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In this thesis we apply deep reinforcement learning to the problem of recom- mending music. A content-based approach is taken, and features from music is extracted with a pretrained deep learning music-tagger. For training, user- interactions are simulated.

By making a descriptive comparison, this paper examines how the prevention against hate crime works in Sweden and Germany. The aim is to compare both the work in general, and also the work against hate crime that takes place on the Internet and in social media. A number of concepts, such as democracy, human dignity and freedom of speech, serve as the theoretical foundation. From the results, it ap

There is an increasing need for companies to showcase and communicate their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to stakeholders, yet the majority of former research on CSR communication provides little insight into how CSR is communicated to internal stakeholders. This thesis aims to understand from an employee and managerial perspective how a Swedish CSR frontrunner communicates its

This study is a qualitative case analysis based on fieldwork and multiple semi-structured interviews in Tolima, Colombia. It investigates the community level of the Development Program with a Territorial-based Focus (DPTF) in the south of the department. The program is a result of the peace agreement that was signed between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed F

This paper estimates and simulates a New-Keynesian small-scale DSGE macro model. The model consists of the hybrid forms of the Phillips curve and the IS curve, and is closed with a Taylor-type feedback rule allowing partial adjustment of the monetary policy instrument. We estimate the three-equation system simultaneously on Swedish data 1995:Q1 to 2014:Q4 with the FIML estimator. The empirical par

It is important in psychological research to use well planned methods that are as time and resource efficient as possible, without jeopardizing the reliability and validity of psychological science. The present paper aims to test how sequential analyses could be implemented in psychological research using Bayesian statistics. With sequential analyses it is possible to stop an experiment or study i

Titel: Villkor för nybyggnation på svaga marknader Bakgrund: På senare tid har vi sett försörjningsproblem av bostäder i Sverige. En högre byggnation de senaste åren har delvis bemött problemet. Dock rapporterar samhället fortfarande en bostadsbrist i stora delar av landet bland annat genom höga bostadspriser och långa bostadsköer. 243 av 290 kommuner rapporterade ett underskott av bostäder undeTitle: Conditions for new housing productions in weak housing markets Background: As of late, we have seen issues with supply of housing in Sweden. A higher rate of housing construction these latest years have partly counteracted the issue. Despite this, the society is claiming a housing shortage in major parts of the country – often with referral to high housing prices and long housing-queues. 2

This thesis analyses the spatio-temporal patterns of inequality and income growth in Sweden during the time-period 1990–2016. It aims at answering the question of whether there has been increasing inequalities, if so where and why. The study is motivated by the ongoing debate on regional development in research, public policy and media which frequently raise questions on the ongoing patterns of in

A critical issue for brand fan page marketing is to drive consumer engagement and to or- chestrate enjoyable engagement experiences that consumers desire. Despite the growing amount of research on how various characteristics of brand posts would influence different levels of consumer engagement on the brand fan page in the Western context, the study of consumers’ intrinsic motivations for engageme

I mitt examensarbete har jag arbetat med att transformera om en gammal spårvagnsverkstad till en högstadieskola - en idé som kanske inte är särskilt unik då byggnaden redan har byggts om till skola. Jag försöker på nytt ge byggnaden en mer relevant funktion i hopp om att avsaknaden av stram budget och krav på ett snabbt genomförande ska resultera i ett mer inspirerande projekt. Målet är ett proj

Author: Ebba Eiroff Title: Students narratives of loneliness Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Mats Hilte The aim for this qualitative study was to examine university students experiences of loneliness based on Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy theory, together with the conceptions of normality, shame and guilt. How students describe feelings of loneliness and how they relate their experiences t

Syftet med studien var att utvidga förståelsen av livskvalitet hos ungdomar med bipolär sjukdom genom att undersöka deras uppfattningar rörande begreppet livskvalitet, hur de uppfattar sin egen livskvalitet och deras upplevelse av att skatta sin livskvalitet med livskvalitetsformuläret LkBS. Detta undersöktes genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer med sju ungdomar (12–18 år), som analyserades med temThe aim of this study was to further understand quality of life (QoL) among adolescents with pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) by investigating what they regard of the concept of QoL, their own QoL, as well as the QoL-instrument LkBS. This was done using semi-structured interviews with seven adolescents (12-18 years), which were analyzed with thematic analysis. From the analysis four main themes we

Datainsamling och tillämpning av data av detaljister inom e-handel är ett aktuellt ämne och integrerat i konsumenters vardag. Utveckling av Big Data och digital teknologi har inneburit problematik rörande personlig integritet och säkerhet. Utifrån det empiriska material framkom det att intervjupersonerna delgav personlig information till detaljisterna inom svensk e-handel av följande anledningar;

The Energiewende is seen as the infrastructure project of the century. An energy transition that effects every sector in German society. While the expansion of renewable energy source technologies, such as solar photovoltaics and wind turbines has been rapid in Germany the country will miss both its national greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target and the lower target set by the EU. Using t

In 2015, the European Union experienced the arrival of more than 1.25 million refugees at its borders, many of whom were looking for international protection from war, violence, and persecution. The number of asylum seekers in Finland rose almost tenfold in 2015 compared to years prior to 2015. While a vast majority of asylum seekers came from Muslim dominant countries from the wider MENA region,

We are currently witnessing an age of migration and globalisation. The growing hybridisation of societies creates continuous discussion and debate concerning who belongs and who does not. The media are traditionally seen to play an important role in this dispute through representational and discursive practices that contribute to our ideas about ‘us’ and ‘them’, simultaneously affecting the constr

Mental illness has increasingly become a problem throughout the world and is believed to cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030. Consequently, a growing body of literature investigates the possible causes of mental illness and more specifically, possible early life circumstances which may affect adult mental health. Limited research exists though in terms of exposure to recessions in utero a

The event of the Hambantota port, Sri Lanka’s major port, raised concerns about the Belt Road Initiative. The Sri Lankan government had to hand over the country’s most important port to the Chinese government due to the inability to pay back its loans owed to China. Similar cases have been noticed in other participating countries of the Belt Road Initiative. However, the Chinese government does no

Abstract The world has seen three industrial revolutions and now it embraces the fourth. The fourth industrial revolution, (globalisation 4.0) or as this study uses industry 4.0, follows onto the third industrial revolution by connecting digital, material and living spheres. The narrative of Africa rising, and the related expansion of mobile phone motivated the thesis interest. As past development

The upgrade of transport infrastructure may stimulate regional economic growth and reshape the industrial structure. It may also increase economic gaps between regional giants and peripheral areas through “siphon effect”. This paper uses the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine the correlation between the operation of China high-speed railway (HSR) and changes in real per capita GDP, r