This study aims to contribute one piece to the puzzle on why industry plants in the U.S. choose to comply with environmental laws under seemingly low incentives i.e., few inspections and low fines. This study investigates private enforcement, specifically citizen suits, as a possible determinant of plants' compliance behavior. Empirically, the study focuses on compliance with the Clean Water

Uppsatsen undersöker hur graviditet gestaltas i samtida svensk prosa, genom närstudie av romanerna Hysteros (2013) av Helena Granström, Förvandling (2005) av Eva Adolfsson och Värddjuret (1995) av Marie Hermanson. Aspekter av graviditetstematiken som ägnas särskilt fokus är kroppslighet, främmandeskap, bruk och underminerande av traditionellt könade dikotomier, subjektivitetsproblematik och identiThis thesis investigates how pregnancy is mediated in contemporary swedish prose, through a close reading of the novels Hysteros (2013) by Helena Granström, Förvandling (2005) by Eva Adolfsson and Värddjuret (1995) by Marie Hermanson. Aspects of the theme of pregnancy that are especially emphasized are corporeality, alienation, the use and deconstruction of traditionally gendered dichotomies, prob

Studiens syfte är att skapa förståelse för kinesiska kvinnors förväntningar på ett globalt, västerländskt detaljhandelsföretag. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med kinesiska kvinnor i Shanghai, Kina. Studien bygger på centrala begrepp inom forskningsområdena kundnöjdhet och förväntningar. Dessutom används teorier om konsumentbeteende generellt, såväl som teorier om kinesiskt konsumentbet

The goal of this thesis is to investigate whether it is possible to construct an advanced measurement approach (AMA) model for operational risk when the number of internal data points are very scarce. An AMA model should combine internal data, external data, scenario data, and business environment and internal control factors to give a one year VaR estimate with 99.9 % confidence of operational ri

Nowadays the technology is progressing continuously. The designers are developing products with new features and always giving to the user an innovative technological solution for the society problems. The standard methods to design new devices are becoming slower for the demand of the products. Due to this growing complexity, some possible substitutes of the traditional Register Transfer Level (R

Den här uppsatsen handlar om hur sång kan användas som en språkutvecklande metod i SFI-undervisning. Syftet är att undersöka om det finns fördelar med att använda sång i uttalsundervisning för SFI-studenter samt hur studenterna upplever språkundervisning där musik integreras. Forskningsfrågorna som vi arbetat efter lyder: Vilken effekt har sång i SFI-undervisning på studenternas uttal? Hur uppleveThis study examines how singing can be used as a language development method in second language acquisition for immigrants in Sweden. The aim is to investigate whether there are advantages of using singing when teaching pronunciation to second language students, and how students experience education where music is integrated. Our research questions are: What effect has singing on students’ pronunc

The aim of this study is to examine what rhetorical themes and features are present in the speeches of Julius Caesar’s De bello Gallico and De bello civili. The investigation is based on the 172 speeches found in De Bello Gallico and the 83 speeches found in De Bello Civili. Lausberg’s Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Study provides the theoretical framework for the analysi

This study examines if there are any behavioural differences in-store between consumers who choose a healthy product and consumers who choose a regular product. 540 observations were conducted were different variables were studied. Tthe results indicate that there are some variables that show a significant difference in behaviour at the point of choice between consumer who choose healthy products

This essay examines female representation in political leader positions. The study is contucted via a two case study of two autobiographies written by women - Gro Harlem Brundtland and Margaret Thatcher - who have served as chiefs of government. This case study is analysed through a theory which tries to explain the reasons behind the low representation of female political leadership. In this way

Inlandsvatten är globalt sett nettoutsläppare av koldioxid (CO2) till atmosfären. En stor del av den CO2 som produceras i akvatiska ekosystem kommer från baketrieplanktons mineralisering av löst organiskt kol via respiration (BR), där de tar upp syre (O2) från omgivningen och producerar CO2. Teknikerna för att mäta O2 konsumtionen är bättre utvecklade än de för att mäta CO2 produktionen. För att rDissolved organic carbon (DOC) enters inland waters from the surrounding terrestrial ecosystems, and is assimilated by bacterioplankton, mineralizing it to carbon dioxide (CO2). This bacterial respiration (BR) is an important part of carbon processing in freshwater, but it is also a process of global significance; in oceans and inland waters combined, BR is probably the largest single sink of orga

