There is a global demand for sustainable industrial development and a call to make manufacturing “greener”. Nanotechnologies are in a promising position to be early adopters of this concept. Advancements in the nanomaterial industry can help confront global issues, and aid in sustainable development that enables positive economic, environmental, and social changes. Formal evaluation of a product’s

This thesis project challenges the current municipality plans for Trollhättan 4, 6 and 7 in Malmö and suggests an alternative vision for the place. Instead of working with high-density offices, residential buildings and retail, the project aims to work with a program such as spa and a bath with a distinct public character.

This thesis evaluates the performance of an EPR programme for post-consumer PET waste management by PET recycling company (PETCO) in South Africa. It analyses waste management policies of South Africa that are relevant to EPR. Using a set of evaluative tools, the thesis reveals areas for improvement in the EPR scheme. It also identifies areas in informal sector interventions where EPR can contribu

In contrast to a quite vast literature on the underlying external reasons for the current South Korea-Japan bilateral relationship, there is less research undertaken on the subjective contextual factors of how a nation state shape its foreign policies and create its perception of a security threat. Even less exists on the domestic debates and how these possibly influence the bilateral relationship

This study utilizes a panel data of 69 developing and developed countries to analyze the impacts of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on the innovation outcomes of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The panel analysis is assisted with detailed observations on successful cases that have achieved impressive innovation outcomes over the years, in or

Single use, disposable food packaging comprises a significant portion of the global waste stream resulting from food consumption systems. In an attempt to devise a preventative approach to food retail waste management, niche zero packaging retailers have established shop across the world. Food provision through these retailers aims to generate negligible amounts of disposable packaging waste. Over

The importance of structural demands is usually overlooked in the conceptual design phase. Architects commonly conceive the geometry of a structure without much involvement of an engineer or with regards to structural demands. This is in part because a lack of tools available to engineers in this phase. The common paradigm for structural analysis software interface badly with the iterative and cha

Denna studie undersöker kommunikationsmönster mellan elever och lärare på gymnasiet inom ramen för ensembleundervisning. Syftet med studien är att ge exempel på metakognitiva lärandeprocesser i musikundervisning, belysa vilka kommunikationsmönster (diskurser) som skapas och hur de skapas i dessa processer. De teoretiska utgångspunkterna utgår från socialkonstruktionism, symbolisk interaktionism o

Sialic acids are monosaccharides commonly located towards the end of the glycans in the human cell membrane. Therefore, sialic acids are in direct contact with the surroundings of the cell and are important antigens involved in the identification of human cells for the immune system. Some pathogenic bacteria have developed mechanisms for absorbing this sugar, and can use it to glycosylate their li

This paper questions the relation between narrative and symbolic violence in a Japanese context. It stresses the importance of children’s literature for socialization into a specific sociocultural reality and it especially focuses on the role played by folktales and picture books with their representations of narrative violence. By assuming a structural perspective on the sociology of childhood, t

This thesis examines social media campaigns in the Austrian NGO sector, focusing on fundraising, awareness-raising and advocacy campaigns. Building knowledge on existing literature on social media and the theory of social marketing, as well as through conducting practitioner interviews success factors of social media campaigns of Austrian NGOs are identified. The main limitation of this study is,

The aim of this thesis is to describe the rights of asylum seekers, refugees and migrant workers with regard to the right to have access to employment, the right to work under safe and fair conditions and the right to have access to social security in the Netherlands. One of the purposes of this thesis is furthermore to bring clarity and awareness to the fact that asylum seekers and refugees have

This study will show what particular elements, by using a digital tool such as Pluttra, in the practice of conducting pedagogical documentation in the Swedish preschools are profound. By conducting an ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation among the preschool teachers at one preschool, and in-depth interviews with two preschool teachers at another preschool, within the same town. The e

The Image of Sweden abroad usually comes with positive connotations. Some of Sweden’s perceived strengths, e.g. being open, authentic, caring, and innovative, are represented in the Strategy for the Image of Sweden (2013). However, changing circumstances, such as the implementation of internal border controls as a result of the migration crisis beginning in autumn 2015, along with a changing polit

Looking from a PR perspective, sport can be seen as a microcosm of social life, and be used to reveal underlying values as power relations in society. This qualitative case study concerned itself with the social identity construction of female athletes and the effect of social change on this identity, in order to analyse gender issues in society. While taking a constructionist approach, the theore

Trade and economic growth have boomed over the latest centuries, and trade has for long been seen as an engine of economic growth. Research over the years has been consistent of the fact that there is a relationship between the two but it has not been established how this relationship works. This study contributes to earlier research by examining whether it is beneficial for domestic economic grow

Sub-meter level spatial resolution remote sensing products are essential for Precision Agriculture (PA) applications. Recent development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with imaging sensors provides opportunity to generate sub-meter level, timely, and cloud free remote sensing products. This study is a preliminarily assessment of a multi-rotor UAV with consumer grade optical camera and five spect

Abstract A current problem in Sweden is the housing shortage. Especially young people are affected since there is a lack of small apartments. One way to increase the amount of smaller apart- ments is to retrofit unused lofts. To facilitate this type of reconstructions the Swedish parlia- ment voted for a legislative change on the first of July 2014. The change says that no elevator needs to be ins

Habitatminskning är ett stort hot mot den biologiska mångfalden, som ofta orsakar sämre spridning mellan habitat. I och med att kunskapen om landskapssamband har växt, har GIS-verktyg för att rumsligt analysera landskapssamband för olika arter blivit allt vanligare. Idag finns flera programvaruverktyg, men få studier har jämfört deras skillnader och hur de kan användas inom naturvårdsplanering. I Habitat loss is a major threat to biodiversity, and often causes decreased connectivity between habitats. Geographical Information System (GIS) tools for spatially analysing landscape connectivity for different species have become increasingly common with the expansion of the field of landscape connectivity. Today several software tools are available, but few studies have compared their difference