During the Secret War in Laos, 1964-1973, the United States dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs in Laos. However, 30% of the employed bombs failed to detonate. It is estimated that 78 million unexploded ordance (UXO) still contaminate the land of Laos. This paper therefore aims to explore how UXO affect the possibilities for the rural population in Houamoung district to attain a sustaina

Sub-Saharan migration towards Europe is an increasing concern amongst politicians and citizens in Europe. While migration to Europe across the Mediterranean generally has decreased since 2015, the number of people transiting through Morocco to Europe has increased significantly during these same years. This paper explores the experiences of sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco and how their mobility is

The paper analyses the ways Georgian government produced development policy in relation to the changing global and local discursive formations of development. By bringing together post-development theory and Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse analysis method, I illustrated that the neoliberal discourse failed to generate meanings regarding social issues that created a danger of the dislocation of the d

This paper analyses the driving factors of youth- and adult unemployment in the OECD-countries during the 21st century. Focus is on both macroeconomic shock variables, such as the GDP-gap, the real interest rate and total factor productivity-growth, and institutional variables, such as union density, active labour market policies, the tax wedge, the replacement rate and the share of temporary empl

The present study is grounded upon the traditional concepts of cohesion and differentiation in fashion by Simmel (1904) and Bourdieu (1984). The study reviewed these concepts in the social context of sustainable fashion consumption, with consideration of identity construction and expression. Furthermore, the study looked at the literature on certification labels and their value for consumers. Due

Artificial Intelligence is a term which recently has gained increased traction both within academia and business context. The availability and accessibility of AI is increasing, the forecasted AI-market growth is exponential and the expectations of the technology is simultaneously at its peak. Yet, many organizations seem to lack a clear rationale and strategy when adopting AI, which has been prov

In the recent years, cryptocurrencies have gained popularity and have experienced high price volatility. This essay pretends to examine how the multivariate GARCH models predict the volatility of these digital currencies and what implications exist if we consider the correlations among them to forecast their volatility. Using a bivariate Diagonal VECH and bivariate Diagonal BEKK this thesis checks

States are increasingly applying economic means of power to pursue political objectives. The Chinese geo-economic mega-project the Belt and Road Initiative is the worlds foremost example of this trend. At the heart of this strategy, both geographically and strategically, is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. This infrastructure project, worth approximately $62 billion, is expected to revitalise

Denna studie är baserad på 20 artiklar från tre av Sveriges största nyhetskällor utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys som metodologisk ansats. Syftet med denna studien har varit att undersöka vilka negativa attribut som tillskrivs invandrare i svensk massmedia och huruvida medias framställning av invandrare kan förklaras ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv. I studien har artiklarnas kontext och releva

Användningen av persondata har blivit ett allt vanligare fenomen och utnyttjandet av data spelar en mer central roll i ekonomin. Data är en värdefull resurs men det har blivit svårare för konsumenter att kontrollera hur data om dem samlas in och delas eller säljs vidare. Många aktörer är ofta involverade i datautvinningsprocessen utan att det framgår vilken roll de spelar och till vilket ändamål d

Despite possessing a unique relationship between humankind and the environment, and its occupation of a large proportion of the planet’s surface area, Antarctica is markedly absent from literature produced within the disciplines of human and political ecology. With no states or indigenous peoples, Antarctica is instead governed by a conglomeration of states as part of the Antarctic Treaty System,

Vidhäftning är ett fenomen som naturligt uppstår i livsmedelsindustrin. Fenomenet uppstår främst då livsmedelsprodukter klibbar sig fast och fäster till ytor i processutrustning. I flera fall kan vidhäftning vara till god nytta till exempel som en sensorisk aspekt, men i livsmedelsindustrin kan fenomenet utgöra en nackdel. Tetra Pak har i ett projekt tillsammans med Lunds Tekniska Högskola utveckStickiness of different food products on surfaces can occur naturally during food filling in Tetra Recart form- and seal machines. The aim of this thesis was to develop a model and an adhesion test method for determining and understanding this stickiness. More specifically for the food products whole peeled tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, mandarin chops and peach halves on stainless-steel. Additionall

Tramadol is a synthetic opioid which for the past 10 years have been on the rise as an abuseable drug in the adolescent and young adult group in Sweden. By conducting semistructured interviews with professionals at four different youth clinics focused on substance abuse, called Maria-clinics, this study aims to seek and discuss possible answers regarding why adolescents and young adults in Sweden

Innovation implementation is the process in between the decision to adopt an innovation until its full routinization in the organization. Based on literature gaps found on the correlation between leadership and innovation implementation, but also between leadership and radical innovation (Denti & Hemlin, 2012), the authors aim to understand “How does leadership play a role in radical innovatio

The objective of this study was to analyze parent’s experiences on multisystemic therapy after their juvenile had completed their treatment. As MST is a family-oriented intervention, we wanted to research the parent’s experiences of the method since they have a significant role in their youth’s lives. The study was conducted through qualitative semi-structured interviews with five parents in a joi

Vi diskuterar metoder för att hitta närmevärden till pi via serieutvecklingar och komplexa tal, med hjälp av så kallade Machin-liknande formler. Vi ger även en kortfattad beskrivning av appxoixmationsmetoder som använts genom historien.The inverse tangent function can be used to approximate pi. When approximating pi, the convergence of infinite series or Products are of great importance for the accuracy in the digits in pi. This thesis will present historical Formulas used to approximate pi, especially Gregory-Leibniz and Machin's. Also, the unique Machin two-term formulas will be presented and discussed to show that Machin&

The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i.e. poor water and air quality) in their

This Master Thesis cover a product development process based on an investigation of an existing product at IKEA. A study regarding potential improvements of the existing low-cost roller slide was performed. The roller slide enables opening and closing of drawers in some of today’s IKEA furniture. The existing product contains of four metal plates where each plate has a plastic wheel attached by a

This study seeks to investigate how artists of the African diaspora in Sweden manage their identity in the face of racism and how this relates to their art. This purpose is investigated through the following sub-themes: the forms of racism the participants have met, how they have coped with racism, how they move through the art field, and how these factors relate to their art. Six participants wer