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In this thesis the subject has been to investigate if there is any connection between government agency presence and tax revenue in the municipality. Previous studies in Sweden have more focused at the intergovernmental relation between state and local level and especially they have focused on government grants and the effects. But this thesis recognizes that the government can also shift the dist
Several researchers have asked themselves the question of why households do not diversify enough as according to theory, and why some households do not even enter the stock markets. This study looks further into this puzzle through a new angle where the focus is on house- holds’ risk appetite – their investment in stocks compared to funds stored in saving accounts. The study asks the question of w
This study examines possible causal relationship between investments in research and development (R&D) and economic growth of the European Union (EU) regions using R&D per capita as a measure of innovation. Given the importance the EU policies have put on innovation in creating better economic outlook, questions whether investments in R&D are growth enhancing and efficient in promoting
The objective of this paper is to determine the existence of temporal persistence in the homicide rates in the Colombian regions, or in other words, to determine the existence of a relationship between the past and present homicide rates. In order to achieve this objective, in this study was analyzed longitudinal data with annual observations for all the municipalities of the country. The results
Optical aberrations are the main cause for reduced focusability and low peak intensity in laser beams. All the applications that rely on high peak power and/or small focus spot size, loose efficiency when optical aberrations are present. They can be reduced by using specially shaped optical elements, but all aberrations cannot be avoided completely. In this thesis we used a new approach for reduc
Enhanced vision system attached to any industrial robot undoubtedly increases its accuracy and precision. Today, vision in industrial robots is facilitated almost exclusively via external or fixed cameras which may cause rather inconvenience due to obstacles in the line of sight. In this master thesis project, an Embedded Vision System is designed and developed to stream live video of a robot'
Using textual analysis based on a constructivist perspective, this thesis attempted to analyze how development cooperation policy builds the emerging donor identity. It did so by looking at foreign policy in the case studies of two small Asian donors, Thailand and Malaysia. In particular, it looked at the notion of heterogeneity which exists in the emerging donor identity, and Thailand and Malaysi
The Nuremberg Charter introduced the crime of aggression into international law. The American Chief Prosecutor Justice Robert Jackson gave a famous promise that offenders who commit acts of aggression shall be prosecuted and international criminal law would be applied against them. However, only at the first Review Conference of the ICC Statute in Kampala 2010, agreement on a universally accepted
There has been much debate about the Japanese management system and its changes as well as continuity. There is a consensus that the Japanese human resource management rests on three core pillars which are lifetime employment, seniority based salaries/promotions and unions. The purpose of this study was to investigate if these three core pillars have transformed after the 1990's when the eco
Molntjänster är en teknik som gör det möjligt för konsumenter att hyra och bruka IT-resurser via internet. I dagsläget ökar intresset för ämnet och molntjänster vinner mark från traditionell mjukvaruförsäljning, även bland Sveriges kommuner sägs intresset vara stort. I denna rapport ämnar vi utreda kommunernas intresse genom att försöka besvara frågan om vilka föreställningar kommunerna har av mol
Idag är de traditionella och agila utvecklingsmetoderna de mest använda metoderna inom mjukvaruutveckling. I grunderna för de olika metoderna läggs det olika stor vikt på dokumentation. Inom traditionella metoder uppmuntras omfattande dokumentation, något som skiljer sig från de agila metoderna där fungerande mjukvara prioriteras före omfattande dokumentation. I denna studie kommer vi främst fokus
Solen är den mest välkända stjärnan för oss. Den tycks vara evig och oföränderlig, utan den hade liv på jorden inte varit möjligt. Noggrann observation och årtionden av forskning har gjort det möjligt för oss att förstå hur solen kom till, hur den utvecklades, och hur den så småningom kommer upphöra att existera. Vi har upptäckt att den är långt ifrån evig och oföränderlig. Den expanderar eller krObserved population of giant planets around evolved stars shows a paucity of planets with semi-major axes below 0.5 au, in contrast to main sequence stars where those planets are present. This lack of close-in planets has been attributed to either planet engulfment due to tidal forces or substantially higher masses of evolved host stars implying dierent initial semi-major axis distributions, becau
The zoo is a place where you as a visitor can experience and see wild animals which they probably would not encounter elsewhere. It is a place for learning about our planets nature and biodiversity. Many species are rapidly disappearing due to human activity. There are for example more tigers in captivity than there are left in the wild. One of the zoos most important roles is the conservation of
Titel: Telekomoperatörerna väg till precision Seminariedatum: 2015-06-04 Ämne/Kurs: FEKH29, Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare:Linnéa Hansson, Ludvig Neset & Zacharias Hörmander Handledare: Magnus Langevik Nyckelord: Precisionsmarknadsföring, Telekombranschen, Dataanalys, Marknadsföringsaktiviteter, Relevans Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att förbättra kunskap
To take a nap at the working place is not common and many times not approved by companies in Europe and North America. This project investigates and researches the nap and tries to introduce it into the working climate as a working boost rather than a waste of time. A Nap Around The Corner is my master project, which started off by trying to improve the working situation for people who suffer fro
All competition analysis, including in relation to mergers, begins by defining the relevant market. In sectors where innovation plays a major role, the definition of the relevant market must also take into account the R&D efforts of the merging firms. One field in which R&D poles can be identified early on is the pharmaceutical sector. In March 2015, the European Commission released the pu
During its lifetime a beverage package is exerted to different loading conditions. Therefore an increased knowledge is needed to know how the packaging, and thus the thin layer of aluminium foil in the package, reacts to the prevailing loading scenario in a real case situation. In this thesis uni-axial tensile tests on aluminium foil samples cut out in 11 different orientations is done in order to
Fotosyntes från rymden Data från satelliter är en viktig källa för information om Jorden för forskare. Det finns många olika satelliter och sensorer som används för detta ändamål. Denna studie har analyserat data från två satelliter (MSG/SEVIRI och MODIS) med olika upplösning i tid och rum samt olika omloppstider för att undersöka skillnader mellan dem. Sahelregionen i Afrika ligger mellan SaharaThe aim of this study was to use data from Meteosat Second Generation’s Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (MSG/SEVIRI) to calculate the gross primary production (GPP) in the Sahel region of Africa for 2011 and 2012. GPP was calculated using the light use efficiency method, which relates GPP to the absorbed photosynthetically active radiation the light use efficiency. The results were c
Studiens syfte är att belysa psykoterapeuters användande av humor i familjeterapi. Vi använde oss av semistrukturerade intervjuer och bearbetade intervjumaterialet med utgångspunkt från fenomenologisk metod och med hjälp av en induktiv tematisk analys. Analysarbetet utmynnade i två huvudsakliga teman, Allians och Psykoterapeutisk teknik och personlighet. Samtliga psykoterapeuter beskrev att humor The aim of the study is to highlight the use of humour by psychotherapists in family therapy. We used semistructured interviews and processed the interviews based on a phenomenological approach and using an inductive thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in three main themes; alliance and psychotherapeutic techniques and personality. All the psychotherapists interviewed in the study described t
