Biomedical application of nanoparticles is largely associated to their fate in biological media which, in fact, is related to their surface properties. Surface functionalitzation plays a key role in determining biodegradation, cytotoxicity and biodistribution through interactions which may be meditated by the macromolecules occurring in biological media. This project is focused on the effect of di

The presence of phytate in plants-based food is considered a threat to proper nutrition in developing countries and in particular in rural areas. There is evidence of micronutrient deficiencies due to the presence of phytate in plant-based diets. People from low income households are most affected by diets rich in phytate. The aim of this study was to investigate different processes through which

In the context of increasing focus on the climate change China is being blamed for its large contribution to global CO2 emissions, which have been produced within China’s territory. However, increasing number of researches have started to argue that the developed countries should be held responsible for displacing their emissions by outsourcing pollution-heavy production to the developing countrie

This study aims to investigate whether countries succeed to reduce their contribution to global emissions when countries reach higher levels of income. As a result of rapid changes in international trade, a country’s emission responsibility goes beyond national borders, which should be adequately captured in their carbon footprint. This study discusses that the two conventional accounting measures

This thesis explores the problem of domestic violence in Ghana from a socio-legal perspective. It investigates the tensions that arise from the application of customary and state law in order to understand why domestic violence, persist and continues being prevalent in communities in Ghana. It draws on living law theory. Based on a multi-sited research qualitative design, interviews were conducted

Thesis Purpose: The purpose of this study is to quantitatively examine the effect of influencer brand personality in the US on follower-influencer identification and influencer trust, as a way for influencers as human brands to strengthen follower influencer relationships. Methodology: Quantitative methods were applied in this research. A combination of Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, an

På grund av människans aktiviteter har många av världens vattenresurser förorenats. Dricksvatten förorenat av arsenik, en tungmetall som kan orsaka akut förgiftning och en uppsjö av sjukdomar, blir allt vanligare världen över. I och med detta ökar behovet av sätt att detektera och oskadliggöra tungmetaller och även olika typer av skadliga kemikalier i våra vatten. Tänk dig ett system där bakteriMany of our freshwater resources are contaminated with pollutants such as heavy metals and organophosphates, and therefore the demand for reliable and efficient methods for detection and remediation of such pollutants is increasing. One widely used method for remediation of water is through the use of engineered communities of microbes that have the ability to degrade or make the contaminating com

Titel: ”Kød og kreativitet” – visioner och verklighet: En studie om plats i skärningspunkten mellan mening, materialitet och människor Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Institutionen för Service Management och tjänstevetenskap Kurs: KSMK65 - Service Management: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen. Våren 2019 Författare: Daniela Ross & Isabella Lindkvist Jensen Handledare: Elisabeth Högdahl NyckelorThe aim of this study is to discuss how visions about places influence the physical place-development, and how people’s ability to inhabit and make use of space is affected as a consequence. A case study of Kødbyen, Copenhagen’s Meat Packing District, was carried out to research this. Research questions relate to how these place-making processes can be understood in terms of power, where some peop

The central challenge of my project had to do with transferring a medical technology device from the industrial space to a personal space. My task was to design a device for med tech company that developed an alternative way to treat a variety of illnesses. The technology works by misting a specific coolant into the nose cavity for non-medical pain relief. Right now, the company offers a range of

An overriding aim of this study is to examine adolescents experiences of drug use, with a focus on high school students at Akademi Båstad Gymnasium in Båstad municipality. More precisely the purpose is to examine the students drug use, and the underlying causes for this, and to examine their norms and attitudes regarding drug use. A web-based survey was sent out to the seniors of the particular hi

