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The Paris agreement was the first time all 196 member states agreed to find solutions to fight global warming and keep temperatures 2 degree Celsius. Under the umbrella of the agreement, the Paris Declaration on Electro-Mobility and Climate Change called for action towards electric mobility. India is one country attempting to implement Electric vehicles and has set an ambitious target of reaching
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the ECB’s Asset Purchase Programme has affected the yield spread of eligible green bonds. One further aim is to investigate if the partial effect of bond liquidity on the yield spread among these green bonds is associated with their eligibility for purchase by the ECB Asset Purchase Programme. Methodology: The econometric methodology is
This thesis deals with tourism to Fukushima. Specifically, it examines how traditional tourism and dark tourism shape the identity of Fukushima. In order to do so, the thesis has adapted Digital Methods, particularly by using web crawlers, and visual qualitative content analysis of pictures complemented with word clouds to reveal how Fukushima is conceptualised on different tourism websites. Three
Biometric recognition systems are widely used to recognize an individual. Fingerprints is a biometric identifier and are today widely used in smartphones for biometric recognition. The fingerprint software used in smartphones are great and fast, and usually implemented for one person usage. A fingerprint software used for smartphones often conducts a one-to-one comparison between the sample and th
RAINBOW är ett familjeorienterat kognitivt beteendeterapeutiskt behandlingsprogram som ges i gruppformat med parallella grupper för ungdomar 13 - 18 år med bipolärt syndrom (BPS) och deras föräldrar. Den svenska versionen av RAINBOW har nyligen förstärkts med familjesamtal. I föreliggande studie intervjuas tre ungdomar med BPS och deras tre föräldrar med syftet att undersöka upplevelser av deltagaRAINBOW is a family-oriented cognitive behavioral therapy program that is given a in group format with parallel groups for adolescents 13 - 18 years of age with bipolar disorder (BPS) and their parents. The Swedish version of RAINBOW has recently been enhanced with family sessions. In this study, three adolescents with BPS and their three parents are interviewed with the purpose of investigating e
Thermoresponsive polymers with a lower critical solution temperature, LCST, have attracted interest in the development of new ``smart materials'', which change properties in response to external stimuli. Polymers with an LCST near physiological temperatures are especially relevant in biomedical applications, most notably perhaps in drug delivery systems. The aim of this work is to investi
Diel vertical migration (DVM) is performed by various zooplankton taxa. The general movement pattern of DVM has been well studied while the possible clonal differences of this movement largely remain unknown. My master thesis focus on investigating the effects of environmental stressors on Daphnia magna strains isolated from natural populations. Here I maintained 11 strains of Daphnia magna origin
The failure or flourishing of companies in their core businesses can often be attributed to events and developments rooting outside their focus of attention. Many research streams are concerned with early detection, interpretation and acting upon these weak signals from companies’ peripheries - with Peripheral Vision by Schoemaker & Day (2006) being one of the most systematic approaches. Due t
Land degradation has a negative effect on agriculture, food security and ecosystems. It severely impacts the livelihood of the many people directly depending on agriculture around the world. Drylands are some of the most vulnerable areas around the world. Population increase and climate change add strain on the food production of these areas, making them especially vulnerable to land degradation.
Den här studien undersöker hur unga kvinnor upplever och förstår syftesdriven reklam med feministiska och normbrytande budskap, samt vilka konsekvenser de får för deras uppfattning om den ideala kvinnokroppen. Fenomenet exemplifieras med hjälp av tre reklamkampanjer aktuella från 2016 som alla säger sig ha ett kvinnostärkande budskap. Semistrukturerade intervjuer med tretton unga kvinnor genomfördThis study investigates how young women experience and understand purpose- driven advertising with feminist and norm-breaking messages, and the conse- quences of their perception regarding the ideal body. The phenomenon is exempli- fied by the use of three current campaigns from 2016, all of which say that they have a woman-promoting message. Semi-structured interviews with thirteen young women we
The purpose of this study is to examine if brand-context congruence has an effect on customer-based brand equity and whether brand image impacts this relationship. The relationship between an ad and the surrounding context, so called context congruence, has gained a lot of attention. This as it has been shown to generate beneficial outcomes for brands, such as better brand recall, recognition, and
The notional amounts outstanding of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives had grown exponentially for almost two decades and its rapid growth were mainly due the increase in OTC interest rate derivatives. As of december 2014, the total notional amounts outstanding in the global OTC market was 630 trillions USD and the OTC interest rate derivatives represents about 80% of the market. Trading with OTC
This thesis project is aimed to answer the questions: What could be done to design areas for making them flood resilient? How can sustainable urban design be adapted to provide flood resilience while transforming an area into a more livable space? Starting with these questions, the past of Hamburg and existing situation have been analyzed, a research has been done about the floods, climate change
This paper aspire to deepen the knowledge and understanding of how Afghan unaccompanied refugees experience their integration process depending on the decision from the Migration agency. The paper is based on four semistructured interviews. In 2015 a large number of Afghan unaccompanied refugees arrived to Sweden to seek asylum in order to protect themselves from the occurrences of their origin co
When choosing topic for my project I felt the urge to work threedimensionally and develop shapes with my hands. Before starting the industrial design education I had taken some classes in ceramics and now I wanted to integrate ceramics in my design work. My project developed into exploring ceramics and to use its properties in a favourable way in a sustainable product. Flexibility in both form
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an immune-mediated disease where the pancreatic beta cells are selectively destroyed by autoreactive CD8+ T cells. However, the triggering events that eventually leads to autoreactive CD8 T cells infiltrating the pancreatic islets and, subsequently, destroying them still needs to be unveiled. Genetic and epidemiological evidence points to a substantial influence of environ
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was any correlation between the three variables organizational socialization, person-organization fit and job satisfaction. If a correlation was to be found the aim of the study was to examine which of the independent variables organizational socialization and person-organization fit that is the best predictor to the dependent variable job
The aim of this essay was to illustrate how poor women with children in Nicaragua saw themselves and the role they played. For the realization of this study I used the qualitative method consisted in interviews of six women who live in a poor neighborhood in the city of León. To be able to reach this essay’s purpose, it was of the utmost importance to answer on what was their role, what conception
In one way or another, everyone is a pedestrian. The planning for walkable cities has received more and more attention over the years. Researchers in the fields of transportation, the health sciences, urban design, and environmental psychology have all contributed to the walkability research by focusing on different aspects of walking. Walkability can be defined as factors related to the planning-
Recycling reduces the need for new raw materials and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the new waste legislation from the EU and the Swedish government imposes higher recycling requirements on Swedish municipalities. Starting from January 1, 2024, it will be mandatory for all EU member states to separately collect food waste through curbside collection. The Swedish government has also decided
