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The ongoing refugee crisis has divided the European Union. While some states shelter hundreds of thousands of refugees, others only grant asylum to a handful. This phenomenon is creating a demographic rift inside the union and is also causing internal quarrels over joint responsibility, which possibly could undermine the existence of the organization. In this thesis we search for the potential cau

Background and issue of study: The global financial crisis, climate change, demographic changes, and rising inequality are some of the global trends that put pressure on public leaders and organizations, civil society organizations and corporations to shift to a social and environmental sustainable development. Social innovations are demanded to be both drivers of positive societal change and forc

I den här kunskapssammanställningen tar vi upp frågor som rör hur ett förändrat klimat kan komma att påverka tillväxt och skörd av olika jordbruksgrödor, samt hur klimatet kan påverka risken för angrepp av nya och redan etablerade skadegörare och växtsjukdomar i Sverige. Ökad temperatur leder till förlängning av växtsäsongen och utrymme för produktionsökning. I takt med att klimatet blir varmare k

Abstract—Resource management in IT–enterprises gain more and more attention due to high operation costs. For instance, web sites are subject to very changing traffic–loads over the year, over the day, or even over the minute. Online adaption to the changing environment is one way to reduce losses in the operation. Control systems based on feedback provide methods for such adaption, but is in natur

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling handlar om en grupp narkotikamissbrukare som gjort självmordsförsök. Såväl självmord som självmordsförsök är betydligt vanligare bland narkotikamissbrukare jämfört med totalbefolkningen. Bland vårdade narkotikamissbrukare är det mellan 19 till 47 procent som gjort självmordsförsök. Det höga självmordsförsökstalet bland narkotikamissbrukare förklaras oftThe aim of this thesis is to describe suicide attempts in a group of drug abusers who previously had received treatment of their addiction. Another aim is to interpret and analyse the life situations that the individual associates with the suicide attempt. The dissertation is based on interviews conducted on two occasions with 92 drug abusers, 62 men and 30 women. The majority of the drug abusers

Prediction of the service lifetime of concrete structures with respect to chloride ingress involves a number of parameters that are associated with large uncertainties. Hence, full-scale measurements are strongly in demand. This paper begins by summarizing statistical distributions based on measurements taken from the Gimsøystraumen Bridge in Norway. A large number of chloride profiles are availab

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease that results in functional loss and disability. People with PD have an increased risk of falling, and most of their falls occur while walking. As yet, there is limited knowledge concerning activity avoidance due to perceived risk of falling in people with PD. In order to quantitatively assess perceived walking

Det terrestra ekosystemet absorberar cirka en tredjedel av de antropogena utsläppen varje år, vilket är en avgörande ekosystemtjänst som minskar ökningstakten av atmosfärisk koldioxid och bidrar till att mildra klimatförändringen. Observerade koncentrationer av atmosfäriskt koldioxid uppvisar en stor årlig variabilitet som främst anses vara orsakad av det terrestra ekosystemets respons på klimatföThe terrestrial ecosystem sequesters about one-third of anthropogenic emissions each year, thereby providing a critical ecosystem service that slows the rate of increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide and helps mitigate climate change. Observed atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations exhibit a large inter-annual variability which is considered to be caused primarily by the response of the terrest

Internationally, mental health service developments are increasingly informed by the principles of recovery, and the availability of arts and creative activities are becoming more common as part of provision. Mental health service users’ experiences, reflecting on the complex nature of using music participation in recovery are, however, limited. This essay considers literature that explores how mu

Healthcare in Sweden is dealing with problems regarding accessibility for patients. Moreover, there is a lack of an overall model concerning matching specialist care to patients. Against this background, the purpose was to develop a preliminary healthcare matching model and discuss the barriers of this model. Theoretically, the study draws on the concepts of matching and coordination completed wit

In response to customer specific service time guarantee requirements, service providers can offer differentiated services. Although response time agreements offer more flexibility, most of the theoretical models for customer differentiation are based on fill rates, due to the difficulty of calculating the response time distribution in the presence of priorities. In this paper we focus on the (S−1,

Positiva och negativa miljöeffekterVallersättningen och kompensationsstödet leder båda till att arealen vall och antalet nötkreatur ökar kraftigt. Utredningen konstaterar att effekten av vallodling på biologisk mångfald, både när det gäller sällsynta arter och ekosystemtjänster, är otillräckligt känd. Kompensationsstödet gör det företagsekonomiskt lönsamt att hävda betydligt större areal permanent

Naturvårdsverket har i regleringsbrevet för år 2009 fått i uppdrag av regeringen att redovisa vilka uppgifter som verket bedömer behövs i miljöriskbedömning-en av genmodifierade (GM) grödor för att kunna ta naturvårdshänsyn till lång-siktiga effekter och effekter på icke-målorganismer. Denna rapport utgör redo-visningen av uppdraget.Utveckling och användning av genetiskt modifierade organismer (GM

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify and analyze innovative products and services within the telecom industry, letting these findings constitute possible ways for CSPs to innovate the experience of their customers. Methodology: The research in this thesis was conducted from a qualitative approach and data were collected using primary- (expert interviews) and secondary sources (journa

STUDY QUESTION Does an intensive weight reduction programme prior to IVF increase live birth rates for infertile obese women? SUMMARY ANSWER An intensive weight reduction programme resulted in a large weight loss but did not substantially affect live birth rates in obese women scheduled for IVF. WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN Among obese women, fertility and obstetric outcomes are influenced negatively wit

We evaluate a place-based policy aimed at commercial service providers. In 2016, the Swedish government introduced special operating support for grocery stores in remote rural areas to slow down the process of store closures. We estimate the local causal effect in a regression discontinuity design framework using the fact that only stores located at least 15 km away from another store were eligibl

The Versatile Touchpoint: User-Generated Content Reshaping theCustomer JourneyAUTHORS1, Affiliation; 2, Affiliation; 3, Affiliation; 4. AffiliationKeywordsIntroductionCustomer Journey; User Generated Content; Social Media; Touchpoint; Brand PublicsIn this study we seek to unravel the emergence of a touchpoint that has become ubiquitousthroughout the customer journey due to social media. We are esp