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The rising prices of fossil fuel, combined with increasing glycerol availability, thanks to increasing biodiesel production, have made glycerol more economically interesting to use as a starting material in various processes. This article will present and evaluate a new process developed by Biofuel-solutions for production of propionaldehyde from glycerol via acrolein. Aspen Plus® is used to simul
Articles 18(a) and 27 ECVD are instruments within the Directive to restore neutrality of EU VAT, which has been breached by the numerous exemptions. For the purposes of this research neutrality is interpreted as a particular expression of the general EU law principle of equal treatment. The actual field of application of the provisions is studied through a legal dogmatic method and by researching
Få heltäckande uppföljningar har genomförts för vattenvårdsprojekt. Forskning kring miljöförbättrande åtgärder i vattenvårdsprojekt pekar på ett behov av systematiserade och accepterade metoder för uppföljning av vidtagna åtgärder. Syftet med examensarbetet är att utveckla rekommendationer och tillvägagångssätt för uppföljning av åtgärder riktade mot kväve- och fosforreducering i små avrinningsomr
In the automotive industry, it is common that the customers provide the suppliers with the necessary packing material needed for delivery of the goods. The reason for this is that it makes the handling and unpacking of incoming goods at the customer easy, but it also makes sure that the quality of the packing material is high, and that the transportation damages of the goods are minimised. It shou
The focus of this study is to examine how an authoritarian regime within the Arab world, remarkably stable and long deemed as inhospitable to democratic tendencies, ‘suddenly’ witnessed mass pro-democracy movements and ultimately regime breakdown. In this thesis the case of Egypt is discussed. Firstly, in an attempt at establishing the core working mechanisms of an authoritarian regime; the conclu
Background: In many businesses is the next customer not the end-customer but another company that further refines the product. This type of business relations demands a different type of marketing than regular supplier-customer businesses. Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) are concept that means design, manufacturing, testing, distribution, after-sales service of electronics products to the
Computational modeling is a commonly used method to understand, predict and explain for instance the organization of neuronal connectivity. Here it is applied to the problem of the development of the neural control of locomotion. Locomotion, e.g. walking and swimming, can be characterized as an alternate activation of opposing muscles and is controlled by central pattern generators, CPGs, in the s
This report is the final result of a fire safety evaluation of Örebro Concert Hall, with main objective to evaluate the personal safety in event of a fire. Örebro Concert Hall is one of the top event halls in the region. The number of visitors varies depending on the event, but the great concert hall has capacity for over 700 guests. The report is limited to cover the public areas of the building
Migration has been around from time immemorial because of the possibilities of better life conditions. Undocumented migrants are a particular vulnerable group in the labour market in Sweden as well in Europe. They can mainly be found in low skilled jobs in the informal economy. They work long hours under minimum wage in construction, cleaning and catering. This has complicated the trade unions mai
During the latest years there has been a strategic decisive change when it comes to how the larger producers regard and treat their subcontractors. This is partly due to the increasing globalization and the fact that the economy is becoming more and more knowledge and networks based. The subcontractors are facing higher demands from the producers to deliver system solutions with more complex compo
As a consequence of the current global warming debate, many companies are today working towards minimizing their operations’ effect on the environment. The Swedish firm Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF), offers environmental consulting services through its EHS department (Environment, Health and Safety). The department’s largest business areas are services regarding state-regulated emission permits and meas
Den 23 mars 2010 utfärdades “the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. Lagen innebär en omfattande reform av det amerikanska sjukvårdsförsäkringssystemet. Enligt en viss bestämmelse i lagen är envar skyldig att inneha sjukvårdsförsäkring, vid äventyr av böter (26 U.S.C. § 5000A). Bestämmelsens grundlagsenlighet är omtvistad; lagprövning pågår i federala distrikts- och appellationsdomstolar
Analysis of rail capacity - Investigation of capacity limits Västkustbanan was first recognized by the Swedish Parliament over 50 years ago, when it was decided that the entire route would be equipped with phased out double-track extension. The main purpose was to cope with the future traffic development, along the railway corridor. Since the decision was made, the phased out double-track extensio
Today we are facing a big range of possibilities that may contribute to a sustainable development. The majority of the world’s populations are presumably trying to make the world a better place, but there is no agreement as to how this is to be achieved. There is no global consensus as to the values of how to do right and how to make the world a better place. As a result there exist a variety of c
Background: There has been a recent global movement toward certification of “green” buildings. The Sweden Green Building Council currently supports four sustainable building certification schemes: LEED, BREEAM, Miljöbyggnad, and GreenBuilding. These systems use widely disparate criteria to assess building sustainability and are adopted at differing rates within the nation. They are also constantly
The importance of the health of the banking sector cannot be underestimated, especially not after the recent financial crisis. Credit rating agencies base their ratings on backward-looking accounting information which cannot be used to predict a bank default. Therefore, it is of high relevance to develop market-based measures of default to give a point-in-time indication of the health of the banki
