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In the last couple of years, an increase of electric bicycle users has been shown in Sweden, a trend that is assumed to continue. With an electric bicycle, the ability to reach a higher speed, and with greater acceleration, enhances compared to a traditional bike. For the surrounding road users, these factors makes it difficult to determine speed and risks which can lead to an increasing uncertain
The aim of this study is to explore and understand how feminism or something that resembles feminism could be portrayed visually and verbally. In order to shed light on this question, an advertising image by the clothing company Monki promulgated in 2016, is analyzed through a set of different theories, and compared to an art piece by the conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. The study demonstrates, w
Abstract Introduction: Understanding customer satisfaction is a central objective of organiza- tions. Besides, satisfaction is an indicator of how customers perceive the quality of an offered product or service. Relating to the literature, the customer satisfaction of interna- tional students has become increasingly important for higher educational institutions in recent years due to globalization
Titel: Intermodal flygplatstillgänglighet: En flerfaldig fallstudieundersökning av ett framtida resecentrum för Malmö Airport med en tåganslutning. Författare: Adam Lunderup Handledare: Andreas Persson, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Cecilia Hagert, Swedavia AB Henrik Ivre, Swedavia AB Bakgrund: Malmö Airport har svårigheter att bidra med tillräcklig flygplatstillgänglighet och konkurr
In December 2014, Nicaragua officially launched one of the world’s largest engineering projects in history, as construction began on a 278 km transoceanic canal with an estimated cost of US$50 billion. To implement and finance the project, Nicaragua has made an agreement with the foreign investor HKND that has received widespread attention and critique. The purpose of this thesis is to examine thi
The goal of this investigation is to study the performance of two different aspects of neural network ensembles: one ensemble contains over-trained networks and the other very many members. The over-training of the networks within the first ensemble is achieved with a larger number of hidden neurons than the approximation task in question would require. The result of the investigation is that over
Title: Development of a Forecasting Model for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Components. A Design Science Study at Tetra Pak. Authors: Faruk Kodzaga & Giacomo Daniele Supervisor: Jan Olhager, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics Background: The importance of accurate demand forecast is set due to the drivers of short lead-times, just-in-time-deliveries and cost effective
This thesis utilizes panel data from 38 OECD countries, spanning 21 years to estimate the impact of corporate income taxes on foreign direct investment. This analysis aims to examine how the relationship between these two variables has changed due to the launch of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project from the OECD/G20. Regressions are computed both for the full time period and three
En allt mer åldrande befolkning och ett större fokus på att hålla sig frisk har lett till ett ökat intresse för naturbaserade produkter som ger lugnande och hälsofrämjande effekter som lätt kan inkorporeras i människors vardag. En molekyl som är intressant för sådana applikationer är avenantramider (AVN): en havrebaserad förening som har uppvisat antioxidativ kapacitet och anti-klåda, antiinflammaAs populations grow older and more focus is put on feeling and looking healthy, interest has grown in nature-based products providing soothing, replenishing, and health beneficial effects that can easily be incorporated into people’s everyday lives. A compound interesting for such applications is avenanthramides (AVN): an oat-based compound that has been shown to exhibit antioxidant capacity and a
Making Europe climate neutral by 2050 is the primary goal of the European Green Deal. This goal has given rise to sustainable finance and action plans for financing sustainable growth. Such commitment is ensured by the legal initiatives put forward by the Commission. The Non-Financial Reporting Directive introduced the requirements for some firms to produce a sustainability report based on disclos
Swedish office buildings of the 60’s present at least 27% higher heating demand than from the current standards foreseen. This underlines their need for energy renovation. Meanwhile, office buildings are occupied during daytime, thus internal and solar gains are in phase. Consequently, such buildings could experience overheating problems. A seasonal adaptable envelope, such as a ventilated double
Men’s violence against women has since 2002 been classified as a priority health issue by the World Health Organization (WHO). The aim of this study was to, based on seven autobiographies by abused women, research what coping strategies abused women use, as well as what leads them to leave the relationship. The method used for our research was a qualitative text analysis of autobiographies written
Since Denmark's ?no? to the Maastricht treaty in 1992, public opinion and support for European Integration has been the subject of increasing study. Now that referendums play a greater role in the construction of the European Union, as demonstrated by the forthcoming ratification of the European Constitution, European leaders are finding it necessary to pay more attention to Eurosceptic factio
This postgraduate thesis examines various assumption models for energy usage for water heating used in Sweden. The models are compared with the measured energy use in a number of small apartment buildings. Norway and Finland currently use standard models for energy calculations during the production of new buildings but in Sweden the planners are free to select an appropriate model of their choice
Background: There has been a recent global movement toward certification of “green” buildings. The Sweden Green Building Council currently supports four sustainable building certification schemes: LEED, BREEAM, Miljöbyggnad, and GreenBuilding. These systems use widely disparate criteria to assess building sustainability and are adopted at differing rates within the nation. They are also constantly
Background: Intervention trials that have demonstrated significant effects may not always replicate those effects when scaled up. This study aimed to test whether scaling-up a successful cluster randomized trial (the COMMUNICATE study, 9 intervention communities), which promoted population-level physical activity (PA), could promote PA in a broader citywide setting (29 communities) after two years
Aims: We aimed to create a predictive model utilizing machine learning (ML) to identify new cases of congestive heart failure (CHF) in individuals with diabetes in primary health care (PHC) through the analysis of diagnostic data. Methods: We used a sex- and age-matched case–control design. Cases of new CHF were identified across all outpatient care settings 2015–2022 (n = 9098). We included indiv
Micro-society experimental setups are increasingly used to infer aspects of human behavioural evolution. A key part of human society today is our dependence on, and use of, technology–whether simple (such as a knife) or complex (such as the technology that underpins AI). Previously, two groups of researchers used an abstracted-wheel experiment to explore the evolution of human technical behaviour,
Our study illustrates the nature and characteristics of the virtual world Second Life. We have identified that the online community aims to satisfy hedonistic needs through social and conspicuous consumption, for online use only, concentrating on socially accepted identity construction.
Våldtäkter i Sverige är ett fenomen som fått mycket belysning i media, men där det funnits ganska lite forskning om hur profilerna på de som begår brotten ser ut. Gärningsmannaprofilering har ett värde i att det kan hjälpa polisen avgränsa sökområdet, men profilering är också en disciplin inom forskningen där det funnits stora skillnader mellan olika länder. Därför är det viktigt att det bedrivs fRape is a criminal phenomenon that is widely recognized in Sweden, both journalistically and politically, but where research concerning the offenders' profiles is very sparse. Offender profiling is a valuable investigative tool which may help law enforcement limit their search parameters and prevent information overload. However, there are national disparities between crime scene actions and b
