An extensive part of the Swedish roads are low-traffic roads, which are not properly constructed and thus lack the necessary bearing capacity. The Swedish Transport Administration has a limited budget each year that is used to fix the roads with the comprehensive needs. Therefore, it is important to be able to make a quick inventory of the existing damages in order to make road maintenance more co

Abstract This bachelor thesis describes a survey of the use of cursing in Swedish by 42 youths in high school who have Swedish as a second language. The L2 speakers have through a questionnaire answered questions about which curse words they know, how they use them, which language they prefer to curse in and who they learnt it from. In relevant cases the group is compared with a group of similar S

The aim of this thesis has been to investigate the legal conditions and process for triggering Credit Default Swaps, which are derivative instruments to shift credit risk exposure between parties in an underlying financial instrument. The condition is called credit event and a case study has been done on the Greek credit event in 2012. The thesis shows that there is a clear and robust framework o

Syftet med denna studie är att jämföra två stora marknadsorienterade system, Storbritannien och USA, i frågan huruvida de olika ländernas börsbolags kapitalstruktur påverkades kring finanskrisen 2008. Vidare undersöks också om de påverkande faktorerna för kapitalstruktursbeslut är desamma för de två länderna.

In modern day society the increase of data generation and transfer has been an issue that researchers are working on. This generated and shared data might have a different purpose but one thing is certain, the reception. This communication can cover continents, countries, cities or even just a few meters. For the purpose of the later, personal area networks (PAN) have been created with a main focu

Thesis Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to deepen the knowledge in the phenomenon of brand experience by exploring components of online-only brand experience. Methodology A social-constructivist and interpretivist perspective guided the research to adopt a qualitative strategy with exploratory and phenomenological stance. Following an abductive approach and the hermeneutic circle technique, e

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what the process should look like when a company chooses a brand character to personify their brand. Furthermore the purpose is to recognize the challenges and risks that should be taken into consideration when managing this strategy. The aim of this is to give marketers clear guidelines regarding the work process of how a brand character should

Temporary surveillance with an easily deployable surveillance unit can give a tactical advantage for police in situations when big crowds suddenly gather. It can also be used by fire department during fires or in the private security sector on construction sites and other such temporary areas requiring surveillance. This report describes the process of developing the climbing system for such a sur

En ökande konsumtion av läkemedel och andra kemiska föreningar har visat sig ge effekter i vattnets ekosystem, t.ex. fiskar som p.g.a. antidepressiva läkemedel blir orädda och därmed blir ett lätt byte för större fiskar. Med stora mängder avloppsvatten innehållande dessa ämnen blir därför avloppsreningsverkens reningsförmåga aktuell. Dagens avloppsreningsverk och tillhörande reningskrav behandlar Pharmaceutical and other micro-pollutants are passing through today’s Swedish municipal wastewater treatment plants where they are decomposed partly or completely. The knowledge of all these different compounds varies and so does the knowledge of their effects on the aquatic environment. Some of them are harmless while others are classified as more or less toxic. With EU’s Water Framework Directiv

Titel: Generationsutmaningar i digital marknadsföring – En kvantitativ studie av generationssegmentering i digital media Seminariedatum: 4 juni 2015 Kurs: FEKH29 Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Agata Anna Gornik, Eric Ingelström, Julia Kulle Handledare: Clara Gustafsson Nyckelord: Generationssegmentering, Baby Boomers, Generation Z, Digital marknadsföring, TiTitle: The Generation Challenge – a Quantitative Study of Generational Market Segmentation within the Field of Digital Marketing Seminar Date: June 4th, 2015 Course: FEKH29 Business Administration: Degree Project in Marketing, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Agata Anna Gornik, Eric Ingelström, and Julia Kulle Advisor: Clara Gustafsson Keywords: Generational Market Segmentation, Baby Bo

En uppsjö av extruderade livsmedelsprodukter återfinns idag på butikshyllorna inom dagligvaruhandeln och antalet produkter ökar ständigt. Det rör sig om allt från snacks som ostbågar och tortilla chips till majskrokar och frukostflingor. Trots den stora mängden produkter är extrudering en för allmänheten ofta okänd teknik. Denna typ av produkter har ofta ansetts vara onyttiga men nya rön antyder aExtrusion cooking is a technique that has been extensively developed in the last decades and is today strongly associated with the production of snack foods and breakfast cereals. This project aimed to map the extrudate properties of four different cereal materials extruded at two different moisture contents and three different temperatures. Rye bran, rye flour, Barley Amylopectin Starch and β- gl

Syfte. Få en större förståelse för hur regelverket för goodwill har utvecklats under de senaste 40 åren och hur företag ser på utvecklingen av regelverket i framtiden. Metod: Uppsatsen är en fallstudie där intervjuer och undersök-ningar har gjorts på två börsnoterade bolag. Även en av de fyra stora revisionsbyråerna har intervjuats. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk består av gPurpose: Get a better understanding of how the accounting system for goodwill has developed over the last 40 years. We also want to know what companies think about the develop-ment of the regulatory framework in the future. Methodology: The essay is a case study in which interviews and reviews have been done with two listed companies. One of the big four accounting firms has also been interviewed

Global food security is one of the main concerns of this century. Moreover, the increasing negative impacts of climate change on different sectors including agriculture are further expected to exacerbate these challenges. The main aim of this thesis is to assess the future impacts of climate change on wheat yields in Spain by 2050 and to evaluate the efficiency of early sowing as an adaptation str

A large amount of widespread software used today is either open source or includes open-source projects. Much open-source software has proved to be of very high quality despite being developed through unconventional methods. The success of open-source products has sparked an interest in the software industry in why these projects are so successful and how this seemingly unstructured development pr

Batch processes play an important role in the production of high quality specialty chemicals. Examples include the production of polymers, pharmaceuticals and formulated products. In this master thesis, the study of transformation of materials, by batch distillation and mixing is studied. The study is done by means of batch statistical process control and system identification methods in order to

The objective was to clarify whether and how it is possible to detect, track and identify with an EO/IR (electro optical/infrared) sensor. Moreover, the sight of robotic system 90 was tested in order to clarify the possibilities of using it as a sensor. The sight has a field of view of 3x4° with the TV camera and 4x6° with the IRV camera. Therefore, the project focused on a moving sensor, in order

The study contributes to existing research on corporate labeling of private label brands (PLs) and on the consumer attitude in the field of consumer behavior, with the focus on premium PLs. Furthermore, managerial contributions support the retailers on their corporate labeling strategy of premium PLs.

Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka vilka utmaningar som finns förknippade med redovisningsramverket Integrerad Redovisning, IR, på den svenska marknaden. Forskningsmetod: I studien har en kvalitativ metod använts där empirin analyserats separat utifrån först ett empirinära och sedan ett teorinära perspektiv. Den empirinära analysen struktureras på tre olika nivåer: företags-, näringslivs- och samhällPurpose: The purpose is to examine the challenges that are associated with the Integrated Reporting framework, IR, on the Swedish market. Methodology: In this study a qualitative approach has been used. The empirical data were analyzed separately from a theory and empirical perspective. The empirical analysis is made on three types of levels: corporate, business and societal levels, and the theor

Model-based design is in many ways seen as a potential instrument in process industries due to the close link between the process and the model. In Växjö, the process industry of Lantmännen Reppe AB produces syrup. The syrup goes through an evaporation process in order to raise the sugar concentration. If the concentration gets to high the syrup turns solid, which can make the process a bit tricky