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Title: COVID-19 and Capital Structure: A Study of Swedish firms. Seminar date: 2025-06-03. Course: FEKH89, Degree Project in Corporate Finance, Business Administration, 15 credits. Authors: Pepijn van Lierop, Gustaf Wemlerth, Felix Eriksson. Advisor: Maria Gårdängen. Key Words: Capital Structure, Leverage, COVID-19, Determinants, Sweden. Research Question: Did the COVID-19 pandemic change the effe

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are central to modern healthcare, yet their practical impact on clinical workflows remains complex. This thesis explores the advantages and limitations physicians experience when using EHR systems in daily hospital work. Guided by the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework, the study takes a socio-technical approach, focusing on h

Modern medicine is rapidly evolving toward personalized treatments, where therapies are tailored to an individual’s genetic profile. This shift is driven by the promise of pharmacogenomics, which aims to match patients with the most effective medications based on their unique biological makeup. As a result, biotherapeutics made from biological sources like proteins, peptides, and antibodies are be

Radar has come a long way since its invention in the 1930s. It is not only used to detect the distance and angular position of a target but can also measure velocity thanks to the Doppler frequency shift. In more advanced systems, the radar can perform tasks such as imaging and classification of the target. In some cases, full or partial polarimetry is used to gain additional information about the

Straumann® Emdogain® is a protein-based gel used in dentistry for tissue regeneration. Emdogain® contains enamel matrix proteins, which are mainly amelogenin proteins. These are obtained through weakly acidic extraction from porcine tooth buds. Embedded in the enamel matrix is also hydroxyapatite which releases calcium ions. These ions saturate the solution, and the protein extraction halts. An at

When a sliding door is opened there is a sudden current peak that the electric network is subjected to. As a result of this it is difficult to design a power supply that operates the door with adequate performance while still maintaining a low power rating. In the current solution the power rating is designed for the sudden peaks and as there is no buffer of energy everything has to be taken direc

The pharmaceutical industry uses animal models in a variety of settings including safety, pharmacodynamic modelling and efficacy. Conventionally, a frequentist design of standard animal experiments of human asthma replication includes repeatedly running treatment groups with the exact layout, focusing on effect size rather than capturing historical data of animal responses on compounds of interest

Studies of grief have linked the experience of loss to multiple emotional, cognitive and physiological impairments but its behaviour across different cultures is insufficiently investigated. In this study, symptoms of grief and their relationship to negative psychological outcome among bereaved Jamaicans were assessed. A sample of (N=58) participants completed measures of grief and psychological d

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute) was signed 17 July 1998. It will be a permanent court that will have jurisdiction over crimes in potentially all States. The defendants will not be States, but individuals. Among the four crimes listed in Rome Statute the crime of aggression was the most contentious. The issue of aggression and efforts to deter the use of force ha

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) alone and with additional ST analysis (EFM + ST) in laboring women with a singleton term pregnancy that is in cephalic presentation in the prevention of metabolic acidosis by the application of individual patient data metaanalysis. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted an individual patient data metaanal

Streptococcus pneumoniae infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore a detailed understanding and characterization of the mechanism of host cell colonization and dissemination is critical in order to gain control over this versatile pathogen. Here we identified a novel 72 kDa pneumococcal protein endopeptidase O (PepO), as a plasminogen and fibronectin binding p

Learning is widespread in nature, occurring in most animal taxa and in several different ecological contexts and, thus, might play a key role in evolutionary processes. Here, we review the accumulating empirical evidence for the involvement of learning in mate choice and the consequences for sexual selection and reproductive isolation. We distinguish two broad categories: learned mate preferences

Popular Abstract in Swedish Många av dagens stora folksjukdomar, såsom cancer, diabetes och hjärt-kärlsjukdomar, kopplas i allt högre grad samman med olika riskfaktorer som beror på förändringar i arvsmassan. Dessa nya kopplingar har möjliggjorts tack vare den extrema utveckling av genetiska mätmetoder som har skett under de senaste 15 åren. Med de nya metoderna kan förekomsten och aktiviteten hosThis thesis deals with methods for extracting robust and relevant information from high-dimensional data sets, and statistically guided visualization methods for representing the data in an informative and easily accessible way. High-dimensional data sets are becoming increasingly prevalent in many different scientific disciplines. In this thesis, we focus particularly on so called "omics" data. T