Do Russian Melitaea butterflies contain the symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia? Background Up to 60 percent of insect species in the world are infected with the intracellular, obligate symbiont called Wolbachia pipientis, making it one of the most common arthropod endosymbionts, and potentially one of the most successful organisms on Earth. The bacterium affects its host species in negative and/or posi

Implementation in public organizations is a complicated process. Previous research has shown that neither a top-down or bottom-up perspective is sufficient to explain why certain implementations succeed and others fail. Alternative models that take the complexity of implementation processes into account by among other things allowing for the interaction between both horizontal and vertical levels

The issue addressed in this study is the consequences of China’s investments in Serbia. The purpose of this topic is to examine the development of Serbia’s alignment to the European Union (EU) association reforms. The theoretical framework comes from the diffusion and the dependency theory, which both build on previous research. The data is gathered primarily through official documents, news artic

This thesis purpose aims to examine if organizational reforms, connected to the concept of New Public Management, have led to quality differences in elderly care at the sub-national level. Theories that form the basis of the research problem are based on information problems and rationality linked to economic aspects. The hypothesis suggests that profit-making actors overlook the quality of welfar

Collaborative filtering is a method for making predictions about consumer interests by collecting preferences or information about opinions from other consumers. For this purpose statistical modeling techniques are applied to learn personalized models for each consumer based on every purchase or provided rating to the available items. Such a technique is probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (pLS

Från och med att en myndighet beslutar att upphandla en vara eller en tjänst fram till att ett kontrakt tilldelas en vinnande leverantör styrs myndighetens agerande av ett detaljerat regelverk, vilket för den klassiska sektorn i första hand består om lagen om offentlig upphandling (SFS 2016:1145). Kontraktstilldelningen utgör startskottet på en avtalsrelation mellan myndigheten och leverantören däFrom the moment a government entity makes the decision to initiate a procurement procedure until that procedure is finalized through the award of a contract to a winning supplier, the procuring entity’s course of action is regulated in great detail by relevant public procurement legislation which for Swedish contracting authorities primarily consists of primarily law (2016:1145) on public procurem

Det är vanligt förekommande att fysiska och juridiska personer vill minska sin beskattning. Det finns stor variation i förfaringssätt som medför minskad beskattning. Denna uppsats undersöker om dubbel skattefrihet kan uppstå vid hemvistbyte. Dubbel skattefrihet innebär att varken den nya eller tidigare hemviststaten beskattar personen. På så sätt blir vissa inkomster skattefria. Det har tidigare fIt is common that physical and legal entities want to reduce their taxation, and there are several processes available. This paper examines whether double exemption of tax can arise when changing residence. Double non-taxation means that neither the new nor previous state of residence will tax that entity. Some income will therefore be excluded from taxation. Such a process has previously been pos

Den här uppsatsen behandlar trovärdighetsbedömningar och genuinitetsprövningar i asylprocessen. 1951 års konvention angående flyktingars rättsliga ställning med 1967 års tilläggsprotokoll (flyktingkonventionen) utgör grunden för den internationella flyktingrätten. För att en sökande ska anses vara flykting i konventionens mening krävs inte att han eller hon är trovärdig. Det är däremot sällan som This essay talks about credibility assessments in the asylum procedure and specifically claims based on religion and sexual orientation. The 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees constitutes the cornerstone of the international legal regime for the protection of refugees. An applicant does not need to be credible to obtain refugee status. Often, however, an applicant

Bakgrund: Socialstyrelsen förväntar att en ökning av intrauterin fosterdöd kommer inträffa med anledning av att förstföderskor idag är äldre. En ökning innebär att barnmorskor kommer att ta hand om fler föräldrar som förlorat sitt barn före födelsen. Syfte: Att belysa barnmorskors upplevelse av att vårda föräldrar i samband med förlossning vid antepartal intrauterin fosterdöd. Metod: Studien byg

Children and youth's right to make their voices heard, as well as the right to partake in different matters, has strengthened with laws and guidelines (Socialstyrelsen, 2003). The aim of the study is to examine the experience of employees in their work with socially vulnerable children and adolescence - with a focus point on the right to participation in different matters. The study includes q

