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In the world today 2.5 billion have no access to improved sanitation. This causes social, economic and environmental consequences and therefore weakens all three pillars of sustainability. The sanitation deficit although decreasing in relative terms has increased in absolute numbers since 1990. Conventional water-based systems are costly, pollute the environment and require heavy resource use. Thi
Reshoring is a novel phenomenon and not much research can be found about it. That is why any insight about this phenomenon is an asset. A gap is filled through providing a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of reshoring in European Union. It is also going to be analysed if the EC’s current policies on fulfilling the goals of reindustrialization are also effective on increasing reshoring activi
The compact city model emerged as a sustainable response against the dominant trend of urban sprawl. However, the compact city model is not without controversy. Many scholars have questioned the veracity, feasibility and desirability of the compact city through three sets of critiques. Results from the desirability dimension have led to criticism of the model for running counter to the residential
This master thesis takes its point of departure in the conflicting worldviews of modernism and post-modernism. As traditional segmentation theory springs from the modernist worldview, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of the complexity regarding market segmentation for lifestyle brands in contemporary society, where the consumer is often claimed to be post-modern. The research was
The world market changed quite dramatically when China joined the WTO in 2001 and fully entered the world market. It had implications for both importing and exporting countries, as China’s entrance on the world market increased the supply of cheap manufactured goods. This is thought to have caused US consumers to replace Mexican products with Chinese, and to have slowed down or decreased Mexican e
Using spectra of RR Lyrae stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) a metallicity snapshot from an early epoch in the history of the SMC could possibly be obtained. The SMC, one of our closest neighbours in the Local Group of galaxies, offers the opportunity to study another galaxy close-up. The history of the SMC can be traced using the chemical characteristics of its different generations of sta
Popular Science Summary The aim of this thesis is to develop a method for the selective cleavage of a carbon fluorine bond with a transition metal. The main focus is directed towards the synthesis of a gemdifluoro, syn-diphosphine compound XX. When treated with iridium the metal should bind to the phosphines which keeps it close enough to the carbon fluorine bond to break it and form what is known
The objective of this master thesis is to review the present and future condition of generator step up power transformers at the combined heat and power plant Öresundsverket, in Malmö. The objective of this work was to prolong the lifetime of power transformers at Öresundsverket. The thermal properties of power transformer are been taking into consideration for their life time assessment. The most
Collaborative consumption is a recently emerged consumption pattern based on the practice of sharing, swapping, lending, bartering and other similar modes of exchange, practiced instead of the conventional way of buying products and services. The unique character of this consumption practice suggests a shift in the idea of private ownership, where accessing products becomes more important than own
Popular science summary Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) is a common B cell lymphoma of the Western world and the therapies used to treat it have considerable side effects. Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection is associated with the pathogenesis of HL, though little is known about its contribution. B-lymphocyte undergoes two rounds of differentiation; first in the bone marrow where it becomes a Naïve B cell
Air pollution still poses a serious air quality problem. There are numerous of different sources for air pollution. One of them is ship traffic, which has an effect on human health as well as the climate system. We decided to investigate one of the largest shipping lanes in the North Sea to what extent ships actually contribute to the particle concentrations in inland locations. Both particle numb
This thesis set out with the aim of answering the question to what extent an increased dependency on auto financing has affected the likelihood of bankruptcy. A regression analysis is used to statistically measure if risk is transferred from captives to automotive manufacturing groups during the years 2002 and 2008. Measurements of credit risk in both a quantitative and qualitative manner are eval
The synthesis of a C-2-symmetric cleft molecule 2 based on the fused framework between bicyclo-[3.3. 1] nonane and 4-oxo-5-azaindole, incorporating a self-complementary hydrogen-bonding motif, in both racemic and enantiomerically pure forms is reported. This cleft molecule is reminiscent of analogues of Troger's base though with different cleft dimensions and tilt angles. The framework of 2 provid
Techniques for manipulating, separating, and trapping particles and cells are highly desired in today's bioanalytical and biomedical field. The microfluidic chip-based acoustic noncontact trapping method earlier developed within the group now provides a flexible platform for performing cell- and particle-based assays in continuous flow microsystems. An acoustic standing wave is generated in etched
The response of the glaciation and precipitation of U multi-thermal cumulus cloud to changes in the aerosol concentration has been assessed in a series of sensitivity tests with the UMIST Explicit Microphysics Model (EMM). A simulation of this cloud from the Met Office cloud-resolving model (CRM) has been utilized in these tests. This cumulus cloud was observed h aircraft during the initial stage
