The retail landscape has endured significant changes as a result of the e-commerce industry’s rapid growth over the last decade. As new channels are being added, traditional brick-andmortar retailers have transformed into multi- and omni-channel retailers in order to seize this growth opportunity. Last-mile delivery is stated to be one of the logistical processes mostly affected by the shift to om

Purpose – The first purpose of this study is to identify and categorize the motivational factors, from a customer and managerial perspective, that restaurant patrons have when choosing between the self-service kiosk (SSK) or the human service counter during their fast-food order. The second purpose is to identify potential gaps between the customer and manager perspectives. Methodology – This stud

This Master’s thesis explores the inherent character traits of personal archival material such as diaries, letters, and photographs, as well as the motivations underlying the preservation of such material. The focus of this study is such personal archival material produced by, or connected to, people whose lives are not celebrated or considered to be of obvious interest to academia or the public.

Syftet med komplicerad vägplanering minskning av olyckor. Massa pengar och tid behövs om nya vägkonstruktioner skulle byggas. Fråga som förbryllar oss går är: Hur effektiva är vara förändraningar gjört till väg? Vårt problemmet, summanfatta i huvudsak, är en "trade-off" mellan budget och risk av olyckor. Den sämest fall är att förändraingar gör inga skillnader, vilket menar att budget ärThis thesis is concerned with the estimation of crash frequency based on the bivariate modeling of surrogate measures of safety (SMoS), which serve as indicators for traffic risk. Using the SMoS, any traffic conflict between two road users can be described by their proximity together with their hypothetical consequence. We quantify traffic conflicts of different severity as random vector of proxim

Syftet med denna uppsats är att ta reda på om det finns underlag i språkbruket för att ändra rekommendationen för hur ordet egen böjs i en possessiv konstruktion i singular och om det är rimligt att varianten egna klassas som ytterligare en korrekt variant. För att undersöka det gjordes en korpusundersökning i Korp och Retriever där hobbyskribenters och yrkesskribenters användning av varianten egn

The automated machining is typically performed by CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinery due to the high stiffness and accuracy provided by these machines, which are expensive and comparably big. For softer materials, such as aluminum, machining is possible using the less stiff industrial robot arm. This is attractive because the robot arm has a much lower cost than CNC combined with a larger

Sea levels are expected to rise by four meters by 2100, which would displace up to 630 million people, while millions of square kilometres of land would be lost, costing the global economy trillions of dollars. While this forecast is alarming, no long-term solution exists to handle permanently increased sea levels. My project, a habitable sea barrier, is an approach to realising a structure that p

En hel del företag arbetar idag med att försöka minska sina utsläpp och därmed även sin klimatpåverkan såväl från egen verksamhet som nedströms och uppströms om egen verksamhet. Ett av de företag som jobbar med att minska utsläppen är företaget Scania som producerar och tillhandahåller transportlösningar såväl i Sverige som globalt. Utsläppen från Scanias egen verksamhet låg 2021 på 105 800 ton COThis master thesis is carried out in collaboration with the company Scania which is a provider of transport solutions. The thesis is carried out at Scania’s production unit Engine Assembly where engines are assembled, tested and painted. All engines proceed through a standard test procedure while some of the engines also proceed through special test procedures carried out in the ”Audit Area”. The

Global warming is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The building sector is responsible for a significant share of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Most of the existing buildings in Europe were built before 2001 and the vast majority will remain in place after 2050 when EU aims to achieve climate neutrality. Thus, renovation of the European building stock is needed to reduce operat

Title: The (Mis)alignment between Offline and Online Brand Image: A Qualitative Study based on Customers’ Brand Associations of the Swedish Beauty Retailer Kicks. Purpose: The purpose is to explore the alignment or misalignment of a beauty retailer’s offline and online brand image based on customers’ brand associations. Theory: To explore a beauty retailer’s offline and online brand image, Kelle

I arbetet med att göra industrin mer energieffektiv har packningsförsedda värmeväxlare en betydande roll då den effektivt överför värme mellan fluider. Detta exjobb ämnar at utreda och utveckla en ny stöttande fot till Alfa Lavals packningsförsedda värmeväxlare. Målet var att ta fram en design som kan klara av allvarliga externa laster genererade av till exempel ett anslutande rörsystem eller jordIn the process of making the industry more energy efficient, the gasketed plate heat exchanger has an important role as it effectively transfers heat between fluids. This master thesis aims to investigate and develop a new supportive foot for Alfa Laval’s gasketed plate heat exchangers. The goal was to present a design that can sustain severe external loads induced by for example the connecting pi

