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Technological advancements into the nanoscale have made it necessary to perform solid mechanical calculations on devices being produced on this scale. Traditionally, the field of continuum mechanics has been used to perform calculations in the field of solid mechanics, but the ubiquity of faster computers have opened up the field of peridynamics as an alternative. Peridynamic theory models materia

Urban Living Labs are a new form of urban governance. They are considered as promising opportunities to contribute to urban sustainability transitions by addressing climate change and other related challenges on a regional level. They serve as sites to design, test and learn from innovation in real time. One key element of Urban Living Labs is user involvement. Users are considered as co-creators

The superconductivity under doping in the famous cuprate compounds is believed to originate in the CuO2 planes. The mediator of pairing is generally accepted to be induced from electronic degrees of freedom. While many mechanisms, such as spin fluctuations, have been proposed throughout the years, little research has been carried out on the role of the retarded attraction due to electronic overscr

Streptomyces is the largest genus in the phylum Actinobacteria, known for their complex life cycle and secondary metabolite production. The model bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor grows _lamentously by tip extension and hyphal branching. The hyphal tip is highly organised, with various structural proteins forming a large assembly termed the polarisome. An essential protein, DivIVA, localises to th

ISO 14001 är en internationell miljöcertifiering för företag som vill arbeta mer effektivt med sina miljöpåverkande aspekter. Även om det inte går att fastställa att ISO 14001-certifierade företag faktiskt minskar sin miljöpåverkan, visar tidigare studier att certifierade företag uppfyller miljölagkrav bättre än icke-certifierade företag. Ett av kraven som ställs på företag när de certifieras är aEven though there is little evidence that ISO 14001 certified companies actually reduce their environmental impact, previous studies show that certified companies comply to environmental regulatory demands better than non-certified companies. The purpose of this study is to examine the regulatory compliance of ISO 14001 certified companies in the south of Sweden. The empirical data is based on ins

Denna uppsats utreder frågorna ifall svensk domstol bedömer kvinnor och män lika i påföljdshänseende samt hur en eventuell olik bedömning förklaras. Beror det på lagen, föreställningar om kvinnor och män eller att omständigheter kring gärningspersonen och brottet skiljer sig åt mellan könen? Fokus är således domstolens förhållande till gärningspersonens kön. Förutom att studera forskning och påståThis paper examines the questions if women and men are equally assessed by Swedish courts with regard to the sentence and how a possible unequal assessment is explained. Is it because of the law, ideas about the sexes or that the circumstances concerning the culprit and the crime differ between the sexes? The focus is therefor the court’s relationship with the sex of the culprit. Besides studying

Särskild medling erbjuds idag av Sveriges domstolar som ett alternativ till en domstolsprocess eller förlikningsprocess. Särskilda medlare i Sverige består idag utav en blandning av advokater, domare och socionomer. Internationellt sätt finns det erkända institut som erbjuder ackreditering för medlare, däribland Centre of Dispute Resolution i London, Storbritannien. Medlare från Sverige och hela vThe Swedish courts offer court-annexed mediation as an alternative to litigation or court-annexed conciliation. On the Swedish National Courts Administration’s website, there is a list available of Swedish mediators available for court-annexed mediation that includes lawyers, judges and social workers. From an international perspective, there are several institutes that offer accreditation for med

Sierra Leone has struggled with high rates of adolescent pregnancy for some time and reports have shown an increase in these figures during and following the unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease outbreak from 2014 through 15. As young girls are impregnated, it has long been customary for girls to drop out of school. When schools re-opened after the Ebola crisis, this practice was formalized as the Mi

Uppsatsen undersöker barns trovärdighet som målsägare i sexualbrottsmål. Ämnet är särskilt känsligt då det pågår en känslostormande samhällsdebatt som följd av ett flertal uppmärksammade fall i vilka övergrepp inom den svenska förskolan avslöjades. Första delen av uppsatsen undersöker den rättspsykiatriska forskning som finns gällande barns vittnesmål och jag kunde efter denna utredning konstateThis bachelor thesis examines children’s credibility as claimants in cases regarding sexual abuse. This subject is an especially delicate matter as there is an ongoing debate, stirring up emotions, following multiple high-profile cases in which sexual abuse within the Swedish preschools were revealed. The first part of this thesis examines research findings within forensic psychology regarding ch

