Denna uppsats lyfter fram betydelsen av ekonomiska incitament för att stimulera återanvändning av byggmaterial i Sverige. Trots att byggindustrin ser fördelarna med återanvändning, visar studien att det saknas tillräckliga ekonomiska incitament för att göra det till en standardpraxis. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med representanter från byggindustrin och litteraturstudie, identifierade studien flera hinder som kvalitetsgaranti, byggregler, brist på kunskap och ekonomiska utmaningar. Studiens syfte var att undersöka vilka ekonomiska incitament som kunde främja användningen av återanvända byggmaterial och identifiera potentiella hinder för deras implementering. Resultaten tyder på att det för närvarande saknas direkta ekonomiska incitament som uppmuntrar byggföretag till att återanvända byggmaterial. Flera hinder har identifierats, bland annat utmaningar rörande kvalitetsgarantier, byggregler, brist på kunskap och ekonomiska svårigheter. Studien framhåller också att det krävs mer omfattande politiska och ekonomiska initiativ för att stimulera användningen av återanvända byggmaterial. Uppsatsen bidrar till den befintliga forskningen genom att ge rekommendationer till beslutsfattare och andra aktörer inom byggsektorn som är intresserade av att främja hållbarhet och miljövänliga metoder. Den föreslår att framtida forskning bör inriktas på att utforma och testa specifika ekonomiska incitament för att främja återanvändning av byggmaterial. Av studien framkommer det att byggföretag identifierar en mängd hinder och utmaningar vid återanvändning av byggmaterial. Det framkommer även att det finns en märkbar brist på ekonomiska incitament från staten för att främja användandet av återanvända byggmaterial i byggprojekt. Byggföretagen föreslog olika former av ekonomiska incitament som skulle kunna främja användningen av återanvända byggmaterial, inklusive bidrag, skattelättnader och digitala plattformar. Det fanns även en variation i politiska åsikter gällande idén om att införa ekonomiska incitament för att främja återanvändningen av byggmaterial, med en del som stödde idén och andra som motsatte sig den. / This paper highlights the importance of economic incentives in stimulating the reuse of building materials in Sweden. Although the construction industry recognizes the benefits of reuse, the study shows that there are insufficient economic incentives to make it a standard practice. Through semi-structured interviews with representatives from the construction industry and a literature review, the study identified several barriers such as quality assurance, building regulations, lack of knowledge, and economic challenges.The purpose of the study was to investigate what economic incentives could promote the use of reused building materials and identify potential barriers to their implementation.The findings suggest that there are currently no direct economic incentives that encourage construction companies to reuse building materials. Several obstacles have been identified, including challenges related to quality guarantees, building regulations, lack of knowledge, and economic difficulties. The study also emphasizes that more extensive political and economic initiatives are needed to stimulate the use of reused building materials. The paper contributes to the existing research by providing recommendations to policy makers and other actors in the construction sector who are interested in promoting sustainability and environmentally friendly methods. It suggests that future research should focus on designing and testing specific economic incentives to promote the reuse of building materials. In its conclusions, it emerges that construction companies identify a multitude of obstacles and challenges when reusing building materials. It also appears that there is a noticeable lack of economic incentives from the state to promote the use of reused building materials in construction projects. Construction companies suggested different forms of economic incentives that could promote the use of reused building materials, including grants, tax relief, and digital platforms. There was also a variation in political opinions regarding the idea of introducing economic incentives to promote the reuse of building materials, with some supporting the idea and others opposing it.

In The Souls of Black Folk (1903), W.E.B. Du Bois theorized that black peoples were viewed behind a metaphorical “veil” that consisted of three interrelated aspects: the skin as an indication of African Americans’ difference from their white counterparts, white people’s lack of capacity to see African Americans as Americans, and African Americans’ lack of capacity to see themselves outside of the labels white America has given them. This, according to Du Bois, resulted in the gift and curse of “double consciousness,” the feeling that one’s identity is divided. As African Americans fought for socio-political equality, the reconciliation of these halves became essential in creating a new identity in America by creating a distinct voice in the age of modernity. Intellectuals and artists of the Harlem Renaissance began to create new art forms with progressive messages that strove to uplift the race and ultimately lift the veil. William Grant Still (1895–1978), an American composer of African descent, accomplished this goal in his opera Blue Steel (1934) by changing how blackness—defined here as characteristics attributed to and intended to indicate the otherness of people of African or African-American descent—was portrayed on the operatic stage. Still exemplifies what Houston A. Baker called “mastery of form” by presenting double consciousness in the interactions of three characters, Blue Steel, Venable, and Neola, in order to offer a new and complex reading of blackness.

