F¨or att undvika ekonomiska kriser likt den 2008 beh¨over finansinstitut bra modeller f¨or bland annat obligationspriser och kreditindex. Genom att anv¨anda skillnaden i r¨anta mellan riskfria och riskfyllda obligationer kan dessa modelleras och s¨akra att bankers och f¨ors¨akringsbolags tillg˚angar r¨acker vid tider av ekonomisk turbulens. Ett kreditindex ¨ar ett index som best˚ar av f¨oretagsobliThis thesis proposes an autoregressive credit spread model to make long term simulations of credit spreads and credit indices in the Investment grade and High yield bond segments. Several models are tested, and the final spread model produces simulations with statistics consistent with historical data, even though the model itself is relatively parsimonious. A transition from spread to index is pro

Social service workers documentation and emotional labour – a qualitative study about working with documentation The aim of this study is to explore the experience among social service workers in regards to working with documentation and to analyze how it affects their ability to perform emotional labour. Former research has shown that social service workers spend a big part of their work day wor

Data har många användningsområden inom både forskning och industri. I detta examensarbete skapades en platform som självgående kan användas för att samla in stora mängder data från omgivningen.Everyone who has worked with research knows how rewarding experimenting and developing new algorithms can be. However in some cases, the hard part is not the invention of these algorithms, but their evaluation. To try and make that evaluation easier, this thesis focuses on the collection of data that can be used as positional ground truths using an autonomous measurement platform. This should assi

The use of cloud computing is increasing in many different areas, and one of these areas is education. As using cloud in education becomes standard in many schools, some ethical concern regarding student information arises. This thesis aims to identify the issues that Swedish schools in the region of Skåne are facing regarding the use of cloud computing. This is achieved by creating a theoretical

The performance of five commercial available biobased packaging films for fully-baked frozen bread was studied in comparison to polyethylene (PE) film. The main purpose of this study was to understand how biobased packaging materials affect the quality of fully–baked frozen bread. The five biobased packaging films evaluated in this study were biobased polyethylene (bio-PE), Biodolomer®, polylactic

This paper examines how the exchange rate affects Chinese economic growth. First, we go through the literature about exchange rate and how it affects the economic growth. We respectively analyze the transmission mechanism of RMB real effective exchange rate on the impact of Chinese import, export and foreign direct investment. We use the quarterly data from 1994 to 2016 and the method of cointegra

This work will examine how the British government engaged with Muslim-led organisations through its counter-extremism strategy Prevent in following the London bombings in 2005. Over a period of seven years two governments, Labour and the Coalition, implemented separate version of Prevent which led to distinct forms of state engagement with Muslim-led organisations. By looking at the broader histor

Det finns många exempel på att använda teknologi i skolan för att förbättra elevers lärande. En relativt oanvänd teknologi i utbildning är Virtual Reality. De flesta VR applikationer som används i utbildning idag är passiva virtuella studiebesök, där användaren interagerar med applikationen genom att observera den virtuella världen. Detta examensarbete undersöker om interaktiva Virtual Reality appThere are many examples of using technology in schools for enhancing student’s learning experience. A relatively unexplored technology in education is Virtual Reality. Most of the existing VR applications aimed at learning are passive virtual field trips, where the user only interacts with the application by observing the virtual world. This thesis explores if interactive Virtual Reality applicati

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om vissa personlighetsdrag korrelerar med vissa delar av social intelligens. Då både social intelligens och personegenskaper är breda begrepp så valdes inom social intelligens en avgränsad del att undersökas, nämligen förmågan att identifiera emotioner och förståelse av de bakomliggande orsakerna till emotioner. Inom personegenskaperna valdes Big Five teorThe purpose of this study was to examine whether there was a correlation between some Personality Traits and parts of Social Intelligence. Since both Social Intelligence and Personality Traits are broad constructs it was decided to narrow down what was examined. The Ability to Identify Emotions and Understanding the Underlying Causes of the Emotion was specified for Social Intelligence. The Big Fi

