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Vi lever i en värld där många människor inte har tillgång till rent vatten och faktorer som torka, föroreningar och ett dåligt vattenförvaltningssystem påverkar detta. På grund av sociala, politiska och ekonomiska faktorer, så är det också komplicerat för dessa människor att vara med i beslutsprocesser som kan påverkar deras tillgång till vatten. Men vad skulle hända om man kombinerade två olika vWater-related issues such as drought and water scarcity are problems that many countries around the world are facing. To solve this, multiple efforts have been made to combat these problems such as adopting Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) as a management approach. IWRM is a holistic approach that links different water systems and has therefore been popularized and conceptualized by man

When the civil war in Lebanon was ended by the signing of the Taif Agreement in 1989, the consociational democracy was reintroduced to mitigate inter-sectarian tension. Although there has been more than 30 years since the war ended, Lebanon is still a deeply divided society, and the current peace is characterized by reoccurring eruptions of violence and inter-sectarian tension. While the sectarian

During the 21’st century a lot of support has been found by economists that megaprojects all over the world become more expensive than planned. One type of project well known for cost-escalations is traffic infrastructure. The most common theory for this phenomenon is that benefits and costs for these projects suffers from optimism bias, where the former is exaggerated, and the latter is understat

Author: Tekla Münger Title: The Construction of Sex Trafficking – Swedish Policy-making, Effects and the Complexity of a Global Social Problem Master’s thesis SOCM04 Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Supervisor: Erik Hannerz Department of Sociology, spring 2021 The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyse how sex trafficking is constructed and represented as a social problem in policy docum

Purpose: Based on excisting theories within marketing and psychology research investigate how scent marketing can affect customers and whether attitudes towards an ambient scent differ between men and women. Methodology: A quantitative study has been conducted with its starting point in positivism. A deductive approach has been used, meaning that a theory is being proven or disproven using a spec

This paper focuses on constructing models that predict a Value at Risk (VaR) estimation for financial portfolios using hierarchical clustering and copulas. Traditional VaR models often assume linear dependencies and normal distributions, which can be poor assumptions for financial data - especially during extreme market events. This paper introduces a non-linear modeling approach using copulas to

Miljöproblemen vet inga gränser och påverkar hela mänskligheten kollektivt. Historiskt har dock tillgången till rättslig prövning i svensk rätt kretsat kring individuella intressen. Århuskonventionen, som både Sverige och EU sedan år 2005 är parter till, introducerar en bindande mekanism där miljöorganisationer ges rätt att företräda det kollektiva intresset genom att väcka talan mot myndighetsåtgEnvironmental challenges know no borders and collectively impact all of humanity. Historically, access to judicial review in Swedish law has centered around individual interests. The Aarhus Convention, to which both Sweden and the EU have been parties since 2005, introduces a binding mechanism granting environmental organizations the right to represent collective interests by initiating lawsuits a

Fed aquaculture is a necessary practice to meet the seafood requirements of a growing population in a sustainable manner. There is a high demand for fish feed to meet the rising protein requirements of the industry. Currently, fish feeds are either unsustainable, affected by seasonal variations, lack a complete amino acid profile, lack scalability, or are too expensive. Single Cell Protein (SCP) i

Examensarbetets titel: Små företag - stora beslut Seminariedatum: 30 juni 2024. Kurs: FEKH69, Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Adam Pettersson, Elias Hammar, Eric Odqvist Handledare: Johan Dergård Examinator: Elin Funck Nyckelord: Investeringsbeslut, investeringskalkyl, NPV, Payback, IRR, Barriärer, påverkansfaktorer, SME Syfte: Studien ämnar att uppfylla tTitle: Small Companies - Big Decisions Seminar date: June 30, 2024 Course: FEKH69, Bachelor’s thesis in Accounting, 15 ECTS Credits. Authors: Adam Pettersson, Elias Hammar, Eric Odqvist Advisor: Johan Dergård Examiner: Elin Funck Key words: Investment decisions, Capital budgeting techniques, NPV, Payback, IRR, Barriers, influencing factors, SME Purpose: The study aims to fulfill three objectives:

