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Inom byggbranschen ställs det högre och högre krav och fler mål sätts upp för att förbättra miljö- och hållbarhetsarbetet, detta då branschen idag står för en stor del av Sveriges miljöpåverkan. Den främsta anledningen till dess höga belastning på miljön är det genererade avfallet som branschen idag står för ca en tredjedel av det genererade avfallet i landet. En observation som gjorts är att mängHigher demands are being placed and more goals are set up to help improve the environmental and sustainability work in the construction industry. This in order to help minimize the impact on the environment from one of the industries with the highest impact in Sweden today. The main reason for the high strain on the environment is the generated waste, which the construction industry stands for abo

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda det s.k. visstidsdirektivets inverkan på svenska nationella bestämmelser rörande tidsbegränsad anställning. De frågeställningar som därvid uppställts är följande. Vilka krav ställer visstidsdirektivet på nationella rättsliga åtgärder för att förhindra missbruk av på varandra följande tidsbegränsade anställningar? Vilka rättsliga åtgärder har i Sverige införtsThe purpose of this essay is to discuss the impact that the Council Directive concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP, has had on Swedish national legislation regarding fixed-term work. In doing so, I will aim to answer three questions. What legal measures does the directive on fixed-term work require be taken through national legislation to prevent

Purpose – The first purpose of this study is to identify and categorize the motivational factors, from a customer and managerial perspective, that restaurant patrons have when choosing between the self-service kiosk (SSK) or the human service counter during their fast-food order. The second purpose is to identify potential gaps between the customer and manager perspectives. Methodology – This stud

Innovations with the goal of creating a more sustainable economy and industry has been a topic of study for many researchers over the recent decades. This comes to no surprise since large organizations flag for the problematic consumption and production patterns that could lead to environmental problems at a global scale. The research on these environmental innovations that has been done up until

På senare tid har framsteg inom computer vision tillåtit datorer att se och förstå vår omvärld på olika sätt, i realtid. Detta innebär att vi befinner oss i en spännande, utforskande fas när det gäller teknikens applikationer och vad som är möjligt. Advagym, Sonys uppkopplade gymlösning har tillsammans med Sonys R&D Center Lund Laboratory undersökt hur man med hjälp av Internet of Things (IoT)Computer vision is on the cusp of revolutionizing several different markets through its applications. One such market is that of fitness and exercise. Advagym, Sony's connected gym solution is currently employing IoT solutions to track exercises in a gym environment. Together with Sony's R\&D Center Lund Laboratory's computer vision- and machine learning-equipped tracking system -

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions, many companies found themselves in the reality that they had to conduct their business operations from home. The pandemic has heightened the need for Professional Service Firms (PSFs) to shrink, pivot, re-invent themselves, as well as redeploy organisational culture and resources dramatically, abruptly, and possibly disrupti

Den demografiska utvecklingen i världen innebär en stor ekonomisk press på välfärdsstaterna. Andelen äldre i befolkningen har ökat vilket leder till att försörjningsbördan på de arbetstagare som är i arbetsför ålder också ökar. För att kunna lösa problemen med en åldrande befolkning behöver pensionsåldern höjas. I januari 2020 infördes därför 68-årsregeln i LAS i syfte att höja pensionsåldern i SvDemographic developments are putting a great deal of economic pressure on welfare states. The proportion of older people in the population increases which leads to an increase in the dependency ratio. In order to solve the problems of an aging population, the retirement age needs to be raised. In January 2020, the “68-year rule” was introduced in the Swedish Employment Protection Act. The aim of t

Weight-loss interventions generally improve lipid profiles and reduce cardiovascular disease risk, but effects are variable and may depend on genetic factors. We performed a genetic association analysis of data from 2,993 participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program to test the hypotheses that a genetic risk score (GRS) based on deleterious alleles at 32 lipid-associated single-nucleotide polym

Background: Sexual harassment (SH) in the workplace is prevalent and associated with poor health. Universities are large workplaces with complex formal and informal power relations, which may influence the prevalence of SH. Although employees and students share the university context, few studies on SH have included both groups. The overall aim of the study was to investigate SH among employees an

The world today faces many different environmental problems, which has a negative effect. These are both global, regional and local, which means that they affect all people. To be able to overcome this and be able to promote a long-term sustainability, it is essential that all contribute and take responsibility for it. An example of doing this is to get more people to commute rather than using the

We show that the Galactic thick disk reaches at least solar metallicities and that it experienced strong chemical enrichment during a period of ~3 Gyr, ending around 8-9 Gyr ago. This finding puts further constraints on the relation and interface between the thin and thick disks and their formation processes. Our results are based on a detailed elemental abundance analysis of 261 kinematically sel

High Tech security solutions refer to advanced and innovative technologies designed to protect assets, data and individuals from various threats. These systems offer benefits that traditional security measures cannot match. Examples of high Technology security solutions include Biometric Access Control that uses fingerprints, iris and facial recognition, Surveillance drones with cameras for monito

Background Long-term pathological breathlessness is a life-limiting symptom that risks taking control of the individual’s life. We aimed to evaluate how locus of control (LOC), an individual’s perceived control of present and past life events, relates to breathlessness in a middle-aged general population. Methods A population-based, cross-sectional analysis of people aged 50–64 years was conducted

Despite declining incidence rates, gastric cancer (GC) is a major cause of death worldwide. Its aetiology may involve dietary antioxidant micronutrients such as carotenoids and tocopherols. The objective of this study was to determine the association of plasma levels of seven common carotenoids, their total plasma concentration, retinol and alpha- and gamma-tocopherol, with the risk of gastric ade

The question asked in this thesis is: what is the impact on the democratic legitimacy of the legal orders of the member states of the EU, where the meaning of EU fundamental rights is determined by the Court of Justice of the EU. It begins by developing a theoretical framework which reconstructs the deep structure of the law of the member states, in order to understand the ground of legitimacy for

Several attempts have been made to model chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in a xenograft setting but expansion of human myeloid cells in immunodeficient mice has proven difficult to achieve. Lack of cross-reacting cytokines in the microenvironment of the mice has been proposed as a potential reason. In this study we have used NOD/SCID IL2–receptor gamma deficient mice expressing human SCF, IL-3 and

Recursive state estimation is considered for discrete time linear systems with mixed process and measurement disturbances that have stochastic and (convex) set-bounded terms. The state estimate is formed as a linear combination of initial guess and measurements, giving an estimation error of the same mixed type (and causing minimal interference between the two kinds of error). An ellipsoidal over-