Christina Schneider’s ‘Conflict, Negotiation and European Union Enlargement’ is a major political economy contribution to the study of European Union (EU) enlargements. The book is based on the author’s dissertation written at the University of Konstanz, Germany. The analysis is theoretically sound and methodologically sophisticated and is a must-read for anybody interested in the causes and me...

On Wednesday September 22, the Uppsala Medical Society will arrange its traditional annual meeting, as always held close to the birthday of our founder Israel Hwasser (born September 19, 1790). This year the meeting will be featuring the honorary speaker, professor Lars Wiklund, who will give us some experiences from his research on resuscitation. The lecture will be followed by the celebration...

In this study we introduce a neural network ensemble composed of several linear perceptrons, to be used as a classifier that can rapidly be trained and effectively deals with nonlinear problems. Although each member of the ensemble can only deal with linear classification problems, through a competitive training mechanism, the ensemble is able to automatically allocate a part of the learning sp...

ith the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) opening in Johannesburg, this series of five booklets gives an environmental justice perspective on key challenges for sustainable development in South Africa. Development largely defines people's relationship with their environments. Governance is about who decides that relationship. It is a means through which a global contest for control...

Supervisory CommitteeDr. Margaret-Anne Storey, (Department of Computer Science)SupervisorDr. Daniela Damian, (Department of Computer Science)Departmental MemberDr. Eric Manning, (Department of Computer Science)Departmental MemberDr. Gholamali Shoja, (Department of Computer Science)Departmental MemberDr. Rosaline Canessa, (Department of Geography)Outside M...

The article analyses the concept of "single window mechanism" used abroad and in practice EAEU countries. It has been shown that transition to paperless technologies is a feature customs control one important indicators development national single mechanism. work analyzed correspondence such elements as Interagency Electronic Interaction System ST «Portal Seaport» with reference model was estab...

We have two forthcoming events that we would like to highlight this time. The first is this year’s Martin Holmdahl lecture that will take place on March 15 at 6.00 PM in the Rudbeck laboratory. The Lecture Hall will be announced at a later occasion. The speaker is Torsten E. Gordh and the title of his presentation “A walk on the Via Dolorosa”. This event is a joint project between Selanderska s...

Member Sections AMQP [1] advances business messaging interoperability within middleware, mobile, and Cloud-based environments. Emergency Interoperability [2] accelerates the development, adoption, application, and implementation of emergency interoperability and communications standards and related work. IDtrust [3] promotes greater understanding and adoption of standards-based identity and tru...