In England saltmarshes account for less than 0.5% of the land area, however they have a very high biodiversity value and provide significant economic and social worth. Climate change, continuous coastal urbanisation, and port development are a serious concern for coastal protection planners, city councils and the government. It is a challenge for these decision makers to balance the social, econom

Titel: Tillit på Bostadsmarknaden. Tillit, mellanhänder och redovisningsinformation Seminariedatum: 5 juni, 2015 Ämne/kurs: FEKH69 Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Björn Tilly, Niclas Ulander och Sandra Nordin Handledare: Alexander Paulsson Nyckelord: Tillit, ekonomisk information, årsredovisning, mellanhänder, transaktionskostnadsteori. Syfte: Vårt syfte med uTitle: Trust on the real estate market Date fo examination: 5th of June, 2015 Subject/ course: FEKH69, Bachelor thesis in Accounting, 15 hp. Authors: Björn Tilly, Niclas Ulander and Sandra Nordin Mentor: Alexander Paulsson Keywords: Trust, financial information, annual reports, intermediaries, transaction cost theory. Purpose: Our purpose in this paper is to examine how much of the financial

Linda Siggelow Uppföljning av giftfria förskolors upphandlingskrav Arbetet med giftfria förskolor har utvidgats de senaste åren, och idag arbetar ungefär hälften av Sveriges kommuner med att försöka minska mängden oönskade kemikalier i förskola och skola. Ett av de verktyg som kommuner kan använda för detta ändamål är upphandling, men för att upphandlingen ska ses som komplett krävs någon formChildren should not be exposed to unwanted chemicals in their everyday life and several organizations in Sweden are working towards reducing the amount of chemicals that exists in toys and material intended for preschools. Many municipalities are joining the project, and are now working towards the goal “toxic free preschools”. In this struggle the municipalities have an impact in their procuremen

Denna uppsats utforskar Protokoll till Konvention nr 29 (P029) och rekommendation nr 203 om tvångsarbete (R203). Syftet med denna uppsats är att svara på följande frågor, vad skiljer Protokollet och Rekommendationen från ILO Konventionerna om tvångsarbete i skrift och omfång samt vilken inverkan kommer Protokollet och Rekommendationen att ha internationellt, nationellt i Sverige och nationellt i TThis master thesis examines the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P029) and the Recommendation on supplementary measures for the effective suppression of forced labour (R203). The objective of this thesis is to answer the following questions: what differentiates the Protocol and the Recommendation from the Conventions 29 and 105 in text and scope? And; what impact will the Pr

The aim of our study was to quantitatively identify/explore what young people, of age 14-16 years do at their leisure time and how much time they spend on screen-based media. We wanted to find out how young people's social interaction are with other people and examine what they do in their leisure time, with whom and where they perform various leisure activities. Based on this reasoning we wan

Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor i somatisk vård möter ofta psykiskt sjuka patienter. Synen på psykisk sjukdom har traditionellt präglats av fördomar och rädsla, och negativa attityder skapar hinder för psykiskt sjuka personer. Även tillgången till omvårdnad påverkas negativt. Genom sina attityder kan sjuksköterskor påverka patienters välbefinnande och fortsatta vårdprocess. Vårdaren har ett ansvar för at

The natural environment of fungal hyphae is both physically and chemically heterogeneous, nevertheless is the fungal growth often studied on a flat surface of a homogeneous medium, for example agar. With the help of the well-established techniques of microsystems, it is possible to make structures that resemble their natural habitat. With microfabrication methods obstacles can be created at the si

Narkotikamissbruk bland både unga och äldre är ett av de största samhällsproblemen i Europa idag, där narkotikarelaterade dödsfall främst orsakas av heroin eller metaboliter av heroin. Genomsnittsåldern hos dem som avlider är trettiofem år och åttio procent av de narkotikarelaterade dödsfallen berör män. Syftet med denna uppsats är att få en ökad förståelse för heroinmissbrukets utveckling och avb

The three major components of short-crust cookie dough are flour, sugar, and fat. Since high fat contents have been shown to have a major effect on the development of the gluten network, studying how these ingredients could affect the texture of the dough and the baked product became interesting. In addition, there are no existing methods on short crust cookie dough that allow predicting the chara

Alexandra Skopal Klimatförändringen och dess effekt på byggnader. Hur kan fastighetsägare kartera riskerna? Klimatförändringen kommer innebära större risker för klimatrelaterade skador på byggnader och fastigheter. För att kunna skydda och anpassa byggnader mot skador behöver fastighetsägare kunna kartera vilka risker som deras byggnader är utsatta för. Lämpliga detaljerade karteringsmetoder More and more people become aware of climate change and that society needs to be adapted, so that damage can be minimized. Property owners, such as Riksbyggen, wants to be able to map the risks for their buildings. The purpose of this work is to find suitable methods for detailed risk mapping. First, a mapping has been conducted over damage on buildings that is linked to the climate in Scania. The

Four different chromatography models were calibrated to describe the separation of a ternary protein mixture consisting of lysozyme, cytochrome C and ribonuclease A in an ion-exchange chromatography column. The models are based on the same column model, the kinetic dispersive model. Protein adsorption was described by four different adsorption models, the Langmuir model with mobile phase modulator

Studiens avsikt är att undersöka om befintlig teori kan förklara eventuella skillnader i riskrapportering trots ett harmoniserat regelverk.The purpose of this study is to examine if existing theory can explain potential differences in risk reporting between Great Britain, Germany and Sweden despite a common set of rules.

The aim of this thesis is to study how identity and representation operates in understandings of the Other in the reception of texts marked as being about, and written by the Other. Further my aim is to study how otherness, kinship, belonging and identity operate in these processes. My main research question is; How does Identity, kinship and belonging operates in the reception of texts, written f

Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka kunskapen om och problematisera begreppet socialt entreprenörskap genom att undersöka vilka olika erfarenheter som finns i utvecklandet av Mötesplats Stapelbäddsparken i Malmö och att analysera dessa processer med hjälp av Austins begrepp möjlighet, individ, resursmobilisering och värdeerbjudande. Austin m fl. (2006) har utvecklat ett ramverk för socialt entreprenörThe purpose with this essay is to increase the knowledge and critically review the concept social entrepreneurship through a case study of Mötesplats Stapelbäddsparken, and analyze this process through Austin’s framework of opportunity, people, capital, and value proposition. Austin et al’s model emphasizes the dynamic fit of four interrelated components: the individual, the context, the agreement

This interpretive study, taking place in the context of the IT-company Ericsson, aims at exploring the engineers’ understanding and experience of organizational control. The study builds on data gathered through semi-structured interviews, which are analyzed by taking the lenses of discourse theory. The study firstly shows the engineers’ understanding of control as something ‘bad’ whilst contrasti

Since the beginning of democracy the South African government has been increasingly trying to attract FDI into the country. South Africa is an interesting case, since despite being a middle income country and highly developed compared to other African countries, FDI does not seem to offer positive spill-over effects. This paper critically assesses existing theory on the nexus between FDI, absorpti

This study examines the effect of dual role advisors in acquisitions on shareholder value creation for both the acquirer and target. Dual role advisors are advisors that provide both advisory services to either the acquirer or target and are involved in underwriting or syndicating securities issued to finance the deal. Previous studies find that being a dual role advisor can create a conflict of i

Mobility is becoming an even bigger part of people's lives in our global society. People travel more than ever and the forecast says it will not slow down. Business traveling has become a big part of this mobility, and especially aeromobility, therefore it is a topic worth further investigation. This study focuses on the relation between hypermobile business travelers' behavior and how the