Utah's current educational systems were largely shaped by a transitional era that occurred during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A time when the region itself moved from territorial to state status, the dominant religion in the area, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), likewise changed in its role in Utah society. Previously dominating most aspects of life, the Church was forced to reevaluate its place in society due to greatly increased secular power and context. Educational changes, as harbingers of larger societal shifts, are illustrative of such paradigm changes. During the four decade period stretching from 1888 to 1933, the LDS Church experimented with several private educational endeavors, seeking to maintain its place in the changing Utah society. Originally opposed to public education, these experimental private schools eventually became part of the public system itself as the Church restructured its paradigm. St. George, Utah, like many of the LDS-dominated intermountain communities, experimented with these educational changes during this era. Key to this experimentation was the St. George Stake Academy, founded in 1888 as a religious alternative for the region's youth. Though challenged initially, the privately sponsored Church school grew as did its public counterparts during the early twentieth century. Eventually, this growth included expansion into post-secondary education, as the school became Dixie Normal College, Dixie Junior College, Dixie College, and ultimately Dixie State College. Such growing, however, brought increased financial need. Faced with rising costs and budgetary restraints caused by periods of economic depression, the LDS Church rethought its educational policy. In the 1920s and early 1930s, the Church restructured its educational system, turning over to the state many programs originally intended as religious alternatives to public schools. This study traces the changing nature of education in Utah from 1888 to 1933, illuminating the process of paradigm change within religious organizations. Using St. George as the model, it tracks the roles the state and the LDS Church played in shaping the current educational structure, as both parties sought to understand their place in society.

[pt] Esse trabalho realiza uma extensa revisão bibliográfica da literatura, onde pontos de inovação são observados e novas soluções para os principais problemas no uplink são propostas. Baseados no algoritmo adaptativo Recursive Least Squares (RLS), são apresentadas duas variações regularizadas que conjuntamente detectam a atividade e decodificam os sinais dos dispositivos, sem a necessidade de estimação explícita do canal. Além disso, duas técnicas de detecção por listas são desenvolvidas de modo a refinar o processo de ajuste dos pesos do algoritmo RLS e assim mitigar possíveis propagações de erros. Dividindo o problema em grafos fatoriais, são propostos algoritmos baseados em troca de mensagens de modo a realizar conjuntamente a estimação de canal e detecção de atividade. Além de uma nova derivação das mensagens, são exploradas técnicas de agendamento dinâmico, com base na convergência do algoritmo. Por fim, é apresentada uma solução completa baseada na troca de mensagens, que realiza conjuntamente a estimação de canal, detecção de atividade e decodificação dos dados transmitidos. Resultados numéricos são fornecidos com o objetivo de comparar o desempenho dos algoritmos propostos aos existentes na literatura. Análises de complexidade computacional, evolução dos estados, convergência e ordem de diversidade também são realizadas, assim como a derivação da soma das taxas para o uplink. Por fim, são apresentadas as conclusões obtidas dos trabalhos realizados e discutidas direções para trabalhos futuros. / [en] This work, presents an extensive literature review that highlights innovation opportunities and presents novel solutions for the main uplink mMTC problems. Based on the adaptive Recursive Least Squares (RLS) algorithm, the proposed regularized techniques jointly performs activity detection and signal decoding, without the need to perform explicit channel estimation. In order to improve the detection performance, a list detection technique that uses two candidate-list schemes is developed. Rewriting the problem with factor-graphs, novel message-passing algorithms with dynamic scheduling that jointly estimates the channels and detects devices activity are proposed. Lastly, a complete message-passing solution is presented, where LDPC decoding beliefs are introduced in the system, in a way that the algorithm besides the channel estimation and activity detection, also jointly decodes the signals. In order to evaluate the proposed techniques, numerical results are provided as well as a computational complexity, state-evolution, convergence and a diversity analysis. Uplink sum-rate expressions that take into account metadata collisions, interference and a variable activity probability for each user are also derived. Finally, conclusions and future directions are discussed.

