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Sustainable waste management system which focuses on prevention, reuse and recycle instead of burn and bury is difficult to agree upon, design and implement. I look at why after 8 years of development the city of Sofia chose to burn and bury most of its municipal waste despite a better though more difficult to implement alternative based on the Zero Waste concept was presented. I focused on the dy
”Vårt samhälle blir alltmer sårbart” är säkert en formulering du känner igen. Faktum är att vårt samhälle är fullt av risker, stora som små, och för att minska dessa gör varje kommun en risk- och sårbarhetsanalys. Analysen ska bland annat hjälpa politiker att ta beslut om åtgärder som kan minska samhällets risker och i denna artikel ställer vi oss frågan om detta faktiskt händer? Risk definieras i
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
The field of Cognitive Psychology has discovered a large number of automatic and systematic errors of judgement that humans make. These are called cognitive biases and cause irrational behavior in diverse contexts. Prior research has found that cognitive biases can cause irrational behavior in companies. For example company functions, such as planning, have been found to suffer from systematic err
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the perceived servicescape (i.e. color, music, cleanliness, ambient temperature, layout/function and signs/symbols) in influencing customers' behavioral intentions in Chinese fast food restaurants. Methods: In this study, a deductive approach, a quantitative methodology, and a survey research design are adopted. The data is collected
En kopparlödd värmeväxlare används i fjärrvärmeapplikationer. Ett samhälle under ständig utveckling har lett till en strävan att förbättra dessa produkter, men också till en strävan att minska kostnaden vid både tillverkning och utveckling av nya, effektivare produkter.This Master Thesis has been conducted with the aim to investigate the mechanical performance of an isolated copper braze joint. The mechanical performance of the copper brazed heat exchanger is to a great extent determined by the properties of the copper braze joints. It is not yet exactly known how different parameters such as the weight of copper per joint, plate material composition and furnace
The UK has one of the lowest rates of social mobility in the developed world. While ample research has been published on the stratification of British society resulting from this, far less UK-specific work looks to unpack the processes which ensure these divides persist. This study reviews wider social mobility literature to demonstrate how inequality of opportunity in human capital development co
The working environment on top of an 80 - 120 meters high horizontal-axis wind turbine isn’t like an average working environment. The high wind speeds, the slippery rain, the limited mobility and the pure height makes it a very dangerous and difficult place to work at. To make sure the service team can feel safe and at ease while working outside on the top of a wind turbine, all the equipment use
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people continue to face discrimination and persecution in their daily lives, often from both the state and their communities. Where states do not provide for the basic human rights and physical security of their lesbian, gay, and bisexual citizens, many such citizens would flee their countries of origin in search of refuge in more hospitable countries. If other countries
Course: FEKH29 Business Administration: Bachelor thesis in Marketing, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Sophie Jensen, Annika Klaus, Fredrik Ohlsson Advisor: Clara Gustafsson Key words: Loyalty, Loyalty program, consumer behavior, impact & customer club Purpose: The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of how a younger target group respectively an older target group in
Abstract Author: Lisa Avenius Title: Suspicion that a child is being maltreated - a study of preschool teachers views on mandatory reporting The aim of this study was to get preschool-teachers views and experiences on previously researched areas surrounding the notification tendency regarding mandatory reporting. The mandatory report contains an obligation to immediately report suspected child mal
A method for investigating how the ocean surface aects the accuracy of Airborne Lidar Bathymetry surveys, (ALB), due to environmental conditions, was developed. Computer graphic techniques were examined and utilized for construction of realistic ocean surfaces. Wave spectrum models available in the literature describing the wave number composition of ocean surfaces were used in order to be able to
This study seeks an understanding of how Facebook users cope with the impact of anti-tobacco shock advertising by posting comments on Facebook. It also clarifies how healthcare organisations help these people re-construct themselves online after they have been shocked. The effectiveness of shock advertising at changing harmful behaviours has been extensively studied in the field of strategic commu
The purpose of this research is to determine how social media influencers drive the pre-purchase phase of the consumer’s decision-making process and how these drivers differ in regard to hedonic and utilitarian products. Considering the aim to answer how the pre-purchase phase is driven through social media influencers’, and how the drivers differ for hedonic and utilitarian products, a qualitati
Företagskultur är ett komplext fenomen som fått allt större plats på ledningsnivå. Att en stark företagskultur har en positiv korrelation till goda ekonomiska resultat är något många forskare är överens om, men när det gäller frågan om hur företag bör hantera socialiseringen av en ny kandidat, finns det många olika teorier. Denna uppsats redogör för hur fem olika företag skapat starka företagskultOrganisational culture is a complex phenomenon that is widely discussed on manage-mental levels. Many researchers agree about the fact that a strong organisational culture correlates with successful financial results, but when discussing how companies socialize an individual into a desirable behavior, there are many different contradictory theories. In this thesis, we explore how five different co
Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka vilken effekt skräddarsydd marknadsföring har på konsumenter beroende på vilken digital kommunikationsplattform som används. Metod: En kvalitativ studie har genomförts med ett hermeneutistiskt tolkningsperspektiv och ett induktivt tillvägagångssätt. Data för studien har samlats in från fokusgrupper, litteratur, artiklar och webbsidor. Teoretiska perspekPurpose: The purpose of this essay is to examine the effect of customized advertising on customers, depending on the digital communication platform on which the advertisement is marketed. Methodology: A qualitative study has been made with a hermeneutical interpretation perspective and an inductive approach. Data for the study has been collected from focus groups, literature, articles and web pa
With food shortage becoming a growing problem at the same time as the world population increases and cities become more densely populated than ever before, resource efficiency has become a more dire issue than ever. One major problem in food production today is that production efficiency is very weather dependent, transportation is also a big factor in environmental impact and almost half the worl
This project has been about understanding the public furniture market from a designers perspective and to develop a competitive design concept based on the needs of different stakeholders in the field of outdoor public products. The research has been mainly in forms of interviews and observations with a focus on Stockholm as geographical scope. I chose to focus on one city as the structure and r
När man pratar om industriellt underhållsarbete är mänskliga fel ett viktigt ämne att hantera. Olika typer av mänskliga misstag till följd av farliga tillstånd i vissa speciella parametrar, s.k. Performance Shaping Factors (PSFs) introducerar nya och oförutsägbara risker. Detta examensarbete presenterar en metod som, till skillnad från många metoder som finns tillhands idag, är tänkt som en enkel When discussing industrial maintenance, human error is a topic that easily comes to mind. Slips, lapses and mistakes due to hazardous settings of critical conditions referred to as Performing Shaping Factors (PSFs) introduce unforeseen and unanticipated risks. Unlike several tools to date, the methodology presented in this master thesis is thought to serve as an easy and fast way to identify risks
MIMO (Multiple Transmit and Multiple Receive) antenna techniques are widely used in the most recent wireless communication standards. For example, LTE (Long-Term Evolution), WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Ac- cess) and IEEE 802.11n have recently been rolled out across the world. In any communication system, the ML (Maximum Likelihood) receiver provides optimal error rate performan
