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Segmentation and Prediction of Mutation Status of Malignant Melanoma Whole-slide Images using Deep Learning

Malignt melanom är en aggressiv form av hudcancer. Genmutationer kan påskynda sjukdomsförloppet och spridningen av tumörer, men specialanpassad behandling finns att tillgå. Idag används DNA-analys för att upptäcka genmutationer, vilket är kostsamt och tidskrävande. Syftet med vårt examensarbete är att undersöka om djupinlärning (deep learning) kan användas för att hitta genmutationer från vävnadsbMalignant melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer. Gene mutations can make the disease progress faster, but specialised treatment exists. Today, gene mutations are detected with DNA-analysis which is costly and time-consuming. The aim of our thesis is to investigate whether deep learning can be used to differentiate whole-slide images of tumours with different gene mutations. This was done i

Litar studenter på socialtjänsten? En kvantitativ studie om samband mellan institutionell tillit och uppväxtland

Socialtjänsten är en väsentlig del av det svenska välfärdssystemet som kräver tillit från sina medborgare för att kunna fungera. Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att ta reda på om studenter har hög eller låg tillit till socialtjänsten samt om tilliten påverkas av studentens uppväxtland. Rothsteins teori om socialt kapital användes för att förklara betydelsen av institutionell tillit och för att beThe Swedish Social Services are an essential part of the welfare system which requires trust from its citizens to function. The purpose of this thesis was to find out if students have a high or low trust in Swedish Social Services and if that trust is affected by the country the student grew up in. Rothstein's theory on social capital was used to explain the importance of institutional trust a

Analysing the Consumption Motives of Plant-Based Food Alternatives: The underlying Benefit of Virtue Signalling

Practical Implications: On an academic level, further research on the role of virtue signalling for sustainable consumption behaviour should be conducted. Further, brand and product managers can benefit from targeting consumers’ perceived benefit from signalling their virtue through visible sustainable consumption. This could for instance be achieved by indirectly integrating the benefit into thei

Make WISE wise again! Rethinking the Management of Hybridity in Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISE)

Work integration social enterprises (WISE) work to help the disadvantaged to enter the labour market and find a job, thereby working to correct a market failure. Research has identified hybridity, the simultaneous work towards two, sometimes contradicting, missions as a core concept of social enterprises. This hybridity can lead to tensions though, which can result in a deviation from the social m

Användaracceptans av System för Smittspårning: En intervjustudie under Covid-19

Smittspårning av infektionssjukdomar har sedan länge varit en samhällsviktig funktion, som under Covid-19-pandemin har behövt utökas i kapacitet och effektivitet nationellt och globalt. Användandet av system manuell smittspårning har möjlighet att stötta och förbättra smittspårningen, särskilt om de används rätt av smittspåraren. För att användas rätt krävs enligt forskning att användaren har hög

Is high inflation always bad?

Inflation targets are set by central banks worldwide to achieve stable and sustainable growth and the possibility of institutional quality affecting the inflationary effect on growth makes it essential to study the inflation-institution-growth relationship. This paper considers whether or not the relationship between inflation and growth is nonlinear in the shape of convexity and if it differs for

Implementation of a Microsoft Teams integration into a proprietary platform using user-centered design

As the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to work and study from home, a change that also might last after the pandemic, the usability and functionality available in a Learning Management Systems(LMS) become crucial for everyday life. The goal of this master thesis was to design and implement an integration between Grade’s platform and Microsoft Teams in a way that allows Grade and their customers to

Civil society organisations’ increased professionalisation and decreased member activism? The case of Save the Children Sweden

Members have traditionally played a central role in civil society organisations (CSOs) since they typically are the ones who decide upon the course of the organisation and carry out organisational activities. However, with organisations becoming more professionalised, concerns have been raised about the future role of members. Previous research point to different consequences on membership due to

Performance of Value and Growth companies with different ESG rankings: Evidence from the US stock market

The purpose of this paper is to focus on sustainable investments and to observe if the performance can be improved by combining the aspect of value and growth investments. The sample consists of groups of companies which are representing value or growth with either high or low ESG risk level. Different portfolios are constructed based on these groups between a time-period of 2 November 2016 and 26

Modelling stellar streams around the Milky Way

Stellar streams around the Milky Way (MW) have been observed by wide sky surveys, and studied to understand the mass distribution of the MW. This is because streams are formed by a disruption of a globular cluster or a dwarf galaxy under the influence of the gravitational field of the MW. Moreover, the streams can provide an understanding of dark matter because they orbit in the far outer region o

Terror Management Theory under COVID-19-pandemin: effekten av dödlighetsmedvetenhet och negativ affekt på förtroende för landets regering

