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This thesis aims to explore, in an in-depth manner, the linkages between economic growth, employment creation and social capital, and how their interaction can provide a way out of poverty for individuals and households, societies and nations. This study points out employment as the key link between growth and poverty reduction. Since the problem of unemployment and underemployment in developing c
By isolating and forecasting the trend in two key variables this paper analyses the future plausibility of the current UK pensions system. Box Jenkins methods (1970, 1976, 1994) are applied to UK post-war government pensioner expenditure and population over 65. Conclusions are made with particular reference to the recent reports of the pensions commission who recommended a drastic reorganization o
For decades, Theodore Levitt's notion of the homogenisation of consumer taste, as a consequence of globalisation, has been used in the marketing literature to legitimise standardisation as global strategy. Levitt's notion of homogenisation of taste refers to a worldwide desire for modern, low priced, world-standard and dependable products from the modern, and primarily western, world. Homo
This master thesis takes its point of departure in the conflicting worldviews of modernism and post-modernism. As traditional segmentation theory springs from the modernist worldview, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of the complexity regarding market segmentation for lifestyle brands in contemporary society, where the consumer is often claimed to be post-modern. The research was
The United States is having an identity crisis concerning it's borders. The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, raised concerns about the nations borders. Year 2002, The Department of Homeland Security was created with the purpose to secure the nation from potential threats related to the borders. This study examine which different American identities have been constructed during the 2
This thesis describes the antidumping duty imposed towards Vietnam on certain footwear and the implications that follows the measure. In an antidumping investigation it is of great importance to establish whether the exporting country is a market economy or not. The EC decision to impose a provisional antidumping duty on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in Vietnam was
Species richness estimation is an ongoing difficult statistical problem. Most of the research done in this subject focuses on biological data even though, a lot of the methods can be applied more widely. In this paper, we will focus on technological data and compare different known estimators (both, parametric and non-parametric) to see how well they work and compare in determining the total number o
This thesis aims to bring a greater understanding of the recent rise in right-wing populism by analysing the authoritarian populist discourse used by Donald Trump when he speaks to his base. In the study, the transcript of his speech at the Minnesota Rally in October 2019 is studied with the method critical discourse psychology. The theoretical framework is a combination of post-structuralism and
Thesis purpose: the purpose of this research is to understand how and if different motives simultaneously influence consumers’ decision to acquire second-hand luxury fashion online. Through this, we want to find different consumer archetypes in second-hand luxury fashion. This study aims to contribute with both theoretical and managerial implications to the second-hand luxury research field. Metho
Acoustophoresis, i.e., the contactless manipulation of small cells or particles via acoustic waves is a gentle and label-free method that can, amongst others, be used to isolate rare cells such as circulating tumor cells from blood. To isolate enough cells, a large amount of sample needs to be processed in a reasonable amount of time. In a clinical setting, usually around 10 mL of blood can be col
Decarbonization, digitalization and decentralisation are the most important factors presently influencing energy systems worldwide. Of those, digitalization is understudied and often only analysed from a technological perspective. Energy digitalization could however fulfil important monitoring and operational functions, in energy systems which will likely become more complex. This paper therefore
We want to have a good life! In fact, this is the core of urbanism and the reason why we keep building and constantly improving our cities. The ideal of how we wanted to live has changed through the time and developed into a form many people are satisfied with. But there is so much behind us living this ‘good life’. The urgency of climate crisis and the worsening situation for humans in afflict
This thesis unpacks the similarities and dissimilarities between Connecting Europe and Asia – Building blocks for an EU Strategy from 2018 and the Global Gateway from 2021, two Joint Communications from the European Commission and the EEAS on connectivity. The comparison shows that the Global Gateway has followed up on the suggestions for change or creation from the 2018 strategy. It shows that th
Risk-taking behaviours are essential for animals’ survival and are often referred to as variation along the bold-shy continuum in animal personality research. Predation risk is a fundamental driver shaping individuals’ behaviours, and sex often plays an underlaying role in behavioural variation between individuals as well. Home to a post-Pleistocene radiation of Bahamas mosquitofish, Bahamian blue
This thesis attempts to implement a library in pure Python for building real-time Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems. The library does this by employing nodes containing data transformation methods—filtering, classification, data acquisition, and more. These nodes are linked together to create pipelines of nodes in which data flows. Due to the asynchronous nature of the data flow the library w
This paper explores the relationship between temporary migration and fertility behaviour in Tajikistan. This research is motivated by the great volume of Tajikistanis who migrate temporarily from high-fertility Tajikistan to low-fertility Russia. Cox proportional hazards survival analysis models are used with a relatively large and representative dataset. The results of this analysis indicate that
During excavations, steel sheet piles are often installed through vibratory driving, to establish a retaining wall that resists soil instability and ground water leakage. The method of vibratory driving is that the sheet pile is driven into the soil with a vertical vibratory motion. This is especially effective in soft soils. In parts of Sweden, however, the most common type of soil is the glacial
