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Background: The objective was to understand patients' views of treatment after acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, and their reasons for deciding to request surgery despite consenting to participate in a randomised controlled trial (to 'cross-over'). Methods: Thirty-four in-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with young (aged 18-35), physically active individuals with ACL ruptur

Background. Studies suggest an increased risk for compromised cognitive function among cancer survivors. It is unclear to what extent chemotherapy is the cause and how the dysfunction, when present, affects everyday life. The objective was to study self-reported behaviours that may depend on cognitive function, among testicular-cancer survivors who received various cycles of cisplatin-based chemot

After the financial crisis in 2008, governments became more aware about how multinational enterprises exploited gaps in the architecture of the international tax system in the globalized world to artificially shift profits to places where there was little or no taxation. It is estimated that base erosion and profit shifting cost countries 100-240 billion USD in lost revenue annually which is equal

Thesis purpose: The purpose of this study is to gain knowledge about baby boomers’ motivations for using either digital or analogue touchpoints in the high involvement customer journey. This ultimately contributes to an increased understanding of the high involvement customer journey. Methodology: A qualitative study with social constructionism as the research philosophy, where an abductive appro

We are currently witnessing an age of migration and globalisation. The growing hybridisation of societies creates continuous discussion and debate concerning who belongs and who does not. The media are traditionally seen to play an important role in this dispute through representational and discursive practices that contribute to our ideas about ‘us’ and ‘them’, simultaneously affecting the constr

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Oljebolagen i Sverige har bildat SPIMFAB (Svenska Petroleum Institutets Miljösaneringsfond AB) för att identifiera, undersöka och vid behov sanera gamla bensinstationsfastigheter. I Karlaby, Simrishamns kommun, har VBB Viak utfört undersökningar vid en nedlagd bensinstation för SPIMFAB:s räkning. Vattenprover visade att grundvattnet innehöll föroreningar i varieIn Karlaby, southeastern Skåne, the groundwater beneath a former petrol station has been showed to contain hydrocarbons. The objective of this project is to identify possible flowpaths that soluble contaminants may take, to delimit an area in which the contaminants may have spread and to calculate times needed for the contaminants to reach adjacent creeks. A geologic/hydrogeologic model over the i

ABSTRACT Title: The concept of brand heritage from a consumer’s perspective applied to the fast fashion industry, for fast fashion brands and luxury fashion brands Seminar date: 2013-01-17 Course: FEKH29, Business Administration, Degree Project Undergraduate Level, 15 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System points (ECTS) Authors: Shamira Jonsson, Aurora Lundberg och Elisabet Troein A

Abstract Moraxella catarrhalis is a new pathogenic, gram negative bacterium that is the cause of many respiratory tract infections. MID was found to be a unique protein with Ig binding capacities. Moraxella catarrhalis immunoglobulin D (IgD)-binding protein (MID) is an outer membrane protein that has specific binding affinity to the soluble cell bound human IgD. A short fragment of MID comprised

Drinking water is the most important part of our food that we need in everyday life. It is estimated that over one million permanent residents and nearly as many second homes in Sweden uses its own well as the only source of drinking water supply. For example we can point to Landskrona municipality in the south of Sweden where there are about one thousand households that use their drinking water f

The meaning of the concept of psychosocial treatment is ambiguous. The purpose of this study was to examine how professionals within some care institutions, which provide methadone, buprenorphine or naloxone treatment, regard and carry out the psychosocial features of such treatment. Central issues discussed were; how personnel approach the psychosocial features of the treatment, what personnel re

Banks carry a great responsibility when it comes to the financial systems in our society. Disturbance in the credit system affects both lender and borrower. All financial institutions must therefore carefully estimate their risk exposure. This assessment enables them to cover themselves from losses with appropriate capital buffers as main guardian. In order to prevent bank crises and also to maint

Today the newly emerging Chinese MNEs have increasingly been involved in the internationalization activities, but they have not attracted adequate attention in terms of internationalization studies. This paper will be based on Dunning’s Eclectic (OLI) Paradigm as theoretical foundation and deploy the method of case study to analyze the internationalization strategy of the Chinese high-technology M

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Stockholms skärgårds unika miljö utgör livs- och reproduktionsmiljö för ⅓ av Sveriges reproducerande fiskarter. Fisketrycket i detta område har länge varit mycket högt. Detta i kombination med att allt fler turister och fritidsboende söker sig ut till kustområdena ökar behovet av ett effektivt förvaltande av fisken och fisket för att förhindra utarmning samt säkThis work is a GIS study of fishing rights distribution between different categories of owners and properties in the Stockholm Archipelago. The purpose was to create basic data used to establish fishing laws and restrictions within the Stockholm County. Stockholm’s archipelago consists of a unique environment and is the natural life and reproduction environment for ⅓ of Sweden’s reproducing fish s

In this paper Swedish hedge funds and strategies are discussed and analysed. These new financial forms seem to draw recently a huge attention both in media, press and the academic world. The fact is that hedge funds have existed already for a long time but it is still known too little about them. After the introduction of hedge funds, different asset pricing models are discussed including the most

Smålands museum, the museum of Småland, is a museum for the county of Kronoberg, a mission given to the museum by the state and county council. The main fields of the museum are the cultural heritage and the history of culture of the region. The museum of Småland is also the Swedish museum of glass. This Master s thesis focuses on the information requirements of the employees at the museum of Smål

Title: Music experiences - An essay about the composer’s ability to communicate experiences with music. The aim of this essay is to investigate how instrumental music communicates specific feelings, moods and other experiences intended by the composer to listeners. I asked six participants (3 musicians and 3 non-musicians) to listen to nine pieces from baroque to contemporary music. They were aske

Author: Anja Ferhatovic and Therese Stridh Title: Among bibles and holy cows - about maltreatment of children and youth in child welfare. [translated title] Supervisor: Claes Levin Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson The purpose of this study was to examine social workers experiences of maltreatment of children and youth in child welfare. More specifically, our aim was to find out how social worke

Ensuring energy security, eradicating energy poverty, and reducing GHG emissions from the energy sector are some of the key reasons why energy efficiency will be addressed in the Ukraine. The residential sector, being among the major energy consumers in the national economy, has a large energy saving potential. Multi-storey residential buildings currently require general refurbishment, and this fa