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The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how extracellular vesicles extracted from cows milk interacts with the surfaces hydrophilic surface, DOPC bilayer surface, 95% DOPC and 5% DOTAP mixture bilayer surface and 1:1 ratio of DOPC and DOTAP mixture bilayer surface, and colloidally characterize EVs by determining the hydrodynamic radius and zeta potential. To determine the size and zeta poten
Inför en digitaliserad, global ekonomi, vari nära hälften av multinationella företagsvinster går obeskattade, står vi på randen till en ny ordning för gränsöverskridande företagsbeskattning. Med sin tvåpelarlösning söker OECD lägga de första byggstenarna. En internationell minimiskatt, att krävas ut från stora multinationella gruppers slutliga föräldrar, föreslås att mota baseroderande skatteplaneFacing a digitalized global economy, where almost half of multinational corporate profits go untaxed, we find ourselves on the verge of tax revolution. With its two-pillar solution, the OECD seeks to lay the first building blocks of a new system for cross-border corporate income taxation. To counter avoidance, states are presented with an international top up minimum tax, to be charged at multinat
As more and more In Vitro Fertilizaiton (IVF) treatments are performed each year, there is a need to better predict the outcomes of different stages of the treatment and hence get a better understanding of which hormonal and physical parameters affect the treatment outcome and in what way. In this study, the effect of interaction between baseline AMH (anti-mullerian hormone) and DFI (DNA fragmenta
Evolution is a fundamental and crucial part of life that hinges on two central properties: robustness and evolvability. Robustness is required to maintain essential traits despite mutations while evolvability produces novel traits that might prove beneficial in survival. While both robustness and evolvability are necessary, embracing them simultaneously seemingly leads to an inherent conflict due
Tissue patterning during development is thought to be driven largely by gene regulatory responses to spatial gradients of molecular signals, known as morphogens. In this thesis, early patterning of the human neural tube is studied using two different gene regulatory network models. The models portray patterning in the rostral-caudal direction as a response to gradients of WNT and FGF signalling. T
Climate change denial tends to be prevalent among right-wing populists, but the underlying reasons for this remain unclear. Given that persistent climate change denial among the public could impede efforts to address the negative consequences of anthropogenic climate change, it is important to identify the psychological correlates of these attitudes. This thesis aimed to investigate the hypothesis
Purpose: To investigate whether the ambitiousness of sustainability performance target and/or issuer sustainability profile have an influence on Sustainability-Linked Bond (SLB) yield spreads. Methodology: The utilized econometric approach is OLS regressions on a cross-sectional data. The regressions use yield spreads as dependent variables, a self-constructed ambitiousness proxy, Average Annual
Sick absence affects companies both operationally and economically and the matter has become increasingly prominent following the COVID-19 pandemic. MedHelp Care is an e-health company working towards increasing workplace wellness by offering insights into absence and rehabilitation matters. Forecasting future absence levels could help with matters such as staffing and garner more insight into whi
Bakgrund: Enligt klinisk forskning visar ADL-taxonomin hög validitet och reliabilitet, men det finns inga studier kring svenska arbetsterapeuters erfarenheter av att använda ADL-taxonomin som bedömningsinstrument i sitt kliniska arbete. Det är viktigt att studera användarnas erfarenheter och synpunkter för att förbättra implementering av evidensbaserade metoder såsom ADL-taxonomin. Syfte: SyfBackground: The ADL-taxonomy as an assessment instrument shows high validity and reliability in the clinical research, but there is no study about occupational therapists’ experiences of using the ADL-taxonomy in clinical practice. It is important to study the users’ experiences and views to improve implementation of evidence-based methods such as the ADL-taxonomy. Aim: The aim of this study i
The Circular Economy (CE) came into existence due to the increasing environmental concerns produced by the legacy linear economy which consumes too many resources and generates a lot of waste. The CE is initiated on the ideas of reducing, reusing, and recycling resources by utilising the product information. Thus, this study investigates the product information which is to be carried by Digital Pr
With the climate change and urbanization process, the frequency of the urban flooding’s occurrence has increased in the recent years. It brings great economic losses to the cities, especially to the basements of individual properties. Low Impact Development (LID), which currently advocated by more city planners for managing stormwater, is considered as a more sustainable way to mitigate urban floo
The observed and expected changes in the environment due to human actions implies risks that future food production will be insufficient. Pre- dicting the impact these changes have on the agricultural system could be beneficial by allowing for proactive mitigating efforts. The prediction of these impacts often involve large computer programs that simulate the behavior of the environment. By implem
Reinforcement is an important process of speciation that may occur when recently diverged lineages come into secondary contact and hybridize. If interspecific mating is costly, selection favors mechanisms that reduce maladaptive hybridization, actively increasing prezygotic isolation between populations and completing speciation. A pattern of reproductive character displacement (RCD) is often used
Although written during different centuries, both Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter books follow the protagonist’s journeys from childhood to adulthood, which is why they are both often described as novels of development. This essay therefore aims to compare the protagonists’ development, looking at the differences and similarities which can be found when analysing them a
This thesis attends to vulnerability and precarity within visual representation by analysing the negative affects bound to the experience of social exclusion. The study explores what it might mean to embrace and not overcome 'bad feelings' like shame and alienation using the visual example of an elderly prostitute–a ‘Bacchus Lady’– in E J-yong's 2016 film The Bacchus Lady. Investigatin
A cleanup step is essential from an analytical perspective, to improve the chance of quantification and to minimize interference. Pesticides in soil are a necessity is agriculture for survival of crops and protection from unwanted growth and pests. However, an ongoing problem is the lack of instruments where levels of pesticides can be measured with high accuracy, even at low concentrations during
The Swedish population is distinguished by having a high level of trust in the police. This high trust is partly dependent on the numerous everyday interactions between police officers and the public. The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of how Swedish police officers understand these interactions in relation to the existing legal framework concerning police behaviour.
This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced
Teachers are among the professions with the highest stress related disorders, leading many teachers to leave the field. Therefore, it is of great importance to understand teachers’ intention to leave. This was done using the Job Demands-Resources model (JD-R model) investigating the combined impact of Job Demands and Resources on teachers’ Intention to Leave the field. The aim of this study was to
