Norms and taboos as well as social and religious hierarchies that are entrenched within orthodox hinduism have been established through perceived god-given notions of (im)purity. Parallell to prevalent brahmanism, certain groups have consistently sought to breach these norms by advocating various elements that are in direct opposition to the brahmanic notions of purity. These impure elements inclu

Three non-symbiotic hemoglobins (nsHb) have been identified in Beta Vulgaris (sugar beet). These are hexacoordinated Hbs with high oxygen affinity. The spectral properties for one of these, BvHb1.1 was analyzed and its molar absorption coefficients determined. Furthermore, an initial safety analysis was carried out by studying the cleavage of plasmid DNA (pDNA) induced by these proteins. The resul

In today’s connected world, businesses are increasingly going online. Additionally, the online industry is transforming into an international business arena, flourishing with opportunities to grow and expand. However, the internationalisation has raised a number of challenging issues. One of these challenges is foreign exchange. Foreign exchange is needed to sell and buy on markets with different

Denna studie syftar till att förstå hur studerande kvinnor mellan 20 och 30 år, bosatta i Malmö, upplever det individualiserade miljöansvaret vid inköp av mat i sin vardag. Bakgrunden till studien är att det de senaste åren har skett en ansvarsförskjutning från stat till individ gällande miljöproblem och -lösningar. Med anledning av detta ligger det mer vikt vid att individen, och särskilt konsume

This bachelor thesis explores people’s awareness of Big data and algorithms in their everyday use of social media and search engines. This research aims to gain an understanding of what implications the awareness leads to, which effects on privacy issues and identity do they result in? Relating closely to privacy and identity is the question of surveillance and self-governance, both of which are f

Klimatförändringar framhålls som vår tids stora ödesfråga. En global temperaturökning kommer att få långtgående och svåröverskådliga effekter på hela världen. I denna uppsats krymps dock perspektivet en aning, och fokuserar på hur klimatförändringarna påverkar det svenska skogsbruket. Genom att betrakta den svenska skogsvårdslagen med tillhörande förordningar och föreskrifter ur ett klimatanpassniClimate change has been considered as the great threat of our time. Global warming will have far-reaching and unwieldy consequences for our planet. The perspective of this essay is a little narrower: The area of investigation in this essay is how climate change will affect the Swedish forestry production. By regarding the Swedish forestry legislation from a climate adaptation perspective, this ess

The aim of this study was to investigate whether social media influence young adults’ food choices through social modelling. Before the main study, a pilot was conducted to improve and develop scales for measuring the influence of social modelling, as well as some control variables. In the main study, 354 young adult participants (ages 18-35) were recruited through social media and completed an on

The purpose of this project was to develop a better understanding of the re- sponse of a pixelated thermal-neutron detector, which will be used as a thermal- neutron detector at one of the beam lines at the European Spallation Source in Lund, Sweden. The detector consists of a thin Lithium6-glass scintillator, a multi-anode photomultiplier tube and associated read-out electronics. Initial characte

Being subject to the accusations of criminal and business wrongdoing, the companies tend to address the public concerns with a help of different communications. The defensive strategies of an investment company Allra, expressed during the recent scandal linked to the Swedish premium pension system, will be analysed in the present study from the stance of the critical approach, combined with the Th

Presterar barn som blivit ammade bättre inom utbildning och arbetsmarknad som ungdomar och vuxna? Investeringar i insatser som främjar och stödjer amning kan leda till mer humankapital på lång sikt. Amning har många hälsorelaterade fördelar för både mamma och barn, trots detta byts bröstmjölk allt för ofta ut mot modersmjölksersättning. Denna studie jämför långsiktiga prestationer inom utbildning Does being breastfed as a baby lead to better achievements in education and on the labour market as an adolescent and adult? Investing money on interventions promoting and sustaining breastfeeding might lead to more human capital and be an economic gain in the long-run. Breastfeeding has many health-related benefits for both mother and child, nevertheless breast milk all too often gets substituted

Uppsatsen handlar om statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Lunds universitet, formell respektive informell makt inom institutionen och huruvida den akademiska friheten påverkas av styrformen inom institutionen. Vårt intresse för att studera detta ämne väcktes i samband med en debatt om könskvotering gällande kurslitteratur inom institutionsstyrelsen. Efter granskning av händelsen fick vi ett intres

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), ofta översatt till svenska som företagens samhällsansvar, är något som diskuterats flitigt under de senaste åren. Utvecklingen av CSR har dock pågått sedan 1950-talet och fortsätter att utvecklas än idag. Majoriteten av denna utveckling har skett inom den ekonomiska vetenskapen och inom ramen för företagens arbete med CSR. Det är först under de senaste 20 åreCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is something that has been discussed heavily in recent years. The development of CSR has been evolving since the 1950s and continues to evolve today. The majority of this development has taken place in economic science and within the framework of the companies work with CSR. It is only in the last 20 years that lawyers have seriously interested themselves in t

Through a functional idea analysis, this study explores and discuss what possible strategies President Donald J. Trump has on Twitter based on a selection of Mr. Trump’s tweets. The material is based on six tweets within three policy categories (Healthcare, the U.S./Mexican Border Wall and the Media) with two tweets in each category. The tweets were selected from the highest respectively lowest am

Integrated modular avionics (IMA) architecture is an emerging concept in the military aerospace industry after being successfully implemented in the commercial domain. The highly modular architecture allows multiple aviation applications to execute on the same hardware thanks to defined standards by Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC). System architects are responsible for designing and takin

This thesis compares the performance of the first-differenced maximum likelihood estimator (FDML) and the Blundell-Bond continuously-updating system GMM estimator of the autoregressive parameter in an AR(1) dynamic panel model without exogenous covariates, particularly focusing on the close-to-non-stationary case. This case is far from trivial, as a high degree of persistence is the norm rather th

This bachelor thesis “Time to take back what was once ours and give the finger to the middle class’ – A netnographic study focusing on the Instagram account Klasshat and their relationship to the upswing of the second hand-phenomenon” studies the popularization of second hand clothes consumption through a class and fashion perspective. Even though the history of the second hand market is closely c

Författare: Nicole Pilwind Titel: Som ung kvinna på sociala medier: En kvalitativ studie om unga svenska kvinnors upplevelser och tankar kring sociala normer och privatliv på sociala medier Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Magnus Ring Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2017 Sociala medier är en stor del av människors vardag, där man kan hålla kontakt med vänner och hålla sig uppda

Bakgrund: Sårvård i hemsjukvården är ett ensamarbete för distriktssköterskan som innefattar ett stort ansvar samtidigt som andelen patienter med svårläkta sår ökar. Syfte: Att undersöka vilka förutsättningar distriktssköterskan upplever är viktiga för att kunna utföra en god sårvård i hemmiljö. Metod: Studien är kvalitativ där en semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes. Åtta distriktssköterskor ve

Recent policy developments on the global, regional and national levels have materialised strategic goals for building resilience. Implementing resilience fundamentally requires operationalising the concept in order to make it measurable. This thesis scoped for professional resilience measurement methodologies across grey literature and analysed their organisational purposes and specifics of measur

A lot of cities today face serious problems. Some of them are not so harmful but they still have a significant impact to our surroundings. Our role as architects must be to create better environment , a better daily life for people. Mostly all of dense cities are currently facing enormous and rapid urban and population growth ,which is hard to follow in the same speed by suitable architecture shap