Denna uppsats studerar Komintern som underrättelsetjänst. Den överbryggar kopplingen mellan tidigare forskning avseende vad en underrättelseorganisation kan sägas vara och göra och jämför denna kunskapsbas med empiriskt material om Kominterns verksamhet. Fokus läggs på Kominterns arbete i USA genom det amerikanska kommunistpartiet CPUSA och uppsatsen sällar sig till Stout och Warners förståelse av

Quantification through image analysis is used in a multitude of fields, and often requires algorithms tailored to the specific task and object that needs to be quantified. The need for flexibility means that such segmentation algorithms are quickly becoming outdated with the advent of convolutional neural networks, which can be trained to fit the specific requirements of the user. One of the field

Under våren 2020 har många blivit påverkade av det så kallade coronaviruset, Covid19. Viruset har eskalerat i hög takt och utvecklats till en pandemi som påverkat världsekonomin och samtliga branscher. Dagligvaruhandeln har framförallt blivit påverkad och diskussioner har väckts kring konsumenters agerande i samband med den höga försäljningsökningen. Konsumtion under kriser har i tidigare forsknin

Den här studien undersöker huruvida medierapporteringen av visselblåsare påverkar vilket fokus media väljer att lägga i sin rapportering: på visselblåsaren eller den information som har läckts. Analysen genomfördes med en narrativ textanalys där totalt sex stycken artiklar om Mark Felt, personen bakom Watergate-visselblåsaren Deep Throat, och Chelsea Manning. Resultatet visar att det finns en skil

As institutional racism and the underrepresentation of BAME have become world-wide central issues, the question of equal opportunities for upward mobility in the labour market and social mobility for this particular community are at the forefront, including the UK context. Evidence suggests that BAME have unequal access to opportunities for career progression in the workplace and that upward mobil

The implementation of iris scan technology in the context of humanitarian financial assistance in UNHCR-run refugee camps raises an array of legal questions. While the collection and storage of biometrical data in other contexts is often accompanied by a critical discussion about data protection and privacy concerns, the use of such data in humanitarian settings is often left uncontested. The in-d

The aim of the thesis is to explore how states react to international pressure and global governance in a global crisis. This will be examined by using a quantitative method approach to studying the impact of international climate agreements on the climate mitigation finances provided by Development Assistance Committee states. Additionally, it will also explore whether the impact of international

Community-based governance (CBG) has become a widely accepted concept for rural water provision in low and middle-income countries. However, it is being questioned if CBG has reached its limits due to numerous reports of the non-functionality of rural water systems. This study aims at understanding the role of intermediary organizations for CBG and how their relational character can improve rural

Energisystemet genomgår för närvarande en snabb transformation med allt mer förnybar elproduktion. Ett sätt genom vilket företag kan köpa förnybar el är genom långsiktiga elköpsavtal (Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs), i vilka de enas om ett fast pris och andra villkor med en projektutvecklare. För att bedöma ett rättvist fast pris av PPAn, så behöver först det framtida marknadspriset på el uppskatThe energy system is currently in a rapid transformation with increasingly growing renewable electricity production. One way through which companies can buy renewable electricity is through long - term corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), in which they agree on a fix price and other terms with a project developer. To determine a fair fix PPA price, the future electricity market price needs

The thesis sheds light on the intersectional discrimination on basic education of the Rohingya refugee children in the Kutupalong unregistered camp of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. The basic education for the refugee children is partly created through discriminatory means in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. It is further influenced by the limited education opportunities they are offered in the host coun

Syftet med avhandlingen var att undersöka och utvärdera bindningen av molekyler mot ett målprotein som är involverad i tillväxten av cancerceller. Undersökning genomfördes på Red Glead Discovery med WAC (weak affinity chromotography) som är en kromatografisk separationsmetod, där molekyler med olika vikt pumpas genom olika kolonner och retentionstiden för molekylerna i kolonnen detekteras. MolekylThe drug discovery and development process has changed dramatically during the last decades and the growth of more efficient techniques as high throughput screening combined with combinatorial synthesis using amino acids and carboxylic acids on solid support makes it possible to investigate the affinity of molecules towards a biological target. Fragment based drug discovery (FBDD) has been impleme

