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Purpose The aim of the research was to investigate how a model for public procurement could be designed with the aim of including industrially produced housing in the procurement process in Sweden. Methodological approach The study was performed in two steps, an initial literature review and then a case study. The literature review aimed at creating an understanding of how this is done in other c
Purpose The purpose is to develop a framework for measuring the S&OP process performance. Design/methodology/approach The method used is a multiple case study of five companies from different industries based on data from twelve structured interviews. Findings The main result is a framework to measure the S&OP process. It includes concrete suggestions for organizations when developing me
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the association between nurses' characteristics (educational level, country, work title, gender, type of work, age, and length of working experience) and their assessments of individualized care. Design: A cross-sectional comparative survey using questionnaires was employed to sample nurses from seven countries. Methods: Data were collected from ort
Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur rekryteringsprocesser kan agera som en förebyggande process mot agentproblem. Metod: Via en kvalitativ forskningsmetod genomfördes en enkel fallstudie med hjälp av intervjuer, observationer och dokumentation. Åtta intervjuer och två observationer genomfördes. Data analyserades med en kombination av pattern-matching och grundad teori. Teoretiska perspekt
Dating back to the ancient times, people used simple marks to tell their stories and write their history when languages were not created. As time passes by, there are more and more ways we could choose like writing dairies, taking photos, or using mobile devices to share the stories with friends. We could record almost every second in life easily. On the other hand, we are now facing a huge amount
The scale at which greenhouse gases are produced by human activities is a global problem, and as such it is being targeted broadly both by political means as well as technologically. One of the major contributors to the emission of green house gases globally, as well as in Sweden, is the transportation sector. This poses an opportunity for technologies that aim to reduce impact of the transport se
Machine control with GPS allows machinists to operate using a digital model as reference instead of the traditionally used methods. This leads to other duties and a different flow at the worksite. The purpose of this study is to examine how various professions have changed with the development of machine controlled equipment and also how the work methods can be optimized. A series of interviews ha
The design of a policy based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle can involve one or several Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) as well as various degree of involvement on the part of municipalities. The thesis is analysing the implications of different choices regarding these two aspects in light of the experiences with EPR systems for household packaging in three Eur
Astronomins vetenskapliga utveckling kommer idag främst från den information som kan erhållas via ljusstrålning från teleskop. Det viktigaste är teleskopet Gaia, som är ett av de mest ambitiösa rymdprojekt som människan någonsin har genomfört. Det kartlägger över en miljard stjärnor med position, avstånd och rörelse. Genom Gaias observationer skapas den första realistiska bilden av hur vår galax, The scientific development of astronomy today mainly comes from the information that can be obtained via electromagnetic radiation. Today, the Gaia optical telescope is one of the most ambitious space projects man has ever completed. Another optical telescope LSST is designed to complement Gaia. In about 15 years it will also be possible to measure gravitational waves with the telescope LISA, whic
The packaging solution for freeze-dried adventure food has not changed for a long time. Across the market, the available models look very similar, and differ only in branding and fine detail. With help from concept developers at AR Packaging, and based on interviews with a group of extreme athletes which are the intended users of the product, the package was analysed to see where it can be improve
Public speaking is something that most people struggle with and the art of public speaking is something that is difficult to master. Traditional coaching usually consists of an expert teaching you a set of rules to consider and giving you feedback based on a presentation. Virtual reality (VR) based applications have been becoming more and more common over the last couple of years as an alternative
Bakgrund: Covid-19-pandemin har förändrat utbildningsformen på universitet Sverige över, vilket påtvingat distansstudier för många studenter. Omställningen kan inverka på studenters upplevelse av aktivitetsbalans, vilket är kopplat med hälsa och välbefinnande, men det saknas idag studier inom detta fält. Ökad kunskap om hur studenter upplever distansundervisningens inverkan på deras aktivitetsbalaBackground: The covid-19-pandemic has shifted the method of education toward distance- based learning for universities throughout Sweden. This could affect students experiences of occupational balance, which is known to be associated with health and well-being, but today there is a lack of studies in this area. Increased insight into how students experience occupational balance could help universi
Electrolytic capacitor components degrade when exposed to thermal stress which can cause failures in electrical devices. Several recent works have studied the lifetime of these components by using accelerated life testing. This work, however, takes a new approach by utilising vast amounts of temperature data and regression techniques. Axis Communications collects large amounts of non-personalised
Bakgrund: Att ha aktiviteter är viktigt för att uppleva hälsa. Vissa symtom kan reducera möjligheten att vara aktiv, ett sådant är fatigue. Fatigue är vanligt vid multipel skleros (MS). Arbetsterapeuter hjälper personer med fatigue i vardagen. Kursen Fatigue Management riktar sig till personer med MS-relaterad fatigue och lär ut strategier för att hantera fatigue. Forskning har visat att kursen ärBackground: Having occupations is important to experience health. Certain symptoms can reduce the ability to be active, one such is fatigue. Fatigue is common in multiple sclerosis (MS). Occupational therapists help people with fatigue in their everyday life. The course - Fatigue Management - is aimed at people with MS-related fatigue and teaches strategies to manage fatigue. Research has shown th
The purpose of this project is studying heat transfer to indexable cutting tools during milling of a selection of titanium alloys, relevant to the industry. To achieve this goal, both experimental and theoretical models were contemplated to formulate the current thesis. The experimental set-up was designed and executed at Seco Tools AB, supporting the project as industrial collaborator. The therm
Behandling av avloppsvatten för att avlägsna ämnen som kan ha en negativ påverkan på den mänskliga hälsan och naturen är mycket viktigt innan vattnet återanvänds eller släpps ut i naturen. Intresset för anaerob vattenrening har ökat eftersom det är ett bra komplement till aeroba processer, samt för att det producerar energi i form av metangas. Målet med detta projekt var att undersöka hur olika dTreatment of wastewater is crucial for removing any compounds which can have a negative impact on human health and nature before the water is reused or released into nature. Interest in anaerobic treatment of wastewater has increased as it is a good complement to aerobic treatment, and it produces energy in form of methane. The aim of this project was to investigate how different operational para
The topic of immigration and its management is very controversial and highly discussed. Hence, it continues to have a huge impact on the today’s societies and the political climate. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the following socio-economic factors: satisfaction, security and dynamics regarding the fear of immigration in East Germany. The main goal is to investigate the dif
This study aims to analyze experiences and attitudes that the AML employees at Danske Bank have towards the relevant legislation and regulation due to their crime prevention work against money laundering. The employees' experiences were composed through semi-structured interviews of a total of 5 employees selected in the bank´s two departmental teams within AML: Compliance and AML Advisors. Th
This paper is about the debate on child poverty in Sweden. The study is designed as a discourse analysis of editorials written after an audit program on Swedish TV, Uppdrag Granskning (Mission Review). The program was a critic for statistics and campaigns that child rights organizations have come out with current poor children in Sweden. The review was whether these data were incorrect or not and
The main purpose of this thesis is to uncover the relationship that exists between the formation of purchase intentions and the factors that influence the process of intent formation; a specific focus will be given to the discovery of the impact of negative eWOM within a consumer’s pre purchase decision context. The thesis uses an inductive and qualitative design. The authors propose and apply two
