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The amount of data produced is growing rapidly and organizations are struggling to make use of the generated data from the vast amount of sources. Analyzing and interpreting data to find patterns and trends has become a competitive advantage for companies working with customer oriented operations. Many previous studies have shown the value potential of working with big data. In order to create val
This thesis investigates how the civil war in Syria and flight to Sweden has affected male Syrian refugees’ national identity. I conducted individual interviews with 10 informants, a focus group with 4 informants and participant observation at a café. In this thesis, national identity is defined as a part of an individual’s personal identity and consists of a person’s sense of belonging to a speci
In this Bachelor thesis we examine how social workers within the department of social welfare benefits describe their profession and professional status in order to analize how this may impact the way they work. Eight social workers from five cities were interviewed in a qualitative semi-structured format. The interviews aimed to uncover how social workers define their profession and professional
Climatic condition is what ultimately frames all ecosystems and is now undergoing dramatic change. IPCC models predict, in 100 years, a temperature increase between 2-5 ˚C and, as a consequence of warmer and wetter conditions, increased humic content in northern temperate freshwater systems. To study the impact of increasing temperature and humic content on shallow freshwaters a long-term outdoor
Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka eventuella skillnader mellan de nordiska börserna samt mellan olika sektorer. Samt huruvida marknadsförhållandet påverkar graden av underprissättning. Den nordiska marknaden är studiens fokus då flera av de tidigare studierna till stor del utelämnat Norden. Thomson ONE Banker, Zephyr samt Datastream 5.0 användes för att samla in öppnings- och stängningspriThe purpose of this study is to examine possible differences in underpricing between the Nordic Stock Exchanges and between different sectors. This study will also examine if the level of underpricing is affected by the market conditions. The Nordic market will be the focus of this study due to the fact that many of the previous studies have excluded the Nordics. Thomson ONE Banker, Zephyr and
Denna uppsats undersöker mutual funds i USA och dess svenska motsvarighet värdepappersfonden. Förutom att jämföra de två fondtyperna är uppsatsens syfte att analysera huruvida mutual funds och värdepappersfonder överensstämmer ur en organisatorisk synpunkt. I USA organiseras mutual funds som truster och regleras av federal, statlig och common law för både mutual funds och truster. I Sverige saknasThis paper examines mutual funds in the U.S. and its Swedish equivalent, värdepappersfonder. The aim of the paper is not only to compare the two funds, but also to analyze whether mutual funds and värdepappersfonder correspond from an organizational point of view. In the US mutual funds are organized as trusts and governed by the federal, state and common law concerning both mutual funds and trust
Media som inte utgör public service finansieras genom annonsförsäljning. Det leder till att tidningarna väljer ut sitt innehåll utifrån vad de tror säljer och det finns vissa omständigheter som ökar nyhetsvärdet i en händelse. Av de som står misstänkta för brott utgör kvinnor cirka 20 %. Den låga andelen medför att händelser med kvinnliga misstänkta blir sensationella och oförutsägbara och att hänMedia that isn’t public service finance their business through selling ads. Journalists and editors therefore choose the context of their media depending on what they believe will sell and there are circumstances that increase the newsworthiness of a story. Female suspects make up about 20 % of all the people suspected of crimes. Stories involving female suspects are therefore sensational and unpr
The aim of this study was to explore sea-level rise (SLR) exposure in South-East England by conducting a broad analysis of some of the possible impacts of inundation in the region under different SLR scenarios in a warming climate. The potential effects of coastal inundation were mapped and quantified by applying a modified bathtub modelling approach in GIS to a low-elevation coastal Digital Terr
Undersökning av en ny metod att söka efter inhibitorer Vad görs när immunsystemet, systemet byggt för att skydda oss, attackerar oss istället? I dagsläget finns inte så mycket man kan göra. Jag har därför undersökt en ny metod för att hitta ämnen som ska kunna hindra det trasiga immunsystemet från att skada! Framsteg inom medicinen är bland de viktigaste som kan göras för mänsklighetens fortlevnaThe main purpose of this master thesis was to test a novel approach of finding leads for new pharmaceuticals, by using Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS) in combination with Weak Affinity Chromatography (WAC). Put in a more concrete way, the objective was to find a lead for a better human neutrophil elastase inhibitor. The plan was to take advantage of the fact that the tripeptide Valine-Proline
