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The human immune system responds to a wide variety of pathogens and microorganisms to defend the body. Investigating the cell types and molecular markers of the immune system are critical for the understanding of diseases and finding treatments. Antigen presenting cells (APCs) are sentinels of the immune system that sample the surrounding environment and educate the components of the adaptive immuCan parts of the immune system be utilized for new effective cancer treatments? The immune system is a defense network for our body to respond against outside invaders including bacteria, fungi and viruses, and protect us from diseases by, for instance, removing infected or abnormal cells. The innate immune system acts as a rapid response system for recognizing foreign, potentially dangerous age

To the ensure continuity and protection of critical infrastructures in society, it is necessary to study infrastructure dependencies. This thesis focuses on critical infrastructure dependencies in Sweden and aims to increase the knowledge of how municipalities in Sweden analyze critical dependencies in municipal risk and vulnerability analyses (RVAs). The study adopts a framework of risk governanc

A major area of research in neuroscience is the effect of stimulating nerves into activation from extrinsic stimuli. This is commonly done with electric currents and external skin-contact electrodes. Research has shown that this method is efficient for producing muscle activation and that different current waveforms produce differing levels of activation and discomfort. This report aims to augment

När man tänker på hemoglobin tänker man vanligtvis på det protein som finns i blodet och som hjälper till att transportera syre från lungorna ut till kroppens alla delar. Men det är inte alla som vet att varianter av hemoglobin också finns i växter, där det hjälper till med att bland annat reglera halten kväveoxid eller transportera syre hos växten. Hemoglobin är ett proteinkomplex med en järnatPeople who don’t eat meat can suffer from iron deficiency due to the lower efficiency of absorption of non-heme iron compared to heme iron. The aim of this master thesis was to explore the possibilities of producing a plant-based alternative of heme-iron by evaluating the efficiency of expression of sugar beet hemoglobin in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. The gene from sugar beet hemog

Syfte: Den här pilotstudien hade syftet att undersöka svårighetsgraden av ett urval affix inför en kommande interventionsstudie (huvudstudie) och därmed få en ökad kunskap om barns förståelse för morfem. Studien syftade även till att undersöka samband mellan morfologisk kunskap och ordförståelse samt lärarskattning av kommunikationsförmåga. Metod: Språklig testning genomfördes med hjälp av två tePurpose: The following pilot study attempted to explore the level of difficulty in a sample of selected affixes for an upcoming intervention study (main study), to acquire knowledge regarding children’s understanding of Swedish morphemes. The study also attempted to examine the relationship between morphological knowledge and word comprehension as well as teacher ratings of communication skills.

This study performs a descriptive analysis of the potential effects of intermarriage on children of the immigrants arrived to the US in the Age of Mass Migration. To do this, we use a novel dataset, the Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel Project from IPUMS, that uses US full-count Census data to link people across censuses. This allows us to estimate the effect of intermarriage on children in a

Human Capital is deemed as an imperative factor for economic growth, however, it is argued the extent of this interrelation. Acemoglu, Gallego and Robinson (2014) claim that the institutional framework of a nation, in specificthose of private property are deemed as pivotal for a nation’s development. In this sense, in order to contectualise this argument, the current thesis focuses on the case of

This work studies the practice of school trips to the memorial sites of the Holocaust with the aim of investigating how history is used in order to form tolerance among the participating students. The study employs a theoretical foundation of practice theory and literature on the academic debate on learning from the past. Thematic analysis is used for analyzing commonalities and differences in 7 i

The Art Museum has long acted as a complex and multifaceted symbol of power, exclusion and liberation. In recent time, the Art Museum’s position has shifted from a place of fine culture, a space that separate the elite from “the others”, to undergo a democratization in an attempt to reach a wider audience and become more accessible. At the same time, there is a conflict regarding the Art Museum wh

This thesis examines how bisexuality get constructed as a distinct sexual orientation category through asylum determination processes in Sweden. With a theoretical focus on the interaction between notions of sexuality and national borders this study also investigates how the assessment of ‘sexual orientation’ asylum claims contribute to the regulation of the Swedish border. To investigate these tw

A prototype of a novel 10B-based neutron detector called the Multi-Grid detector has been constructed, tested and commissioned for the European Spallation Source (ESS). The detector is constructed after the specifications set by the CSPEC instrument at ESS and is therefore called the CSPEC Multi-Grid detector. The detector uses multiple layers of solid coating containing 10B4C on the edges of a vo

The primary aim of the following study is to examine how a brand can achieve social sustainability by integrating ethical Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into their communication of reports. This thesis will study the two active fashion brands GANNI and H&M Group with material that consist of two qualitative content analyses of “GANNI Responsibility Report 2021” and “H&M Group Annual

The success of future Internet of Things (IoT) depends on, among the other things, developing energy-effcient communication techniques that can enable information exchange among billions of IoT devices with ultra-low/zero power consumption requirements. Ambient backscatter communications is an emerging technology, which utilizes the ambient Radio Frequency (RF) signal as the carrier to reduce the

This thesis presents the temperature dependence of InGaAs Nanowire (NW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) grown at two different temperatures. The two different growths represent one sample having nanowires which have a mixed crystal structure (showing stacking faults) and one sample with nanowires of pure crystal structure (without stacking faults). The sample with a pu

This thesis will explore the role of cryptocurrencies in a market index portfolio. The portfolios of a mix of Bitcoin, Ether and the market indices S&P 500, OMXS30 and VTI will be examined and optimized to maximize the Sharpe ratio. This process is done using the Markowitz Portfolio Theory for portfolios containing one market index and either one or both cryptocurrencies, numerically optimizin

Sammanfattning Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka samt beskriva omfattningen av köparens undersökningsplikt vid en immaterialrättslig due diligence. En immaterialrättslig due diligence är en undersökning av de immateriella rättigheterna. Exempel på vad som kan undersökas är datarum, diverse licensavtal, anställningsavtal, registreringar etc. Immateriella rättigheter kan vara det som skapar Summary The purpose of this thesis is to examine and describe the buyer's duty to investigate the company's intellectual property. Intellectual property can have a significant meaning for a commercial company, the intellectual property can also be the core of the company. Intellectual property is divided into four central laws. The first law is the Act on Copyright in Literary and Artisti

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka situationen för de strukturellt hemlösa i Malmö idag. Detta i avseende till en ny vägledning skriven av Malmö stad som menar att det bara är de socialt hemlösa som bör få bistånd till boende och inte de strukturellt hemlösa. Studien inkluderar intervjuer med personal från organisationen Skåne Stadsmission och även en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av denna nya Headline: Structural homelessness - An intersectional study of the consequences of Malmö Municipality’s work with homelessness. The purpose of this study is to explore the situation of the structurally homeless in Malmö today. This regards to a new guideline made by the municipality of Malmö that states that only the socially homeless should be able to get housing assistance, meaning that the st

Organisationer kan reglera anställdas identiteter med hjälp av en värdegrund. När anställda känner en stark koppling till värdegrunden kan anställda identifiera sig med organisationen. Vår forskning avslöjar att det kan finnas fördelar med en värdegrund som att motivera och inspirera anställda, samt skapa en gemenskap och karriärmöjligheter. Vår forskning avslöjar att det finns nackdelar med att i