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Bark beetles are a subfamily of insects living in and breeding on woody plants. Some of the bark beetle species have the ability to attack living trees, and thereby the potential to cause major forest damage. These forest damages can have a significant ecological and economic impact to forest ecosystems and foresters. In this study, phenology models were used to compare the responses to climate ch
The aim of this study is to examine the spillover effects of diversity in insect pollinated plants in the vicinity of semi-natural grasslands, if the biodiversity in plants is increased as a result of being close to pastures and if a local environmental support has an effect on its surroundings. As agricultural intensification reduces biodiversity and contributes to habitat degradation, studies on
Den process som följer efter att miljökonsekvensbeskrivningen (MKB) har utfärdats behandlas i för liten utsträckning och i Trafikverkets egen handbok för MKB beskrivs att integreringen av miljöfrågor i planerings- och projekteringsprocessen är en av de största utmaningarna. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att kartlägga hur miljörisker i MKB hanteras i ett investeringsprojekts övergripande projekThe process that follows the environmental impact assessment (EIA) is treated in an insufficient extent and the Swedish Transport Administration's own manual for EIA describes that the integration of environmental issues in the planning and projection process is one of the largest challenges. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how environmental risks in the EIA is managed in a projec
Author: Josephin Brecht Title: “A second chance in life” A qualitative study based on the former criminals’ perspective on their opportunity for a life free of criminality The aim of this study has been to examine what former criminals' experienced being the most successful factors when trying to leave behind a lifestyle of crimes. I also wanted to analyse how their opinion on the matter mi
Employment is a potential socioeconomic co-benefit of renewable energy deployment. However, renewable energy is often more expensive than conventional resources, putting pressure on the economy, and during an energy transition employments can be lost from the conventional energy sector, e.g. from phased out nuclear plants. The purpose of this study was to clear the field of whether a promotion of
This thesis concerns the creation of Majorana bound states (MBSs) -- a type of condensed matter excitations theorized to have exotic and technologically valuable properties. In particular, they could be used to store and manipulate quantum information in a protected way, forming the building blocks of a topological quantum computer. The search for MBSs has been intense since it was realized that t
Det här examensarbetet innefattar framtagningen av ett verktyg som hjälper produktutvecklare designa ergonomiska produkter. Många produkter som idag når tillverkning, eller till och med marknaden, är inte alltid så ergonomiska som det hade kunnat önskas. Emellertid kan dessa problem förebyggas i ett tidigt skede genom väl genomtänkt utformning på produkter och adekvata ergonomiska utvärderingar. DThis master thesis consists of the development of a tool which helps product developers design ergonomic products. Many products which end up being manufactured, or end up on the market, are not as well thought out as one could wish. However, this problem can be prevented at an early stage by well thought out designs and adequate evaluations. This was a topic discussed with Avalon Innovation Techn
An important factor in preventing food waste is the ability to provide a product with a package according to its needs. The packaging material, in turn, needs to be recyclable in order to contribute to a circular use of materials rather than becoming waste. The aim of this thesis is to examine the difference between the current and future packaging material of coffee produced by Zoégas. The curren
A shortage of pediatric heart surgeons across the world limits the available surgical interventions, leading to long wait times and higher risk of mortality. The use of robotic surgery and its advantages may help address this issue, and the Collaborative Articial Intelligence Sur- gical Assistance-project is a starting point to develop an autonomous robotic surgical assistant. However, the video f
Organic contaminants are present in aquatic environments and there is a need for water treatment techniques that are both efficient and practically implementable. Antibiotics are particularly problematic organic contaminants, as insufficient removal can contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance, which can affect essential bacteria for ecosystems and cause untreatable infections in humans.
Förenta nationernas konvention om barns rättigheter gäller sedan 1 januari 2020 som lag i Sverige. Strax därefter inleds något som kallats ”LVU-kampanjen” och övriga aktörer som demonstrerar mot socialnämndens beslut om tvångsvård av barn har på senare tid också fått stor uppmärksamhet. Jag funderar därför på om inkorporeringen av barnkonventionen har påverkat lag (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has been in force as law since 1 January 2020 in Sweden. Soon after, something called the "LVU-campaign" was launched, and other actors who demonstrate against the social welfare board's decision on forced care of children have recently also received a lot of attention. I am therefore curious about whether the incorporati
The telecom industry falls among one of the most progressive markets that operates at the level of advanced technologies and has the fastest rate of growth all over the world, including from the perspective of 5G technology, the integration of digital products, and the constant increase in demand for broadband internet. In such a competitive environment, customer attrition has been known to be a m
Identification of genomic rearrangements by microarrays or short-read sequencing frequently lacks information about the exact architecture and breakpoints of variants due to technical limitations. Independent verification of complex structural variants (SVs) is often performed using custom targeted assays, making confirmation of clinically relevant findings time consuming and laborious. In this st
Background: Standardized definitions of autoimmune disease (AD) are lacking. Therefore, we aim to propose a definition of AD for register-based research and estimate the burden of AD in Sweden as registered in the National Patient Register (NPR) from 1980 to 2023. Methods: Leveraging the NPR, we defined AD as having at least two relevant International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes represe
Objectives: SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss-of-function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes. Here we describe a novel dominant variant in SLC4A4 in patients wit
Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is a multifactorial disorder involving gut-brain axis dysregulation, altered barrier integrity, microbial imbalance, and stress-related mechanisms, with limited nutritional strategies targeting these pathways. Tannin-rich extracts may exert barrier-protective, microbiota-modulating, and stress-related effects. In a prospective before-after pilo
Episodic memories are leveraged to predict upcoming input. Latent Cause Theory (Gershman et al., 2017) predicts that after moderate prediction errors, existing memories will be updated by integrating new information, while after large prediction errors, a new latent cause is inferred, and the unpredicted event is encoded as a separate trace. To date, no study has directly compared memory updating
Serglycin (SRGN) has been found overexpressed and secreted in glioblastoma (GBM), associated with tumorigenic signaling and poor prognosis. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the involvement of SRGN in the unfolded protein response (UPR), an oncogenic signaling pathway implicated in protein recycling and cell fate. Herein, we developed stably transduced LN-18shSCR GBM cells, expressing high leve
Hereditary spinocerebellar degenerations (SCDs) is an umbrella term that covers a group of monogenic conditions that share common pathogenic mechanisms and include hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), cerebellar ataxia, and spinocerebellar ataxia. They are often complicated with axonal neuropathy and/or intellectual impairment and overlap with many neurological conditions, including neurodevelopme
The main purpose with this Master's thesis has been to through a case study investigate and analyze the music library activity at the Public Library in Lund, in order to find out according to which ideas and principals this activity is run by. It also discusses how you at the music department handle your task as intermediary of music and how well this coincides with the users expectations. To
