In my master’s thesis, I examine the relationship between local archival institutions and the formation of local identities. To fulfill that purpose I investigate how local archives view their role regarding the formation of local identity. I explore how local identity and images of locality are created within the encounter between the archives and their users. The focus of my study is Malmö City

The aim of this master thesis is to analyze how conventions emerge and spread through fashion exhibitions and their narratives. This is a relevant topic both for museology and fashion studies considering the popularity of fashion exhibitions and their presence in different kinds of museums. Two different exhibitions are examined, “Kläder & Couture” at Textilmuseet in Borås, and “Nordens Paris”

The surge in multinational corporations and increased globalization have brought substantial attention to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), a business phenomenon of considerable importance. Nevertheless, the global distribution of FDI is rather uneven, with transition countries being especially problematic. Although FDI has been assigned a crucial role in raising capital during structural changes t

I en tid när vi ser ett ökande intresse för arbetsflexibilitet, ett större behov av lokalt producerad mat och ett växande intresse för natur och friluftsliv. Samt i ljuset av det, för första gången på överskådlig tid en ökande inflyttning till landsbygden. Med dagens digitala teknologi ges numera större förutsättningar att kunna starta upp nya verksamheter på distans som skulle kunna fungera minst

This paper examines the impact of selected variables, one of which is the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, on Swedish gasoline prices during a 10-year period, January 2013 to January 2023. This paper presents an analysis that includes both macroeconomic and microeconomic theories. The results recognize an effect connected with the dummy variable representing Russia's in

Throughout history, people have always been faced by difficulties regarding their physical conditions. Vision of sight is no different and poor eyesight has certainly hindered a lot of people from achieving their goals in life. To this day, this still holds true and many people around the globe are affected by some sort of visual impairment. The purpose of this study is to describe and to determ

This study aims to forecast the Swedish FCR-D Down A2 market prices through a hybrid model combining a volatility model and a machine learning approach, and compares its performance with a standalone machine learning model. We further examine the impact of different lag orders (1-Hr vs. 24-Hr) on volatility estimates and forecast performance. Evaluation metrics include root of mean squared error (

Research shows that pornography holds great influential power in relation to the sexual desires and preferences of its consumers, and that it greatly affects how people view sex and intimacy. When pornography displays acts of sexual violence, acts of aggressions, this influential power constitutes a cause for concern. It has been shown that consumption of pornography featuring aggression contribut

This paper examines the policy measures employed by the European Union (EU) to mitigate external risks to the supply of critical raw materials (CRMs). The research makes an informed overview on the dynamics of contemporary international relations and challenges it may pose for EU’s CRM supply security, necessary for its green transition, against the backdrop of the complex interdependence theory.

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate how librarians at public libraries relate to guidelines and governing documents when it comes to acquisition of materials that can be perceived as controversial, and how they think and act in cases where such difficult decisions about acquisitions must be made. Considering paragraph 2 of the Swedish library act which states that: “libraries in

This study examines how the sharing economy is utilized in an emerging area to promote social sustainability. Sege Park in Malmö provide this study's research area. This community served as a testbed for a Sharing Cities Sweden initiative, with support from Malmö municipality, to create a collaborative neighbourhood. The research contains a document analysis of official planning documents by M

The purpose of this study is to examine the ways in which health care counsellors in psychiatry for adults relate to the requirement of wearing white work clothes and how the white work clothes affect the psychosocial conversation. No previous research has been found on this matter in a Swedish context or for health care counsellors in particular. In this study, seven health care counsellors who w

N-(9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) is a combination of two phenylalanine amino acids connected by a peptide bond and protected by a Fmoc group. This dipeptide exhibits unique self-assembly properties, forming a variety of structures such as nanofibers, nanotubes, and hydrogels. The aim of this project is to investigate the structure and phase behaviour of self-assembled Fmoc-

This study examines if abnormal return occurs in conjunction with merger announcements in the short-term and compares it with the compounded one-year buy-and-hold abnormal return in the long-interval for European manufacturing firms. In the final sample, the short-term study consisted of 209 firms, while the long-term incorporated 207, both during a sample period of 20 years. In addition, a set of

Leisure reading among young people today is often considered to be under threat from digital activities, especially social media. In the scientific community, this position is disputed with no clear consensus. In order to gain an understanding of adolescents’ own views on the matter, we decided to interview groups of 15- and 16-year-olds in a Swedish public school. We wanted to find out how they d

Aortic valvular disease is a severe ailment that causes great suffering and many deaths worldwide. The exponentially increasing prevalence of the disease has accelerated the demand of a new functioning valve prosthesis. A new approach is to decellularize homograft heart valves, which has demonstrated promising results in clinical trials. The Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration Lab in Lund has dev

Based on a feminist poststructural framework and discursive analytical readings of sexual violence and intersectionality, gender equality in Sweden's self-image and the concept of consent, this thesis examines how gender equality is presented in the legal document that is the basis for the Swedish Consent Act: A new sexual crime legislation based on voluntariness (Prop. 2017/18:177). Through t

Quantum thermodynamics deals with the behavior of thermal machines that operate in the quantum regime, where coherences and entanglement can have a significant impact. However, detecting such quantum effects in thermal machines can be challenging, as they are primarily manifested as fluctuations. This thesis theoretically studies the protocol for the work fluctuation-dissipation relation (FDR) fro