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Knowledge Management in a High-Risk Organisation: A Case Study on an Aviation School

This qualitative research aims to observe, understand and provide an overview regarding the knowledge management processes at a high-risk organisation such as an aviation school that does not have an established knowledge management system, but has reported zero accidents during its 35 years of operation, achieving an excellent safety record that demonstrates its high level of reliability. The res

Samverkan i Tullverkets lokala ANDT-förebyggande arbete

In recent years the role of partnerships has become a popular approach in the crime prevention area where it is argued that crime is a multifaceted problem that requires work from several actors to be solved effectively. However, despite the increasing popularity of partnerships there is a lack of research that explains the effects that comes from this work. This paper is written in collaboration

The effect of sponsored equity research on stock prices

This paper examines the effect from issuer-sponsored equity research on stock prices in Sweden. This kind of reports has risen in popularity and today, over 290 firms in Sweden are covered by a sponsored equity research. To reach a conclusion, a traditional event study was performed on 141 Swedish firms between the years of 2008 and 2019. The result show that there are significant, at the 1%-level

Bibliotekets silversurfare : en studie av sociala praktiker på surfcaféer för äldre

The main purpose of this master's thesis is to explore how public libraries in Sweden work to increase digital skills among older people. This is done by studying social practices in digital technology workshops at local meeting places for older people. Public librarians participated as instructors and the purpose of these workshops was to enhance the digital skills of older people. This stu

Socio-economic determinants of under-five mortality in urban and rural areas in Tanzania

Under-five mortality in rural and urban areas in Tanzania is of critical national concern as is also the case in other developing countries. Within Tanzania, mortality rates vary greatly by region, with some regions having much higher mortality rates than others. The government of Tanzania has made substantial progress in reducing the under-five mortality rate. Despite the strategies introduced by

Smärtskattningsskalor till för tidigt födda barn - En systematisk litteraturstudie

Bakgrund: Obehandlad smärta hos för tidigt födda barn kan leda till både omedelbara och långtgående negativa effekter. För att kunna ge barnen en adekvat smärtbehandling är det viktigt att regelbunden smärtskatta dem, men då de inte kan kommunicera verbalt är de beroende av att andra kan tolka deras smärtsignaler. Syfte: Att identifiera smärtskattningsskalor riktade mot för tidigt födda barn samt

Waste Field, Front Field

For years the body of Tarlabası community has been squeezed into a container to protect the neo-liberal socio-economical representation of Istanbul. Today a subject of Turkish regeneration policies its deteriorating architectural heritage is sunken in piles of waste and entirely cut off from the municipal waste management system. Waste Field, Front Field proposes a rehabilitation of Tarlabası,pre

Museum Visitation under Charged and Free Admission - An Analysis of Vertical Product Differentiation

The issue of museum entrance fees is widely debated. Traditionally, it has been commonly agreed that museums should be free, however nowadays charged admission is the norm. Although economic analysis is a relevant tool in order to understand the impact of a given admission policy on museum demand the notion of congestion has been previously overlooked. In this essay, I analyze how museum visitatio

Kortsiktiga lösningar på långsiktiga problem: om ansvar vid automatiserad körning

This thesis analyzes and illustrates the legal prerequisites for liability regarding self-driving vehicles, with the objective to contribute with new knowledge, an understanding of how technology impacts on the content of Swedish Criminal Law. By applying a perspective of sociology of law this study problematizes the legal constructions of responsibility and how its principles and concepts are aff

Governance and FDI Growth at Sub-national Level in Indonesia

Does governance play a role in determining FDI growth at sub-national level? A large literature highlights the importance of good governance as a key in attracting FDI at national level. Whether good governance at sub-national level is as important, however, is still in question. This paper attempts to find the answer by examining the relationship between governance and FDI growth at sub-national

Att bryta mot samhällets grundläggande normer: En kvalitativ innehållsanalys kring genusnormer i LVU-domar

