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Eutrophication continues to be a problem in the freshwaters in Scania of southern Sweden, much due to urban waste water and the large amount of agricultural land in the region. In order to combat this, many different measures have been made to lower the nutrient loading by the region's different water organisations, including the creation of wetlands, ponds and two-step trenches. This study wa
In an attempt to bridge the gap between active and passive investing, Smart Beta strategies have become a popular alternative for investors given their systematic, rules-based approach to portfolio construction and historical tendency to capture market inefficiencies. In this thesis, we examine the performance of Smart Beta strategies versus the S&P 500 and the Euro Stoxx 600 index for time pe
Crowdfunding has rapidly gained popularity over the last decade and now accounts for tens of billions of dollars annually. Although the general public mainly perceives crowdfunding as an alternative means of getting funding, it has been demonstrated that there is a number of motives that entrepreneurs may have when launching a campaign on a crowdfunding platform. Despite that, little scholarly res
Stress är ett utbrett problem och i takt med detta har även behovet av kroppsburen teknik som mäter stress blivit aktuellt. Detta är dock en relativt ny teknik och således kraven för att det ska bli accepterat är ännu osäkert. Därför undersöktes vilka faktorer som påverkar acceptansen av kroppsburen teknik som mäter stress. Författarna har genom en kvantitativ online enkätundersökning undersökt ac
This paper seeks to investigate if factors extracted from macroeconomic and financial variables can improve the forecast accuracy of the bull and bear market in the S&P500 stock index. The study extended the models constructed by Nyberg(2012) and Chen (2009) by augmenting their model with factors. Very little, if any research has been done in modelling the bull and bear using this approach. Af
Dagens matkonsumtion är inte hållbar. Den främsta anledningen till det är den oändliga mängd animaliska produkter som konsumeras. För att dagens samhälle ska utvecklas mot en mer hållbar konsumtion krävs en förändring av människans matvanor, alltså ett dietskrifte från animaliska produkter till växtbaserade dieter. Veganism är en livsstil som inte involverar konsumtion av animaliska produkter. Den
Pokémon Go is a Pokémon theme smartphone game released in July, 2016. The game surprisingly created a global boom of ‘Pokémon Go gaming engagement’ during the second half of 2016. This thesis is interested in the phenomenon, and wants to investigate how the factors including the technology of augmented reality (AR) impact the gaming experience and drive the gaming engagement in this case. The rese
The past decade, advancements in semiconductor technology as well as the construction of large data centers around the world have given rise to the possibility to connect anything to the internet. In today’s electronics industry, “Internet-of-things”-applications are in a huge demand where companies are being subject to massive competition. Given this reality, resources within a small development
Green building certification has had major impact on commercial real estate in recent years. The most common certification systems in Sweden are Miljöbyggnad, LEED, BREEAM and GreenBuilding. The purpose of these is to create buildings that are environmentally sustainable. The systems manage indoor environment to varying degrees. Since people spend most of their time indoors, health and well-being
This work was carried out for the company Verifyter AB in Lund. Their main customers are microchip manufacturers. Verifyter provides a tool called PinDown that does automatic debugging on their customers' test runs. The tool creates a large amount of data with information about these test runs. The company wants to be able to visualize this data for their customers in order for their customers
This thesis project has been conducted in collaboration with Cenito AB, a software-developing company based in Malmö. Cenito has currently a responsive website, a SPA (Single Page Application). A responsive website implies that the size and appearance adapts to the unit that is trying to access the site. This site is being used by Cenito as a basis or first building block for other application tha
Today’s construction industry has an enormous pressure on its shoulders the request is high and the resources too low. Companies are therefore forced to reduce the time for each project, and as a result important parts for the security of the project don’t get enough time. In a short period of time a lot of things needs to be done, and by this, the risk management and the work with risk analysis d
To be able to cover future needs, in regards to urbanization and an increasing population, the construction industry must to a greater extent meet demands. One way to increase the production rate is by increasing the level of prefabrication and industrial building. If the industry had become better at learning from past mistakes, it would have given a greater opportunity to streamline processes, m
FooBadges is an initiative by Foo Café where the vision is to increase the participation in events at Foo Café and reduce the number of people who choose not to attend an event they have signed up for. To increase the participation in events at Foo Café and reduce the number of people who sign up for an event but choose not to attend, a proposal for an Open Badge-system should be presented. An Ope
The rules of responsibility regarding the working enviroment during the production in the construction industy makes it hard to demand responsibility when accidents occur even when there are flaws in the working enviroment. Flaws in the working enviroment is a big problem on construction sites and there are alot of accidents but at the same time only a few lead to conviction. The way cnstruction s
In recent years, with corporate scandals and the global financial crisis there is continuous attention in the area of corporate governance which is the new concept in corporate world these days. It is seen as a moral duty and includes supporting the conformity to law and showing ethical guide. Corporate Governance is seen as a significant tool as firms’ financial performance when investors take an
Studies of virus capsids opens up new opportunities to develop different kind of cargo systems, but also the understanding of the transportation and the releasing of different kinds of cargo molecules. Virus capsids is a protein shell of a virus that encapsulates different types of infecting nucleic acid sequences in their native forms. One of these capsids is the Hepatitis B virus capsid that in
The Swedish County Council (SCC) has witnessed a decline in public political participation and a lack of trust in government instances over the last decade. These problems are particularly pronounced in socially and economically challenged neighbourhoods where the SCC is requesting new methods to increase public participation. This qualitative case study examines how Helsingborg municipality, Swed
Based on a discourse analysis of police narratives on internal controls of foreigners, this thesis examines how discourses of suspicion are produced within policing. Methodologically and empirically engaging with interviews with police officers operating throughout Sweden, and theoretically drawing on the diffused practices of mobility management, the analysis shows that the police officers practi
This essay inquires into the possible relationship between market oriented reforms in Swedish housing and education policy and Malmö’s sociospatial development by posing the question has Malmö become a neoliberal city? If so, how? Asserting David Harvey and Jamie Peck’s theories, and the concepts neoliberalism, neoliberalization, and risk downloading, the text argues that the central state has, si
