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Popular Abstract in Swedish Avstår barn i fattiga länder från utbildning framförallt för att de är fattiga eller för att de upplever att skolan inte har något meningsfullt att erbjuda? Svaret på den frågan har stor betydelse för vilken politik som bör föras. Ett empiriskt bidrag till en sådan frågeställning är i vilken utsträckning som utbildning kan tänkas vara ett ?lönsamt? alternativ för indiviWhy do some children in the developing world choose to stay out of school? Is it mainly because poverty leaves them with no options or because schooling seems to offer them few benefits? The answers to these questions have profound policy implications. An empirical input into this discussion is the extent to which schooling can actually be perceived as a profitable option in various countries and,

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tau and amyloid brain pathology. With the gradual degeneration of neurons, cognitive symptoms will arise and the affected individual will eventually develop AD dementia. The neuropathologic hallmarks of AD have been observed also in cognitively healthy individuals, which has led to the assumption that the disorde

Context Software quality issues are commonly reported when offshoring software development. Value-based software engineering addresses this by ensuring key stakeholders have a common understanding of quality. Objective This work seeks to understand the levels of alignment between key stakeholder groups within a company on the priority given to aspects of software quality developed as part of an

Agricultural emissions in Europe are important to several atmospheric transport-related environmental issues. These include local and regional air quality problems, such as PM exposure, eutrophication and acidification, toxics and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in a number of environmental impacts. Over Europe, agricultural emissions are variable in space and time and the cont

Recent studies on young men from the general population have demonstrated geographic and ethnic differences in semen quality. The aim of this study was to investigate whether reported ethnic differences in semen quality might be associated with the maternally derived CAG and GGN polymorphisms in the androgen receptor gene or paternal ethnicity. In total 114 military conscripts from Latvia were inc

Phosphorus (P) eutrophication of lakes and streams, coming from drained farmlands, is a serious problem in areas with intensive agriculture. Installation of P sorbing filters at drain outlets may be a solution. Efficient sorbents to be used for such filters must possess high P bonding affinity to retain ortho-phosphate (Pi) at low concentrations. In addition high P sorption capacity, fast bonding

Purpose: Muda is a Japanese term literally meaning futility, uselessness, idleness, superfluity, waste, wastage or wastefulness. The term was introduced by the Japanese engineer Taiichi Ohno of Toyota Motor Corporation in the 1960s. Therefore, reducing and minimizing Muda is an effective way to increase the operational efficiency and productivity of an organization’s processes. In turn, the techni

Den globala jordbruksproduktionen har de senaste fem decennierna nästan tredubblats. Produktionsökningen beror på ett allt intensivare jordbruk samt konvertering av naturliga ekosystem till jordbruksmark. Intensifieringen av jordbruket har skett genom ökad användning av högavkastande grödor, mekanisering, bevattning, konstgödsel och bekämpningsmedel. Både intensivare jordbruk och expansionen av joGlobal agricultural production almost tripled within the last five decades. The production increase wasbased on expanding cropland and pastures, as well as the intensification of agriculture, including increased use ofhigh yielding crop varieties, machinery, irrigation, artificial fertilisers, and pesticides. Both, agriculturalintensification and the expansion of agricultural land-use lead to envi

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional. BACKGROUND: The association between muscle function and lack of knee confidence in people with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has not been well investigated. Such knowledge would help in the design of training programs for this population. OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between self-reported knee confidence and muscle function in patients with ACL in

Energy renovations are an important measure for achieving the European Union’s target of climate neutrality by 2050. To meet the EU goal, Estonia needs to fully renovate 14 000 multi-family buildings by that time, affecting the indoor environment conditions of a large number of people. To gain knowledge for the upcoming renovations, the experience of the people living in the multi-family buildings

This thesis presents the first attempt to estimate Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) in inland waters over a large-scale area using satellite data and machine learning (ML) methods. Four ML approaches, namely Random Forest Regression (RFR), Support Vector Regression (SVR), Gaussian Process Regression (GPR), and a Multilayer Backpropagation Neural Network (MBPNN) were tested to retrieve DOC using a fi

Astronomiska tecken tyder på att det mesta av materian i universum inte är av den vardagliga typ vi möter på jorden, som noggrant beskrivs av standardmodellen för fysik. Att introducera denna nya substans är användbart för att lösa astrofysiska problem genom den stora gravitationella dragningskraft som denna materia har. Namnet mörk materia får den genom att det inte verkar påverkas av ljus och anThe Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is a proposed fixed target experiment at SLAC's LCLS-II electron beamline that will attempt direct production of sub-GeV dark matter, measurable through a missing momentum and missing energy signature. An initial run of LDMX is planned at 4 GeV beam energy, for which a study on LDMX's capabilities to separate dark matter production events from the s

This article discusses the challenges associated with maintaining water quality, particularly the issue of eutrophication, and the importance of technology advancements for monitoring and managing water quality. The potential of machine learning is highlighted, along with the importance of affordable and effective water quality monitoring techniques. The study aims to identify factors contributing

Uppsatsen ”Konstruktionen av kvinnlig hälsa – en kvalitativ studie baserad på bloggar” är författad av Gabrielle Carlson och Siri Zetterberg i ämnet Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds Universitet. Uppsatsen syftar till att studera hur kvinnlig hälsa konstrueras på bloggar. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod och studerat hälsobloggar f

This study sheds light on the connection between collaborative design and the qualitative aspect of ideas in the front end of innovation. The purpose is to showcase how subjective factors within collaborative design have an influence on the quality of radical selected ideas. This research prevailed that mutual understanding of initial set requirements among actors positively impacted the specifici

“Det lilla man kan göra som gör stor skillnad för andra människor, det är alltid värt det” är en kvalitativ textanalys som undersöker Rädda Barnens kommunikativa arbete på den digitala plattformen Instagram. Denna uppsats fokuserar på de retoriska principerna ethos, logos och pathos. Materialet som undersöks är Instagraminlägg som är slumpmässigt utvalda från Rädda Barnens Instagramkonto. Vi inrik

Forskning och medier talar ofta om hur bloggar kan fungera som en positiv plattform för individuell utveckling och kreativitet. I kontrast till detta undersöker denna studie hur en specifik bloggenre, modebloggen, är ett resultat av och en bidragande faktor till konsumtionssamhället. Uppsatsen fokuserar på frågor kring vilka konsumtionsideal som förevisas och hur identitet och konsumtion relaterar

Recensenten spelar en avgörande roll i spridningen av populärkulturellt material. Hon är dock inte fri att uttrycka sig hur hon vill utan måste hålla sig inom musikgenrens diskursiva ramar. Eftersom recensenten måste hålla sig inom diskursen blir hon delaktig i att förstärka samt befästa genretypiska stereotyper. Diskursen kräver dessutom en särpräglad lingvistik vilket gör att texten kan vara svå

This paper investigates the reasons to why the size of welfare systems varies among countries. The main contribution is that, contrary to most other papers on the topic, developing countries have been included in the analysis. Drawing on cross-sectional data from 85 countries my main conclusion is that ethnic fragmentation has a significant negative impact on the size of welfare systems, as propos