ravara; Fee Stöcker; Divya Kasarabada; Chaima Dalouhamouch; [2023]
   Keywords : Shipping Industry; Strategic Sustainable Development; Transition; Regulations; International Maritime Organisation;

   Abstract : Considered the most cost and energy-efficient mode of transportation, the shipping industry is responsible for 90% of trade and is predicted to grow. Although it has been central for the development of nations, this activity is not exempt of negative externalities, largely contributing for unsustainability. READ MORE

5. 4. Embracing metaphors in translation : A study on the translation of embodied metaphors in a nature book

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Linda Gars; [2023]
   Keywords : English Swedish; metaphor translation; translation strategies; embodied metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the translation of metaphors with a special focus on embodied metaphors. It is based on Newmark’s (1981:84−91) translation strategies and uses chapter 15, “Currents and Tides”, from Tristan Gooley’s nature book How to Read Water, Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea (2016) as corpus for metaphor translation analysis. READ MORE

6. 5. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : David Ebert; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; High tide flooding; Projections; Adaptation and mitigation strategies; Lunar precession; Nodal cycle; Cycle of lunar perigee; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE