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A growing environmental issue today is the amount plastic pollution in the ocean. To investigate how it might affect marine life, an important aspect is to study how plastics are transported by ocean currents and where it ends up. This can be done by use of Lagrangian simulation of plastic particles in computer ocean models. To improve the quality of the output from such simulations the number of
Smart specialisation (S3) policy framework, while presuming limited policy involvement during the first phases of implementation, requires higher regional management control over the processes of adaptation and monitoring. It brings up requirements for integrated methods towards monitoring and evaluation to make sure continuity and flexibility of the RIS policy framework. Introduction of monitorin
Streptomyces species are filamentous bacteria from the phylum Actinobacteria in which cell elongation occurs at the poles of the cell. This differs from many other bacteria like Escherichia coli where cell elongation occurs by insertion of peptidoglycan in the lateral wall. An essential protein for polar growth in Streptomyces is the coil-coiled protein DivIVA. DivIVA has an essential role in orch
Bioplastics are a promising alternative for petroleum-based plastics that today is on high demand in our contemporary lifestyles. They are made from biopolymers such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Producing biopolymers from waste material feedstock using microbes increases profitability and environmental benefits as well as sustainability for biorefineries. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a robust m
Purpose/Background Patients receiving whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) today are treated with an immobilisation mask which fully covers their face and therefore might be experienced as uncomfortable and claustrophobic. In recent years, optical surface scanning (OSS) systems have been implemented for patient positioning and real-time motion monitoring [1]. OSS systems cannot track the patients surfa
This Master's thesis in Biomedical Engineering investigates the performance and generalizability of linear regression models in context of prosthesis control for short residual limb amputees. This thesis uses intramuscular electromyography data, and a regression and emplys a regression technique called Elastic Net Regression - a technique that combines L1 and L2-regularization - to predict 1-D
Renewable Energy Communities (REC) are seen as a way to promote energy justice and security and advance a democratic, socially-just energy transition. However, energy justice scholarship indicates that some social groups are not included in RECs. I conducted four semi-structured interviews with urban RECs in Germany to find out which communities are underrepresented and why. The feminist energy ju
In 2021, the Icelandic government stated that Iceland will implement an energy transition plan with the goal of becoming a 100% carbon neutral and fossil free nation by 2040, furthermore, that a doubling in renewable energy production was needed to reach that goal. This led to an upsurge of a discourse among stakeholders and concerned citizens about the future of Iceland. This thesis is an attempt
In this master’s thesis, different options to update the variant rank model used at the University hospital in Lund are presented. The variant rank model filters genetic variants from whole genome sequencing. This is done to identify potential causative variants in patients. Since the knowledge concerning these variants and rare genetic diseases grows rapidly, the model which filters said variants
Right-wing populism has become more and more prevalent in the political landscape, a trend especially observed in Europe. In the north, Scandinavian countries have seen a substantial rise in support for populistic, right-wing parties with Denmark and Sweden being two striking examples. In the respective countries, “Dansk Folkeparti'' and “Sverigedemokraterna” have been the most prominent e
Syfte: Att undersöka ifall det går att generera överavkastning genom att enbart investera i branscherna alkohol, spel, tobak och försvar. Detta genom att jämföra dessa investeringar mot indexet MSCI Europe och den etiska fonden SEB Ethical Europe. Metod: Med hjälp av programmet Thomson Reuters Datastream har fakta kring bolagen tagits fram och sorterats in utifrån branschtillhörighet. Denna data
Gastric ulcer is a common disorder in horses. A known potent inhibitor of gastric acid secretion is omeprazole. This thesis describes the study of omeprazole extraction followed by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the quantification of omeprazole in enteric-coated pellets (raw material) and in oral paste (final drug product) for horses. The drug product is composed by a p
Denna uppsats behandlar förutsebarheten i påföljdsfrågan för psykiskt störda lagöverträdare. I Sverige har det i flera decennier funnits diskussioner kring de psykiskt störda lagöverträdarnas ansvar. Den nuvarande svenska regleringen är internationellt sett unik, då den inte innehåller ett krav på tillräknelighet. Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda den svenska regleringen av psykiskt störda lagövThis paper discusses the predictability in sentencing of mentally disordered offenders. For decades there have been discussions in Sweden about the responsibility of mentally disordered offenders. From an international point of view, the current Swedish legislation is unique, due to the fact that it does not contain a requirement for accountability. The purpose of this paper is to investigate th
I den här uppsatsen utreds vilka bestämmelser som gäller och vilka faktorer som spelar roll när forum och lagval avgörs för tvister mellan arbetsgivare och arbetstagare ombord på flygplan. Eftersom flygbranschen är en internationell företeelse som spänner över många nationsgränser finns flera aspekter att beakta, bl.a. ett flygplans registreringsland. Dessutom möjliggör EU/EES:s inre marknad för f
Barn och unga som begår brott är ett av straffrättens mest svårlösta och omdiskuterade områden. De straffrättsliga reaktioner som aktualiseras i diskussionerna pendlar mellan att vara repressiva/straffande eller rehabiliterande/stödjande. Enligt barnkonventionen, som av regeringen föreslås bli svensk lag under 2016, ska unga lagöverträdare bemötas med rehabilitering och reparativa metoder för att Children and young people who commit crimes constitutes one of the most difficult and controversial issues in criminal law. The penal regulations arising in discussions vary from being repressive/punitive to being rehabilitative/supportive. As stated by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the government has proposed as Swedish law in 2016, the juvenile offenders should be treated with
Den ökade individualiseringen i samhället har bidragit till att den sociala rörligheten ökar. Individen är inte lika bunden som tidigare vid familj, kollegor, grannar, arbete samt sin relation till omvärlden. Med hänsyn till detta anser flera sociologer (Beck, Bauman & Giddens) att individen associerar personligt ansvar med sitt öde i det moderna samhället. På detta sätt skapar individen riskh
Bakgrund: Många barn tvingas förhålla sig till allvarliga och utdragna föräldrakonflikter utan möjlighet att påverka sin situation eller få sina behov av trygghet och förutsägbarhet tillgodosedda. Barnets känsla av ensamhet och rädsla synliggörs sällan och barnet drabbas av lojalitetskonflikter. Syftet: Studiens syfte var att undersöka vuxnas erfarenheter av barndomens utdragna föräldrakonflikter.
