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China's Urban Housing Market: Driving Factors and Systemic Risk
Självförverkligande viktigare än karriär - En kvantitativ studie av ungas attityder till arbete
Det finns många olika diskussioner idag kring unga i relation till arbetsliv och arbetsmarknad. Sedan industriella revolutionen har lönearbete blivit en allt viktigare del av våra liv och vårt samhälle. Med anledning av detta vill jag undersöka vilka attityder unga har till arbete i Sverige idag. Ronald Inglehart presenterar en teori om att människors värderingar har förändrats till så kallade pos
Avskrivningar i bostadsrättsföreningar - en fråga i tiden. En studie om bostadsrättsföreningars avskrivningsbeteende i teori och praktik
Syftet med studien är att undersöka om och i så fall hur avskrivningar skiljer sig mellan bostadsrättsföreningar samt undersöka varför en viss avskrivningsmetod och avskrivningstid valts. Studien antar huvudsakligen en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi med deduktiv ansats. Datainsamlingen sker genom att granska årsredovisningar, dess noter och via en strukturerad mailintervju. Den teoretiska referens
Analysis of Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Inductive coupling wireless power transfer (WPT) technology is gaining increasing popularity in recent years, especially in the field of wireless charging of portable devices. Although the principles behind WPT systems can be explained using well known results from electromagnetic theory, many questions remain regarding the behavior of such systems. This thesis focuses on identifying and analyzing
Internal Migration and High Skilled Female Labour Supply: A Case Study of Mexico
A recent body of empirical studies has given us a reason to expect that an influx of low-skilled workers can increase high skilled female market labour supply. Most of these studies, however, have focused on developed countries and on investigating the impact as it pertains to immigration. Believing that this same effect might hold in the case of internal migration, in this study, I employ a shift-s
A study on the approach to opportunity recognition by ventures with disruptive characteristics
The aim of the paper was to contribute new insights on how ventures with disruptive characteristics approach opportunity recognition. The construct of disruptive innovation is a relatively new body of theory and there is a lack of clarity on the process of disruption, especially when it comes to making ex ante predictions. It is critical to understand how the process of opportunity recognition inf
Perception of Destructive Leadership and Well-Being Among Guest Workers in Sweden
This paper investigates differences in perception of leadership and well-being between guest workers and native workers in Sweden. Guest workers are individuals who take up temporary employment in a foreign country. While previous research has found cultural differences in well-being, there is limited research investigating the well-being of guest workers in a host country. Similarly, previous res
Mapping of Bacteria with Flow Cytometry – before, during and after treatment of drinking water
In order to produce drinking water of high quality, surface water works apply extensive treatment processes. In this study, flow cytometry and heterotrophic plate counting was utilized to study water quality before, during and after treatment in Görvälnverket in Stockholm, Sweden. Samples were collected and analysed throughout the treatment process, mapping the reduction of total and intact cell c
Establishment and Optimisation of Small and Large Intestinal Organoid Cultures for in vitro Studies on Murine Rotavirus
Despite available vaccines, rotavirus (RV) gastroenteritis remains to be an alarming cause of under-five mortality, especially in developing countries. Research on RV has been limited by the lack of faithful in vitro models that mimic virus-host interaction and RV pathogenesis in the intestine. Most recently, adult stem cell-derived organoids have advanced the understanding of the cellular mechani
Conversational Games of Advertising: A discussion from the perspective of Grice's maxims
This essay explores the employment of Grice’s maxims and conversational implicature in commercial advertising. Advertisers tend to flout Grice’s maxims to make a greater impact on customers. The interesting thing is that, as my analysis has shown, certain flouted maxims tend to co-occur. Moreover, flouting of the conversational maxims does not necessarily augment the impact. In fact, undue floutin
Characterization of Mycobacterium sp. MS1601, a bacterium performing selective oxidation of polyols
