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Human-induced climate change has emerged as one of the greatest sustainability challenges of our time, with significant risks for human health, livelihoods and security. However, technological solutions to phase out the use of fossil fuels in industrialized countries are politically contested. Their adoption depends on disrupting the institutions and behaviours that perpetuate the dependence on fo
The goal of this thesis work is to implement a convolutional neural network on an FPGA device with the capability of recognising human sign language. The set of gestures that the neural network can identify has been taken from the Swedish sign language, and it consists of the signs used for representing the letters of the Swedish alphabet (a.k.a. fingerspelling). The motivation driving this projec
Speed and visual influence on fashion trends – a study of Snapchat’s impact and significance on the spread of trends in the fashion system through visual images. Today’s fashion system has reached its climax due to technological advances and increasingly speedy nature of how fashion trends are conveyed to consumers. The tool used to examine the thesis of this study was a qualitative text analysis
This thesis evaluates the performance of an EPR programme for post-consumer PET waste management by PET recycling company (PETCO) in South Africa. It analyses waste management policies of South Africa that are relevant to EPR. Using a set of evaluative tools, the thesis reveals areas for improvement in the EPR scheme. It also identifies areas in informal sector interventions where EPR can contribu
Today, Swedish police authorities nationwide collect data of traffic accidents. The information is stored in a national database managed by the Swedish Transport Agency and is an important resource in the process of analysing and improving road safety. Literature studies in this thesis, together with earlier work by the author have suggested that the data collection process is in need of an upda
Nature-based Solutions (NBS) are one of the approaches to the regeneration of urban areas. These solutions are copied from, inspired by, or supported by nature. The solutions, ideally, result in multiple benefits to the society and environment. The examples of NBS measures for stormwater management are, including but not limited to, natural swale, retention ponds, and green roofs. Such measures ha
En analyserade och komparativ studie av den svenska rollspelsdebatten och dess relation till moralpaniksteorin. Materialet består av artiklar och debattinlägg från dagstidningar och tidskrifter.
Multinationella företag kan använda sig av en holdingbolagsstruktur för att vinstförskjutning ska ske mellan koncernbolag i syfte att minska skattebelastningen. I den svenska kupongskattelagen finns ett undantag från källskatt på utdelningar till utländska bolag, som bedöms motsvara ett svenskt aktiebolag, från deras näringsbetingade andelar. För att förhindra kringgående av kupongskatt finns dockMultinational enterprises can use holding structures to shift profits between group companies, in order to reduce their tax burden. Dividends paid to a foreign company, equivalent to a Swedish limited liability company, from its Swedish subsidiaries are generally exempt from withholding taxes in Sweden. In order to prevent circumvention of withholding tax, the Swedish withholding tax legislation p
This paper aims to study different aspects of visions for environmentally sustainable urban planning in Lund (Sweden). Questions are raised to examine which visions that are most prominent. This is answered by conducting a qualitative document analysis on policy documents for future planning in Lund and by discussing the findings against environmental sustainability and Sweden's goals for sust
This study was motivated by the current vulnerable status of Chinese taught as a second language in Swedish gymnasium education, calling for further knowledge on how theories on second language (L2) acquisition can benefit instruction on L2 Chinese. Since language textbooks often constitute the curriculum in Swedish classrooms, two Chinese textbooks were targeted for analysis in terms of the seque
Digitalisering har förändrat hur människor arbetar och arbetsmiljö inkluderar numera digitala aspekter. Forskning och rapporter visar en problematik kring den digitala arbetsmiljön och medarbetares hälsa. Då den digitala arbetsmiljön präglas av ICT är det således något som vissa forskare anser att systemutvecklare bör ta hänsyn till. Syftet med studien är att genom kvalitativa intervjuer med respo
To successfully deploy radical innovation is crucial for companies to stay competitive. An important role play intrapreneurs who take over the responsibility to develop an idea. As the processes of many companies are not made to support this kind of innovation intrapreneurs need to rely on their social capital to overcome barriers for radical innovation. This inductive, single-case study uses qual
In this paper we study Fourier multiplers on radially weighted Bergman Hilbert spaces of analytic functions in the unit disc. We relate the Berezin transform of such a Fourier multipler to a certain expansion formula in terms of the associated shift operator. We also show that the possibility of a specific operator formula of this type considered recently by Louhichi, Olofsson and Wennman implies
The focus in this paper was on managers in the middle position in the care of the elderly and people with disabilities. The aim was to develop knowledge about the conditions of work among managers in the middle position and what they characterized as good leadership and which strategies they used in their work. The empirical data consisted of nine qualitative interviews with managers in the middle
The purpose of this project was to find an understanding for why public agents working with introduction of immigrants have decided to co-operate and co-ordinate their efforts. Another purpose was to gain insights in what characterizes this co-operation. Seven interviews were made with practitioners working with these questions on national-, regional- and local levels. The material gathered in th
The essay discusses the so called perforated vessels and especially the cylindrical vessels without any bottom found in among others Skåne. The main question is whether these could be used within craftsmanship requiring high temperatures such as bronze-melting. To do this I have undertaken a number of experiments on witch this essay is based on. Three different kinds of crafts were tested: bronze-
This thesis looked into the protection and occupational development process under the Thai government shelter and the extent to which it has assisted and supported the victims of human trafficking, both Thai and non-Thai, in psychosocial rehabilitation, therapy, and vocational training and development. I used the capability theory and empowerment approach as a framework of analysis to assess quali
