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Cathodoluminescence at 8 K is used to compare the optical properties of AlGaAs-capped GaAs nanowires, grown by metal-organic vapour phase epitaxy and seeded by gold particles prepared by different methods. Six different methods were used to fabricate and deposit gold seed particles onto GaAs substrates: colloid particles, aerosol particles and particles defined by electron beam lithography. The na
ABSTRACT Vi har i denna uppsats velat undersöka om två av Malmös förvaltningar, Fastighet- och gatukontoret och Förskoleförvaltningen samt stadens politiker, de som var verksamma vid antagandet av Utvecklingsplanet för jämställdhetsintegrering 2011-2020, utgått från en specifik förståelse av jämställdhet samt undersöka om denna förståelse sammanfaller i någon övergripande diskurs. För detta har vi
The issue of Eurozone crisis has been in the center of spotlight since the very beginning of its outbreak. Much attention has been drawn to analyze the reasons behind the crisis and the questions regarding whether Eurozone is a successful union came along. This research will be devoted to present and analyze the possible factors, which led to the outbreak of the Eurozone crisis, and this will be d
The objective of this essay is to investigate if the performance of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) share has an impact on the probability of closure of the same Exchange-Traded Fund. A great number of ETFs closures occurred in the last two years and the number of these closed ETFs represent a relevant percentage of the total number of ETFs that have been liquidated since this type of shares came to
Using agenda setting theory, I have conducted a content analysis of British local newspaper articles to analyze reports regarding the Munich Agreement, which was signed September 30th, 1938. The theory is based on the assumption that media "controls" the reality which is shared with the readers. In a pre-digital society, local media outlets had far greater influence over the public agend
Propositionen om Samförståndsavtal om värdlandsstöd argumenterar för bakgrunden till, samt behovet av ett avtal mellan Nato och Sverige. En bred majoritet av Sveriges riksdag stod bakom propositionen när den röstades igenom. I denna uppsats problematiseras innehållet i propositionen med hjälp av en kritiskt feministisk diskursanalys. Utifrån Carol Bacchis modell What's the problem represented
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the impact of M&A announcement on the acquirer shareholders' value in the Swedish market. We further aim to find the determinants behind these changes in the acquirer stock prices. The theory of this study is based on previous research in the area of M&A‟s and the related theories in the literature such as the Agency theory, The efficient ma
Sverige har vid två tillfällen genomfört territoriella kommunreformer genom kommunsammanläggningar. Dessa genomfördes 1952 samt 1971–1975. 2017 tillsattes en parlamentarisk kommitté vars uppdrag var att på nytt se över de kommunala utmaningarna. Kommittén presenterade i sitt slutbetänkande ett förslag om nya frivilliga kommunsammanläggningar. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka varför detta
This thesis aims to investigate abnormal return of portfolios containing Swedish companies included in the European Union Emissions Trading System. The Emissions Trading System is a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The thesis covers how the program effects the companies included and if this has led to abnormal returns. Former research on similar situations is presented to establish an i
This thesis is concerned with understanding the restrictive shift in refugee policy that occurred in Sweden during the fall of 2015. Several European states decided to deny entry to refugees, which led to a vast immigration in Sweden. The high quantity of asylum seekers resulted in Sweden adopting restrictive measures in order to limit the immigration rate and regain order and stability in the cou
The effect of warmer climate on the depletion of snow-covered area has been evaluated for the Satluj River basin located in the western Himalayan region in India. Snowmelt runoff contributes substantially to the annual streamflow of this river. In order to study the impact of three warming scenarios (T+1, T+2 and T+3degreesC), more than 160 new snow depletion curves were prepared for different ele
Three series of hard/soft styrene-acrylic latex based systems with equivalent compositions were prepared either by blending of homopolymer latexes or by preparing structured latex particles having core shell (CS) or inverted core shell (ICS) morphologies. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to investigate the particle morphologies, which were correlated to the calculated fractional rad
This report describes the results obtained from fire tests in a 1/3-scale room. The aim of the study was to investigate how changes in external radiation and oxygen supply affect the production of smoke and toxic gases. The ventilation was varied to simulate under- and well-ventilated fires. The thermal exposure to the materials was varied to simulate fires of different sizes. Fifty-nine tests wer
The adolescent experience has over the last twenty years differed immensely from earlier generations. Generation Z, born somewhere between 1995 and 2010, are what some would call ‘digital natives’, being the very first children to be brought up in a digital advanced world with easy access to information and inspiration through constant connection to the world wide web. This research draws in parti
År 2014 lanserade den svenska regeringen sin världsunika feministiska utrikespolitik med handlingsplaner som omfattade utrikes- säkerhets och utrikes-, säkerhets-, utvecklings,- och handelspolitiska policyer. Den aktuella uppsatsens syfte är att genom anläggandet av ett poststrukturellt feministiskt perspektiv på Sveriges feministiska utrikespolitik dekonstruera och fästa uppmärksamhet vid förgive
This thesis examines the impact of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) on AI innovation by analyzing AI patent data (2011–2021) from Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands, compared to Canada and Israel. By using a Difference-in-Differences design with event studies, robustness checks, and supporting descriptive statistics, it investigates changes in both patent volume and subfield composi
Founded in 1952, the European Parliament has progressed through transformational constitutional processes into the primary bearer of democracy within the European Union as its only directly elected institution. As several studies have reported on legislative behavior in previous European Parliament terms, this thesis aims to capture the effects of electoral systems, parliamentary groups’ ideologic
World Values Survey (WVS) visar sedan decennier starka samband mellan religion, kultur och politik i olika länder. Dimensionerna traditionella vs sekulariserade värderingar respektive överlevnad vs självförverkligande (kollektivism vs individualism) är grundläggande för hur kulturella värderingar, ofta grundade i religion, interagerar med politiskt beteende och politiska beslut (Inglehart 1997, 20
