This master thesis studies the impact of intermarriage on the earnings of immigrants in Italy compared to the co-ethnically married counterparts. Towards this end, instrumental variables are applied on Cross-sectional data from the Income Survey (Il Bilancio delle Famiglie Italiane) which has been carried out within 2004 and 2012. Intermarriage premium is not observed for the full sample. However,

This thesis, in its general framework, explores the recent transformation of Turkey’s role in international sphere under the ruling AKP government. Upon the rise of rise of AKP to power in 2002, the tradition of Turkey’s foreign policy orientations underwent significant transformations and challenges which signified the country’s ambition to adopt a ‘new role’ in the regional and international con

Slow light and Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators are two interesting and useful fields with applications in optical sensing and laser stabilisation among others. Slow light can lead to long interaction times which are useful in light-matter interactions such as sensitive non-linear optics. Whispering Gallery Mode Resonators have small mode volumes and strong beam confinement leading to high Quali

High fuel prices and stringent emission norms stimulate the improvement of engine efficiency and emission reductions. This is one of the leading issues in the truck industry. A waste heat recovery technology (WHR) can be used to solve this issue. The evaporative cycle represents the WHR. This thesis is part of a research project which is carried out at the department of Energy Science at Lund Univ

Vid produktion av kallpressad rapsolja bildas en biprodukt, kallad presskaka som för närvarande säljs som djurfoder för en billig peng. Att hitta nya användningsområden för presskakan skulle därför kunna gynna svenska rapsbönder ekonomiskt. Odling av raps är den enskilt största oljefröväxten i Sverige och odlas just för att pressa rapsoljan ur fröna. Rapsoljan anses som en bra fettråvara då den inPress cake is a residual after rapeseed oil production, which is currently sold as animal feed at a relatively low price. In order to raise the value of the press cake and also to obtain non-allergenic food emulsions, it would be beneficial to extract a protein called oleosin from rapeseed. These proteins have been found to have good emulsifying properties. Unlike other sources of emulsifying agen

Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera varför kinesiska köpare repatrierar kinesiskt porslin utifrån främst ett teoretiskt perspektiv. Pierre Bourdieus teorier när det gäller kulturellt, socialt och ekonomiskt kapital har huvudsakligen använts i analysen. En komparativ analys har även utförts av fem kinesiska porslinsföremål som har sålts till rekordpriser och fem kinesiska porslinsföremål som har

Introduction: Social CRM is a relatively new concept that is considered an extension of traditional CRM – performed through social medias. The concept has little prior research and the aim of this paper is to investigate how Social CRM influences the company´s Brand Equity and customer relationships. Research questions: R1. How can Social CRM on Facebook influence Brand Equity? R2. How can Socia

Organisatoriskt lärande har under de senaste decennierna uppmärksammats som ett attraktivt verktyg för att skapa konkurrenskraft. Forskare menar att vi lever i ett kunskapssamhälle där maximalt utnyttjande av kunskap är nyckeln till framgång. Organisationer måste komma till insikt med att varje individ bär på en stor mängd tyst och implicit kunskap. Genom att skapa forum och hålla en öppen dialog

The goal of this project was to gain a broader understanding of the process of developing design ideas into commercial products by producing a low volume production run of 100-1000 units based upon a set budget of 40.000 SEK. Appropriate manufacturing processes was selected and evaluated regarding costs and suitable volumes. Design ideas was developed by meeting with Swedish producers carrying ou

Recent advances in reinforcement learning research has achieved human level performance in playing video games (Mnih et al., 2015). This inspired me to understand the methods of reinforcement learning (RL) and investigate whether there is any basis for those methods in neurobiology and animal learning theories. The current study shows how RL is based on theories of animal conditioning and that the

Abstract This study is about how Swedish politics discuss gender inequality in Sweden and how gender inequality is conceived trough this debate. The focus of the study is to see how the perception of the male gender is formed throughout this debate and how the Swedish gender inequality debate relates to the conception of masculinity. I draw on the political parties’ official programs to gain insig

Uppkomsten av läkemedelsproteiner har haft betydelsefull påverkan på läkemedelsindustrin. Så kallad PEGylering är en vanlig efterbehandling av dessa proteiner. Idag kännetecknas PEGylering av en stillastående process som är tidsödande med stora förluster. Kan man med nytänk ämnas lösa dessa problem? Tillverkningsprocessen och användningen av terapeutiska (läkande) proteiner har varit relativt fraSince the rise of therapeutical proteins, there has been a growing interest in biopharmaceuticals over the years. Research was made to combat various protein weaknesses like fast degradation and low solubility. A discovery in the 1970s suggested that an attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on protein surfaces would solve the specific problems. Today this process is known as PEGylation and is wi

In recent years, the market for mobile applications has continuously grown in size, and appears to continue to grow. This means greater competition among app developing companies as the users expect applications with high usability and a great user experience. To assess these properties the companies can perform usability evaluations. However, practicing traditional usability evaluation methods ca

This thesis presents a design that approximates the fractional part of the based two logarithm function by using Improved Parabolic Synthesis including its CMOS VLSI implementations. Improved Parabolic Synthesis is a novel methodology in favor of implementing unary functions e.g. trigonometric, logarithm, square root etc. in hardware. It is an evolved approach from Parabolic Synthesis by combining

Det har aldrig varit så viktigt att minska kostnader och vara effektiv för att vara konkurrenskraftig på marknaden som det är idag. IKEA står inför stora utmaningar gällande produktionsökning på grund av ökad efterfrågan från marknaden och mål inför 2020. Denna massiva ökning kommer att påverka leverantörer, hjärtat i varuflödet. Den nödvändiga produktionsökningen kommer även att innebära att samaThe importance to cut costs and to be as efficient as possible has never been as important as it is today in order to stay competitive in the market. IKEA are currently facing increasing challenges with the production growth due to a high demand from the market and goals for 2020. This large growth will affect the bottom line of the supply chain, the suppliers. The necessary production growth also

Diabetes mellitus, especially type 2 diabetes, continuously becomes a global concern as this chronic metabolic disease which leasds over time to serious damage to heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. It causes 1.5 million deaths each year according to a report by the World Health Organisation. It is a very complex disease that requires diverse treatment depending on patients and their h

This master thesis in Sociology of Law explored the persistency of low-level corruption in post-communist Hungary. By adopting an anthropological approach 20 unstructured in-depth interviews were conducted in Hungarian language. The main focus of the research was on how law actually works. The collected material suggested that inadequate legislation supports informal economic transactions (“bad re

Snow and permafrost are significant climatic factors affecting the climate in high latitudes and especially in arctic regions. Moreover, results of conducted scientific studies have shown that snow is crucial for photosynthetic activity and therefore vegetation vigor and growing season in arctic environments. This master thesis aims to investigate the changes in photosynthetic activity in Zackenbe

Begging has been one of the oldest coping mechanisms for the poor people in Bangladesh. However, social attitudes towards begging changed along the notion of modernization, with the changes in modes of production in which the productive potential of individuals was emphasized and begging became a direct threat to the prominent values such as work initiatives, stable social relations, and beauty an