Search results

Bumblebees and other pollinators are important contributors to the ecosystem service of pollination of wild plants and crops. As in many pollinating insects, their abundance and diversity have declined in recent years, due to loss of natural habitats and fragmentation associated with urbanization and agricultural intensification. However, in urban areas, green space management beneficial to pollin

This research is inspired by the concerns of deterioration of the environment by human activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the world. SMEs as organizational level members of societies are responsible for environmental sustainability as other society members for the damages of their business activities to the environment. The current study aims

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur frontpersonalen på Arbetsförmedlingen i Åstorp arbetar med att bygga upp förtroendet hos kunden. Frontpersonalens uppfattning och upplevelser har undersökts. Förkunskapen om hur myndigheten arbetar och hur förtroende begreppet ska definieras erhölls av en innehållsanalys på ett internt dokument hos Arbetsförmedlingen. Frontpersonalens uppf

Denna uppsats syftar till att tillhandahålla förståelse kring de bestämmande faktorer som påverkar användandet av factoring och de upplevda attityderna gentemot factoring. Uppsatsen kommer även tillhandahålla en samtida syn på factoring som finansieringsmetod och försöka förklara användandet med hjälp av finansiella teorier. Uppsatsen använder en kvantitativ forskningsstrategi med en kombination aThis thesis aims to provide an understanding regarding the determinants of the usage of factoring and the perceived attitudes towards factoring. It will also provide a contemporary view of factoring as a financing solution and try to explain the usage in the context of financial theories. The thesis uses a quantitative research strategy combined with a mixture of a deductive and inductive approach

Over the past decade, flooding has been a great issue for several countries in Europe. With the movement of people and assets to flood prone areas, consequences due to flooding are increasing. Coping with this problem requires an effective response to flood risks. Therefore, this work has aimed to describe the emergency response to the 2013 flood incident in Suffolk, UK. This, in order to provide

Title: Capturing Ideas in Retail Chains - A Case Study of Telia Company Seminar date: May 30 2016 Course: BUSN68 Degree Project in Accounting and Management Control Authors: Lotta Fahlander and Cecilia Prior Advisor: Mattias Haraldsson Five key words: Management Control Systems, Innovation, Retail, Idea Capturing, Suggestion Systems Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to describe and anal

Title: Examining the hybrid nurse manager University: Lund University School of Economics and Management Course: BUSN49 Master’s Degree Project Authors: Lovisa Bunner & Kim Rosdahl Supervisor: Charlotta Levay Submission date: 20th of May, 2016 Key words: Professional-managerial hybrid role, Hybrid nurse manager, Identity Purpose: The purpose of the study is to expand our understanding about t

The purpose of this study was to examine office designs, in terms of private, shared, and open plan offices. This was done by comparing the participants reported indoor climate, communication climate, and work engagement experienced in respective office design. The study was conducted with the background of the trend to use an open plan design in office spaces. Cross-sectional data on 2322 partici

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to do an investigation on the interlinkages between CEO compensation and the firm risk. It further intends to see in particular, whether the firm risk has been interlinked with components of compensation like CEO’s incentive/bonus and stock options. Theoretical framework: CEO compensation, Incentives programs, Stock option, Risk management, Principal agency

Antigen presenting cells (APC) have the ability to present both extra-cellular and intra-cellular antigens via MHC class I molecules to CD8(+) T cells. The cross presentation of extra-cellular antigens is reduced in mice with deficient Antigen Peptide Transporter 1 (TAP1)-dependent MHC class I antigen presentation, and these mice are characterized by a diminished CD8(+) T cell population. We have

SIK2 (salt-inducible kinase 2) is a member of the AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) family of kinases and is highly expressed in adipocytes. We investigated the regulation of SIK2 in adipocytes in response to cellular stimuli with relevance for adipocyte function and/or AMPK signalling. None of the treatments, including insulin, cAMP inducers or AICAR (5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide riboside), a

Background: Performance of migrating birds can be affected by a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors like morphology, meteorological conditions and migration strategies. We compared travel speeds of four raptor species during their crossing of the Sahara desert. Focusing the analyses on this region allows us to compare different species under equivalent conditions in order to disentangle whic

Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management requires the establishment and implementation of procedures relating to road safety impact assessments (RSIA), road safety audits (RSA), ranking of high accident concentration sections and network safety ranking (NSR) and road safety inspections (RSI). The aim of this article is to present the outputs of BALTRIS project. The goal of the

Background: Identification and adequate management of individuals at risk for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is crucial since surveillance programmes reduce morbidity and mortality. We investigated knowledge about key features of HNPCC in at risk individuals and physicians in surgery, gynecology and oncology. Methods: Data were collected using a questionnaire which was answered

Objectives. To investigate the caries risk profiles in young adults and to compare the risk classification using the Public Dental Service (PDS) guidelines with a risk assessment program, the Cariogram. Materials and methods. All 19-year-old patients registered at eight public dental clinics were invited to participate (n = 1699). The study group who completed the baseline examination consisted of

Reforestation of ex-arable land in temperate regions increases the area of potential habitat for forest plants. However, the herbaceous plant layer of these plantations contains fewer forest species than comparable plantations at continuously forested sites. One of the reasons for this might be differences in recruitment. The present study addresses post-dispersal seed predation, mainly of woody p

Systemic glucose homeostasis is profoundly influenced by adipose cell function. Here we investigated GLUT4 dynamics in living adipose cells from human subjects with varying BMI and insulin sensitivity index (S-i) values. Cells were transfected with hemagglutinin (HA)-GLUT4-green fluorescent protein (GFP)/mCherry (red fluorescence), and were imaged live using total internal reflection fluorescence