Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på varför vissa konsumenter väljer att handla ekologiskt och vad som är deras drivkrafter. För att undersöka dessa motivationsfaktorer används en kvalitativ metod där tio ekologiska konsumenter har djupintervjuats och en fokusgruppintervju med fyra konsumenter har genomförts. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av kunder som kontinuerligt handlar i butikerna Sju

Sambandet mellan mognaden av immunsystemet och mag- tarmkanalen Mognaden av mag-tarmkanalen tros vara sammankopplad med mognaden av immunförsvaret efter födseln. Nyligen gjorda studier indikerar att immunceller, framförallt T-celler, kan ha en roll i detta eftersom behandling med immunhämmande mediciner kan fördröja mognadsprocessen hos unga råttor. Råttor föds med en omogen tarm anpassad för uppBackground: Rat pups are born with an immature intestine adapted for the effective uptake of milk nutrients and with high permeability for bioactive molecules from the maternal milk until weaning. During weaning the immune system is activated after stimulation with e.g. dietary antigens, leading to an inflammatory response in the gut. This response is believed to be important for progress of gut m

Gröna tak – en samhällsekonomiskt lönsam lösning för att bibehålla viktiga ekosystemtjänster i städer? Den växande urbaniseringen är en global trend och idag bor åtminstone 54 procent av världens befolkning i städer. År 2070 förväntas 70 procent av världens befolkning bo i städer och Sverige är idag det land med näst högst urbaniseringstakt. Precis som i flera andra länder används i Sverige förtäCity densification in Sweden has decreased the amount of green areas in Swedish cities. This undermines the existing ecosystem services that could for instance provide climate change mitigation and adaption. Green roofs are considered to be a product that can strengthen or substitute the urban ecosystem services produced by natural vegetation. This paper investigates whether retrofitting green roo

Notwithstanding the increasing environmental awareness among consumers, researchers do not witness a substantial shift in consumption and disposal behaviour of textiles. Since research on disposal behaviour of home textile products is currently limited, it is relevant to explore consumers’ decision-making when handling no-longer-wanted home textiles. This thesis aims to better understand consumers

Speed and visual influence on fashion trends – a study of Snapchat’s impact and significance on the spread of trends in the fashion system through visual images. Today’s fashion system has reached its climax due to technological advances and increasingly speedy nature of how fashion trends are conveyed to consumers. The tool used to examine the thesis of this study was a qualitative text analysis

Det är vanligt att bedriva ett mångfaldsarbete i organisationer idag, men dess omfattning och definition är ofta otydlig. Jämställdhetsarbetet tenderar att läggas till som en del i mångfaldsarbetet. Därför är det intressant att undersöka hur jämställdhets- och mångfaldsarbetet fungerar ihop, och vilken plats jämställdhetsarbetet får i mångfaldsarbetet. För att ta reda på det undersöktes tre kommun

In this work aMatlab model of a simplified LTE system has been implemented. The PUSCH and PDSCH signal chains has been used for reception and transmission of data and DM-RS symbols are used as pilots. Moreover, the model supports communication and interference between multiple users and base station antennas. The wireless channels are modeled as multi-path Rayleigh fading and are continuous in tim

Background. The United States has been a diverse country since it is establishment. The effects of socioeconomic characteristics including immigration, age, employment status, educational attainment on total fertility rate have been discussed in the previous studies. Objective. The objectives in this study are to explore whether the difference in the timings of first childbirth among Hispanic wome

Klarspråk är ett språkligt koncept som myndigheter kan tillämpa i syfte att göra sina texter vårdade, enkla och begripliga. På så sätt antas myndigheten kunna uppnå kraven i Språklagen. I denna uppsats testar jag effekter av klarspråk på ett nytt sätt: genom ögonrörelsemätningar och två typer av intervjuer studerar jag samspelet mellan en specifik typ av mottagare och en specifik typ av myndighets

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily ancient molecules. They are essential innate immune response molecules that protect organisms from invading pathogens. Tissue factor pathway inhibitors (TFPI-1 and TFPI-2) C-terminal derived peptides exert host defense mechanisms against microbes. Studies showed that in human plasma, C-terminal TFPI-1 and -2 derived peptides mediate bacterial killin

Analys av immunteknologis MUTZ-3 visar tecken på genetisk drift Allergi är en vanligt förekommande sjukdom som drabbar en stor del av befolkningen. Sjukdomen kan ta många olika former och vanliga typer är matallergi, luftvägsallergi och kontaktallergi. Kontaktallergi uppstår när en person kommer i upprepad kontakt med kemikalier som kan aktivera immunförvaret. Immunförsvarets är ett komplext nätveThe continued increased exposure to chemicals and the increasing prevalence of allergic contact dermatitis makes it important to develop accurate testing methods and strategies to assess chemical sensitizers. The Genomic Allergen Rapid Detection (GARD) assay is an in vitro test method that uses the transcriptional response of a myeloid cell line, MUTZ-3, after exposure to test substances to assess

Based on readings, news and experiments this project is a creative exploration of data collection in the age of Internet. The disclosure of government online surveillance programs in 2013 raised questions about the power of data collection by governments and companies. Although this was big news when it happened, the topic is not as discussed or as acted on as it should be. Has anything changed si

As volumes of e-waste (WEEE) are increasing worldwide, the environmental and health impacts caused by this waste stream are leading to rising concern over how it is managed and disposed of. In the European Union this has been addressed by the WEEE Directive, a policy requiring all Member States to have a system for managing e-waste. The revised policy (Directive 2012/19/EU) sets increasingly ambit

Endowed with diverse vegetation covers, the Middle Atlas Mountains receive substantial snowfall in winter, which contributes to plant hydration during the growing season. Using remotely-sensed imagery, this study aims to assess the trends in snow cover variations between 2000 and 2015, analyse the local influence of snowpack persistence on vegetation growth and evaluate the significance of this ef

This thesis addresses business performance indicators in the context of the Circular Economy (CE) and the textile industry. Its purpose is to explore possible design features of Circular Performance Indicators (CPIs) in the textile industry, to examine the application of such metrics among retailers and to define potential indicators for the Swedish fashion retailer MQ. The research design is exp

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the credibility of Mexico’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and to identify areas for policy intervention that can strengthen the credibility of the climate pledges. Using Mexico as a case study, the research tested and further developed an initial credibility assessment framework for a country-level analysis to evaluate the credibility

Payments for watershed services (PWS) are intended to provide incentives to land users to adopt sustainable land management practices. They are also increasingly viewed as having positive impacts on the livelihood of local communities around protected areas. The St. Paul River, located in the St. Paul River basin, is the main source of potable water and hydroelectricity to Monrovia, a city with ab

In 2015 the EU introduced Directive 2015/720 on the reduction of the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags creating the first transnational agreement on plastic bag issue in the world. This Directive sets the scope within which Member States will design their own policies in order to reach a significant reduction in the plastic bag consumption over the following years. Greece is one of t