Streams in Norrbotten County, near the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia in northern Sweden, suffer from recurrent episodes of low pH and high metal concentrations, which have resulted in fish kills and cadmium levels exceeding environmental quality standards defined in the EU Water Framework Directive. The cause of these acid episodes is that sulfide sediments, which are quite common under the highest

A great part of the soil remediation projects in Sweden today are being carried out on heterogeneous contaminated areas where for example industrial activities have been going on for a long time. In many cases waste from the industrial processes have been dumped or spread out on the property, and there is no pattern in the occurrence of contaminants. The distribution of the concentration of the co

Within the field of ecotoxicology there is a concept called combination effects. There are two different approaches to combination effects, independent action (IA) and concentration addition (CA). The common assumption in both approaches is that there are no interactions between the substances within the mixture. These approaches are used for predicting the toxicity of whole mixtures and also to e

This master thesis started off as a project to build a product platform for the product category of built-in ovens with the Swedish white goods brand Cylinda. But as a part of Cylinda’s work in adapting a new brand value platform this thesis also became a part of the process of adding the brand value in to the products without moving away too much from the present product range of built-in ovens b

Endocrine disruption from synthetic human estrogens in molluscs has not been investigated as closely as in vertebrates. This has led to a missing piece in the important puzzle investigating the differences in effects between diverse animal groups after exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs. The Mollusca is one of the largest phyla in the world and the different species can be found in m

Unsustainable consumption and production patterns is one of the main contributors to environmental degradation and one of the key areas are food consumption together with housing and transport. Because of the retailers strategic position between the consumers and producers they are appointed a key role in the transition to more sustainable consumption. The purpose of this study is to contribute to

Sammanfattning Titel: Autenticitet som karaktärsdrag – Den lilla destinationens kamp för överlevnad Nivå: Kandidatuppsats Institution: Institutionen för Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg Författare: Rebecka Arbman, Jessica Schmid & Sofie Skotte Handledare: Fredrik Nilsson Bakgrund och problem: Dagens stora utbud av destinationer sätter stor press på marknadsföringens kv

Titel: Skönhet kommer inifrån – En fallstudie om ett tjänsteföretags interna marknadsföringsaktiviteter och de anställdas syn på dessa. Universitet: Lunds universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management Kurs: SMKK01: Examensarbete kandidatexamen, 15 hp, VT 2012 Seminariedatum: 22 maj 2012 Författare: Sanna Källström, Johanna Larsson & Sofia Nielsen Handledare: Lars Nordgr

Problem: Diversity management är i sig ett relativt nytt begrepp inom management litteraturen. Den tar upp olikheter mellan de anställda på arbetsplatsen. Teorin belyser till stor del genus och etniska minoriteten. Det finns forskare som även tar upp ålder, handikapp eller sexuella preferenser. Dessa är tre växande kategorier av befolkningen och det bör belysas mer i dagens litteratur. Vi har valt

The cruise industry has over the last few decades had an extensive growth. More and more people are going on cruises today than ever before. To a smaller destination, the economic impacts of cruise tourism are significant. On the other hand, it can also create an unbalance when it comes to environmental and social issues at the destination. The purpose of this paper is to, from a Triple Bottom Lin

Titeln:Bland antika fåtöljer-En studie om upplevelseskapande strategi och dess förhållande till funktionalitet Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management. Kurs: SMKK01 Service Management: Examensarbete kandidatexamen, 15hp VT 2012. Inlämningsdatum: 22 juni 2012 Författare: Meltem Gezer, My Ling Hau & Vicky Phu Handledare: Åsa Alftberg & Ola Thu

This thesis consists of an initial environmental investigation of the Sparbanken Öresund. The Bank currently has an environmental policy and ambitions from 2011 but no one has been responsible for implementation of them. In addition, upon my review of the policy and ambition list I found that there were neither measurable objectives nor procedures for how those objectives will be met, thereby crea

The restrictions on China´s capital account is the major restrictive factor for the international use of the RMB. The potential international status of the RMB must be included into the consideration by the monetary authority in designing the pace and form of liberalizing the restrictions, because, in general, the potential international status directly induces the potential benefits and risks. Th

The shortage of accessible water in the world is especially severe in arid regions, where many are already living to the limits of survival. In such areas, the conditions are in fact getting more extreme due to climate change and a growing population. The share of water is to be distributed for human use, as well as agriculture, which is why irrigation with lower quality water is essential. In add

Recent research indicates that several neurological diseases that affect motor functions could be diagnosed using analysis of detailed arm and hand motion. This analysis has earlier been carried out manually by looking for certain mo- tion patterns in patients and animals performing a skilled reaching task. In this thesis we investigate the possibility of performing these tests in a more auto- mat

Humanity has a complex relationship with the natural world. One aspect of this relationship is that of dependence on the services that the natural world provides. Commonly referred to as ecosystem services, these are services such as the provisioning of freshwater, timber, and medicines, the regulation of climate, and the maintenance of air quality. This relationship is especially important in the