Syftet med den här studien har varit att tolka hur unga män i åldern 18–24 år utifrån emotionssociologisk synvinkel upplever känslan av rädsla och trygghet, och hur de utifrån ett genusperspektiv talar om känslor. Vidare har studien undersökt vad som bidrar till de unga männens känsla av rädsla och trygghet. Detta har gjorts genom en kvalitativ metod i form av fem semi strukturerade intervjuer med

Abstract The utilization of one-carbon compounds, such as methanol, as a feedstock for production of high value compounds is a fast developing area within cell factory engineering. Methanol is a cheap and easily stored compound, which can be produced from CO2 and renewable energy. Engineering microbial cell factories for utilization of methanol could therefore contribute to decreasing the amounts

Society and companies are becoming increasingly digitized. If you compare company structures historically and today you will see some palpable differences. Today, there are companies that work almost exclusively digitally. Therefore, a new focus is created on assets that lack physical form, that is intangible assets. These are dealt with today within the accounting regulations and practices, but t

In this project, calculations for the total binding energy of all even-even nuclei available from experimental data are performed using the HFBTHO program. An artificial neural network is applied to train the information obtained from the HFBTHO calculations and predict the binding energy for the nuclei. The results show impressive improvements to the HFBTHO program. In recent years, the combinati

Trots att forskningen kring transpersoner har ökat exponentiellt de senaste decennierna så vet vi fortfarande lite om den könsbekräftande vården utanför samhällets dominerande institutioner. Utifrån gruppintervjuer och självbiografiska inslag möjliggör denna uppsats en ökad förståelse för de som utför hormonbehandlingar utanför det officiella vårdsystemet. Uppsatsen fokuserar främst på hur den sveAlthough the field of transgender studies has grown exponentially during the last decades, little is still known about gender affirmative medication outside institutionalized settings. Based on group interviews and autoethnographic accounts, this thesis sheds light on the experiences of practitioners of unprescribed hormone replacement therapy. The focus will be put on how the Swedish welfare stat

The purpose of this study is to explore if and how working capital management impacts profitability in Swedish listed non-financial firms. This study is quantitative in nature and therefore naturally employs a deductive and positivistic approach to fulfil its defined purpose. A strongly balanced panel data set is collected using Thomson Reuters Datastream as the main source with the primary statis

This thesis aims to explore the role a private network of investors can play when addressing and investing in the Sustainable Development Goals. The network explored is the Sida facilitated network Swedish Investors for Sustainable Development. The network was created in 2016 and has since worked to increase the knowledge among the members regarding how they should invest more efficiently in the S

Då städerna förtätas blir det alltmer aktuellt att förlägga anläggningar under marken. För att få åtkomst till underjorden, vid t.ex. ett tunnelbygge, så konstrueras vertikala åtkomstschakt, se Figur 1. För att förhindra att schaktet rasar samman så används någon form av stödkonstruktion för att hålla emot det horisontella jordtrycket. Den geometriska utformningen av stödkonstruktionen kan på olikUrbanisation is causing densification of cities and more and more facilities are being placed in the underground to utilise the urban space as efficiently as possible. Access to the underground is obtained by constructing vertical access shafts. By constructing the shaft with a circular plan geometry, an effective construction is obtained which can carry large earth pressure loads by utilising the

This study aimed to investigate on the employees in new ventures and focused on the perceived person-job fit and person-organization fit among staff members working in Swedish and Danish start-ups. Additionally, this study intended to understand how the perceived fit affects the employees’ job satisfaction and turnover intention. Moreover, this research was interested to see whether the start-ups