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This thesis examines the effect of income inequality on economic growth within the European Union (EU) during the period 1991–2019. For the empirical investigation, the analysis includes four measures of income inequality. The data points for these measures have been collected from the World Income Inequality Database (WIID). The regression procedure is carried out using panel data with fixed effe

COVID-19 mitigation strategies have previously been argued to affect the mental health of people differently depending on sociodemographic factors. Denmark and Sweden have long used mandatory restrictions and guidelines, respectively, to curb the spread of COVID-19. This study compares generalised anxiety under Danish and Swedish mitigation strategies and the influence of suspected, vulnerable soc

‘Save file empty’: ALM institutions’ and game developers’ thoughts regarding digital games preservation This master’s thesis examines attitudes towards the preservation of digital games in Malmö, Sweden. Malmö is one of Europe’s largest gaming hubs and is home to many game studios. Digital games are one of Sweden’s largest cultural exports but very little has been done in order to preserve this h

The study can statistically certify that there exists a negative relationship between EV/EBIT-ratio and returns among stocks on the OMX Copenhagen Exchange between 2011-2021. It can also be concluded that EV/EBIT should not be used as the single factor when making investment decisions due to a low r-squared value. Portfolios consisting of low EV/EBIT companies managed to outperform high EV/EBIT po

This paper seeks to analyze what meaning the European House of History in Brussels, a museum founded in 2017, attributes to the European integration process. With the use of narrative analysis, the permanent exhibition on the European House of History´s English website will serve as material for the study. The paper examines which aspects of the European integration process the museum has chosen t

Hadfield steel, which is a high-manganese steel alloy, is commonly used as liner for various types of rock crushers. It is used in this application due to its high toughness in combination with its high work hardening ability. Toughness is important for resisting the high impact from rocks during processing. However, the high stress gauging abrasive wear is still significant. This can lead to prod

Internal communication is essential in crisis situations. It can build and increase understanding and trust throughout the organization, which in turn can help the organization stand stronger through difficult times. Internal communication professionals play a crucial role to enable understanding, and the need for sensemaking for all organizational actors is proven to increase during crises. Howev

For modern large scale cloud services a fast and reliable anomaly detection is of utmost importance. Traditionally developers perform simple keyword search, for keywords such as "error" or "fail" in the log data, one of the main data sources that depicts the state of the system. In today’s large-scale systems however several TB of log messages can be output every day making man

Our Solar System is not the only planetary system in the universe. Since the first detected planet orbiting a star other than the Sun, over 4000 exoplanets have been detected. These exoplanets live in systems with an incredible diversity. The systems can include single, giant planets orbiting very close to the star, or they can have multiple planets packed tightly together. What is causing these dThe detections of over 4000 exoplanets as of today has shown that they exist in a wide range of different configurations, otherwise known as architectures. Recently, studies have been made trying to link the environment of host stars to the architectures of their planetary systems and have found that the architectures of planetary systems may not necessarily be uniform in the Milky Way. Since effe

Foster placements are the most common form of placement for children and every year about 20,000 girls and boys are placed. Although we expect that society treats women and men equally, they are often treated differently based on stereotypical gender norms. The aim of this study was to examine how gender is constructed in women's and men's stories about their time in foster care, in matter

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on museum visitors’ experiences during the pandemic. Precisely, we aim to investigate visitors’ expectations and experiences towards digital channels and identify potential gaps between museums’ offering and what visitors’ are looking for, further providing insights on the perceived advantages and limitations of museums’ digital transformation. The rese

Purpose: The aim is to apply technology acceptance research on elderlies’ use of digital services during a global pandemic, where risks associated with the corresponding physical alternatives are obvious but use is voluntary. By examining constructs based on a modified UTAUT2 framework, the following research question will be answered: Which factors influence elderlies' intention to use digita

In early 2019, a system of sensors, projectors, and software was created for the purpose of improving the experience of entering Sony’s offices in Lund, Sweden. The system attracted attention, both internally and externally, and grew organically in features and scope to meet the needs of its initial customers. Due to its modularity and wide applicability, it came to be known as the Interactive Con

This paper examines whether the impact of inflation on economic growth has changed over the last few decades. It uses linear panel data for 81 countries over the time period 1960-2020. The study builds on the research done by Robert Barro (1995) which concludes that during the time period 1960-1990 inflation had a negative impact on economic growth. This study confirms that Barro’s results hold an

Vid ATLAS-experimentet på forskningsanläggningen Large Hadron Collider vid CERN i Schweiz kan det som mest ske runt en miljard partikelkollisioner per sekund. Den data som produceras utifrån dessa tillåter fysiker att studera de mest grundläggande egenskaperna och beståndsdelarna hos och i naturen. Den modell som idag beskriver dessa är den så kallade standardmodellen. Även om denna har verifieratData compression methods allow more data to be stored within a certain storage framework while still keeping the characteristics of the data in question. At the Large Hadron Collider on the grounds of CERN in Switzerland, limited data storage capability is and has always been an urgent problem. At the ATLAS experiment, one technique which allows researchers to save more data within the same storag

Today, heat and electricity production are two main sources of greenhouse gas emissions. A big share of the overall energy consumption is used to provide buildings with heating and cooling. Smart-energy solutions of heating and cooling could therefore be a more sustainable solution contributing to the green transition of the energy system. ectogrid™ is a new generation of a cooperative heating and

This thesis addresses the sexual violence justice gap in Portugal descriptively by questioning how victim-survivors of these crimes experience and/or perceive criminal justice, including those that have resorted to formal law and those that haven’t Normatively, it reflects on the justice needs of victim-survivors of sexual violence and connects these needs to the restorative justice movement - an