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Even though supporting affected populations is the raison d’etre for humanitarian action, organisations are frequently not accountable to populations they aim to serve. Despite several reform movements, the consultation and participation elements of accountability to affected populations (AAP), in particular, are still lacking. Specifically, during the design phases of projects, such involvement is critical since major decisions around implementation are taken. Given that donors usually use their power over NGOs to set requirements around financial and results-based management, they could do the same for AAP and make funding conditional on meeting requirements. The puzzle of this research is (Q1) to what extent do donors try to enhance AAP at the project design stage by setting AAP requirements and (Q2) what motivates donors to set these requirements and given many do not set them, what holds them back. In total, nine (n=9) problem-centred expert interviews were led with donor and NGO representatives, which were complemented by an analysis of n=14 donor documents related to the project design phase. During the data collection and analysis process, it became apparent that a sole focus on top-down approaches through requirements would leave out relevant constraints around AAP requirements in project design phases. Thus, driven by the interview data, two additional questions were included: (Q3) What are possible reasons why the requirements set by donors are not successful in improving AAP practices? (Q4) How could these constraints be overcome?  For Q1, it was found that there is no systemic inclusion of AAP requirements in project design phases by donors. Though there are positive examples and donors emphasize their engagement, NGO representatives shared the view that there is no real push through requirements for the two more complex elements of AAP, namely consultation and participation. The main bottleneck for donors to set stricter requirements were competing priorities, while their main motivation to do so apart from intrinsic motivations was found to be past failure in combination with hope for effectiveness and efficiency gains (Q2). The additional constraints identified as hampering successful implementation of such requirements were NGO, discursive and systemic constraints, which dealt with resource scarcity, process constraints, conceptual unclarity and misunderstandings as well as constraints related to the humanitarian context and the delivery of aid through projects (Q3). Solutions presented by interviewees underline the importance of updated funding procedures, establishing clarity around the concept, and advancing cash-based programming and the localization agenda (Q4). Finally, the grounded theory developed from the interview and analysis process explains the limited success of donor AAP requirements in the following way: First, such requirements are not established in the first place if hindered by donor bottlenecks. If motivations are stronger than bottlenecks, such requirements do not automatically lead to the implementation of meaningful AAP practices, since the requirements are not adapted to the wider context. Donors (1) do not take NGO constraints into account, (2) do not fully realize discursive constraints and (3) only take limited action against systemic constraints. When setting requirements, donors need to inform their strategies by considering these constraints in setting meaningful requirements.

Thesis(LLM.) -- University of Limpopo, 2022 / Ravaged by the socio-economic ills of poverty, income inequality and unemployment, South Africa entrenched the constitutional right to access social assistance for everyone unable to support themselves and their dependents under section 27(1)(c). The state is obliged to create a comprehensive social security system, to ensure that all who need social assistance access it. But not all poor and deserving people access social assistance. The study found that underlying the obligation to improve the quality of life for all is the fundamental normative commitment to access social assistance. In 2002, the Taylor Committee recommended, inter alia, that the state implements a Basic Income Grant (hereafter the ‘BIG’) as part of its comprehensive social security project. The study thus examines the legal feasibility of the BIG to provide social income support to eliminate widespread socio-economic ills, for all in South Africa. The study makes use of a desktop qualitative methodology garnered four-folded objectives. The relevant revelations were as follows: First, the study found that international and regional frameworks do not directly guarantee poor able-bodied working-age adults any social income support. Second, the study found that little jurisprudence interprets the right to social assistance, let alone a BIG. But a general body of socio-economic judgments developed over the years can aid in developing the right. Third, the study found that Covid-19 resurrected the over two-decade laments for a BIG, given the R350 Covid-19 SRD grants that were since provided. It was further found that there is reasonably sufficient capacity to roll out the BIG. Finally, the study included a comparative perspective and identified the Republic of Namibia, as the right comparator. The study found that South Africa can learn from the tremendous improvements in the quality of the lives of the people of Otjievero since the Namibian BIG Pilot Project. Also, the study found that there are numerous financing avenues for the BIG. Ultimately, the study recommended the gradual implementation of a BIG, starting with those aged 18 to 59 years.

