Selon Aristote, la cause finale est double, suivant ce qu’il indique en cinq endroits stratégiques du corpus : à propos de la relation causale entre la finalité et la matière, dans Physique II ; par rapport à la finalité de la reproduction animale, dans De Anima II ; et un peu plus loin, dans cette même ouvrage, le dualisme est affirmé pour éclairer la manière dont l’âme est fin pour le corps ; dans l’Éthique à Eudème, où il s’agit de préciser la façon dont le dieu est fin pour la sagesse pratique ; enfin, concernant la causalité téléologique du Premier Moteur, dans Métaphysique Λ. Ce dualisme téléologique, formulé dans les occurrences du De Anima II à travers l’expression technique τὸ οὗ et τὸ ᾧ, ayant été développée dans une étude qui ne nous est pas parvenue, est fréquemment comprise en fonction de la finalité de la production technique et traduite par « le but visé » et « le bénéficiaire ». Toutefois, cette tentative d’éclaircir cette expression laconique pose des problèmes assez importants, dont celui de sa pertinence pour l’approche des phénomènes naturels qu’elle est censée expliquer. Cette étude cherche à restituer ce dualisme de la fin au centre de la compréhension aristotélicienne de la téléologie. L’examen des occurrences, ainsi que l’étude des thèmes majeurs de la finalité dans la philosophie de la nature d’Aristote, nous conduisent à mettre en avant deux notions qui permettent expliciter ce à quoi fait référence le dualisme téléologique : la notion d’usage, χρῆσις, et celle de préservation, σωτηρία. / According to Aristotle, the final cause is twofold, as it indicates in five strategic places of the corpus: concerning the causal relation between finality and matter, in Physics II; with respect to the purpose of animal reproduction, in De Anima II; and a little further on, in this same work, this dualism is affirmed to enlighten the way in which the soul is end for the body; in Eudemian Ethics, where is it to specify the way in which the god is an end for practical wisdom; finally, concerning the teleological causality of the Prime Mover, in Metaphysics Λ. This teleological dualism, formulated in the occurrences of De Anima II through the technical expression τὸ οὗ and τὸ ᾧ, having been developed in a study that has not survived to our times, is frequently understood in terms of purpose in technical production and translated by "purpose" and "beneficiary". However, this attempt to clarify this laconic expression raises quite significant problems, including that of its relevance for the approach of the natural phenomena that it is supposed to explain. This study attempts to restore this dualism of the end at the centre of Aristotelian understanding of teleology. The examination of occurrences, as well as the study of the major themes of finality in Aristotle's philosophy of nature, lead us to put forward two notions that make explicit what the teleological dualism refers to: the notion of usage, χρῆσις, and that of preservation, σωτηρία.

The main purpose of this multiple case study is to investigate how high school history teachers in Sweden use historical explanations in their classroom teaching.  Specifically, the study explores how explanations are constructed in the clasroom interactions, and what thinking tools, if any, the teachers use to help students grasp central aspects of the historical explanation in question. The case study is based upon observation data from the classrooms of five Swedish high school teachers. A theoretical underpinning of this study is that historical explanations are best understood as cases of complex causality. In order to describe these cases as they are presented in the context of a classroom, a model for analysis is used which draws upon research conclusions from several fields, chiefly instructional theory (Gaea Leinhardt), theory of history (C.Behan McCullagh) and historical thinking (Peter Seixas). The study presents each teacher as a separate case in one chapter, while another chapter focuses on what different tools each teacher uses in his/her explanations. In the last empirical chapter, the teachers’ explanations are discussed in relation to how they emphasize and relate to diffent historical thinking concepts. The study shows that while explanations are intimately interconnected with causality, their use is intertwined with other historical thinking concepts. Furthermore,  teachers use a multitude of different tools when working with  explanations. While certain tools aim at reinforcing students’ thinking about causality, they may simultaneously weaken the explanation’s value for something else, such as historical empathy. Thus, the importance of planning for specific teaching objectives is emphasized by the study. / Förmågan att resonera om orsaker och konsekvenser för att därigenom förklara historiska skeenden är en central förmåga i historisk kunskap. Hur gör lärare när de arbetar med historiska förklaringar i undervisningen? Den frågan är utgångspunkten för denna studie, som bygger på klassrumsstudier av fem yrkesverksamma historielärares undervisning. Särskild vikt läggs vid att identifiera olika redskap som lärarna använder för att tydliggöra olika aspekter av förklaringar i undervisningen.  Undersökningen visar hur förklaringar i undervisningspraktiken påverkas av faktorer som kursinnehåll, elevgrupp och undervisningens målsättningar. Ett antal didaktiska redskap för att arbeta med förklaringar identifieras. Vidare visar undersökningen också hur förklaringar i undervisningspraktiken kan vara sammanflätade med andra aspekter av historisk kunskap, som historisk empati och källhantering.

