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The Lunar Light House project was developed to provide a novel system of protection against cosmic radiation specifically for a surface Lunar base. It’s main target was to find a technical solution which would allow for more freedom in shaping the base structure and also potentially for introducing natural sun light. At the time of developing this project, there seldom were any ideas as to how t
In this work we carry out a thorough analysis of applying a specific field within machine learning called generative adversarial networks, to the art of natural language generation; more specifically we generate news text articles in an automated fashion. To do this, we experimented with a few different architectures and representations of text, evaluated the results and used the information retri
In our paper, we analyse Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) for 67 European non-financial companies between December 2004 and December 2014, focusing on the five-year maturity corporate CDS spreads. The period of analysis is divided into three sub-periods; before the financial crisis, during the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis. The CreditGrades model is used to estimate CDS
In this study some microscopic medical images are treated. They are stained with H&E, so they mainly have two colors: pink and purple. The main target is to separate these two colors trying three different algorithms (as any of them is perfect). Pixels in the image have to be separated in two different clusters, so each pixel has to be studied for its classification. This fact makes the comput
A climatisation controller for a car with multiple objectives is developed, implemented and tested in simulations. The design focuses on electric cars and their specific characteristics. In this context the goal has been to fulfil common comfort and safety standards while having a low energy consumption. The main idea of the control in order to achieve this is to use a simplified model predictive
Bolivia is a country with a troubling political past, and crammed with political instability and turmoil the Bolivian society inhabits a wide spectrum of cleavages. In this paper we determine that Bolivia is a case of unstable democracy. We use consociational theory and consensus democracy theory to answer why this is the case, by looking at the development Bolivia’s institutional design in order
The aim of this master's thesis was to study how children experience counselling groups at school. My questions were: HASH(0x12677f0) The theoretical approach was group psychology, gender theory and dynamic developmental psychology. I used qualitative interviews to gather the empirical data. The main results of the study are the following: The children that have been interviewed all experien
The realisation that climate change will have serious effects on human life has activated the wider human rights community, which is now searching for an entrance into the global issue of our time. So far, most efforts by human rights practitioners have been concentrated on the overarching problem of global injustice, which relates to the right to development. However, in estimating the effects
This study aims to analyze how genre conventions of celebrity journalism shift when taken to a new platform with new limitations, possibilities and media logics. Hänt, a Swedish newspaper covering entertainment and celebrity news, regularly produces material for the video based platform Tiktok. These videos, studied through qualitative content analysis and with theories regarding genre, celebrity
Mobile devices have expanded and increased flexibility in communication, but at the same time, they can disrupt presence and create distance and isolation between people. With the help of a qualitative interview study, the purpose of this study is to examine how mobile devices can impact communication and relationships within a family in various ways, based on the perspectives and experiences of y
Below are some of the main publications by the Psychological Defence Research Institute and our affiliates. 2026Ördén, H., Isaksson, E., & Smedberg, M. (2026). Guardians of trust: foreign interference and the institutional logics of democratic resilience among Swedish country governors. European Security, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2026.2615956Willmetts, S., Palmertz, B., & Thunholm, P
https://www.psychologicaldefence.lu.se/research - 2026-06-29
Windmill structures must withstand very high horizontal loading giving an extremely large overturning moment on the foundation. These structures have very low stability loads in comparison to the overturning loads. The traditional way to solve the construction problem uses a shallow foundation with a massive concrete volume or a piled foundation to resist the extreme overturning moment. This work
The aim of this study was to examine the infiltration rate of water and some parameters affecting it. Especially the land usage, the abundance of roots and macropores were investigated. A field study was carried out on western Java in Indonesia, on the slope of Mount Salak. The study compared four different land uses; i.e. forest, shrub areas, tree plantation and cropland since there was a high o
