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This thesis offers a study on the performance of the short-term/long-term model by Schwartz and Smith (2000) in the copper futures market for the period 1993-07-21 to 2013-03-05. The model's performance is evaluated in terms of its ability to model the term structure of copper futures prices, and is for this purpose compared to two one-factor benchmark models, an Orstein-Uhlenbeck process and
The redistricting process in the United States of America has been viewed as an unfair, manipulative procedure of drawing redistricting lines to benefit the politicians in power. In an attempt to stop this by creating a more transparent and improved redistricting process, certain states have implemented redistricting commissions for both state legislative and congressional redistricting. This stud
This report is made in order to evaluate the safety, in case of a fire, of personnel and patients in the surgical facilities at Helsingborg General Hospital. The problem that arises in this report is regarding the evacuation of patients that are undergoing surgery. This is a problem since it can take up to 60 minutes to finish a surgery and make a patient ready for evacuation. To determine the fir
This paper deals with how the emerging strand of theorizing – systems of innovation – interprets the determinants of the rate and direction of the innovation process and its implications for policy measures therein. The immense impact technical change has had on economic growth in the past roughly 200 years has demanded an overdue attention since the second half of the twentieth century.And now a
ERP systems have become vital strategic tools in today’s competitive business environment. Achieving successful results from IT initiatives has driven most companies to implement ERP systems in order to achieve strategic alignment between the company’s strategic goals and their business objectives. ERP system implementation involves huge costs, effort, time and resources which if not managed may l
The purpose of this report is to examine whether there is any connection between the multi-storey wooden buildings, industrial construction and environmental impact. In the early 1960’s prefabricated parts were used to build “Miljonprogrammet”. This led to the streamlining of the construction process but the houses were often ill-suited for those who would live in them. Traditional building became
Ökad konkurrens medför att företag måste förstå vilka framgångsfaktorerna är i deras bransch. Systems approach är ett bra verktyg för att identifiera möjligheter och för att skapa förståelse för vad som ligger bakom problem i värdekedjan. Användandet av olika metoder för att hantera materialflöden medför flera olika kombinationer av till exempel orderkvantitet och leveransfrekvens. Scania Producti
Our purpose has been to review and analyse the representation of rape, as well as discussions concerning rehabilitation, present in texts targeted at professionals and/or female victims of rape. We wish to investigate whether female victims of rape themselves are given the opportunity of individual positioning with regard to the crimes they have been exposed to. We consider it to be of relevance t
In 1979 “The Ancient Thebes and its Necropolis” entered in the World Heritage List in a core zone of 7390 ha. Western Thebes holds the remains of about 36 temples in varying degrees of preservation and dating from archaic times (3100 – 2686 B.C.) to the Greco-Roman Period (332 B.C. – 395 A.D.). The temples of Medinet Habu, Ramesseum and Sethos I, are located in the western side of modern Luxor and
Detta arbete är en översiktlig utvärdering av de konsekvenser som en förtätning i villaområden i Malmö kan tänkas bära med sig. Ett villaområde utgör typiskt en exklusiv boendemiljö i staden, med ett begränsat utbud av boendeformer och en trög omflyttning på bostadsmarknaden. Försöken i arbetet belyser att villaområden generellt har kapacitet att hysa fler hushåll, bli mer inkluderande och fungeraThis report is an evaluation on a general scale, concerning the consequences of densifying single housing areas in Malmö. An area consisting of single homes typically makes out a priviliged living environment, with a uniform range of homes, regarding residential sizes and forms for tenure, and a slow turnover in the housing market. This report attempts to show that single housing areas in general
För att utvärdera en relativt ny typ av filterbottensystem som finns installerat i ett flertal vattenverk i Sverige så gjordes en bedömning av samspelet mellan ett snabbfilters prestanda och dess filterbottensystem. Målet var att bedöma filterbottensystemets påverkan på kvaliteten av det filtrerade vattnet och på energikonsumtionen under backspolningsprocessen och att använda denna information för
Rätten till asyl utgör en av de grundläggande mänskliga rättigheterna och den garanterar att en asylsökande ska få frågan om sin flyktingstatus prövad i ett förfarande med visa garantier. Beslut i asylärenden är av stor betydelse för den enskildes liv och felaktiga beslut kan medföra allvarliga kränkningar av den enskildes mänskliga rättigheter. Inom asylrätten gäller som grundläggande princip attThe right of asylum is one of the fundamental human rights which guarantees that a person who seeks asylum will have his or hers status as a refugee, tried with some guarantees. Decisions made in an asylum case are of great importance for the individual and wrong decisions can lead to serious violations of the individual’s human rights. Within the asylum law is a fundamental principle which states
Undersökningar visar att en majoritet av Sveriges invånare har medierna som sin primära ny-hetskälla för domstolarnas verksamhet. Eftersom en individs förtroende för domstolarnas verksamhet korrelerar med den kunskap som individen har om domstolarna och deras verk-samhet, väcks frågan i hur stor utsträckning mediernas skildringar av domstolarna påverkar allmänhetens förtroende för dem. Ett förtroeStudies show that a majority of the Swedish population has the media as their primary source regarding information about the courts. Because an individual's trust in the function of the courts correlates with his or her knowledge of the courts’ dealings, the question of to what extent the media depictions of courts affects the public’s trust in them can be asked. Trust in social institutions i
In the past decades, the laser technology market for industrial material processing has grown by double digits. Nowadays, material processing by high power laser represents the almost irreplaceable solution for many needs. The company SEI S.p.A., based in Curno, Italy, requested a solid-state laser suitable for fast marking application. A Nd:YVO4 crystal in end-pumped configuration was chosen in o
Land acquisitions have increased significantly over the last decade and claims have been made that these actions are both neo-colonial and wrong. Others claim that there are benefits to be gained for all parties, directly and indirectly involved. When land is being sold or leased from poor farmers to rich corporations what are the potentials and what are the limitations? Are livelihoods, displacem
During the 90s, the Swedish government implemented a series of neoliberal housing policies in search of a wayout for the economic crisis, including demolition of the ministry of housing, deregulations and disincentivising housing construction, which has created decline in housing production and privatisation of municipal housing companies. The neoliberal policy reform was attributed to the shortag
A wastewater treatment plant prediction in your computer The Källby wastewater treatment plant was set-up in a mathematical model reflecting its actual behaviour. Are the commonly available measurements good enough to perform a simulation? What kind of outcomes can we expect? After you have read the heading and the introduction, I guess that two proper questions swirling around in your head migh
Microbial contamination in coastal environments and groundwater is explored within this thesis, focusing onfecal contamination from anthropogenic sources and microbial community dynamics. The spread andpersistence of microbial contaminants in complex aquatic environments with multiple intermittent and pointsources of contamination, was studied in order to lay a groundwork for developing more robus
