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Invasive species can displace natives, and thus identifying the traits that make aliens successful is crucial for predicting and preventing biodiversity loss. Pathogens may play an important role in the invasive process, facilitating colonization of their hosts in new continents and islands. According to the Novel Weapon Hypothesis, colonizers may out-compete local native species by bringing with
The thesis is a combination of both research fieldwork in sociology and documentary study on the historical development of Japanese animation (and manga) within China in the past two decades. The author tries to reveal some of the social changes taken place in Chinese society through a prevailing foreign culture that once did not even exist. The thesis examines the background, the initiation and d
The importance of access to the ECJ, as the common judge of Europe, is of major importance for individuals as a way to ensure effective protection of those rights, which they derive from Community law. Due to the problems facing individuals as regards direct access, because of the requirement of them having to show direct and individual concern, the indirect way of access, by way of the national c
One important open question in side-channel analysis is to find out whether all the leakage samples in an implementation can be exploited by an adversary, as suggested by masking security proofs. For attacks exploiting a divide-and-conquer strategy, the answer is negative: only the leakages corresponding to the first/last rounds of a block cipher can be exploited. Soft Analytical Side-Channel Atta
Background: Defunctioning loop ileostomy (DLI) in low anterior resection (LAR) in rectal cancer patients reduces the morbidity of anastomotic leakages. In our previous study, 30% of patients developed dehydration due to DLI, mostly during the first 6 weeks. This interventional study aimed to reduce these figures by establishing a surveillance programme. Methods: An interventional study of rectal c
Sverige behöver ett förbättrat konsumentkreditskydd. Fler sms-lån än någonsin har hittills i år hamnat i Kronofogdemyndighetens register som obetalda. Konsumenternas skydd är i stort sett verkningslöst, många sms-långivare missköter kreditupplysningarna och ger ut lån till människor som redan är skuldsatta. Förslag till förbättringar för konsumenternas skydd på sms-lånemarknaden finns. Nu återstårSweden needs an improved consumer credit protection. More SMS-loans than ever, so far this year has ended up in Kronofogdemyndighetens records for unpaid SMS-loans. Consumer protection is very ineffective; many SMS-lenders mismanage credit checks and give out loans to people who are already in debt. Proposed improvements to consumer protection on the SMS-loan market exist. Now it only remains to s
Backup heating for passive houses. This paper consists of information and calculations considering the possibility for the passive houses in Björka 16:1 in north Helsingborg to be heated by district heating, heat pump or an electric boiler. This paper can be used as an inspiration for future projects considering passive houses, as the market for such houses is tiny in Sweden today. Helsingborgshem
Track switches are vital parts in the railway construction. They meet an important feature when planing and stearing the traffic flow through them to increase capacity. To ensure functionality during winter they have since the 50- century systematically installed switch heating with different technical solutions but with the same objective, to keep the moving parts on the switch free from snow and
ABSTRACT Author: Louise Jonsson Title: The grief has got a water lily in its lake: a qualitative content analysis regarding children growing up close to a parent with a mental illness [Translated title] Supervisor: Hanna Wittrock This bachelor thesis examines the situation of children growing up with a parent with mental illness, a group that has been left out from research during a long period of
Bound by the European Union policy, Poland needs to increase the share of renewable energy by 7,5% by 2010 and 15% by 2020. Biomass was once viewed as the largest potential for expansion of renewable energy in Poland. However, in the light of this thesis work, it appears that recent legislation and the standpoint of the State Forest Company will result in the barely emerging market for biomass fro
Abstract The Corporate Planning Process within ST-‐Ericsson requires each division within the company to develop its own five-‐year plan, which later will be consolidated into a corporate long-‐term plan. L3M, the division subject to this study, has so far only submitted one long-‐term plan. Both the process of developing the plan and the plan itself was considered unsatisfactory. This thesis
The Church of Sweden is the largest church in Sweden and has according to its Church Ordinance a diaconal responsibility for everyone who stays in the parish, including students and employees at the universities. It is hard to see that this responsibility is fulfilled. This thesis deals with concerns about the student chaplains in Sweden. I attempt to answer the questions "how do the student
The company Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings in Sege, have certificates for environment and quality management systems according to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. During spring 2003 they launched a new product, Tinova VX, which became a success. By studying the product development process, knowledge about the systems and the usage of them could be gained. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse the s
To develop and apply goals for future sustainability, we must consider what people care about and what motivates them to engage in solving sustainability issues. Sense of place theory and methods provide a rich source of insights that, like the social-ecological systems perspective, assume an interconnected social and biophysical reality. However, these fields of research are only recently beginni
There is a lack of detailed information on the impact of organic feeding regulation on the health and well-being of cows. This has become especially important since January 2008 when the EU required 100% organic ration for organic dairy herds. The aim of this investigation was to determine and compare the levels of essential elements in organic and conventional dairy herds, and to associate them w
Research has shown that families experience poor involvement in needs assessment of older people while little is known about municipal care managers' views of family participation. The aim was to explore how municipal care managers view families' participation in and influence on needs assessment of older people receiving public home help. Individual interviews (n = 26) were conducted with care ma
Abstract With Europe and the EU facing a time of constant political changes and financial crisis in to the Eurozone, the rise of phenomena like Euroscepticism and Populism are more topical than ever. Through the use of populist rhetoric, Eurosceptic parties, such as the British UK Independence Party (UKIP), are gaining support across Europe and have proven their influence on the European politica
Since the mid 1900s, the “ the Swedish model ”, has contributed to that all Swedish citiziens has a right to community benefits in case of illnesses, accidents or unemployment. For this system to work, there has to be a mutual trust between the taxpayers and the government; everyone has to take responsibility and notify the government if they´re no longer in need of the benefit. The main focus in
The possibility to analyze district heating customers has increased in recent times. This is mainly because of the fact that hourly measured values for each customer now are available for the energy companies. This master thesis aims to categorize Lunds Energi’s district heat customers according to their consumption patterns. The result should be presented in such a way that all the categories cou