Enligt Terror Management Theory ska påminnelser om döden höja människors förtroende och tycke för sin sociala ingrupp. Eftersom COVID-19-pandemin har inneburit konstanta dödspåminnelser vill den här studien utforska dödlighetsmedvetenhet samt stress och ångest i relation till förtroende för regeringars pandemirespons. I studien deltog 143 deltagare varav 111 hade befunnit sig i Sverige under det sTerror Management Theory posits that reminders of death should increase people’s trust and likeness of their social in-groups. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in constant reminders of death, this study wants to examine mortality salience as well as stress and anxiety in relation to trust in governmental response. 143 participants took part in the study where 111 had lived in Sweden duri

Subverting Nostalgia in Twin Peaks: The Return - Resistance and the Television Revival

Twin Peaks (2017), also known as Twin Peaks: The Return, has a problematic relationship to its predecessor Twin Peaks (1990-1991). In this thesis, I argue that The Return represents the past by undermining a sense of pacifying nostalgia, instead highlighting the incongruity of its ostensible return. By performing a textual analysis of the series’ representations of the past in its visuals and narr

Business Model Innovation for Additive Manufacturing

Metal additive manufacturing is a rapidly emerging technology, with a growing number of companies interested in its implementation. The technology can have several positive effects, such as more efficient production, reduced transports, more focus on circular economy and reduced costs. However, the manufacturing process is still relatively slow, where components require extensive post-processing a

The Path of Least Resistance - How established fashion and furniture retailers can implement renting into their business model and overcome consumer resistance

The present research quantitatively examines consumer resistance towards the innovative business model of fashion and furniture renting in regard to environmental consciousness and trend orientation, while also taking into account perceived financial, breakage and hygienic risks. Moreover, the business model frame allows to give guidelines on how retailers can successfully implement a sustainable

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The purpose of this thesis is to study how work-related stress and the risk of burnout within the social services is perceived by professional caseworkers, who are a social worker that is employed by a government agency. In the study, we interviewed twelve caseworkers working in different municipalities in Sweden. When asking the questions, we used a qualitative method using semi-structured interv

Aktivitetsbalans hos anhöriga till personer som lever med multipel skleros (MS) eller amyotrofisk lateralskleros (ALS) - en litteraturöversikt analyserad med stöd av The Life Balance Model

Bakgrund: Personer som är diagnostiserade med MS eller ALS är i stor utsträckning beroende av andra i sitt aktivitetsutförande. Att vara nära anhörig och leva tillsammans med en person som är diagnostiserad med en kronisk progressiv sjukdom innebär ofta stor påfrestning med aktivitetsobalans som följd. Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att kartlägga hur anhöriga till personer som lever med MS eller A

Personality, religiosity, spirituality and psychedelics

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka relationen mellan personlighet, i enlighet med femfaktormodellen, och religiositet, spiritualitet samt psykedelika. Sambandet undersöktes genom en kvantitativ enkät där resultaten analyserades med korrelation- och regressionsanalyser. 125 personer deltog i studien. Konstrukten personlighet, religiositet och spiritualitet operationaliserades med skalorna IPThe purpose of the present study was to investigate the relation between personality, in terms of the Five Factor Model, religiosity, spirituality and psychedelics. The relationship was explored by a quantitative survey where the results were analyzed with the use of correlation- and regression analyses. 125 people took part in the study. The constructs personality, religiosity and spirituality op

Djävulen sitter i detaljerna. En undersökning av detaljerade utsagors tillförlitlighet i sexualmål

Sammanfattning Ur bevishänseende är sexualmål ett särskilt typ av brott. Bevisningen består inte sällan enbart av målsägandes utsaga och till viss del av stödbevisning som styrker målsägandes berättelse. Högsta domstolen ska mot bakgrund av relativt svag bevisning avgöra om det är ställt utom rimligt tvivel att den tilltalade gjort sig skyldig till brott. Högsta domstolen tenderar att bedöma målsäSummary Sexual offence differ from other crimes. The injured party’s evidence in sexual offence tends to consist of solely oral evidence, and partially corroborating evidence. Based on relatively weak evidence, the role of the Swedish Supreme court is to determine whether the defendant’s guilt is beyond reasonable doubt, the legal standard of proof required to validate criminal convictions. A stat

Vad gör Sverige för att minska den illegala gränsöverskridande handeln med plastavfall?

Illegal gränsöverskridande avfallshandel är en komplex fråga. Att en avfallstransport är illegal är inte alltid lätt att bevisa då det är flera aspekter som spelar in. I Sverige är det flera myndigheter som samarbetar på området och samarbetar med andra länder. Svenska myndigheter jobbar återkommande med att förbättra tillsynen när det kommer till att identifiera och stoppa de illegala avfallstranIllegal waste trafficking is today one of the most profitable illegal activities in the world. About 25 % of all global waste transports are estimated to be illegal and they are increasing. The same applies to plastics; the production of plastics is increasing and so is the illegal shipment of plastic waste. Due to the often- harmful substances in plastics, when plastic waste is not taken care of