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Tractography is a visualization technique which reconstructs and models neural fibers in the white matter of the brain based on data from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. It is already used locally to model parts of dominant fiber pathways but global methods are also emerging which aim to reconstruct all the brain fibers simultaneously. In this thesis we have attempted to improve the current

The labor market, and therefore employment conditions, has changed in recent decades. Today, flexibilisation has led to a large number of employees who work part-time or lack permanent employment. An involuntary part-time worker refers to an individual who is working part-time and states that they want to work more hours than what the employer offers. As long as the employer complies with the prov

Syfte: Syftet med vår studie är att öka förståelsen och relevansen för etablerad teori samt eventuellt även utveckla dessa genom nya upptäckter. Metod: För att genomföra vår undersökning använde vi oss av en kvantitativ enkätundersökning där våra 183 respondenter valdes utifrån ett bekvämlighetsurval. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Uppsatsen behandlar ursprungligen en översikt kring aktuell teori inom ä

The purpose of this study is to explore the paradox that young women in China find it difficult to search for a husband when there is a surplus of men in the population. The research questions and hypothesis is in concern with how the One Child Policy has a salient impact on the Chinese young women. The methodology involves in-depth interviews among 10 participants and documentary analysis. By obs

Prosolviafallet är det mest uppmärksammade skadeståndsmålet i svensk rättshistoria. Tvisten står mellan Prosolvia aktiebolags konkursbo och deras egen revisionsbyrå, Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB och dess ansvarige revisor Nils Brehmer. Uppsatsens syfte är att genom rättsdogmatisk metod genomföra en rättsundersökning för att svara på min frågeställning: Hur förhåller sig Prosolviadomarna delsThe Prosolvia case is the most noticed indemnity case in Swedish legal history. The dispute is between the bankrupt´s estate Prosolvia AB and their own accounting firm Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers and their senior auditor Nils Brehmer. The purpose of this thesis is through proper dogmatic method implementing a proper investigation to answer the following question: How does the Prosolvia convict

Syften med denna studie är att undersöka ifall produktionsfaktorn vatten ger en komparativ fördel i handel med vattenintensiva varor. Detta genomförs med hjälp av paneldata över export av vete som vattenintensiv vara. Metoden har hämtats från tidigare studier av handel med vattenintensiva varor och resultaten har visat sig överensstämma med dessa studier. Man kan se att handel av vattenintensiva v

This study intends to place the literary and cultural criticism of the Finland-Swedish writer and critic Hagar Olsson during the period 1918 to 1948 in the context of the history of ideas in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe and America at the time. While doing so she appears at the frontline of the modernist movement in Swedish literature, both as a critic and a writer, that which is often negle

This study reports the findings of research about female extreme athletes. The aim of the study was to identify differences in personality and anxiety between female extreme athletes, male extreme athletes and exercisers. Big Five personality trait scale and State Trait Anxiety Inventory was used. Further the experience of Flow was measured to find differences between extreme athletes, exercisers,

DIY Performance Culture in Folkets Park. Ian Muller This thesis is a qualitative applied cultural analysis of Folkets Park, Malmö: specifically Do It Yourself (DIY) creative theatrical performance as a form of playing. During the summer of 2012, over 1,000 quantitative Social Return on Investment surveys were collected for the city to assess the park’s ‘value’ to visitors compared to the municip

One way to achieve economies of scale and scope, and other potential advantages of firm size, is through mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Being spectacular business events, and very frequent in the eco-system of firms, it has attracted much interest from both researchers and practitioners. However, empirical reviews do not support the popularity of M&A. It seems that the potential synergie

Syftet med uppsatsen är att diskutera utformning och effekter av intern hantering och extern rapportering av risk i tre börsnoterade företag. Empirin består av presentationer av tre svenska börsnoterade företags arbete med och syn på hantering och rapportering av risk. Presentationerna baseras på intervjuer med riskansvariga på företagen samt företagens årsredovisningar. De studerade företagens exThe purpose of our study is to discuss the design and effects of internal risk management and external reporting of risk in three listed companies. The empirical material consists of presentations of how three Swedish listed companies view and work with risk management and risk reporting. The presentations are based on interviews with risk managers and corporate annual reports. The result shows th

