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This thesis investigated the effectiveness of development interventions in reducing people's vulnerability to criminal engagement within the low-income communities of Khlong Toei, situated in Bangkok, Thailand. Guided by three primary research inquiries, the study explored (1) the underlying circumstances affecting the vulnerability of residents to affiliate with crime, (2) the evolution of th
Intrusive memories are a chief complaint after trauma exposure and a hallmark symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder. Using a well-established trauma-film paradigm, the present study sought to investigate the role of inhibitory control ability and emotional distress as predictors of memory intrusion frequency. A nonclinical sample was recruited for participation in a trauma analogue exposure exp
The dense arrangement of memory cells in modern computing systems introduces a significant concern known as read disturbance errors, stemming from the electrical properties of the capacitors within memory cells. When a memory cell is read, there exists a probability that it may inadvertently discharge its stored electrical charge to neighbouring cells, potentially altering their state from uncharg
Både Sveriges rättsväsende och makthavare gjorde avsteg från gällande processrätt på 1600-talet. Den samtida lagstiftningen uppställde stränga regler för rättegången, bevisvärderingen och straffen. Trolldom hade utgjort ett brott enligt lagstiftningen sedan medeltiden. Med förändringar inom rättsväsendet utökades brottet, samtidigt som anklagelser om Blåkullafärder och djävulspakter spred sig övBoth the Swedish Judiciary and rulers made deviations from applicable procedural law in the 17th century. The contemporary legislation set up strict rules for the trial, the evaluation of evidence, and the punishment. Sorcery had constituted a criminal offense according to the law since the Middle Ages. With changes within the Judiciary, the crime was expanded, while accusations of journeys to Bl
Som ett resultat av Rysslands fullskaliga invasion av Ukraina som påbörjades i februari 2022, beslutar sig Sverige för att efter 200 år av neutralitet och alliansfrihet söka medlemskap i försvarsalliansen NATO. Efter en förhållandevis kort politisk beslutsprocess på strategisk nivå lämnar Sverige, tillsammans med Finland, in sina respektive ansökningar i maj 2022. Denna kvalitativa fåfallsstudie
This paper critically examines Rwanda’s Gender Strategy for the Mining Sector through the lenses of Bacchi’s What is the Problem Represented to be (WPR) approach and feminist political ecology (FPE) concepts. Against the backdrop of Rwanda’s post-genocide development journey, the study investigates how gender (in)equality is problematised, (re)presented, and promoted within the context of res
Large language models (LLMs) currently represent the most sophisticated form of artificial intelligence. Their capabilities make them increasingly able to influence human opinion. A critical concern is sycophancy, a sophisticated form of imitation where models tailor their responses to align with their user's affiliation. This behaviour risks entrapping individuals in filter bubbles by rein
Ett bolag kan av olika anledningar välja att genomföra en kapitalökning och tillföras nya pengar. För bolag i en tillväxtfas är kapitalökningar ofta nödvändigt för investeringar och tillväxtplaner. Bolag vars värdepapper är upptagna till handel på en offentlig marknadsplats genomför i regel kapitalökningar via företrädesemissioner av aktier. Under de senaste åren har det blivit allt mer populärtA company may choose to carry out capital increases for various reasons. For companies in a growth phase, capital increases are often necessary to finance investments and growth plans. Companies whose securities are listed for trading on a public marketplace generally carry out capital increases in the form of preferential rights issues of shares. In recent years, it has become increasingly popul
This study examines how a feminist anti-racist organization challenges colonial narratives and power dynamics within the development field. Rooted in the recognition of colonial, capitalist, and patriarchal structures shaping development, the research focuses on decolonization as a means to disrupt these power dynamics. In the case study of IM, a Swedish development organization, this thesis looks
Sweden’s adoption of a feminist foreign policy in 2014 was the first of its kind, marking a significant shift in how it would conduct its foreign policy. Since then, the effect feminist foreign policies have on feminist discourse has been a growing field of study. This thesis adds to this by examining the relationship between actors, foreign policy, and feminist discourse. By combining feminist in
This master's thesis delves into the role of humanitarian engineering interventions in fostering community empowerment. Focusing on two case studies in Tanzania conducted by Engineers Without Borders Sweden (EWB-SWE), the research provides a comprehensive analysis of the impacts, challenges, and opportunities associated with such interventions. Drawing on literature from community empowerment,
This research explores Bolivia's environmental policy through the lens of Latin American Feminist Political Ecology (LAFPE) to examine the integration of gender perspectives into environmental governance. Drawing from discourse analysis of official Bolivian government documents and speeches, the study evaluates the alignment between Bolivia's environmental policy and LAFPE principles, part
Image retrieval is the task of finding images in a database similar to a given query image. The retrieved images, typically a small subset of the entire database, are initially ordered based on their similarity with the query. They can subsequently be re-ranked to improve the retrieval accuracy. Database images that are relevant to the query should increase in rank and vice versa. In this thesis
Uppsatsen undersöker den svenska lagreformen av våldtäktsbrottet år 2018, som innebar införande av samtyckeslagen och oaktsam våldtäkt som ett nytt brott. Reformen, motiverad delvis av #metoo-rörelsen 2017, fokuserade på att bedöma om deltagandet i en sexuell handling var frivilligt eller inte, i stället för att kräva våld, hot eller utnyttjande som tidigare. Trots lagens tydlighet har rättspraxisThe essay examines the Swedish legal reform of the rape offense in 2018, which introduced the consent law and negligent rape as a new offense. The reform, partly motivated by the #metoo movement in 2017, focused on assessing whether participation in a sexual act was voluntary or not, rather than requiring violence, threat, or coercion as before. Despite the clarity of the law, judicial practice ha
Modernity, language and western culture are some of the explanations of why ‘the climate crisis can be perceived as a crisis of our imagination’. These concerns around storytelling are investigated based on the degrowth concept of ‘decolonization of the imaginary’ and sociological theories on the absence of socio-ecological imaginations. I build upon the novel method Story Completion (SC) that inv
The development of Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Machine Learning(ML) has highly increased over the past decades, with numerous research projects developing AI and ML models for clinical decision support. Many of these projects showcase promising results in the lab, however, when set in a real-life clinical setting most models perform significantly worse, resulting in only a few models transitio
Climate change is escalating. In the search for alternatives to fossil fuels, many countries are pushing green hydrogen as an energy vector. The development of a hydrogen economy is planned, and social and ecological consequences are at risk of being neglected. Namibia has excellent conditions for renewables and plans to be a major exporter of green hydrogen. Germany is set to import green hydroge
Mindfulness is not only relevant for enhancing humans’ well-being but also the well-being of our planet through pro-environmental behaviour. In recent years, this possible connection of mindfulness with pro-environmental behaviour has received increasing attention in research. I used Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, PsychInfo and PsychArticles via the EBSCO host to conduct a systematic literature r
In this thesis, I examine the political storytelling of the Sweden Democrats, a far-right populist party that has steadily gained political momentum in the past 15 years. Notably, they have positioned themselves as defenders of automobile society, a topic which has become increasingly prominent in Swedish political discourse. By using narrative analysis, this thesis aims to investigate how the Swe
