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Compassion meditation (CM) has shown promising effects on well-being and pro-social behaviour. The current study tested the hypotheses that a 10-minute CM would increase levels of Positive Affect (PA) and Social Connectedness (SC) more than a Passive Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PPMR) exercise, of similar length. We also hypothesized that the effects would differ depending on individual differen
Titel: Marknadsföring för alla? - En fallstudie om en privat och en offentlig aktörs förutsättningar för marknadsföring. Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för service management. Bakgrund: Konkurrens mellan privata och offentliga aktörer som verkar på samma marknad har länge varit komplex och utvecklingen visar att myndigheter och offentliga aktörer idag allt mer är
The study has been based on semi-structured interviews with 10 customers who have chosen Kalmar municipality as homecare service provider. The interviews have been conducted in conjunction with customers granted home care and with a follow-up after one-two months. By examining and analyzing the customer’s expectations and experiences at an early stage when home-care services started and then follo
Abstract: In 2011 Vinnova funded a joint project between Nordkalk AB, Kalkproduktion Storugns AB (KPAB) and the department of Geology at the University of Lund. The goal of the project is to increase the general knowledge of limestone and in extension, facilitate for the industry. This thesis is a part of the project and consists of two separate parts which look into the geochemistry and thermal p
Our paper studies the foreign direct investment (FDI)-pollution nexus based on China’s province level panel data from 2005 to 2014. The analysis focuses not only on a national panel (including all provinces), but also on three regional panels (provinces are divided by economic region. We applied dynamic panel data model with lagged variables based on general moment method (GMM) to capture causalit
Everything we see in nature shows how the environment influences them from both inside and outside, for example, appearance and inner structure. As Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, specific behavioural and physical adaptations that are the outcome of natural selection. [1] The outer appearance is a visible reflection of how environment changed while the inner structure is the organism
This paper aims to improve the understanding of economic development in Brazil since the 1950s by studying the relationship between structural transformation and poverty reduction at the state-level. Results from a modified shift-share analysis and analysis of an indicator of agricultural transformation suggest that structural transformation is a rather heterogeneous process within the country, hi
Efterfrågan på nyproducerade bostäder är stor i Sverige och bygg- och fastighetssektorn står för en betydande del av samhällets miljöpåverkan. För att minska sektorns miljöpåverkan läggs idag allt större fokus vid att välja byggnadsmaterial med omsorg. Företaget BoKlok bygger bostäder industriellt och vill utreda miljöpåverkan från material som används i stor utsträckning, för att kunna ta större
This is a Bachelor’s thesis on the subject of EU foreign relations with the Andean Community and its most recent political development. The thesis seeks to describe the political ideas behind the European Union’s foreign policy and external relations with the Andean Community, such as they are stated in the Regional Strategy Paper (2007-2013) and the Political Dialogue & Cooperation Agreement
During the 90’s intersex individuals was found among fish downstream sewage treatment plants, this was found to be due to estrogens in the water. Today we know that one of the largest contributors of the effects on fish is 17a-ethinylestradiol (EE2). EE2 is a synthetic estrogen used in contraceptive pills and is one of the most used pharmaceuticals in the world. In addition to intersex EE2 also ge
The large number of orphanages in Jinja, Uganda has promoted the widespread institutionalisation of children from poor families. Parents are left disempowered and have very few options but to sign over the rights of their children because NGOs in the region have largely prioritised orphanage care over other services. This paper critically analyses the failure of non-state actors in addressing the
The objective of this thesis is to examine the response of child poverty to wage and educational gender gaps within the household. The analysis combined household level longitudinal data, from Uruguay’s Continuous Household Survey carried on in 2012 and 2013, with the survey of Nutrition, Child Development and Health conducted in the country in the same years. We use two different models to estima
A simple coarse-grained model has been developed for the purpose of studying DNA melting and especially the formation of bubbles in the melting process. The inter-strand interaction includes terms for excluded volume and electrostatics, as well as a short-ranged attraction modelling hydrogen-bonding, differing for the two base pairs. Results were obtained by canonical Monte Carlo simulations. The
Business Intelligence (BI) is becoming increasingly prioritized within current organisations. Previous research on factors affecting BI have been made within the context of implementation and with a focus on factors considered critical – that is – essential for BI to succeed at all. The authors of this thesis have gathered success factors in the context of BI usage, while not limiting the findings
Inspired by Krones Group in Holte/Copenhagen, the intention of this thesis is to simulate and optimize pasteurisation processes. Based on different modes of heat transfer, a mathematical model to describe the thermal processes in the product is developed. The main goal of the thesis is to optimize the thermal treatment of the product. Both the derivative-free COBYLA and the gradient-based MMA opti
Very sick patients who need specialized health services often require transport from their community to a regional facility that is appropriately resourced to provide definitive care for their condition. This is particularly important for people living in rural and remote areas but can be challenging due to long distances, mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The purpose of this research wa
In an ever changing world, nothing is changing more constantly and rapidly as the weather. It’s an integral part of human existence, with enormous implications for our possibility to survive. However, nothing has been as out of reach for humans to alter as the weather, but in the last century this has changed. Unintentionally we have set in motion a large change in our climate that we are now begi
In this project, we compare two error functions for the purpose of training artificial neural networks on heavily censored data (data where key information is missing). J. Kalderstam et al. has shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on Harrell's C index \cite{Harrell} using genetic algorithms. He has also investigated the possibilities of improving the performa
Genom att studera hur en vision används av aktörer i en serviceorganisation syftar uppsatsen till att bidra till djupare förståelse kring funktionen av vision. Uppsatsens empiriska material utgörs av en fallstudie på hotellkedjan Scandic där tolv kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts. Den valda metoden är passande för att nå en djupare förståelse för hur personal upplever visionen i sitt arbete. D
