Air pollution has become an urgent issue that affecting public health and people’s daily life in China. Social media as potential air quality sensors to surveil air pollution is emphasized recently. In this research, we picked up a case-2013 Eastern China smog and focused on two of the most popular Chinese microblog platforms Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo. The purpose of this study is to determine

Society has become locked into an unsustainable agri-food system based on resource intensive industrial agriculture and a globalized supply chain producing food that is damaging to the environment and society. In London, United Kingdom a network of alternative food initiatives exists challenging this agri-food system and bring about a transition to one that is more sustainable. However so far the

The aim of this qualitative study was to understand how drug therapists perceive and construct male and female drug abusers. We conducted semi-structured interviews with seven drug therapists. For our analysis, we used a social constructivist approach, based on the gender perspective organizational culture, treatment ideology and social interaction. The findings of this study revealed that the maj

By exploring the Russian Global Education Program as a case of outward student mobility policy created through and backed by law, the author of this thesis analyses the impact of the legal dimension of said program on students’ return and employment decisions from the viewpoint of the socio-legal theory and methodology developed by Leon Petrazycki (1867-1931). Based on the analysis conducted herei

Utgångspunkten till denna studie var att undersöka sångares handlingsutrymme i ensembleundervisningen. Frågeställningarna som ramar in arbetet berör fördelningen av instrumentspecifika instruktioner mellan instrumentgrupperna, hur detta ter sig och vilka förutsättningar som står till grund för dem. Studien utforskar även fördelningen av taltid mellan tjejer och killar i ensembleundervisningen samtThe premise for the study was to research singers’ capacity for action in the context of contemporary classroom ensemble. The research questions that frame the present study concern the division of instrument specific instructions between the different groups of instruments in the contemporary classroom ensemble, and further what this looks like and which premises that ground the division. In addi

Changing climate affects various ecosystem processes within the boreal forest, wildfire among them. Meanwhile temperature is commonly accepted as one of the most important regulating factors. In the context of 2016 being the warmest year in observational history, this review attempts to identify changes in wildfire extent within the central and south-eastern Siberian taiga. Satellite based estimat

Reliable information on land cover is required to assist and help in the decision-making process needed to face the environmental challenges society has to deal with due to climate change and other driving forces. Different methods can be used to gather this information but satellite earth observation techniques offer a suitable approach based on the coverage and type of data that are provided. Fe

Abstract Author: Mikaela Persson Title: Who suffers the most from mental health? A quantitative study about mental health among young adults in Italy and Sweden Supervisor: Anna Tegunimataka Assessor: Anders Östnäs The aim of this study was to compare mental health among Sweden’s and Italy’s young adults by using three variables which were then correlated with the variable “mental health”. The

Several problems concern about energy are frequently discussed in recent decades, such as the shortage of traditional energy resource, the increase of energy price and the destruction of living environment by energy conversion. To solve these problems, sustainable development of energy become a preferential task all around the world. Under current circumstances, applying energy saving measures and

Augmented Reality, på svenska även kallat förstärkt verklighet, har lämnat labratoriestadiet och introducerats på konsumentmarknaden. Hittills har AR främst riktats mot användare för att tillföra ett nöje som exempelvis Snapchat:s filter. Många studier har gjorts för att mäta an- vändaracceptans av AR-appar, dock har de i regel utförts på studenter. Detta har medfört att majoriteten av studierna ä

Energy harvesting enables products to become more self-sufficient of power and offers the possibility to avoid battery exchange and power cables. The performance and applicability of the most promising or popular small scale energy harvesting technologies are investigated in this thesis. The focus lies on the amount of potential energy that can be harvested and how limited the technology is to a s

Organizations struggle to rapidly respond to competitive and changing business environments and therefore implement smarter Information Systems that incorporate automated decision services. An imminent role for complementing automated decision making are analytics, as it can evaluate past performances to provide insights on potential future decision making endeavors. While the consensus on how ana

Digitalisering av sjukvården tar idag stor plats i samhällsdiskussionen och ses som ett sätt att möta utmaningarna sjukvården står inför. En förutsättning för ett effektiviserat sjukvårdssystem är en förstärkt och effektiviserad primärvård. E-hälsa och digital teknik är viktiga verktyg för att kunna uppnå detta. I Sverige finns ett fåtal digitala vårdcentraler. För att de ska vara en långsiktig lö

This study examines if there are positive effects of constructing portfolios based on value and momentum. Three value portfolios (low, medium, high) and three momentum portfolios are constructed using large cap stocks from the four Nordic Nasdaq OMX exchanges. The portfolios are then re-sorted on an annual basis over the test period 2005-2016. Furthermore, two long-short market neutral portfolios

Den här fallstudien syftar till att analysera och förklara varför ett visst samhälle i Anderna i norra Peru som arbetar och fungerar under kooperativ som social ordning har varit relativt sett framgångsrik när det gäller att skapa arbetstillfällen och en till synes mer utvecklad organisation. Atahualpa-Jerusalen bildades som ett kooperativ I kölvattnet av jordreformen från 1969 i Peru. Under 1970-This case study aims to analyse and explain why a specific community in the Andes of Northern Peru working under the social organisation of cooperative has been relatively successful in creating work opportunities and an apparent higher level of development and organisation. In the aftermath of the agrarian reform in Peru of 1969 Atahualpa-Jerusalen was formed as a cooperative. In the seventies, m

In 2016, a new restrictive asylum law was passed in Sweden, which limits asylum seekers’ possibilities of being granted residence permits and being reunited with their families. The passing of new restrictive asylum in law is interesting, since values such as solidarity and cosmopolitan ideals are deeply entrenched within the Swedish welfare state, which were evident in expansive immigration polic

There is an upsurge of consumer interest in functional foods, especially probiotics. Alongside there is a global rise in the ‘vegan’ market. However, there is insufficient research and development in the field of non-dairy probiotic food formulations. Development of probiotic oat-based yogurt, called oatgurt that is manufactured by Oatly AB, was studied by incorporating Lactobacillus plantarum 299

In industrial production of mayonnaise it is important to both get a product of high quality and to avoid phase inversion. To investigate how the quality and phase inversion point are affected by changes in the production, a high shear mixer and an immersion blender were used to make mayonnaise. The stirring speed, temperature, egg content, egg type and oil content were changed to see how the qual

The World Bank is a key actor within development, continuously funding projects on women’s empowerment in countries world-wide; Liberia being one of them. Women and girls have been particularly affected by previous conflicts in Liberia, strongly impinging on their participation in the labor market still today (UN Women 2014). Research shows that one of the foremost issues for women today is the fa

Mobile business intelligence (MBI) handlar som namnet antyder om en mobil variant av traditionell business intelligence (BI). Det senaste årtiondets explosionsartade framfart för smarta telefoner och surfplattor har givit nya förutsättningar för användandet av MBI. I övergången från skapandet av traditionella BI-lösningar till MBI-lösningar kan en del barriärer uppstå och det är dessa vi i denna u