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur markanvisningar kan användas som ett verktyg för att stimulera förekomsten av cirkuläritet och delningsekonomi vid ny bebyggelse. Syftet med cirkulär ekonomi är att minimera utvinningen av nya resurser, genom att produkter och material behålls, återanvänds och återvinns i så stor utsträckning som möjligt. Inom cirkulär ekonomi förekommer även begreppet delningThe study aims to investigate how land allocations can be used as a tool to stimulate the presence of circular economy and sharing economy in new buildings. The purpose of circular economy is to minimize the extraction of new resources, by retaining, reusing and recycling products and materials as much as possible. In circular economy, the concept of sharing economy also occurs, which aims to crea

I den här uppsatsen undersöks kommuners texter om råd för att minska smittspridning i samband med coronapandemin. Syftet är både att undersöka hur väl kommunerna följer råden för klarspråk och att jämföra stora och små kommuners klarspråksanvändning. Materialet består av sex texter: tre från de små kommunerna Falkenberg, Jokkmokk och Olofström samt tre från de stora kommunerna Stockholm, Håbo och

Säkerhet har alltid varit ett väletablerat koncept i asylrätten för utvärderingen av rätten till internationellt skydd. Dock har EU:s asylpolitik undergått extensiva förändringar de senaste åren, och genomgått ett paradigmskifte mot mer restriktiva migrationsregleringar: och användningen av säkerhet som ett koncept har förändrats i enlighet med den utvecklingen. Med implementeringen av regleringenSafety has always been a prominent concept within asylum law for the assessment of international protection. However, as the CEAS has developed immensely the past years, moving towards a paradigm shift of increasingly restrictive migration policies; the use of safety has evolved accordingly. With the ‘safe country of origin’ (SCO) concept, the focus has shifted further towards the situation in the

Under de senaste åren har efterfrågan på textilier ökat och andelen textilavfall som återvinns är i dagsläget liten vilket har lett till en ökad miljöpåverkan. Det finns därmed ett behov av nya återvinningsprocesser för textilier, där en möjlighet är att de-polymerisera cellulosa-baserade textilier till glukos genom en alkalisk förbehandling, följt av enzymatisk hydrolys. Att integrera textilåtervOver the past years there has been an increased environmental impact due to an increased textile demand. Only a small fraction of waste textiles is recycled today which indicates a requirement for new textile-recycling processes, where one possibility would be to depolymerize cellulose-based textiles into glucose, with an alkaline pretreatment followed by enzymatic hydrolysis. Due to a high energy

Alltmedan produktionen av textiler kommit att öka under de senaste åren har dess miljöpåverkan blivit mer uppenbar. Eftersom dagens textilproduktion har negativa konsekvenser under produktion, användande, såväl som vid avfallshantering, så finns det ett behov av att hitta effektiva metoder för att ta tillvara på de resurser som investerats under produktionen. Idag förbränns eller deponeras textilaAs the production of textiles has increased over the years, the climate impact of the textile industry is becoming more evident. Textile production can have negative impacts on the environment, both during production, use and disposal, which calls for efficient recycling methods to recover some of the resources invested. However, textile waste is primarily incinerated or landfilled, which pose as

The aim of the study is to investigate how doppelgänger marketplace sentiments about an iconic brand are shaped by cultural branding and anti-brand activism. The study adopts a sociocultural view on consumer emotions, hence it takes a CCT approach. Theories used consist of marketplace sentiments, cultural branding as well as consumer resistance. The study is a case study of a specific brand and ho

This thesis will in turn evaluate the forecast performance of different ARCH-type models' forecast ability using Bitcoin returns from 01-04-2015 to 01-04-2022. More specifically, it is of interest to see if a simple GARCH(1,1) model can outperform more sophisticated models that incorporate the asymmetry in volatility. Besides the GARCH(1,1) model, other models used in this thesis were the IGAR

How often do we think of our own death? And how often do we stop and think of the changes surrounding death that affect our lives? Thanatology, the study of death and dying, examines death from different perspectives. Following a thanatological path, this research aimed to explore the relationship between death and technology in terms of social change, specifically in the Republic of Cyprus. F

Since regaining power in 2014, the Swedish Social Democratic party has pushed a security policy line combining increased spending on the Swedish armed forces and deepened international cooperation while at the same time maintaining the policy of military non-alignment. This tripartite strategy has been nicknamed the “Hultqvist Doctrine" after the current Swedish Minister for Defence. During t