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In this master thesis the faith of hospital nursing aides (Swedish: sjukvårdsbiträden) in the Swedish public healthcare system is described. Nursing aide was in 1980 the most common occupation in the Swedish healthcare system, but the occupation gradually disappeared during 1980s and 1990s, only to recently (in 2019) being reinstated by some public healthcare providers. This thesis aims to establi
Syftet med det föreliggande examensarbetet var att undersöka hur den moderna träningstrenden som företeelse och socialt fenomen upplevs och uppfattas av individen i Sverige idag. Det berör både individens träning och träningstrenden som kulturellt fenomen. Frågeställningarna gällde därför hur individen ser på den egna träningen utifrån mängd träning och anledningar till träningen, vilka faktorer s
Thanks to the rapid development in areas such as artificial intelligence companies now have the possibility to collect and analyze data to improve their business. These algorithms quickly result in large volumes of data, which are to be processed and understood by humans. The stakeholder for this project, IKEA, cannot keep track of all data relations in their sales patterns by using regular tables
Bakgrund: Skolreformerna i början av 1990-talet innebar en decentralisering av ansvar inom det svenska skolsystemet. Syftet var att skapa större valfrihet och främja konkurrens mellan de offentliga skolorna och samtidigt göra det möjligt för friskolor att etableras via ett offentligt resursfördelningssystem. Sveriges kommuner har nu hela verksamhetsansvaret där den lokala ledningen, utöver ansvareBackground: The reforms of schools in the early 1990s meant decentralization of responsibility within the Swedish school system. The goal was to create freedom of choice and promote competition between public schools and at the same time make it possible for independent principals to establish new schools through a public resource allocation system funded mostly from the municipalities and the tax
The food system today is faced with enormous challenges, leading to negative externalities which influence all the layers of sustainable development. In this scenario, the transition from a linear to a Circular Economy for the global food system, but also for the entire economy, has been proposed as a solution towards reducing environmental pressure from economic growth. The aim of this thesis is
Hard disk drives, USB flash drives and local storage servers are all storage solutions of the past. Cloud services are completely taking over and the major companies are adjusting to the new standard. Axis Communications provides complete surveillance systems and are currently transitioning towards incorporating cloud services in their software products. This master’s thesis aimed to research the
Purpose: The first objective is to find whether M&A create value for pharmaceutical acquiring companies in the Western European market from a short-term perspective. Then we aim to examine the determinants of value creation for the pharmaceutical acquirer in the Western European market. Methodology: The event study is conducted to examine cumulative abnormal return for acquiring firms surroun
The uncontrolled development of automotive transportation worldwide raised the urgency to promote sustainable transportation among European cities, whereas bicycle as the most sustainable alternative to cars has become a symbol of urban sustainability. The popularization of cycling trips is conducive to reducing congestion, noise, and pollution in cities. It also serves to promote a healthy lifest
Background: Circular business models enables a new life for a product which has reached it end of use. By using circular business models and closing the loop of the supply chain, little raw material needs to be extracted which has significant positive environmental effects and enables a secure supply to resources in the future. A key enabler for circular business models is the collection and trans
En stark organisationskultur har visat sig vara ett sätt att skapa gemenskap och att arbeta tillsammans med samma mål och värderingar. Men i takt med att världen har blivit mer internationaliserad, påverkas även organisationer av denna dynamiska värld. Studien riktar fokus mot den komplexitet som kan förekomma när en organisation med stark kultur etablerar sig globalt, då påverkansfaktorer blir ak
The modern society is facing various challenges in order to tackle the constantly growing threats of climate change and global warming. The areas in which great readjustments are necessary are many, and even though some appear more critical than others, a holistic approach to this global issue is important. One of these areas consists of our consumption of resources and materials. Addressing this
This paper explores the pressing issue of domestic violence in Malaysia, specifically the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act that was enacted in 1994. Due to strong patriarchal structures that are still prominent in societies, the issue of domestic violence is not seen as a public problem, but as a private issue that should be resolved between partners. This ideology has trickled down to
The aim of this study is twofold. Firstly, we explore the perceptions of young people in Sweden towards the adoption of human RFID implants. Secondly, the paper aims to understand how companies’ marketing activities would be influenced by the widespread adoption of this technology. This paper has taken a qualitative approach to research, specifically employing focus groups and interviews to gauge
The purpose of the thesis is to understand which factors contribute to effective domestic water policies in developing countries. The study is carried out as a comparative case study of Uganda and Madagascar, which have, despite similar initial socio-economic conditions, experienced diverging trends in the domestic water supply between 1992 and 2016. The cases are assessed using a theoretical fram
40 L tap water was ultra-filtered by M10 lab unit using 10 kDa regenerated membrane and 800 nm syringe filter to get the NPs. The filter NPs are then separated and characterized using asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation with coupled multi angle light scattering (AF4-MALS). Calibration curve for determining the size distribution is made by polystyrene latex bead (20, 60, 100, 300, and 500 nm
This study intends to combine both the management characteristics and firm’s characteristics to analyse the M&A performance. For the management characteristics, we used the CEO age and for the firm characteristics, we used the CSR score. In order to understand the M&A performance, we conducted an Event Study to predict the abnormal stock returns of the acquiring firm around the announcemen
Rapportens syftar till att granska förekomsten av eventuellt signifikant samband mellan resultatmanipulering och börsintroduktion för svenska företag samt därmed bidra till att reducera det rådande forskningsgapet på den svenska marknaden. Dessutom ämnades eventuella utmärkande egenskaper för företag som manipulerar resultatet på svenska marknaden att studeras, genom tillämpning av modifierade Jon
In recent years advances in computing power, availability of large annotated datasets and AI algorithms have enabled the rise of reliable object identification and tracking. This thesis describes the development and implementation considerations of a system for object detection in the retail industry. This project have been conducted as a collaboration between ETH Zürich and start-up company AI Re
Denna studie undersökte sambanden mellan individers personlighetsdrag och individers nivå av hemberedskap, vilket innebär i vilken utsträckning individer är benägna att förbereda sig inför en eventuell kris som påverkar samhällsfunktioner. För att ge ytterligare en dimension till studien undersöktes även individers världsbild i relation till personlighetsdragen. De undersökta faktorerna var de tre