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Air pollution and meteorological conditions impact COVID-19 mortality rates. This research studied Quito, Ecuador, using Granger causality tests and regression models to investigate the relationship between pollutants, meteorological variables, human mobility, and excess deaths. Results suggested that Mobility as defined by Google Mobility Index, Facebook Isolation Index, in addition to Nitrogen Dioxide, and Sulphur Dioxide significantly impact excess deaths, while Carbon Monoxide and Relative Humidity have mixed results. Measures to reduce Carbon Monoxide emissions and increase humidity levels may mitigate the impact of air pollution on COVID-19 mortality rates. Further research is needed to investigate the impact of pollutants on COVID-19 transmission in other locations. Healthcare decision-makers must monitor and mitigate the impact of pollutants, promote healthy air quality policies, and encourage physical activity in safe environments. They must also consider meteorological conditions and implement measures such as increased ventilation and air conditioning to reduce exposure. Additionally, they must consider human mobility and reduce it to slow the spread of the diseases. Decisionmakers must monitor and track excess deaths during the pandemic to understand the impact of pollutants, meteorological conditions, and human mobility on human health. Public education is critical to raising awareness of air quality and its impact on health. Encouraging individuals to reduce their exposure to pollutants and meteorological conditions can play a critical role in mitigating the impact of air pollution on respiratory health during the pandemic.

Bakgrund: Prognoser för den framtida konjunkturutvecklingen är av värde för såväl allmänheten som beslutsfattare i många led. De förlitar sig på olika former av ekonomiska prognoser för att justera sina förväntningar på efterfrågan och prissättning därefter.Forskningen kring transportsektorn som en konjunkturindikator har visat olika resultat beroende på flera faktorer men Tyskland som har en liknande transportsektor som Sverige introducerade nyligen ett nytt konjunktursmått som var baserat på tunga transporter. Syfte: Uppsatsen syftar till att med statistiska metoder undersöka om det finns eventuella samband mellan efterfrågan på transport genom tunga fordon och hela eller delar av den ekonomiska utvecklingen i Sverige som är av sådant slag att olika variabler kopplat till godstransport kan användas för att prognostisera ekonomisk upp- och nedgång. Genomförande: För att uppfylla studiens syfte har sekundärdata samlats in från OECD samt SCB & Trafa. Variablerna som hämtats är BNP, IPI, transportarbete & nyregistreringar. För att klargöra huruvida variablerna samspelar på kort & lång sikt så testar vi för kointegration och Granger-Kausalitet. Slutsats: Vi finner inga bevis på att transportarbete eller nyregistreringar innehåller värdefull information för att prognosticera framtida konjunkturvärden. Vi finner samband mellan BNP & IPI och nyregistreringar både på kort och lång sikt men tvärtom från vad studien syftade till visar vi att BNP och IPI föregår nyregistreringar i testet för Granger-kausalitet. / Background: Predicting economic growth is valuable for both the general public and decision makers in different parts of society. They rely on different kinds of econometric predictions to adjust their expectations related to price and demand. Studies based around the ability of transportation to predict future values of economic growth has shown differing results depending on various factors but Germany, who has a relatively similar transportation sector as Sweden, has recently implemented a new economic growth measure based on road freight. Aim: Through econometrical methods we aimed to study the relationship between the transportation sector, more specifically the road freight part, and economic growth and study road freights ability to predict future economic growth in Sweden. Completion: To fulfill the aim of the study we collected secondary data from SCB and OECD & Trafa. Our data collection consisted of four variables which was GDP and IPI as economic growth proxies and new registrations for road freight vehicles and road freight per kilometer were chosen as variables for the road freight sector. To understand how road freight could predict future economic growth for both short- and long term we tested for Granger-causality and cointegration. Conclusion: Our study shows no evidence for road freight being a valuable indicator for predicting future economic growth. Relationships were found between GDP & IPI and new registrations on short- and long term but in contradiction to our studies purpose the relationship was found to be from GDP & IPI to new registrations and not the other way around.

