India’s productivity of rice production lags behind China’s. Given its status as global food supplier, it is not only national but also world’s concern. As part of an effort to improve rice productivity, India increased investments in research on breeding, which has resulted in many new varieties with higher yield suitable and available for Indian farmers. Despite the effort to encourage hybrid ri

The use of machine learning as a tool in medicine is increasing and has provided new avenues for research into a number of diseases. Creating better predictive models for these diseases could provide opportunities for better care, which we have applied to osteoarthritis, a degenerative disease that affects a large part of the older population. We have sought to answer ``Is it possible to predict

Asymmetric synthesis has been an active research topic for the past decades since it can lead to enantiopure compounds that are of great importance in biology and medicinal chemistry. Among all the synthetic strategies that have been developed, asymmetric ring-opening of epoxides received much attention for their ability to providing precursors for β-amino alcohols. Efforts have been made to achie

Public participation is vital to ensure sustainable water management, and providing education is one of the way to trigger participation. For decades, developed countries try to educate their citizen to be environmentally literate, and for the water sector, water-related knowledge has been introduced to the public by schools, municipalities and water utilities. The condition is harder for developi

Phytophthora infestans cause severe losses in potato cultivation. Currently one of the most effective ways to reduce the related loss is using fungicides. For these to have optimal effect they must be applied approximately 10 days before the first visual sign of late blight. As the appearance of late blight is hard to predict there is heavy overcompensation of fungicides nowadays. By better foreca

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine, which of those variables suggested by past research – i.e. consumer attitude, store image, perceived price, packaging and perceived quality - have a significant influence on the customer’s purchase behaviour of organic private labels. Methodology: A quantitative study with a deductive approach and a cross-sectional design was chosen to obtain qua

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka kassaflödesanalysens omtvistade användbarhet. Utifrån kreditgivarnas perspektiv beskriva och analysera områdena där kassaflödesanalysen anses vara användbar vid kreditgivning till företag. Metod: En kvalitativ metod bestående av ett frågeformulär med 13 öppna frågor. Den empiriska datan består av svar från nio stycken kreditgivningsansvariga. TeoretiskaPurpose: The purpose of this research paper is to investigate the debatable usefulness of the cash flow statement. From the creditors perspective, describing areas where the cash flow statement is considered useful for corporate loans. Methodology: A qualitative method consisting of a questionnaire with 13 open questions. The empirical data consists of responses from nine creditors. Theoretical pe

As current approaches of climate change communication addressing the public have proven rather ineffective not triggering action on climate change, including behaviour changes in a more sustainable direction, this thesis seeks to lay the basis for prospective climate change communication strategies addressing German university students and therefore, to contribute to climate change communication s

The era of globalization and its multiple impacts around the world have affected the knowledge and skills that education should provide. This thesis examines global citizenship education (GCE) in the Finnish education context. The previous research of GCE in Finland revealed that there is a lack of understanding for what GCE is. This is the main reason for conducting this thesis. The thesis explai

The purpose of this study is to examine if brand-context congruence has an effect on customer-based brand equity and whether brand image impacts this relationship. The relationship between an ad and the surrounding context, so called context congruence, has gained a lot of attention. This as it has been shown to generate beneficial outcomes for brands, such as better brand recall, recognition, and

Swedish cities are under constant development, and this also applies to the city of Lund. To maintain its rich cultural heritage, modernization is conducted in harmony with preservation of the city. The historical structure of the city, with narrow cobblestone streets causes some difficulties in terms of accessibility for the traffic. As the transports to the center of Lund constitutes a strain on

Private equity is a growing global phenomena and private equity companies have become a major force in many of Sweden’s industries. These companies own portfolio companies which together employs around 190 000 people and have an annual revenue of over 318 billion SEK. The purpose of this thesis was to describe and analyze the Swedish private equity industry and individual companies’ competitive st

Cartographic mashups present geographic data from various sources. A typical example is adding thematic data on top of a multi-scales background map. Currently, thematic data and multi-scales background data are not linked together in cartographic mashups which may have potential problems such as inconsistency of scale ranges. However, in some cases, thematic data and background data have some ide

A study on the obstacles that the Spanish state puts forward as well as the limitations in transitional justice practice that constitute a challenge for the recognition of the stealing of babies by private individuals during the Francoist dictatorship as reproductive rights violations, gender-based violence and a crime against humanity to be addressed by a hypothetical transitional justice agenda

Purpose: The aim of this thesis is to explain how prior firm performance affects CEO turnover with the moderating role of CEO entrenchment on the Swedish market. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical framework provides different aspects which highlights corporate governance in a Swedish context and the impact of CEO entrenchment from an agency theory perspective. Stewardship theory is provide

Background TitanX Engine Cooling is a global supplier of powertrain cooling solutions to commercial vehicles, both for OEMs and the independent aftermarket. The company with annual sales of over 1.6 billion SEK (US$ 192 million) has some 800 employees worldwide. TitanX is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden and has manufacturing sites in Sweden, USA, Brazil, China and Mexico. Its manufacturing fac