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Given the urgency of climate change, alternative energy sources, and policy strategies are needed to reach the net-zero emission goals and halt global warming. Solar thermal energy is a renewable and abundant energy source that could be a part of the solution. In this master’s thesis, the performance of a pilot solar thermal park in northern Sweden was modeled and evaluated based on an internation
This master's thesis investigated the potential of algae raw materials, specifically k-carrageenan and to a lesser extent alginate, as film-forming ingredients for the development of a novel edible packaging solutions. The project involved the testing and characterisation of several active ingredients of algal and plant origins both as extracts and as ingredients in films. The effect of these
Följande uppsats undersöker det komplexa förhållandet mellan den svenska allmänhetens förtroende för Säkerhetspolisen och myndighetens mycket hemliga arbete. Med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer syftar uppsatsen till att besvara frågor om hur svenskarnas förtroende för Säkerhetspolisen kan förstås och vilken roll sekretessen spelar för deras förtroende. Vidare, med utgångspunkt i tidigare forskning
The development of the new green industries based on standards creates legal issues of the collision between patent law and standardisation processes. Whereas some solutions have already been implemented in the industries like telecommunications, it is of an interest to research on whether these solutions might be used when managing intellectual property rights in the green technologies or there w
This study aimed to investigate how two Spanish newspapers, El País, and El Español, portrayed human trafficking for sexual purposes, prostitution, and the central actors. To gain insight and a better understanding of this, eleven news articles from each daily press that were published between the years 2021 and 2023, have been analyzed. The focus has been on both the manifest and latent messages
This thesis explores the integration of hydrogen and battery energy storage systems as a means to enhance the management of wind and solar power in the pursuit of a greener grid. The objective of the study is to identify the potential benefits and challenges associated with hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) and their role in renewable energy integration. The thesis begins with a literature rev
The purpose of this study is to analyze and examine the experiences of social workers working with handling clients' trauma and exposure, using the word secondary trauma. We are focusing on analyzing the effects and consequences of working with clients that have been met with or currently are going through difficult situations. The research questions that were used are the following: “How does
This paper presents an overview of how the United States and the European Union use their sanctions and Bilateral Investment Treaty policies to protect intellectual property rights overseas from expropriation. Both territories’ policies vary, with American rightsholders more capable of protecting their overseas intellectual property through the United States’ sanctions policy; European Union inves
Trots den överväldigande kritiken riktad mot svensk häktesverksamhet, kvarstår en brist på forskning inom området. För att utforska området syftar därmed denna studie till att undersöka muntliga framställningar om samspel, kultur och roller bland svenska kriminalvårdare med hjälp av följande forskningsfrågor: 1. Hur beskriver kriminalvårdare samspel under den dagliga verksamheten i relation till k
Bakgrund: Aktivitetsbalans och aktivitetsmönster är nära sammankopplade begrepp inom arbetsterapi. Trots att det finns mycket kunskap inom området saknas det kunskap om arbetande mäns aktivitetsmönster och deras upplevelse av aktivitetsbalans i vardagen. Syfte: Att beskriva aktivitetsmönster och upplevelsen av aktivitetsbalans hos arbetande män med barn under åtta år i Sverige. Metod: En tvärsnitt
In this thesis we study the width of the Higgs boson in the process pp → t ̄t 4l at LO using MadGraph5_aMC@NLO to generate the events. The contributions including the Higgs signal, continuum background and interference were considered in order to calculate the expected number of events in a broad range of four-lepton invariant masses. Due to strongly enhanced off-shell contributions an upper bound
Even though the eclectic paradigm was founded approximately 50 years ago, it remains among the leading frameworks for firms determining whether to engage in foreign direct investment (FDI). The framework asserts that multinational companies (MNCs) only will engage in FDI if they have ownership, location, and internalization advantages. There is currently a research gap pertaining to if there are a
The focus in this thesis has been active power from small scale solar production and what possible impacts an increased proportion of small scale production can have, in a larger context, during short circuit (SC) faults in the grid. The main research question prompting this work was whether active power from small scale solar pro- duction can help support voltages during SC faults, and meet LVRT-
This study aims to investigate how social workers within housing accommodation work with the Staircase model and Housing First model to support homeless substance abuse clients on their way out of homelessness. My focus was to compare these two housing models with each other within the city of Helsingborg and investigate how the social workers experienced how the Staircase model and Housing First
In recent years, influencer-founded brands such as Kylie Jenner’s “Kylie Cosmetics” and Huda Kattan’s “Huda Beauty” have been consistently capturing people’s attention. Despite the mainstream media’s coverage of their success, research on the strategic communication of these brands is still lagging behind. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to fill the research gap in this field by exploring
In the global agenda for sustainable development, quality education is a defined priority. Therefore, it is significant to assess how topics of sustainable development are taught in mandatory school. The present thesis purposes to analyse the written curricula for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) of Cuba, France, and Romania – the three countries top-ranked by the United Nations in 2020
This thesis addresses the ongoing debate on the involvement of Chinese nationals in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector. Despite the Minerals and Mining Law, Act 703 (2006) prohibiting foreigners from engaging in ASGM, it is reported that about 50,000 Chinese nationals have migrated to rural Ghana to engage in illegal mining activities. This has caught the attention of
Smuggling in Sweden during the nineteenth century is poorly understood at the moment. The topic is notoriously hard to study, yet all research point to it playing a significant role all throughout the early modern period, bypassing highly regulatory trade legislation in order to provide consumer goods to customers. Recent studies have drawn attention both to its surpassive reach and the considerab