This project started as an exploration of robotics with the goal of developing a product concept utilizing the technology in a way that makes sense. By looking at the application areas of today, recent technological developments and its speculated future applications, the focus became on developing a robot for elderly care. Through research about the ageing process and Swedish elderly care system

In the wake of alarming reports from IPCC, policy makers all over the world have recognized offshore wind power to become an essential contributor in the future renewable energy system and battling of climate change. However, many countries including Norway lack extensive areas of shallow water suitable for conventional offshore wind, hence an interest for deep offshore solutions has arisen. One o

Adaptive Wavelet Rendering is a sampling method used for ray tracing in order to render photorealistic images. The concept of wavelets and the so-called discrete wavelet transform is used to create a multi-scale view of the image when sampling. This allows the method to identify image variance on different levels and therefore to differentiate and appropriately handle variance resulting from sharp

The World Energy Outlook (WEO) is an annual analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA). It compiles global energy statistics and project market trends 15-25 years into the future. The analysis has high impact as it is used widely in business, academics and to inform policymakers. This essay analyse the credibility and reliability of previous WEO with a focus of the editions from 1994, 200

The presence of endocrine disrupting compounds, so-called EDC’s, in aquatic environments has become an emerging issue for environmental health. Since the 1990’s these compounds have been displaying estrogenic effects on aquatic organisms downstream from sewage treatment plants (STPs). The cause of the problem is mainly the inability of conventional STP’s to remove these unwanted substances from ou

Bättre lite skit i hörnen än ett sprejstädat hem? Städsprejer används av allt fler, både hemma och på arbetsplatser. Den senaste forskningen visar dock att användning av städsprejer kan leda till akuta hälsoeffekter, både i näsa och i ögon. I Sverige är städare det tionde vanligaste yrket med mer än 70 000 anställda varav mer än 75 % är kvinnor. Städpersonal är dock utsatt för flera arbetsrelatIn Sweden, the 10th most common occupation is professional cleaning. Cleaning workers are exposed to many risk factors including high physical workload and the development of new-onset asthma and other types of respiratory symptoms. This master thesis has been a part of a research project at the division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology (EAT), Lund University, in which the health aspect of cle

Material science has become an important research area in order to fulfill today’s requirements on lighter, cheaper and more sustainable materials. The European spallation source is a research center based on the world’s most powerful neutron source, which will enable new possibilities to evaluate material properties down to an atomic level. The linear accelerator (Linac), accelerates with help of

The research of the thesis was aimed towards investigating the possibility of implementing different control strategies for power electronic converters in a simulation environment. The different control modes were fitted into flexible models that were interconnected in various grid topologies. The software used in order to develop the simulation environment is called Dymola and presently does not

Ny teknik hjälper till att svara på gamla frågor - Flyttfågelrörelser kartläggs med hjälp av minimala dataloggar I alla tider har man fascinerats över flyttfåglars förmåga att genomresor som sträcker sig över kontinenter följa säsongernas cykler. Att anlända i rätt tid för att kunna utnyttja sommarens överflöd av resurser för att lika flyktigt, ge sig av när höstmörkret närmar sig är vad många f1. Migratory birds show predictable annual routines, divided in breeding and wintering in separate areas and migration in-between. For obligate insectivorous birds this includes continental-wide journeys. How birds perform these schedules and how they time their use of space is not well understood. 2. I have used geolocator-derived data to describe the non-breeding movement of 14 individually tra

Historically, agriculture has played a significant role in enhancing the economic base of rural areas in most developing countries. However, the rural nonfarm economy, previously neglected by policy makers, is currently receiving more attention as it is thought to be a potential alternative to agriculture in lifting the rural poor out of poverty. This case study is centred on the resettled commun