The aim of this master thesis was to investigate a Fe-Mo-oxide catalyst of spinel structure for methanol oxidation to produce formaldehyde and determine if the spinel could be an alternative to the commercial Formox catalyst used today. This included firstly, synthesising the catalyst to get more knowledge of the formation of the structure and secondly, determine the activity, selectivity to forma

This paper will illustrate legally knowledgeable judges’ experiences of working with lay judges in the district courts of Sweden, as well as their advantages and disadvantages within the judicial field. The system of lay judges has been subject for discussion both within the media and internally within the court. This may be partly due to the general lack of legal knowledge withheld by the lay jud

This thesis is written as an introductory compilation of two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy (2DES) and its applications. It introduces the concepts of 2DES where the aim is to provide an overview of the technique and a few of its more prominent applications for those who are not already familiar with the technique. 2DES is a third-order optics technique that utilizes three interactions with l

Asylsökande och flyktingar anses vara särskilt utsatta för psykisk ohälsa då pre- och postmigratoriska faktorer tillsammans kan bidra till en kumulativ ohälsoproblematik. Upplevelser av våld, krig och tortyr i hemlandet kan leda till svåra psykiska besvär samtidigt som osäkerhet kring asylprocessen, utanförskap och kommunikationssvårigheter ytterligare försvårar tillvaron i det nya landet. Okunska

This report discusses the implementation of machine learning algorithms for personalising question selection in a questionnaire-based self-report app for individuals suffering from mental health issues. A so-called \textit{Random Forest - Genetic Algorithm} (RFGA) hybrid prediction method is used to find an optimal set of relevant questions to pose to new users in the app. A complementary ad-hoc pTeaching computers to find factors that affect the mental health of app users By training computers to find patterns in how users answer questions regarding their mental health in self-report apps, factors that affect the users' psychological well-being can be found.

As the ‘era of borders’ can define the structure of the present European Union and its nation-state members, the rapid increase in international migration and the high amount of refugees can reveal how today’s EU politics has come to focus on the importance of maintaining the present-day European Union and its unifying identity. In consequence to the on-going politics, it is required to lower the

This bachelor thesis concerns the Swedish artist Maria Röhl (1801-1875). She had her peak in the 1840ties as the favorite portrait artist of the Swedish bourgeoisie and nobility. The questions I put forward in the thesis are focused on facial- and hand features in her drawings. From where do they originate? Does it have an origin in fashion, society or in con- temporary scientific views? The resea

Nonprofit organizations are an important element of society. They provide services, and advocate for change, through their programs. But how do they create their programs? This thesis defines nonprofit innovation as the implementation of a new or significantly improved program, and suggests we borrow practices used to understand firm innovation, to understand nonprofit innovation. A Nonprofit Inno

Intimiseringen har förändrat myndigheters språk och syn på medborgare, och myndigheter behöver idag inte markera sin auktoritet med ett maktspråk. Då språket vittnar om synen på medborgaren kommer jag att undersöka hur Stadsbyggnadskontoret i Malmö och dess mottagare konstrueras i förvaltningens bygglovstexter, samt vilken relation som skapas mellan dem i texterna. Mina frågeställningar är 1) Vilk

This master thesis aimed at exploring different methods of producing a beverage based on Lantmännen’s Swedish grown white beans. A flour was milled from beans that had been soaked and boiled in order to inactivate antinutrients such as lectins, trypsin inhibitors and phytic acid, and subsequently dried and milled. A water-based beverage with 8% bean flour was boiled for 5 min. 1.5% of rapeseed oil

Add to the understanding of a boutique firm unique work characteristics, while supporting them in developing their competitive strength. It’s essential to learn how a boutique firm can be sustainable in the long term with its unique features against multinational firms.

Increasing proportions of elderly are one of the major challenges arising from changes in the age distributions of many Western societies. Whilst much attention has been to paid to continental and national trends of population ageing, relatively little consideration has been to regional patterns of population ageing. This paper focuses on the population ageing process in 33 municipalities in Skåne

Have you ever taken a closer look at the packages in your home? They consist of several layers of different materials, among them layers of polymer. They all contribute to protect the product.In this thesis methods for measuring and calculating the adhesion between the inside polymer layer and the aluminium layer of Tetra Pak’s packaging materials have been investigated. This was done both by exploring the possibilities of combining peel tests with the ICPeel method, and by developing ideas for new measuring methods. One of the ideas was built on a test setup for a close-to normal dire

Due to the environmental impact of food waste and its implications on the economic performance of restaurants, the importance of reducing food waste has taken a central role in the management of restaurants. This paper examines the difficulties which arise in the restaurant industry in their efforts to reduce food waste. In addition the paper aims to answer the following questions: Is food waste p

This research paper explores the nature of the mean and volatility spillovers from the US and aggregate GIIPS to the largest GDP countries for the EMU and non-EMU countries. I develop a three step univariate volatility spillover model followed by Christiansen (2007) and Ng (2000) to analyze the relevance of local (own country), regional (aggregate GIIPS) and global (US) shocks. Empirical evidence

Vad: Kandidatuppsats VT 2016. Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg, institutionen för Service Management. Titel: Rollspelet mellan medlem och kund - En studie om hur tjänstekvalitet upplevs i en ideell förening som säljer tjänster. Syfte: Syftet är att mäta upplevd tjänstekvalitet i en ideell förening som säljer tjänster genom att prova mätinstrument skapade för service management perspektivet. F

Denna studie undersöker medborgarnas involvering i kommunala platsvarumärken. Platsvarumärkesarbetet är en stark trend som fått kritik från akademiskt håll för att inte ta tillräcklig hänsyn till platsen med dess medborgare. Med målet att utreda hur professionellt anställda ser på problematiken har intervjuer med disciplinens praktiker genomförts för att komma åt deras föreställ-ningar och konstrThis study examines the involvement and visibility of the citizens in municipal place branding, a trending phenomenon which has been criticized for not taking the diversity of a place, and its citizens, into consideration. The aim of this study is to elucidate how this problem is perceived by pro-fessionals. Therefore interviews with practitioners of place branding have been conducted to illumina

I den här uppsatsen diskuterar vi flera möjligheter om hur man kan förklara den kosmologiska konstanten. År 1998 genomfördes observationer av typ 1a supernovor som visade att universums expansionshastighet ökar. Det här fenomenet blev kallat mörk energi. Sedan dess har flera olika hypoteser framlagts. Vi ska studera en teori som använder Yang-Mills-fält som en mekanism som hjälper att klargöra fleThe cosmological constant is one of bigger mysteries in modern fundamental physics and cosmology. In this work we investigate one of the possible interpretations for the cosmological constant. The model a studies spatially-homogeneous mode of the Yang-Mills field known as the Yang-Mills condensate and throughout the work we discuss the dynamics and the time evolution of the homogeneous isotropic Y

This study explores five Delhi-based NGOs with women as their target group and the national and international streams that affect the sector. The method used is ethnographic with interviews, observations and printed material representing the empirical material. The analysis is based on following three themes; ‘the exposition of the target group’, ‘the goal empowerment’ and ‘credibility’. The theme

The relationship between innovation, markup and exporting is complex and any empirical analysis is likely to contain both self-selection and simultaneity biases. I use recently developed GMM estimation techniques to recover time-varying markups at the firm level. I then cast these into a simultaneous-equation framework to estimate the influence of R\&D investments on markups and export behavio