Digital financial services have long been known as key tools in increasing women's financial inclusion, independence, and social mobility. However, the exact method in how these services should be most effectively deployed is still up for debate. Women have continuously been excluded from the financial sector, in large part due to restrictive cultural and gender norms inhibiting their independ

Education is considered a key component in the empowerment of women, and policy interventions such as investments in education can be effective in reducing gender- based inequality. To investigate the relationship between such a policy intervention and empowerment, this study investigates the impact of a large school construction program in Indonesia, where over 61,000 primary schools were constru

Abstract Title: An exploratory study of sourcing options for alternative materials to leather. Authors: Akashdeep Maheshwari and David Marriaga Diaz – Master Students in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Division of Engineering Logistics. Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH), Lund University. Thesis supervisors: Caroline McGarvey – Sustainability Manager / Material and Innovation Deployment Lead

This report aims to compare the plane parameters given by the PlaneRCNN network with those created by using a Structure from Motion (SfM) solution on the same data. Several datasets are used, and the results from PlaneRCNN are evaluated by using the camera matrices from the SfM solution and applying these along with scaling and coordinate transformations. We use and explain RANSAC, neural networks

This thesis is based on two case studies of public art, Tony Cragg's artwork Points of View and Marianne Lindberg De Geer's artwork Jag tänker på mig själv. The purpose of the thesis is to clarify municipal processes related to public art and to investigate how perceptions of public art can differ between art institutions, art critics and the general public. The results from the case studi

Frågeställningar: Hur arbetar bygg- och rivningsentreprenörer mot en cirkulär ekonomi? Vilka krav ställer beställaren på entreprenören om avfallshanteringen i ett rivningsprojekt? Hur planerar entreprenörerna för återvinning och återbruk av rivningsmaterial? Vilka hinder finns det med cirkulär ekonomi? Vad händer med de material som inte går att återbruka? Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersAbstract Problem statements: How do building- and demolition companies transition towards a circular economy? What requirements does the developer place on the contractor regarding waste management in a demolition project? How do contractors plan for recycling and reuse of demolition materials? What are the obstacles faced towards a circular economy? What happens to the materials that can’t be re

In 2019, a new program in library and information science was initiated by Södertörns högskola, with the description that they wanted their education to show the complexities of practical librarianship, implicitly in conflict with more theoretical educations today. This conflict between the theoretical and the practical within library and information science education is the starting point for thi

Målet med examensarbetet var att fastställa om det är möjligt att använda maskininlärning tillsammans med en kommersiellt tillgänglig kamera för att identifiera cigarettfimpar i dagvattensystemet. För att göra detta konstruerades en modell av en dagvattenbrunn. Modellen bestod av en låda som genomskars av ett avloppsrör. I lådans lock hängdes en kamera som filmade en öppning i röret. Vatten som inThe aim of this thesis was to determine whether it is possible to use machine learning in conjunction with a commercially available camera to identify cigarette butts in the stormwater system. To do this, a model of a stormwater well was constructed. The model consisted of a box that was cut through by a drain pipe. A camera pointing toward an opening in the drain pipe was attached to the lid of t

The aim of this study was to investigate school counselors' reflections on their own knowledge of teen dating violence (TDV), how they forward their knowledge to students and how they use their knowledge to detect individuals who live with TDV. We conducted results from eight semi-structured interviews with school counselors who work at upper secondary schools in Sweden. The interviews were an

The cemetery is a place which carries many different meanings and is used in varying ways. This holds true for these places today, as well as historically. The cemetery, as opposed to the churchyard, is a distinctly urban location, designed especially for burials and remembrance. Today, it is used for activities such as cultural heritage tourism, exercise, picnics etcetera as much as it is a place

Thesis purpose: The purpose is to identify what opportunities the approach to art on Instagram offers luxury brands to sustain their exclusivity in an age of mass production. Theoretical Perspective: Pierre Bourdieu’s (1984) cultural capital, legitimate culture and Kapferer and Bastien’s (2012) anti-marketing rules and the artification of luxury are the main sources of theory used to develop the

Organizational strategists are working on their company’s ability to absorb and transfer knowledge between organizational units, their so-called absorptive capacity, to better react to environmental changes and, hence, strengthen their sustainable competitive advantage. In particular, the sharing of tacit know-how is considered to be difficult because it is contextual and experience-based, and, th

Iron is a micronutrient that a lot of people all over the world lack to some extent. Researching new ways to enrich food may be a part of the future food industry. One way is to enrich the crops we grow. Hence, with the help of ascorbic acid as a pH adjustor and ironcitrate, tries have been made to enrich alfalfa sprouts. Sprouting as a method is also a good way to break down antinutrients in seed

Decisions taken in the boardroom are considered to be of crucial importance for corporate governance, not least due to their wide-ranging implications for both an organization and its stakeholders. To take effective decisions on the board, the availability of the right skills and knowledge is deemed essential. Such skills and knowledge largely derive from board members previous educational and fun

Bakgrund: Operationssjuksköterskor arbetar i en högteknologisk miljö med höga prestationskrav och utsätts samtidigt för kronisk stress. Den kroniska stressen är skadlig för hälsan och kan även påverka den upplevda vårdkvaliteten och patientsäkerheten. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa stressfaktorer i operationssjuksköterskornas arbetsmiljö och hur den stressen påverkade arbetet

For successful government implementation of climate change mitigation policies, public support is necessary to make these policies as effective as possible. Climate change requires collective action to reduce greenhouse gases currently emitted. Two factors have been suggested to have an important influence on support for policy implementation and climate policies: social capital, and risk percepti

I denna scoping review har syftet varit att söka efter forskning kring vilket behov föräldrar har av stöd för att kunna prata om sexualitet med sina barn som har funktionsnedsättning och om det finns beprövad intervention. Totalt nio artiklar har granskats som har innefattat barn med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST), intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (IF) och rörelsenedsättning (RH). Resultatet visaThe purpose of this scoping review has to bee to search for research about the support that parents need when it comes to speaking about sexuality with their children with disabilities on the autism spectrum disorder (AST), intellectual disability (IF) and physical disability (RH). The result showed that there is a need to educate parents and that this related resultated in improvement for the gro

Title: Constructing Vegan and Sustainable Consumption Date of the Seminar: 2021-06-04 Course: BUSN39 Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Ninette Hansson and Vanille Cousyn Johansson Supervisor: Sofia Ulver and Hossain Shahriar Key Words: Vegan Consumption, Sustainable Consumption, Ideologies, Myths, Consumer Responsibilization, Cultural Branding Thesis Purpose: The purpose of this thesis

Köttkonsumtion har stor inverkan på klimatet, och till stor del beror det på de växthusgaser som idisslande djur släpper ut. Ett sätt att minska utsläppen är att minska köttkonsumtionen och äta en mer växtbaserad kost. Soja dominerar bland de produkter som idag marknadsförs som alternativ till kött. Soja är dock svårodlat i Sverige, därför behövs alternativ. Rapsprotein är ett exempel. Rapsfrökaka

Social work has been greatly affected by the corona pandemic. This can be seen in the area of domestic abuse, where social workers have had to adapt to an increase in domestic violence and victims who are now forced to isolate. This can be attributed to the restrictions the governments around the world have enforced on the populations to fight the pandemic. Since social workers are fundamental whe