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Bacterial invasion of a damselfly reduces genetic diversity Wolbachia is a common bacterium that lives in the cells of a great diversity of insects. This bacterium is a great manipulator of insect biology. In the blue moon butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), Wolbachia kills male embryos so there is as little as one male blue moon for a staggering one hundred females. Additionally, in some species of w

Syftet med detta arbete är att ta reda på vad som motiverar byggherrar att välja mer hållbara och framtidssäkra lösningar. Genom att identifiera de trender som byggherrarna känner är mest relevanta samt ta reda på vad de skulle kunna tjäna genom att agera mer hållbart ur de olika hållbarhetsperspektiven kan man hitta de drivkrafter som finns för att bygga mer hållbart. Dessa insikter kan sedan genThe purpose of this study is to find out what motivates developers to choose More sustainable solutions. By identifying trends that are most relevant for developers and find out what developers could gain by acting more futureoriented from the three perspectives of sustainability this study aims to find out what drives developers to build more sustainably. These insights can by comparison with the

Denna studie har strävat efter att undersöka hur högerorienterade digitala alternativa nyhetssidor i USA porträtterar politik i sin nyhetsrapportering. För att undersöka detta har studien utfört en kvalitativ gestaltningsanalys av hur två av USA:s största högerorienterade alternativa nyhetssidor, Breitbart News och The Daily Caller, rapporterade om riksrättsprocessen mot Donald Trump inom tidsrameThis study has aimed to investigate how “right-wing” alternative media news websites in the United States frame politics through their news reporting. To determine this, the study has conducted a qualitative framing analysis of how two of the United States’ major right-wing news websites’, Breitbart News and The Daily Caller, reported on the impeachment process against Donald Trump within the time

I Helsingborg stad finns idag en önskan att använda mer hållbara transportmedel vid godstransporter. Staden har fem industrispår som används i liten utsträckning, mestadels av godstransportarbetet sker med lastbilar. I ett samråd med Helsingborgs stadskontor vill de ha svar på vad för nyttor gällande miljöeffekter det blir vid ett reducerat lastbilsflöde. Syftet med denna studie är att studera buIn Helsingborg city, there is today a desire to use more sustainable options of freight transport. The city has five industrial tracks that are used to a small extent, most of the freight transport are done by trucks. In consultation with the City of Helsingborg, they wanted answers to what the benefits of environmental effects a reduced truck flow contributed to. The purpose of this essay is to

A reduction of a small molecule might lower blood pressure by affecting T cells Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, is becoming a more and more serious global health issue. According to a survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019, about 1.13 billion people around the world suffering from hypertension. It is an important factor contributing to diseases involves heart and ves

This study aims to deepen the understanding of how companies within environmentally harmful industries are able to construct sustainable brands by producing current sustainability discourses. This is done by using a critical discourse analysis and a multimodal critical discourse analysis on the “Fly Responsibly” campaign from 2019 by the airline company KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which consist of a

Den svenska modellen som råder på arbetsmarknaden bygger på samarbete och samförstånd mellan arbetsmarknadens parter för att fungera effektivt. Arbetsmarknadens parter har ansvar över att lösa problem som uppstår på arbetsmarknaden utan statlig inblandning. Modellen baseras till stor del på framförhandlade kollektivavtal, som medför en bindande verkan mellan avtalsparterna. Kollektivavtalet medförThe model used in the Swedish labour market requires cooperation and consensus between the social partners on the employee and employer side. The social partners are in charge in reaching collective agreements on labour market related issues without interference from the government. The model is called The Swedish Model and rely on the collective agreements which are binding between the social par

Since the end of the 20th century, society has gradually moved towards an information society where the use of the internet and the management of information has grown to become more important. While discussing digitization in the construction industry, BIM is oftentimes mentioned. Simply put, BIM is a 3d-model comprised of unique objects containing different types of information. Recent surveys i

In the early days of digitalisation of Swedish healthcare, eDoctors, such as Kry, operated in parallel with traditional primary care. With the rising popularity and benefits of digital services, traditional healthcare is looking into digitalisation options. Digi-physical healthcare, the integration between digital and traditional physical care, is suggested as a potential future for Swedish health

The concept of the European identity is in this thesis regarded as being expressed as a social, political and cultural activity, constructed and narrativized by the Presidents of the European Commission. The aims of executing the research has been to detect the processual development, constant elements or differences concerning the construction of the concept by the different leaders as well as in

