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Problem Definition: The aim with this master thesis is to examine the available European Union funded financial support for investment in agricultural machinery in Romania. Its regulations and limits and what customer group Väderstad Verken AB shall target during the pending European Union budget period 2007-2013. Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to increase the understanding of the a
Background: High-intensity smoking cessation programs generally lead to more continuous abstinence, however, lower rates of success have been reported among heavy smokers. The aim was to evaluate continuous abstinence among heavy smokers during the intensive 6-week Gold Standard Program (GSP) and to identify modifiable factors associated with continuous abstinence. Methods: In this nationwide clin
Critical urban infrastructural services: How waste management companies design the socio-materiality of waste RESEARCH IN SERVICE STUDIES WORKING PAPER NO 17, 2012 HERVÉ CORVELLEC AND JOHAN HULTMAN 1 2 Critical urban infrastructural services: How waste management companies design the socio-materiality of waste Hervé Corvellec and Johan Hultman Written for C Michael Hall and María José Zapata (Eds)
https://www.ses.lu.se/sites/ses.lu.se/files/wp_17_dec_2012_0.pdf - 2026-07-04
FROM THE DIRECTOR CEC continues forward! During the last week , we have seen no other option than to cancel or postpone many of our courses, events and meetings. This has been done with heavy hearts, but one positive side-effect is that it has given a snap-shot summary of the impressive number and richness of events rooted in and growing from CEC. The ambition now is make continued use of all this
https://www.cec.lu.se/staff-pages/staff-newsletters/march-19th-2020 - 2026-07-03
AIMS: Studies investigating mental health professionals' attitudes towards people with mental illness are scarce and there is a lack of comparative studies including both patients' and mental health professionals' attitudes. The aim of the present study was to investigate mental health staff's attitudes towards people with mental illness and compare these with the attitudes of patients in contact
Objective: To compare mortality and costs of health and social care between participants with access to care based on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in an out-patient care setting with a control group receiving usual care only. The comparison was done 36 months after inclusion. Methods: Randomized controlled trial. Inclusion criteria: community-dwelling, aged ≥75 years, ≥3 hospitalisatio
The Black Death (1347–1352 ce) is the most renowned pandemic in human history, believed by many to have killed half of Europe’s population. However, despite advances in ancient DNA research that conclusively identified the pandemic’s causative agent (bacterium Yersinia pestis), our knowledge of the Black Death remains limited, based primarily on qualitative remarks in medieval written sources avai
Introduction: Termination of resuscitation guidelines for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest can identify patients in whom continuing resuscitation has little chance of success. This study examined the outcomes of patients transferred to hospital with ongoing CPR. It assessed outcomes for those who would have met the universal prehospital termination of resuscitation criteria (no shocks administered,
Many migratory species have experienced substantial declines that resulted from rapid and massive expansions of human structures and activities, habitat alterations and climate change. Migrants are also recognized as an integral component of biodiversity and provide a multitude of services and disservices that are relevant to human agriculture, economy and health. The plethora of recently publishe
This master thesis examines if the German welfare state is following the social investment strategy in relation to one of its core components, the dual earner family model. The thesis considers four, interrelated policy areas that promote the dual earner family. Regarding the appropriate design of parental leave, formal childcare services, part-time employment regulation and the taxation of spouse
With the aim to reconsider lifestyle values in relation to economic rationality in small tourism and hospitality businesses, we focus on the “commercial home” as a site where boundaries between personal and commercial values are constantly performed in practice. Through an interactionist analysis of the narrative of a B&B and gallery owner, we illustrate the emergence of intimacy as a commerci
Management control in professional service organizations is fundamentally different from the control in classical industrial and producing corporations. This is mainly due to the special context a professional service firm has to face, as the value creation is knowledge intensive, demands a high level of education, and the professional employees have different expectations concerning their work. H
Purpose of study: As both innovations and brand loyalty are becoming ever more important for companies today, it is of importance to understand how an organisation can handle the relationship between the explorative and exploitative units when working with these two constructs. The ultimate aim is to understand how service organisations can be managed in order to enhance brand loyalty through serv
Ridesharing is revolutionizing the transportation industry in many countries. Yet, the state of the art is based on heavily centralized services and platforms, where the service providers have full possession of the users’ location data. Recently, researchers have started addressing the challenge of enabling privacy-preserving ridesharing. The initial proposals, however, have shortcomings, as some
Bark beetle species of the genera Ips and Dendroctonus represent a threat to forests in both North America and Europe. Under normal circumstances, these beetles recycle dying trees into nutrients, but under certain conditions, growing populations can overcome healthy tree defenses and cause severe economic loss in forestry. The most economically relevant bark beetle species communicate with aggreg
ObjectivesIndividuals who die by suicide often consult their general practitioners (GPs) in their final weeks of life. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper knowledge of the clinical characteristics and GP assessments and treatments among individuals who consulted their GPs during the month preceding suicide. Further, we compared these features in those with and without contact with psychiatr
Postal address Pufendorf I.A.S., Lund University, Box 117, 221 20 Lund Visiting address Biskopsgatan 3, Lund Website www.pi.lu.se 1 Lund, September 2017 Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies Call for proposals to form a ”theme” at the Pufendorf Institute 2018 The Pufendorf IAS invites researchers to apply for a “theme” to start in the autumn of 2018. Provided that sufficient funding is granted,
https://www.pi.lu.se/sites/pi.lu.se/files/utlysning_teman_2018-19_eng.pdf - 2026-07-04
