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Syften med denna studie är att undersöka ifall produktionsfaktorn vatten ger en komparativ fördel i handel med vattenintensiva varor. Detta genomförs med hjälp av paneldata över export av vete som vattenintensiv vara. Metoden har hämtats från tidigare studier av handel med vattenintensiva varor och resultaten har visat sig överensstämma med dessa studier. Man kan se att handel av vattenintensiva v

This study intends to place the literary and cultural criticism of the Finland-Swedish writer and critic Hagar Olsson during the period 1918 to 1948 in the context of the history of ideas in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe and America at the time. While doing so she appears at the frontline of the modernist movement in Swedish literature, both as a critic and a writer, that which is often negle

This study reports the findings of research about female extreme athletes. The aim of the study was to identify differences in personality and anxiety between female extreme athletes, male extreme athletes and exercisers. Big Five personality trait scale and State Trait Anxiety Inventory was used. Further the experience of Flow was measured to find differences between extreme athletes, exercisers,

DIY Performance Culture in Folkets Park. Ian Muller This thesis is a qualitative applied cultural analysis of Folkets Park, Malmö: specifically Do It Yourself (DIY) creative theatrical performance as a form of playing. During the summer of 2012, over 1,000 quantitative Social Return on Investment surveys were collected for the city to assess the park’s ‘value’ to visitors compared to the municip

One way to achieve economies of scale and scope, and other potential advantages of firm size, is through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Being spectacular business events, and very frequent in the eco-system of firms, it has attracted much interest from both researchers and practitioners. However, empirical reviews do not support the popularity of M&A. It seems that the potential synergie

Syftet med uppsatsen är att diskutera utformning och effekter av intern hantering och extern rapportering av risk i tre börsnoterade företag. Empirin består av presentationer av tre svenska börsnoterade företags arbete med och syn på hantering och rapportering av risk. Presentationerna baseras på intervjuer med riskansvariga på företagen samt företagens årsredovisningar. De studerade företagens exThe purpose of our study is to discuss the design and effects of internal risk management and external reporting of risk in three listed companies. The empirical material consists of presentations of how three Swedish listed companies view and work with risk management and risk reporting. The presentations are based on interviews with risk managers and corporate annual reports. The result shows th

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine how plural organizations use different control methods in order to achieve goal congruence. Methodology: A qualitative case study has been conducted. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical chapter covers the value-creating business model through a compilation of previous research and theories of result- and action control. Empirical foundation:

Bakgrund och problemformulering: Omvärlden påverkas ständigt av förändringar i form av exempelvis trender och teknologiska utvecklingar som sker i snabbare takt. Det har därför blivit allt viktigare för företag att kunna analysera och förutspå sin omgivning för att bättre förstå i vilken riktning den rör sig i. Detta arbete studerar tillvägagångssättet vid omvärldsanalys inom svensk livsmedelsinduBackground and problem: The environment is constantly affected by changes in forms of trends and technological developments. It has therefore become increasingly important for companies to be able to analyze and predict their environment to better understand in which direction it will go in the future. This thesis paper studies the process of Business Intelligence within the Swedish food industry

Town twinning is a European phenomenon that occurs at the local level. Municipalities across Europe are collaborating across borders, involving politicians, officials, professionals, organisations, and citizens. This study investigates town twinning in specific cases of the Netherlands and Denmark by means of interviews with twinning officers in two cases from each country. The aims of the study a

Examensarbetet bygger på min egen översättning av ett utdrag ur den amerikanska författaren Mary Gaitskills roman ”Veronica” (2006). Uppsatsen inleds med en textanalys som stödjer sig på Hellspong & Ledins analysmodell (1997). Därefter följer en beskrivning av den globala imitativa och adekvansinriktade översättningsstrategi som använts för att uppnå estetisk ekvivalens och som bygger på Lita

Air pollution is a major environmental health problem especially in populated areas where road traffic is a contributing factor to bad air quality. Vehicle exhaust contains several species harmful to human health. Ozone is a secondary pollutant with precursors that partly originates from road traffic. It causes respiratory diseases and harms vegetation. High concentrations of surface ozone are con

Abstract Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of the most serious and fatal malarial infections, and it has developed resistance to commonly employed chemotherapeutics. The de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis enzymes offer potential as targets for drug design, because, unlike the host, the parasite lacks pyrimidine salvage pathway.In search for new Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrog

