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Bättre koll på din privatekonomi, eller?: Faktorer bakom unga vuxnas intention till användning av per-sonal financial management-tjänster

Denna uppsats ämnar till att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar intentionen hos icke adoptanter mellan 18–30 år till att använda sig av Personal Financial Management-tjänster i Sverige. Detta undersöks med stöd av teorierna TechnologyAcceptance Model och Diffusion of Innovation, vilket resulterar i en modell av sju faktorer som enligt tidigare studier haft signifikant påverkan på liknande digit

Statelessness in Brunei

Even though statelessness is a widespread issue, it rarely receives the attention it warrants. This thesis focuses on statelessness in Brunei, a country in which the stateless population might account for as much as 35% of the total population (DRL 2013). The aim of this paper is to investigate the production of statelessness and its implications for the people in question. The aim was addressed b

Hetsätningsstörning i självhjälpslitteraturens värld : en kvalitativ innehållsanalys

The aim of this study was to find which major themes could be found in self-help books geared towards individuals with binge eating issues. Furthermore, the goal was to understand what type of meaning these themes communicated. To do this a strategic sampling was first used to find such books to study. This led to the choice of using books in English, written by professionals, that were also avail

Mutational study of the N-terminus in Aβ42 fibril-catalyzed nucleation

Protein består av byggstenar och de har flera livsviktiga funktioner i våra kroppar. Byggstenarna är tjugo olika aminosyror som kan kopplas ihop på många olika sätt. Ett protein som är mindre än 50 aminosyraenheter kallas för en peptid. Proteinveckning är en spontan process där ett protein får sin tredimensionella form, som oftast är ett biologiskt aktiv tillstånd. Proteinveckningen kan ibland gåProteins are made up by amino acids linked through peptide bonds. They carry out many important tasks in our bodies and the folding of proteins is a crucial process. The folding of proteins determines the function of it and sometimes proteins get misfolded. The misfolded protein can get degraded, refold back or form protein aggregates. These aggregating proteins are related to several diseases for

Vad tycker du om aktiviteterna som erbjuds där du bor? : En studie om individanpassade aktiviteter på äldreboenden

Title: "What are your thoughts on the activities they offer where you live?" - A study of individualized activities in nursing homes Supervisor: Yvonne Johansson Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The aim of this study is to find out what elderly people themselves think about the activities offered at their nursing homes and how much they consider them being adapted for them. The stud

Soluble and insoluble fractions from nopal (Opuntia ficus) cladodes improve postprandial glycaemic regulation: a crossover randomized study in healthy volunteers

Background and objectives: Type 2 diabetes has been increasing all over the world. A healthy diet, including particular functional foods is an effective strategy to prevent this form of diabetes. Nopal (Oputia ficus) is a cactus plant that, according to traditional medicine, has antidiabetic properties. The objective of this research was to examine the effects of different fractions of nopal clado

FINDING IDENTITY IN A SMALL ISLET COMMUNITY: A study of raison d’être of a micro-society in 2019 Denmark

This thesis explores how the production of identity happens on a small islet community in Denmark’s South Funen Archipelagos. Furthermore, it investigates in what way the residents make use of this islet identity, through memory, imaginings and collective action, in order to provide ground for raison d’être. Through a qualitative approach, a three months fieldwork was conducted in the summer of 20

Understanding cultural collectivism in South Korea through post-modernist perspective

Due to the Japan’s decision in early July 2019 to sanction the trade of hi-tech materials with South Korea, No-Japan movement that discourages South Koreans to purchase Japanese products and travel to Japan has been widespread in South Korean society. In particular, this movement seems to be highly associated with South Korean’s strong collectivist culture, which might result in limiting individua

Appropriation or Appreciation? Examining the Phenomenon of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion Branding

Due to the social revolution, social issues such as racism, human justice and cultural appropriation have evolved rapidly and included in many aspects of life. Brands are taking advantage of cultural values and/ or artifacts to promote for their equities yet acknowledging the possible backfire that would damage their reputation. Most existing research regards the practice of cultural appropriation

”Jag tror just att våra traditionella könsroller har betydelse” : En intervjustudie med socionomer och poliser om bemötandet av pojkar där misstanke om utsatthet för sexuella övergrepp finns