Automatic segmentation of organs and tissues in computed tomography (CT) images can aid clinicians in anatomical contextualization for planning surgery or dosimetry. CT scans can cover varying axial ranges of the body. This thesis aims to develop a neural network based on vision transformers for segmenting organs and tissues in CT images of arbitrary axial ranges. Two models are presented, one bas

This thesis explores the classification of savannah trees using EnMAP hyperspectral and Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite data using a Random Forest classifier. The study aimed to assess if the increase in spectral information from the hyperspectral data gives an increase in classification performance, to find the advantages and limitations to hyperspectral data compared to multispectral data and

With rapidly developing digitalization and the growing popularity of online learning platforms, understanding the psychological drivers behind user loyalty has become increasingly critical. This thesis investigates how Flow Experience, defined as a deep state of intense enjoyment, focus, and concentration, shapes user satisfaction and user attitudinal loyalty in the context of online learning

Companies face the strategic challenge of expanding into adjacent markets or areas. This often requires a choice between building internally, acquiring through purchases, or forming partnerships to address the opportunity. While extensive literature exists on each of these options individually, there is limited research on the decision-making process that evaluates all these alternatives collectiv

Popular Abstract in Swedish Osteoporos (benskörhet) är ett tillstånd som definieras av låg benmassa och ett tillstånd som ökar med stigande ålder. Sjukdomen i sig är symptomfri men ökar risken för frakturer. Frakturer i kota, axel, handled, bäcken, och höft efter 50 års ålder är ofta förknippade med osteoporos och ca 70 000 sådana frakturer inträffar årligen i Sverige. Även artros (ledsvikt) i höfPartly due to an ageing population, the number of osteoporosis-related fractures and osteoarthritis (OA)-related hip and knee arthroplasty procedures is increasing. The individual suffering and the burden on society for these conditions is immense. Genetic contribution for the variance in bone mineral density (BMD) is estimated at around 60–80%, and for OA 50%, leaving a considerable proportion to

Neuroblastomas (NBs) are tumours of the sympathetic nervous system accounting for 8-10% of paediatric cancers. NBs exhibit extensive intertumour genetic heterogeneity, but their extent of intratumour genetic diversity has remained unexplored. We aimed to assess intratumour genetic variation in NBs with a focus on whole chromosome changes and their underlying mechanism. Allelic ratios obtained by S

Objective We tested whether men and women in the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) high normal and normal blood pressure (BP) categories, all included in the the Seventh Joint National Committee (JNC 7) prehypertension group, share similar metabolic characteristics and whether they differ from men and women with optimal BP (<120/80 mmHg). Methods BP (multiple measurements with a standardized

We investigated the formation of an abstract concept of same/different in a harbor seal by means of a two-item same/different task. Stimuli were presented on a TFT monitor. The subject was trained to respond according to whether two horizontally aligned white shapes presented on a black background were the same, or different from each other, by giving a no-go or go response. Training comprised of

Human group IIA-secreted phospholipase A(2) (sPLA(2)-IIA) is a bactericidal molecule important for the innate immune defense against Gram-positive bacteria. In this study, we analyzed its role in the host defense against Streptococcus pyogenes, a major human pathogen, and demonstrated that this bacterium has evolved a previously unidentified mechanism to resist killing by sPLA(2)-IIA. Analysis of

Background: Patients living under better socioeconomic circumstances often receive more active treatments after an acute myocardial infarction ( AMI) compared to less affluent patients. However, most previous studies were performed in countries with less comprehensive coverage for medical services. In this Swedish nation- wide longitudinal study we wanted to evaluate long- term survival after AMI

Background-Although the heritability of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFl) has been determined, the familial risk in multiplex families is unclear. The main aim of this nationwide study was to determine the familial risk of AF/AFl in multiplex families. Methods and Results-We examined the familial risk of AF/AFl in the entire Swedish population. We linked Multigeneration Register data on