The aim of this study was to investigate how gender norms are represented in formal court decisions regarding the taking into compulsory care of young persons according to 3§ LVU (Care of Young Persons Special Provisions Act). The empirical material consisted of 30 court cases, whereof 15 cases concerned girls and 15 concerned boys. The method used was a qualitative content analysis. This method f

The influence of Sweden’s place image on the decision-making process of queer migrants

The queer experience has only become relatively recently a topic of study within migration scholarship. Despite it being seen as a ‘special interest’ field, a lot can be learned about processes of migration decision-making overall, by applying queer theory to it. Furthermore, the concept of place image, which is most often applied to research concerning tourist destinations and the ‘country of ori

RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNs AGAINST THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROJECT : A HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENON

Nowadays new tools became available for global actors for achieving their goals, which are not only traditional military means (hard power) and/or the means of seduction (soft power). Instead, the new tools, which are more sophisticated and effective in implementing the power by the actor, are currently being applied in order for an actor to effectively influence its counterparts (from individuals

Civilt försvar – En kartläggning av den kommunala räddningstjänstens syn på uppgifter, krav och behov under höjd beredskap.

För att ett land ska ha ett fullt fungerande civilt försvar måste alla aktörer utföra sina arbetsuppgifter på ett bra och effektivt sätt. Syftet med examensarbetet är att få en djupare inblick och förståelse om hur dagens civila försvar ser ut, främst med fokus på den kommunala räddningstjänsten. Målet med arbetet är att kartlägga hur den kommunala räddningstjänsten ser på den hotbild som finns ocFor a country to be able to have a fully functional civil defense must every involved actor perform their tasks in a good and efficient way. The purpose with this report is to get a deeper insight and understanding about the structure of today’s civil defense, with focus on the municipal rescue service. The aim of the report is to map how the municipal rescue service looks at the threat scenario a

Approaching the New Plastic Economy: Solutions and Their Implications on Creating New Markets Around the Plastic Packaging Industry

Background: Today, plastic packages can be found from the nature all around the world, hence it is a topic which is widely discussed among consumers, the media and politics, to name a few. Furthermore, solutions to the waste issue are pondered upon these different groups. The packaging industry constitutes for a large share of the total plastic waste, which is why the study was narrowed down to th

Stress-testing of the Russian Banking Sector: Contingent Claims Analysis Approach

This study aims to perform stress-testing of the Russian banking sector with a focus on credit risk measures derived by using contingent claims analysis, an extension of Black-Scholes and Merton option pricing theory. Risk exposure indicators are linked to a number of macroeconomic variables that describe global and domestic economic and financial development. To reduce the dimension of the datase

Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase

Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions. Highlands and páramo (high-ele

The Nature of the Far-Right's Nature: ‘Nature’, ethno-nationalism and the Finns Party

The thriving far-right has been transforming social and political space in Western Democracies for decades. Yet despite the contemporary ecological crisis and other environmental problems, there is a considerable lack of research on the far-right’s positions on nature. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to filling the research gap and to investigate the ideological relations between the far-r

The Impact of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on Listed European Football Clubs

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and shed light on the critical success factors for investors, management and academia for listed European football clubs. This paper is the first of its kind in that it analyses the Key Performance Indicators and their respective impact on the stock price for 23 listed European football clubs. The quantitative methodology approach utilised the FGLS regre

Simulations of Astrocyte Induction by Transient Overexpression

Alla celler i samma kropp har samma genetiska information lagrad i DNA. Olika delar av den genetiska informationen är lagrade i en otillgänglig form. Vilken del av cellens DNA som är tillgänglig avgör sedan vilken specialisering cellen har. Genom att kontrollera vilken information som används kan man omprogrammera celler, till exempel kan en hudcell bli en hjärncell. En metod för att åstadkomma deAstrocytes are one of the most common types of cells found in the central nervous system, and they play an important supportive role for neurons and other brain cells. In order to obtain astrocytes for medical or experimental purposes, some protocols enable the production of astrocytes from stem cells, but it is of interest to be able to produce astrocytes from fibroblasts, a cell type found in th