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Strålningsrespons hos brandhjälmar

Fire fighters in Sweden claimed that helmets used as protective gear during exercises melted because of the thermal heat exposure. According to European certification methods helmets are tested towards thermal radiation to ensure that the protective gear still meets the regulations. This report has evaluated if the certification methods are adequate for a Swedish fire fighter´s environment and whi

Gene Regulatory Networks for Cell Reprogramming - A Boolean Networks Approach

Likt andra komplexa, flercelliga organismer, består den mänskliga kroppen av en mängd olika organ ämnade för olika uppgifter. För att kunna utföra dessa uppgifter är organen uppbyggda av olika sorters celler, med speciell funktion och struktur. Trots de stora skillnaderna mellan dessa celltyper delar de samma genetiska ritning, organismens genom. Genomet är indelat i olika gener, vilka beskriverMaintenance of stem cell pluripotency and the differentiation of stem cells into specialised cells has been studied extensively. More recently, the possibility for a specialised cell to be transferred into a state of induced pluripotency has been demonstrated and investigated. Critical components of the gene regulatory networks governing these processes have been identified, but a complete model h

Transnational Voices or Self-serving Activists?: The Portrayal and Legitimation of Public Intellectuals in Japanese Newspapers Author:

The primary concern of this study was to analyze how the Japanese print media portray modern-day public intellectuals, and subsequently treat them as legitimate or illegitimate. Furthermore, I examined the underlying factors that affect this portrayal. After selecting four case studies of present-day public figures/groups (Murakami Haruki, Miyazaki Hayao, Chim↑Pom and Aida Makoto), I collected pri

Investigation of the Influence of Incident Angle and Frequency Dependence of a Ceiling Absorber on Room Acoustic Descriptors

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the following: − The influence of incident angle and frequency dependency of a ceiling absorber on room acoustic descriptors − How ceiling absorber properties influence room acoustic descriptors such as reverberation time and steady state sound pressure level − Whether steady state sound pressure level is more related to the statistical absorption coeffici

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI): A means to address food insecurity? A Nexus Analysis

Food insecurity is a major problem for humanity. Especially in developing countries, the proportion of people who go to bed hungry is substantial. A basic reason, among other factors, is the dominant poverty in those regions. Therefore, many development organizations consider Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a means, which has the potential to regulate these inequalities in developing countries.

Optimization of resource usage in virtualized environments

Dagens värld omgiver oss av teknik, och nya tekniska ord och benämningar tillkommer jämt. Främst bland dessa förekommer ordet ”Cloud” som är något de flesta använt, men kanske inte riktigt känner till. Arbetet föreslår en kombinatorisk modell för optimering av resursanvändning i Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud system.Today’s markets are heavily concentrated on Cloud Computing, where trends project an increasing amount of services living therein. Because these data centers, named Clouds, provide ability to dynamically scale the resources assigned to a service. It is a technology which allows products to remain competitive in a constantly changing market. Consumers profit from this solution, as it is much easier

Stadsarkiv i ny kostym : arkivanställdas upplevelser av den utåtriktade verksamheten

In the government's report Arkiv för alla –nu och i framtiden from 2002, one of the goals was to increase public understanding and interest of the archives as a source of information and knowledge. To do this, the report concludes that the archives have to become more visible and more accessible to the public. The aim of this master's thesis is to examine how the archive staffs in the Ci

Does it really matter? - A look at how branding strategies affect the return after an IPO

Theoretical perspective: The study is based on previous literature that discusses the main theories of the study; brand architecture, product/brand focus, brand portfolio strategy, underpricing and information asymmetry. Furthermore, it aims to combine the branding and finance theories to advance the understanding of the effects of different branding strategies in IPOs as it is not a common field

Föremålsförvärv från vår samtid : en granskning av Nordiska museets styrdokument och föremålsförvärv

Today we live in a society that largely is based on objects, but in a world that more and more rely on objects it seems like the interest in the acquisition of objects from our own time decreases in museums. This master’s thesis investigates how contemporary life is represented in museums in policy documents and acquired objects. Through ideology critique and content analysis of the Nordic museums

Management Control Systems in Innovative Firms:Linkages between cultural and other control elements

Key words: Management control, package, innovative company, cultural control, interface Purpose: This thesis will examine how the management control systems of innovation companies operate as a package and which linkages are there between the cultural and the other control practices. Methodology: The methodology is based on a qualitative approach carried out in the form of a multiple case study. T