”I believe that our traditional gender roles do matter”. An interview study with social workers and police officers about the meeting with boys where suspicion of sexual abuse is found. Lately, media and several famous people have claimed attention to the issue of sexually assaulted boys. It has been argued that these boys are being failed by society. The purpose of this study was to explore how

The Elephant in Multicultural Sweden

In this study, I have investigated “the elephant in the room”, namely the tension surrounding discussions and interactions regarding ethnicity and race in Sweden. Specifically, my aim has been to unveil the dominant ideas that “whites” and “non-whites” use to morally navigate through tensions in this multicultural society. Methodologically, I have conducted four focus group interviews with student

Analysis of stellar spectra with machine learning

Researchers in the field of Galactic Archaeology have entered the era of industrial revolution. Upcoming surveys are planning on observing tens of millions of stars and high precision and accuracy must be ensured when deriving their stellar parameters and elemental abundances. Unconventional data-driven techniques hold the promise of efficiently dealing with these vast collections of data while st

Performance Measurement of E-commerce Collection and Delivery Points

Collection and delivery points have become increasingly important due to the current e-commerce trend. In addition to the general rise within e- commerce the extraordinary situation with an ongoing SARS-CoV-2- pandemic has further increased the demand for sufficient parcel deliveries. The purpose of this master thesis has been to investigate how different stakeholders connected to e-commerce measu

Investigation on Positioning Techniques for Indoor Office Scenario

This master thesis aims to investigate downlink positioning techniques and improve fifth-generation (5G) cellular positioning performance in the indoor office scenario. In the thesis work, we target in the indoor office scenario because it is a typical deployment scenario standardized in 3GPP release 16. To analyze the positioning techniques, we develop a simulator in MATLAB. In the simulator, t

Transitioning towards AI: An exploration of how and why Swedish organizations choose to adopt AI-technologies

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the factors, circumstances and insights influencing Swedish organizations in their own transitioning process towards AI. The work conducted within this thesis results in a qualitative report where a number of focus areas are reviewed in an attempt to first provide a holistic picture surrounding the definitions, contexts, activities and mindsets involved in

A Study of Time-Stepping Methods for Optimization in Supervised Learning

Maskininlärning är ett område inom artificiell intelligens som handlar om metoder för att träna datorer att lära sig regler för att lösa en uppgift. Dessa regler har inte programmerats av en människa, utan datorerna måste upptäcka dem genom att lösa optimeringsproblem. De här optimeringsproblemen kan också ses som gradientflödesproblem, en typ av differentialekvationer, vilka kan lösas med hjälp In supervised machine learning, training neural networks requires solving optimization problems. These problems can be restated as gradient flow problems and solved numerically using time-stepping methods. In order to study the behavior of these time-stepping methods, in the context of solving the aforementioned optimization problems, a framework in Python was developed. This framework is based o

Mechanisms behind LL-37-induced cell death

Mekanismerna bakom LL-37 inducerad celldöd Varje år dör det cirka 700 000 människor globalt till följd av infektioner orsakade av multiresistenta bakterier. Sedan upptäckten av penicillin har vi människor överkonsumerat antibiotika. Läkare världen över har skrivit ut antibiotika för att behandla banala infektioner som kroppens eget immunförsvar egentligen hade kunnat klara av på egen hand. Dessut

Water Insoluble Fraction of Nopal (Opuntia ficus) Cladodes Beneficially Affects Postprandial Appetite-related Variables, while the Soluble Fraction Has No Effect: A Randomized Crossover Study in Healthy Volunteers

Introduction: The world has witnessed a global trend of increasing obesity, which is directly linked to non-communicable diseases, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D). The epidemic of obesity is largely associated with consumption of high calorie diets and low physical activity. Food choice and exercise have a big impact to prevent obesity and T2D making these diseases highly related to personal lifesty

Analyzing Safe Haven and Hedge Currencies Against the U.S. Stock Market During the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis

The recent COVID-19 pandemic crisis has resulted in great uncertainty and potential losses to the financial market. Investors must find the safe haven and hedge currencies in the current crisis to manage portfolios. In this paper, I demonstrate how to use the dynamic conditional correlations (DCC) model with student-t error distribution to assess the role of foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, and