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Adipic acid is considered as the most valuable dicarboxylic acid with industrial use; however, its production is heavily petroleum-based. This non-natural metabolite can be produced de novo through different metabolic pathways, one of which is the alpha-ketoacid elongation pathway. This investigation revolved around the study of the enzyme that catalyses the first +1C elongation reaction of the pa

The rights of the children : a formality or a reality? Incorporating the Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law This essay investigates the arguments for incorporating the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law through a discourse analysis. The empirical data for the analysis consists of the Swedish Government Official Report (SOU 2016:19) on the su

Credit scoring, the process of evaluating loan applicants with the help of numerical methods, is widely used in the financial sector. When used correctly, it can aid the decision process and lower default rates on loans. New EU regulation has allowed third-party actors to access personal banking information, following the applicant's consent. The increase in available information that financia

This thesis analyses the spatio-temporal patterns of inequality and income growth in Sweden during the time-period 1990–2016. It aims at answering the question of whether there has been increasing inequalities, if so where and why. The study is motivated by the ongoing debate on regional development in research, public policy and media which frequently raise questions on the ongoing patterns of in

The aim of realistic graphics is the creation of images that provide the same visual responses that a viewer would experience in a real world scene. There are different rendering techniques that produce high dynamic range images that capture the full intensity range of a scene. These images cannot be reproduced on a standard display due to limitations in device hardware. Therefore, a high dynamic

A theoretical study is presented, in which the nonlinear response of a bi-ased Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) is calculated. The calculations are based on the nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. Assuming a periodic electromagnetic field in the calculations, this formalism provides not only the stationary behavior Green’s functions, but also the part of the response that varies in time according

Mögel som växer inomhus har påvisats orsaka ohälsa som andningsbesvär, allergi och eksem. Eftersom vi tillbringar större delen av våra liv i inomhusmiljöer är det viktigt att hitta lösningar på detta problem. Eftersom det finns mögelsporer i luften och går det inte att undvika att få in dem i våra byggnader. Det som går att göra är att förhindra sporerna från att gro. Syftet med detta projekt har Mould growing indoors has been shown to cause health problems such as respiratory disorders, allergies and eczema. Since we spend most of our lives in indoor environments, it is important to find solutions to this problem. As mould spores are present in the air one cannot avoid getting them into buildings, but it is possible to prevent the spores from germinating. The purpose of this project was t

Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) is a technique for modifying internal gas atmosphere of the food package to slow deteriorative reactions inside the package and prolong shelf life of the product. However, due to current limitations of this passive technology, there might be some opportunities for introduction of active MAP through microorganisms. Therefore, the study is conducted on investigati

The amount of electronic information is growing continuously in the corporate world and companies need to make sure to have a good solution for it to make effective use of time and document handling. A good task management is also an important part of a company’s structure to not create unnecessarily work. With this master thesis we have found a solution where a Workflow-software is implemented to

The aim of this study was to examine how staff, working in LSS-group homes, through ways of talking, attitudes and approaches construct, form and shape the sexuality among people with learning disabilities. LSS is “the Swedish act concerning support and service for persons with certain functional impairments” (Lag (1993:387) om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade) and implies, inter alia

Solar power clearly has one of the greatest potential among renewable energy but a big setback is that it is still relatively expensive. Engineering of materials on a nanoscale, e.g. the growth of nanowires makes it possible to make semiconductor-materials with better optical properties while using less material than for traditional bulk semiconductors. This means that nanowire based solar cells h

In this project, nanoimprint lithography has been applied to define gold particles on the surface of an InP wafer. For achieving this aim, a dry etching process has been developed to create resist undercut for the lift-off. In order to prepare the required undercuts, RIE parameters were optimized and desired undercuts were made at etch times of 80 s to 120 s. Also, to obtain anisotropy and high et

The study is based on semi-structured interviews with two music teachers, one at the elementary and high school Sankt Annæ Gymnasium (Copenhagen) and one at the elementary and high school Adolf Fredriks musikklasser (Stockholm). By asking more or less identical questions to both of them I could clearly see the differences between the two schools. At Sankt Annæ boys and girls have separate teaching

BEPS är ett internationellt skatterättsligt problem som innebär att länders skattebaser urholkas till följd av att multinationella företag utnyttjar olikheter i olika länders internrätt. I ett försök att motverka BEPS presenterar OECD BEPS-projektet innehållandes åtgärdspunkter om hur BEPS bäst skall motverkas, och syftet är att dessa skall implementeras av samtliga länder som deltar i samarbetet.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur barns rättigheter tillvaratas då en förälder häktas. Vem beaktar egentligen barns behov då en förälder rycks bort? Frågan är på intet sätt ny men likväl höljd i dunkel. Enligt gällande rätt har alla barn rätt till sina föräldrar. De har en rätt att upprätthålla en nära och god kontakt såvida det inte strider mot barnets bästa. Barn som har föräldrar The purpose of this essay is to analyse how society pays attention to children’s rights and needs whose parents are imprisoned. Who takes into account children’s needs when a parent is taken away? The topic is by no means a new phenomenon but it is slightly raised in obscurity. According to existing law, a child has the right to both parents. Children has the right to maintain a close and health

Barn och föräldrars värderingar, underlag för lösningen på ett växande trafik- och samhällsproblem? Resultat från LTH:s nya examensarbete om barns säkra och trygga skolvägar förväntas kunna ge underlag för att minska problemen skapade genom föräldrar som skjutsar sina barn till skolan. Trafiksituationen vid många svenska skolor har beskrivits som kaosartad och skapat många frågetecken för framtidThis master thesis focuses on safe and secure routes to school and the point of departure is the phenomena that parents take their children to school by car instead of using sustainable alternatives as cycling and walking. This behavior creates a number of problems around schools as congestion and lack of traffic safety. Also the roads that are used for traveling to and from school, experience the

Med anledning av offentlig upphandling kan det emellanåt förekomma att leverantören på olika sätt vilseleder myndigheten för att på oriktig grund antingen teckna ramavtal med myndigheten eller av myndigheten erhålla ett upphandlingskontrakt. Problematiken med olika former av vilseledande får antas vara större vid offentlig upphandling än vid vanliga B2B-relationer på grund av det strikta regelverkOccasionally when a contracting authority is about to award a public contract or conclude a framework agreement with a supplier, the supplier somehow misleads the contracting authority in order to receive the public contract or the framework agreement. Due to the rigorous regulatory system that distinguish public procurement one can expect the misleading to be a problem of greater importance than

There is a widespread perception among scholars and policymakers that a link exists between entrepreneurship and GDP growth. Based on data from 33 OECD countries between 2001 and 2011, this essay aims to empirically investigate the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth. More specifically, this essay seeks to analyze how entrepreneurship contributes to different types of economic growth. In