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Food waste, within the wider phenomenon of resource waste, has become a global issue due to its direct impact on climate change. Food redistribution via food banks is highlighted as a waste reduction strategy because it not only tackles the environmental impact from food production, but also provides food security to vulnerable people by redistributing the discarded food from food industries to so

För IT-konsulter, som spenderar mycket tid ute hos kund, är känslan av organisationstillhörighet inte självklar. Denna studie syftar därför till att undersöka hur en IT-konsult, som spenderar mycket tid ute hos kund, upplever att intranätets sociala funktioner kan främja organisationstillhörigheten den känner gentemot sitt konsultbolag. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats för att få en ökad förståels

Med denna uppsats hoppas jag kunna bidra till ökad kunskap om kvinnors läsning under 1700-, 1800- och 1900-talen. Jag har undersökt varför och på vilket sätt som kvinnors läsning skiljer sig åt när det kommer till läsning av romaner samt hur kvinnor har läst och fått tag på böcker under historiens gång. Uppsatsen handlar även om Stockholms Läsesalong för damer och Malmö Kvinnliga Klubb & Läses

This master thesis project focuses on establishing a synthetic method with the prospect of developing new antibacterial agents. Due to the increment of resistant strains of bacteria throughout the world, this area of research is well motivated. The nine-carbon sugar - sialic acid - is a highly prevalent communication molecule on human cell surfaces. It signals that the cells are endogenous and not

Uppsatsen är en bokbandshistorisk studie med beskrivningar och jämförelser av tolv dekorerade helskinnband bundna i Hans Christopher Richters, Johan Carl Caloanders, Johan Gottlieb Ditzingers och Fredrik Wilhelm Statlanders verkstäder. Bokbanden är från upplysningstidens senare del och beskrivningarna är gjorda med tyngdpunkt på dekorationerna. En mall har använts för att underlätta jämförelsen. UThe essay is a bookhistorical study with descriptions and comparisons of twelve decorated bookbindings bound in the workshops of Hans Christopher Richter, Johan Carl Caloander, Johan Gottlieb Ditzinger and Fredrik Wilhelm Statlander. The bookbindings is from the later part of the enlightenment and the descriptions are made with the emphasis on the decorations. A template has been used to facilitat

Vertical nanowire field effect transistors (NWFETs) have in this diploma work been studied in order to examine possible benefits of introducing a highly doped shell around the nanowire channel. It could be concluded that this new device geometry significantly enhances DC performance metrics. It does however also introduce an additional potential drop which may be large enough to reduce device stab

The negative effects of transport in terms of pollution, congestion and climate change has urged the need for higher shares of cleaner and more efficient modes of transport, especially in urban settings. While new technology can solve some of these issues, behavioural changes has also been identified as an important factor to achieve a modal shift from cars to walking, cycling or public transport.

In the area of physical activity recognition, there is a great demand for better understanding data and building useful models for data analysis. Many studies have focused on using machine learning algorithms, which provide high accuracy but are computationally expensive. However, few studies have tried to approach this problem with statistical methods. The purpose of this study is to investigate

The paper describes the development of the Danish writing primers through 300 years from 1579 to 1880. The theoretical and methodological basis for the description is, in particular, Robert Darnton's communication circuit and analytical bibliography. The oldest Danish specimen books are the so-called Schreibmeisterbücher, addressed to people who need to work professionally with writing. Howeve

Detta examensarbete är en undersökning av förstärkning av klassisk gitarr. Ett antal olika metoder tas i bruk: en litteraturstudie ger en första orientering som kompletteras med ett flertal intervjuer med professionella gitarrister och ljudtekniker. Författarens egen erfarenhet aktiveras genom en rekonstruktion av tidigare upplevelser av att arbeta med inspelning och förstärkning av instrumentet.

This thesis examines the diversification contribution of individual commodity futures to a traditional portfolio consisting of stocks and bonds. The main focus hereby lies on the potential portfolio risk reduction when switching to a diversified portfolio. In utilizing a unique approach in terms of data frequency, evaluation methods, and consideration of different states of the world, the authors’

There is little research on the rehabilitation of sex trafficked persons as it is conceptualized, articulated, and implemented in dominant anti-trafficking discourse and subsequent mainstream praxis. This research aims to remedy this through a qualitative case study of Kolkata Sanved and their alternative rehabilitation process of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT). The research is situated in the criti

Spatial segregation and unequal access to housing has been recognized as a problem in Sweden for the past several decades. The increasing influence of neoliberal policies on the Swedish housing market has made segregation and social disparities a challenging obstacle in the development of Malmö. This has characterized a shift in the traditional system of the Swedish welfare state. Through a qualit

Bakgrund: För att upprätthålla patientsäkerheten inom hälso- och sjukvården finns en rad hjälpmedel implementerade, en av dessa är WHOs checklista för säker kirurgi. Det finns många studier som tyder på att WHOs checklista stärker patientsäkerheten, samt att stor del av operationspersonalen upplever den viktig och välfungerande. Checklistan verkar ofta bockas av som genomförd men få studier belyse

Sanctions are one of the main policy tools used in order change behaviour of countries involved in conflicts, without using armed forces. This paper examines the possibility for a targeted country to escape the potential negative effects from sanctions by increasing trade with third countries that has not imposed sanctions. The analysis is carried out on the specific case of the sanctions against

Bakgrund: Trängsel orsakar en rad negativa konsekvenser såsom tidsfördröjning, buller, miljöutsläpp och ökad olycksrisk. Dessa ses i ekonomiska termer utgöra negativa externaliteter och bidrar till en ineffektiv marknadsallokering. Trängselskatt anses allmänt vara ett effektivt medel för att komma till bukt med trängsel och därmed korrigera de negativa externaliteterna. Men är åtgärden lämplig att

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka sambandet mellan kohesion (sammanhållning) och effektivitet i arbetsgrupper, vilket mättes i enkätundersökning med en svensk översättning av Group Environment Questionnaire - Work Team Version och Team Effectiveness Scale. Studien ville undersöka i vilken grad upplevd kohesion korrelerar med upplevd effektivitet inom arbetsgrupper på en polisstation medThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cohesion and efficiency in work teams, as measured by a Swedish translation of the Group Environment Questionnaire - Work Team Version and Team Effectiveness Scale. The study examined in which extent perceived cohesion correlates with perceived efficiency within workgroups at a police station with policemen working on the field.

Coating nanoparticles with polymers in medical applications has been extensively employed to prevent unspecific interaction with proteins and the immune system and to enhance their circulation time in the blood. The interaction between polymer chains affects the preferred conformational structure of the coating and is an important factor to understand for specific applications. In spite of this, t

Det blir allt vanligare att företag producerar separata CSR- och hållbarhetsrapporter. Men tidigare studier av denna kommunikationskanal har lagt fokus på innehållet och inte på hur rapporterna påverkar bilden av företagets hållbarhet. Syftet med denna studie är därför att studera hur en organisation kommunicerar i sin hållbarhetsrapport för att framställa sig själv som ett hållbart företag och föIt is becoming increasingly common for companies to produce separate CSR and sustainability reports. Previous studies of this communication channel has focused on the content and not on how the reports affect the perception of the company's sustainability. The purpose of this study is to examine how an organization communicates in its sustainability report in order to depiction itself as a sus

The CFA Franc – which stands for Communauté Financiaire Africaine – refers to the West African CFA franc and the Central African CFA franc, two currencies that, although separate, are in practice interchangeable and have a fixed exchange rate to the euro. The CFA franc is used in 14 countries, 12 of which are former French colonies. The currency has been criticized for its impact on the economic s