This study aims to examine different ways to enhance biodiversity in an area, focusing on the park Hemvärnsparken in Kyrkheddinge, Scania, Sweden and its surrounding area. An inventory of species of vascular plants, larger animals as well as butterflies, bees and bumblebees has been carried out within the park and maps have been drawn showing different kinds of habitats and other objects of intere

This is a thesis which describes a process for realizing a SCADA system using Codesys and iX developer, after a given function description. This is followed by an investigation about the Modbus protocol. That is applied to do the communication possible between the different parts in the system. The report includes a simple part of theory. This treats concepts like SCADA, PLC, I/O-devices, communic

In recent years allot of research has been carried out dealing with BIM and how to use it through the entire construction process to make it more effective. Much of this research addresses the possibility of using BIM in the management of buildings (Facility Management) and some have also demonstrated the benefits of it. This has led to an increased knowledge and interest in BIM amongst building o

Leakage at the floor drain is the biggest cause of moisture damage in bathrooms today. Wooden joists are the most common type of joist structure in houses and because of wood being a moisture sensitive material, moisture damage at the floor drain can lead to big problems. The purpose of this paper was to find out the most common reasons to why moisture damages occur at floor drains installed in wo

In today’s railway facilities there are several types of track systems with different characteristics, which must interconnect in order to obtain a closed network. The area where a track system passes over into another track system is called a transition zone. The track systems’ different characteristics chiefly consist of differences in settlement tendency and track stiffness. The transition zone

Vid dimensionering av en byggnad är det viktigt att stabiliteten i konstruktionen kan garanteras. Den horisontella vindlasten som en byggnad utsätts för är den last som till störst del bidrar till den stjälpande effekten. Därför är det viktigt att kunna uppskatta hur stor del av den som fördelas till varje stabiliserande vägg. Syftet med arbetet är att hitta en enkel och användbar analytisk metod

This paper investigates the effect of household income per capita on the self-reported health status and health care utisation by comparing the Chinese data from CHARLS (China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study) and Swedish data from SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe). The result shows that the income effect on self-reported health is bigger in China than in Sweden, bu

The purpose of this study was to investigate massively-multiplayer online role-playing games from the social interactionist perspective. The aim was to chart the social interaction within the game environment as well build upon previous known findings concerning player's in-game preferences as well as the sociability of the game environment. The questions addressed by this study were: - How d

Sociala mediers enorma expansion de senaste åren har bidragit till att miljoner människor varje dag använder plattformar som Facebook för att interagera med andra människor. Företagens intågande på denna plattform har inte gått förbi obemärkt av människorna som befinner sig där. Konsumenter väljer idag att använda företagens sidor på Facebook som en plats där de kan dela med sig av sina erfarenhet

This study examines the transparency of the Swedish stock market with regards to the new, eased regulation on quarterly reporting. The study investigates whether insider trading and analysts’ recommendations could be alternative sources of information to quarterly reports. Consistent with prior research, it finds the magnitude of informativeness of insider buys being greater than for insider sells

Abstract In order to reduce climate emissions from transports and to move towards a more sustainable transport system, many municipalities and regions strive to increase the use of bicycle in cities. This study focuses on the three metropolitan areas in Sweden; Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö. Their efforts with regional bicycle planning are investigated, looking at factors such as cooperation, resp

Outdoor air pollution is generally recognized as a serious environmental risk factor of premature mortality. The main aim of this thesis is to examine how changes in fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5 ) account for changes in selected mortality indicators, using empirical evidence from 45 districts in the Czech Republic. Besides the impact on changes in life expectancy, a special emphasis was

This study investigated alignments in speeches held by two historically prominent politicians: Sir Winston Churchill and Tony Blair. The speeches that comprised the data of this study were a speech from 3 September, 1939, for the former, and a speech held on 18 March, 2003, for the latter. The study made use of Martin & White’s (2005) account of appraisal theory. Firstly, the use of positive

Abstract: Employer branding process that creates the best match possible between the employer and the employee, leads to a business satisfaction and a person-organization fit. Not surprisingly, an efficient employer branding strategy also decreases the labour turnover rate within the company and helps to retain the talent. Naturally, the specified situation is desired by the employer and by the po

This study presents an empirical investigation of i) testing the Granger Causality between economic growth and aggregated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission; and economic growth and disaggregated CO2 emission from burning fossil fuel coal, oil and natural gas respectively; ii) the potential impact on economic growth if countries substitute CO2 emission from dirty energy, coal, by emission from relative

Sweden uses pure drinking water for all household areas such as flushing toilets, watering the lawn and so on. This can be seen as a waste and stormwater can therefore be used instead to save resources. When rainwater is going to be used, different possibilities exist. A rainwater tank can be used to collect water from roofs and store it in a sealed tank. A stormwater pond can be used which collec

Den rådande forskningen kring IT-utvecklingens påverkan på revisorns arbete i framtiden, pekar på en mängd olika IT-tekniker som kan utveckla dagens IT- verktyg och göra revisorns arbete mer effektivt. Forskningen pekar även på att IT kan utveckla löpande revision till att bli mer effektivt och billigare att implementera. Vilket har stor möjlighet att påverka revisorns arbete i framtiden.

Agencies obligation to report according to the Swedish Social Service Law (2001:453) 14 chapter 1 § is an important obligation to uphold children’s rights. When children are maltreated due to the conditions at home, agencies have a responsibility to help. Constantly we hear from the media about children who live with anomaly. Therefore it is highly current to examine the obligation to report. Chil