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Denoising and drift removal are important for improving the usability of the DCIP (Direct current resistivity and time-domain induced polarisation) method. This is useful because the need for detailed subsurface analysis increases with city construction and environmental projects. One issue with conducting DCIP measurements in urban areas is low-frequency drift from DC power (trains, trams, and po
In 2009 when President Nasheed began his presidency in the Maldives, he launched a unique environmental project that put the country at the fore front of international environmental politics and the battle against climate change. However, in the past ten years a new picture of the Maldives has occurred where those in power seem to put more effort into development and economic growth than environme
Sierra Leone struggles with one of the world’s highest rates of teenage pregnancy. Reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy and ensuring access to education for all are key to achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls. This is not only a top priority for the government but also an essential part of ensuring the human rights of the population and achieving inclusive development, as rec
Forskning visar nu entydigt att den globala genomsnittstemperaturen stiger och att antropogena växthusgasutsläpp i stor utsträckning är orsaken till detta. Medan klimatförändringen är en global angelägenhet, är det också en fråga om stor orättvisa. De utvecklade länderna har generellt sett bidragit mest till klimatförändringarna, men effekterna kommer att bli värre för dem som har bidragit minst. Scientific findings now unequivocally show that the global average temperature is rising and that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are largely responsible for this. While climate change is a global concern, it is also a concern of great injustice. Developed countries have generally contributed most to the climate changes, but the impacts will strike harder on those who have contributed least
This thesis takes an ethnographic approach in the examination of the phenomenon of digital nomadism. Generally, the term describes people who have rejected the idea of working in a conventional office, but instead, they work and travel without a clear destination. Through the daily life experiences of 15 individuals from different parts of the world living now as digital nomads, the thesis investi
Denna studie undersöker om införandet av Pay-for-Performance-program (P4P) i Sveriges primärvård har påverkat antal undvikbara slutenvårdstillfällen. I Västernorrland och Västerbotten har man använt sig av P4P med kvalitetsindikatorn undvikbar slutenvård under åren 2012-2014. Dessa län definieras som behandlingsgrupp i studien, och resterande län definieras som kontrollgrupp. Studien genomförs medThis study examines if the implementation of Pay-for-Performance-programmes (P4P) in Swedish primary care has had an effect on avoidable hospitalizations. In the counties Västernorrland and Västerbotten P4P has been used with the quality indicator avoidable hospitalization included in the programme during 2012-2014. These counties are defined as the treatment group in the study, and the remaining
Hushållens skuldsättningsgrad är av intresse för en mängd instanser i samhället eftersom denna bland annat kan ge en bild av hur allvarligt en ekonomisk kris skulle drabba hushållen. Om man kan hitta en modell som väldigt väl förklarar hushållens skuldsättningsnivå kan man eventuellt också upptäcka potentiellt farliga situationer i ekonomin tidigare och då ha möjlighet att sätta in åtgärder mot deHousehold debts is interesting for a number of institutions in society. One reason for this is that it gives a picture of how severely a potential economic crisis might affect the country. If a model can be found which precisely explains the household debt levels, it can be used to predict dangerous situations at an earlier stage, so that resources to counteract the situation can be employed befor
Den snabba utvecklingen av nya digitala verktyg leder till nya möjligheter för fjärrvärmebranschen inom områden som laststyrning och feldetektering. För dessa ändamål behövs tillförlitliga modeller som beskriver centralerna. Syftet med denna studie är att utveckla en grupp matematiska modeller som beskriver uppmätta värden och deras utveckling över tid, för en väl fungerande fjärrvärmecentral. FörIn the rise of digitalization, new possibilities are being discovered for district heating in areas like demand side management and fault detection. For these purposes it is necessary to have reliable models describing the substations. In this thesis, the aim is to develop a group of mathematical models to describe measured quantities and their progress through time, for a well performing substati
The aim of this master’s thesis is to explore the interplay of commitment and empty labour in two widely different organisations. Empty labour can be described as when you are doing anything else than your official working tasks. Commitment on the other hand is how and in what way you feel obligated to the organisation, your boss, your colleagues’ etcetera. Depending on several factors such as col
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the phenomenon of brand hostage, with the aim to develop a framework and a definition for a deeper understanding of its modus operandi. Relevance: Over the past two decades, disruptive and successful NGO campaigns have increasingly targeted corporations, which makes the topic a major concern for managers. Nevertheless, both from an academic and prac
Public participation is vital to ensure sustainable water management, and providing education is one of the way to trigger participation. For decades, developed countries try to educate their citizen to be environmentally literate, and for the water sector, water-related knowledge has been introduced to the public by schools, municipalities and water utilities. The condition is harder for developi
Due to computation-intensive nature of LDPC decoders, a lot of research is going towards efficient implementation of their original algorithm (SPA). As "Min-Sum" approximation is basically an overestimation of SPA, this thesis investigates more accurate, yet area efficient, approximations of SPA, to select an optimum one. In a general comparison between main approximation methods (e.g. LUT,
About 25,3 % of the Mozambican population is suffering from undernourishment even though a sufficient amount of food and specifically fruits are produced. Post-harvest losses are estimated to 25 % to 40 % and part of the production is not even harvested due to a short season. A solution has to be found to improve fruit preservation and allow the population to consume what is harvested later. Dryin
The aim of this study is to analyze how discourses around the stigmatization of sex work are expressed by examining how people that post on internet forums discuss and reason about female creators on OnlyFans. The method that was used is a qualitative ethnography where we investigated how people on the online forums of Flashback and Reddit published and presented their opinions about females. We h
The Kalix River, located in the northern part of Sweden, experiences a slowdown in water flow during cold winters. However, in spring, when snow and ice melt in the mountains, the water flow starts to increase. Towards the end of spring, there is usually a rapid and unpredictable surge in water flow known as the spring flood. The arrival of the spring flood is stochastic in time and does not occur
Plastic pollution is one of the most severe forms of pollution and the high abundance of microplastics (MP) in aquatic ecosystems is already confirmed. Due to their small size and buoyancy, they are highly bioavailable and have been shown to have a wide range of negative impacts. As a result of their high trophic status and long lifespan, aquatic mammals are susceptible to bioaccumulation and biom
Threats towards hierarchy Seminar date: 02/06/2022 Course: Bachelor Degree Project in Organization Undergraduate Level Authors: Rasmus Engström, Emma Hedlund, Mathilda Hesslevik Supervisor: Nadja Sörgärde & Johan Jönsson Five keywords: Hierarchy, rationalization, stabilization, destabilization, sports teams Research question: How are hierarchies (de)stabilized within a football team? Pur
Young people with complex needs are a vulnerable group who may be involved in crime, or substance abuse, have mental health problems, and be unemployed. It is a vulnerable group that may have several ongoing contacts with authorities. In this study, staff in child and adolescent psychiatry and municipal activity for youth employment centers have been interviewed. The purpose has been to highlight
Bio-based and ecological buildings are gaining global importance, with straw bale constructions as one of the possible choices in Europe. Straw bale buildings are classified into load-bearing, non-load-bearing, and hybrid techniques. Load-bearing and non-load-bearing methods have been studied extensively in past decades whilst hybrid methods, such as CUT (Cells Under Tension) techniques have been
