Ternary semiconductor alloys like $In_xGa_{1-x}As$ have lured competing attention in connection to sub-50 nm high performance, low power, planar Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor technology. This compound semiconductor owes its popularity to excellent bulk carrier mobility, minority carrier diffusion constant, small bandgap, high electron injection velocity and its capability to take Moore&#

Det fanns två huvudsyften med examensarbetet. Det första huvudsyftet var att kartlägga energianvändningen för varje idrottsförening i Eslövs kommun. Det andra huvudsyftet var att genom fallstudier hitta energieffektiviseringsåtgärder som är typiska för idrottsföreningar, vilket inkluderade att visa på möjlig besparingspotential och lönsamhet i åtgärderna. I examensarbetet har även en studie gjorts

När man pratar om industriellt underhållsarbete är mänskliga fel ett viktigt ämne att hantera. Olika typer av mänskliga misstag till följd av farliga tillstånd i vissa speciella parametrar, s.k. Performance Shaping Factors (PSFs) introducerar nya och oförutsägbara risker. Detta examensarbete presenterar en metod som, till skillnad från många metoder som finns tillhands idag, är tänkt som en enkel When discussing industrial maintenance, human error is a topic that easily comes to mind. Slips, lapses and mistakes due to hazardous settings of critical conditions referred to as Performing Shaping Factors (PSFs) introduce unforeseen and unanticipated risks. Unlike several tools to date, the methodology presented in this master thesis is thought to serve as an easy and fast way to identify risks

How young women with depression experience attitudes from other people - four anecdotes interpreted from a lifeworld perspective The aim of this master thesis was to, through a lifeworld perspective, understand how young women with some form of depression, experience other people’s negative attitudes towards depression. Using a hermeneutic phenomenological method, as described by Max van Manen, f

This study aims to examine difficulties and possibilities when having a feminist or queer publishing company in Sweden. To reach that goal, I examine six different publishing companies that are or have been active on the Swedish publishing field during the last ten years. The material consists of six interviews with founders of or staff members at Normal förlag, Rosenlarv förlag, X-Publishing, Doc

Denna masteruppsats i socialantropologi diskuterar och undersöker hur kommersiella intressen påverkar konstproduktionen vid ett art center i centrala Australien. Studien är baserad på etnografiskt fältarbete under slutet av 2014. Inom den västerländska konstteorin finns det en tydlig uppdelning mellan konst producerad med kommersiella intentioner och konst skapad utifrån konstens egen skull. De båThis Masters thesis in social anthropology describe and explore how commercial interests have affected the production of art at an aboriginal art centre in the heart of Australia. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork during six weeks in the end of 2014. In Western art theory, there is a sharp division between art produced with commercial interests versus a presumable more authentic art der

This study investigates the process of how eight people left competing informal institutions, in the form of gangs, to join substitutive informal institutions, which is more compatible with a democratic society, and in this way became ‘good citizens’. The research question is as follows: How do ex-gang members explain their change in lifestyle, from past involvement in gangs to the subsequent tran

Projektet gjordes i samarbete med ett företag som producerar mjukost. Ibland bildas kristaller i uppdragsgivarens mjukost vid lagring, vilket ger en oönskad sandig upplevelse i munnen vid förtäring. Mjukost är baserat på hårdost, smör, smältsalter och vatten, som upphettas under omrörning. Övriga ingredienser kan tillsättas för att uppfylla önskemål på smak och textur. Genom litteraturstudier påvi

This paper examines the stock price impact of new product announcements on the consumer electronic market by conducting event studies. Cumulative average abnormal returns are estimated for event windows of different lengths centered on the new product announcements. Cumulative abnormal idiosyncratic risk is estimated for the same event windows with the intention to research if new product announce

The relationship between business cycles and mortality has been a highly debated subject in the field of economics. The majority of previous studies, using the unemployment rate as the main proxy for macroeconomic conditions, have found ambiguous effects largely depending on how the effect is estimated. This thesis follows the methodology used by Ruhm (2000), but instead applies aggregate data for

Flying insects are able to negotiate complex environments such as tropical rainforests as well as less complex environments such as flowering meadows although little is known about how they avoid collisions while doing this. In this study, insect negotiation through holes was investigated using Bumblebees Bombus terrestris and Orchid bees Euglossa imperialis as test animals. This was done by allow

Environmental problems commonly occur in the aftermath of natural disasters. If not managed properly, they jeopardise the success of the entire recovery process. The humanitarian sector has realised this threat and is looking for ways to properly mitigate environmental problems while maintaining their necessary flexibility. The conventional industry broadly uses environmental management systems (E

None of us are immune to the ongoing identity-processes. Identity formation is something that we are engaged in every day, both in our consciousness and our subconsciousness, from the society levels down to personal levels. This study examines how individuals with Assyrian background form their identities in Sweden. Questions on ”homeland” and ”home”, and statelessness are asked to contribute to t

Örups almskog has been described several times over the past 300 years. The forest has been a protected area since 1928, and when the aggressive strain of Dutch elm disease struck the region in 1979, it affected the forest in Örup for decades to come. Elms was the dominant tree species in the forest, and Dutch elm disease resulted in a high mortality for the elms. In Sweden Dutch elm disease was f

This paper explores how effective the Danish Greencard opt-out is in impeding the process of Europeanization. It investigates the cases of the Danish Greencard scheme and the German EU Blue Card directive in order to determine if national Danish sovereignty has been preserved through this opt-out. Opt-outs and high-skill migration are some of the most under evaluated topics within the field of Eur

Amyotrofisk lateralskleros (ALS) är en obotlig neurodegenerativ sjukdom, som ger upphov till muskelförtvining. Sjukdomen medför ofta en nedsatt livskvalitet och en komplex symtombild med omfattande omvårdnadsbehov som följd, vilket gör omvårdnaden central. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var därför att beskriva hur sjuksköterskan arbetar i omvårdnaden med patienter som lider av ALS. En litteratu

Bakgrund: Normer är förbundna med sociala värden och ligger till grund för samhällsgruppens attityd gentemot ett godtyckligt beteende inom en viss kontext. I dagens samhälle råder det en tydlig heteronormativitet, vilken tillika genomsyrar mödrahälso- förlossnings och eftervården. Syfte: Att belysa kvinnliga samkönade pars upplevelser av mödrahälso-, förlossnings- och eftervården. Metod: Kvalitati

Världen förändras kontinuerligt. Företag arbetar idag hårt för att hålla jämna steg med omvärlden för att på så vis hålla sig konkurrenskraftiga. Att arbeta för att hitta nya affärsmöjligheter har blivit av allt större betydelse. IKEA är ett globalt företag som står inför en enorm tillväxt för att nå deras mål till år 2020. För att klara denna tillväxt och för att kunna säkra försörjningen till nyThe world is continuously changing. Today many companies work hard to keep up with the surrounding world to stay competitive. To work with finding new business opportunities has become of higher importance than ever. IKEA is a global company facing a tremendous growth to reach their goal for 2020. To manage this growth and be able to secure supply to new retail markets, the company needs to increa

In this master's thesis a user interface for a security application was investigated. The thesis work was done at a security company in Sweden. The goal was to find current problems with the user interface and to develop a new prototype with improvements. A user-centered design approach was employed to achieve this. Another goal was to look at how this method works for security-critical system