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Air emissions are becoming a larger problem in today’s society and therefore the limits are getting stricter. This means that chemical-producing industries which create multiple byproducts, acting like air pollutants, requires to improve their emission limiting systems. Johnson Matthey Formox AB is a company who sells licenses and catalysts for formaldehyde production by the FORMOXTM process. Prod
This study evaluates the integration of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) for medium-scale tea factories in two different regions located in Kenya; Region Central and Region West. Since tea production is both electricity intensive and highly dependent on grid supply, renewable energy technologies can offer opportunities to improve energy reliability a
This study aims to explore how brands' persuasion strategies have changed as they shift from traditional TV shopping to e-commerce live streaming, and how organizations should adjust their communication practices accordingly. This study is primarily based on three theories integrated into its theoretical framework: Aristotle's rhetoric theory (ethos, pathos, and logos), the elaborate likel
Vegetationsbränder är världsomspännande problem som skakar samhällen genom att skada deras ekonomier och orsaka allvarliga, ibland dödliga, hälsokomplikationer bland deras befolkningar. Takten av vegetationsbrandsförekomst har ökat de senaste åren till följd av en stigande global medeltemperatur. Denna takt förväntas att fortsätta öka på grund av den globala uppvärmningen. I efterdyningarna av braWildfires are worldwide problems that stress societies by damaging their economies and they cause serious, sometimes fatal, health implications among the populations. In recent years, the rate of wildfire occurrence has increased as the global average temperature has risen. Because of global climate change, this rate is expected to continue rising. In Sweden, in the aftermath of the 2014 Västmanla
Alfa Laval believes Supply Chain Control towers have the potential to harvest the power of digitalization in industrial manufacturing supply chains more efficiently than the alternative of applying those same digital technologies in a context without a control tower. One of the most common supply chain control tower applications is in the inventory management field. In this area, it is relevant to
Cancer is a disease affecting many people where a possible treatment is immunotherapy. Immunotherapy has possible side effects called immune-related adverse events (irAEs) where cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is one. CRS differs in severity and an increased amount of cytokines are secreted. In this project, the aim was to explore key events of irAEs and to develop an assay to predict CRS. The eff
Risk matrices are tables with rows representing consequences, and columns representing frequencies. The risk matrix is considered a simple and convenient tool for visualizing risk. However, it has faced critique from the scientific community. Though risk matrices are extensively applied in practice for visualizing results from coarse risk analyses, there is limited research regarding guidance on i
Algae exhibit different strategies to avoid predation by zooplankton. In green algae, which are generally not known for being toxic, colony formation or a protective mucilage cover can be such defence mechanisms. This study investigates the predation defence of Microglena globulifera (Chlamydomonadales), a unicellular freshwater green alga, against the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus. Rotifers gro
A member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), after breakdown of genocidal regime in 1979, Cambodia started to build its economy from scratch. Regarding the press freedom, Cambodia was graded 128th in 2016 in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) by the Reporters Without Borders. The rank has deteriorated after the suppression on non-governmental organizations, opposition party and in
Research on Sweden’s foreign policy often highlights its exceptionalism regarding activism and value promotion. Yet, I detect a less idealistic side in its foreign policy towards China, characterized by a protection of national interests. In addition, contemporary trends of liberalization suggest an entirely different dimension as well. This paper seeks to better understand Sweden’s foreign policy
Organizational change due to digitalization trends puts established organizations under pressure to constantly adapt in order to compete in today’s markets. The disruptive nature of such transformational changes significantly impacts what organizations stand for and, thus, how organizational members relate to their organization. Taking an interpretivist stance, the aim of this study is to understa
In recent years, brand activism has been mentioned as a new evolution in corporate sociopolitical involvement. From the customers’ perspective, they expect brands to be more vocal and take a stance to tackle challenges. They do not want neutral brands anymore. However, in the rising trend of brands becoming activists, the debates of “trustwashing” also arise. Most existing research regard of brand
The primary purpose of the study is to get a deeper understanding about managers inheriting the role of corporate ambassadors on LinkedIn, and how it impacts their sense of managerial identity. One aspect of this topic is the interrogation of the blurred lines between the professional and private identities of the managers. The study was conducted in line with the qualitative research technique wh
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing apps have been used as a means to curb the spread of the virus worldwide. If well adopted, these apps can aid in subduing the spread of the virus. However, the introduced contact tracing app needs to be accepted and adopted by the majority of the public in order for it to be beneficial. The Danish government has made available a local c
In this paper we have looked at the effect good schools have on surrounding house prices, focusing on London. We consider both the effect of “% of students that meet expected standard in math, reading, and writing”, and the new “progression score” that the UK government has introduced. These two scores are used as the basis of how a school is defined as ‘good’. We used two different propensity sco
The Cambrian sandstone reservoirs of the Baltic Basin have been identified by the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) as potential CO2 storage sites in line with regulations regarding Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). In order to understand the petrological and petrophysical characteristics of the sandstone units, 54 thin sections from the three main Cambrian sandstone units were studied. The descri
The real space behavior of the GW self-energy in the electron gas model was investigated in this thesis work. The self-energy is naturally decomposed into the screened-exchange and the Coulomb-hole components. The self-energy calculated with different electron densities as function of frequency and position was compared with the static approximation. At low frequency, the screened-exchange self-en