Detta examensarbete behandlar frågan kring vilken påverkan som idrottsarenor har på fastighetsvärden. Studien grundas i de stora arenaprojekt som har genomförts i Sverige under de senaste åren. Bara i Stockholmsområdet har två stora idrottsarenor byggts och en stor idrottsarena rivits. Projekt som dessa är väldigt kapitalkrävande varpå det är viktigt för de inblandade i projekten att ta reda på vaThis master thesis addresses the issue of the impact of sports arenas on real estate values. The study is based on the major stadium projects that have been implemented in Sweden in recent years. Only in the Stockholm area have two major sports stadiums been built and one major sports stadium have been demolished. Projects like these are very kapital-intensive, so it is important for those involve

Uppsatsen utreder och analyserar om svensk utflyttningsbeskattning är förenlig med Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) respektive etablerings-friheten inom Europeiska unionen (EU). Inom EU är etableringsfriheten en av de grundläggande friheterna. EU-rätten har utvecklats främst genom EU-domstolens rättspraxis. I avvägningen mellan ett lands beskattningsrätt och den fria rörligheten har territoriThe purpose of this thesis is to study and analyse if the Swedish exit taxation is compatible with both the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) and the freedom of establishment within the European Union (EU). Within the EU, one of the fundamental freedoms is establishment. EU law has developed mainly through EU-court case law. In this case, the territorial principle in the balance between a count

Climate change – considered as the most acute risk to our planet – is mostly fuelled by the oper-ations of influential corporates who are financially supported by financial institutions, which have traditionally specialised on profit-maximisation and neglected climate risks in investment processes. However, considering economy’s increasing financialisation and the growing science behind the financ

I Sverige minskar den biologiska mångfalden och antalet hotade arter ökar. Ett av de största hoten mot dessa arter och mot biologisk mångfald är förändringar i livsmiljöer. Trots detta fortsätter skogar med höga naturvärden att avverkas och andelen biologiskt skyddsvärd skog minskar. I uppsatsen utreds de EU-rättsliga artskyddsbestämmelserna i fågeldirektivet och habitatdirektivet, och den svensBiodiversity decreases in Sweden and the number of endangered species is increasing. One of the biggest threats to endangered species and biodiversity are changes in natural habitats. Despite this, forests that provide essential natural value, are continuously cut. This paper presents the national and regional EU species protection provisions in the Bird Directive and Habitats Directive and natio

Ground deformation monitoring is one of the main geoindicators that should be considered to assess volcanic hazard. Satellite earth observation data and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry have been used continuously since 1992 to measure or study the temporal evolution of surface deformation in volcanic areas in conjunction with ground-based geodetic measurements. Such methods were app

I samband med abort ska preventivmedelsrådgivning erbjudas. God rådgivning är en förutsättning för preventivmedelsanvändningen ska kunna optimeras. Studiens syfte var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelse av barnmorskans preventivmedelsrådgivning i samband med abort. En kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats genomfördes och analyserades med innehållsanalys vilket resulterade i fyra kategorier: A

We present a Bayesian and frequentist comparison when forecasting elections through polls. Our focus is on studying the differences of these approaches in forecasting elections. An evaluation of the fit is performed using the odds ratio. We propose a frequentist methodology for prediction horizons three months ahead while a Bayesian methodology may be slightly more accurate for shorter prediction

Ett barn med funktionsnedsättning kan ansöka om bistånd för att avlasta föräldrarna i vårdnadsansvaret. Vid bedömning om bistånd ska beviljas eller inte, ska beslutsfattaren bedöma föräldraansvarets omfattning. Föräldraansvaret är ett begrepp som syftar till att jämföra det ansvar en förälder till ett barn med funktionsnedsättning har och det ansvar en förälder till ett barn utan funktionsnedsättnA child with functional impairment can apply for social assistance in order to relieve their parents from the responsibility of care to either Social Services Act (2011:453) (SoL) or Support and Service for Person with Certain Functional Impairments act (1993:387) (LSS). During the assessment of whether the social assistance shall be granted or not, the decision-making officer must assess the scop

Processing of personal data encompasses any operation performed on personal data. Nowadays, processing is increasingly done by automated or autonomous means thanks to the emergence of new technologies such as algorithms, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). This is not surprising, considering that application of these technologies provides many benefits for organisations, such a