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The aim of this thesis is to highlight what makes a good bicycle infrastructure with the goal to increase bicycling in urban areas. The focus has been to evaluate the bicycle infrastructure in the city of Lund, by investigating the differences between the main bicycle routes and the regular bicycle network in the city. A literature review of both scientific literature and bicycle planning manuals
This report contains a master thesis by Stina Leghammar that was developed at Axis Communication in Lund Sweden. The thesis contains a development and design process of a modular sensor unit that will be mounted on light poles in urban areas. The sensors that will be included in the unit is a camera, a radar, a thermometer, an Plasmonic Air Quality Sensor and a microphone, all to detect and get da
Denna kvalitativa forskningsstudie undersöker hur och varför humor används i varumärkeskommunikation genom en mindre innehållsanalys och två fokusgruppintervjuer. Fokusgruppintervjuerna inkluderar både generation Z, som har växt upp med sociala medier, samt generation X, som inte har samma erfarenhet av användning av sociala medier. I studien avser man lågprisbolaget Ryanair som undersökningens ut
This study explores the social phenomenon of white nicotine pouches and the knowledge claims surrounding it. The scientifically established knowledge about the harmful effects of nicotine is not considered in the study as an isolated message but rather as one message among several others. The overarching framework in the study is social epistemology, which investigates how social aspects play a cr
This study investigates the presence of behavioral biases among cryptocurrency investors in Sweden and examines whether differences exist between males and females. Specifically, the behavioral biases of herding effect, conservatism, prospect theory, availability bias, and overconfidence are analyzed. The study employs four regressions in the statistical software Stata, with the presence of each b
This thesis examines the influence of payment methods on bidder stock returns during acquisitions in the tumultuous United Kingdom market conditions from 2018 to 2022, specifically whether the choice between cash or stock payments yields any different cumulative abnormal returns for the acquirers. Additionally, this thesis investigates whether the financial industry deviates from other sectors in
The following paper investigates the varying degrees of separatism in the Moldovan regions of Transnistria and Gagauzia. Through a comparative analysis it tries to answer the question of why Transnistria have not followed the Gagauzian way to a peaceful solution with the parent state of Moldova. By analysing and comparing both cases through four different variables it tries to find the most likely
This thesis investigates the dynamics of systematic risk in publicly listed private equity(PLPE) firms, a hybrid asset class that combines private capital exposure with public market liquidity. Using daily data from 2015 to 2024 and a score-driven modeling framework, we show that beta is highly time-varying and firm-specific, particularly during macroeconomic shocks such as the COVID-19 crisis and
Anaerobic processes are an interesting alternative to treat wastewaters instead of aerobic treatments as it allows recovery of energy with the produced biogas while removing organic matter. In the industry, lots of low-strength industrial wastewaters are available and unused for biogas production due to their low concentration of organic material and high volumes (slaughterhouse wastewaters, dairi
Agencies obligation to report according to the Swedish Social Service Law (2001:453) 14 chapter 1 § is an important obligation to uphold children’s rights. When children are maltreated due to the conditions at home, agencies have a responsibility to help. Constantly we hear from the media about children who live with anomaly. Therefore it is highly current to examine the obligation to report. Chil
The most critical element of doing risk arbitrage is the assessment of the out- come of a corporate takeover. Prediction models have been created in the past and successfully proven some variables in mergers and acquisitions to have a significant impact on the takeover outcome. However, these prediction models have mostly been created with U.S. data and some years back in time. This thesis will in
Is the bottom billion really stuck at the bottom – stuck in poverty without possibilities to escape? This study follows up on predictions made by Paul Collier in his famous 2007- book The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, in which he states that the following four poverty traps keeps the world’s poorest countries poor: conflict, natural resources,
Title: The importance of creating a credible brand in the new digital world of social media influencer marketing. Submission date: May 29th, 2019 Course: BUSN39 Degree project in global marketing Authors: Sandra Juncker & Charlotta Carlquist Supervisor: Javier Cenamor Keywords: Social media, Social media influencer marketing, Social media influencer Influencer marketing, Influencers, Brand Cre
One implication of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is that it is not possible to consistently and over time create abnormal returns without taking on additional risk. However, the hypothesis has become one of the most debated theories in financial economics. Numerous studies suggest that seasonal patterns exist in stock returns, so-called calendar effects, which violates the assumption of st
Previous research suggests that gender wage discrimination contributes to economic growth in the context of female-dominated low-tech manufacturing and patriarchal employment systems, such as the ones found in the East Asian Tigers in the 1960s to 1980s. In a panel data analysis, this thesis investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap and economic growth in the four East Asian Tigers
This thesis estimates the returns to schooling in Sweden for working individuals by applying the Mincer equation on three datasets from the International Social Survey Programme and compare the results to assess potential trends. It also investigates if there is any difference in returns to schooling for men and women and if there seem to be any signalling effects present. The estimates indicate t
Emulsion is a novel technique to deliver fats and fat soluble compounds in food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products. Different emulsifiers are often used to stabilize the emulsions. Chemically modified quinoa starch granule has taken research importance as an emulsifier in last decade. Chemically modified starch stabilized emulsions are now also been dehydrated to facilitate its use multidimens
