During the last decade, upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) doped with rare-earth (RE) ions have been extensively studied in the field of biophotonics. Due to their unique properties of anti- Stokes shifted luminescence and with excitation and emission wavelengths optimal for biomedical imaging, they have become an interesting class of fluorescent contrast agents. An issue with downconverting fluor

Att nätverka är väldigt användbart i dagens samhälle för företag. Malmö Cleantech City är ett nätverk för miljöteknik företag i Malmö som ville få sin verksamhet utvärderad för potentiella utvecklingsmöjligheter. Därför utformades denna studie med kvalitativmetod och genomfördes genom telefonintervjuer med åtta respondenter. För att uppnå syftet formades forskningsfrågan “hur upplever företagen i Networking is a useful tool in today’s society for business development. Malmö Cleantech City is a network for environmental engineering in Malmö, who wished to get their network evaluated for potential progress opportunities. The study was designed with a qualitative methodology and was conducted through telephone interviews with eight respondents. The following research question was formed "

Biocides are chemical and biological pesticides used for preservation and disinfection. It’s being used, both in health care and everyday life, in products such as hand soap, cosmetics and textile fabrics. Studies have shown that, in textiles, a lot of the quantities of the biocides are being washed out during the life cycle of the product. This study aims to map in what extent biocides are being

Using data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), this research uses a logistic probability model to determine the associations between maternal characteristics, such as the exposure to physical domestic violence and low women’s status, and the risk of develop problems of malnutrition in children under 5 years. Using anthropometric indicators of malnutrition such as stuntin

Within the Renewable Energy Directive, the European Union has embedded sustainability criteria, addressing sustainable biofuels. Due to criticism, the sustainability criteria have been re-examined by the EU in the light of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC). This thesis focuses on the sustainability understanding of the EU on biofuels, through assessing the sustainability criteria in the realms of su

An environmentally hazardous activity, where surface water management exists, can be bound by Swedish law to apply for an environmental permit or has a duty to report its activity. In recent years, the environmental permitting regulations have undergone comprehensive changes where old practices and environmental quality standards are phased out and new ones introduced. In this study, a previously

In this thesis, I investigate if inequality has a significant impact on crime rates in Latin America and the Caribbean for the period from 1950 to 2010. Several studies in the past have found robust correlation between indicators of inequality and crime incidence, even when accounting for confounding factors and country-fixed effects. However, a major drawback of those studies is that they ignore

Studiens syfte var att med utgångspunkt i Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) undersöka akademiska ledares individuella, sociala och organisatoriska förutsättningar att implementera jämställdhetsarbete. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sju akademiska ledare med operativt jämställdhetsansvar på fakultetsnivå vid en svensk teknisk högskola. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med en teoridrivenIn this study, Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) was used as a framework for examining leaders’ individual, social and organizational conditions for implementing gender equality work in an academic environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven academic leaders with responsibility for gender equality work at a Swedish institute of technology. Eight themes were derived from TPB an

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mentalization, emotion dysregulation and extent of resolved trauma in adult participants who have experienced traumatic events during childhood. Based on the theory of mentalization it was anticipated that the ability to reflect upon mental states could help make sense of and integrate the traumatic event in the person’s life hi

The interaction between two block copolymers (Pluronic® P65 and F127) and the bile salt sodium glycodeoxycholate (NaGDC) was investigated by means of static and dynamic light scattering (SLS and DLS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). First a temperature study on pure P65 (1.0 wt%) in water in the temperature interval 5-80 °C revealed a critical micellization temperature of about 40 °C f

Klimatförändringar orsakade av antropogena faktorer har en ökande effekt på både naturliga och humana system. Klimatförändringar bidrar till en förändring av varaktigheten, frekvensen och intensiteten av extrema väderhändelser (som till exempel stormar, översvämningar och värmeböljor). Några exempel på konsekvenser från klimatförändringar på de humana systemen är förlust av liv, förlust av egendomThe changing climate caused by anthropogenic factors has an increasing effect on natural and human systems. There is therefore an increasing need for society to adapt to the effects of climate change (IPCC, 2012; Rescalvo et al., 2013) This is vital since the effects of climate change are already being noticed in many parts of the world (Rescalvo et al., 2013). However, municipalities in Sweden ge

Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att studera huruvida de skillnader som observerats i tidigare forskning mellan flickor och pojkars skriftspråk även gör sig gällande i elevers utredande texter. Genom att studera hur elevers skriftspråk yttrar sig i olika ämneskontexter och texttyper har undersökningen även ämnat ge en uppfattning om huruvida dessa skillnader kan sägas vara ett resultat av s

During the past fifty years pollinators in Europe have been declining. Agricultural intensification is considered to be main driver for this decline. In Europe agricultural schemes are used in order to e.g. maintain biological diversity. As a part of these schemes several European countries use flower strips to increase the amount of pollinators in the landscape. Status and Trends of European Poll

Popular science summary: Genetic aberrations underlying adipocytic tumour development Adipocytic tumours are the most common mesenchymal tumours. We have identified genetic aberrations in such tumours using high-resolution single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis. We have also performed functional studies of specific genetic aberrations and found genes of importance for tumour develo

Bedrägeri är ett brott vars förekomst har ökat stadigt under de senaste åren. Reaktionen från lagstiftarens håll har resulterat i nya brottsrubriceringar och utredningar om huruvida ännu fler borde införas. Syftet med uppsatsen är att kartlägga den reglering av bedrägeribrottslighet som på senare år utökats med nya brottskonstruktioner både inom den allmänna straffrätten och specialstraffrätten. Fraud is a crime that has become more and more frequent lately and the reaction from the legislator has been to introduce new crime classifications and investigate the need for even more. The purpose with this essay is to map and investigate the different kinds of fraudulent crimes that have been introduced the last couple of decades. The possible resulting effects the introduction of different c

Asceticism is a widely discussed topic. The aim of the thesis is to compare two textual blocks – the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Synoptic Gospels - from two different religious traditions and deduce the most vivid particularities of the respective visions of asceticism, situating the findings in context of the related academic scholarship. Findings in some cases are very unexpected. If in the Sahih a

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding on how SMEs can position themselves through brand identity, by investigating their strategic approach to brand identity creation and development. Methodology: This research is based on an exploratory case study with an iterative approach. The data collection has primarily been conducted by personal interviews and secondary documents.

This study utilizes new archival data to develop a series of wages for unskilled workers, skilled worker, and women from early modern Scania in the south of modern-day Sweden. These series are used in combination with already-published data on builders’ wages in Stockholm and other European regions to further the understanding of Scandinavia’s position in early modern Europe during the Little Dive

Bakgrund: Den subjektiva upplevelsen av hörapparatnytta skiljer sig mellan olika hörapparatanvändare. Detta kan bero på flera olika faktorer, dock visar forskningen inga entydiga svar om vilka faktorer det är som mest påverkar nyttan. Det primära syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilken nytta äldre personer upplever med sina hörapparater samt studera relationen mellan kognitiv förmåga, dik

This paper argues that the process of human capital accumulation in Nicaragua, as measured by school enrollment, is influenced by a combination of supply and demand factors that can be traced to households’ characteristics and the government’s educational agenda. By performing a probit estimation to analyze how the interaction of such factors affects the decision of the household to invest in educ