Denna kvalitativa studie undersöker hur hållbarhet kan kan främjas och utvecklas i kombination med Lean och dess metoder av ständiga förbättringar. Det empiriska materialet som samlats in och presenteras i studien har gjorts genom semistrukturerade intervjuer av individer som arbetar med Lean och/eller hållbarhet i olika verksamheter, men främst inom transportbranschen. Hållbarhet syftar i denna s

Asthma exacerbation is among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. Bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) are of interest because they represent not only a physical barrier against infections, but also a biological barrier between the inhaled agents, such as allergens, and the immune system. As known, systemic inflammation of the lungs, or dietary factors could have effects on lung disease wor

This thesis analyses the relationship between the presence of economic agglomerations and regional economic growth in Mexico during the period 2005- 2018. The focus is mainly toward understanding the influence of clusters in the service sector due to its increasing potential for driving the economy. The study also examines the effect of agglomerations on regional income inequality. To estimate the

This study aims to contribute towards the existing literature of volunteer tourism by evaluating the impacts that volunteering has on career progression. There exists a plethora of research on volunteer tourism, focusing on the various motivations to volunteer and the diverse positive and negative impacts that volunteering has on host communities. However, there is less research on the impact it h

The present study aimed to explore a proposed model of modern prejudice through the selected variables. Self-compassion, compassion towards others, psychological flexibility, and social dominance orientation were selected as intra-psychological variables (Dimension I) to explore, while ethnic and gender identity were selected as the inter-group relationship variables (Dimension II). 242 participan

The Syrian civil war began in 2011 after wide-spread protests were met with violence from the government, and since then both Russia and the U.S. have gotten involved in the conflict. Strategic narratives regarding the conflict and the involved nation’s actions and motives have been told, constructed to benefit the interests of these states. The purpose of this paper is to answer to what extent CN

I denna studie försöker vi besvara frågan leder en ökad etnisk och kulturell mångfald till följd av invandring till ett ökat stöd för högerpopulistiska partier? Studien samlar in data på populationsförändringen samt förändringen i röster på Sverigedemokraterna inom Sveriges samtliga kommuner mellan åren 2014 och 2018. Variablerna analyseras deskriptivt samt i en regressionsanalys. Vi finner en sta

Functioning as a core constitution for the global system, sovereignty is an important manifestation of discourse. This paper adopts a holistic post-structural framework and asks: how can global sovereignty shifts be understood? The answer is framed as a method for conceptualizing shifts, where we have been able to identify four concepts that each manifest those in different ways. They are: 1) Auth

The Australian immigration policy Operation Sovereign Borders is based on categorically denying access to Australia for boat migrants and instead detaining them in offshore processing on the islands Manus and Nauru. The policy has both been criticized by human rights organizations and seen as an inspiration for other countries. This essay looks into how the Australian state legitimizes this policy

This thesis aims to investigate if there is a correlation between Donald Trump’s political beliefs and his foreign policy behaviour towards North Korea during 2016-2019. By applying the theoretical framework Operational Code redesigned by Alexander George, Trump’s political beliefs are visible through ten questions. These political beliefs which are divided into philosophical and instrumental beli

This research overall aims to ​investigate the GAP (Southern Eastern Anatolia Project) of Turkey and its approach in the years between 1989 and 2018 by answering the main question:'How can the GAP's(​Southern Eastern Anatolia Project)approach as a developmental state project on women in the region be understood by applying a critical feminist perspective? This question has been examined w

Calls to implement corporate reforms in South Korea reached its apex with the strong public outrage at 2016 Presidential corruption scandal involving the largest business groups within the country. In 2017, the newly elected President Moon Jae In promised to achieve corporate reforms that past administrations struggled to engage with. Considering the lack of progress in regulating unfair corporate

Abstrakt Titel: Sjuksköterskors och verksamhetschefers syn på kompetensstegen för sjuksköterskor inom offentligt drivna vårdcentraler i Region Skåne Bakgrund: Svårigheter att rekrytera nya medarbetare, brist på effektiv användning av befintlig kompetens samt att säkerställa kompetensutvecklingen utgör en stor utmaning för vården. Tanken med implementering av kompetensstegen i primärvården i Region

Linear multi-step methods have been around for more than a century now. But they were with a fixed step-size, where a lot of hand calculations had to be made to find the coefficients of each method separately. It is only recently that variable step-size methodology was introduced and built into the solver. In this thesis, we are exploring this new methodology and at the same time, implementing one

Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka utgivningen av svensk fantasy och science fiction för att försöka ta reda på hur genrernas spridning ser ut i Sverige. Undersökningen rörde utgivningen under femårsperioden 2015-2019. Vidare undersöktes ett antal bokomslag för att se hur typen av förlag påverkar utformningen när det kommer till kvalitet och genrekännedom. Analysen av utgivningen är en kvantit

År 2015 antog FN:s länder en agenda för hållbar utveckling som idag kallas för Agenda 2030. Agendan omfattar 17 globala mål samt 169 delmål som skapades för att världen över kunna uppnå en ekonomisk, social samt ekologisk hållbarhet. Dessa mål bygger på millenniemålen där syftet är att slutföra det som inte uppnåddes. Begreppet hållbarhet kan definieras på olika sätt och kan därmed uppfattas olikaIn 2015, the UN countries adopted an agenda for sustainable development, it is today called the 2030 Agenda. The agenda includes 17 global goals and 169 targets that were created to achieve economic, social and ecological sustainability worldwide. These goals are based on the Millennium Development Goals, the purpose of which is to complete what was not achieved. The concept of sustainability can

An energy-saving tool for rapid classification of bacteria When attempting to describe the characteristics of specific bacteria, it is important to know what species is under investigation. The 16S rRNA marker gene is generally used to classify bacteria into existing taxonomical hierarchies. However, a large percentage of the bacterial genome is left unconsidered as the ~1,500 bp of the 16S rRNA

Purpose: The objective of this research paper is to explore parents’ perceptions about gender-segregation when it comes to toys for children. RQ: How is the subject of gender and toys discussed among parents? Method: A netnographic approach was implemented and the site for data collection was Familjeliv.se. At the site were 10 discussion threads including 1 834 comments analyzed. Discourse was u

The following paper is a socio-anthropological study of the anti-feminist and victim-blaming rhetoric that characterizes debates about cases related to gender-based violence on Russian-speaking Internet platforms. The study approaches the topic with two main questions in mind, namely: what are the common arguments of victim-blaming on Russian-speaking Internet platforms? How does the anti-feminist

Quantum error correction will be integral in developing full scale quantum computers, but as of yet beneficial quantum error correction has not been demonstrated experimentally. An important question is therefore what prerequisites need to be met to achieve this. Results of density matrix simulations of the performance of the seven qubit Steane code in a quantum computing setting are presented. Th