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In this thesis I have investigated drivers of European Equity Long/Short hedge funds by analyzing the risk and return of individual Equity Long/Short hedge funds in different market environments. The results show that there are few macroeconomic drivers that can consistently explain the risk and return of individual European Equity Long/Short hedge funds. Running multifactor regression models on e
Abstract Authors: Max Elmgren and Magnus Svensson Title: Fairness of assessment or individual assessment – a study of local guidelines‟ implementation in social service. [translated title] Supervisor: Susanna Johansson Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The purpose of this study was to explore how local guidelines are implemented in the assessment of social welfare in two different social welfa
Dagens TV-program bygger i de flesta fall på ett bakomliggande TV-format. Formaten har under de senaste åren blivit en allt viktigare del av TV-industrin och idag är de föremål för en handel som årligen omsätter miljardbelopp. I takt med att marknaden för format expanderat har ökande konkurrens inom mediebranschen gjort att striden om TV-tittarna hårdnat. TV-bolagen har tvingats fokusera allt mer The television programs of today are in most cases based on an underlying television format. The use of TV formats has in recent years become an increasingly important part of the television industry and today they are subject of a billion dollar trade. As a result of the format market's expansion and the increased competition within the media industry the battle for viewers has intensified. T
It’s hard to find any hospital merger that has been a success. In spite of that, the politicians continue to merge hospitals in Sweden and internationally. It seems just like it has become a trend to merge hospitals. One of the main reasons for unsuccessful hospital mergers is said to be resistance from doctors as a profession. The purpose of this essay is to find out if the doctors as a profess
The overall aim of this study is to get closer look at the prehistoric individual on a more social level. This will be attempted through a qualitative understanding of how one can interpret gender using a source material from two Iron Age cemeteries both located in the very southeastern corner of Sweden. In doing this, the study revolves around a crucial understanding of three theoretical ideas: G
With innovation taking centre stage in the global quest for economic development in recent years, Sweden’s southernmost county of Skåne has set out to become Europe’s most innovative region by 2020. Supporting and developing youth’s innovative capacity is viewed as one of the several ways to achieve this goal. This thesis looks at the relationship between youth innovation and spaces where it is en
Climate change induced migration is sometimes pictured as an urgent up-coming crisis that could result in waves of international refugees and violent conflicts, and sometimes as part of human history. It is a contested topic, an issue that divides actors and that still has no agreed upon definition. To get a better understanding of the debate, this thesis sets out to display the main discussions a
En omfattande samling koproliter från tre lokaler med sediment från sen kritatid i Münsterbassängen (nordvästra Tyskland) har studerats med en mängd olika analytiska tekniker med avsikten att belysa urtida trofiska nivåer och relationen mellan rovdjur och bytesdjur. Den fosfatiska sammansättningen, inneslutningar av benmaterial, storlek och form tyder på att de flesta eller samtliga koproliter proA large number of coprolites from three localities with Upper Cretaceous strata from the Münster Basin (northwestern Germany) have been subjected to a wide array of analytical techniques with the aim of shedding some light on ancient trophic structures and predator–prey interactions. The phosphatic composition, bone inclusions, size and morphology suggest that most or all coprolites were produced
Valutakursrisk har historiskt hanterats med negativt korrelerad eller okorrelerade instrument för att minska den totala risken i en portfölj. Som ett resultat av en integrerad värld har sådana instrument blivit allt mer sällsynta. Råvaror såsom guld har påvisat ett negativt samband och mycket av den bakomliggande teorin i uppsatsen är därför starkt relaterad till guldet. Digitala valutor är ett nyExchange rate risk has historically been dealt with through negatively correlated or uncorrelated instruments in order to reduce the overall risk in a portfolio. As a result of an integrated world, such instruments have become increasingly rare. Commodities such as gold have demonstrated a negative relationship, therefore much of the underlying theory in this thesis is strongly related to gold. Di
Slow sand filters (SSF) are biofilters which utilize the metabolic potential of complex biofilms to remove contaminants, such as harmful chemicals, organic carbon and pathogenic bacteria, from drinking water. This study presents the first analysis of fungal internally transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences in samples from two newly constructed and one established SSF, all of which underwent a removal
Studiens syfte är att titta på de potentiella för- och nackdelarna med att använda flipped classroom som metod i gitarrundervisning. Vidare så ämnar den identifiera ett antal riktlinjer för hur videomaterial skulle kunna utformas för den här typen av gitarrundervisning. Studien består av fem intervjuer med tre gitarrlärare och två gitarrelever, med varierande erfarenheter av videor som verktyg förThe purpose of this is study is to look at the potential benefits and possible disadvantages of using the flipped classroom model in the context of guitar teaching. It also seeks to find guidelines for creating instructional videos for this form of pedagogy. The study consists of five interviews with three teachers and two students, with varying experience of using the video format as a tool for g
Tuberculosis (TB) and other mycobacterial infections have become more difficult to treat since the strains need to be screened for resistance. Furthermore, the half-year long treatment time could harm hepatocytes as a side effect of the treatment. This calls for discovery of new compounds for a successful treatment. One such promising peptide was recently discovered and called NZX. In this study
Barley naturally contains high amounts of dietary fibre, however it is not widely used in health promoting purposes. Barley is traditionally used for malting in beer and whisky and it is often overlooked as a candidate for other applications. In this study five barley varieties are evaluated from a technical and a nutritional point of view. The aim of the study is to conduct a literature review re
Considerable attention has been devoted to assessing the biological consequences of global warming during the past decades. Phenological events in plants, especially onset of flowering, has generally been observed to advance with rising temperature. However, phenology research is often restricted to short time periods because of limited data availability. Collection of flowering data from herbariu
Optogenetics is unfolding new ways for us to study the nervous system and could one day be a standard approach to treat neurological diseases like epilepsy. To selectively study the effects on a subcellular level, microscopic light sources are needed. Nanostructure, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can realize this criteria but processing to connect and protect them is necessary before any fruitful op
Baxter develops medical devices that take advantage of reverse osmosis to purify water that’s being used in dialysis fluids. Reverse osmosis is a commonly used water purification process that removes unwanted particles from the water. The membrane that is used to purify the water has a temperature dependency that changes the performance of the membrane when the temperature is changed. When loweri
The average life expectancy for large companies on the fortune 500 list has declined rapidly since the 1950s. One major reason is the growing competition from new actors on the market. Innovation has become one of the most important competencies for companies to get ahead of the competition. The growing demand for companies to be innovative and at the same time operate their core business have dee
In 2006, the city of Korsør in Slagelse Municipality in Denmark experienced the worst storm surge recorded in history. In order to prevent greater damage of buildings and sensitive infrastructures in the future, dikes and evacuation procedures have been brought up for discussion. This thesis examines resilience to flooding in Korsør by conducting in-depth qualitative interviews with a resident fro
As the food demand is rising, the need for sustainable and healthy food products is increasing. Today, many side streams in the food industry are lost even though it can be used as food for humans. The aim of this master thesis project was to investigate and characterize the properties of a by-product from oat drink production and to use the by-product as a main ingredient in vegan oat patties.
The project sets in Prishtina, Kosovo, and explores the oasis of a park in the middle of the intense city. The different movements created by us, has led to the interest of developing architectural fragments of stops to activate the park and further extend the public use of the National Library: a way of creating new movements in order to connect them two together. “A search for the path of total
