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VIX indexet, även kallat "the fear gauge" är världens ledande indikator för framtida volatilitet. Indexet beräknar ett 30 dagars framtida förväntat värde på volatiliteten kring USA’s börs S&P500. Indexet baseras på köp och säljoptioner med S&P500 indexet som underliggande tillgång. Optionerna som används in- nehar två olika löptider som vi kallar för nära och nästa periods-optionThe purpose of this paper is through an empirical approach understand the dynamics of VIX and investigate to what degree the benchmark computed by CBOE is representative of its definition. The method implemented is of a design where one constructs a hypothetical world in which synthetic options data are produced by the Bates-Heston model. This implies an underlying and known volatility with chosen

In terms of EU-accession, the seven countries that used to constitute the republic of Yugoslavia have developed very differently. While Slovenia was one of the countries absorbed during the EU:s eastward expansion of 2004 the other states have struggled in their EU-accession, Croatia being the only state to obtain full membership besides Slovenia. The purpose of this study is to shed a light on th

This thesis deals with manual control of unstable systems, subject to control signal constraints. Allocation of control authority is critical in this situation. The manual control, or reference following, must not be performed at the risk of loosing stability. The conflicting objective is to achieve acceptable reference following performance. Design of control systems under such circumstances is c

Focus in this examination project is put on researching basic techniques for structuring decision-making and pathfinding for the artificial intelligence in computer games. Already implemented examples of these structures are summarized and compared to each other to choose fitting solutions to use together with the game engine Unity for the development of a specific game called Unkown. For decision

Cardiotography, CTG, is a monitoring method that is commonly used during childbirth. The method measures the fetal heart rate, FHR, alongside the uterine contractions, TOCO. Clinicians use this tool to evaluate the health of the infant, and to observe changes which might imply hypoxia, lack of oxygen supply, for the fetus. However, abnormalities in the CTG are often non-specific, making the interp

Background: In recent years, manually controlled drones have taken off on the commercial market, as well as in the agricultural industry and in humanitarian logistics. This has increased the interest in investing in autonomously controlled drones to increase efficiency and reduce costs. Some projects have been initiated in warehouses but the research in the field is still limited. Purpose: The pu

Aquaculture is an expanding industry, supplying closer to 50% of the total fish consumption. Commercialized fish production faces sustainability challenges which are important to address. Aquaponics uses wastewater from aquaculture to grow plants using hydroponics. This is a step towards making the industry more sustainable, but the practice is not straightforward. The plants and the fish thrive a

The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of the Swedish public towards the use of covert coercive measures for the purpose of crime prevention. There is currently a bill in Sweden to broaden the applicability of covert coercive measures for preventative purposes in the context of criminal activities taking place within an organization or group. The use of covert coercive measures may infr

As the consumption of dairy is a common staple in the Nordic and European diet and culture, better understanding of the dairy industry as a whole, and especially the cheese industry is needed to aim for a more sustainable production. This project aims to offer an extended approach on the rennet coagulation of milk, analysing the gelling properties of skim milk samples at different pH values (5.5-6

Non proliferation is an issue of the utmost importance. It might seem that it is an issue more at home in the era of the cold war, however it is very much an issue of the 21th century. Countries like North Korea have not just pursued a policy of acquiring nuclear weapons but succeeded. How to best prevent countries from developing nuclear weapons is a question with no good answer. In the case of N

In profit-oriented companies, success is most commonly measured by the amount of profit earned. This thesis aims to probe corresponding measures of success available and employed in non-profit organizations, and to find out the possibility of applying the same or similar techniques in both kinds of organizations. Although in theory Value for Money (VfM = Anticipated Outcomes/Required Resources), a

The overall aim of this project was to make an everyday life for people with reduced mobility better. This crutch helps its users to perform everyday activities easier and feel more comfortable. It provides: - Better mobility; - Better stability, - Comfort; - Possibility to switch from one type of the crutch to another that not only allows stressed body parts to relax but also helps a user to be

A project is a temporal organization commonly used in private companies to organize workload. In recent years, projects have also become a way of organize the public sector. One explanation of projects’ increase in popularity is the values; controllability and flexibility. Financial support from the EU and from the state is also distributed to project organizations. How does this way of organizing

Quantifying and comparing light environments are crucial for interior lighting, architecture and visual ergonomics. Yet, current methods only catch a small subset of the parameters that constitute a light environment, and rarely account for the light that reaches the eye. Here, we describe a new method, the environmental light field (ELF) method, which quantifies all essential features that charac

Importance: Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is presently approved for treatment of advanced breast cancer and after incomplete response to neoadjuvant therapy, but the potential of T-DM1 as monotherapy is so far unknown. Objective: To assess pathologic complete response (pCR) to standard neoadjuvant therapy of combination docetaxel, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (DTP) vs T-DM1 monotherapy in patients

Robotic systems for manipulation tasks are increasingly expected to be easy to configure for new tasks. While in the past, robot programs were often written statically and tuned manually, the current, faster transition times call for robust, modular and interpretable solutions that also allow a robotic system to learn how to perform a task. We propose the method Behavior-based Bayesian Optimizatio