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The main focus of this work is to investigate the performance of some simple radiation models used in the thermal radiative heat transfer calculations in a 55 MWe fixed bed boiler with wet wood-chips as the fuel. An optically thin approach, Rosseland approximation, and the P1-approximation were utilised in the investigation. A new optimised version, as it comes to computational speed, o
Our purpose in this paper is to discuss Swedish nature in a specific context, namely that of ecotourism. The wider framework is the concept of cultural economy in relation to nature. Nature is culturally constructed – given meaning – by the actual doings of e.g. ecotourism operators, and this meaning is transformed into cash flows through tourist practices. It is this cultural construction of natu
Motivation: Comparisons of microbiome communities across populations are often based on pairwise distance measures (beta-diversity). Standard analyses (principal coordinate plots, permutation tests, kernel methods) require access to primary data if another investigator wants to add or compare independent data. We propose using standard reference measurements to simplify microbiome beta-diversity a
Estimates of relative pollen productivity (RPP) represent key input parameters for model-based quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation cover. In this study, we provide the first RPP estimates for 13 taxa from the forest steppe ecoregion in southeastern Romania (southeastern Europe). We used modern pollen assemblages from 26 points together with vegetation surveys and mapping, covering a 1.
The design of port complexes is a process that requires considering geographical and economic features of the territory. It is necessary to aggregate the characteristics of coastal landscapes, seascapes, artificial elements, dangerous objects, etc. The experience of implementing such projects (for example, in Sabetta) suggests that all participants in the design process need highly precise geograp
Introduction: Due to the high cost and complexity, the oral glucose tolerance test is not adopted as the screening method for identifying diabetes patients, which leads to the misdiagnosis of patients with isolated post-challenge hyperglycemia (IPH), that is., patients with normal fasting plasma glucose (<7.0 mmoL/L) and abnormal 2-h postprandial blood glucose (≥11.1 mmoL/L). We aimed to develop a
Det saknades länge explicit reglering avseende barns rätt till inflytande över den egna vården på hälso- och sjukvårdens område, undantaget vissa regler i speciallagstiftning. På senare år har det införts bestämmelser som uttryckligen markerar barns rätt i svensk hälso- och sjukvårdslagstiftning. Uppsatsen syftar till att utreda hur svensk hälso- och sjukvårdslagstiftning hanterar situationer därFor a long time, there was no explicit regulation of children’s right to influence their own care in the field of health care, except for certain rules in special legislation. In recent years, such provisions have been introduced in the Swedish healthcare legislation. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how Swedish health care legislation deals with situations where children without decision
I svensk lagstiftning är en samförståndslösning något som eftersträvas och anses vara barnets bästa. På flera ställen i vår lagbok, bland annat i Föräldrabalken och i Socialtjänstlagen, finns regleringar vad domare och socialtjänstemän är skyldiga att göra för att underlätta en samförståndslösning. Även i Norge ses samförståndslösningar som något positivt. Förutom de frivilliga samtalen på socialk
Global warming and climate change is getting a serious issue and a great environmental threat that affects many aspects of life and our ways of living on this planet. The negative effects of climate change are endangering our communities, health and economy. Global warming can be considered as a main reason for sea rising levels, extreme heat which is responsible for many forests’ fires, severe dr
In this master thesis we investigate the predictive performance of several well-known Value at Risk (VaR) estimation methods, given a specific company setting. The thesis is conducted at a Swedish financial institution that wants to be able to measure foreign exchange (FX) risk induced by cross-currency transactions carried out by the company. The goal of the thesis is to provide empirical evidenc
Background: The IKEA Range & Supply organisation consists of business areas (BAs) and categories. BAs work with product development toward end-customers while the material-based categories work toward suppliers with purchasing and sourcing related tasks. There exists an internal cross-organisational interface between these units and IKEA recently created Sourcing Assignment as a tool to encour
Beviskrav är en bevisteoretisk term för att beskriva vilken styrka bevisningen måste ha för att ett rättsfaktum ska anses konstituerat som i sin tur kan ligga till grund för domen i ett mål. Beviskravet riktas mot den part som bär bevisbördan i målet. Syftet med framställningen är att utreda vilket beviskrav som gäller för att tvångsomhändertagande ska få ske enligt 2 § LVU och huruvida det beviEvidentiary requirement is a term to describe which height of quality of evidence is needed for a dispositive fact to be put as a basis for a verdict. The evidentiary requirement is directed towards the party which bears the burden of proof in the case. The purpose of the paper is to investigate what evidentiary requirement applies for forced remand to be made in accordance with Section 2 LVU and
Att i vardagen interagera med virtuella objekt med hög precision har länge ansetts vara futuristiskt. I vårt examensarbete har vi med neurala nätverk tagit ett första steg för att uppnå detta. Tänk om du kunnat prova kläder och smycken hemma innan du handlar på internet. Om du kunnat möblera din lägenhet innan du köpt möblerna. Tänk om du hade kunnat göra allt du gör med din telefon idag, och myckEstimating 3D hand poses from RGB images is a challenging task. In this work we construct efficient neural networks to regress sparse 3D skeletons consisting of 21 keypoints in the hand. Additionally heatmaps are regressed to locate the keypoints in 2D. The networks created can be divided into three parts: feature extraction, heatmap regression and 3D pose regression. To obtain the 3D coordinates
For model-based quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation cover on the scale of landscapes, pollen productivity estimates (PPEs) are key input parameters. In this study, we employed a random sampling strategy to collect moss polsters at 20 sites in Changbai Mountain, northeastern China. A detailed vegetation survey within 1000-m radius around each sampling point was carried out and digitized
The relation between intra-partum cardiotocography (CTG), cord blood acid-base status, Apgar score and neonatal morbidity was studied in 1228 consecutively live-born babies and in a subgroup of 200 babies (148 babies with a 1 min Apgar score < or = 8 and 52 randomly selected babies with a 1 min Apgar score > or = 9). The scores for the individual components of the 1 min Apgar score were strongly a
Purpose The purpose of the master thesis is to create a Six Sigma based project steering model for Fast Track Projects in order for Plan & Secure Capacity to be able to benefit from efficient project execution processes. Methodology The project is performed as a clinical research where workshops with project leaders have been held in order to test the model. The data collection is based on int
This report examines the possibilities of decarbonising operation & maintenance vessels for a prospective floating offshore wind power park at the Utsira Nord site in Norway, through self-sufficient energy carrier production utilizing power-to-X-solutions. Possible alternative fuels are identified as compressed hydrogen, batteries, liquid hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, and biofuels, out of which
[NiFe] hydrogenases catalyse the reaction H2 <-> 2H(+) + 2e(-). Several states of the enzyme have been observed by spectroscopic methods. Among these, the two most oxidized states, called the unready Ni-A and Ni-SU states, have been especially intriguing, because they take a much longer time to activate than the corresponding ready Ni-B and Ni-SI states. It has recently been suggested that the unr
