In recent years radical right parties have gained electoral strength across Europe, while the vote share of social democratic parties has declined. Using regional data and two fixed effect models this study investigates the impact of manufacturing employment and a range of other economic and demographic variables on the vote share of these parties in both national and European parliament elections

Potato cultivation is vast for many agricultures in southern Sweden. What many might not be aware of, is how much pesticides which are used in the cultivation process. In "Late blight prediction and analysis"[1] predictions of late-blight attacks was modelled on potato-corps using Elastic Net among other methods. This thesis is an algorithmic complement describing Alternate Direction Met

Modifications and new approaches for breach response and forensic investigations for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, is to be expected in May 2018. This paper brings forth the conclusion that engagement from top management is crucial in order to comply with the GDPR requirements. The importance of having a vision and a strategy assessing the matters of breach response

Denna uppsats handlar om att undersöka och analysera om Sverige skulle kunna stärka skyddet för arbetstagare när det kommer till frågor som rör lön, genom att införa allmängiltigförklarat kollektivavtal. Undersökningen kommer att göras genom att jämföra Sverige och Finlands kollektivavtalssystem, hur de är uppbyggda och vad som är specifikt för respektive land. Länderna i fråga är till synes väldiThis essay is about investigating and analyzing if Sweden could strengthen the protection for workers when it comes to questions relating to employment wages, by introducing extended collective agreements. This will be done by comparing Sweden's and Finland's systems of collective agreements, how they are constructed and what's specific for each country. The countries in question are v

För en kemisk industri är lönsamhet av största vikt, vilket uppnås via effektivisering av tillverkningsprocessen och ökad försäljning. I TMP-fabriken har man nu nått maximal produktionskapacitet genom att undersöka specifika driftparametrars inverkan på produktionshastigheten. För att komma vidare och kunna öka produktionshastigheten ytterligare måste varje steg utvärderas, modelleras och optimeraThe aim of this thesis work was to create a model describing the crystallization process of sodium formate and to calibrate this model to real process data. Sodium formate is a by-product formed during the production of Trimethylolpropane (TMP). The model used is based on the population balance equation and include crystallization mechanisms such as particle nucleation, growth and agglomeration. T

Programmeringsspråket Rust utvecklas av en grupp som anser att det saknas språk som passar lågnivåutveckling och samtidigt är säkra. Rust har utvärderats genom att översätta 5000+ rader C-kod i ett inbyggt system. Rust levererar säkerhet, är smidigt och är inte resursintensivt.Rust aims to bring safety to low-level programming by using zero-cost ab- stractions. These provide, among other things, guaranteed memory safety and threading without data races. Garbage collected languages have become popular to guarantee safety, but in performance critical, memory limited or real time applications, it is not an ideal solution. Rust is safe and still has manual memory managemen

This research paper introduces the concept of family/non-family boundary work as a form of boundary work. This study focuses on family member and non-family member employees working in a family-owned business who are involved in top management positions within the company. Through an analysis of narratives and interactive practices within the work context, based on ethnographic interviews and obse

FlatFrog develops a system for interactive displays, containing a glass where it’s concave shape is critical for the functioning of the system. By using simulation at an early stage of the product development process, the behavior of the glass and weak points in the structure can be detected even before prototyping. The purpose of the work was to simulate areas that, with relatively small means, c

Fler och er bor i städer, en miljö som ofta beskrivs i kontrast till natur. Men även om stadsmiljön är arti ciell och på vissa sätt själva motsatsen till begreppet natur, så är naturen ständigt närvarande i staden i form av klimat, växtlighet, årstider och väder. Att skapa möjligheter för upplevelser av natur är viktigt för människors välmående i staden. I denna ofta hektiska och intrycksmättade m

The purpose of this report is to find out which composition of fibres in clothes are the easiest to ignite when exposed to a smouldering fire (i.e. a cigarette). The end result of this report were several rankings concerning the ignitability of sweaters made of polar fleece, WCT-overalls, knitted cardigans (sweaters), dressing gowns (bathrobes) and sweatpants. Several conclusions could be made and

While female labour market participation is increasing worldwide, the development in Chile is slow and concentrated to the capital city of Santiago de Chile. Education has been found to increase female labour market participation in several studies, where my thesis contributes to the research with more careful analysis of the effects of higher education. Rather than analysing the joint effect of h

In Białowieża primeval forest (BPF) wolves Canis lupus supress red deer Cervus elaphus foraging via behaviourally-mediated, non-consumptive effects. Humans provide an additional risk factor differentially exhibited between areas devoid of human intervention and areas with high human hunting and foresting activity. The aim of the study was to test the behavioural responses of red deer to risk effec

Since 2014 the Swedish government has had a feminist foreign policy. This thesis aims to examine which kind of feminism the policy is built upon. To investigate this a content analysis with a focus on ideas was used. Three different ideal types of feminism were set up from liberal, radical and socialist feminism. The material examined was made up of different official documents from the government

This case study examines Poland's unwillingness to participate in the European Union’s decision in September 2015 regarding the relocation of refugees from Greece and Italy, to other member states. The question explores how liberal intergovernmentalism and post-functionalism explains Poland's position in the decision. The study uses the process tracing method. Both theories highlight vot

The Roma population of Sweden has been oppressed by the government for hundreds of years, which has been manifested through lack of civil rights, forced sterilisations and expulsion from society. Today, however, the government aims to include the Roma through various strategies for Roma integration. Although explicit discrimination is not the case anymore, prejudice is often persistent in society.

This study aims at highlighting and explaining the factors that underpin Sweden's and Finland's various abilities to provide food for their citizens in crisis and war. The study has a security policy perspective but also affects the agricultural policies of the different countries. The study is a comparative, theory-consuming study that examines how the abilities are today and why. Finally

Estonia is facing a challenging security situation, given the broad spectrum of threats and its historical and geopolitical ties to Russia. With that in mind, this qualitative case study aims at providing an overview of Estonia’s security by establishing the similarities and differences between internal and external perceptions and applying role theory to the findings. The empirical data, gathered