Bakgrund: Vi upplever att de tongivande forskarna inom den nordiska tjänsteforskningen är alltför konceptuella i sina slutsatser, då de sällan tar hänsyn till vad som djupgående krävs i kontexten inom olika verksamhetsområden. Då framgångsrika tjänsteverksamheter inte enbart är individanpassade, utan även situationsanpassade, finner vi att de förutsättningar som specifikt människonära tjänsteverks

This report presents a mathematical kinetic model describing the recovery of metal ions as metal sulfides, using sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB). Metal recovery from industrial waste is a potential beneficial and unused source of metals. The developed kinetic model is implemented and simulated in the computer programs MATLAB R2014b and Aspen Plus V8.8. The MATLAB simulation is performed on the bio

The building sector is the greatest single contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. A change in the patterns of building practices has the potential to contribute to mitigate the sector’s CO 2 emissions. Contemporary governance mechanisms see Non-Governmental actors take a considerable proportion of the action with market mechanisms. Building Councils as multi-stakeholder, non-state

This study analyses the effect of an exogenous increase in Chinese imports on political views in 9 EU countries over the period 2000-2009 by exploiting initial regional variation in industry specialization of labour markets. The labour market data is combined with data on industry specific Chinese imports to create a measurement of region-specific exposure to import penetration. To avoid endogenei

Denna avhandlingen presenterar en experimental studie till ett materietillstånd som existerade under de först mikrosekunderna efter Big Bang. Detta tillstånd kallas för Kvark-Gluon-Plasma och har lyckats bli återskapat i laboratorier genom att kollidera tunga atomkärnor med varandra. En sådan kollision uppnås genom att använda den stora partikelacceleratorer Large Hadron Collider (LHC) vid CERN soInn ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions, QCD matter undergoes a phase transition to a strongly interacting Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) where quarks and gluons are deconfined. The expansion of this plasma is well described by ideal hydrodynamics, suggesting that it behaves like a perfect, reversible, liquid. The particles emerging from the expansion are then highly correlated, showing collective b

Consumerism contributes to sustainability problems of social fragmentation and environmental degradation. In response to this the sharing economy is a relatively new and rapidly growing phenomenon. While the for-profit sharing economy has received considerable academic attention and critique, there is a lack of research that explores the alternative: the non-profit sharing economy. This paper addr

Det kommersiella värdet av personuppgifter och behandling av dessa är av stort värde för aktörer i den digitala ekonomin. Den ökade insamlingen och behandlingen av personuppgifter utgör risker och utmaningar, inte bara för att skydda EU: s medborgares integritet och personuppgifter, men också för den fria konkurrensen på den inre marknaden. Nya aktörer kan behöva ha tillgång till personuppgifter fThe commercial value of personal data and the processing of these is of great value for players in the digital economy. The increased collection and processing of personal data poses risks and challenges not only to the protection of EU citizens’ privacy and personal data, but also to the competitive environment on the internal market. New entrants may need access to personal data in order to comp

In this study, we analyze the hedging activities for risk management purposes of 31 shipping companies headquartered in Europe and North America and its impact on ROIC, in the period between 2009 and 2014. We also study how ROIC interacts with hedging and investments undertaken by the firms in our sample. If some of the assumptions of the Modigliani & Miller (1958) framework are relaxed, hedgi

This master thesis investigates how personal narrative and emotion might be understood as a feminist strategy in the work True Stories, an autobiographical project by contemporary French artist Sophie Calle. This is done through the application of Judith Butler's theory on heteronormativity, performativity and subversive acts, as well as Sara Ahmed's thought on emotion. The result shows ho

Denna uppsats undersöker översättning och lokalisering av dataspel för den svenska marknaden. Studien utförs mot bakgrund av att engelskan har en mycket stark ställning i Sverige och inom dataspelsgenren. Uppsatsen bygger på en korpus som består av 104 dataspel som har sålts i Sverige åren 2009-2015, vilka har hämtats från försäljningsstatistik som finns tillgänglig från organisationen Dataspelsbr

