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The current COVID-19 pandemic has confused markets and economies, leading competition authorities around the world to consider how to apply competition law in these exceptional circumstances. Competition authorities have introduced tools that have not previously been used in competition law and have succeeded in providing companies with prompt advice in cases of extreme urgency. The COVID-19 crisi
In recent years the concept of “Blue carbon” has brought attention to the importance of Mangroves, Seagrass and Saltmarsh ecosystems in carbon cycles. Concerns over climate change has had countries commit to decreasing CO2 emissions, often using natural processes to sequester CO2. This trend has often followed a market approach through creating a monetary value and market for CO2. This Climate Fin
What do customers want from an energy supplier application? To meet the increasing digitalization of the society, the energy supplier Kraftringen strives to create a new application that will match the customer’s needs and Kraftringen’s vision. This thesis was performed in order to present a user interface proposal of Kraftringen’s new application, to improve the user experience. The goals include
Despite the recent upsurge of interest in emotional non-speech sounds, very little naturalistic material is available. In this project a corpus of non-acted emotional vocalizations from Youtube videos is introduced, analyzed acoustically and tested experimentally. A rating experiment combined with acoustic analysis in Study 1 confirms that these sounds can be correctly classified by both human rat
Höllviken is a part of Vellinge county located in the south west of Skåne with about 15 000 inhabitants. The town is expected to grow in the following years and a new residential area is being planned. Public transportation must be available and it has to reach the important destinations to make the area attractive for new residents. Today there is a local bus service, number 152, that runs in a l
The aim of this study was to examine how social workers and employment agency advisers choose and evaluates activation programs addressed to unemployed young adults. To narrow down our research area, we chose to focus on the activation programs for young adults in the age of 18-24 who haven’t got any psychological or physical limitations to start working. Based on the purpose of this study, we na
In the current work, partial denaturation mapping of DNA in nanochannels is studied with the goal to use this technique as a tool for the identification of bacteria. This method has the potential to simplify and speed up the diagnosis of bacterial infections. A partially denatured and YOYO-1-labeled DNA molecule displays a sequence specific pattern of fluorescent and non-fluorescent regions along
The Balanced Participation - The Meaning of Children’s Participation in Custody Evaluations [translated title] Children’s participation in terms of matters that truly concerns them has been highlighted in social work and the social services. When it comes to family law, researchers have found the custody and access proceedings being negligent regarding children’s participation and in considering
This thesis focuses on organic agriculture and alternative food networks in China, which have emerged in the midst of widespread food safety scares. Based on two months of ethnographic research with representatives and participants of alternative food networks dealing with organic food in Beijing and Shanghai, in this paper I investigate cases of ecological and community supported agriculture farm
The concept of having friends has been around for centuries. It is a natural part of one’s life and yet, it is not until recently that scientist’s has acknowledged it as a scientific topic. This study aims to investigate what it entails to be a friend today and which types of friendships exists, in contrast to the historical definitions and theoretical discussions addressed in Ray Pahl’s book On F
Since the demands for energy efficient buildings becomes higher and higher it is interesting to look at how we use our energy inside the buildings. Approximately 87% of all energy used inside a house is used for heat, a good way to lower our energy use would therefore be to lower the amount of energy needed for heat. Today there are several different types of heating systems, some regarded more en
The objective of this thesis is to reduce the alarms in the control rooms of the processing industry and to investigate a strategy for working with the alarms. The problem with the alarms in the automation system is a result of the highly automated production and failure to design the alarms for the operator. The situation analysis showed problems with badly tuned alarms and cascade of alarms. The
As of date, quantitative trading methods are a strong growing niche of trading. More and more sophisticated models are employed to chase investment opportunities. The question is whether this is over-engineering and if it adds value to practitioners. We have found an interesting quantitative pairs trading strategy that belong to the family of relative value strategies. The studied stochastic contr
The aim of this study was to investigate the Swedish food industry’s compliance with microbiological criteria necessary to meet targets set to achieve the objectives of national law for maintaining safe food. For this study a total of 88 food samples were collected from 13 grocery stores and 18 restaurants and analyzed for the total number of aerobic bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, Escherichia coli,
Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i de ränteavdragsbegränsningar som infördes i inkomstskattelagen 1 januari 2009. Dess instiftande kan betraktas som ett svar på den praxis som utbildats i Regeringsrätten gällande den kategori av transaktioner som ofta kallas ”räntesnurror”. I två avgöranden, RÅ 2001 ref. 79 (Kommunmålet) och RÅ 2007 ref. 85 (Industrivärden), befanns denna transaktionskategori inte sThis essay deals with the new rules regarding restrictions of interest deduction for certain dividends that came into force on the first of January 2009. These new restrictions where brought forth due to certain legislative development in the rulings of the Supreme Administrative Court regarding alleged advanced tax planning based on interest deduction; the law against tax evasion were not applica
There are today about 200 000 children living in families where either one or both parents are addicted to alcohol. These children often become young carers, as they are prematurely being placed in adult caring roles. The aim of this thesis has been to illustrate the situation for children of alcoholics and to examine how these children are coping when parents do not fulfil their parenting respons
The current fast paced technological innovation demands major attention from businesses across the globe. AI dominates discussions one day, and the next it is all about quantum computing. To remain competitive companies must constantly be on the watch for trend shifts and technological advancements. In order to stay ahead of the curve companies can utilize technology scouting to monitor the techno
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) does currently not have dedicated decision-making support for their in-country inventory allocation and is exploring how such decision support framework could be designed to enhance their supply chain operations. The purpose of this thesis is thus to develop a structured framework for country-level inventory allocation decision-making at MSF.To fulfil the purpose t
Det här examensarbetet går ut på att göra en konceptstudie och dimensionering av ett handledsverktyg för den snabba materialhanteringsroboten HKM från Cognibotics. Handledsverktyget skall möjliggöra att robotens funktionalitet utökas och breddas. HKM-robotens unika kombination av räckvidd och hastighet i kombination med ett nytt handledsverktyg ger företaget goda möjligheter att etablera sig inom The purpose of this thesis is to perform a conceptual study and dimensioning of a wrist tool for the high-speed material handling robot HKM by Cognibotics. The wrist tool is intended to enhance and broaden the robot's functionality. The unique combination of reach and speed of the HKM robot, in combination with the new wrist tool, gives the company good prospects to establish itself in the log
