ABSTRACT Background: Prediabetes is a global epidemic with rising prevalence rates, but its diagnosis based on traditional risk factors is challenging. Application of novel machine-intelligence based methods to public health databases could provide valuable insights into the disease process. Aim: To build predictive models to elucidate the determinants of prediabetes using machine learning algorit

An important factor in pupils’ learning is the teacher’s qualities of being responsive, permissive and structured, and to see, understand and appropriately respond to the pupils’ feelings. This study examined the relation between teacher emotional intelligence, defined as “the ability to use emotions to facilitate thought, perceive, understand and manage one’s own and others emotions”, teacher wor

Children used by military groups in armed conflicts are assigned to different roles and activities depending on their gender identities. In this thesis, therefore, the hypothesis put forward is that application and interpretation of the war crime of “using [children under the age of fifteen years] to participate actively in hostilities” (Articles 8(2)(b)(xxvi) and 8(2)(e)(vii) of the Rome Statute

Build more, build better, and build faster are concepts that more and more people become aware of. Can Construction Management (CM) achieve the right price and quality in a time and cost-effective way? Construction Management is a form of a project delivery method that may occur under different types of construction contracts. The purpose of this survey is to identify the strengths and weaknesses

A goal of entrepreneurship is to foster innovation through the creation of sustainable, scalable firms through a successful commercialization of their value proposal. Surprisingly there is little research on the key role sales and hence sales knowledge of the founder plays in the survival of an entrepreneurial venture. The purpose of this study is twofold. First, we aim to contribute to the wider

Aim: ​This research aims to discover how strategic thinking is understood by legal professionals and law students. Purpose: ​The purpose of this research is to advance the understanding of strategic thinking. A clear understanding of strategic thinking in the legal field has yet to be fully explored. It is relevant for students, professionals, and educational institutions to discover how strateg

The purpose of this study is to investigate the barriers of consumer adoption of digital technologies in retail stores. Specifically, this thesis examines the underlying reasons behind consumer reluctance towards the adoption of digital devices in retail stores and how to overcome this customer reluctance towards digital tools in retailing from a consumer perspective. Furthermore, the research ado

In recent years there has been a major change in environmental policy areas, especially when the EU has invested substantial resources in the environmental as well the energy sector. This paper analyzes one of the actors, Fredrick Federley and The Swedish Center Party, who worked on the issue between 2014-2018. To see how the rhetoric has elapsed as well as examine the environmental and energy p

In 1938, Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, thanks to her second book The Good Earth about a Chinese farmer. Blistering criticism came from the American cultural elite that claimed her style of writing did not reach the Nobel Prize standard. Buck responded by saying that her style of writing was influenced by the Chinese novel rather than the Western novel. This study will co

The drastic changes in infrastructure and arrival of luxury tourism to South Sinai has brought the global world at the doorstep of the region’s nomadic bedouins. The ever-expanding global influence has given birth to a generation of young bedouin women who absorb the surrounding new ideals, behaviors and understandings, blending them with their tribal culture. This has created identity hybridities

The purpose of this master’s thesis project is to aid Thomson Reuters to forecast soil moisture, enhancing the agricultural productivity of its clients. This thesis focuses on testing the company’s HBV model (HBV-TR) to accurately produce daily soil moisture values in Brazil, France, and the U.S.A. The problem is that, up to this day, the most reliable monitoring of this soil water content is als

This essay examines the philosophical questions posed in Virginia Woolf’s famous novel Mrs Dalloway (1925) set in London in the aftermath of World War I. In her unique tone and poetic aesthetics, Woolf deals with questions about war and its aftermaths, evil and oppressive power, time and temporality, duality of life, fear of suffering and death, sacrifice and suicide but also, most importantly, lo

In 2014, a law intended to make increased use of life sentences in murder convictions was passed by a large margin in parliament. However, during the remittance leading up to its passing, it had taken flak from the referral bodies, criticizing it for being uncalled for and ill-prepared. Two years after its passing, it was in effect invalidated by a supreme court ruling. In response the government

Collimated Transmission Spectroscopy (CTS) is a technique that is commonly used to study the optical absorption of different media. In this work CTS was used to measure the absorbance of pure raspberry juice in order to investigate how well the fruit content may be determined in a commercially available raspberry fruit drink. Another method, RGB colorimetry, which is a much more available techniqu

Titel: Personligt varumärke - Elitidrottarens resa in i näringslivet Seminariedatum: 2018-06-01 Kurs: FEKH29 - Examensarbete kandidatnivå i marknadsföring, 15 hp Handledare: Jens Hultman Författare: Ida Ahnberg Algerbo, Izabelle Borg Nilsson, Fanny Götesson, Zecira Musovic Nyckelord: Varumärke, Personligt varumärke, Strategisk branding Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att genom kvalitativ forskning ge lTitle: Personal Branding - the Shift from Sports to Business Seminar date: 2018-06-01 Course: FEKH29 - Business Administration: Bachelor Degree Project In Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 Credits Advisor: Jens Hultman Authors: Ida Ahnberg Algerbo, Izabelle Borg Nilsson, Fanny Götesson, Zecira Musovic Keywords: Branding, Personal branding, Strategic branding Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is

Purpose: The ambition of this study is to update the underlying assumptions about the role of a brand manager in the new digital era by illuminating how the role is executed and perceived by brand managers themselves. This study aims to update the language concerning a brand manager’s role with the help of metaphors and also, problematize the traditional assumptions regarding brand management. Me

Title: Financial Behavior and the Momentum Strategy Seminar date: 2018-05-31 Course: FEKH89, Bachelor’s Degree Project in Financial Management, Business Administration, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Emil Eliasson, Olle Josefsson, Fredrik Thörning Advisor: Maria Gårdängen Purpose: The authors of this thesis aim to study if it is possible to generate a better Sharpe ratio within the CAPM-th

The conditions for identity formation are changing depending on where it’s presented and represented. Fashion is an important component when trying to communicate and create a social identity in today’s urban society which is characterized by consumption and media. This essay aims to examine in what way the transparent plastic bag can communicate our identity. By investigating and analyzing Instag

This thesis aims to perform a case study of a house concept by analyzing it with the help of any of the established green building certification systems that are currently on the market. The case study object for this thesis is KUNO, a house concept developed by Henrysson & Thulin. Between 2017 and 2018 14 KUNO-houses are being built at Parallelltrapetsen in Ängelhom, and Henrysson & Thuli