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Critical Success Factors for Innovative Performance of Individuals - A Case Study of Scania

The competitive corporate environment of today, as marked by continuous changes and enhanced global competition, forces companies to constantly adapt their current business activities and increasingly excel. Innovation is considered a critical imperative in order to respond to these increased competitive threats. Hence, innovation ought to permeate corporate environments and their inherent busines

Using remotely sensed data to explore spatial and temporal relationships between photosynthetic productivity of vegetation and malaria transmission intensities in selected parts of Africa

Spatial and temporal variations in malaria transmission are naturally associated with prevailing climatic and environmental factors, for example rainfall, humidity, temperature and human activities. These factors influence malaria transmission mainly in non-deterministic ways, making them less appropriate for accurate geographical mapping of malaria risk. One distinctive phenomenon, ‘photosyntheti

Advanced decision support methods for solving diffuse water pollution problems

Dealing with water diffuse pollution is a major problem for watershed managers. This problem raises many complicated questions, which are important to answer in order to reach water environment protection goals. This study suggested some possible answers for the country of Lithuania. Among them were the identification of critical source areas, the identification of sensitive areas and the applicat

The Entrance—the Believers’ Access to the Heavenly Sanctuary in the Epistle to the Hebrews

The aim of this essay is to explore the motif in the Epistle to the Hebrews of the believers’ entry into the Heavenly Sanctuary. The author portrays how Christ, on behalf of the believers, has entered into heaven with his own blood as a high priest and as a forerunner. But the author also exhorts his readers that they ought to enter the Sanctuary (Heb 4:14–16, 10:19–22). It is this theme I explore

Monitoring urban growth in greater Lagos : a case study using GIS to monitor the urban growth of Lagos 1990 - 2008 and produce future growth prospects for the city

Syftet med denna uppsats är att visa hur staden Lagos har vuxit i storlek och ökat i befolkning mellan åren 1990-2008. Jämförelser över staden för åren 1990, 1999 och 2008 har gjorts så att huvudragen i stadens tillväxt har kunnat visas och analyseras. Baserat på hur staden har vuxit och förändrats under dessa år så har även tre stycken framtidsmodeller för hur Lagos kan tänkas se ut år 2020 produThe aim of this thesis is to show how the city of Lagos has grown in size and population between the years 1990-2008. Comparisons over the city for the years 1990, 1999 and 2008 have been made so that the main characteristics of the city’s growth can be shown and analyzed. Based on this expansion future prospects for the city has been provided through producing three different scenarios on how Lag

Scanning Probe Microscopy Conductivity Measurements of InP Nanowires for Solar cells

This thesis is devoted to the analysis of the I-V properties of axial InP pn-junction nanowires made for solar cell application. A novel method has been used to measure the I-V characteristics very accurately and reproducibly, using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The STM is used to first image the nanowires from top and then form a low resistive point contact between the STM tip and an indiv

TIME FLIES

There is a story behind everything, that is what makes life interesting. In this project the aim was to use such stories as an inspiration in order to create several pieces of furniture. This could be seen as an example on how a process that from the beginning was very fuzzy, in the end could result in something very tangible.

Människa eller dödssiffra? -En kritisk diskursanalys i svensk storstadspress rapportering från kriserna i Syrien och Jemen.

Människa eller dödsiffra?-En kritisk diskursanalys i svensk storstadspress rapportering från kriserna i Syrien och Jemen är en uppsats på kandidatnivå skriven av Helena Johansson i ämnet Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds Universitet. Med utgångspunkt i teoribildning kring medlidandets politik, orientalism och nyhetsvärdering analyseras rapp

Förbättringsåtgärder för ställverk 59

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att pressentera ett antal tekniska lösningar för att förbättra säkerheten och kapaciteten i ställverk 59. Ställverk 59 är den vanligaste ställverkstypen på Trafikverkets järnvägsnät. Grundkonstruktionen är utvecklad på 1950-talet, men ställverkstypen nybyggs fortfarande trots konstruktionens ålder. Ända sedan järnvägen infördes har det funnits behov av att styra t

Mobile map client API : design and implementation for Android

Scientific summary: The fast development of computational power of the mobile phone have made it a suitable platform for running map applications. Both public and field working professionals can benefit from easy access to a mobile map client application with features such as route planning, location based services and simple GIS operations. This master's thesis describes the mobile operating The fast development of computational power of the mobile phone makes it a suitable platform for running map applications. Both public and field working professionals can benefit from easy access to a mobile map client application with features such as route planning, location based services and simple GIS operations. This master's thesis describes the mobile operating system (OS) Android from

