The first syntheses of tubastrine and 3-dehydroxy tubastrine are described. The target compounds were prepared in four consecutive steps from commercially available starting materials. The central scaffold was formed by a ...

Totalforsvaret i Norge er en fellesbetegnelse for den sivile beredskapen og det militære forsvaret i landet, og omfatter den gjensidige støtten og samarbeidet mellom den sivile og militære siden for å forebygge, planlegge ...

“For the output of an economy to be sustainable it must generate sufficient income to meet all costs of production and make investment such that at least a constant stock of capital is maintained” (Becken & Simmons, 2008, ...

This thesis seeks to explore the tourist safety measures and the natural sustainability of Preikestolen from the perception of the stakeholders. Stakeholders considered in this study are organisations with ownership or ...

The results of the financial crisis, the decline in oil prices and global climate changes are forcing the need of restructuring the economy; moving towards a more diversified economy, a more competitive, effective and ...

Chemical inhibition of asphaltene deposition is considered a cost-effective way to prevent the harsh consequences of asphaltene instability in the produced crude. Thus, a careful screening of asphaltene inhibitors is crucial ...

The research reported in this thesis has been directed by three interconnected questions: 1) How can institutional theory contribute to our understanding of the contingent nature of CSR and manifestations of CSR within ...

Decarbonizing offshore oil and gas fields is crucial in the global fight against climate change. To achieve this objective, the offshore oil and gas industry has embraced innovative energy systems, including microgrids ...

This paper argues that Jonathan Edwards developed idealism from the instruction he received and conveyed in logic, ethics, physics and metaphysics. His view of the direct perception of mind with its ...

The Carleman bilinearization is an approach that performs an exact conversion of a finite-dimensional nonlinear system into an infinite-dimensional bilinear system. A finite-dimensional system is later obtained through a ...