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Att hitta arbete för livet - En uppsats om arbetsnöjdhetens källor och effekter

Med bakgrund i idén att lyckliga medarbetare är mer produktiva har det här arbetet tittat närmare på vad människor ser som viktigt för att de ska känna en arbetsnöjdhet. För att få inblick i människors tankar kring konceptet har fyra intervjuer gjorts med fyra personer som alla har längre arbetslivserfarenhet. Med stöd i de intervjuerna menar jag att man kan dela upp arbetsnöjdheten i tre bestånds

The Health Disparities in Africa: Impact of Colonial Institutions on Indigenous Mortality from the 20th Century

Colonial institutions, a Miracle or a Mirage? Using an exogenous variation in institutions among countries colonized by Europeans, this thesis investigates 1) the effectiveness of colonial institutions after Independence in two distinct British colonies; the Gold Coast Colony and the Kenya Colony, and 2) whether the persistence of these institutions contributed to the current day health disparitie

The developed market currency tango: Carry trade and hedging during 2014 – 2019. VECM and DCC approach

In this study carry trade activity in AUD, CAD, EUR and YEN vis the USD between 2014 – 2019 was analysed. The first approach employs a VECM, analyse evidence of carry trade recorded in the exchange rate pairs Futures, Forwards and Spot. Results show evidence of carry with the USD being the target currency, while the others being the funding currency. However, the AUD shows specific traits of carry

Utbildning och ekonomisk tillväxt

This report focuses on the topic of economic growth and education. The aim is to investigate the potential relationship between education and economic growth amongst the OECD member states. Together with theoretical perspectives and earlier research I conduct an empirical study aiming to identify if a higher degree of education has a positive impact on economic growth. Education is measured in tot

The Production of Samarium-Cobalt Nanoparticles Using a Spark Discharge Generator

In this project I attempt to press custom electrodes from Sm and Co powder using two different pressing tools. I investigate if custom electrodes can generate nanoparticles with tailored properties using a spark discharge generator (SDG). Three different sources of the nanoparticle material will be considered, pressed Sm and Co powder, pure Sm and Co electrodes and alloyed SmCo made from demagneti

VIRTUAL AND REAL

According to the statistics from Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), a continuously declining trend is showed in Swedish kids' mathematical performance during recent years. In comparison with other OECD countries, the mathematical literacy of 15-year-old students in Sweden is almost below average. So m

”Ensamhet är lika farligt som att röka” : En perspektivanalys av medias framställning av psykisk ohälsa bland äldre.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the mental illness of the elderly was constructed in the newspapers Göteborgs-Posten and Sydsvenskan during the years 2016 to 2018. The study also examined the causes that are described as being behind the mental illness of the elderly and if mental illness of the elderly is described as a societal problem. The study has its roots in social construc

Socialsekreterare, kollega, chef och relationen dem emellan : En kvalitativ studie om påverkansfaktorer vid socialsekreterarens bedömning och beslutsfattande i barnavårdsärende

Many children are being investigated every year within the Swedish social services and criticism has been directed at the investigations' lack of quality and legal certainty in recent years. The criticism is also about how different Swedish municipalities assess and investigate. How can these differences be explained? What are the grounds for the assessments? This is the background to this qua

Data Augmentation to Increase Multi-Site Robustness for Convolutional Neural Networks - A case study on MRI segmentation of target and organs at risk for prostate cancer

Organ segmentation on magnetic resonance (MR) images for dose planning on cancer patients is a time consuming process that can be automatized by using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). MR images vary greatly in characteristics across acquisition sites, which affects CNN segmentation performance. In this master thesis, augmentation methods were tested and implemented to increase the robustness

Two sides to every tale: Through the eyes of an empirical and digital rhetorical audience

This master thesis aims to explore the reception of refugee focused CSR communication in the form of audiovisual rhetoric on YouTube as well as analyze audience comments in a pursuit of identifying types of commenting behaviour that arise with the emergence of a commenting persona. Even though audiences play a major role in rhetoric, and has at times been explored theoretically in rhetoric litera

Remittances and Household Expenditure in Jamaica

More than 50 percent of Jamaican households are remittances receiving. Remittances generally form a source of supplemental household income by helping households cover expenses such as utilities,healthcare, education etc. Studies have focused on its reaction to economic shocks, structural changes, its use as insurance or safety net or generally just observing trends. This study employs propensity

Emissions Trading Mechanism to Mitigate Climate Change? : A case study in the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme focusing on the political-economic context behind the implementation and the policy design of the scheme

This thesis investigates the political-economic context that underlies the Korean Emissions Trading Scheme (KETS). The idea of trading carbon as a commodity in the carbon market has been embraced by many regions to reduce carbon emissions and to mitigate climate change. The government of South Korea has started to implement the emissions trading mechanism since 2015 to curtail the national greenho

Debatten om pornografi i svensk dagspress. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys om debatten om pornografi i Sverige.

The starting point for the modern pornography that exists today was after the first Playboy magazine was released. The rapid spread showed that there was a market for this. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the debate on pornography in Sweden. The survey is done through a content analysis that will analyze eighteen different articles. The theories that are used are Andrea Dworkins theory o

Talking about Action: Political and cultural barriers for a sustainable transition in the Danish school system

This thesis examines how sustainability is prioritised politically and integrated in the Danish municipal primary and lower secondary education. It consults representatives from the Ministry of Education, the unicipality of Copenhagen and ten lower secondary education teachers about their perceptions of sustainability and education and their experiences with integration of sustainability education

Digital kompetensutveckling: Intention och digital kompetens i folkbibliotekets internutbildning

Digital literacy has become increasingly important. It's often linked to concepts like the information society, which we use to understand the complex changes in ways we socially and economically organize and run society today. The public library is faced with the task of ensuring that the professional skills of their workforce are in line with what is expected – and also interpreting what is

Lär känna din kund med blockchain: Möjligheter och utmaningar med blockchainbaserade KYC-system

Det ställs höga krav på finansiella instituts kundkännedomsprocesser för att motverka penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism. Många av dessa processer kräver mycket manuellt arbete hos både organisation och för kund, som måste upprepa processen hos varje bank de önskar att bli kund. Blockchain kan beskrivas som en decentraliserad databas utan behovet av någon central del som styr nätverket. Is

Möten i digitaliserade terapirum : En studie om upplevelser av den terapeutiska relationen över videolänk.

Abstract Author: Michaela Jonsson Title: Meeting through the lens: A study addressing the experiences of therapists who practice their work through video-conference tools. Supervisor: Martin Bergström Assessor: Eva Palmblad In the last two decades, the social work field has expanded its venues to reach digital platforms. Although digitalization isn’t a new concept, there is still a concern amon

Effect of Oat drinks differing in lipid composition on postprandial glucose response and appetite variables in healthy subjects

Introduction: Obesity and health complications surrounding it have been on rise for a long time due to various factors where lifestyle is one of the most certain causes. Individuals following poor diet, specifically the western pattern diet or anything that comprises an excess of sugars and fats are prone to cardiometabolic diseases. Thus, modifications in the diet have the potential to prevent th