In autumn and winter 2015/2016, the Swedish government introduced a border control between the Danish and Swedish side of the Øresund region, which ended almost 60 years of free mobility between the two countries. The scope of the present study is to examine how the introduction of the border control has altered the conditions within the cross-border Regional Innovation System (RIS) of the Øresund

Artificial neural networks are, again, on the rise. The decreasing costs of computing power and the availability of big data together with advancements of neural network theory have made this possible. In this thesis, LSTM (long short-term memory) recurrent neural networks are used in order to perform financial time series forecasting on return data of three stock indices. The indices are S&P

In this study, we analyze the abnormal returns of Chinese acquirer's shareholders around the day of the acquisition announcement to check the impact of the cross-border acquisition by using event study method and difference-in-difference model. A total sample of 81 cross-border acquisition deals is used, and the results of two methods are consistent, we find that the occurrence of cross-border

International human rights law has been progressively expanding and filling the areas that have traditionally been subject to the political decision-making process of sovereign states. Some states, however, have resisted to this, for instance, by refusing to implement the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. For the same reason, they are also considering the withdrawal from the Europea

Abstract - Svenska Denna kvalitativa uppsats syftar till att framföra subjektiva erfarenheter av att leva med Premenstruellt Dysforiskt Syndrom, PMDD på Engelska. Studiens fokus låg på att undersöka upplevelser av: (1) symptompåverkan på individerna med PMDS och deras arbetsplats; (2) påverkan på individens sociala liv och; (3) Vilket stöd föreslås och görs tillgängligt och hur stödet upplevs. NitThis qualitative essay's purpose was to relay subjective experiences of living with PMDD. The focus of the study was on experiences of: (1) impact of symptoms on the individuals with the PMDD and their workplace; (2) impact on the individual's social life and; (3) what aid is suggested and made available and how they are experienced. Nineteen people with PMDD were recruited from a Facebook

This research, through a collective case study, explores how social movements in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, experience their influence on democratisation processes, how they frame this influence and whether the framings and experiences matter for who succeeds in claiming credit. Focusing on events following the popular uprising in 2014. The analysis is conducted using a thematic experience analysi

Tax avoidance has never been fought this aggressively. The EU drafted ATAD to follow the BEPS work and they chose a minimum directive as the legislative instrument. Principle of subsidiarity and the reasoned opinions of the Malta and Sweden are analysed to support the findings of the research. The Directive goes further than the previous case law on abusive situations, and this will be analysed in

There is a general idea in the bookbusiness that poetry, as a genre, isn’t profitable. At the same time it is considered to be high esteemed to publish poetry. The purpose of this thesis was to illustrate the terms of the genre within the swedish bookmarket by doing a survey of the published poetry in 2016 and comparing it to the advertising in Svensk Bokhandel. The purpose was also to review what

58 million children around the world lack access to education, and another 250 million children only have access to unfit schools with poor quality. Through interviews with volunteer teachers and social workers conducted during three weeks of fieldwork in Tehran, this study maps the educational situation of undocumented Afghan migrant children living in Iran, in order to understand the role of edu

Diabetes typ II är en sjukdom där insjuknandet ökar påtagligt runt om i världen. Sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll i livsstilsrådgivning för att motivera personen med diabetes typ II till att bli aktiv i sin egenvård. Syftet med studien är att belysa sjuksköterskans erfarenheter av livsstilsrådgivning till vuxna personer med diabetes typ II. Studien genomfördes som en litteraturstudie där åtta kva

This report was made in order to evaluate the safety of persons within the hotel Scandic Arvika in case of fire. Except for the hotel rooms, Scandic Arvika is also arranging conferences and festivities throughout the year. The building was constructed in 1815 and has since then been updated with several changes which have made the evacuation situation of the hotel complex, and therefore this is th

This thesis conducts a qualitative analysis of the Russian foreign policy concept from 2016, as it is presented on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The analysis is based on the aspirational constructivist theory and is realized by utilizing a functional idea analysis with elements of argument analysis. By applying these tools this thesis is enabled to analy

In this paper we analyze the effects that automation and population aging exert on economic growth. We do that by means of an Overlapping Generations Model (Diamond, 1965) in which automation capital is taken into account in the production structure of the economy. The framework we use was first created by Gasteiger and Prettner (2017) and we further develop it by adding a new feature: a pay-as-yo

Den här studien syftar till att undersöka den relativt nya företeelsen blixtkampanj. Begreppet har under senaste tiden florerat i branschpress men saknas i den akademiska forskningen. Bristen av tidigare forskning kring begreppet har legat till grund för denna studies syfte. Studien ämnar att bena ut de karaktäristiska dragen hos en blixtkampanj och de bakomliggande förväntningar organisationer tiThe aim of this study is to examine the relatively new phenomenon Blixtkampanj. The concept has recently flourished in business magazines but hasn't been mentioned in any academic research. The lack of previous research regarding the concept has been the main purpose for this study. This study aims to figure out the characteristic features of a Blixtkampanj and the underlying expectations orga

Bakgrund: Vården på en intensivvårdsavdelning är avancerad och högteknologisk och patienterna är ofta kritiskt sjuka. Att vårdas på en intensivvårdsavdelning är påfrestande och negativa minnen kan leda till psykisk ohälsa och ökad risk för posttraumatiska stressymptom. Syfte: Att belysa patienters minnen av att ha vårdats på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Metod: Systematisk litteraturstudie där to

I denna uppsats undersöks översättningen av anföringsuttryck med bestämning inom hög- och lågprestigelitteratur. Fokus ligger på anföringsuttryck innehållande anföringsverbet said som åtföljs av en bestämning av någon form, till exempel ett sättsadverb, eftersom Gellerstam (1996) har formulerat en hypotes om att den här sortens dialogformel har ett lägre stilvärde på svenska än på engelska. Uppsat

Då en exploatör vill bygga på egen mark tecknas ofta ett exploateringsavtal i samband med genomförandet av en detaljplan. Sådana avtal har tecknats under en längre tid men sedan första januari 2015 finns termen definierad i PBL. I förarbetena till lagstiftningen diskuteras problem såsom bristande transparens och ett ojämnt avtalsförhållande mellan parterna. I vårt arbete har vi undersökt huruvida When a private land-owner intends to develop his property a land development agreement is signed between the municipality and the land-owner. Such agreements have been the custom for many years, but since January 1, 2015 new rules regarding land development agreements have been introduced in the Swedish Planning and Building Act. In the investigation for the new law, problems concerning the lack o

Health care has always been based on the physical encounter and the relationship between doctor and patient, but the development of digital healthcare has changed these conditions. Therefore, this study intends to explore how Swedish digital healthcare centers are trying to create and maintain relationships with their patients, and how they communicate with their external stakeholders in order to

An analysis of the German translation of words and concepts belonging to swedish culture in children's literature.

The purpose of this thesis is to gain an understanding of society’s ability to prevent juvenile delinquency through community intervention teams [sociala insatsgrupper]. Community intervention teams is a structured collaboration between primarily social services, police and schools that aims to prevent youth from developing a criminal lifestyle. The study focuses on the collaboration between socia