........................................................................................................................... i Sammanfattning ............................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... iii List of Papers .......

.................................................................................................................... II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................ III CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF FIGURES ..................

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi List of Acronyms and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

............................................................................................................................... ii Statement of Originality ..................................................................................................... iii List of Tables and Figures ................................................................................................. vi List of...

.............................................................................................................................. v Table of contents ................................................................................................................ vi List of tables ..........................................................................................................................

................................................................................................ 3 Acknowledgements.................................................................................... 4 Table of contents...................................................................................... 5 List of figures and tables..................................................................

2 DECLARATION 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5 LIST OF FIGURES 9 LIST OF TABLES 10 ACRONYMS 10 GLOSSARY 10 CHAPTER

................................................................. i Sammanfattning .................................................. iv Acknowledgements ............................................ vii List of figures ....................................................... xi List of tables ...................................................... xiv List of acronyms ...............................

..................................................................................................................................... 3 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... 5 List of Figures ................................................................................................................

............................................................................................................... iii ÖZ ............................................................................................................................... iv DEDICATION ............................................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...........