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BARAPROJEKTET: Av författarna formulerat samlingsnamn för Professional Golfers´ Association (PGA) National Sweden AB:s köp av aktuella fastigheter från Malmö kommun och planprocessen i Svedala kommuns regi.Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka alternativ till, det av Malmö kommun valda förfarandet, att försälja fastigheten Värby 61:1 med flera till PGA: s golfbaneprojekt i Svedala kommun samt få kunskap om den planprocess som föregick beslutet.I vårt val av metod har vi varit angelägna om att skapa förutsättningar för replikation och utvärdering. Rapport är utförd med en kvalitativ fältstudie med ett strategiskt urval, kompletterat med en sekundär analys. Undersökningen bygger på en explorativ metod genom att vi kompletterat våra sekundärdata med ett flertal intervjuer. Genom vår omfattande granskning bedömer vi att rapporten har en god reliabilitet samt att vi fått tag i de intervjupersoner som kan tillföra rapporten god validitet.1996 initierade Mikael Sorling, vd PGA Sweden AB visionen om att anlägga en golfanläggning av högsta internationella klass i Sverige. 2003 började Nils Yngvesson, före detta kommunalråd i Malmö kommun, arbeta med golfanläggningen och det var han som lade fram iden om att golfanläggningen skulle ligga i Torup. Marken som golfanläggningen skall anläggas på ägdes sedan 1970 av Malmö kommun, medan marken ligger i Svedala kommun. Sedan Malmö kommuns förvärv av marken 1970 har Torups Gård AB arrenderat marken för jordbruk.Slutsatsen i denna rapport är att PGA National Sweden AB köpt jordbruksmark till ett rimligt pris sett i relation till marknadsvärdet. Dock så vet vi att jordbruksmarken inte skall fortsätta att brukas, utan jordbruksmarken skall istället användas för anläggandet av deras nya golfanläggning. Marknadsvärdet för golfbanemark ligger nästan dubbelt så högt per hektar än vad PGA National Sweden AB köpte jordbruksmarken av Malmö kommun för. I Malmö kommuns värdering av jordbruksfastigheterna har de inte tagit hänsyn till objektsbundna värdepåverkande faktorer. Vi menar att sådana föreligger, dock så är de svåra att värdera. Konsekvensen av detta blir att priset på jordbruksfastigheterna borde vara väsentligt högre.Den aktuella planprocessen för Baraprojektet har effektivt följt det normala planförfarandet. Orsaken är att de berörda aktörerna tidigt kom överens. N Yngvessons inträde i PGA National Sweden AB:s styrelse samt parternas kompetens och personkemi har även de varit en bidragande faktor till att arbetet med planprocessen förflutit effektivt.Den nyttjanderättsform som parterna kunde ha använt sig av, snarare än att försälja de aktuella jordbruksfastigheterna, är tomträtt. Valet av tomträtt bygger på att Malmö kommun kvarstår som fastighetsägare och behåller då sin handlingsfrihet. Under den första 10-års perioden kunde ett generöst tomträttsavtal ingås mellan parterna, därmed skulle goda förutsättningar för golfanläggningens etablering säkerställas. / Our aim is to investigate alternatives to the sale of the properties Värby 61:1 etc. by Malmö municipality to PGA:s golf course project in Svedala municipality and to understand the planning process that preceded the decision.Our investigation is based on an explorative method where we complemented our secondary data with a number of interviews. Through our extensive observation we estimate that the rapport has good reliability and that we have accessed the right people who are able to add good validity to the rapport.Malmö municipality has not taken in consideration the unique object value factors when selling the property. Our opinion is that these factors do exist, although they are difficult to estimate. The result of this is that the price of the land should be much higher. Nils Yngvesson joining PGA National Sweden’s board’ and the parties’ competence and personal chemistry have also been a contributing factor to why the work with the normal planning process has been carried out so efficiently. The right of use that could be utilized by the parties instead of selling the land would be a leasehold right. In our opinion this would have benefited both parties with concerns regarding risk and value.