The purpose of the study is to investigate how the construction process for building a meeting station on a railway can be made more efficient. Today many railways in Sweden have bad capacity which means that meeting stations are necessary. In 2018 one meeting station was build in Skruv on “Kust till kust” line by NRC Group. This project has been studied in the case study and interviews has been d

The present study examines in a quantitative manner the relationship between the attitudes toward gender equality and those toward gender-inclusive language. It also studies how a text written with gender-inclusive language is evaluated and observes what factors can act thereupon. The influence of gender, linguistic area and an argumentation promoting this kind of language on attitudes and on the

Denna studie handlar om det miljöarbete som utförts i Varbergs kommun i relation till de nationella miljömålen. Den består av information samlad från intervjuer av fem personer som jobbar i eller med Varbergs kommun. Alla har relevanta positioner för att uttala sig om olika delar av Varbergs kommun miljöarbete. Studien undersöker hur Varberg ligger till i sitt arbete med de nationella miljömålen oThis study is about the environmental work made in the municipality of Varberg in relation to the Swedish environmental goals. It consists of information gathered from five different interviews with people that work with the municipalities environmental work in different capacities. Most of the statistics are taken from other sources.The study also explores things that makes it harder for the muni

Following the refugee crisis in 2015, Sweden experienced the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history. What are the effects on crime of such extensive immigration? This paper aims at analyzing if it prevails a causal relationship between the last years’ refugee immigration and crime rates in Sweden. For this purpose, data from the state’s refugee placement program is evaluated, which yi

Airlines face significant challenges when it comes to sustainability. Globally, the airline industry is responsible for 2% of global emissions and, unfortunately, this number is only increasing (Air New Zealand, 2018). This makes aviation a key actor when attempting to meet the targets published by the IPCC of keeping the global average temperatures below 2°C of pre-industrial levels (IPCC, 2014).

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur inhemska företagsförvärv på den nordiska marknaden presterar och vilka variabler som har en påverkan på prestationen. Studien kommer att använda CAR som prestationsmått.Uppsatsen använder sig av en kvantitativ metod med en hypotetisk-deduktiv ansats. Vidare används en eventstudiemetodologi för att uppnå uppsatsens syfte. Studiens teori bygger i huvudsak på t

Background: Warehouses serve an important role in many supply chains as they can affect business competitiveness in terms of both costs and customer service. However, the cost of operating a warehouse is often high due to the presence of many non-value adding activities. Lean is a philosophy that can be used to eliminate waste and enable cost reductions in companies. By implementing Lean warehousi

The project has focused on a design site located in the city of Lund, Sweden. It so happens that the city has a thin urban tissue and low density yet the city continues to sprawl outwards and to build dreary sea of office blocks. Today the area is dominated by the outdoor sports pitches, a horse riding school and criss-crossed by busy roads. The area lying to the north and west of the site is esse

Rohingyernas utsatthet från Myanmars militär har adresserats av det internationella samfundet som folkmord, brott mot mänskligheten och krigsförbrytelser. Begreppet statslöshet har blivit en ledande diskurs om rohingyernas situation och sällan har rohingyerna diskuteras utifrån ett medborgarskapsperspektiv. Jag valde att fokusera på rohingyernas statslöshet ur en historisk kontext och att analyser

En konserverad GTPas reglerar polär tillväxt i Streptomyces venezuelae Streptomyceter är Gram-positiva jordbakterier med förmågan att bilda svampliknande mycel uppbyggda av så kallade hyfer. I naturen verkar streptomyceter för att bryta ner växtmaterial, och de är även av stor klinisk betydelse då de producerar två tredjedelar av medicinskt användbara antibiotika. Trots streptomyceters många till

We present a comparison of different univariate and multivariate extreme value risk models. Our focus is on exploring how these can be used to model financial risk. We use simulated as well as real data and compare deterministic and cross-validation threshold selection methods for the GP model to a GEV model. For comparison, we carry out a bivariate analysis using copulas. Finally, an undirected g

Today, digital circuits are part of every ones daily life in form of mobile phones, computers, television, smart cards etc. The advent of new technologies such as internet of things, 5G etc. are continuously making the digital circuits more and more complex in design. With this increase in complexity comes the possibility of more bugs in the system. Finding and fixing these bugs is of paramount im

The building industry consumes approximately 40 per cent of materials entering the global economy while facing significant challenges related to unsustainable consumption of natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions. The concept of the circular economy is gaining momentum as a solution which addresses these issues while generating economic benefits. To transition towards a circular economy, s

The fashion industry has always been a synonym of new trends, creativity, design and a form of expression and individuality. Notwithstanding, the impact on the environment and the development of societies derived from the production and consumption of fashion has been underestimated. The current system is extremely polluting and wasteful, and it is closely related to poverty, gender issues and exp

This paper analyses the economic impact of Transnational Corporations through their activities across Global Value Chains (GVCs), using Mexico as baseline country. By exploiting the UNCTAD-Eora Global Value Chain database, we conduct an exploratory research methodology. We first unfold the relationship between GVC trade and economic development by disaggregating GVC trade into its two components (

The purpose of this study was to investigate why women are highly underrepresented within the field of physics around the world. The study was mainly conducted through qualitative interviews with adolescent girls and it aimed to shelter more than just a local perspective; therefor the interviews were performed in three different schools, in three different countries; one in Bukoba, Tanzania, one

The purpose of this essay is to examine how the Catalan independent movement has evolved through the centuries with modernistic thoughts of Nationalism from the 19th century to current day. The essay uses three main methodological tools such as Source criticism, Periodization and Contextualization to get an all-rounded understanding of Catalonia’s history. To fully understand Catalonia’s independe

This thesis investigates the role of marijuana use in labor productivity in the United States with the aim to contribute to the discussion and understanding of economic consequences of marijuana legalization. The data is sourced from various federal agencies to create a panel of 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia for the period of 2005-2017. A panel data model with fixed effects is estima

Den utbredda gängkriminaliteten och bruket av vapen eller andra farliga föremål på offentliga platser är ständigt närvarande i den politiska debatten i Sverige. Frågor rörande vilka medel och befogenheter polisen har och bör ha återkommer frekvent och i diskussionen framkommer ofta referenser till Danmark och systemet med visitationszoner som där finns. En liknande, men inte identisk, lagstiftningThe widespread gang violence and the use of weapons in public spaces are often focal points in Swedish political debate. Questions regarding which means and authorities the police have and should have are raised frequently and references to Denmark and their system with ‘stop and search’ zones are often mentioned in the discussions. A similar, but not identical, legislation to the one in Denmark h

Background The widespread antibiotic resistance is an imminent problem in today’s world. As the number of antibiotic resistance cases increase, it is inevitable to discover alternate treatment options. Probiotics could be one of the potentially important avenues which could be exploited to treat antibiotic resistance and other infections. The holistic approach of probiotics in exerting their benef