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Visar resultat 41 - 45 av 567 uppsatser innehållade ordet Brazil.

1. 41. Women, Protest and Democracy:Analysing the Role of Women in Nonviolent Resistance Movements and Democratisation

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Författare :Maud Kuijpers; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Nonviolent resistance; women’s participation; democratisation; egalitarian democracy;

   Sammanfattning : This study aims to shed light on the gendered dynamics of nonviolent resistance and democratisation. Illuminating the role that women can play in the democratisation processes can help underline the importance of women's empowerment. LÄS MER

3. 42. Sweet and Salty: Colonial and Modern Corporate Commodity Exploitation in Northeastern Brazil

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Flavia Copia Sperandio; [2022]
   Nyckelord :modern corporation; sugar cane monoculture; coloniality; rock salt mines; extractivism; Brazil; decolonial theory; business human rights.; History and Archaeology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a historical comparative analysis of the social and environmental impacts of past colonial exploitation and the modern corporate extraction and exploitation of natural resources and commodities. The thesis examines these issues through the case studies of sugar monoculture in the Northeast region of colonial Brazil (16th and 17th Century) and the sinking of Maceió (also in Northeastern Brazil) due to the corporate exploitation of rock salt mines (1976-2019). LÄS MER

4. 43. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

   Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Författare :Bruno de Paula; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

   Sammanfattning : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. LÄS MER

5. 44. Deep Learning-Based Risk Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation Using the 12-lead ECG

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Författare :Theogene Habineza; [2022]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac arrhythmias that affects millions of people each year worldwide. As studies have shown, there exists a close link between atrial fibrillation (AF) and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heartfailure. LÄS MER

7. 45. Effects on the economy of Brazil of a withdrawal of foreign direct investment

   Magister-uppsats, Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Författare :Enrique Höner; Sophie Dick; [2022]
   Nyckelord :FDI; Brazil; Ricardo; VAR; Toda and Yamamoto; Granger Causality; Quantitative;

   Sammanfattning : Foreign direct investment flows are an important theme in the analysis of global capital flows. The study aims to analyse the effect a withdrawal of FDI has on the economy of Brazil. This is based on the sharp decrease FDI inflows have seen during 2020. LÄS MER