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This study explores the lived experience of individuals with level 1 autism in Sweden, focusing on how societal norms and regimes of truth shape their everyday lives. Drawing on Goffman's theories of stigma and normality, alongside Foucault's perspectives on neoliberalism, this paper investigates the societal challenges and expectations that individuals with autism face. Through interviews
This thesis explores the application of Recommender Systems (RSs) to match borrowers with participant lenders in the syndicated loan market. It aims to determine whether historical interactions in the syndicated loan market contain sufficient information to reveal predictable patterns without relying on large sets of variables related to the lenders, borrowers, and the loans themselves. Two types
Environmental pollution stems from industrial emissions to the air, soil and water. This has resulted in many areas being contaminated today by, among other things, heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and PAHs. Approximately 86.000 contaminated sites have been identified across Sweden. Identifying contaminated sites enables inventory and risk classification. Therefore, the method for the inventor
This paper examines the labour market effects of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) at a sectoral level in a panel data setup. The relationship between ICT and human labour has been a major source of debate among both academics and policymakers regarding whether ICT substitutes or complements human labour. By utilizing data from OECD STAN, this study analyses 64 industries across 38 O
The purpose of this study is to investigate how social services and the judiciary see and assess the child's best interests based on legal cases. The focus is on how the child's best interests are taken into account and how the child's voice is being heard. With the critical discourse analysis, we want to gain an insight into what this may be due to and how social services and the law
This study aimed to explore older peoples' reasoning of sexuality as social relations. The study also aimed to examine how the elderly describe changes in their sexuality over time and how they relate to common views of older people's sexuality, as expressed in society. We conducted qualitative semi-structured interviews with six people, 65 years and older. From our empirical data, we obta
This thesis is designed as exploratory research, with the aim of studying the relatively underexplored and poorly understood theory-practice gap in small-medium enterprises transition from sustainability ideal to practice. While existing literature has extensively addressed theoretical implications, scant attention has been paid to the lived experiences of SMEs, particularly within the context of
In the constantly changing environment in which companies operate, it is important to be able to optimize various activities throughout the product lifecycle. This places great demands on companies and their value chain, where information exchanges are central to activities. There are risks and rewards, such as the risk of losing intellectual property and unlocking new business cases, that co
Water management in San Pedro Mártir faces critical challenges due to gender dynamics that limit women's effective participation in water governance. Although they manage water at the domestic and community level, their voice in decision-making is minimal, perpetuating inequalities and compromising the sustainability of water management practices in a context of growing scarcity. The methodolo
Title: Home is wherever your private equity firm takes you - A quantitative analysis comparing cross-border and domestic* transaction multiples in PE acquisitions of Nordic companies Seminar date: 30 May 2024 Course: NEKN02, Master Essay – Finance Programme, 15 ECTS Authors: Clarissa Nowak, Sofia Sjöholm Advisor: Jens Forssbaeck Keywords: Private Equity, Buyouts, Cross-Border, Valuation, Nord
The transitional processes that took place in the post-communist states of the former Eastern Bloc present researchers with a plethora of problems that require the reconceptualization of established ideas within the political science scholarship. However, the literature on post-communist transitions is sparse and this thesis contributes to the field by conducting an explaining-outcome process trac
This thesis aims to assess the importance of the use of digital object-based learning (OBL) for public outreach initiatives in archaeology, focusing on a case study involving an Iron Age comb. The goals were to create a virtual learning environment with interactive 3D models, integrate storytelling elements into the virtual learning environment, and a pilot study setup. This thesis is based on the
This paper aims to uncover how stock liquidity and analyst coverage, as indicators of information asymmetry, influence the capital structure decisions of companies during market distress, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This assumption is mainly based on the theoretical framework of Pecking Order theory (Myers & Majluf, 1984) and previous empirical research on capital structure and infor
This study explores the strategic implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector, focusing on minimizing resistance through effective stakeholder engagement. As AI increasingly influences decision-making in healthcare, resistance from key stakeholders such as employees and management presents a significant challenge. This research investigates the causes and reasons for va
Denna studie undersöker avokadokärnans möjlighet att användas som tillsats i livsmedel, både för att förbättra näringsprofilen men även för att minska matsvinn. Avokadokärnan utgör ca 20%, och då svenskar konsumerar cirka 19 ton avokados varje år, skulle det möjligtvis betyda att vi i Sverige slänger ca 3 - 4 ton avokadokärna årligen. Då avokado kräver mycket vatten och näring under sin tillväxt, This study investigates the potential of avocado seeds to be used as a food additive, both to improve the nutritional profile and to reduce food waste. The avocado seed makes up about 20%, and as Swedes consume approximately 19 tons of avocados each year, this could mean that we discard about 3-4 tons of avocado seeds annually in Sweden. Since avocados require a lot of water and nutrients during t
This master thesis was conducted in collaboration with ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems in Landskrona with the aim to lower the U-Value of their existing 42 mm overhead sectional door. U-value is a measurement of the energy that passes through a system per unit area and temperature. The goal was to achieve this without compromising its structural integrity while keeping economic and environmental facto
This thesis project examines the dynamics of trespass protests, particularly focusing on the Right to Roam (RTR) movement in England. I ask in what ways trespass action for roaming rights challenges private property relations and embodies alternative relations to land and nature. Grounded in historical materialist and political-economic theories, private property is conceptualised as social and sp
Multiculturalism and cultural competence is often discussed within research but a consistent definition of practice regarding these terms is rarely agreed upon. The aim of this phenomenological study was therefore to examine how social workers in Sweden defined and reasoned regarding multiculturalism and cultural competence in their work with families. Six semi-structured interviews with Swedish s
Since its publication in December 2020, the European Commission's Digital Markets Act (DMA) has become a cornerstone of the European legislative framework, aiming to address the dominance of the ‘Big Tech’ companies and promote fairness in Europe's digital platform economy. The DMA targets unfair practices and weak competition in the digital economy, focusing on data-driven dominance by im
