Understanding the patterns of evolutionary sequence divergence is fundamental for comparative analyses like phylogenetics or genomics. The rate at which the different sites of protein sequences evolve is multifactorial and the causes of variation among them are highly convoluted. Inference methods have been developed to estimate site-specific evolution rates from sequence alignments. Moreover, sev

There has been an increase in emergency preparedness measures aimed at individual households in the recent years in Sweden. The reason for this is that the Swedish government have deemed Swedish households' preparedness to be deficient and in need of improvement in order to better meet the risks of the modern society. It has been done through a number preparedness-raising campaigns. Risk commu

Att detaljhandelns förändring påverkar den fysiska butiken är ingen nyhet. Konsumenter rör sig mer och mer mot e-handeln, och det vi tidigare vetat om konsumentens beteende i handeln sätts på prov. Marknadsföringens roll i konsumentens köpprocess har studerats och diskuterats av flertalet forskare, under lång tid. Men hur ser det ut när marknadsföringen, likt detaljhandeln, utvecklas? Influencers

This Master’s project presents on the angular dependence of the intensity of the Raman active phonon modes of Black Phosphorus (BP), a layered 2D material with unique and attractive characteristics to the scientific and engineering community. Raman spectroscopy is an indispensable tool in quick and unobtrusive analysis of chemical structures. In this Master project, the structure of BP is analyzed

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad en kreativ lärmiljö innebär för elever på det estetiska programmet i musik. Vidare avser studien att ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar den kreativa lärmiljön för att förstå hur en sådan miljö kan skapas i skolan. Bakgrunden till studien är författarens eget intresse för hur den fysiska miljön kan uppmuntra eller hämma kreativitet samt en ökad efterfrThis study aims to investigate what a creative learning environment means for music students in upper secondary school. Furthermore, the study aims to find out what factors affect the creative learning environment in order to understand how to design a creative learning environment in music education. The background to the study is the author's own interest in how the physical environment can

År 2011 utbröt den sociala och politiska revolution i Syrien som senare utvecklades till en väpnad konflikt mellan regimen och olika väpnade folkliga grupper. Under perioden mellan 2012 och 2018 eskalerade konflikten och bredde ut sig i stort sett över hela Syrien. Konsekvensen av detta var storskaligt på den humanitära nivå, då hälften av befolkningen tvingades migrera inom eller utom landet och

Risk communication, the flow of information between decision-makers, risk experts and the public, can be a valuable tool in societal resilience building. Risk communication can be used both to inform the resilience planning process as well as to directly build resilience at all societal scales. The city of Belfast is currently developing a resilience strategy that addresses flooding in the city as

This thesis is divided in two with a theoretical research question as well as a practical research question. The theoretical question I sought answered was: Can architects support democracy? The question was sought answered through a literature study from which I concluded that especially two out of the many prerequisites for democracy relates to architectural practice: A need for a sense of “we”

Two deep learning techniques for classification on corrupt data are investigated and compared by performance. A simple imputation before classification is compared to imputation using a Variational Autoencoder (VAE). Both single and multiple imputation using the VAE are considered and compared in classification performance for different types and levels of corruption, and for different sample size

Uppsatsen behandlar det praktiska förnuftets första principer enligt St. Thomas rättsfilosofiska teori. Den tar sin utgångspunkt i två nutida författares tolkningar av denna och jämför dessa bådas tolkningar av St. Thomas originaltexter. De båda författarna är Jean Porter respektive Germain Grisez. Uppsatsen finner att de främst är eniga, men punkter där de tycker olika hittas också. Uppsatsen böThis paper covers the subject of the first principle of practical reason in the legal and moral theory of St. Thomas of Aquinas. It takes its starting point from the two Contemporary authors Jean Porter and Germain Grisez. It compares these two authors view of the operations and function of the practicla reason in the theory of St. Thomas. It focuses on similarities and differencis between the two

This study is a critical analysis about the meaning of labor within a Swedish consultant company. The aim of this study is to showcase, describe and evaluate employees attitudes towards their profession as a sales consultant. Therefore the study focus on identifying and analyzing the structures of meaning at the workplace, and the relationship between the employees and the organizational culture.

Energy use in buildings contributes significantly to the global energy demand and environmental impacts. Among all building services, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems consume the most energy. HVAC systems are as well one of the largest consumers of natural resources and materials in the building sector. Studies have shown that the manufacturing and operation of HVAC system

This thesis explores representations of duality across the work of contemporary Native American poets. Through the use of several analytic methods and postcolonial theories, this thesis will analyse representations of language, place, and identity, and argue that they are constructed in the border between Native American and American consciousness. Firstly, Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem will be read a

Egyptology in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed simultaneously with increased imperial presence in Egypt by the European imperial powers, which would have influence on how the discipline was practised. The history of Egyptology has for this reason primarily focused on the big four – Great Britain, France, Germany and USA – and on Egypt itself. The aim of this study is to examine how Egyp

The objective of this thesis was to perform multidisciplinary sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the building parameters integrating thermal comfort, energy and daylight. The case study of a Danish office building was used for performing the simulations. The study evaluated the suitability of developed methodology for further usage in the early design stages of the building projects. A litera

The purpose of the study is to investigate how the construction process for building a meeting station on a railway can be made more efficient. Today many railways in Sweden have bad capacity which means that meeting stations are necessary. In 2018 one meeting station was build in Skruv on “Kust till kust” line by NRC Group. This project has been studied in the case study and interviews has been d

The present study examines in a quantitative manner the relationship between the attitudes toward gender equality and those toward gender-inclusive language. It also studies how a text written with gender-inclusive language is evaluated and observes what factors can act thereupon. The influence of gender, linguistic area and an argumentation promoting this kind of language on attitudes and on the

Denna studie handlar om det miljöarbete som utförts i Varbergs kommun i relation till de nationella miljömålen. Den består av information samlad från intervjuer av fem personer som jobbar i eller med Varbergs kommun. Alla har relevanta positioner för att uttala sig om olika delar av Varbergs kommun miljöarbete. Studien undersöker hur Varberg ligger till i sitt arbete med de nationella miljömålen oThis study is about the environmental work made in the municipality of Varberg in relation to the Swedish environmental goals. It consists of information gathered from five different interviews with people that work with the municipalities environmental work in different capacities. Most of the statistics are taken from other sources.The study also explores things that makes it harder for the muni

Following the refugee crisis in 2015, Sweden experienced the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history. What are the effects on crime of such extensive immigration? This paper aims at analyzing if it prevails a causal relationship between the last years’ refugee immigration and crime rates in Sweden. For this purpose, data from the state’s refugee placement program is evaluated, which yi