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States are increasingly applying economic means of power to pursue political objectives. The Chinese geo-economic mega-project the Belt and Road Initiative is the worlds foremost example of this trend. At the heart of this strategy, both geographically and strategically, is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. This infrastructure project, worth approximately $62 billion, is expected to revitalise

Denna studie är baserad på 20 artiklar från tre av Sveriges största nyhetskällor utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys som metodologisk ansats. Syftet med denna studien har varit att undersöka vilka negativa attribut som tillskrivs invandrare i svensk massmedia och huruvida medias framställning av invandrare kan förklaras ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv. I studien har artiklarnas kontext och releva

Användningen av persondata har blivit ett allt vanligare fenomen och utnyttjandet av data spelar en mer central roll i ekonomin. Data är en värdefull resurs men det har blivit svårare för konsumenter att kontrollera hur data om dem samlas in och delas eller säljs vidare. Många aktörer är ofta involverade i datautvinningsprocessen utan att det framgår vilken roll de spelar och till vilket ändamål d

Despite possessing a unique relationship between humankind and the environment, and its occupation of a large proportion of the planet’s surface area, Antarctica is markedly absent from literature produced within the disciplines of human and political ecology. With no states or indigenous peoples, Antarctica is instead governed by a conglomeration of states as part of the Antarctic Treaty System,

Vidhäftning är ett fenomen som naturligt uppstår i livsmedelsindustrin. Fenomenet uppstår främst då livsmedelsprodukter klibbar sig fast och fäster till ytor i processutrustning. I flera fall kan vidhäftning vara till god nytta till exempel som en sensorisk aspekt, men i livsmedelsindustrin kan fenomenet utgöra en nackdel. Tetra Pak har i ett projekt tillsammans med Lunds Tekniska Högskola utveckStickiness of different food products on surfaces can occur naturally during food filling in Tetra Recart form- and seal machines. The aim of this thesis was to develop a model and an adhesion test method for determining and understanding this stickiness. More specifically for the food products whole peeled tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, mandarin chops and peach halves on stainless-steel. Additionall

Tramadol is a synthetic opioid which for the past 10 years have been on the rise as an abuseable drug in the adolescent and young adult group in Sweden. By conducting semistructured interviews with professionals at four different youth clinics focused on substance abuse, called Maria-clinics, this study aims to seek and discuss possible answers regarding why adolescents and young adults in Sweden

Innovation implementation is the process in between the decision to adopt an innovation until its full routinization in the organization. Based on literature gaps found on the correlation between leadership and innovation implementation, but also between leadership and radical innovation (Denti & Hemlin, 2012), the authors aim to understand “How does leadership play a role in radical innovatio

The objective of this study was to analyze parent’s experiences on multisystemic therapy after their juvenile had completed their treatment. As MST is a family-oriented intervention, we wanted to research the parent’s experiences of the method since they have a significant role in their youth’s lives. The study was conducted through qualitative semi-structured interviews with five parents in a joi

Vi diskuterar metoder för att hitta närmevärden till pi via serieutvecklingar och komplexa tal, med hjälp av så kallade Machin-liknande formler. Vi ger även en kortfattad beskrivning av appxoixmationsmetoder som använts genom historien.The inverse tangent function can be used to approximate pi. When approximating pi, the convergence of infinite series or Products are of great importance for the accuracy in the digits in pi. This thesis will present historical Formulas used to approximate pi, especially Gregory-Leibniz and Machin's. Also, the unique Machin two-term formulas will be presented and discussed to show that Machin&

The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i.e. poor water and air quality) in their

This Master Thesis cover a product development process based on an investigation of an existing product at IKEA. A study regarding potential improvements of the existing low-cost roller slide was performed. The roller slide enables opening and closing of drawers in some of today’s IKEA furniture. The existing product contains of four metal plates where each plate has a plastic wheel attached by a

This study seeks to investigate how artists of the African diaspora in Sweden manage their identity in the face of racism and how this relates to their art. This purpose is investigated through the following sub-themes: the forms of racism the participants have met, how they have coped with racism, how they move through the art field, and how these factors relate to their art. Six participants wer

Syftet med denna uppsats berör hur kön, utbildningsgrad och ålder påverkar en individs tillit till andra människor, samhällets institutioner och olika typer av media. Vidare undersöks sambandet mellan social tillit och förtroende för olika typer av media. En enkätundersökning används som underlag för att kunna mäta skillnader mellan de olika grupperna. Det är endast svensk media och svenska instit

Religions- och yttrandefriheten är två av de grundlagsstadgade positiva opinionsfriheterna i gällande svensk rätt och de begränsas mycket restriktivt. Denna typ av frihet är mest relevant och som viktigast när den möts med motstånd och när den begränsas. Vissa typer av uttalanden, bidrar helt enkelt inte till den offentliga debatten, den fria åsiktsbildningen eller informationsfriheten. De utgör hFreedom of speech and religion are two of the fundamental positive freedoms of expressions in Swedish law and the restrictions of these are very limited. This form of freedom is the most relevant and important when it faces resistance and restriction. Some forms of statements are simply not contributing to the public debate, the free forming of opinions or freedom of information. They express thre

The private sector possesses a lot of capital and resources. Therefore, the idea that this capital could be directed to contribute towards the general efforts of international development is increasingly being explored. The rise of Corporate Social Responsibility has thus brought about a lot of research assessing the role of the private sector as a development tool. Within previous literature ther

Parkavfall får nytt värde inom biogasproduktionen Nikoline Gustafsson Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning av masterexamen i strategiskt miljöarbete juni 2019, Lunds universitet. Parkavfall har potentialen att komplettera och stärka Helsingborgs biogasproduktion. Med dagens mer klimat- och miljömedvetna samhälle behöver de fossila bränslena minska, biogas som är ett förnybart bränsle kan därför fyBiogas is a renewable fuel produced from various kinds of organic biomass primarily considered as waste from today's society. The biogas today are used as fuel in heat and electricity or upgraded to vehicle gas. There are ambitious national and local targets for biogas in Sweden, where within a few years they want to see a comprehensive increase in production and use of biogas. Likewise, it’s

The aim of this study is to gain some understanding how adolescents which are selling sex is not noticed by social workers in spite of the fact that the adolescents often are in contact with the social welfare system. The study builds on empirical material from five qualitative semi structured interviews with social workers in different workplaces. The theoretical framework guiding the analysis is

Sustainability communication and leadership are among the most popular topics in the communication field. Nowadays, we increasingly witness corporate leaders engaging online and talk about sustainability in social media. However, sustainability communication from a CEO’s perspective has not yet been thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this study aims to understand how CEOs in the energy sector com

Inom sjukvården är misslyckade IT-projekt ett problem. Orsakerna står ofta att finna i att systemet inte fungerar som användare och intressenter förväntar sig. Samtidigt finns det omfattande forskning inom Requirement Management som syftar till att skapa metoder och modeller för att undvika sådana problem. I denna studie testas en metod på ett case inom sjukvården i syfte att se om bilden av intre

This paper explores associations between education and life expectancy by sex at the district level in Costa Rica for the Census years 1984, 2000 and 2011. Previous research on the topic have shown mixed results on the gradient between SES and health outcomes for Costa Rica. This ecological study is the first to use districts as the unit of observation, which allows for a more elaborate analysis i