Denna fallstudie belyser hur ett ökat antal av godstransporter påverkar städers förmåga att skapa en hållbar citylogistik. Citylogistiken innefattar många olika intressenter som har olika mål vilket gör att utvecklandet av en hållbar citylogistik som gynnar alla blir komplext. Detta tillsammans med ökade godstransporter gör att städer står för en utmaning i att kunna tillgodose intressenterna behoThis case study highlights how a increasing amount of freight transport affects the citys ability to create an sustainable city logistics. The city logistics comprises multiple stakeholders with different visions which makes the development of an sustainable city logistics more complex. This along with a increased amount of transportations create a challenge in the ability to make the stakeholders

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the risk preferences of current and future management generations and its implications for strategic management. Methodology: A quantitative research strategy has been chosen in order to fulfil the purpose of this study. The data collection has been gathered primarily through surveys and complementing secondary data. Subsequently, the gathered data

Studiens syfte är att utreda huruvida likviditeten som helhet förbättrats till följd av införandet av MiFID II och dess medföljande förändring av tick-sizen på Nasdaq Nordics svenska huvudlistor. Studien genomförs på ett slumpmässigt urval bestående av 20 aktier från vardera tre huvudlistor med hjälp av historisk transaktions- och volymdata. För att testa för eventuella skillnader mellan periodern

The purpose of this thesis is to estimate how much heat can be recovered from the sewer system in Malmö, Sweden, and determine the best location for that heat recovery. In fulfilling that purpose, this thesis covers the process of modeling wastewater flows and temperature changes in the sewer system in Malmö, the results of those processes, and the estimated amount of heat that can be recovered fr

Snabba förändringar i landskapet kan orsaka stora problem för olika ekosystemtjänster, speciellt när förändringarna sker i utsatta landskap. En sådan förändring har skett i Sverige de senaste hundra åren då skog har planterats på övergivna hagar, eller i vissa fall, även planterats på åkermark. Denna förändring beror på minskningen av djur ute på landsbygden, samt urbaniseringen som sker över helaFast land use changes in the landscape can cause plenty of problems related to ecosystem services, especially when the changes concern sensitive land use types. This type of change has happened in Sweden during the last hundreds of years, where forests have been planted on abandoned pasture lands, as well as on crop lands. This thesis looks at the afforestation in Sweden and some of the possible

Psykiska diagnoser ökar och är den vanligaste orsaken till sjukskrivning i Sverige. Inom denna kategori är stress den mest förekommande. Samtidigt finns en växande marknad av wearables med nya sätt att hålla koll på hälsan. Tänk om dessa kunde komma till användning vid förebyggandet av stress. Denna studie är en undersökning av två kommersiella smarta klockor och deras potential att användas som sPsychiatric diagnoses are growing as the most common reason for people in Sweden to leave in sick from work, and within this category, stress-related health problems is the largest. At the same time, a market of wearables is exploding with new ways to keep track of health. What if these consumer products could be used in the work of preventing stress? This study is an investigation in the potentia

Sammanfattning Titel: ÄTA - orsaker, effekter och förslag på åtgärder Författare: Helena Casspe Nyman och Kenneth Johnsson Handledare: Bengt Hansson Avdelningen för byggproduktion vid institutionen för bygg- och miljöteknologi, Lunds Tekniska Högskola Ulf Larsson och Fredric Ståhl Qb3 projekt AB Examinator: Stefan Olander Avdelningen för byggproduktion vid institutionen för bygg- och miljötek

In Sweden, nursing is strongly gender segregated. Additionally, there is a national nursing shortage. To target these issues simultaneously, the current study attempted to make nursing more appealing to men (and as a secondary aim, also to women) by making agency salient in a job advertisement in a sample of Swedish high school students (N = 242, 75 men). Agency salience was manipulated through re

Denna uppsats handlar om en helt ny typ av förskola som kommer arbeta hälsofrämjande och som bygger på ett holistiskt helhetskoncept. Bakgrunden till hälsoförskolan är att andelen överviktiga förskolebarn har ökat markant både generellt och i kommunen där studien utförts. Det grundläggande syftet med studien är att undersöka vad förskolepedagogerna själva upplever motiverar barn och deras familjer