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Oils are some of the most energy dense compounds produced in nature and play a vital role in society as a source of food, energy and as raw material in many chemical processes. Plant produced oils (triacylglycerols) are a key asset in the transition away from fossil oils. The progress made in recent years in molecular biology has greatly increased our understanding of plant oils biosynthesis. Howe
Klimatet på jorden ändras hela tiden och temat klimatförändringar är mer aktuellt än någonsin. För att förstå vilka konsekvenser klimatförändringarna har är det viktigt att förstå hur klimatet påverkades förr av uppvärmning eller avkylning. För att utröna detta används olika proxymetoder. Under senare år har man insett att Mg/Ca kvoten i skalen hos bentiska foraminiferer är en användbar proxymetodThe climate on earth is continuously changing, and climate change discussions are more relevant than ever. To understand the consequences of climate change one has to understand how the climate responded to changes in temperature in the past. Different proxy methods can be used to determine these changes. During later years, researchers have discovered that the Mg/Ca ratio in benthic foraminifera
The aim of this thesis was to investigate how social counsellors employed in health care reasoned on transgender persons as a group and their work with transgender persons, as well as analyse the knowledge they use in that work. The method used for collecting data was qualitative interviews with social counsellors working in health care. Social counsellors interviewed were selected by way of conve
VIX indexet, även kallat "the fear gauge" är världens ledande indikator för framtida volatilitet. Indexet beräknar ett 30 dagars framtida förväntat värde på volatiliteten kring USA’s börs S&P500. Indexet baseras på köp och säljoptioner med S&P500 indexet som underliggande tillgång. Optionerna som används in- nehar två olika löptider som vi kallar för nära och nästa periods-optionThe purpose of this paper is through an empirical approach understand the dynamics of VIX and investigate to what degree the benchmark computed by CBOE is representative of its definition. The method implemented is of a design where one constructs a hypothetical world in which synthetic options data are produced by the Bates-Heston model. This implies an underlying and known volatility with chosen
The effects on trade from negotiating and entering voluntary partnership agreement is estimated using forest product trade data from 2000 to 2014 on countries in the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) licensing process. Gravity model framework is used and the result shows that beginning negotiations lead to an export drop by approximately 0.6 percent and is relatively stable the
In this thesis, I examine the relation between size and performance in Swedish equity mutual funds during the period 2010 – 2017. The thesis is divided into two main parts with the first part investigating the relation between size and performance by dividing the sample of 107 mutual funds into three groups according to the size of the funds. The funds are then analyzed with three different perfor
Rationale: Urban informal settlements are vulnerable and exposed to hazards. Weather forecasting is possible and provides a “window of opportunity” to push cash or aid to vulnerable dwellers before the disaster strikes. Forecast-based Financing is a framework, which provides this system, and it has had great success with rural pilots. Currently no research has investigated the implementation of Fo
The current thesis examined how employees make sense of employer branding activities tailored for university graduates. A mixed-method approach of conducting qualitative research was use to investigate the nature of tailored employer branding activities. Based on the theory of sensemaking, deeper understanding of the addressed topic was gained.
School-based sex education plays an influential role for adolescents in England. Existing research shows that adolescents are a vulnerable population who are more likely to get a sexually transmitted infection over another age group. Girls between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four are particularly vulnerable to getting an STI. In some countries, a framework called comprehensive sexuality educati
Factors influencing and improving a student’s academic attainments, in particular, test scores, are an essential concern for academics as well as policymakers. In this thesis, I add a student’s ordinal rank, calculated from underlying test scores, as a new input factor to the education production function. By using experimental data on primary schools in the United States, I assess whether the ord
Power systems operate at a specific frequency and constantly require a balance between production and consumption of electricity in order to maintain the frequency within a certain interval. Larger frequency deviations can cause blackouts or damage equipment connected to the grid. Balancing functions that stabilise the grid are referred to as \textit{ancillary services}, which in Sweden include th
Vi i Sverige är duktiga på att återvinna, men man kan ibland fråga sig om återvinning verkligen är det bästa sättet att hantera produkter som man inte längre använder. När det gäller elektroniska produkter så som mobiltelefoner, datorer och surfplattor kan både resurser och pengar sparas genom att återanvända istället för att återvinna. Studien du nu ska läsa är en undersökning om hur skånska koInformation and Communications Technology (ICT) is something that drives our society forward, but how we are consuming these products is rather something that harm our environment rather than pushing our society forward. This thesis investigates our unstainable consumption of ICT products and takes a look at waste prevention solutions in order to reach circular economy with a focus on Swedish muni
Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka textbindningen i avsnitt om litteraturhistoria i läroböckerna Svenska för dig. Litteraturhistoria (Ring, 2014), Kontakt. Huvudbok 2 (Bergsten, 2014) och Svenskan 9 (Andersson m. fl. 2016). Avsikten är att se om referensbindningen, den tematiska bindningen och konnektivbindningen kan göras starkare/tydligare. Stark textbindning i läroböcker har enligt studi
In this thesis I investigate the labor market outcomes following the imposition of restrictive measures against unauthorized labor. I do this by studying the causal effects of the Arizona’s migration laws LAWA and SB 1070 on labor market outcomes in terms of employment, wages and the usual hours worked per week. In 2008, Arizona implemented The Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA), demanding all emplo
Bakgrund: Delegering av administrering och överlämnande av läkemedel till icke legitimerad personal är en allt vanligare lösning vid brist på sjuksköterskor med hot mot patientsäkerheten som följd. Syfte: Belysa huruvida patientsäkerheten påverkas då administrering samt överlämnande av läkemedel delegeras till icke legitimerad personal. Metod: En induktiv litteraturstudie utifrån tolv studier. Res
The Zapatista movement is a multilayered movement fighting unequal power structures and oppression. The movement has from the beginning incorporated a large number of women, both as members and as supporters. However, does the Zapatista movement recognize the multiple axes of oppression that women within the movement face? The aim of this thesis is to uncover how the theoretical ideas behind the c
The following study concerns the effects that lies behind accounting offenses. Accounting offenses is an important subject to study due to its wide spread throughout and great effect on society. More then 12 000 cases of accounting offenses were reported in Sweden during 2016 alone. The study’s main task was to identify social and normative relations that affect the actors’ actions in the business
One of the larger changes in society that affected individual’s lives during the 20th century is the increase in divorce rates that happened in almost all industrialized countries. It went from being an uncommon feature reserved for the rich to a prominent part of family-life. The increase occurred against the backdrop of economic growth and the industrialization. This study constructs a data set
