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The purpose of this work was to use spatial-temporal analysis for the prevention and mitigation of disease spread. A prototype application was specifically designed to detect territories with a high incidence of cases and a second was used to validate the results. The first algorithm tried to find clustered cases territories and compare them to the smooth average of the previous two years of data
Poland with its long coal and landfilling traditions struggles to reach the European Union goals for both the share of energy produced from renewable sources and management of biodegradable waste. Biogas is proven to be a part of a sustainable solution addressing the problem of organic waste utilisation while providing an opportunity for renewable energy generation as well as for nutrients recycli
The occurrence of climate change will have a significant impact on society and adapting to a more sustainable environment is of key importance. The dangers of climate change will include temperature and precipitation patterns becoming more extreme creating a substantial impact on society. Greece’s location and climate make it particularly vulnerable to a changing climate and climate impact assessm
Automated manufacturing processes are an important component of today’s industries. Assuming the processes are properly maintained they allow for great efficiency when producing various goods. Image analysis can be used as a tool to monitor such processes and evaluate their results. This Thesis treats development of algorithms for automatic evaluation of images acquired using a standardized proce
Utveckling av jordbrukssektorn är en av de viktigaste prioriteringarna för den Etiopiska staten när det kommer till att upprätthålla landets ekonomiska utveckling. Ett sätt att uppnå detta är att satsa på storskaliga utvecklingsprojekt inom jordbruket, till exempel Tana Beles Sugar Development Project som den här uppsatsen kretsar kring. För att kunna anlägga detta har stora landarealer tagits i aDevelopment of the agricultural sector is among the top priorities for the Ethiopian government in order to keep up the economic development in the country. One way of reaching this is to undertake large-scale development projects, such as the Tana Beles Sugar Development Project described in this thesis. For this, large areas of land are required for the plantations. This land is expropriated fro
Abstract There have previously been studies researching internal democracy within various political parties. These studies has however been focused on comparing different parties within the same country as well as researching how appointments to top positions within the political party work. There has not been a lot of research focusing on the consequences of politicians separating themselves from
Hästnäringen i Sverige fortsätter att växa. Ridsporten är en av de mest populära sporterna i Sverige med utövande från nybörjarnivå upp till världseliten. Vid en mätning som gjordes 2016 uppmättes antalet hästar i Sverige till cirka 355 500 stycken. Med många utövande och många hästar i landet kommer en bred handel, en handel som i takt med sportens utveckling också borde öka. Idag omfattas häst
Den traditionella svenska bolånemarknaden är på väg att kompletteras med nya bolånestrukturer. Sedan slutet av 2016 har nya aktörer, s.k. bostadskreditinstitut, börjat konkurrera med storbankerna om bolånekunder. Det är Finansinspektionen (FI) som i Sverige har uppdrag att bidra till ett stabilt finansiellt system genom tillstånd- och tillsynsprövning. I grunden är FI positiva till nya finansieriThe traditional Swedish mortgage lending market is being supplemented by new mortgage structures. Since the end of 2016, newcomers, the so-called mortgage lenders, has started to compete with the traditional banks for mortgage customers. In Sweden it is the Finansinspektionen (FI) mission that contributes to a stable financial system by giving institutions permits and supervision. FI takes an es
Allt fler organisationer använder sig idag av det digitala kommunikationsverktyget “chatbots” i sin kundtjänst för att kommunicera med sina användare. Den främsta anledningen till att chatbots i form av kundtjänst blir allt vanligare på organisationers webbsidor är att de kan effektivisera verksamheten och därmed reducera kostnader. Det har alltså skett en förändring i hur organisationer kommuniceToday, organizations are using the digital communicative tool ‘chatbot’ in their cus-tomer service to communicate with their customers. The main reason for using this new technology on organizations’ websites is that chatbots can make the customer service more efficient, hence reduce organizational costs. As a result, the chatbots have altered the way organizations and customers communicate with o
In the light of lean methodology, World Class Manufacturing requires continuous improvement in analyzing the losses to eliminate the wasteful resources and to boost the overall productivity. However, the standardized loss structure should be well-balanced to be general enough to cover the whole manufacturing procedure while being specific enough to point out the real issues happening for further i
Sverige, ett av de minst korrupta länderna i världen, har fått återkommande internationell kritik gällande ineffektivitet i svensk mutlagstiftning när det kommer till straffrättsliga sanktioner mot företag som begått mutbrott. Detta på grund av bristen på rättspraxis där företag gjort sig skyldiga till vårdslös finansiering av mutbrott. Kritiken har bland annat kommit från EU-kommissionen då SveriSweden, as one of the least corrupt countries in the world, has been subject to recurrent critique regarding inefficiency in its bribery legislation, especially regarding sanctions against corporates. The reason behind this is due to the lack of case-law when it comes to companies being directly or indirectly responsible for bribery. The European Commission have criticised Sweden due to the fact t
This thesis focuses on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the public transportation network in the Scania region of Sweden during its first year, as well as conducting an informative discussion into how human behaviour has changed during the course of the pandemic and how the underlying effect of it relates to the research question. It poses passenger data collected from Skånetrafiken an
I arbetet med att utforma och lagstifta om tvångsmedel vägs intresset av att utreda brott mot intresset av rättssäkerhet. Under de senaste decennierna har flertalet reformer antagits inom straffprocessens område som inneburit utvidgade befogenheter för de brottsbekämpande myndigheterna. Dessa reformer har skett på bekostnad av de enskilda i form av rättighetsinskränkningar. En lagändring år 2006 g
En marknadsföringsguide till Inbound Marketing En kvantitativ enkätstudie om konsumenters självrapporterade upplevelser av marknadsföringsstrategier i relation till högengagemangsprodukter online. Det primära syftet med studien var att undersöka hur marknadsföringskonceptet Inbound Marketing påverkar det digitala konsumentbeteendet i relation till högengagemangsprodukter. För att besvara studiensA marketing guide to Inbound Marketing A quantitative survey of consumers' self-reported experiences of marketing strategies in relation to high-engagement products online. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate how the concept of Inbound marketing affects Digital Consumer Behavior in relation to high-engagement products. To answer the purpose of the study, a research question w
Enligt svensk rätt är äktenskapet en monogam förbindelse. Att vara gift med flera personer är inte tillåtet. I andra delar av världen är månggifte däremot tillåtet. Till följd av internationella privaträttsliga regler kan utländska månggiften erkännas och betraktas giltiga i Sverige i vissa sammanhang. Hur den svenska äktenskapsrättens regler ska anpassas efter dessa förhållanden är oklart. På 1Under Swedish law, marriages are monogamous. A person who is already married is not permitted to enter into another marriage. However, polygamous marriages are legal in many other countries. As a consequence of Swedish international private law, there are foreign polygamous marriages in Sweden that are legally recognized in some contexts. It is unclear how Swedish family law should be applied to t
This text serves as a fresh approach to the study of Roman influence on the Scandinavian region. This is achieved through the medium of various bronze statuettes, both from the Roman Empire itself as well as in the form of locally-produced anthropomorphic figures. The study concentrates on four specific regions of Europe; Italy, southern Britain, Denmark, and southern Sweden. All of these areas ma
When we look into adolescents sexual behavior and selling of sex, we can see that there has been a greater interest for girls than for boys. We can also see historically that there has been a normative difference and that the subject is not examined in a greater extend. The aim of this study was to gain increased knowledge about how social workers in their work within the framework of LVU(The Care
