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The low-carbon benefits and emissions savings from circular economy (CE) strategies are not yet well understood, yet are crucial for global development within Planetary Boundaries. Using the mineral fraction of waste incinerator bottom ash (MIBA) as construction material in road construction is one application of a CE strategy that could lead to environmental gains by substituting energy-intensive
Abstract Title: Developing an Inventory Control Policy and Forecasting Model for an E- Commerce Company Authors: Patrik Lorentsson & Nilan Nabavieh Supervisor: Johan Marklund, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics Background: Increasingly competitive business environments forces companies to develop better control of the material flows in their supply chain. Inventories are oft
Climate change and human impact play a huge role in the sustainability and development of ecosystems and the services they offer to societies over temporal and spatial scales. Fossil pollen-based estimates provide unique information on past land cover change, but to date there are not many methods able to create spatially continuous maps and have a fine scale of land cover changes inferred from po
2009 infördes de första svenska reglerna kring begränsningar av rätten att göra avdrag för ränteutgifter. De svenska reglerna kring ränteavdragsbegränsningar infördes mot bakgrund av den ökning av skatteplanering som kunnat ses utnyttjas inom intressegemenskaper. Reglerna kring begränsning av avdragsrätten för ränteutgifter har sedan dess uppdaterats såväl 2013 som 2019. Samtliga av dessa regelpakIn 2009, the first Swedish rules were introduced regarding restrictions on the right to deduct interest expenses. The Swedish rules on interest deduction restrictions were introduced against the background of the increase in tax planning that could be seen to be used within communities of interest. The rules on limiting the right to deduct interest expenses have since been updated in both 2013 and
Även om Sverige anses vara ett av världens mest jämställda länder så anmäls hundratals fall av misstänkt könsdiskriminering varje år. Det svenska rättighetsskyddet utgörs till stor del av Europeiska Unionens bestämmelser som omvandlats till svensk lag som myndigheter och domstolar behöver följa. Risken finns att gravida kvinnor diskrimineras på arbetsmarknaden och därför är syftet med uppsatsen atEven though Sweden is considered to be one of the world's most equal countries, hundreds of cases of suspected gender discrimination are reported every year. The legal protection in Sweden largely consists of regulations from the European Union that have been transformed into Swedish law. There is a risk that pregnant women are discriminated against in the labour market and therefore the purpo
Palsa mires are typical wetland landscapes of the Arctic regions, consisting of mosaics of palsas (raised formations of peat and permafrost) and shallow ponds, all embedded in wet mires. These heterogeneous habitats support rich and abundant wader populations, which breed there during the short Arctic summer. Although being threatened by climate change, relatively little is known about the ecologi
Job satisfaction is a complex concept that has mainly been investigated in a quantitative nature from several perspectives. Most past studies have focused solely on investigating full-time employees quantitatively, without taking into account other employment types such as part-time student employees, or other methods of data collection. Additionally, a lack of studies exist focusing on comparing
Green energy defaults (where the uptake of renewable energy is promoted among households by opt-out tariffs) are gaining increasing interest with policy makers, due to the high enrolment rates shown in (experimental) studies. Such default choices are often justified on normative and behavioural grounds as although consumers express a desire and willingness to pay for green energy, they often fail
Bathing water is of great concern as almost all bodies of water in Sweden today are affected by human activities. Usage of models for bathing water quality may give the possibility to assess and evaluate short-term contamination. The main objective of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a script for degradation of the faecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, E. coli, in an aquatic environme
Particle size can be an important variable to know in many different areas, be it smoke simulations, toxicity of materials or tests of face masks. Fires in a reduced oxygen environment can occur for ventilation-controlled fires or in areas with artificially lowered oxygen levels. The effects of lower concentrations of oxygen on heat release rate, smoke production etc. has been studied, but any eff
Global climate change has brought more frequent and severe heatwaves which affect all areas of human life. Occupational safety and health of construction workers is one of the most severely affected areas in Asia and Africa, but also Europe. This thesis focuses on the most recent heat wave from summer 2019 and observes its effects on construction workers in the Netherlands, with examples from immi
Background and objectives: The transdiagnostic approach states that mental disorders share common psychopathological processes which are expressed in disorder-specific ways. The first purpose of this thesis was to examine the transdiagnostic validity of repetitive negative thinking (RNT) and emotion regulation (ER) difficulties across major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (
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
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
To study the direct electron transfer (DET) of the multicofactor enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) in regard to its orientation on an electrode surface, a recently published, maleimide-based immobilization method was used in combination with site-directed mutagenesis to establish different orientations on an electrode surface. CDH from Myriococcum thermophilum was chosen for this study because
Neuromuscular disorders are often caused by heterogeneous mutations in large, structurally complex genes. Targeting compensatory modifier genes could be beneficial to improve disease phenotypes. Here we report a mutation-independent strategy to upregulate the expression of a disease-modifying gene associated with congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A) using the CRISPR activation system in m
Artificial groundwater recharge is commonly used for drinking water supply. The resulting water quality is highly dependent on the raw water quality. In many cases, pre-treatment is required. Pre-treatment improves the drinking water quality, although how and to what extent it affects the subsequent pond water quality and infiltration process, is still unknown. We evaluated two treatment systems b
AIMS : Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), now a common procedure to treat high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, has rapidly been expanding into younger and lower-risk populations, creating a need to better understand long-term outcome after TAVI. The aim of the present investigation was to determine the incidence, risk factors for, clinical presentation of, and outcome after
Context: Breathlessness is associated with depression, but its relationship to anxiety or impaired function is less clear. Objectives: This study evaluated associations between chronic breathlessness and anxiety, depression, and functional status in the general population. Methods: This cross-sectional study of consenting adults (18 years and older) used an online survey. Quota sampling (n = 3000)
Background: Growing evidence suggests a role of occupation in the emergence and manifestation of dementia. Occupations are often defined by complexity level, although working environments and activities differ in several other important ways. We aimed to capture the multi-faceted nature of occupation through its measurement as a qualitative (instead of a quantitative) variable and explored its rel
