Plattektoniska processer formar idag vår jord genom vulkanism, relaterad till divergenta och konvergenta plattrörelser. Hur länge har plattektoniken existerat och hur kan vi spåra plattektoniska processer bakåt i tiden? Detta kandidatarbete behandlar och diskuterar olika typer av plattektoniska indikatorer, hur de går att koppla till moderna processer och hur tillförlitliga de anses vara. Moderna Plate tectonic processes shapes our earth due to volcanism, related to divergent and convergent plate motions. When did plate tectonics begin and how can we trace plate tectonic processes throughout time? This Bachelor thesis address and discuss different plate tectonic indicators and their reliability. Modern analogues are indicators that can be linked to modern plate tectonic processes, and does

Biotechnology has been regarded as the problem child of modern Patent Law for a long time. The legislation concerning biotechnology is in constant fluctuation, changing as the case law constantly develops. This leads up to uncertainty regarding what is to be considered as patentable, and what is not. Even today, no stable solution has been found. Furthermore, ethical concerns are given a place w

Det internationella immaterialrättsliga rättssystemet har etablerats på grundsatsen att immaterialrättigheter är territoriella och därmed begränsade sett till innehåll och omfång till respektive skyddsland. Den territoriella begränsningen bekräftas av bl.a. Bernkonventionen och Pariskonventionen på området och är väl förankrad i svensk rätt, dock väldigt sällan i lagtext. Eftersom immaterialrättigThe international intellectual property system has been established on the principle that intellectual property rights are territorial and therefore limited, with respect to content and scope, to the country of protection. The territorial limitation in intellectual property law is enshrined in the Berne Convention and the Paris Convention and is well rooted in Swedish law, albeit to a large extent

This thesis investigates a possible extension to the Standard Model: the Chirally Symmetric Technicolor Model. The motivation is to explain the origin of the electroweak interaction scale by introducing a new interaction. The thesis is based on the two-flavour Technicolor model presented in ”Chiral-Symmetric Technicolor with Standard Model Higgs boson” by Pasechnik et. al. [1], and extends it to t

Companies selling industrial machines are seeing a shift where profits are moving from new sales, towards retrieving revenue throughout the whole customer life cycle. Instead of selling new machines, the companies in the industry need to look towards what is referred to as “the aftermarket”. The aftermarket is the part of the market where spare-parts and maintenance services are sold to existing c

Hur renoverar vi en 70-talsvilla så att dagens krav på energianvändning nås? Vad finns det för tänkbara åtgärder med detta i åtanke och med hänsyn till eventuella fuktproblem? Vad är våra rekommendationer efter denna studie för referenshuset samt för hus av liknande typ från 70-talet? Målet med studien är att ta fram förslag på en bättre konstruktion dels för referenshuset och dels för 70-talshus

Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority share scarce-water basins on which they rely. Official water agreements in the area have been seen to be insufficient and protection of the common waters is vital to ensure sustainable water use. Water gives a chance and challenge for cooperation, particularly as the geopolitical situation constitutes an obstacle. The aim of this study is to examine the

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and analyze power relations between Muslim female and male employees, active in working together with gender issues in two Indonesian non governmental organizations in Java. The study analyzes power relations and gendered work among female and male employees in the daily work and aims to give a picture on both female and male experiences from working to

As one of the world’s largest donors, Sweden’s development cooperation has a vision to make a change that will lead to a better world. But how do we know that our aid assistance affects the world for the better? Measuring aid is a very well discussed subject and this paper aims to examine how much the Swedish aid politics focuses on measuring results, and if there are any positive or negative aspe

Den internationella militära insatsen i Afghanistan har sedan inledningen varit mycket debatterad världen över. Inte minst i Sverige då regeringen redan under det inledande året beslutade att ställa svensk militär personal till förfogande. Denna studie fokuseras till en svensk kontext och till språket i tre propositioner vilka uttrycker regeringens ståndpunkt gällande ett svenskt militärt bidrag t

The purpose of this paper was to research how environmental concerns and sustainable thinking could be integrated into the design process of Electrolux, a Swedish home appliance manufacturer. The research will hopefully help the Electrolux industrial design department improve in the area and prove as a good case study for other companies or academic institutions. Electrolux conducts much research

Debatten kring CSR är idag splittrad. De berörda aktörerna inom CSR har olika uppfattning om vad begreppet innebär och vilket ansvar företag har för mänskliga rättigheter. Flera svenska företag har uppmärksammats för att ha varit med i människorättskränkningar genom produktionernas olika led. Svenskt Näringsliv utgör en intressant aktör för ämnet eftersom de representerar 60 000 företag i Sverige.

This thesis, written at Scania CV AB in Södertälje, Sweden, during the spring of 2015, treats the subject of Solid State Fuses and the possibility to use these in heavy vehicles. A Solid State Fuse is a device containing only solid state components, implementing a function to protect wiring harness and connectors from damage caused by electrical faults. The device should contain circuit breakers a

Individualization of Children: A Critical Discourse Study of Childrens' Competence in Public Texts on Social Care of Children The aim of this study is to critically examine and discuss overarching notions and discourses on children and individualization, with a starting point in public texts within the field of social work with children. The empirical material has been two SOU-reports (“Swedi

Automatic brake functions in trucks and cars can save lives but may heat the brakes to dangerous temperature levels. Various types of models for temperature estimation in a disc brake have been evaluated. A homogeneous temperature inside the disc was assumed and this simplification gave adequate modeling results. The implementation was done in Simulink. One model estimated the heat generation base

Byggbranschen kritiseras för sitt konservativa tänkande och ineffektivitet. Generellt sett har branschen låg lönsamhet med små marginaler. För att uppnå lönsamhet i ett byggprojekt krävs styrning mot uppsatta projektmål. Mål och vinstmarginaler nås genom ekonomisk styrning. Begreppet ekonomistyrning omfattar alla aktiviteter från planering till uppföljning och avstämning som görs för att upptäcka The construction industry is criticized for its conservative orientation and inefficiency. The industry has a low profitability with small margins. To make a construction project profitable it requires steering towards established project goals. Goals and profit margins are achieved through cost control. The concept of cost control covers all activities from planning to monitoring and reconciliati

This thesis is a combined critical, biographical, and bibliographical study of American poet Frank Stanford (1948-1978). A prodigious, prolific poet's poet, Stanford is a long-underappreciated artist whose unwavering legacy, in recent years, has grown to be an undeniable force in contemporary American poetry. Stanford was an adoptee, and this study investigates his preoccupation with his loss

Syftet med studien är att få en inblick i varför väderskydd inte används i den utsträckning som rekommenderas med tanke på fuktsäkerheten. Att intervjua personer i projekt med väderskydd och även elementskyddade väderskydd av olika karaktär görs för att undersöka varför dessa beslut tas samt hur väderskyddet hanteras i ett upphandlingsskede. Genom att undersöka fallprojekt som platschefer är iblan