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In the 20th century, big innovative steps were made in the cutting tool industry. Two Swedish companies, today Seco Tools AB and Sandvik Coromant, were some of the first companies to use cemented carbide as tool material. In 1969 Sandvik Coromant introduced a layer of titanium carbides on top of a cemented carbide substrate to improve its performance. Coating materials have been continuously devel
The aviation sector's contribution to global CO2 emissions requires the exploration of sustainable energy alternatives, with hydrogen emerging as a promising candidate. Despite their potential, hydrogen aircraft propulsion systems are not yet commercially viable, primarily due to technical challenges such as cavitation in hydrogen pumps. This study aims to analyse and optimise the design of hy
The post-pandemic rise of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) within the music industry has presented a disruptive innovation that has the potential to reshape traditional business models, offering artists new revenue streams and direct-to-fan engagement opportunities. As music NFTs grow in prominence, they challenge the entrenched systems of royalties and intermediaries, prompting questions about their lo
Våren 2024 röstades ett omdebatterat lagförslag igenom i den svenska riksdagen. Under juli 2025 ersätts lag (1972:119) om fastställande av könstillhörighet i vissa fall – könstillhörighetslagen – med en ny. Den nya lagen reducerar rådande 18-årsgräns för det juridiska könsbytet; 16-åringar ska ges möjlighet att ta beslut i frågan, med vårdnadshavares medgivande. Under det senaste decenniet har fIn the spring of 2024, a contentious legislative proposal was voted through in the Swedish parliament. In July 2025 the gender recognition act will be replaced. The new law will reduce the age limit for the right to change legal gender from 18 to 16 years of age, with the consent of the guardians of the youth concerned. Over the last decade, several initiatives have been raised with the objective
With viral infections becoming an ever-increasing health problem in the world, the study of viral proteins is a cornerstone for understanding and preventing future pandemics. The following work shows the purification and structural characterization of the Influenza A M2 proton channel through solid-state NMR (ssNMR). Despite previously published structures of the M2 proton channel, the method of p
Dockless bike-sharing is growing in many cities around the globe. At the same time issues related to this type of urban mobility such as illegal or improper parking behavior are becoming more frequent. The implementation of parking zones delineated by geofences has been discussed as a possible solution for these issues. This master thesis project aims to develop a GIS-based multi-criteria analysis
Teknikutveckling för elvägar är högaktuell i dagens samhälle. Flertalet olika tekniker och infrastruktur för laddning under körning av elfordon testas i Sverige idag. En möjlig elvägslösning är laddning konduktivt från ett spår eller skena placerad på vägen under elfordonet. Vid sådan konduktiv laddning släpar en kontakt i spår eller på skena och laddar elfordonet. Detta sätter stora krav på kontaThe development of technology for electric road systems is highly relevant today. Plenty of technologies and infrastructure for charging while driving electric vehicles are being tested in Sweden today. One possible solution for an electric road system is conductive charging from a rail on top of, or milled into, the road below the electric vehicle. In this type of conductive charging an electric
Stålindustrin står för uppskattningsvis 7–9 % av de globala växthusgasutsläppen. Därför måste stålindustrin bidra till minskningen av växthusgasutsläppen. Under lång tid har stålindustrin fokuserat på mindre och frekventa inkrementella minskningar av CO2 utsläpp genom energieffektiviseringsåtgärder. Dessa åtgärder kommer inte att räcka för att nå målen som är överenskomna i Parisavtalet eftersom uThe steel industry is accountable for approximately 7–9 % of global GHG emissions. Therefore, the steel industry must contribute to the reductiuon of emissions of GHG. For a long time, the industry has focused on minor and frequent incremental reductions of CO2 emissions by implementing energy efficiency measures. However, these types of measures will not be sufficient to reach the goals agreed up
Computed tomography (CT) segmentation models are frequently used within radiotherapy treatment planning, but similar models are not available to the related imaging modality cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) due to the scarcity of labeled data from this domain. Such models could have multiple clinical applications whereby it is of interest to study whether the CT segmentation models can be adap
The recent progress of deep learning has enabled more powerful frameworks to create good-quality deepfakes. Deepfakes, which are mostly known for malicious purposes, have great potential to be useful in areas such as the movie industry, education, and personalized messaging. This thesis focus on lip-synchronization, which is a part of a broader pipeline to develop personalized video messages, usin
Background: Social media has permeated practically every aspect of our everyday lives. One of these social media platforms is Instagram, which enables people to connect, communicate and share information with other users. The potential of these and social media influencers (SMI) to influence users’ behaviours is considerable. However, sustainability influencers, an emerging type of SMIs, have gain
Latin America is considered the most unequal region of the world - and also, its second largest oil producer. Using prior research on resource curse and its potential effects on democracy in the mentioned area, combined with research on gender equality in the Middle East - this paper aims to explore the existence of a potential statistical relationship between oil and gender equality. The author u
With the increasing portfolio of options when looking for new mobile apps and web tools their is a need to excel. One of the possible solutions is to capture and hold on to the users by introducing gamification that motivates the user and gives them the opportunity to feel more engaged with a product. This master thesis examines a possible gamification design for the software solution KLAR. KLAR c
Training Generative Adversial Networks (GANs) for image synthesis problems is a largely heuristical process that is known to be fickle and difficult to set up reliably. To avoid common failure modes and succeed with GAN training, one needs to find very specific hyperparameter settings carefully tuned to the model architectures and datasets at hand. Standard GAN training optimization methods such a
Power reduction is becoming a critical design requirement for ASIC/SOC designers. Reducing both dynamic and leakage power is essential to meet power budgets for portable devices as well as to ensure that these ASICs meet their packaging and cooling costs. In addition, the power of an ASIC has a significant impact on its reliability and manufacturing yield. Also, low-power has become a leading des
Multi-storey buildings constructed in timber have become more common in recent years. A reason for this lies in the growing interest for sustainable building, where timber is seen as a particularly interesting alternative. As efforts have been made to improve the heat insulation in buildings, the energy consumption from manufacturing materials and from constructing buildings, referred to as embodi
The transition to a sustainable economy requires smarter management of product-related data over the entire product life cycle. Most of this information is currently not optimized to be easily accessible to businesses and consumers. Therefore, politicians have an important role to play in implementing various environmental policies and product related instruments, to reduce the environmental impac
This research examines the board game market, which can help the client in improving their existing board games. Based on the literature review, the board game is situated in a large-scale market (Arizton, 2019) that is suitable for developing novel games. Meanwhile, this research includes a survey on popular board game mechanics and an examination of relative word games and target groups. Regardi
Title: Identification and suggestions of emerging technologies for a smart warehouse Authors: Xinchuan Li, Monish Ashok Kumar Background description: The warehouse is a crucial point and one of the most vital logistics and supply chain management links. Warehouses are built to smooth the supply chain and can be divided into different classifications. The importance of warehouses has increased a lo
