While the climate crisis is gaining more attention, market mechanisms and individual behaviour changes seem to remain the dominant political answer to mitigate climate change. This thesis aims to examine how blue-collar labour unions in Sweden position themselves in the climate transition. Additionally, it explores ideological frontlines and identifies interest conflicts and power relations in the

This thesis is a case study of the only confirmed betrothal portrait in Swedish collections, sent by Erik XIV to Elisabeth I. The thesis examines the portrait in detail to find the symbolic differences and meanings in comparison to other portraits of the Swedish monarch. One of the main questions raised in the thesis is the question on which symbols can further deepen the understanding that this p

Background: Repolarization prolongation can be the earliest electrophysiological change in ischemia, but its role in arrhythmogenesis is unclear. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the early ischemic action potential duration (APD) prolongation concerning its causes, expression in ECG and association with early ischemic ventricular fibrillation (phase 1A VF). Methods: Coronary occlusion

Background and aim: Alkaline sphingomyelinase (NPP7) is expressed by intestinal epithelial cells and is crucial for the digestion of dietary sphingomyelin. NPP7 also inactivates proinflammatory mediators including platelet-activating factor and lysophosphatidylcholine. The aim of this study was to examine a potential role for NPP7 in the homeostasis of the intestinal immune system. Methods: We qua

Titel: Kreditbetygets inverkan på investeringsbeslut och beteende Seminariedatum: 2023-01-11 Kurs: FEKH89 - Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Måns Brodin, Nahir Ertunga & Ludvig Hellman Handledare: Anamaria Cociorva Nyckelord: Kreditbetyg, obligationsmarknad, uppköp och sammanslagningar, företagsobligationer, financial constraints Forskningsfråga:Abstract Title: The impact of credit rating on investment decisions and behavior Seminar date: 2023-01-11 Course: FEKH89 – Bachelor’s thesis in financial management, 15 ECTS Authors: Måns Brodin, Nahir Ertunga & Ludvig Hellman Supervisor: Anamaria Cociorva Keywords: Credit ratings, bond market, mergers and acquisitions, corporate bonds, financial constraints Research question: Does the

The European Union (EU) has long suffered from a democratic deficit, something that has been highlighted many times by politicians, media and citizens alike. The EU has in turn tried to better its democratic standing by increasing the power of the European Parliament (EP) through the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009. This has however not increased turnout in the EP elections substantially, as only the lat

During the last decades, market-oriented policies have entailed significant changes within the Swedish public sector. In Västra Götalandsregionen, primary care clinics for physiotherapy since 2014 get funding based on collected contact points. The points are generated by patients visiting the clinics. Furthermore, the physiotherapists working at the clinics are assigned a daily target number. The

The primary study aim was to explore which factors could predict recovery at baseline and follow- up, with occupational value, occupational balance, satisfaction with daily occupations, occupational engagement, and sociodemographic and clinical factors as predictors. A secondary aim was to investigate stability over time in personal recovery from baseline to a 9- month follow- up among people with

Despite the significant strides made in the customer engagement literature, the need to understand any marketing actor’s engagement (vs. merely the customer’s) is increasingly recognized. Therefore, the budding actor engagement (AE) concept, which is commonly grounded in S-D logic, describes any marketing actor’s engagement, including that of customers, firms, employees, suppliers, and so on. Howe

This chapter discusses the rise of virtual diplomatic summitry and its place in the digitalisation of diplomacy. Virtual diplomatic summitry refers to the diplomatic summit meetings that take place through technologies for virtual interaction such as videoconferencing tools, and that take place partly or completely in virtual venues. Virtualisation has been embraced as a solution to sustain instit

Workers in the informal transport sector are often exposed to multiple forms of workplace violence, for instance by the police and their colleagues. Through a collection of rich ethnographic stories and using the concept of popular resistance, this article investigates how and under what conditions rickshaw drivers in Bogotá resist violence in their workplace. The results reveal that rickshaw asso

Phosphorus (P) availability affects the response of terrestrial ecosystems to environmental and climate change (e.g., elevated CO2), yet the magnitude of this effect remains uncertain. This uncertainty arises mainly from a lack of quantitative understanding of the soil biological and geochemical P cycling processes, particularly the P exchange with soil mineral surfaces, which is often described b

For many years, universities represented the ultimate outpost for professional autonomy in Western democracies. Despite little insight into the professional practices of scholars or administrators, governments provided the academic profession with extensive discretion, including the freedom to regulate qualifications for positions, terms for promotion, quality standards, goals, performance indicat

Introduction: Cyanide exposure can occur in various settings such as industry and metallurgy. The primary mechanism of injury is cellular hypoxia from Complex IV (CIV) inhibition. This leads to decreased ATP production and increased reactive oxygen species production. The brain and the heart are the organs most affected due to their high metabolic demand. While the cardiac effects of cyanide are w

Purpose of review: The study aims to provide a summary of recent developments for diagnosing and managing posterior cortical atrophy (PCA). We present current efforts to improve PCA characterisation and recommendations regarding use of clinical, neuropsychological and biomarker methods in PCA diagnosis and management and highlight current knowledge gaps. Recent findings: Recent multi-centre consen

Prior research has established the key impact of customers' Big Five personality traits (e.g., agreeableness/conscientiousness) on their brand engagement, suggesting that individuals exhibiting differing personality traits engage differently with brands. In parallel, extending influential customer engagement research, stakeholder engagement, which covers any stakeholder's (e.g., a customer's, supp