Denna uppsats utreder hur finansiella produkter klassificeras i inkomstslaget kapital, och vilka skatterättsliga skillnader som finns mellan de olika kategorierna i inkomstslaget. Utifrån praxis och inkomstskattelagens systematik redogörs för hur en avyttring av kryptovalutan Bitcoin ska klassificeras och beskattas. Gällande rätt analyseras sedan mot bakgrund av principen om likformighet och skattThis paper examines how financial products are classified within the capital gains bracket and which tax differences follow from such classification. Based on practice and the methodology of the Income tax act, the paper describes how a divestment of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin should be classified and taxed. The result is thereafter analyzed from the perspective of the principle of uniformity and
Börja med resterna för att minska matsvinnet från skolköken Skolköken kan fortsätta minska sitt matsvinn genom att först fokusera på att tillvarata rester och därefter minska överproduktionen. På så sätt kan engagemang väckas och varaktig förändring uppnås. Varje år slängs stora mängder mat. Matproduktion påverkar miljön och ju senare i värdekedjan desto större påverkan har skett. Att minska matOf the food produced for human consumption, one-third is lost or wasted. Food waste has an impact on the environment in several ways and it is thus required to reduce food waste in all parts of the value chain. The objective of this thesis is to identify drivers and barriers for implementing food waste reducing strategies in school kitchens. The study is conducted within the project Göteborgsmod
Objectives. Guatemala exhibits disastrous maternal and child health outcomes, with the rural, indigenous populations disproportionately impacted by high maternal mortality, chronic malnutrition, and low skilled birth attendance. This study investigates maternal care in rural Guatemala through Thaddeus and Maine’s Three Delays Model (1994) to understand delays to maternal health-seeking behaviours
Older people and people with functional limitations are recognized as vulnerable groups when it comes to evacuation. Previous studies have focused mostly on the quantitative aspects of their physical characteristics, such as movement speeds. This study explores the perspectives on egressibility of older people with functional limitations. This was achieved by reflexive thematic analysis of semi-st
Evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health behaviours in the general population is limited. In this retrospective longitudinal study including UK and US participants, we collected diet and lifestyle data pre-pandemic (896,286) and peri-pandemic (291,871) using a mobile health app, and we computed a bidirectional health behaviour disruption index. Disruption of health behaviour was h
The vascular system is vital for all tissues and the interest in its visualization spans many fields. A number of different plant-derived lectins are used for detection of vasculature; however, studies performing direct comparison of the labeling efficacy of different lectins and techniques are lacking. In this study, we compared the labeling efficacy of three lectins: Griffonia simplicifolia isol
In Europe, willow (Salix spp.) trees have been used commercially since the 1980s at a large scale to produce renewable energy. While reducing fossil fuel needs, growing short rotation coppices (SRCs), such as poplar or willow, may have a high impact on local air quality as these species are known to produce high amounts of isoprene, which can lead to the production of tropospheric ozone (O3). Here
This paper is concerned with the management of multi-plant manufacturing networks. Two key concepts in this domain are plant roles and plant autonomy in the context of operations strategy decision-making. We investigate the relationship between these two concepts and their impact on plant performance. We use data from 102 manufacturing plants belonging to multi-plant networks. The results suggest
Background: The use of firefighting foams at a military airport resulted in high levels of perfluorinated substances (PFAS) in the drinking water distributed to one-third of households in the Swedish municipality of Ronneby between the mid-1980s and the end of 2013. Method: The Ronneby Register Cohort, a large cohort comprising all individuals (N = 60,507) who ever lived in the Ronneby municipalit
BACKGROUND: Spasticity is present in more than 80% of the population with cerebral palsy (CP). The aim of this study was to describe and compare the use of three spasticity reducing methods; Botulinum toxin-A therapy (BTX-A), Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and Intrathecal baclofen therapy (ITB) among children and adolescents with CP in six northern European countries.METHODS: This registry-based
Purpose: The purpose of this work was to establish an empirical model of the ion recombination in the Advanced Markus ionization chamber for measurements in high dose rate/dose-per-pulse electron beams. In addition, we compared the observed ion recombination to calculations using the standard Boag two-voltage-analysis method, the more general theoretical Boag models, and the semiempirical general
