Plastic has brought great benefits to human life, but it has also given rise to serious environmental problems as “microplastic” threatening the living organisms. Due to the promising properties, the polymer poly (ethylene) terephthalate (PET) has been widely used for packaging and textiles industries with large annual demand and low recycle rate. The imbalance between the production and recycling

This empirical study seeks to initiate a new field of study. Through panel data analysis the relationship between Chinese FDI, non-Chinese FDI, and government debt in Sub-Saharan Africa is investigated. The model is expanded to include resource endowment and political stability variables. This is contextualized with the narrative of debt-trap diplomacy. This controversial notion is relatively well

Biological drugs have the potential to trigger unwanted immunogenic responses in patients which might affect the efficacy and safety of the treatment. Evaluating the immunogenicity throughout the drug development process is therefore crucial. For measuring the activity of a biological drug and antibodies against the drug, cell-based reporter gene assays can be used. The iLite reporter gene system

Rock art is the closest we have to a written language from the Bronze age. The different motifs make us wonder what stories they tell us, what they are representing and why they were even made in the first place. The focus of this thesis is on the placement of rock art motifs on the panel and by using digital techniques like photogrammetry and GIS, the spatial relation between different motifs is

This thesis started with a desire to delve into the impact that natural disasters have on small communities in an Australian context, how climate change exacerbates their effect, and the role that design can play in mitigating the impact on people and the natural environment. Initial research into bushfires, drought, floods, and heat landed this project in Western Sydney, in an area not far from w

The competitive landscape of the dairy industry is changing. In the western markets, the consumption of some traditional dairy products is declining, while plant-based dairy alternatives are seeing double-digit growth. Several factors have contributed to this change, which act as both drivers and moderators of the business model innovation efforts of dairy incumbent firms. The purpose of this thes

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often considered to be favorable to long-run economic growth and has in recent years been promoted as a poverty-reducing tool. Although FDI to developing countries has increased rapidly in recent decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been unsuccessful in attracting large inflows of FDI. This study assesses the effect FDI has had on poverty and human development i

Människor kan utveckla betydande och långvariga relationer till varumärken för att hantera känslomässig ensamhet. Dessa varumärkesrelationer kan liknas vid interpersonella relationer eftersom det uppstår liknande emotionella band mellan parterna. Människor kan även använda varumärken för självuttryck vilket i sin tur kan skapa en tillhörighet till andra människor. Till följd av de förändrade levna

This paper faces the problem of audio synthesis with Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), with an attempt to create novel, original high-quality samples of drums that could be used within the realm of music production. My results show that it is possible to create high-quality drum samples with architecture such as DCGAN (Deep Convolutional GAN) and that using causal and dilated convolutions is

Klimatförändringen och barns rättigheter i svenska kommuner Klimatrelaterade katastrofer drabbar främst barn i låginkomstländer men vad innebär klimatförändringen och relaterade utsläpp för barns rättigheter i Sverige? Den här studien ger en bild av vilka klimatrelaterade risker som barn i Sverige kan drabbas av och hur dessa kan relateras till barnets rättigheter enligt barnkonventionen till livChildren’s rights are affected by climate change in numerous ways but few research studies on the subject have been conducted in Swedish municipalities. The objectives of this study have therefore been to assess the impact on children’s rights due to climate change in Sweden and the influence of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on climate policies and measures in Swe

This research project is a case study of Thai immigrant women in Sweden. It concentrates on women who were originally born in Thailand but currently reside in Sweden. The purpose of the research is to explore the life of Thai immigrant women by present their individual experiences and the reason why they chose to migrate to Sweden such as interracial marriage, employment opportunities, and pursuin

The government of Kenya has committed to run on 100% renewable energy by 2030 as part of the new national development goals, and as a result, the country calls for the construction of additional energy plants. However, the construction of these energy plants have in many cases affected local communities who have been forced to relocate to other areas. As an example of this, the recent expansion of

Bakgrund: I Sverige ökar psykisk ohälsa, vilket leder till större antal sjukskrivningar på grund av psykiska besvär. Psykisk ohälsa kan orsaka funktionsnedsättningar som försvårar möjligheter till aktivitetsutförandet. Därför finns det behov av effektiva rehabiliteringsmetoder som främjar aktivitetsutförandet för målgruppen. Trots att Socialstyrelsen nämner peer support som en positiv behandli

Denna uppsats avser undersöka didaktiska innehåll och perspektiv som finns i de moderna utvalda barnböckerna på dagens bokmarknad samt hur de presenteras i böckerna och marknadsföringen. Tillvägagångssättet för detta är genom en kvalitativ metod som består av en djupgående undersökning av paratexter och innehåll av de tre bästsäljande barnböckerna: Handbok för superhjältar (2017), Godnattsagor för

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

Biologiskt avfall till bioplast - med gröna processer av Marc Jirström Fjädrar från slaktindustrin utgör ett mycket problematiskt avfall men kan omvand- las till bioplast med hjälp av billiga och gröna kemikalier. Under detta projekt har en helt ny bioplast utvecklats, baserad på mikrofiber från fjädrar i kombination med citronsyra och glycerol - två miljövänliga och billiga reagenser. Plasten ärHandling of problematic waste material, and the use of fossil-based and non-biodegradable plastics are two major sustainability challenges. By developing solutions that convert waste material to bioplastics, it is possible to address both these issues. Every year, large quantities of feathers from the poultry industry are either stored in landfills or disposed of by incineration. The company Bioex

The absence of provisions on hardship under the United Nations Convention for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) and the general recognition of the principle of hardship in private international law lead to some problems to maintain the legislative purpose of the Convention as the “lingua franca” of international trade. In order to make the application of the Convention not only on the surfa

Problem: Fastighetsbranschen är en bransch som är känt för att ha en stor miljöpåverkan. Inom redovisning kan upprättandet av hållbarhetsrapporter ses som ett bidrag till hållbar utveckling. Under de senaste åren har integrerad rapportering ökat i Sverige, det är därför aktuellt och intressant att studera om införandet av integrerad hållbarhetsrapportering kan påverka fastighetsföretagens hållbarhProblem: The real estate industry is an industry that is known for having a major environmental impact. In accounting, the preparation of sustainability reports can be seen as a contribution to sustainable development. In recent years, integrated reporting has increased in Sweden, so it is relevant and interesting to study whether the implementation of integrated sustainability reporting can impac