Uppsatsens syfte är att redogöra och förklara för vilka åtgärder som lagstiftaren kan vidta för att skapa konkurrens på marknader som innehåller ett naturligt monopol. Denna åtgärden är viktig för att kunderna ska känna sig trygga då monopolisten inte har möjlighet att ta ut vilket pris som helst. De olika regleringsmöjligheterna är upphandling, tillsyn, prisreglering och tredjepartsinträde, dessaThe purpose of this paper is to list and explain which precautions the legislator can take to create competition on a market that is part of a natural monopoly. The regulation is important to make the customers feel protected and by prohibiting businesses to price the commodity however they want. The different legislation possibilities are public procurement, supervising by a regulatory authority,

I rättsväsendet är djur att betrakta som saker och egendom. Detta medför att djur, när de är brottsoffer, inte får samma skydd som människor i samma situation. Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka djurskyddet för häst i Sverige samt den samhälleliga synen på hästen för att se hur väl dessa överensstämmer med det faktum att hästen är att betrakta som en sak i vårt rättssystem. Djurplåg

Purpose of study: As both innovations and brand loyalty are becoming ever more important for companies today, it is of importance to understand how an organisation can handle the relationship between the explorative and exploitative units when working with these two constructs. The ultimate aim is to understand how service organisations can be managed in order to enhance brand loyalty through serv

The purpose of this paper is to predict the cost-effectiveness of a preventive health care project based on physical exercise that will take place at Medicon Village, Lund, in the fall of 2016. Data from the Health Survey for England is used to develop an empirical model with individual fixed effects that estimates the relationship between physical exercise and psychological well-being. The freque

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have had a profound effects on global perceptions of security and threats. The ensuing global War on Terror has increasingly been used by the US as a pretext to wage a ‘global war’, far outside the borders of the American homeland. As a result of this, Africa has grown in strategic value, with the US increasingly engaging with states like Kenya with the

The primary purpose of this Master’s thesis was to understand the consumer behaviour of elderly people, more specifically the silent generation in regards to adopting household robotics. The objective was to gain a deeper understanding on the attitudes, beliefs and intentions, as well as values and attributes that are affecting the consumer behaviour of elderly people to determine whether elderly

Sammanfattning Titel: A penny saved: Does cash holdings reduce profitability? Seminariedatum: May 25, 2016 Kurs: FEKN90, For the degree of: Master of Science in Business and Economics, 30HP Författare: Andreas Lagerstedt, Oscar Ljunggren Westlundh, Truls Törnqvist Handledare: Anna Glenngård Nyckelord: Cash holdings, profitability, Stockholm stock exchange, overinvestment, Jensen’s free cash

This thesis project has been conducted in collaboration with Automationsteknik in Hässleholm. The issue of this thesis was to investigate two vision cameras from different manufacturers and create an application that can improve part of an existing automation system. The process that was to be improved packs cupboard doors with an industrial robot arm. Mechanical aspects of the packing process wil

Vår planet är uppbyggd av hundratals grundämnen som bildar marken vi går på. På vissa platser finns högre halter av tungmetaller så som bly (Pb) och kadmium (Cd) än på andra platser. Är så fallet på en plats kan det innebära hälsorisker för människor och djur om vi skulle få detta i oss. Därför har jag valt att undersöka om vattnet i bergborrade brunnar, i en viss typ av berggrund där risken för hLead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) are two heavy metals that exist naturally in low concentrations throughout earth’s crust. In some places lead and cadmium are found in higher concentrations due to the bedrock in the area. A study made in Höörs County by the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) has shown high rates of lead and cadmium in drilled wells just west of the city Höör. They found that the reason f

Title: Employee Motivation through Higher Purpose: A double edged sword Authors: Petra Erkkilä & Thekla Welp Supervisor: Sverre Spoelstra Submission Date: 20th of May 2016 Keywords: Non-profit organisation, employee motivation, higher purpose, social responsibility Purpose: To critically review the impact of organisational purpose on employee motivation and to understand employee motiva

A Shattered Profession - A survey of the variation wihtin the profession of social work The aim of this study was to describe the recruitment requirements that employers place on typical positions for social workers as well as to understand the meaning of the social work profession in the semi-profession. Previous research on work advertisements have focused on how different sets of skills have b