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  2. 1. Essays in Quantitative Finance

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; credit valuation adjustment CVA ; derivative pricing; interest rate derivatives; Monte Carlo simulation;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the quantitative finance literature and consists of four research papers.Paper 1. This paper constructs a hybrid commodity interest rate market model with a stochastic local volatility function that allows the model to simultaneously fit the implied volatility of commodity and interest rate options. READ MORE

  4. 2. Electron spectroscopy studies of silicon-metal oxide and dye-solid interfaces

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
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  5. 3. Enhanced mobilisation and physical rehabilitation after abdominal cancer surgery : feasibility, effects, and experiences

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cancer incidence is growing worldwide and, as advances in diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation are made, the numbers of cancer survivors are also increasing. Therefore, there is a need to find and evaluate methods to improve the lives of cancer survivors after treatment. READ MORE

  6. 4. Food Webs, Models and Species Extinctions in a Stochastic Environment

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ekologi; Ecology; functional redundancy; trophospecies; species aggregation; environmental stochasticity; interaction strength; spectral colour; food web structure; food webs; extinction risk;

    Abstract : In light of the current global mass extinction of species, ecologists are facing great challenges. In order to reverse the path towards additional extinctions early warning systems to guide management actions need to be developed. READ MORE

  7. 5. Margins of Prevention : - On Older Adolescents' Positive and Negative Beliefs about Illicit Drug Use

    Author : Patrik Karlsson; Anders Bergmark; Edle Ravndal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Illicit drugs; adolescents; prevention; margins for change; beliefs; perceptions; expectancies; positive; negative; risk; pleasure; Sweden; Social work; Socialt arbete;

    Abstract : This study explores older adolescents’ positive and negative beliefs about illicit drug use from a preventive perspective. By positive beliefs is meant positive expectancies and benefit perceptions. By negative beliefs is meant negative expectancies and risk perceptions. READ MORE