Central America in general and Costa Rica in particular have been facing with increasing number of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Experts have recently (2013) recommended spatial analysis of the relevant data for better understanding of the situation. This study was performed to evaluate geographical distribution of CKD mortality in Costa Rica through spatial analysis of CKD mortality data. The s

Syftet med föreliggande litteraturstudie var att beskriva upplevelsen av manliga sjuksköterskors yrkesroll. Litteraturstudien utfördes med en induktiv ansats där forskning och litteratur på området sammanställdes. En sökning av relevanta studier gjordes i fyra olika databaser och resulterade i tio studier som valdes till resultatet. Resultatet sammanställdes genom en integrerad analys där tre huvu

This paper’s purpose is to investigate the discourse in the Swedish media about sexism in the gaming world. A social issue that is highlighted is the constitution of gender in relation to online games. The goal is to gain knowledge about how women are represented in news articles. Producers of news articles seem to take gender constructions for granted. Through Norman Fairclough critical discourse

Engaging with stakeholders became more important for companies and brands throughout the years, especially through the rise of Social Media. TV shows do not only need to survive and convince offline through their compelling narrative – they need to transform their passive spectators into active participants in order to increase their reach, their economic success and to strengthen their fanbase. D

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a membrane protein group of central importance in the immune system. It is divided into two main classes, class I and class II. The MHCs are highly polymorphic which is believed to be indication of trans-species polymorphism (TSP). There is TSP when an allele is maintained in two species through a speciation event. The songbirds that I study here belon

This master essay examines whether regional political institutions affect the imperative of firms to invest in innovation. It uses multilevel modelling techniques to explicitly test the spatial dimension of regional institutional embeddedness of the innovation process using micro-data on manufacturing firms in Sweden. The main argument of this essay is that firms are embedded in a region and that

Politicians and public relations practitioners need to consciously and strategically communicate on Twitter not only during elections, but also during incumbency. However; previous approaches to PR failed to offer candidates successful long-term strategies. In addition, political PR research underestimated the influence of the characteristics of Twitter on the tone and the rhetoric of political co

Two thousand and fourteen saw a drastic increase in asylum seekers knocking on Europe’s door. A great many arrived at Europe’s southern borders, with Italy as the main entrance gate, after having embarked on the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. Due to the limited number of EU entrance countries and the growing pressure on these southern European countries, the Dublin Regulation, as the

In this work we aim to develop a video-based face verification algorithm suitable for real-time use in an embedded environment with limited space and restricted computational resources. We investigate face verification based solutions to envisioned real-time video applications that require open-set face identification. In particular, we create a prototype system for keeping track of the identities

The Bank Lending Channel, proposed by Bernanke & Blinder (1988), among other transmission mechanisms, is hypothesized to exist in China because of the dominance of the Chinese banking system. This paper mainly investigates the effect of monetary policy rate change on the lending behavior of Chinese banks. The study firstly used the aggregated data of all banks including policy banks, commercia

Hästgödsel – framtidens energiresurs Antalet hästar i Sverige ökar varje år och därmed även mängden gödsel. Hanteringen av hästgödsel är idag ett stort problem då stallarna ofta ligger i tätort eller tätortsnära landsbygd utan tillgänglig areal för gödselspridning. Detta skapar problem för hästägare som får betala flera tusen kronor per år och häst för att bli av med gödseln. Hästar har en stor Horses have a great social, cultural and economic importance in society and contribute to the open landscape. There are currently more than 360,000 horses in Sweden, which together produce over 2.7 million tons of manure per year. This represents 10% of the total amount of manure from all livestock in the country. Most horses are found in urban or near-urban rural areas, which means that there is

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om rekryterares personlighet, baserat på de personlighetsdimensionerna från Big Five, men även social önskvärdhet, är relaterat till preferens för särskilda rekryteringsmetoder i en rekryteringsprocess. Social önskvärdhet mättes genom den evaluativa faktorn, som kan beskrivas som en preferens för evaluativ information och en tendens att beskriva sig själv The purpose of this study was to examine if recruiters’ personality, based on the personality dimensions from the Big Five model, but also social desirability, is related to preference for certain recruitment methods within a recruitment process. Social desirability was measured by the evaluative factor, which can be described as a preference for evaluative information and a tendency to describe o

Allt sedan Öresundsbron öppnades år 2000 har både pendlingen över landsgränserna och integrationen i Öresundsregionen gått stadigt framåt. Det pendlas dagligen fram och tillbaka från bostaden i det ena landet till arbetet i det andra, framför allt är pendling över landsgränsen från bostaden i Sverige till arbetet i Danmark omfattande. Det finns alltid en risk för att en inkomsttagare blir dubbelThe commuting and the integration in the Öresund region have progressed ever since the bridge between Denmark and Sweden opened up for traffic in the year of 2000. Every day commuting across the border from the residence in one country to the place of work in the other country is taking place. The commuting between the residence in Sweden to the place of work in Denmark is the far most frequent.

Concordant with a wider political and cultural emphasis on individual choice and selfcare, European patients have during the last decade become empowered stakeholders as a result of digitization. Nonetheless, patient empowerment sits uncomfortable with the prevailing business model pertaining to the majority of pharmaceutical organisations whose PR activities primarily target healthcare profession

This thesis applies the decomposition suggested by Alexander and Venkatramanan (2012) to the pay-off of a basket option of two assets with a non-zero strike to derive an approximate price of corresponding basket option. The decomposition yields two sub-baskets and a situation where sub-strikes must be chosen. Approximation errors are studied for different sub-strikes and whenever possible, a rule

Diabetes typ 2 är en folksjukdom som ständigt ökar i världen där miljöfaktorer och levnadsvanor är de främsta bidragande orsakerna till sjukdomen. Syftet var att utifrån ett patientperspektiv identifiera barriärer och förutsättningar för sjuksköterskans främjande av egenvård. Litteraturstudien grundar sig på 10 kvalitativa intervjustudier. Teman som framkom utifrån barriärer i resultatet var indiv

När världen blir mer digitaliserad och våra konsumtionsbeslut baseras på andras recensioner är det intressant att studera vilka faktorer som påverkar vår uppfattade tillfredsställelse. 1200 hotellrecensioner analyseras för att sätta fingret på vilka faktorer som kan vara avgörande när individer ger avvikande positiva eller negativa betyg. Studiens kärna består av tolv faktorer samt sex olika kultu

This thesis analyses the impact of several natural resources on economic growth in the empirically rather poor Sub-Saharan Africa during the time period of 1990-2010. By performing panel regression analyses based on economic and political data from the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the conclusion that the production of diamonds promotes economic growth the most could be made. As an example, the

Mamma sluta kommentera på min Instagram – du förstör min image Denna kvalitativa studie ämnar öka förståelsen för individers identitetsskapande på sociala medier. En individs identitet förhandlas fram och konstrueras i samspel med andra människor. I och med sociala mediers framväxt utvecklas ständigt nya plattformar där individer kan kommunicera med andra och uttrycka sin identitet. Tidigare forsMom stop commenting on my Instagram – you are ruining my image This qualitative study aims to increase the understanding of how individuals construct their identity through social media. An identity is constructed in interaction with other people. With the development of social media new platforms constantly emerge where individuals can communicate with others and express their identities. Previo

Studiens syfte är att bidra till en djupare förståelse för bakomliggande faktorer till underprissättning på Nasdaq Stockholm, genom att testa ett antal företagsspecifika variablers samband med underprissättning. Studien har en deduktiv ansats och är av kvantitativ karaktär. De variabler som testas i studien är deducerade utifrån tidigare forskning som till övervägande del är genomförd på amerikans