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine how plural organizations use different control methods in order to achieve goal congruence. Methodology: A qualitative case study has been conducted. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical chapter covers the value-creating business model through a compilation of previous research and theories of result- and action control. Empirical foundation:

Bakgrund och problemformulering: Omvärlden påverkas ständigt av förändringar i form av exempelvis trender och teknologiska utvecklingar som sker i snabbare takt. Det har därför blivit allt viktigare för företag att kunna analysera och förutspå sin omgivning för att bättre förstå i vilken riktning den rör sig i. Detta arbete studerar tillvägagångssättet vid omvärldsanalys inom svensk livsmedelsinduBackground and problem: The environment is constantly affected by changes in forms of trends and technological developments. It has therefore become increasingly important for companies to be able to analyze and predict their environment to better understand in which direction it will go in the future. This thesis paper studies the process of Business Intelligence within the Swedish food industry

Town twinning is a European phenomenon that occurs at the local level. Municipalities across Europe are collaborating across borders, involving politicians, officials, professionals, organisations, and citizens. This study investigates town twinning in specific cases of the Netherlands and Denmark by means of interviews with twinning officers in two cases from each country. The aims of the study a

Examensarbetet bygger på min egen översättning av ett utdrag ur den amerikanska författaren Mary Gaitskills roman ”Veronica” (2006). Uppsatsen inleds med en textanalys som stödjer sig på Hellspong & Ledins analysmodell (1997). Därefter följer en beskrivning av den globala imitativa och adekvansinriktade översättningsstrategi som använts för att uppnå estetisk ekvivalens och som bygger på Lita

Air pollution is a major environmental health problem especially in populated areas where road traffic is a contributing factor to bad air quality. Vehicle exhaust contains several species harmful to human health. Ozone is a secondary pollutant with precursors that partly originates from road traffic. It causes respiratory diseases and harms vegetation. High concentrations of surface ozone are con

Abstract Plasmodium falciparum is the causative agent of the most serious and fatal malarial infections, and it has developed resistance to commonly employed chemotherapeutics. The de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis enzymes offer potential as targets for drug design, because, unlike the host, the parasite lacks pyrimidine salvage pathway.In search for new Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrog

Cancer är något som nästan alla människor i dagens samhälle har någon slags relation till, genom att till exempel en närstående som är eller har varit cancersjuk. Enligt en mycket omfattande studie från 2008 genomförd på uppdrag av Världshälsoorganisationen (WHO) kommer en av fyra i den industrialiserade världen att drabbas av cancer före 75 års ålder. Även om dödligheten har minskat genom utvecklThis report concerns the synthesis of 20-epi salinomycin, a diastereomer of the antibiotic salinomycin (SA), and the proposed design of a fluorescent conjugate of SA. SA has recently shown properties to selectively reduce the proportion of cells associated with cancer stem cell (CSC) properties through mechanisms yet unknown. We hypothesize, however, the potency being connected to ion transport ov

Issue: Does a statistical relationship between OMXS30 and S&P500 plus OMXS30 and DAX30 exist after extreme returns? Is it possible to explain the relationship between OMXS30 and S&P500 plus S&P500 and DAX30 with the chosen economic theories? Purpose: The purpose is to examine the effects on OMXS30 during 6 days after extreme returns on S&P500 or DAX30 are present. These effects wi

Popular summery I detta kandidatarbete användes som titeln säger kalorimetri, en metod som går ut på att man mäter hur mycket värme som antingen avges eller tas upp av den lösning man mäter på. Den lösning som mätts består av en peptid, som är ett varierande antal aminosyror sammansatta som ett protein, som lösts upp i vatten och sedan tillsätts en ren vattenlösning stegvis medan instrumentet läseIsothermal calorimetry measurements were conducted on the homologous peptide series AnK where A is alanine, K is lysine and n=6, 8, 10, in order to determine the enthalpy for the aggregation of the peptides. The obtained curves were then integrated to determine the differential enthalpy of the processes involved. Previous studies into the same peptides showed that the peptides had very different c