Den här undersökningen har i syfte att studera Stefan Löfvens tal till nationen som hölls under covid-19 pandemin 2020. Avsikten med studien har utifrån det kvalitativa materialet varit att undersöka hur lingvistik och de symboler som uttrycks i talet påverkar meningsskapande, den nationella identiteten samt om nationalism kan verka som ett inkluderande verktyg vid nationell krishantering. StudienThis paper aims to investigate the speech held by Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Löfven during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. The purpose of the study has been, based on the qualitative material, to explore how linguistics and symbols affect sense-making, national identity and whether nationalism can act as an inclusive tool in national crisis management. Moreover, the study has a discursive persp

Bolivia has experienced a drastic decline in inequality and poverty since 2000. It coincided with the administrative period of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019. Hence, it is debated whether poverty reduction was mainly driven by economic growth alongside the commodity boom in the 2000s or by policy implementations during Morales’s presidency. This study addresses the research question: “How and w

In recent years many devices such as smartphones, smart watches and laptops have started being equipped with embedded SIM cards called eSIM, which have the possibility to be reprogrammed with new subscription data through a process called remote SIM provisioning. To enable the eSIM in these devices, the mobile operators have had to implement new systems for the remote SIM provisioning process, and

Forskning inom interstellära objekt, det vill säga objekt som har sitt ursprung utanför vårt solsystem, har pågått under decennier, men det var inte förrän 2017 som det första interstellära objektet i solsystemet upptäcktes. Det fick namnet 1I/'Oumuamua och skapade ett stort intresse både inom forskarvärlden och hos allmänheten. Två år senare, 2019, upptäcktes det andra och senaste interstelläResearch on InterStellar Objects (ISOs) has been done for several decades, however, the first observed ISO in the Solar system was only recently discovered in 2017. It was named 1I/'Oumuamua and was only passing though the Solar system, but this may not be the case for all objects of its kind. For instance, one could gain a bound orbit around the Sun if the right amount of nudge is acquired wh

The results confirm the general claim that extreme skewness is a result of long-term com-pounding induced by a single period standard deviation. The results confirm that the Swedish stock market has the same characteristics as that of the US market. I estimate that the Swe-dish stock market produced 1.2tnSEK wealth 1984 – 2018 – with an extreme concentration of 28 stocks representing all wealth cr

Äldre anställdas ställning på arbetsmarknaden är onekligen osäker. I detta arbete försöker jag att räta ut och förstå hur äldre arbetstagare är skyddade på arbetsmarknaden genom att undersöka hur gällande rätt är designat. Detta görs genom en komparativ studie mellan Sverige och Kina, där en rad olika undersökningsområden kopplat till anställningsskydd för äldre bearbetas. Arbetet berör och förklaThe status of the elderly on the labour market is undeniably precarious. In this thesis, I am trying to straighten out how the elderly are protected on the labour market and how the legislation to protect them is designed. This is done through a comparative study between Sweden and China, where a number of research areas associated with employment protection for elderly are processed. I am, in thi

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka hur kommunikatörer upplevde att digitaliseringen har påverkat deras kompetens och sätt att arbeta med intern kommunikation inom offentlig sektor. Studiens avsikt var att bidra med kunskap om kommunikatörers mångtydiga roll och vilken betydelse interna kommunikationsdokument hade för deras praktiska arbete. För att samla in empiriskt material har en kvalThe purpose of this case study was to investigate how communicators perceived that digitalization had affected their competence and work with internal communication in the public sector. The intention of the study was to contribute with knowledge regarding communicators ambiguous role and the importance of internal communication documents for their practical work. This study was conducted through

Diskussionen om vaccinering och kroppslig integritet är ett högst aktuellt ämne i ett samhälle som befinner sig mitt i en pandemi. Med utgångspunkt i denna diskussion avser denna uppsats undersöka det rättsliga läget kring konflikter som kan uppstå i arbetslivet när arbetstagare vägrar att vaccinera sig. Uppsatsen ämnar dels besvara om en arbetsgivare kan kräva att en arbetstagare vaccinerar sigThe debate regarding vaccination and bodily integrity is a hot topic in society in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. With this debate in mind, this paper examines the legal recourses in Swedish law when conflicts arise in the working life regarding an employee who refuses vaccination. Firstly, this paper answers whether an employer can demand of an employee to get vaccinated, and secondly whi