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Breastfeeding confers a wide range of benefits to mothers and children, and in many contextsmay continue for several years after the birth of a child. As a result, breastfeeding duringpregnancy (BDP) is a common occurrence throughout low- and middle-income countries.Nevertheless, yet there has been little research into its association with the health of breastfedchildren or the outcomes of the pre
Background Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is common and has been linked to venous thromboembolism (VTE). Whether multimorbidity diagnosed in primary-care is associated with incident VTE remains unclear. We aimed to examine this association. Methods Multimorbidity was defined using Swedish primary-care data. Individuals without prior VTE were incl
Ever increasing demand for water resources for different purposes makes it essential to have better understanding and knowledge about water resources. As known, groundwater resources are one of the main water resources especially in countries with arid climatic condition. Thus, this study seeks to provide groundwater potential maps (GPMs) employing new algorithms. Accordingly, this study aims to v
The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of the web forum Flashback with the focal point on the subject suicide. Using a virtual ethnographic approach to answer the questions how suicide was discussed on the web forum Flashback, and is it possible to distinguish which need/needs the website Flashback could meet for the users who discuss the subject suicide. Choosing the three most used
With the use of articles, reports and academic literature, I have analyzed the significant role civil society played during, and after, the Tunisian revolution in 2011. The purpose of this essay has been to understand the underlying social distress, under which Tunisians had lived in many years, and how this came to result in a contagious revolution that marked the start of the Arab Spring. The re
Nepal is one of the countries where remittances in proportion of the GDP are the highest with 28,8 per cent in 2013. A total of 7,2 per cent of Nepal’s population are found abroad and the remittances that they transfer back have been recognized to play an important role in reducing poverty in Nepal, even though critics argue that these remittances are only spent and not invested. The two aims of t
This thesis is a study of development and international aid institutions and practices undertaken to give form and substance to international development as a cultural product. In a climate of changing policy priorities and the prospective loss of government backing for international development NGOs, this thesis uses applied cultural analysis to develop knowledge of the support network of NGO A,
This thesis deals with the topic of climate mainstreaming in development cooperation. In particular, the current transformation of German Financial Cooperation is discussed, in light of the fact that the KfW Development Bank is introducing a Climate Mainstreaming Tool in spring 2020 to enable climate mainstreaming across all projects. The challenges of implementing climate mainstreaming and subseq
The purpose of this study is to explore whether communicating the liabilities of newness can justify young ventures’ offshoring decisions to such an extent that it moderates country-of-origin (COO) effects. We adjust the established concept of COO effects to the entrepreneurial context and therefore include the country of ownership (CO) instead of the country of design (CD) next to the commonly us
Det nyligen antagna direktivet om tillräckliga minimilöner i Europeiska unionen har resulterat i en oro på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Med tanke på motståndet är det aktuellt att undersöka vilken påverkan direktivet kommer att ha på den svenska lönebildningsmodellen och om det stämmer att kollektivavtalssystemet riskerar att urholkas. Fokus ligger på om direktivet kommer att påverka arbetsmarknadThe recently adopted directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union has raised voices of concern on the Swedish labour market. With the resistance in mind it is relevant to explore what impact the minimum wage directive will have on the Swedish model of formation of wages and if the model really is at risk of being undermined. The focus of the essay is set to investigate what impact the
The World Heritage Site the Vredefort Dome in South Africa is an area that is continuously exposed to the dangers of veldfires. In this study it was investigated how risk communication is used to raise public awareness about safe fire use, fire hazards, and veldfires. To what extent the community is reached by the communication and their level of knowledge about fire hazards and risks was also stu
Methodology: The method used is a single case study in a high tech company in Sweden, leader in network camera market. This work is a qualitative research, in which an inductive method and deductive analysis has been applied. Grounded-theory techniques have been used; eight semi-structured interviews were conducted-carefully and objectively selected following purposive sampling. Theoretical persp
Sverige och omvärlden står inför en framtid med en åldrande befolkning. Med åldern ökar risken för att drabbas av demenssjukdom. I kombination gör dessa faktorer att antalet personer med demenssjukdomar ökar. Det ställs allt större krav på hälso- och sjukvård och socialtjänst på att de ska möta de utmaningar som denna patientgrupp ställer upp. Vård ska som huvudregel i så väl Sverige som Norge gSweden has an ageing population. A problem which it shares with most other developed countries. As a person age, the risk of developing dementia increase. The ageing population constitutes a major challenge for the health care and social welfare systems. Health care in Sweden and Norway can, generally, only be provided on voluntary basis. The Instrument of Government in Sweden explicitly prohibi
Climate change is an issue affecting societies worldwide. As temperatures, precipitation patterns, and sea levels change, our buildings and properties are in danger. Therefore, it is crucial for real estate companies to adapt their properties to the effects of climate change as they will be impacted. To help companies make environmentally sustainable economic activities, the European Union has imp
In this thesis, the viability of using Convolutional Neural Networks to detect parking spaces using aerial imagery has been evaluated. Three state of the art networks have been tested - YOLOv3, RetinaNet, and Mask R-CNN. A dataset of urban parking lots and corresponding annotations was generated from scratch using a custom built GUI to annotate automatically generated images of parking lots from O
α-Synuclein aggregates constitute the pathology of Lewy body (LB) disease. Little is known about the effects of LB pathology in preclinical (presymptomatic) individuals, either as isolated pathology or coexisting with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology (β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau). We examined the effects of LB pathology using a cerebrospinal fluid α-synuclein-seed amplification assay in 1,182 cogniti
In this thesis, dynamically controlled machine learning algorithms running on state of the art Arm microNPUs, with an attached Cortex-M CPU, were investigated. The machine learning framework used was Tensorflow and different subsets of it, such as Tensorflow Lite micro. Compiling the network to run on the microNPU was done with the use of an open-source compiler called, Vela. In order to investiga
Homework is widely used in most schools across the world to complement classroom teaching, increase knowledge retention, and foster good study habits. The research on the effect of homework assignment on student achievement is, however, inconclusive with earlier research indicating a positive relationship and newer studies giving a more nuanced picture. This thesis uses data from the 2019 wave of
