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Climate variability poses an increasing threat to freshwater ecosystems. Particularly in temperate regions where the everchanging precipitation and temperature patterns can alter lake hydrology. The study investigates long-term variation in lake surface area in response to climate drivers across four lakes in southern Sweden, from 2000 to 2024. This was done using satellitebased remote sensing and

Sammanfattning Asfalt är ett av de mest använda byggmaterialen för vägar och påverkas kontinuerligt av klimatrelaterade faktorer som luft, vatten och temperaturväxlingar. Dessa miljöpåverkningar kan leda till nedbrytning av materialets mekaniska egenskaper och därmed försämrad livslängd och funktion. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur asfalt påverkas av tre miljöfaktorer: luft (Roads and asphalt pavements are continuously exposed to weather conditions, such as rain, air, and frost, which affect their durability and performance over time. This thesis investigates how asphalt is influenced by three environmental factors: air, water, and freeze–thaw cycles. Laboratory tests were conducted over a three-week period to examine how stability, deformation, and stiffness change

Tänk dig att du vill lära en dator att känna igen sjukdomar från medicinska bilder, men bara har tillgång till ett fåtal patienter med dessa sjukdomar. Eller att du vill utveckla AI för specialiserade industriapplikationer där datan är dyr och svår att samla in. Vad gör du då? Det är det här vårt examensarbete handlar om: att använda avancerade AI-modeller, så kallade diffusion-modeller, för att gDiffusion models have emerged as powerful generative modeling frameworks, excelling at producing state-of-the-art high-quality, diverse data samples across various domains. Although slightly suffering from slow sampling speed compared to other predominant approaches, various methods such as implicit and latent methods have addressed this issue. In many machine learning algorithms, including diffu

Conventional agriculture, dominated by annual crops, has revolutionised food production but also introduced significant environmental and social challenges. Perennial crops offer a promising alternative, with potential benefits for ecosystem services, agricultural sustainability, and food security. Although the environmental benefits of perennial crops, such as the intermediate wheat grass Kernza

Med utgångspunkt i att misslyckanden sällan studeras, trots att de är vanligare än framgång, syftar denna studie till att bidra med ökad förståelse för hur mobila shoppingapplikationer misslyckas med att bibehålla rekryterade användare genom att analysera de praktiker och bakomliggande faktorer som formar och påverkar deras användning och avbrott. Studien positioneras inom modeshopping och genom e

This study examines the value creation in private equity through looking at the changes of a few chosen metrics, comparing the years before and after acquisitions. Building on previous research into the operational impact of leveraged buyouts in Sweden (Bergström, Grubb & Jonsson), 2009; Nordström 2015) this thesis examines the long-run performance of firms targeted by private equity (PE). Foc

Recently, the media has brought attention to the Adam case, a young boy who was taken into compulsory care by social services in Helsingborg amid false allegations from his mother and other parties. This study aims to analyze how the media frames social services, in this case, and how different parts are given voice in the media coverage. A qualitative content analysis was performed on news articl

Hydrogen plays a pivotal role in the global energy transition, offering a clean and versatile energy carrier for a sustainable future. However, ensuring its safe use in industrial facilities requires reli- able prediction of dispersion from Venting Units (VUs). Traditional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations provide high-fidelity results but are too slow for fast safety assessment and i

Mycket har hänt på 100 år, våra levnadsförhållanden har förändrats, städerna har utvecklats, men på landsbygden har tiden stått still. Förr utgjorde bondgården en central del i böndernas liv men i takt med avvecklingen av lantbruken står många gårdar tomma och har tappat sin funktion. Under den rådande bostadsbristen väljer man ofta att bygga nytt istället för att utnyttja de byggnader som rA lot has happened in the last 100 years, our living conditions have changed and our cities have developed. However, in rural areas time has stood still. In the past, the farmhouse was a central part of the farmer’s life, but since the decrease of the agricultural lifestyle, many farms are empty and have lost their function. In the current housing shortage, new buildings are often built inst

Vi kan idag se en ökande urbanisering i världen, 2018 bodde 53% av jordens befolkning i städer, en siffra som väntas öka till 60% till år 2030. Samtidigt mänsklighetens utsläpp av växthusgaser gett upphov till ökade temperaturer, som i sin tur leder till förändrade nederbördsmönster, vilka manifesteras i form av bland annat extrema regn. Detta har lett till ett ökat behov av att göra städer mer håThere is an increasing urbanization taking place in the world today, in 2018, 53% of the global population lived in cities, a figure that is expected to rise to 60% by 2030. At the same time, anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses give rise to increasing temperatures, which in turn lead to changed precipitation patterns, which manifest in the form of extreme rain events among other phenomena

“Netflix and chill?” It has been 10 years since this phrase has become an innuendo for casual sex. Netflix has become a streaming titan with over 300 million subscribers. The success of Netflix owes much to its original contents emphasising the competitive edge. Netflix categories its soft-core porn titles as Steamy Movies on the platform and even has an established category code for the genre, 11

