ABSTRACT Background: Prediabetes is a global epidemic with rising prevalence rates, but its diagnosis based on traditional risk factors is challenging. Application of novel machine-intelligence based methods to public health databases could provide valuable insights into the disease process. Aim: To build predictive models to elucidate the determinants of prediabetes using machine learning algorit

The following study investigates subscription commerce, a new form of e-commerce which delivers boxes with diverse products to consumers in a periodical manner. Thereby, this work focuses on a special type of subscription commerce, namely curated subscriptions, implying that the content of each subscription box is unknown to consumers and adapted to their individual needs. Previous research has fo

The purpose of this master’s thesis project is to aid Thomson Reuters to forecast soil moisture, enhancing the agricultural productivity of its clients. This thesis focuses on testing the company’s HBV model (HBV-TR) to accurately produce daily soil moisture values in Brazil, France, and the U.S.A. The problem is that, up to this day, the most reliable monitoring of this soil water content is als

Existing literature on entrepreneurial learning and venture development within accelerators is limited to the perspective of the organisers of such programs. ost studies have been conducted on developed for high-tech ventures in commercial sectors. This paper aims to new insights into the start-up’s perception on skill development an accelerator for social entrepreneurship. Whil the need for socia

The conditions for identity formation are changing depending on where it’s presented and represented. Fashion is an important component when trying to communicate and create a social identity in today’s urban society which is characterized by consumption and media. This essay aims to examine in what way the transparent plastic bag can communicate our identity. By investigating and analyzing Instag

This thesis aims to perform a case study of a house concept by analyzing it with the help of any of the established green building certification systems that are currently on the market. The case study object for this thesis is KUNO, a house concept developed by Henrysson & Thulin. Between 2017 and 2018 14 KUNO-houses are being built at Parallelltrapetsen in Ängelhom, and Henrysson & Thuli

The aims of this study were to survey a sample of Swedish adults with self-reported ADHD and to investigate: 1) the extent of their reported impairments in social functioning and the relationship between these and the severity of their ADHD symptoms, comorbid symptoms of anxiety and depression, psychological flexibility and ADHD-specific quality of life (QoL); 2) investigate whether the participan

This thesis explores the intersection of three disciplines: military normativity, international humanitarian law, and artificial intelligence, focusing specifically on intelligent systems that assist superiors in conducting the military decision-making process. It explains the extent to which such systems have been operationalised into the U.S. armed forces at the different levels of warfare and d

Title: Walking a Tightrope in Organisational Ambidexterity: Ambidextrous Micro-Balancing as a Prerequisite for Managerial Success Authors: Tizian Hoppen & Susanne Jeppsson Supervisor: Merle Jacob Submission Date: 27th of May 2018 Keywords: Organisational Ambidexterity, Exploration versus Exploitation, Efficiency and Flexibility, Managerial Challenges, Strategic Management Purpose: Responding t

Studiens syfte var att undersöka samband mellan arbetsmotivation, personlighetsdragen i Big five samtarbetsrelateradutmattning​.Tidigareforskninghar visat på samband mellan vissa personlighetsdrag och motivationsfaktorer som exempelvis yttre och inre motivation. Samband mellan personlighet och utmattning har även varit föremål för flertalet studier, där sambandet mellan framför allt personlighetsdFactors of work motivation has been shown to increased both work performances and well being. The attempt with this survey was to analyse the correlations between the factors of work motivation, the Big Five personality traits and work stress, with the purpose to find aspects that could lead to enhances performances and well being. Studies has been made and results has been shown of correlations b

This paper is designed to examine the implications of Cambodia’s labour legislation, namely the Labour Law and the newly adopted Law on Union of Enterprises on the exercise of the rights to collective bargaining and to strike in Cambodia’s apparel industry. Both laws are adopted by the Cambodian government in order to purportedly provide an effective and efficient safeguarding umbrella for workers

Östersjön har under decennier påverkats av övergödning. Det är den stora tillförseln av näringsämnen och den långsamma vattenomsättning som gör att Östersjön är speciellt utsatt för övergödning. De näringsämnen som orsakar övergödning är vanligtvis fosfor och kväve. Dock finns en tveksamhet i forskningsvärlden om huruvida respektive ämne bidrar till övergödning. En fråga som forskarna är särskilt In the past decades, increased organic carbon concentrations have been reported from freshwaters across the Northern Hemisphere. However, there is little knowledge regarding whether or not these changes are linked to increasing concentrations of organic nitrogen. This poor understanding of nitrogen biogeochemistry is a problem in face of the potential eutrophication effects of nitrogen in receivin

Frågeställningarna som behandlats i denna studie är "Vilken klimatpåverkan har arbetsfordon på en byggarbetsplats uttryckt i koldioxidekvivalenter?" och "Vilka krav kan ställas på underentreprenörer för att minska klimatpåverkan från arbetsfordon?". Syftet med studien är att få en inblick vilken klimatpåverkan fordon och maskiner i byggproduktionen har och vilka krav som kan stThis thesis has dealt with the problems "What is the climate impact of non-road mobile constriction machinery expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents?" and "What requirements may be imposed on subcontractors to reduce the climate impact from non-road mobile construction machinery?". The purpose of this thesis was to understand what climate impact non-road mobile construction ma

Turkey has been an active participant in international developments when it comes to women's rights and violence against women. However, systematic and widespread violence against women persists. Claiming that deficient and/or incorrect implementation of international commitments serves as a serious obstacle to combating violence against women in Turkey, this research analyses the reasons for

The Global Compact on Refugees, which is to be adopted in the autumn of 2018, represents an aspiration on the part of the international community towards strengthened solidarity with refugees and affected host countries and is the most ambitious instrument of its kind to date. Indeed, the creation of the Refugee Compact is timely, although perhaps also somewhat surprising in an era of rising popul

The enunciation of the principle of equality and non-discrimination is of fundamental source in international human rights laws and EU-law and has a prominent place in the Icelandic constitution. The principles of equality and non-discrimination are based on various legal concepts that have evolved mainly in international and regional human rights or equality jurisprudence. International legal pro

The role of the museum within society today is significantly different from how it used to be. The last five decades have seen an increase in focus on pedagogy, accessibility and outreaching activities within the museums, and it has had an effect on both how the museum is viewed from the public eye, as well as how the work within the organisations is carried out, by the increasing amount of differ

Cross-border investments made through investment funds are still surrounded by uncertainty, derived by the inexistence of harmonization of direct taxation in the European Union. The uncertainty surrounding the tax treatment, especially in cross-border situations, tend to trigger tax issued such as discrimination and restrictions to fundamental freedoms. More than 3000 funds have claimed a full ref