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The growing complexity of the concept of gender highlights the importance for a deeper understanding of the diversity underlying this construct. Recent studies have shown large numbers of individuals experiencing non-conforming feelings with their sex assigned at birth, emphasising the need to gain a better understanding of gender identities outside the binary system, one of these being non-binary

Med en allt hårdare konkurrens på den svenska betaltjänstemarknaden har det blivit viktigare för tjänsteleverantörerna att försöka tillgodose konsumentens behov och krav. Den ökade konkurrensen bland e- handelsföretag har gjort att företagen är beroende av att det ska gå snabbt och enkelt för kunden att göra sin betalning, annars är risken stor att kunden avbryter köpet. Företagen måste därför utv

Background: The fashion industry is one of the world’s largest and most creative sectors in the retail industry, but also one of the most polluting industries globally. More and more clothes are produced than it is needed, and this has been a usual process in the fashion industry to meet consumers’ needs. Consumers can also be responsible for the environmental degradation, even though most of the

Bakgrund Industri 4.0, den fjärde industriella revolutionen, handlar om att big data börjar utnyttjas inom tillverkningsindustrin. Detta öppnar upp helt nya möjligheter för tillverkningsföretag, men innebär också många risker och nya krav på företag. Syfte Syftet med det här projektet har varit att kartlägga hur ett företag bäst positionerar sig för att börja använda industri 4.0 och dessutom vilk

Internet dating has with the advent of dating apps gone mobile. Furthermore, social media apps and virtual contact are playing an increasing vital role in courtship and flirtation processes while also easing the aches of distance relationships. Online behaviors have consequences on mental health, the purpose of this bachelor thesis is to examine what the dominant dating apps and social media platf

Syftet med uppsatsen var att sprida en medvetenhet om det emotionella lönarbetets existens och möjliga inverkan på anställda i förskolan. Syftet var mer specifikt att undersöka hur ett begränsat antal förskollärare i Lunds kommun, påverkades av och hanterade det emotionella lönearbete som de ställdes inför. Empirin samlades in genom sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med förskollärare från Lund. Int

Den föreliggande studien har grund i tidigare forskning som funnit samband mellan stress, arbetsprestation och livsstil. Syftet med studien var att studera dessa samband närmare samt lägga till faktorn sömn i livsstilsaspekten för att se om detta skulle ha en påverkan på sambandet. Vi genomförde en webb-baserad enkät som byggde på olika reliabla skalor för varje kategori som exempelvis Health at w

Polymerer är långa molekyler bestående av identiska repeterande enheter som antingen produceras på konstgjord väg eller naturligt av exempelvis bakterier. Plast, socker och cellulosa är exempel på polymerer som man kommer i kontakt med i sin vardag. Fortsättningsvis, kan polymerer bära positiva eller negativa laddningar och kallas då istället för polyelektrolyter. Om sådana molekyler av motsatt lComplex coacervation is a type of liquid-liquid phase separation, that occurs when oppositely charged macroions are mixed in aqueous solution under certain conditions. It has been proven to have applications within many different industries including the food and pharmaceutical industries. For example, protein/polysaccharide coacervates have been used for their emulsifying and foaming properties.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a global disease affecting more than 3.5 million people in the world, resulting in a high burden to societies. More research on IBD is definitely in need to prevent the disease and treat IBD patients. The intestinal epithelial barriers of IBD patients are weakened due to the inflammation, thereby, enteric microbes in the gut may translocate to the circulating sy

I början av september 2015 började ett stort antal människor på flykt ankomma till Malmö central. Inga myndigheter hade förutspått denna oväntade händelse och samhället var därför helt oförberett på att ta emot så många människor på flykt. De som var först på plats för att ta emot flyktingarna var därför det civila samhället. Under hösten formerades nätverk av civila som hjälpte till att ta emot fDuring the years, societies have faced different complex and hazardous events which has put their resilience to test. The refugee crisis is one event that usually do not fall within the framework of what a country or a political sector is prepared for. In the autumn 2015, when large numbers of refugees arrived at Malmö central station, no authorities were prepared and present to receive the people

Disaster management is a field, where any kind of information is essential for planning and rescue operations. The availability of real-time data on a portable device, such as a smartphone, can be very useful for emergency workers, during rescue operations and citizens as well. Augmented mobile reality is a system where the users can see overlayed data and visuals in the real environment through t

Background: The fashion industry is one of the world’s largest and most creative sectors in the retail industry, but also one of the most polluting industries globally. More and more clothes are produced than it is needed, and this has been a usual process in the fashion industry to meet consumers’ needs. Consumers can also be responsible for the environmental degradation, even though most of the

The main purpose of this thesis is to present and analyze spatial characteristics of 31 different European atmospheric measurement stations in the ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) station network. The characterization includes quantification of where air arriving at the stations can be expected to have come from, as well as a breakdown of what these areas cover with regards to land cove

The Flommen Lagoon system is located in Skanör-Falsterbo, Sweden. It hosts a diverse and sensitive ecosystem. There have been concerns about the water quality in this lagoon due to impaired water exchange. The objectives of this thesis is to determine the current state of the water exchange in the lagoon and investigate possible measures to improve it. These possible measures revolve around the

In line with current tendencies of 'new modes of governance', this essay introduces judicial tools which strike a balance between the respect for national autonomy in individual assessments and the effective implementation of Community law. The balance is struck through the demands of structural guarantees&semic administrative safeguards, which weeds out arbitrary national decision-mak

This thesis takes its starting point in the criminal offence of bribery in international business transactions. While the relating issues pertaining to the surrounding international business environment are overwhelmingly complex and numerous, the supply-side view presented focuses on questions less related to a political will to conduct massive and costly public sector reforms. In the light of on

Many concerns regarding the possibility to patent various forms of lives have been raised in the debate regarding patens. One of the issues for focus in the debate has been the gradual shifting in where to draw the line between a discovery and an invention, specifically when patents on plants are concerned. The main issue examined in this thesis is whether or not Swedish Patent Act (1967:837) is i