Since the first studies on perceptual causality, there has been a debate about whether or not causality can be directly perceived or if reports of causality are the products of higher level memory and cognition. This dissertation directly tests the relationship between causality, animacy, and higher level cognition for events that entail one and two force interactions. Perceptual causality and animacy were reported in a recognition task where participants viewed animations of single and two force events. The events simulated: interactions that obeyed the laws of physics, interactions that reflected high frequency alternate conceptions found through a pilot study, and a parametrically varied set of angular deviations from the motions in the set that obeyed physics. Results showed that reports of perceptual causality and perceptual animacy were highly negatively correlated. Solutions that likely appeared physically plausible—such as correct physics paths and high frequency alternate conceptions—were rated as high in causality and low in animacy and highly implausible solutions—such as motions 180 degrees from the correct physics path—were rated as low in causality and high in animacy. Higher level cognition was tested through a production task where participants were asked to predict the path they believed a ball would take when acted upon by one or two forces. This task allowed novices to report their conceptions of single and two force interactions. In addition to paths that closely resembled the physically correct path, people also frequently produced paths that had inaccurate angles, that were curved, or that appeared to be determined by the larger or more recent of the two forces. The combined results suggest that higher level cognition played a role in the experience of causality and animacy in the animations, with animation paths similar to those generated during the production task rated higher in naturalness and lower in animacy than other types of paths, but that this effect was dependent on the complexity of the force interaction. Recognition task results for single force and two equal forces facing each other were not predicted by the type of path generated during the production task, but production task results did predict recognition task ratings for all other force relations tested. Different aspects of the data support each of the two sides of the debate; causality may be directly perceived in some, but not all, situations. / Psychology

This thesis employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag model (ARDL), Toda-Yamamoto causality analysis, and ordinary least square (OLS for robust estimation) techniques to empirically investigate the impact of economic growth and energy consumption on the environment in Nigeria from 1980 to 2020. The results of cointegration demonstrate a long-term link between the model's input variables. The outcome of the first objective of the study shows that trade and economic development in Nigeria worsen the state of the environment. Environmental quality is accelerated by financial development; nevertheless, FDI is proven to be insignificant in predicting environmental quality. The result demonstrates that FDI and energy use both have the potential to significantly speed up the rate of environmental degradation. Nevertheless, trade has a negligible impact on the environment in the country, and financial development slows down environmental deterioration. The study also finds that the combination between energy and economic development improves Nigeria's environmental quality. The outcome of the fourth objective shows that economic expansion and energy consumption have a favorable impact on the environment. Additionally, environmental degradation, energy use, and economic growth are all causally related. Moreover, the outcome of the robust estimation reveals a positive and significant relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in the environment. Therefore, the study suggests economic policies with environmental control measures. This could be through an emphasis on the use of other alternatives of low-emission energy, that will mitigate the level of C02 and enhance energy utilization for a better environment in the nation.

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<p>I was not sure how to list my committee members on this form. Dr. Schuller is my advisor and Drs. Westerholm and Machiela are committee members. I do not have a "co-supervisor." Please correct this form if needed.</p> / <p>Almost every narrative in Pseudo-Philo’s <em>Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum </em>(<em>L.A.B.</em>), a late first or early second century C.E. rewriting of scriptural texts and traditions, deals in some way with issues of reward and punishment, a prominent theme in early Jewish literature. In 1917, M. R. James observed that two “truths” were “foremost” among the “great truths” in <em>L.A.B.</em>: (1) “the indestructibility of Israel” and (2) Israel’s “duty of faithfulness to the one God” (<em>Biblical Antiquities</em>, 34). Most studies of reward and punishment in <em>L.A.B.</em> emphasize one of these two “great truths” to the virtual (or complete) exclusion of the other. This has resulted in sharply contrasting conclusions concerning the concepts of reward and punishment within Pseudo-Philo’s ideology.</p> <p>A promising perspective from which to reconsider the concepts of reward and punishment in <em>L.A.B.</em> is the view of reward and punishment, which, according to E. P. Sanders’s theory of covenantal nomism, was pervasive within Judaism of the first centuries of the Common Era (<em>Paul and Palestinian Judaism</em>, 75, 421‒423, 426). Such an investigation will be the focus of this thesis. Scholars such as Heikki Räisänen (<em>Paul and the Law</em>, 180 n. 92), Frederick J. Murphy (<em>Pseudo-Philo: Rewriting the Bible</em>, 233 n. 18), and Sanders (<em>Judaism: Practice and Belief</em>, 263‒275) have contended that <em>L.A.B.</em> exemplifies covenantal nomism but this premise has never been examined thoroughly. In this study, through a side-by-side analysis of <em>L.A.B.</em> and scriptural texts and traditions, we will identify the changes that Pseudo-Philo made to the scriptural account and then extract Pseudo-Philo’s ideology through a careful analysis of these changes. The recognition that <em>L.A.B.</em> is a late Second Temple period rewriting of scriptural texts and traditions is central to this examination.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)