Swedish transport administration has over the past few years changed its way of purchasing contractors. The new way is totalentreprenad, which gives the contractor the opportunity to develop and renew the construction methods. Stabilization is one of the outcomes of that development. It is an unusual method in Sweden and therefore it is important to learn more about its characteristics. Analyses o

The aim of this study is to shed light on today's witness situation. People are not willing to testify in court because of the fear of threat and pressure from criminal gangs. Because of this, we have examine how anonymous witness can increase the witness tendency among individuals with former criminal background. Anonymous witness is a suggestion from political parties in Sweden to become a l

In today’s society people are influenced by technological developments. Technology changed the consumer’s behavior, but also the way companies evolved over time. Nowadays, technology is accessible for everyone, which leads to fast changing environments with a lot of competition. There are limited studies that focus on teams of new ventures in comparison to the lone entrepreneur. However, there are

This thesis aims at developing and evaluating a model for high frequency foreign exchange data, that beats the TWAP benchmark the majority of the time. This is done by dividing the total order time into smaller time buckets and trading a smaller quantity of the total order volume in each bucket. The second purpose of the thesis is to determine if there is an optimal bucket size in which to trade i

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om det fanns ett samband mellan arbetsrelaterad spiritualitet och organisationsengagemang. Syftet var även att undersöka om graden av organisationsengagemang och de spirituella dimensionera meningsfullhet, gemenskap och inre liv skiljde sig åt beroende på ålder, utbildning, anställningstid och anställningsform. Sammanlagt deltog 60 arbetande kvinnor i ålde

Title: Being damned if you do and damned if you don’t - a qualitative study about the life situation of Romanian women who beg in the streets of Malmö. Background: Health is unevenly distributed within and among the countries of the world, and usually follows a population’s socio-economic status. The lower this is, in comparison to others’, the poorer the health. Romania is one of the poorest cou

Many university students feel that their sexual activity is either not sufficient or that it is too high. This leads to dishonesty and discomfort concerning the subject when it is discussed. This can be seen as a sign of conformity. The goal of this quantitative study was to explore a possible correlation between conformity and sexual activity in two university programs at Lund University, Sweden.

Ekonomin i Kina har blomstrat över de senaste tiotal åren, och tillsammans med det skyhöga antalet invånare, strävar landet nu efter att uppnå världens största medelklass. Men för att Kina och hela världen skall kunna upprätthålla en levnadsstandard likt den vi har i väst, så kommer vi göra det på stor bekostnad av klimatet. Huvudsakligen sker det på grund av den massiva förbränning av kol och fosMeteorological conditions are influenced everyday by air-bound aerosols and pollution in the atmosphere, and understanding these processes from micro to synoptic scale, is essential for forecasting and creating high resolution weather models. In this study, three different experimental weather models are analysed to provide some understanding on how various meteorological parameters are influenced

With the events of 2015, commonly referred to as the refugee-situation, a light has been cast on various European Union member states’ handling of asylum seekers. In relation to overall stricter procedures, the Swedish state has proposed a series of restrictive policies to cope with the situation. Of focus is the Swedish government’s effort to regulate the area of unaccompanied minors seeking asyl

Vår galax, Vintergatan, innehåller bortåt 200 miljarder stjärnor av varierande åldrar och storlekar. Under en mörk och klar natt kan man se ungefär 2000 med blotta ögat. Detta är en liten del av det stora hela, men tillräckligt för att stimulera människors nyfikenhet. Vad är de gjorda av, och varför är de där de är? Enkla frågor, som har väldigt komplexa svar. Genom att kartlägga strukturen och deContext. Large scale chemical abundance gradients in the Galactic disks, small-scale abundance structures, and the mean chemical abundance values in the Solar vicinity, are important constraints to Galactic chemo-dynamical formation and evolution models. The formation and evolution of stars, and interstellar gas and dust depends on the distribution and evolution of matter in the Galaxy. Therefore,

Menstruation is a normal body function and a sign of reproductive health. Although it is a fundamental human right for girls and women to have the ability to properly manage their menstruation, it is a long-neglected issue in low-income countries. Pilot studies have provided optimism for the menstrual cup’s potential to improve the quality of life for Ugandan girls and women. Several actors are in