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Technological advancements in the past few decades have been pushing the research field of animal migration forward rapidly. In this study light-level geolocators were used to track Swedish barred warblers Sylvia nisoria, a long-distance migrant wintering in equatorial East Africa. We obtained data on autumn migration events and on wintering sites. Ringing data from populations in Northern Europe
The determination of a state’s right of self-defence is a complex process. In order for the use of force to be justifiable as an act of self-defence several criteria have to be fulfilled. According to Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations a right of self-defence only exists when an armed attack has occurred. This is interesting because it had for a long time been argued, by states and in
Title: Insider trading and abnormal return on the Swedish stock market Seminar Date: 2015-05-25 Course: FEKN90 Examensarbete på civilekonomprogrammet (30hp) Authors: Philip Ek and Karin Erlinder Advisor: Rikard Larsson Purpose: By using classifications of different kinds of insiders we wish to en-lighten this area of study with empirical evidence of how insiders on the Swedish Stock Exchange
This study examines the problem regarding editorial content in fashion blogs being increasingly sponsored by PR agencies and corporations. The research question will answer how this affects the credibility of fashion bloggers and the blog content. A qualitative approach has been used to measure this phenomenon, with quantitative features. Former blog credibility measurements were gathered to condu
Kommuner and the Swedish National Government have been promoting sustainable transport in Sweden. Their actions and plans use the concept of mobility management, as well as infrastructure investments. However the public transport administrations who are responsible for the procurement of public transport in Sweden have had limited visible engagement with this concept. The purpose of this thesis wa
This thesis is constructed on an examination of the global principles and operational methods of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and their linkage to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). These phenomena have implications for the sustainable banking business, which aims to deliver banking products and services aligned with a triple-bottom-line corporate approach contributing to sustainable
Diamond is a cubic carbon mineral that possess many unique characteristics like extreme hardness and thermal conductivity. There are many types of diamonds like monocrystalline, polycrystalline and coated/ fibrous and in this bachelor thesis the focus was on polycrystalline diamonds; carbonado and diamondites (are divided in three different types of diamonds: eclogitic, perioditic -and websteritic
This paper aims at analyzing what factors that influence the Chinese real estate prices in different regions. It also contains an estimation of to what degree the Chinese real estate market is experiencing a bubble. In order to achieve the main goal, the following research questions are set. Initially, what factors can affect the real estate price in China? Secondly, how and to what extent do thes
The all-sky survey of Gaia will generate vast amounts of astrometric data, in which there are expected to be thousands of planets found. Finding a system of $n_\textup{p}$ planets requires fitting of a total $5+7n_\textup{p}$ parameters: five astrometric and seven Keplerian parameters for every planet. The problem is thus highly non-linear and computationally prohibitive. After exploiting the line
Background: We are today doing business in a global and increasingly digitalized world where e-commerce has become a significant approach for companies to be successful and to reach a bigger market. Alibaba Group is today considered to be the world’s largest e-commerce company and was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma, a former English teacher from Hangzhou, China. The company’s mission is to make it eas
Sustaining crop yields present challenges worldwide. These challenges vary regionally and climate change may have positive or negative effects on crop yields. Closing yield gaps in already established cropping areas is one of the solutions to increase future food supply. Fraction water yield gaps are defined as how far yields with high levels of nutrients are from attainable (irrigated) yields. In
Two approaches for extracting properties of neutral resonances out of invariant mass distributions are presented: like-sign and event-mixing signal. Additionally a correction function based on event-mixing, aimed at revising detection differences of opposite charged particles, which is applied to the like-sign signal is tested. The analysis is conducted using pp collisions at 7 TeV and concludes a
The official notion of women in Burma is that they are equal to men but happy with their non- political domestic role in society. This notion undermines the work and struggle done by women in the oppositional movement. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to add to the understanding of how women participate in the Burmese ethnic and student oppositional movement. The study used feminist
This study investigated the empirical generalizability of the relationship between sexual minorities Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT), shame and mental and physical health. It was an extension of existing studies and inspired by the framework of Mereish and Poteat’s study in 2015, “A Relational Model of Sexual Minority Mental and Physical Health”. First hypothesis was that there would
According to Reinhart and Rogoff (2009), credit booms have been associated with financial instability and crisis for as long as 800 years. Notwithstanding, the debate on the sustainability of increased indebtedness in the world economy has regained importance, as trends for both public and private debt show rapid rises in the last three decades. To understand the effect of debt accumulation on gro
The Common Agricultural Policy is one of the most important policies within the European Union. However, the support from CAP have had some unexpected consequences for the environment. Major changes were made in 2003 regarding the way payments were given to farmers, in order to reduce the environmental impact of agricultural production. The support was made decoupled, which basically meant a great
Agile software development promotes process adaptability throughout the life cycle of a project. A project is often broken down into smaller tasks and each task involves a cross-functional team working with all functions. There are many different agile methods, which focus on different aspects of the software development life cycle. Two of these agile methods are Kanban and Scrum, which focus on m
New products on the market are likely to be simulated in a computer sometime during the development process. The environment for which the physical model of the product is developed may not always be the optimal for control simulations of the model. To be able to export models from one environment to another a common model definition must be defined. The Functional Mock-up Interface, FMI, provides
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between product market competition and innovation in seven European countries for the period 1987-2006. To approximate change in competition level three measures are considered: mark-up level, import penetration and the number of firms on the market. Innovation is measured as R&D intensity. The analysis shows that effect of product market co
