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With the world heading towards a global increase of temperature of more than 1.5°C, societies are trying to limit the dependence on fossil fuel by adopting renewable energy sources in order to limit the emission of greenhouse-gases. This master thesis strove to find a methodology to integrate renewable energy and optimisation measures in the industries of food and beverage to make them more sustai

Georgia has through the past 25 years been undergoing changes characterized by rapid transformations and is now a society in a large development. In this thesis, I apply a critical Marxist perspective to the case of women’s rights organizations in Georgia and what characterizes the relations they make with respectively the Georgian government and the Swedish donor organization Kvinna till Kvinna.

This thesis opens up the “black box” of business incubation and analyses how this process works in an incubator for cultural and creative ventures in Northern Sweden. The theoretical framework of the rites of passage by Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner was adopted to guide the analysis. This theory indicates that one can move from one status to the next in a society through the means of differe

This paper focuses on description and analysis of the management control systems (MCSs) in different startup companies. The qualitative study with an exploratory approach was chosen. In order to identify factors that affect MCSs in the startups, and examine actual impact on the design of MCS in these companies, interviews have been conducted with three Swedish firms, selected from the group of com

This project started in the complex field of silence and ended up in an even more complex area; emotions. In silence we experience our emotions the most, and in order to appreciate the sometimes so fearful silence we need to relate to our emotions and understand them. If we see, accept and learn to relate to them, the silence will be much more serene and delicious. During the process I used myself

34-punktsprogrammet mot organiserad brottslighet är en pågående kodifiering av en rättspolitisk vändning i lagstiftarens syn på strafflagstiftningens och polisväsendets roll i samhället. Förslagen kritiseras av akademin och av yrkesverksamma för att det är ineffektiva, och att medlen inte kan visas uppnå de mål de syftar att göra. Denna rättspolitiska trend förklaras i uppsatsen, genom en historThe 34-point programme to combat organised crime is an ongoing codification of a political shift in the legislator’s view of criminal policy and the societal role of the police force. The measures are often criticised by academics and experts in the field for being ineffective, and that the means are not empirically proven to achieve the goals put forth. The thesis aims to give an explanation to

The site, Bällsta harbor, is a part of Ulvsunda industrial area, located on the east side of Bromma airport in Stockholm. Today, the housing shortage in Stockholm, the debate over the closure of Bromma Airport, and the plan to extend the tram line bring new opportunities to Bällsta harbor for redevelopment. This proposal aims to bring a diverse mix of uses, pedestrian-oriented and children-friend

Binära föreningar beståendes av sällsynta jordartsmetallerna och rutenium uppvisar intressanta egenskaper såsom superledande förmåga och intressanta magnetiska egenskaper. För att förstå varför vissa föreningar uppvisar sådana egenskaper är det essentiellt att studera föreningarnas kristallstruktur. I denna rapport undersöks föreningar, i 35-38 at. % Ru regionen, beståendes av praseodym, neodymiumBinary alloys comprising of the rare earth metals along with ruthenium, RE-Ru, have been noted to display superconductivity at low temperatures. Furthermore the alloys display interesting magnetic properties such as anomalies in magnetization measurements below the magnetic ordering temperature. In order to understand how some compounds obtain these intrinsic properties it is vital to investigate

During the last few decades there have been speculations as to whether heavy drug abuse among youths has increased. The aim of this thesis was to examine the heavy drug addiction amongst clients between the ages of 19 and 27 who have come in contact with the adults unit at Södermalms stadsdelsförvaltning (Stockholm, Sweden) in the time period between 2002-2010. What has the development for these y

In 2016 a historic peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC) was signed, putting an end to a conflict that lasted over 50 years. This agreement was the world’s very first gender-inclusive peace accord, meaning that they included women in the peace process and recognized how they are particularly subjected to war and confl

This paper deals with Will Kymlicka's and Charles Taylor's theories of multiculturalism, and the criticism of these theories by Jürgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib. It also gives a brief background to the Swedish integration and minority policies and places them in relations to the academic discussion. Taylor advocates cultural survival to be a legitimate policy objective and Kymlicka argue

INTRODUCTION: Parents can act as important agents of change and support for healthy childhood growth and development. Studies have found that parents may not be able to accurately perceive their child's weight status. The purpose of this study was to measure parental perceptions of their child's weight status and to identify predictors of potential parental misperceptions.METHODS: We used data fro

BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients have characteristics of high-bleeding -risk (HBR). Their influence on ischaemic and bleeding-events in AMI all-comers is not well described.METHODS: AMI Patients in England and Wales (E&W), and Sweden between 2005 and 2019 were included from MINAP and SWEDEHEART national registries. Patients were categorised acc

OBJECTIVES: We assessed the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs; cognition, cerebral palsy, vision/hearing, epilepsy), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental coordination disorder (DCD), behavior problems, and multimorbidity in a national cohort of children born extremely preterm (EPT, <27-week gestation) to provide a comprehe

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents continues to rise, and there is a lack of long-term follow-up to clarify health and well-being trajectories into adolescence and adulthood. This study investigated anthropometry and quality of life (QoL) trajectories in 7-14-year-old vulnerable children three years after attending a lifestyle camp. Methods: Vulnerab

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Målsättningen med detta arbete är att ta fram en metod för att kartera och analysera den rumsliga variationen av landskapets sårbarhet för miljögifter, samt att visa hur geografiska informationssystem (GIS) kan underlätta denna rumsliga kartering och analys. Analysen utfördes inom vattenskyddsområdet Ignaberga-Hässleholm i Hässleholms kommun. Först studerades For many centuries, fresh water has been a matter of course for the population of Sweden. During the last years, the menace to the ground water quality has attracted great attention. Some recent investigations have shown that pesticides are found in many of the municipal ground water supply. The purpose of this thesis is to find a method of analyzing the spatial variation of how vulnerable the lan

Reducing the risk exposure in investment portfolios is a constant topic in financial literature. This thesis aims to discuss and compare the risk level in portfolios of only Eastern or only Western European market indices by studying the correlation within each one of the portfolios. The correlation is estimated with two different methods: the traditional time-series and Solnik and Roulet’s (2000)

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a versatile bio-based platform chemical that can substitute fossil-derived intermediates in polymers, solvents, and fuels, thereby contributing to a fossil-free chemical industry. While first-generation feedstocks such as high-fructose corn syrup have been widely studied, their use raises concerns about competition with food supply. In contrast, second-generation r

Dead wood is a key element in forest ecosystems and a wide range of organisms are dependent on this substrate for development and reproduction. Saproxylic beetles are important decomposers of dead wood and serve as food for many organisms. Due to the significant forestry-related decrease of dead wood in rural areas, many species of saproxylic beetles are considered threatened. Thus, other spaces h