We live in an increasingly individualistic society where involuntary loneliness, especially among older adults, has become a growing issue. In Sweden, where single-person households are common, many seniors, particularly those over 65 who live alone, report feeling lonely. At the same time, children are growing up with limited contact with older generations, as everyday interactions between age gr

This thesis presents a comparative geospatial analysis of earthquake damage caused by the 2020 Croatian earthquakes, the 5.5 magnitude Zagreb earthquake and the 6.4 magnitude Petrinja earthquake. Using only freely accessible data, including Copernicus EMS damage assessments, OpenStreetMap building footprints, and WorldPop population grids, the study explores how spatial damage patterns differed b

This thesis investigates the semiotic foundations of recurrent gestures through a cross-cultural study of the Two-Handed-Alternation-Sagittal (2HAS) gesture in Japanese and Swedish. Drawing on the Motivation & Sedimentation Model (MSM)––a cognitive-semiotic model of meaning-making––the study explores how recurrent gestures emerge from the dynamic interplay between embodiment and sedimentation.

Sammanfattning Titel: En komponentanalys av ESG‑dimensionernas betydelse i europeiska små- och medelstora bolagsfonder. Seminariedatum: 5 Juni 2025 Kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete kandidatnivå i finansiering, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Keller Edstrand, Alfred Norén och Eric Svensson Due Handledare: Zahida Sarwary Nyckelord: ESG, CSRD, ESRS, SME Forskningsfråga: I vilken utsträckning påverkar de indiAbstract Title: A component analysis of the significance of ESG dimensions in European small and mid-cap funds Seminar date: June 5th 2025 Course: FEKH89, Bachelor Degree Project in Financial Management, Business Administration, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS. Authors: Keller Edstrand, Alfred Norén and Eric Svensson Due Advisor: Zahida Sarwary Key words: ESG, CSRD, ESRS, SME Research question: To wh

Fisken harr, Thymallus thymallus, fanns för i Lagan i södra Halland men försvann någon gång kring 1950-talet. Mänsklig påverkan i form av utbyggnaden av vattenkraften och dålig vattenkva- litet tros ligga bakom detta försvinnande. I projektet ”Sagan om harrens återkomst” försöker Sve- riges sportfiske- och fiskevårdsförbund att återfå harr i Lagan genom utsättningar i biflödet Kro- kån. Om man skGrayling, Thymallus thymallus, became locally extinct in Lagan around the 1950s due to human activity. Now, 70 years later, The Swedish Anglers Association is trying to re-establish a popula- tion in Lagan by releasing the fish in a tributary river, Krokån. This paper investigates the eco- logical challenges that this project faces. I conclude that the water temperature could pose a big problem

Under en tid har det funnits en önskan att förtäta bostadsområden för att spara mark och minska utspriddheten. Detta har skett på både bättre och sämre sätt. I städer där grönskan är begränsad har den ofta fått ge vika för punkthus. Även om tanken bakom detta är god och många gånger har genomförts på ett balanserat och ansvarsfullt sätt växer diskussionen om hur vi vill bo. Att exploatera åkermarkFor some time now, there has been a desire to densify residential areas in order to save land and reduce sprawl. This has happened in better and worse ways. In cities where greenery is limited, it has often been done building upwards.. Although the idea behind this is good and has often been implemented in a balanced and responsible way, the discussion is growing about how we want to live. Exploit

När orden mörk materia nämns förs tankarna hos många till sci-fi böcker eller serietidningar. Kanske föreställer man sig en främmande substans i en provrör, eller ett destruktivt svart hål. Sanningen är att mörk materia är mycket mindre dramatiskt än så. Ett definierande drag hos mörk materia är att det interagerar ytterst svagt med vanlig materia. Troligen passerar mörk materiepartiklar rakt igenThe Light Dark Matter Experiment (LDMX) is a fixed-target missing-momentum experiment which hopes to detect dark matter in the MeV-GeV mass range. This is done by firing an 8 GeV electron beam at a thin tungsten target, where the electrons produce dark matter through a process called dark bremsstrahlung. Electrons which have gone through dark matter production can then be found by looking for miss

Denna uppsats undersöker hur artificiell intelligens (AI) uppfattas och anpassas i Kenya, med fokus på lokala språk, normer och kulturella värderingar. Syftet är att analysera i vilken utsträckning AI-system utvecklade i en global, ofta västerländsk kontext fungerar i kenyanska sammanhang och hur användare aktivt omformar tekniken. Studien bygger på nio månaders fältarbete i Nairobi och andra delaThis thesis examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is perceived and adapted in Kenya, with a focus on local languages, norms, and cultural values. The aim is to analyze the extent to which AI systems developed in a global, often Western, context function in Kenyan settings, and how users actively reshape the technology. The study is based on nine months of fieldwork in Nairobi and other parts o

Commercial hybridisation of seeds has created a large hybrid market that now dominates globally. In Rwanda, this market co-exists with a traditional system based on locally grown seeds. Local, farmer-grown seeds have traditionally been replanted to generate new seeds, which has kept farmers self-sufficient. Due to their genetic nature, hybrid seeds must be repurchased each season, creating a poten