Sökresultat

The quality of piped drinking water in Maputo is generally poor and it affects many people, in particular the poor living in areas with inadequate or insufficient water distribution systems. In Mozambique, the chemical disinfectant, Certeza (containing diluted sodium hypochlorite), is used to treat domestic water at the consumers’ end. It is well known that chlorine products used for disinfection

This thesis examines income-related health inequalities among an elderly population over time in Sweden. The concentration indices are estimated and decomposed for two time periods in order to uncover which socioeconomic variables determine the level of health inequality in Sweden. The determinants of health are estimated using a panel data fixed effects model, hence allowing for a comparison of h

This paper will analyse the financial relationship between private and public health insurance in Australia. Private health insurance in Australia is both highly regulated and subsidised with the argument often being it provides support for the universal public system. With private health insurance providing duplicate insurance in Australia, I present a theoretical analysis of how the private and

In 2013, the EU established a Common European Asylum System in order to harmonize the asylum laws throughout Europe. One of the directives in this common system is a revised version of the Reception Conditions Directive from 2003, establishing rules for housing, clothing and food for the asylum applicants. The directive from 2003 should be in place in all Member States of the EU and on the 21st of

Mångfald är ett begrepp som på senaste åren har visat sig vanligt förekommet i rekryterings- och arbetslivssammanhang. Det finns många anledningar till att mångfald hamnat i fokus på Svenska arbetsplatser idag. Bland annat har den ökade globaliseringen tillsammans med amerikansk forskning och dess positiva resultat varit inspiration för införandet av ett mångfaldstänkande i Sverige. Genom olika må

Science fiction is a genre in which anything is possible. It therefore comprises the perfect litmus test of any given culture’s prevailing hopes and fears about the future. One such source of anxiety that has been particularly conspicuous in works of fiction since the Industrial Revolution is the development of automata and other machines – specifically, whether they might eventually become strong

En studie över havres köldtoleranta proteiner När vintern kommer får djur och människor tjockare päls eller byter till varmare kläder. Det kan inte växter göra! De måste anpassa sig genom att ändra vilka molekyler som uttrycks. Proteiner är en slags molekyl som kan göra växter mer motståndskraftiga mot kylan. Havre kan anpassa sig till kallt klimat, men olika sorter är mer eller mindre köldtåligaThe aim of this project was to answer the question “Which proteins are responsible for cold tolerance in crown samples from oat?” Proteins were extracted from cold treated oat crown samples, purified with gel electrophoresis, trypsinated through in-gel digestion and identified in LTQ orbitrap mass spectrometer. Data interpretation involved analysis of found proteins according to functional annotat

Rapid economic growth and rising income levels have driven private vehicle sales in China. Within just three decades, China has developed to the world’s largest automobile market. This thesis aims at determining the factors which affect passenger vehicle populations in Chinese cities. An OLS regression using cross-sectional data reveals that large variations exist across cities in eastern, central

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur patienter upplevde deltagandet i en gruppbaserad behandling kallad RAINBOW. RAINBOW är en psykosocial behandlingsmodell för ungdomar med bipolär sjukdom och deras föräldrar. Halvstrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fyra ungdomar som tidigare deltagit i behandling enligt RAINBOW-modellen. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med hjälp av grundad teori viThe aim of this study was to explore patients’ experiences of having participated in a group treatment called RAINBOW. RAINBOW is a psychosocial treatment for adolescents with bipolar disorder and their parents. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four adolescents who previously had participated in RAINBOW. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data and six main themes were identified

The working environment on top of an 80 - 120 meters high horizontal-axis wind turbine isn’t like an average working environment. The high wind speeds, the slippery rain, the limited mobility and the pure height makes it a very dangerous and difficult place to work at. To make sure the service team can feel safe and at ease while working outside on the top of a wind turbine, all the equipment use

Den digitala utvecklingen har skapat nya förutsättningar för hur individer och or-ganisationer kan interagera, där ett exempel är samskapande (eng. co-creation). Syftet med studien är att undersöka de drivkrafter och känslor som ligger bakom individens beslut till att delta i den specifika samskapandeformen rotation curation tillsammans med organisationer och hur detta skapar mening för individen.The digital evolution has created new ways for individuals and organizations to interact of which one example is co-creation. The purpose of this study is to exa-mine which motives and emotions that underlie an individual’s decision to parti-cipate in the specific form of co-creation called rotation curation together with an an organization and how this creates meaning for the individual. Further,

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of collaboration among local government, business, and NGOs in a sustainable city. This includes identification of prominent driving forces and success factors of such collaborative arrangements. Method: Qualitative case study conducted in San Francisco, with a combination of inductive and deductive reasoning. Firstly, a theoreti

Sammanfattning Titel Strategisk prissättning inom mjukvarubranschen Handledare Per Magnus Andersson Författare Robin Wingne och Johan Ågren Nivå Magisteruppsats 30 hp Problem Arbetet med prissättning har under lång tid präglats av ett synsätt som utgår från kostnader. Utvecklingen inom framförallt mjukvarubranschen har lett till nya typer av erbjudanden som innehåller nya värderingselement vi

Employer branding är ett expanderande fenomen på dagens arbetsmarknad. Begreppet myntades av Ambler och Barrowunder mitten av 1990-talet. Det syftar till att synliggöra hur företag och organisationer kan marknadsföra sig som arbetsgivare genom sina medarbetare, för att attrahera potentiella anställda. I begreppet ingår tre typer av fördelar; monetära, funktionella samt psykologiska, vilka en organ

Kolloida partiklar är små partiklar i nanostorlek. Dessa har många användningsområden och har ofta viktiga funktioner i till exempel bläck till skrivare och i färger. I dessa är det väldigt viktigt att kunna kontrollera stabiliteten av partiklarna. En metod för att få stabila lösningar är sterisk stabilisering vilket är till exempel den metod mjölkens partiklar är stabiliserad med. Sterisk stabiliThe aim of this work was to investigate the phase behavior of attractive model colloid particles. The attractions is imposed by having a layer of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymers grafted to the surface which provides steric stabilization in water. Raising the temperature decreases the solvency of the PEG layer, and combined with addition of a salt containing a divalent anion, causing particles

In earlier studies it was revealed that thylakoid membranes inhibit activity of pancreatic lipase/colipase. More studies have shown that these membranes induce satiety hormone CCK and reduce hunger hormone of rats and human. Appethyl® used in this project is processed from spinach leaves in such a way that it reserves most amounts of thylakoid membranes. The results, in this project, shows that Ap

Abstract: This thesis combined the individual level longitudinal data, from the 2011 Ethiopian demographic and health survey, with annual GDP and price indicators, to examine the response of marital fertility to short term macroeconomic stress that Ethiopians has been facing in the last forty years. A two-level discrete time random effect models were employed to estimate the risk of next birth. Ru

The importance of body image is increasing in China. Academic research and news media point to the rising desire for an ideal appearance, especially among young people in the country, in order to gain an advantage in society. This thesis was conducted to examine if university students at a high-ranking university in China were influenced by commercial ideals in the media to the same extent as youn

The thesis analyses the EU arms embargo on China and the reasons why this sanction is in place since 1989. The arms embargo case characterizes the EU-China foreign relations also in general and in order to understand the real background behind this case, historical institutionalist perspective and path dependence theory is used. The thesis acknowledges two different paradigms – normative power and