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The establishment of the Internet and progression in computer science is connecting people at an alarming rate. Through these online connections an image-sharing culture has emerged. A prominent contributor to this social phenomenon is Facebook. Since Facebook launched its social networks in 2004, the popularity and growth of the platform has been phenomenal. It has become today’s dominant source
This thesis examines how people from the Swedish middle-class experience their role in the climate crisis through their sustainable consumption and lifestyle practices. Today, consumer-fixated solutions are among the most prominent among large institutions, corporations and political unions globally. Simultaneously, policy initiatives to encourage sustainable practices have not effectively corresp
30 juni 2022 trädde en omfattande ändring av lag (1982:80) om anställ-ningsskydd i kraft. Ändringarna syftade dels till att göra det lättare för ar-betstagare att komma in samt få en trygg anställning på arbetsmarknaden, dels att göra det enklare och mer flexibelt för arbetsgivare att anställa och avsluta anställningar och därmed minska riskerna med att anställa. Bland annat bytte allmän visstidOn June 30, 2022, a comprehensive amendment to the Employment Protec-tion Act (1982:80) came into effect. The changes aimed to make it easier for employees to enter and secure employment in the labor market, as well as to simplify and provide more flexibility for employers in hiring and terminating employment, thereby reducing the risks associated with hiring. Amongst other changes "general f
This thesis examines the continuity, change and adaptation of blat – as a Soviet time, informal economic transaction network, that existed as a response to a non-functional economy. The analysis is based on 33 in-depth interviews conducted in 2009 during a field study in Ukraine and Belarus. The main focus is on individuals’ descriptions, justifications and explanations of their ongoing informal p
Sammanfattning Problembeskrivning Konfektionsbranschen har problem med osålda produkter vilket resulterar i hög kapitalbindning. Modesvängningarna inom konfektionsbranschen blir allt snabbare vilket gör att felinköp av stora produktpartier kan bli avgörande för företagets lönsamhet. Produkter som inte säljs i ordinarie butiker måste avyttras och ett alternativ kan vara outletförsäljning. Syfte Syf
Asylrätten är en het politisk fråga i och med den europeiska flyktingkrisen. Denna uppsats är ett försök att reda ut vilka folkrättsliga skyldigheter och EU-rättsliga som åligger Europeiska stater, och i synnerhet Sverige, på asylrättens område. Fyndet är att en allmän rätt till asyl inte existerar, men i praktiken finns något som kan liknas vid detta i och med förbudet mot att förvisa en flykting
Oil is the most traded commodity in the world and is an important part in the global economy. The change in the price of oil has an effect on all sectors of the economy, and the ability to capture its risk is an important research topic. This study calculates the risk of one benchmark crude oil (West Texas Intermediate) over the period 1986-2015 by estimating the Value-at-Risk (VaR) and the Expect
Enhanced vision system attached to any industrial robot undoubtedly increases its accuracy and precision. Today, vision in industrial robots is facilitated almost exclusively via external or fixed cameras which may cause rather inconvenience due to obstacles in the line of sight. In this master thesis project, an Embedded Vision System is designed and developed to stream live video of a robot'
Cooperation initiatives across national borders is growing phenomenon all over the world due to developing globalization and regionalization. Growing trend of spatial reorganization of production process, massive growth of markets and labor recourses, opportunities to “escape” from spatial and resource dependencies are stimulating international cross-border interactions and emergence of cross-bord
The aim of this study is to investigate how documents regulating municipal work related to housing provision are shaped, and how they utilize concepts of “need” and “demand”. Interviews with municipal planners are conducted to deepen the understanding of the municipal role in Swedish housing provision today. This understanding is crucial in discussions between public and private actors, which are
Using theory of elasticity it is not possible to describe exactly how a statically indeterminate structure collapses. Theory of elasticity is often combined with an assumption of breakage at a certain level of stress, this meaning that a structure will break as soon as this level of stress is reached in the most heavily loaded section. A plastic hinge will occur followed by a changed distribution
