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Insurance contracts with guarantees have been issued by insurance companies for a long time. For example, in the 1970s and the 1980s, when the interest rate in the UK was as high as 15-20%, these contracts were issued with guaranteed rates of as high as 10%, thinking the interest rate levels would stay around the same. However, the interest rate decreased and, as of today, interest rate levels are

Infant mortality is a powerful indicator to measure the health and social status of a country. The purpose of this study is to identify the important factors that in uence the infant mortality of Bangladesh. Moreover, this study suggests the government and the policy makers to improve the health and social sectors for reducing the country's infant mortality signicantly. To investigate the impo

Denna uppsats syfte är att undersöka relationen mellan oljepriset och europeiska gröna energibolags aktiepriser för att således utgöra ett underlag för investerare och beslutsfattare. Metoden denna uppsats bygger på är en kvantitativ studie. Genom att skapa ett index för europeiska gröna energibolag undersöks relationen mellan deras pris och priset på Brent råolja. Detta genomförs med hjälp av oli

Sammanfattning Med rådande bostadsbrist och en ökad urbanisering i samhället, ställs stora krav på byggbranschen att anpassa verksamheten och skapa förutsättningar för att bemöta problematiken som kommer med urbaniseringen. Därför ställde vi oss frågan om bygglogistikcenter (BLC) kunde vara en del av lösningen på problemet kring stadsutveckling och byggnadsarbete på begränsad yta. Viss forskning h

Syftet med studien var att undersöka sambandet mellan arbetstillfredsställelse och kreativt arbetsklimat, vilket mättes med en svensk översättning av Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) och Creativity Climate Questionnaire (CCQ). Hypotesen var att kreativt arbetsklimat korrelerar med arbetstillfredsställelse. Intresse fanns också att undersöka om det gick att finna tendenser till skillnader

The aim with this thesis is to examine whether there are any differences between the linguistic and cultural strategies used by translators when translating song lyrics from English to Danish and Swedish. A description of translations of song lyrics has been presented as well as three popular songs from different time periods. The songs were analysed using five criteria for translation: singabilit

Trycksår är ett problem som får stora konsekvenser i form av lidande för patienten, ökad vårdtyngd och ökade samhällskostnader. Riktlinjer för trycksårsprevention är omfattande men de följs inte tillräckligt. Syftet med föreliggande studie är att beskriva hinder för tillämpning av trycksårsförebyggande åtgärder i vårdpersonalens yrkesutövande. Författarna har gjort en litteraturstudie. En systemat

Abstract Background Axis Communications is a Lund based company which specializes in network cameras. In addition to the cameras, the company has a wide range of accessories that ensure their customers receive complete solutions. While the company has had significant successes by investing heavily in R&D, increased competition from low-cost competitors is now placing higher demands on cost-eff

The municipalities' role in sustainable development is very important and research has shown that municipalities are increasingly working to reduce the climate impact of food, e.g. by reducing meat consumption. The purpose of this study was to examine how the municipalities in the Swedish region Skåne works with decreasing consumption of meat and what problems have occurred in the process. Th

Syftet med denna studie är att genom intervjuer med sex stycken svenska fjärrvärmeföretag som nyligen bytt prismodell undersöka vilka för och nackdelar som prismodellsförändringarna har medfört, samt att undersöka om de tilltänkta incitamenten för energieffektiviseringar har gett någon effekt. Studien har utförts vid Institutionen för Energivetenskaper vid Lunds Tekniska Högskola efter en idé av S

Filmpolitiken står inför sin största förändring på över femtio år: filmavtalet som präglat filmens stödsystem sedan 1963 ska från den 1 januari 2017 ersättas med en ny helstatlig filmpolitik. Beslutet grundar sig på att filmbranschen har uttryckt missnöje med hur avtalet fungerar i ett filmlandskap och samhälle, som ser så annorlunda ut mot när avtalet infördes. Uppsägandet innebär en stor omstrukThe Swedish film politics are standing in front of the biggest change since 1963. For over fifty years the Film Agreements have been driven the Swedish film production and had an impact of the structure of relations within the business. In January 2017 the Swedish government will take overall responsibility for the film policy and funding, which is an outcome from unhappiness with the current syst

This work is based on a questionnaire, distributed mainly with Facebook and answered by 243 persons having French as their mother tongue. Their attitudes towards five official recommendations for a less discriminatory language were measured, and they were also asked what form of a work title they would use to describe a woman in 12 different phrases. The answers were then analysed according to dif

Bakgrund: En kateterrelaterad UVI kan leda till obehag och lidande, en längre sjukhusvistelse och risk för komplikationer i form av ytterligare infektioner. Patienter som opereras för höftfraktur ska enligt nationella riktlinjer behandlas med Catheter à Demeure (KAD). Det är viktigt att avsluta behandlingen direkt när behovet har upphört, för att minska risken för kateterrelaterad UVI. Syfte: Syft

It is very important to understand that the amount of food waste and biomass discarded separately has a direct impact on how much biogas can be produced. E.ON Gas is an energy company with ambitions to live by the current framework for waste management which consist of five-step hierarchy where the waste treatment is ordered in a way that surveys the environment. The waste management hierarchy sta

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the views of internet stakeholders in Sweden, from the perspective of net neutrality. There does not exist one single definition of the principle, which makes defining net neutrality in the context of this thesis important. The basic concept of net neutrality is that all similar internet content should be treated equally. However there are several technical

Extreme short time precipitation, heavy rains, is one of the climate extremes expected to occur more frequently and become more intense in a warmer climate. Heavy rains already affect several Swedish municipalities and damages due to excess runoff water can be substantial, especially where adapting measures has yet to be taken. It is argued that there is a need for tools and support, to help and p

This study examines Euroleague teams and their approach to fan empowerment through social web. By combining previous knowledge with new empirical data, the aim of this research is to learn about fan position in power relations of sports industry and see if they get empowered through participation on social web. The study also explains what opportunities are offered for basketball fans on social we

Along with the increased popularity and wide usage of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, social commerce is emerging as an important category of e-commerce. In this study, we refined one type of C2C social commerce naming as C2C social commerce on social networking platforms (C2CSNP). It refers to that online users conduct both online marketing and selling activities of products/ servi