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Smart City is a paradigm for the development of urban spaces through the implementation of state-of-the-art ICT. There are two main approaches when developing Smart Cities: top-down and bottom-up. Based on the bottom-up approach, the concepts of Smart People and Smart Communities have emerged as dimensions of the Smart City, advocating for the engagement of citizens in Smart People initiatives. Th

Different approaches have been used to test capital structure theories empirically. In this paper the statement that Myers and Majluf (1984) discussed, that a low risk debt issue should affect the firm value less than a high risk equity issue, is explored and tested by applying an event study approach similar to the one Eckbo (1986) carried out on different kinds of debt issuances. There are also

This paper is an empirical review that looks at using GARCH volatility forecast to develop a trading strategy using an interval forecast to calculate threshold prices. Thereby determining prices to enter the market on the buy or sell side. This paper takes the perspective of the retail investor/amateur trader, in the context of the “Slow-motion revolution” Economist magazine (Jun 2016).

Bakgrund: Kvinnor är generellt mer smärtpåverkade, mår oftare illa och kräks efter kirurgi än män. Kvinnor upplever också ett större missnöje med vården och behandlingen som ges på sjukhus. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka kvinnor och mäns självskattade status och upplevelser av vården efter gastrointestinal kirurgi. Metod: Kvantitativ enkätstudie. Undersökningsdeltagarna var kvinnor o

Kan hotade groddjur bevaras när havet höjs? Klimatförändringarna väntas leda till höjda havsnivåer. En konsekvens av detta är att kustnära livsmiljöer riskerar att försvinna. Groddjur är en artgrupp som kan drabbas av detta, då de är beroende av fiskfria småvatten med låg eller ingen salthalt. Översvämningar med havsvatten skulle kunna riskera att förstöra dessa miljöer. Därför har jag undersökt Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the major challenges of our time, and are strongly interconnected. Sea level rise is a consequence of these and a significant threat to global coastal habitats. This study assesses these issues in detail in the context of the ongoing EU Life project ‘SemiAquatic Life’, which aims to recreate habitats for semi aquatic fauna such as amphibians and ins

Syfte med uppsatsen är att jämföra kvantitativt förvaltade aktiefonder med traditionellt förvaltade aktiefonder under en 10-årsperiod, 2007–2017, samt under exceptionella chocker i form av upp- eller nedgång från 5 % i MSCI World Index. Jämförelsen gjordes med hjälp av riskjusterad avkastning i form av Sortino-kvot, Sharpe-kvot, informationskvot samt genom en regression. Endast en Sortino-maximeraThe purpose of this thesis is to compare quantitative management of stock-funds versus traditional management as a fundamental strategy, for a period of 10-years between 2007- 2017. Our essay has a special focus towards extreme market-conditions, which we defined as deviations of 5% in the MSCI World Index. Our analysis was made through the comparison of risk-adjusted measures as Sortino ratio, Sh

The BRIDGE project is an initiative by the German Federal ex situ Genebank of Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben which aims to make the information stored in the genebank available in a one stop shop fashion for plant breeders and researchers. IPK hosts the biggest genebank in EU-27 and is undertaking a proof-of-concept study based on genotyping-by-sequen

Public libraries have in recent decades been affected by widespread cultural, political and societal changes and there are several opinions about what public libraries’ role in society should be. Three major areas that has largely affected the development of public libraries and thus librarianship are: the academization of the library- and information science educational programs, professionalizat

Tidigare forskning och litteratur kring fördelarna med affärssystem i molnet anser vi vara något generell och inriktning på företag inom en specifik bransch är ett förhållandevis outforskat område. Vi har därför valt att inrikta studien på tillverkande företag för att se hur de upplever de fördelar som omnämnts i tidigare forskning kopplat till affärssystem i molnet. Inriktningen på tillverkande f

Sweden is considered a privileged country to live in and the total suicide rate has decreased in recent years. Suicide among adolescents has, however, increased. Statistics show the highest rate of suicides among adolescents in Sweden in twenty-five years, which is significantly higher than the suicide rate among young people in other Western European countries. Research shows that girls are more

Studies show that collaboration between teachers and school librarians has a positive impact on students’ learning. However, the school librarian’s function and integration in the school’s educational activities can strongly vary. The librarian’s professional role has furthermore been a question for debate by both librarians and academics. Consequently, the role of the school librarian is indistin

This study takes a critical feminist anti-militarist perspective on the function and purpose of the support that families of soldiers are provided by militaries during deployment. The context in focus is Swedish deployment support of extended families of soldiers, the material selected is from the website and the forum of the voluntary peer and mentor based support organization Invidzonen. Applyin

On an overall level this master thesis aims to illustrate the main assignment of the public library regarding activities for children, in the range between educator and culture intermediaries. I´m using the Danish researcher in children´s culture, Beth Juncker, and her perspectives on instrumental culture and autotelic culture to explore where the activities at public libraries belong. Autotelic

The aim of this master’s thesis is to study information practices among scholars at Lund university regarding the accessing and sharing of digital scholarly material. This is done through examining of how scholars choose and motivate their use of different methods for accessing and sharing digital material. These methods includes platforms that may violate copyright and as well as informal peer-to

The health effects of migration receive increased attention in Sweden and internationally, and involves both the effects on the health of migrants and the society. The field encompasses issues such as how migrants’ health is affected by the hazardous journey, if the health needs differ from the host population and if migration have any consequences for public health in the recipient country. These

The financial crisis in the EU has been and still is a very researched topic. Because it affected negatively the assets of many individuals, the demand for academic text explaining the crisis is high. This is why, today there are countless books and articles dealing with the causes of the crisis and offering solutions how to overcome it. In this particular field, economics and law are very interco

This paper explores how begging roman EU-migrants was constructed in the public Swedish press. The study was based on a total of 15 articles, nine from Sydsvenska Dagbladet and six from Expressen, which were later analyzed with a social constructionist approach from a problem perspective. These are some of the major newspapers in Sweden and were therefore chosen for the study. All articles were pu

Med en ökad användning av molntjänster inom små till medelstora företag så finns det en risk för att råka ut för vendor lock-in. Vendor lock-in är en term som beskriver hur kunder som använder sig av en molntjänst blir låsta till en specifik leverantör. Tidigare forskning har i stor utsträckning fokuserat på vendor lock-in ur en teknisk aspekt. Denna undersökning syftar till att undersöka problema

Den här uppsatsen syftar att behandla om effekten fysisk aktivitet har på stress och ångest påverkas av vilken typ av idrott som utförs. Med utgångspunkt i tidigare studier som konstaterat vikten av social samhörighet, mindfulness och träning för reducerad nivå av stress och ångest, hypotiseras här att typen av aktivitet spelar roll för hur pass bra individer mår i relation till grad av fysisk aktThis study discusses the question of the impact of physical activity on stress and anxiety, in terms of which type of sport is performed. With the bases of previous research which states that social cohesion, mindfulness, and physical activity are important factors for reducing stress and anxiety, a hypothesis was invented, stating that different types of activities affect the individual’s well-be

This study has been carried out, as part of the course Fire Safety Evaluation at Lund Technical University, to assess the fire safety of an elementary school in Flen. The study is made up of three parts, an overview and description of the school, an analysis of possible fire scenarios within the school compound, and a set of action proposals based on the findings from the analysis. In the analysis