Glucose levels 2 h after an oral glucose challenge are a clinical measure of glucose tolerance used in the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. We report a meta-analysis of nine genome-wide association studies (n = 15,234 nondiabetic individuals) and a follow-up of 29 independent loci (n = 6,958-30,620). We identify variants at the GIPR locus associated with 2- h glucose level (rs10423928, beta (s.e.m.)

Customers and the stakeholders are putting increased pressure on the companies to take responsibility for environmental issues in their supply chain. This may not be very easy for the companies, especially if the suppliers causing pollution are beyond company's direct business connections. This study tries to understand this phenomenon by means of a case study in the fashion industry. A Swedis

En sammanfattning av uppsatsen på maximalt 8000 tecken. This thesis is mainly dealing with the mobility of the employees within the borders of the European Union. Legislative framework from the EU is favourable and the Commission has set as one of it goals to promote the migration. Globalisation trends and contemporary business concepts need people who are mobile on the other hand. But migration n

The aim of this study was to search for factors that have provided a significant change in the life of five girls, aged 18 to 24 at the time of the study, who was, or had been, sentenced to institutional care. Social service interventions for children and young people are guided by the Social Services Act (SoL), the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (LVU), and the Parental Code (Föräl

This study aims at identifying and analysing the construct of a retailer’s store personality in consumer stories and how these stories relate to the retailer’s brand story on a global level. To fulfil the purpose and analyse a retailer’s store personality, a qualitative approach was chosen to analyse the empirical data provided by a case study of H&M through narrative analysis. The main theori

This Master’s thesis in library and information science deals with the relationship between research and practice of information literacy education. Information literacy is a common field of research and many theories and models have been developed through the years. The concept is widely used in society and one goal for educational institutions is to train students to become information literate.

The purpose of this essay was to examine the importance language has to the feeling of being left out of the society. The intention was to compare thoughts and feelings between two different groups. One of the groups was people suffering from aphasia and the other was immigrants. In the first group, I interviewed a man suffering from aphasia and a relative to another man also suffering from aphasi

The focus of this thesis is the presence of octagonal churches during medieval time. It discusses the meaning of the architectural outline of the building, the numerological symbolism behind the number eight, and the reason why these churches were built and by whom. To further the study, two Scandinavian churches have been used as examples: the church in Store Heddinge on Zealand, Denmark and the

The purpose of this thesis is to identify the whole positioning process by means of existing positioning theories as well as interviews with marketing practitioners and consumers. Furthermore, the authors wish to provide the reader with an overview of the complete positioning process as well as how it is used in practice today in order to better understand how well suited positioning theories are

For the design of a building, you must take into account a range of parameters. These parameters often differ from place to place. It is common that each building be designed with regards to weather, purpose and its useful life expectancy. When a material or a structural unit is subjected to external influences, changes occur, for example deflections. Each IKEA-store, with their various components

De senaste åren har drönare ökat i popularitet. Möjligheterna detta medför är stora, men drönare ger även upphov till störningar för övrig, traditionell luftfart. Antalet drönarrelaterade incidenter i luftrum världen över har ökat i stadig takt, och många anser att det endast är en tidsfråga innan en allvarlig olycka inträffar. Luftfarten är sedan lång tid tillbaka noggrant reglerad med flera niIn recent years, drones have increased in popularity. They create many opportunities, but drones also cause disruption to traditional aviation. The number of drone-related incidents around the world has increased steadily, and many consider it only a matter of time before a serious accident occurs. Aviation has been carefully regulated for a long time with several jurisdictions of regulations, bu

Skatterätten är ett stort rättsområde, sett inte bara till dess rättsliga reglering, utan även till antalet rättshandlingar som har skatterättsliga konsekvenser. En av dessa bedömningar gäller vilket skattesubjekt, d.v.s. vilken fysiska eller juridiska person, som ska ta upp en viss intäkt till beskattning. En annan är till vilket inkomstslag en intäkt ska bestämmas. Huvudsyftet i uppsatsen är at

I studien kommer avgränsningen mellan MFL och tryck- och yttrandefriheten diskuteras och vilka faktorer som är viktiga vid gränsdragningen. Det kommer göras en undersökning av gränsdragningen både i traditionella och sociala medier. Syftet med studien är även att problematisera bedömningen av kommersiell marknadsföring i sociala medier och om avgränsningen i de medierna bör vara lik den som görs pThe demarcation between the Marketing Act and the constitution for freedom of press and freedom of speech will be discussed in this study. The study will also examine which elements are important to where the demarcation should be drawn. There will be an examination of both traditional media and social media. The study’s purpose is furthermore to discuss problems about the demarcation between comm

Befinner du dig berusad på en allmän plats i Sverige har polisen rätt att omhänderta dig enligt Lag om omhändertagande av berusade personer (LOB). Kraven för ett sådant omhändertagande är att du är tillräckligt berusad för att vara till fara för dig själv eller för din omgivning samt att omhändertagandet inte väcker stor olägenhet för den enskilde. Lagen är tänkt fungera som en vårdinsats både för