Vårt skelett är uppbyggt av olika typer av benvävnad, vilka alla har komplex struktur och olika egenskaper. Benvävnadens struktur motverkar på olika sätt att en spricka växer till en fraktur. Exakt hur detta går till är ännu inte förstått men man vet att strukturerna, från på nanometernivå till i full skala, på olika sätt bidrar till att stå emot benbrott. I det här projektet utvecklas en ny metodThe microstructure in cortical bone greatly affect the toughness of the bone and the crack propagation during fracture. The two main structural features, Haversian canals and osteons, have been previously studied in order to increase the knowledge of the biomechanics of bone. In studies where X-ray microtomography has been the imaging method of choice, the microstructure has been analysed based on

Within the mobile age, it has become critical to protect users’ privacy from privacy-invasive apps that access and collect personal information unnecessary for the apps function and, companies who share and sell user data. The advancements in mobile technology have led to the creation of voice-activated intelligent personal assistants (IPAs) which have been linked to privacy issues among users due

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur individer skapar sin sociala identitet genom grön konsumtion med utgångspunkt i Fairtrade-caféet Barista. Vidare ämnar denna uppsats undersöka anledningarna till varför individer konsumerar grönt ur ett konsumtionsteoretiskt perspektiv och detta har således lett oss till följande frågeställningar: Hur skapar konsumenter sina gröna ident

Since Actor-Network Theory emerged in the mid-1980s, the approach has transcended disciplinary boundaries and has similarly gained prominence within geography. Moreover, also the main proponents of the approach have endeavoured in linking Actor-Network Theory to geographical lines of inquiry and sought to develop a spatial vocabulary that matches its distinctive thought system. However, few attemp

In an efficient market, assets reflect all available information. Hence, investors cannot earn abnormal returns by conducting fundamental analysis since all financial data is impounded in the asset. The only way for an investor to earn higher returns is by incurring increased risk. However, a growing body of evidence appears to contradict market efficiency and common notion of risk compensation. P

Colombia is a country characterized by an intense internal armed conflict, which has its foundation in political instability followed by discontent among the population of the country. With the rise of drug lords, rebel groups, paramilitaries and army the conflict has continuously intensified towards the government, which has left countless of civilians displaced and vulnerable. The political corr

Title: Basel III - A market view of financial stability Authors: Victor Hansen & Jonathan Nyqvist Advisor: Anders Vilhelmsson Key words: Basel, risk, competition, financial stability Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to investigate the extension to which Basel III affects the financial sector’s conditions and analyse the difference in the financial sector’s perception of risk management i

Problemställning: Hur hållbart bygger LKF? Syfte: Att bidra till framtagandet av en ny, mer hållbar byggstandard. Metod: Litteraturstudie, intervjuer samt jämförelse mellan miljöcertifieringar och LKF:s byggstandard genom ett ”standardprojekt”. Slutsatser: Hållbart byggande har för denna rapport definierats som en balans mellan sociala-, ekonomiska-, ekologiska- och tekniska aspekter kopplat tiProblem: How sustainable does LKF build? Purpose: To contribute to a new construction standard that is more sustainable than the present one. Method: Litterature study, interviews and comparison of environmental assessments and LKF’s construction standard that is represented by a ’standard project’. Conclusions: Sustainable construction has for this report been defined as a balance between soci

This research will study how the phenomenon ‘harmful practices’ is represented within the United Nations’ new framework: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to reveal which practices are included and excluded from the goal. This framework has presented itself as being culturally diverse in its formation, strategy and application. In an attempt to capture this notion as a political goal and me

Studiens syfte var att undersöka sambandet mellan treåringars verbala förmåga, visuella beteende och minne i förhållande till en filmatiserad bilderbok med berättarröst. Syftet var även att studera betydelsen av delad uppmärksamhet på barnens visuella beteende och minne. Data samlades in för 63 barn som var mellan 33 och 48 månader gamla. Barnen matchades till två grupper. Delad uppmärksamhet operThe aim of this study was to investigate the verbal ability, visual behavior and memory in preschoolers, in relation to an animated picture book with narration. Furthermore, the purpose was to study the effect of joint attention on visual behavior and memory. Data was collected in a sample of 63 children between 33 and 48-months-old. Children were matched into two different groups. To operationali