Utseende spelar väl ingen roll? Kan kognitiv dissonans reducera fördomsfullhet kring attraktivitet

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om implicita och explicita fördomar mot attraktiva och oattraktiva ansikte kan reduceras. Det undersöktes genom att deltagarna tvingades hålla med om ett antal motivationspåståenden om vikten av att ej vara fördomsfull mot attraktiva samt oattraktiva. Deltagarna fick sedan göra en affektiv misattributionsprocedur där de fick skatta attraktiva samt oattraktThe purpose of this study was to examine if implicit and explicit prejudices against attractive and unattractive people can be reduced. This was meant to occur when the participants were forced to agree with a set of motivational statements about the importance of not prejudicing against attractive and unattractive faces. The participants then rated attractive and unattractive faces in an affectiv

Säkerhet – Helighet? En studie om säkerhet i en högriskorganisation

Problem/Bakgrund: Högriskorganisationer kännetecknas av arbete som i vissa avseenden innebär risker. I de organisationerna måste säkerheten premieras, annars kan det få ödesdigra konsekvenser. Hur säkerheten premieras och vilken effekt det får, är fokus för föreliggande studie. Mer specifikt studeras om individens upplevelse av säkerhetsarbete kan förklaras med Émile Durkheims religionsteori. Syf

Investigation on the gas-cooling effects of CAFS

This report investigates the gas-cooling effects of compressed air foam (CAF). A literature review has been made on the subject and on related issues in order to gather information. Two experimental series were conducted, the first to evaluate the gas-cooling properties of CAF compared to water. The other one was conducted to investigate how the recommended tactic, with application from a safe dis

"...men det är ju mer än bara Bruce Springsteen" Evenemangsstadens betydelse för Göteborg

Det finns idag en idé om att städer, likt varor, måste marknadsföra sig för att på detta sätt sticka ut ur mängden och därmed visa sin unika nisch. I Göteborg finns tanken att marknadsföra staden som en evenemangsstad. Syftet med uppsatsen är att studera hur argumentationen för och emot denna marknadsföringsbild presenteras samt hur risken att bilden av den marknadsförda staden och den upplevda st

"Where life comes together", the imagined meanings of lived geographies, a case study of two gated communities in the greater cairo region, egypt

This essay concerns the imagined meanings of life in relation to Mivida and Al Rehab, two gated communities in the Greater Cairo Region, Egypt. It is based on promotional material and interviews conducted with relevant actors. It discusses, through a Gramscian-Foucauldian approach, how hegemonic narratives of life and the urban constitute privatized lived geographies, where the neoliberal subject

Börringesjön - en svårgenomskådad sjö

Alla ekosystem, skogar, sjöar, hav etc., är föränderliga och står under konstant påverkan, såväl inre som yttre, vilken försöker driva det för stunden rådande tillståndet åt olika håll. Sjöar har två dominerande tillstånd som de kan befinna sig i, antingen är de näringsfattiga och klara eller så är de näringsrika och grumliga. I den har studien har jag undersökt Börringesjön, i södra Skåne. SyftetAbstract All ecosystems, forests, lakes, seas etc., are changeable and are under constant influence, inner as well as outer, that try to push the for the moment present state in different directions. Lakes have two dominating states in which they can exist, they are either clear and low in nutrients or turbid and high in nutrients. In this study I have been examining lake Börringesjön in the sout

The change in intestinal microbiota among preschool children, after participation in a one year intervention study

Rätt bakterier i tarmen kan göra det lättare att förbli smal Övervikt är ett stort problem i dagens samhälle. Övervikt och fetma kan kopplas ihop med ett antal sjukdomar som följd av övervikten. Personer med övervikt lider större risk att drabbas av hjärt– och kärlsjukdomar, diabetes typ 2 och även förtidig död. Det är visats av andra forskargrupper att överviktiga barn har en högre risk att själAbstract Problem with obesity is a growing health problem, and young children with obesity and overweight suffer a bigger risk to become overweight as adults. The aim of this study was to compare the differences which arise in the microbiota among preschool children who had participated in an intervention study. The present study includes two groups of children, whom had different body mass index

Measuring ammonia: Development and application of measurement techniques for the detection of ammonia

Ammonia (NH3) is an important chemical both as a chemical precursor and in its own right. It is therefore of practical importance to be able to visualize ammonia gas especially when ammonia is present in combustion or flue-gas environments. This thesis is focused on the use of laser-induced fluorescence with the stated aim of imaging ammonia in low concentrations, with the end-goal of applying the