Background. The United States has been a diverse country since it is establishment. The effects of socioeconomic characteristics including immigration, age, employment status, educational attainment on total fertility rate have been discussed in the previous studies. Objective. The objectives in this study are to explore whether the difference in the timings of first childbirth among Hispanic wome

Klarspråk är ett språkligt koncept som myndigheter kan tillämpa i syfte att göra sina texter vårdade, enkla och begripliga. På så sätt antas myndigheten kunna uppnå kraven i Språklagen. I denna uppsats testar jag effekter av klarspråk på ett nytt sätt: genom ögonrörelsemätningar och två typer av intervjuer studerar jag samspelet mellan en specifik typ av mottagare och en specifik typ av myndighets

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily ancient molecules. They are essential innate immune response molecules that protect organisms from invading pathogens. Tissue factor pathway inhibitors (TFPI-1 and TFPI-2) C-terminal derived peptides exert host defense mechanisms against microbes. Studies showed that in human plasma, C-terminal TFPI-1 and -2 derived peptides mediate bacterial killin

Analys av immunteknologis MUTZ-3 visar tecken på genetisk drift Allergi är en vanligt förekommande sjukdom som drabbar en stor del av befolkningen. Sjukdomen kan ta många olika former och vanliga typer är matallergi, luftvägsallergi och kontaktallergi. Kontaktallergi uppstår när en person kommer i upprepad kontakt med kemikalier som kan aktivera immunförvaret. Immunförsvarets är ett komplext nätveThe continued increased exposure to chemicals and the increasing prevalence of allergic contact dermatitis makes it important to develop accurate testing methods and strategies to assess chemical sensitizers. The Genomic Allergen Rapid Detection (GARD) assay is an in vitro test method that uses the transcriptional response of a myeloid cell line, MUTZ-3, after exposure to test substances to assess

Based on readings, news and experiments this project is a creative exploration of data collection in the age of Internet. The disclosure of government online surveillance programs in 2013 raised questions about the power of data collection by governments and companies. Although this was big news when it happened, the topic is not as discussed or as acted on as it should be. Has anything changed si

As volumes of e-waste (WEEE) are increasing worldwide, the environmental and health impacts caused by this waste stream are leading to rising concern over how it is managed and disposed of. In the European Union this has been addressed by the WEEE Directive, a policy requiring all Member States to have a system for managing e-waste. The revised policy (Directive 2012/19/EU) sets increasingly ambit

Endowed with diverse vegetation covers, the Middle Atlas Mountains receive substantial snowfall in winter, which contributes to plant hydration during the growing season. Using remotely-sensed imagery, this study aims to assess the trends in snow cover variations between 2000 and 2015, analyse the local influence of snowpack persistence on vegetation growth and evaluate the significance of this ef

This thesis addresses business performance indicators in the context of the Circular Economy (CE) and the textile industry. Its purpose is to explore possible design features of Circular Performance Indicators (CPIs) in the textile industry, to examine the application of such metrics among retailers and to define potential indicators for the Swedish fashion retailer MQ. The research design is exp

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the credibility of Mexico’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) and to identify areas for policy intervention that can strengthen the credibility of the climate pledges. Using Mexico as a case study, the research tested and further developed an initial credibility assessment framework for a country-level analysis to evaluate the credibility

Payments for watershed services (PWS) are intended to provide incentives to land users to adopt sustainable land management practices. They are also increasingly viewed as having positive impacts on the livelihood of local communities around protected areas. The St. Paul River, located in the St. Paul River basin, is the main source of potable water and hydroelectricity to Monrovia, a city with ab

In 2015 the EU introduced Directive 2015/720 on the reduction of the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags creating the first transnational agreement on plastic bag issue in the world. This Directive sets the scope within which Member States will design their own policies in order to reach a significant reduction in the plastic bag consumption over the following years. Greece is one of t

Detta examensarbete beskriver läsares upplevelser av begripligheten hos en originalversion och en klarspråksbearbetad version av en text. Ur ett receptionsperspektiv undersöks både hur läsare relaterar texternas begriplighet till språkliga och innehållsliga aspekter samt hur dessa uppfattningar kan hänga samman med läsarnas erfarenheter och förväntningar. Undersökningens empiriska och viktigaste d

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world in business sales, energy consumption as well as waste streams. It is pressured for conflict minerals, unsustainable raw material use and hazardous substances, and must quickly respond to these challenges. One way to drive this change is sustainable procurement, with environmental and social minimum a

Climate change is a global and demanding issue, which affects all the states on the planet. The European Union has from the 90s been vigorously engaged in the international efforts to tackle climate change and even pursued to take on the leading role in the global climate regime. The two most anticipated UN conferences for combating climate change at the global level were the COP15 in 2009 and COP

Urban Living Labs are a new form of urban governance. They are considered as promising opportunities to contribute to urban sustainability transitions by addressing climate change and other related challenges on a regional level. They serve as sites to design, test and learn from innovation in real time. One key element of Urban Living Labs is user involvement. Users are considered as co-creators

In 2011 Eli Pariser coined the term ‘filter bubble’ and warned that online algorithm driven filters based on users’ click behaviour, would risk to reduce the diversity of public discourses and thereby deliberative democracy. Through the multidisciplinary and iterative Realist Synthesis method, the aim of the study has been to synthesise empirically based understanding of how online algorithm drive