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Det finns ett utbrett stöd för att decentralisering kan göra en organisation effektivare. Uppsatsens syfte är att studera hur territoriell decentralisering påverkar medborgarnas välfärd genom att undersöka sambandet mellan kommunstorlek och verksamhetens subjektiva effektivitet, det vill säga hur nöjda medborgarna är med kommunens verksamhet. I decentraliseringsteorin finns det motstridiga argumen
This thesis analyses web statistics belonging to a national B2C e-commerce in retail. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate abandoned carts amongst logged in customers with at least one product added in to their cart and at least one visit to the payment page. Since the response variable "cart" is binary and we are studying the probability of a cart being abandoned, the suitable me
In this paper, we replicate a study by de la Croix et al. (2013) to analyze the effects of population aging in Germany when implementing two different counterfactual pension systems. De la Croix et al. (2013) use a dynamic overlapping generations model to simulate population aging and its effects on the French economy. Calibrating and analyzing the same model as in de la Croix et al. (2013) with n
The Swedish government has decided to start building high-speed rails. The objective of this study is to analyze the policy process behind this decision. This is done using Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to Be approach, which is designed to investigate the problem representations behind any policy, as well as their underpinnings. Eight different problem representations have been found,
Although the digitalization in the working place seems to be inevitable, employees’ sensemaking on digital internal communication and employee voice through enterprise social media has been ignored in the strategic communication research field. This study problematizes the insufficient knowledge in digital internal communication and highlights the employee perspective. Another research problem is
Despite increased interest for process-oriented and complexity driven research in strategic communication, much research is still based on traditional definitions and assumptions of strategy and communication. This is problematic, since research increasingly suggests that organizations are constituted bottom-up through interactions and communication, where strategy is influenced and co-created thr
The aim of this study was to examine health care social workers’ and psychologists' perception of counseling (stödsamtal), how jurisdictional work can be seen within counseling and what significance the jurisdictional work has for the health care social worker’s professional identity. The method chosen was semi-structured interviews with four health care social workers and four psychologists,
In the wake of digital development, the ease with which knowledge can be distributed has drastically changed the scientific climate and the view of how science and social science should be practiced regarding the sharing of knowledge production. A new paradigm in the production and sharing of scientific data, based around the idea of openness as the way to lead and further engage society through s
The purpose of this master’s thesis is to examine how multilingual literature is acquired by public libraries in three municipalities of varying sizes in Skåne: what channels are used for purchase, what the selection process is based on and whether the target population is involved in the process. It also looks to explore the extent to which the professional librarians are representative of the po
For centuries there has been great interest in the dissolution of cellulose. Regarding industrial uses, water-based solvents remain the primary focus. It has long been known that concentrated solutions of sodium hydroxide can dissolve significant amounts of cellulose, but only at temperatures well below ambient conditions. This review discusses a general thermodynamic framework for cellulose disso
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease targeting multiple organ systems, including the nervous system. The cerebellum may be involved in prevalent neuropsychiatric manifestations, such as depression and cognitive dysfunction, alongside other prevalent SLE manifestations such as pain and fatigue. We aim to compare cerebellar volumes in SLE patients and healt
Background: Adenosquamous carcinoma of the pancreas (ASCP) is a rare and aggressive subtype of pancreatic cancer with a dismal prognosis. Futility in ASCP has been inadequately studied. The aim is to assess the incidence of futility in ASCP cases within a European cohort. Methods: Retrospective, multicenter European study including all consecutive patients who underwent surgery for ASCP between 20
Natural enemies provide an important ecosystem service, limiting the population densities of insect pests in agricultural crops. In white clover (Trifolium repens L.) grown for seed production, the white clover seed weevil (Protapion fulvipes Geoffrey) is a major factor limiting seed yields. We explored the abundances and parasitism rates of P. fulvipes in relation to local field management and la
AIMS: Inflammasome activation has emerged as a promising therapeutic target to reduce residual cardiovascular (CV) risk in patients on guideline lipid-lowering therapy. IL-1β and IL-6 have been intensively studied, whereas the role of the inflammasome-related cytokine IL-18 has gained less attention. Here we aimed to assess the associations of IL-18 with risk of coronary events and severity of ath
AIMS: Aging is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is also linked to a functional decline of the immune system. B cells contribute to atherosclerosis progression by antibody secretion, antigen presentation and T-cell regulation. During aging, CD11c+CD21low B cells accumulate, but it is unclear whether these age-associated B cells (ABCs) are linked with incident cardiovascular
In the face of accelerating climate disruption, imagination is increasingly recognised as a vital but underdeveloped dimension of transformative change. This article explores immersive soundwalks—location-based audio narratives experienced through walking—as techniques of experiential climate futuring and affective engagement. Drawing on qualitative analysis of 62 reflection texts written by unive
Background Women identified with psychosocial risk factors are at higher risk of interventions during labour and birth and adverse maternal outcomes. Midwifery Continuity of Care (MCoC) reduces interventions and improves maternal outcomes among low-risk women; however, evidence on MCoC’s impact among women with psychosocial risk factors is limited. This study aimed to investigate whether an MCoC m
It has been said that the Kalmar Union, the union of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden between the late fourteenth and early sixteenth century, was typical of Europe at that time, but this has never been tested. A comparison is made here between the Kalmar Union, Poland–Lithuania, Castile–Aragon (Spain), and the Burgundian state, and particularly how they came into being. I con-sider four possible reaso
Airflow between rooms in an apartment is difficult to measure. Tracer gas methods can be used and will give good accuracy when fans are used to create well mixed air in each room. This will however affect the airflow between rooms with open doors. A series of experiments using single source tracer gas in 8 different apartments were performed in Sweden 2017-19. The time dependent concentration of t
