The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the level of trait anxiety and to which extent the equestrians reinvest to consciously control their movements, and if the result had an influence on performance. The selected participants were 30 elite equestrians, actively competing in dressage. All participants were competing on a both national and international level in thisSyftet med studien var att undersöka om det fanns ett samband mellan individens grad av trait anxiety och tendens att kontrollera sina rörelser hos elitryttare i dressyr, samt om utfallet hade en inverkan på prestation. Urvalet bestod av 30 stycken elitryttare som aktivt tävlade på nationell- och internationell nivå i den finmotoriska ridgrenen dressyr. Deltagarna besvarade en webbenkät som involv

Miljö- och klimatpåverkan från hållningen av Sveriges lantbruksdjur med ett särskilt fokus på konventionell mjölkproduktion För en stabil planet är samspelet mellan människa och miljö viktigt. Hållning av lantbruksdjur är en av människans aktiviteter som ger negativ påverkan på både miljön och klimatet. För att inom djurhållningen kunna arbeta mot både miljö- och klimatproblem är det först viktiThis literature study shows that Swedish animal husbandry of farm animals is a contributing factor to environmental and climate impact and that both improved knowledge and commitment to environmental issues are important for future sustainable farming out of an environmental standpoint. This literature study is important because it provides a holistic view of how Swedish animal husbandry of farm a

Environmental policy should be made up of scientific evidence. This thesis paper supports science based policy and its formulation through innovative communication strategies. It is important to be innovative in communicating science when dealing with the policy community as there could be confrontations owing to the nature of relation between science and policy. This is where the professional env

Credit rating agencies’ influence on capital markets has been a highly debated topic in the last decades, as their power and impact have not been established with clarity. Different characteristics have been found especially between larger and smaller markets, which makes it interesting to investigate how the Nordic market as a smaller market reacts to credit changes. This study investigates how t

Worldwide, many fisheries are under severe stress and extensive depletion of fish stocks is common. Besides overfishing an important problem preventing depleted stocks from recovery is that fish stocks are commonly managed following administrative rather than biological reasons. This stresses the importance of sub-stock-specific assessments for sustainable fisheries. The present study performed su

Informationssäkerhet blir allt mer aktuellt inom företagsvärlden. Information anses vara en organisations största tillgång och organisationer utsätts ständigt för inre och yttre hot. Traditionellt har man sett detta som ett tekniskt problem med tekniska lösningar, men det största hotet är de anställda som genom illvilja, omedvetet slarv eller brist på kunskap inte beter sig säkert. Detta hanteras

Koldioxidavgift & utdelning – för att det är rätt, relativt lätt eller för sidoeffekterna? Att lägga en avgift på fossila bränslen för att påskynda energiomställningen och sedan varje månad dela ut alla dess intäkter till allmänheten för att göra det hela tilltalande – kan det vara något? Denna studie visar att förespråkarna för en sådan policy noggrant bör skräddarsy sin kommunikation och ge‘Fee & dividend’ (F&D) would incentivize the energy transition by levying an annually rising fee on fossil fuels. Simultaneously, all revenues would be given straight back to citizens, protecting a majority against price increases on products and services. Proponents say that this translates into broad popular support and makes the policy the most feasible option for realizing adequate car

A specific class of signaling proteins has been shown to affect adult hematopoiesis in mice, but little is known about the role that these proteins play during hematopoiesis in the fetal liver of the embryo. Here, we have studied and compared the in vitro and in vivo response to a cytokine in bone marrow and fetal liver hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). We have found that fetal live

This report describes the design and development of new concepts for pan, tilt and rotate functionality in fixed domes at Axis Communications. The aim of the master’s thesis was to generate a concept that are smaller and less expensive compared to the solutions today. Remote pan, tilt and rotate is a unique feature which makes it possible to remotely control a camera during installation and redire

The term “phoenix man” is often used by the Internet users to describe the man who grew up in the rural areas but later studied or worked in the cities. The purpose of this research is to analyze how the “phoenix man” is understood by the online public and what social facts or implications reflected by this term. The research employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative method: online obs

Amadeus IT Group provide revenue management systems for the airline industry. The concept of overbooking has been known and applied within the industry since the middle of the 20th century, thus playing a large role in a revenue management prospect. The passengers booking data is something that could improve the forecasting of the rate at which passengers don’t show up or cancel their respective fl

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between Free Trade Agreement and the Environment. To do so, the thesis uses a case study on the Asean China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to analyse how free trade agreements can produce negative externalities on the environment. It will enquire on how free trade agreements exacerbate levels of re

The aim of this study is to unveil and present different notions of ideals of motherhood in Denmark during the first half of the 20th century which appear in medical guidelines for parents and parents to be, emphasizing on the way motherhood has been idealized and regulated and how power has been exerted over mothers and women’s lives and bodies. The study takes a look at earlier existing ideas ab

This text aims at describing an archaeology of relations. Methodologically many approaches are being tested, through a multiple-angled discourse analysis. Relational archaeology studies the interactive middlegrounds in between two actors, or between smaller components that exist within one single actor. What is of relevance here is then how to define and outline the »actor«. This thesis demands th

Increased population and living standards promotes an unsustainable usage of natural resources. In recent years, increased focus has been put on the bio-refinery industry which shows promising attributes where 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) is a prominent platform chemical. In this project, production of HMF from fructose using primarily acid silica under benign reaction conditions was investigate

Prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrates that selectively stimulate the growth and activity of health promoting bacteria in the colon, resulting in homeostasis to the gut environment. It is considered to be the solution of many health-related diseases such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Arabinoxylooligosaccharides, the hydrolysis product of arabinoxylan from plant cell w

The current Syrian crisis has pushed over 4.8 million people to seek asylum abroad, mainly in the neighbouring countries. In Jordan urban refugees, who represent 82% of registered refugees, lack visibility and help. Women are in a particularly difficult situation due to their multiple burdens as caregivers and homemakers. Yet, Syrian forced migrant women settled in the capital city of Amman demons

This thesis explores the right to access employment for persons with disabilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It seeks to ascertain what entitlements and for whom this right entails. Given the central conceptual role disability and equality play in the Convention, this thesis explores the prevailing models of understanding of both disability and equality. Af