A novel promising Mycobacterium Species Bio-based platform chemicals and polymers have drawn great attention nowadays because of their environmental and economic impacts, compared to those obtained from the fossil. These can be produced from renewable resources, and further transformed to value-added products by enzymes and microorganisms. For example, Mycobacterium sp. MS1601 has the capability
Loss of FAM40A in Breast Cancer Cells Causes Cell Cycle Arrest in G1 phase
Preventing Cancer Cells from Proliferating On average an adult body consists of 37,2 trillion cells and if we were to thread them into a string, we could wrap it around earth almost 19 times! Each of our cells are programmed to fulfil a certain characteristic function at the correct location and at the correct time. This is all possible to the extremely controlled communication we have between ce
External CSR Communication in the Cosmetic Industry: Best Practice Examples
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how six cosmetic companies, in the forefront when it comes to CSR initiatives and communication, communicate their CSR work externally. The aim is to find current best practices as well as next practices. By researching the field of CSR communication as well as the external CSR communication performed by the chosen companies, a Best Practice Criteria w
Refinement of Fate Specification in Induced Erythroid Progenitors
Production of Red Blood Cells from Skin Cells Red Blood Cells (RBCs) are most important when it comes to delivering oxygen to different tissues and organs. This is why their production has to be continuously maintained. It is estimated that in humans over two million RBCs are produced every second to replenish the pool. On average their life span is around 120 days before they die and get replace
Investigation of α-thioaryl galactopyranosides to improve affinity towards Galectin-9N
Galektiner är en proteinfamilj som har visats vara aktiv i cancerceller. Proteinet har bland annat funktioner så som utveckling och spridning av cancerceller. För att förhindra proteinets inblandning i cancercellen kan man introducera en inhibitor, som hindrar aktiviteten hos proteinet. Genom att inhibitorn placerar sig i den position där substratet naturligt skulle binda. Inhibitorn tävlar med deGalectins are a family of carbohydrate recognition proteins involved in modulation of cell signaling and cell adhesion. galectin-9 especially is involved in regulation of the immune response. In this work, galectin-9N inhibitors have been designed, synthesized and evaluated. The aim was to synthesize compounds with higher affinity than currently known compounds. Three compounds were synthesized wi
Intergenerational transmission of homophobia
Previous studies are divided in the question if there exist an intergen- erational transmission of homophobia, whereas some have found a weak or no relationship, while others found a positive relationship. This paper uses the epidemiological approach by Fernandez (2010). The method regress sec- ond generation immigrant on ancestral country values. The main idea of the method is to identify the eff
Asymmetric effects of monetary policy
This thesis analyses if macroeconomic policy has asymmetric effects on output and unemployment, comparing the effectiveness of monetary policy when the output gap is positive to when it is negative. Asymmetric effects may be present due to uncertainty and loss aversion, the downward-stickiness of prices, or financial market imperfections. The empirical analysis is conducted through a panel data re
BIM to GIS-based building model conversion in support of urban energy simulation
In the context of growing population and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, urban energy planning is becoming a topic of high concern. With the rapid pace of urban construction, it is claimed that 40% of America’s total energy consumption is accounted by the building sector. Energy modelling and simulation are believed to be effective in supporting urban energy planning. Today, the growing avail
LABORATORY TESTING RELATED TO UNLOADING MODULUS OF SOFT CLAY
När jord avlastas kan denna svälla, något som kan ge tryck och således skador på konstruktionsdelar som har kontakt med den svällande jorden. Det är därför av stor vikt att ha kunskap om hur jorden beter sig vid avlastning och detta undersöks vanligtvis i geotekniska laboratorier. I detta examensarbete studerades svällningen av lera, erhållen från Göteborgområdet, som avlastas med hjälp av en modiThe unloading modulus, together with the permeability, are responsible for the swelling process of a soil that is subjected to unloading. Studies to examine the unloading modulus of clay has previously been performed and several relationships describing this parameter has hence been developed. The methods to study the unloading modulus has previously been both laboratory studies and field measurem