Cancer är något som nästan alla människor i dagens samhälle har någon slags relation till, genom att till exempel en närstående som är eller har varit cancersjuk. Enligt en mycket omfattande studie från 2008 genomförd på uppdrag av Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) kommer en av fyra i den industrialiserade världen att drabbas av cancer före 75 års ålder. Även om dödligheten har minskat genom utvecklThis report concerns the synthesis of 20-epi salinomycin, a diastereomer of the antibiotic salinomycin (SA), and the proposed design of a fluorescent conjugate of SA. SA has recently shown properties to selectively reduce the proportion of cells associated with cancer stem cell (CSC) properties through mechanisms yet unknown. We hypothesize, however, the potency being connected to ion transport ov

Issue: Does a statistical relationship between OMXS30 and S&P500 plus OMXS30 and DAX30 exist after extreme returns? Is it possible to explain the relationship between OMXS30 and S&P500 plus S&P500 and DAX30 with the chosen economic theories? Purpose: The purpose is to examine the effects on OMXS30 during 6 days after extreme returns on S&P500 or DAX30 are present. These effects wi

Popular summery I detta kandidatarbete användes som titeln säger kalorimetri, en metod som går ut på att man mäter hur mycket värme som antingen avges eller tas upp av den lösning man mäter på. Den lösning som mätts består av en peptid, som är ett varierande antal aminosyror sammansatta som ett protein, som lösts upp i vatten och sedan tillsätts en ren vattenlösning stegvis medan instrumentet läseIsothermal calorimetry measurements were conducted on the homologous peptide series AnK where A is alanine, K is lysine and n=6, 8, 10, in order to determine the enthalpy for the aggregation of the peptides. The obtained curves were then integrated to determine the differential enthalpy of the processes involved. Previous studies into the same peptides showed that the peptides had very different c

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Monomerer är mindre kemiska byggstenar som bygger upp en större molekylstruktur kallad polymer och kan jämföras med tegelstenar i ett hus. Monomererna i vår produkt binds samman genom så kallade esterbindningar och polymeren som bildas kallas därför en polyester. Polyestrar har många användningsområden såsom plast i PET flaskor, färg, och konstfiber i textilmaterThe main purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of reaction conditions such as reaction temperature and time on the isomerization of 1‐methylidene ethane‐1,2‐dicarboxylic acid (MIA) during the synthesis of MIA to 1‐methyl‐trans‐ethene‐1,2‐dicarboxylic acid (MTA) and 1‐methyl‐cis‐ethene‐1,2‐dicarboxylic acid (MCA) based polyesters. Twelve batches of poly(neopentyl itaconate) and one bat

For a long time, Quentin Skinner has been one of the world’s most prominent figures in the discipline of intellectual history. As one of the leading proponents of what has come to be known as “the Cambridge school” he has always been a strong advocate for the implementation of a singular historical method, based on a mix of, what I would call, a “Collingswoodian contextualism” and an “Austian spee

Innovation is essential in our technological society. There exist a large number of innovative companies in the world, however, still there is a great scope for many others to join and take advantage of this treasure that have caused success for many organizations. There are a growing number of authors in the field of innovation, that have a mount of articles about innovation, innovation managemen

Oredered mesoporous materials present many potential applications. But beforehand, thorough understanding of these materials and their synthesis is required. This Thesis focuses on the observation of the hydrolysis process of TMOS, one of the silica sources used in the synthesis of these materials, at real synthetic conditions. The study was performed using a reactor calorimeter, a type of calorim

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Supramolekylär kemi är en relativt ny gren av kemin som involverar stora kemiska strukturer/enheter. Ett exempel på en ”supramolekyl” man dagligdags träffar på är klorofyll. Klorofyll (Figur 1 till vänster) består av en metall (magnesium) och en större kolvätestruktur som kallas porfyrin. Porfyriner finns i många olika varianter och används ofta i olika biologiskDuring the time range of this project, various compounds were synthesized. All of them will be used to synthesize the final compounds 2 and 3. Consequently, the compounds will build up a supramolecular cavity, which will be used to study a catalytic epoxidation of olefins. The aim of the project was furthermore to gain experience in laboratory work.