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  1. 6. Mathematical Epidemiology : A study of the COVID-19 pandemic using compartmental models

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Algebra, geometri och diskret matematik; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakulteten

    Author : Michael Littunen; [2021]
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    Abstract : The sudden occurrence of a global pandemic brought an imbalance to each of our ways of living. Prediction of the COVID-19 progresses is crucial for governments and is deemed essential for the healthcare industry to solve which indicates how mathematical modelling becomes in dire need of use This master thesis aims to use well-established compartmental models like SEIR and modifications of SEIR to simulate scenarios like introducing different restrictions (i. READ MORE

  3. 7. The End of the World? Representations of Scandinavia in Nineteenth-Century Scottish Travel Literature

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Carlotta Ohlemann; [2020]
    Keywords : Scandinavia; Scotland; travel literature; Georgian Era; postcolonialism; borealism; Scottish national identity; Great Britain; British Union; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation analyses the representations of Norway, Denmark and Sweden in Scottish travel literature towards the end of the Georgian Era. By comparing two travel accounts, I aim to identify both the authors’ approach to the Nordic countries as well as their reflections on their own national identity. READ MORE

  4. 8. Developing a model for risk assessment of arsenic exposure in agricultural regions of Europe

    University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och miljöteknik

    Author : Supritha Vijayakumar; [2018]
    Keywords : Arsenic; Europe; AgriAs; exposure modelling; risk assessment;

    Abstract : Arsenic (As) exposure is a cause of growing global concern. Exposure to As leads to various problems and can be fatal as well. Exposure to arsenic can be due to contact with various components of the environment that are contaminated by As. READ MORE

  5. 9. Turned Tables in The Global Economy : Chinese Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Cultural Risk Reduction in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Carl-David Lundström; Ingrid Höllisch; [2017]
    Keywords : Outward foreign direct investment; FDI; internationalization; Uppsala model; network approach; born-global; bred-global; establishment; risk; risk reduction; Sweden; China; guanxi; guanxiwang; Hofstede; trade-facilitating organizations; investment-facilitating organizations; psychic distance; cultural distance;

    Abstract : Background: People’s Republic of China has attracted much FDI throughout the decades. According to the World Bank (2016), China has received approximately 20 per cent of the total FDI to developing countries the last ten years which has contributed to the country’s huge economic growth. READ MORE

  6. 10. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction method compared with traditional methods for Clostridium tyrobutyricum in grass-clover silage

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Madelene Eklund; [2017]
    Keywords : C. tyrobutyricum; qPCR; silage;

    Abstract : C. tyrobutyricum is the most common type of bacteria to contaminate milk and cause late blown cheese caused by high spore counts in silage. The purpose of this thesis was to test a qPCR method to quantify C. READ MORE