Blockbyggande medborgardialog i planeringen

This paper is a study of how actors have chosen to utilize the videogame Minecraft, as a way of getting citizen involved in the planning of spaces. This is done by interviews with people in charged for leading the projects, in aim for answering if citizen participation is increased. But also what the method requires and who it speaks to, and what effectiveness that is achieved in the process. The

Normkritik i kommunal planering - om olika sätt att förstå och arbeta med normer

CITIES SHOULD BE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE, say municipality officials in Sweden. So why are they not? One answer is norms. Invisible norms are constantly present in our daily lives and affect us by limiting possibilities and narrowing our perspectives and views of each other in ways that can lead to exclusion and discrimination. The norm-critical approach has become a commonly used method to make norms

Re-evaluating Money: Exploring Conceptual Boundaries

Since the financial crisis of 2008, actors from a wide variety of backgrounds have stressed the necessity to enhance understanding of basic economic concepts. One core concept – money - has strong implications on issues such as equality, justice, democracy and the environment, performing an essential part in the way societies are constituted around the world. While it should be clear that the chan

Inre Väpnad Konflikt - Hur fastställs begreppet?

I denna uppsats har jag utrett vilka kriterier som uppställs för att fastställa inre väpnad konflikt i svensk rätt. Jag undersöker också hur kriterierna fastställs även i EU-rätten och i den internationella humanitära folkrätten gällande inre väpnad konflikt då båda dessa områden starkt påverkar den inhemska tillämpningen av begreppet. Genom att undersöka framförallt Diakité-domen har jag konstateIn this thesis I have examined with which criteria internal armed conflict is established within Swedish law. I have also examined the EU-law and the international humanitarian law and which criteria is laid down to understand the Swedish law which is strongly influenced by these lawsystems. By examining especially the Diakité case I´ve found that Swedish case law differs from EU case law and the

”Motstånd” : en kritisk diskursanalys av svenska hiphoplåtars framställning av sociala ojämlikheter

Uppsatsen behandlar sociala och ekonomiska ojämlikheter som framkommer i svenska hiphoplåtar. Den valda metoden i uppsatsen utgår från Norman Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys då den lägger fokus på den textuella aspekten av en text. Genom att stu-dera diskurser i musiken så studeras presentationen av ojämlikheter. Faircloughs kri-tiska teori kompletteras med Iris Marion Youngs teori om kulturellThis essay discusses the social inequalities presented in Swedish hip hop songs. The elected method used in this essay is Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis as it focuses on the textual aspect of texts. The theoretical approach consists of Fair-clough’s CDA theory and supplemented by Iris Marion Young’s theory of cultural dom-inance which originates from her theory of justice. Young’s

Solar System analogues among exoplanetary systems

Människans intresse för rymden har alltid varit stort. Man har antagit att andra planetsystem, om de existerar, ser ut som vårt: med mindre stenplaneter i banor närmast stjärnan och gas-samt isjättar i de yttre banorna. Idag känner man till drygt 2 000 exoplaneter, d.v.s., planeter som kretsar kring andra stjärnor än solen. Man vet även att vissa av dem saknar motsvarighet i solsystemet, t. ex., hOver the past two decades many discoveries of exoplanets have been made, which have drawn much attention to extrasolar planetary systems. In this work we study the composition of these systems and search for analogues of the Solar System. We considered the planets in the database at exoplanet.eu. The search of solar-like systems required these planets to be classified. The classification was perf

Internal Migration and Spatial Development of Informal Settlements: A case of Mali’s Urban Spaces

This dissertation aims to understand the phenomena of informal settlements and internal migration within the context of urban spaces in Mali. The design of the study is a qualitative case design using critical realism as a philosophical approach. Methods used are coding and memoing in accordance with a transcendental realism framework for qualitative research. The study found that there has been a

Den "gode" diakonen: En intervjustudie i diakoners självmedvetenhet utifrån maktrelationer i den profetiska diakonins tid

This essay aims to examine the deacons, that is working at the Church of Sweden, understanding of them self according to power, impotent, duties, exposure and reparation. The main questions for this essay where, how do the deacon perceive the balance of power towards their clients, in what extent do the deacons feel impotent in their work, what do they se as their most important task as a deacon a