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Most of the world’s rich countries are experiencing increasingly high life expectancies and low fertility rates. Fewer people of working age need to somehow support the many elderly, which puts pressure on the economy to reprioritize and change. This study investigates what possible effect this may have on international capital movements, and particularly foreign direct investment (FDI). The liter

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize and investigate those relationships that occur when customers feel embarrassed of their buying behaviour. Methodology: A qualitative research method has been chosen to conduct this research. Primary data has been collected through two focus groups and three interviews. Secondary data, in the form of literature review and examples of

Automatisk sopsortering med hjälp av artificiell intelligens På senare år så har värdet på återvunnet material ökat, vilket har lett till utvecklingen av robotar som automatiskt kan sortera sopor och avfall. Detta arbete utforskar möjligheterna att förbättra en sådan typ av robot. År 2018 så stod byggindustrin för 35% av Sveriges avfallsmängder, en siffra som har ökat kraftigt under det senaste åWith the progress made within the field of computer vision the last few years, it is starting to become possible to perform instance segmentation in real time with relatively cheap hardware. This paper's main purpose is to investigate different methods of instance segmentation in the specific case of segmenting construction waste with only a single class. The paper experiments with two models,

Since 1994 super-resolution microscopes enable us to visualize processes in the nanome- ter regime where bio-molecules work. Consequently, there is a great need for methods analyzing the generated data to transfer the motion of molecules, seen as white dots, into trajectories. Important steps in understanding bio-molecular behavior are first the detection of those and then generating trajectories

Bakgrund: Fetma hos barn ökar och medför flera hälsorelaterade problem. 2017 räknades 11% av svenska 4-åringar som överviktiga. Barnhälsovården utgör en viktig del i folkhälsoarbetet. Barnhälsovårdssjuksköterskor tycker det är svårt att prata om hälsosamma vanor med föräldrar. För lite fokus läggs på hälsosamma vanor på BVC och barn är alltför sällan delaktiga i sin vård. Grunda Sunda Vanor är ett

The study aims to clarify and examine signs of interdiscursivity between Swedish municipal press releases and three other types of texts that relate to the press releases: informative texts, marketing texts and journalistic texts. Based on results from text analysis, emerging linguistic patterns are investigated. I discuss whether these patterns can be interpreted as discourse conventions, and whe

Gula blad blir gröna Korn (Hordeum vulgare) var en av de första växterna som domesticerades och har nu i ungefär 10 000 år varit essentiell för mänsklig civilisation. Idag är korn ett av de mest förekommande sädesslaget i både area och mängd som skördas. Korn används till mat och dryck och har blivit en essentiell del i att föda den växande mänskliga populationen i världen. Förståelsen för hur ko

This study presents the case for taking an ontological approach to metadata analysis as a means of facilitating enhanced interoperability across spatial and non-spatial datasets in GIS. A detailed literature review was undertaken in order to understand metadata definitions, concepts and usage, particularly as a “primary interoperability enabler” (Danko, 2008). Interoperability, within the context

Methods for identification and valuation of Ecosystem Services (ES) have been developed and applied worldwide in purpose to better consider nature in land planning decisions. In Sweden each municipality has a spatial planning monopoly and with that comes differences in prerequisites for sustainable land and water usage within the country. A growing number of actors are offering ES-analyses as a pu

Purpose: To examine which communication strategy is effective and should be adopted when organizations face brand crises generated by the spread of unfounded rumors on social media. Methodology: This study was based on secondary data, based on the comparison of different case studies. Findings: Since the spread of unfounded rumors through social media represents a new threat and can lead to brand

Radar’s ability to detect oil spills through clouds, fog, and darkness is a significant advantage. Oil spill alert services using radar satellites have been in use in Norway for more than 25 years. After introducing two radar satellites Sentinel-1A and 1B in 2015-2016, the number of oil spill alerts has increased by 250% in Norwegian waters. This increase does not track the slight decreasing trend

This thesis investigates the effect of visible articulatory movements on speech comprehension in L1 and L2 listeners of Swedish. Previous research found faciliatory effects on speech perception when speech was presented audiovisually in various settings and under diverse listening conditions for both L1 and L2 listeners. However, it is still not investigated thoroughly, how L2 proficiency affects

Purpose: Esports is a young industry that is experiencing an enormous boom in popularity. However, negative public perceptions are abundant, and there is a distinct lack of literature discussing esports from the branding perspective. This paper examines the shortcomings of esports brands and discusses opportunities to improve the public opinion on the industry. Methodology: Literature review, qual

Behovet av att rena avloppsvatten från mikroföroreningar, såsom läkemedelsrester, har uppmärksammats de senaste åren då analysmetoderna har förbättrats och kunskapen om riskerna kring utsläppen har ökat. Detta har ökat intresset för att implementera ozonering som ett avancerat reningssteg på avloppsreningsverk i Sverige och i andra länder. Vid ozonbehandling av avloppsvatten finns det en risk för The interest of reducing micropollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, in wastewater has increased due to increased knowledge around the risk of releasing micropollutants and improved analysing methods. Ozonation is an advanced treatment method which has the potential of removing these substances and it is therefore of interest to implement the technology in wastewater treatment plants in Sweden and o

Implications: The study provides practical implications for brand managers at fashion companies that wish to improve their branding and sustainable strategy while aligning with consumers’ value. The proposed framework recommends several strategies for handling image-vision gap.Original/Value: This paper contributes to the narrow body of research on a complex phenomenon: brand activism and customers’ perception. It presents a new framework for analysing the relationship between the brand vision and brand image. Furthermore, it compares and contrasts the brand activism of two different fashion companies.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the concepts of brand integrity, brand reputation, brand crisis management and communication strategies used by brands to combat the cancel culture setting. This exploratory study may also aid marketing practitioners in developing appropriate crisis management strategies in response to such a crisis. Research Question: what is the relationship b

In recent years, the popularity of discontinuous Galerkin methods has increased. As shown in [19], a result exists that states that the Discontinuous Galerkin space approximations (DG) are equivalent to the Lobatto IIIC Runge-Kutta method. This thesis therefore outlines the adaptation of Hairer’s implementation of the Radau IIA Runge-Kutta method to the Lobatto IIIC method, extended with an adapta

The purpose of the study was to explore how the challenges from globalisation impact to education in Thailand. The study will scrutinise the consequences of the processes of globalisation in the scope of international media, political, social and economic crisis and look at how this consequences have impact on the education in Thailand focusing on the 1999 National Education Act. Müller’s theory (