Globally, the production and consumption of plastic has increased exponentially. As plastic items are produced using fossil fuels, the plastic industry is intrinsically tied to the petrochemical industry. One unique case of this dilemma lies in the petrochemical industry’s role in plastic production in Taiwan. Despite its reputation for recycling, Taiwan is satiated with ineffective sustainability

This study investigates the effect of fertility on maternal labour market outcomes. For this purpose, we use four waves of Romanian census data from IPUMS International. We exploit the unique history of Romania’s abortion legislation, instrumenting fertility with the 1966 abortion ban and the 1990 abortion legalisation in two separate IV models. The findings suggest that increasing fertility reduc

The global coverage of sociology of law (SoL) has remained limited to the Western world, due to the difficult and problematic application of its current theories and concepts in non-Western societies. Thus, the sociology of law norm concept was studied in relation to the culture of Ashanti people of Ghana. This was done to identify and valorise culturally specific issues of their society that are

The topic of government and state officials leaving public service for the private sector has been a recurring talking point in the last decades with multiple countries in the OECD enacting different forms of regulation to contain potential conflicts of interest. In Sweden, legislation specifically regulating the phenomenon was not passed until 2018, when the Act Concerning Restrictions in the Eve

This paper analyzes the impact of receiving refugees on municipal income, income inequality, and public finances. The empirical analysis compares Swedish municipalities between 2000 and 2018, a period with large and fluctuating waves of refugees, both across years and municipalities. This paper uses the variance within municipalities, i.e., fixed effects. The results show that an increase of the r

Följande rapport utfördes för att utvärdera och validera brandskyddet på Bäcklidens demensboende i Tibro kommun. Rapporten har behandlat att skydda människors liv och hälsa. Egendomsskydd samt ekonomiska aspekter har därför inte värderats in. Bäckliden är ett av Tibro Kommuns särskilda boenden som är utformad för dementa individer där alla boende behöver någon form av assistans för att utrymma. I The following report was conducted to evaluate and validate the fire protection at Bäckliden's dementia care home in Tibro municipality. The report has dealt with the protection of people's lives and health. Property protection and economic aspects have therefore not been evaluated. Bäckliden is one of Tibro Municipality's special accommodations designed for demented individuals where

As a foster parent, within the Swedish foster care system, you are granted support and have access to interventions such as educational programs and counselling. Considering this, past research still suggests that a substantial number of foster carers express how these types of interventions can lack a sense of meaningfulness and/or be inadequate. With our research we’ve ventured to better underst

Bakgrund: Att vårda en organdonator ställer stora krav på intensivvårdssjuksköterskan, både gällande den högteknologiska vården, den komplexa situationen att vårda en avliden patient och möta anhöriga i kris. Flertalet artiklar de senaste 15 åren visar på brist på kunskap hos intensivvårdssjuksköterskan samt osäkerhet, splittrade attityder och blandade känslor i vårdandet av organdonatorn. Syfte:

The aim of this text is to create a phenomenological understanding of the public library as place and space. Because there is very little written about this subject through this particular perspective, my paper can be seen as a knowledge- theoretical contribution to library- and information science. Through my exploration I emphasize the idea of the subject as embodied and its importance in unders

Debts among individuals and households in Sweden have increased over the years. Although statistics from the Swedish Enforcement Authority show that the total number of people registered with excessive debts has declined for the third year in a row, the total amount of debt of those individuals and households who are already overindebted on other hand continues to increase. Moreover, debtors regis

Abstrakt Titel Hedgefonder under marknadsoro - Ett placeringsalternativ för den riskaverta investeraren? Seminariedatum 2020-06-04 Ämne/kurs FEKH89, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i finansiering, 15 högskolepoäng Författare Laban Blosse, Gordon Molander Handledare Maria Gårdängen Fem nyckelord Avkastning, Risk, Hedgefond, Lågkonjunktur, Riskavert Syfte Syftet med studien är att undersöka och analAbstract Title Hedge funds during market instability - An investment alternative for the risk-averse investor? Seminar date 2020-06-04 Course FEKH89, Bachelor's Degree Project in Finance, 15 ECTS Authors Laban Blosse, Gordon Molander Advisor Maria Gårdängen Key words Return, Risk, Hedge Fund, Recession, Risk-averse Purpose The purpose of the study is to investigate and analyze from an invest

Följande rapport är en brandteknisk riskvärdering av Storkyrkan i Stockholm. Syftet med rapporten är att göra en värdering av brandskyddet för ett verkligt objekt. Målet är att utvärdera brandskyddet med avseende på personsäkerheten vid olika brand- och utrymningsscenarion. Samt att i de fall personsäkerheten anses bristfällig komma med åtgärdsförslag. Rapportens avgränsningar innefattar; att kyrkThis report is a Fire Safety Evaluation of Stockholm Cathedral. The purpose with the report is to make an evaluation of the fire protection of the object. The aim is to assess the fire protection regarding personal safety in different fire- and evacuation-scenarios. And give suggestions of improvements in those cases where the personal safety is deficient. Demarcation in the report is that the ste

En undersökande studie av historiebruk och materialitet i den nya konsthistoriska basutställningen som just nu håller på att byggas på Malmö Konstmuseum. Undersökningen består av intervjuer med de två intendenter som ingår i utställningens projektgrupp. Svaren från intervjuerna analyseras utifrån teorier om historiebruk, med begreppen historiekultur och historiemedvetande för att analysera olika d

Implementations of ERP-systems are very expensive endeavours and are associated with a high risk of failure. However, the rewards of a successful ERP-implementation are bountiful. Successfully implemented ERP-systems increase the efficiency of internal and external processes, interdepartmental communication, integrity of organisational information and competitiveness. To analyse ERP-implementation

Following a 2016 referendum on European Union membership where 51.9% of the British electorate voted to leave, the United Kingdom has decided to exit the EU and will therefore no longer receive regional EU funding. Previous studies on the voting pattern of the referendum have shown that the concentration of the Leave vote tended to be stronger in regions that have struggled economically in recent

Abstract This thesis evaluates associations between the composition of export portfolios and economic growth in African countries south of the Sahara. These countries suffer from underdevelopment and low economic growth partly due to excessive tariffs on primary export products. Increased knowledge regarding the impact of choice of portfolio may help direct African countries towards improved econo

This thesis examines how European identity is expressed and articulated in the European Union’s State of the Union speeches from 2010, 2015 and 2018 by using the method of idea analysis. The analytical dimensions of the methodology are based on four key aspects of identity formation - action, narrative, difference and multiple - which are operationalised as methodological tools applied to the spee

IGV-polisen är den yrkesgrupp inom polisen som arbetar med ingripandeverksamhet. Denna uppgift inom polisen innebär möten och interaktioner med personer som är misstänkta för att ha begått brott. Det är IGV-polisens uppgift att utreda dessa ärenden med den information som finns tillgänglig. Detta inkluderar även information från misstänkta personer och deras berättelser. Studiens syfte är att unde

Purpose: In order to study the Galactic Chemical Evolution, elemental abundances are needed. The purpose of this work is to investigate the chemical evolution of the Milky Way by determining several elemental abundances of giants in the local disk. Large surveys are up and coming, and several surveys are already working, and with these, the aim is high quality abundance measurements of several ele