Just because a desert is a dry and arid wasteland today does not mean that it has always been, nor that it forever will be. This document will test the potential and feasibility of establishing or re-establishing a healthy, self-sustaining, green ecosystem in a desert or arid environment by the use of an intelligent autonomous robotic network functioning as one system. The project’s architecture

Civil society is regarded to be a cornerstone in democratic societies and therefore an essential field of social science (Wijkström & Lundström 2002, Harding 2012). However the leadership of civil society organizations (CSOs) has been bypassed (Wijkström & Malmborg 2005). In this study I have interviewed three leaders from the Swedish Red Cross and three others from Swedish Save the Childr

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 är en kronisk och ökande folksjukdom som kräver livslång behandling. Primärvården bedriver särskilda diabetesmottagningar där diabetessjuksköterskan har en nyckelfunktion tack vare sin kompetens. För att göra vården mer evidensbaserad, säkerställa dess kvalité och jämlik för personer med diabetes har diabetesmottagningar i primärvården i Skåne sedan 2016 certifierats. Syft

Bakgrunden till denna studie kommer sprunget av ett generellt intresse för Japan som land samt en vänskapsrelation med en musiklärare från Japan. Syftet är att skapa en bättre förståelse för de tankar och resonemang japanska musiklärare har om sitt eget ämne. Litteraturdelen går igenom några få kulturella aspekter, skolans olika nivåer, en genomgång av kursplanen samt några andra faktorer av relevThe background for this study is sprung from a general interest in Japan as a country and a friendship with a music teacher from Japan. The aim is to create a better understanding for the thoughts and reasoning music teachers in Japan has on their subject. The literature part is going through a few cultural aspects, the different educational levels, an explanation of the curriculum and some other

Virtual Reality technology has advanced forward in a world where physical fitness is not always a natural part of everyday life. But must one thing be traded for the other? VR lets users immerse themselves in an entirely virtual world where interaction is possible through physically moving around in the real world. So, is it possible to combine VR with exercising? That is what this master thesis a

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker ledarskapsstilar inom byggsektorn. Mer specifikt undersöker den vilka ledarskapsstilar som förekommer inom byggsektorn, om vissa förekommer mer ofta än andra, om chefer inom byggsektorn ändrar ledarskapsstil beroende på vilken situation som de befinner sig i samt om det finns några skillnader i föredragen ledarskapsstil mellan olika chefspositioner inom byggsektorn

This thesis investigates the use of science-fiction film as a medium through which the collective understanding of future urban environments can be discussed. It poses the question of how images of architecture in science-fiction films influence our perceptions and understanding of the future of our lived environments. By focusing on images of fictional future urban environments that have been sel

The purpose of this project was to create an object that improves the performances of football players, preferably on all levels, be it professionals or amateurs. The main theme was science and technology, to explore how they together can be used to accomplish this task. The project consisted of doing research on site at amateur football clubs, which included observations of training sessions a

Tin whiskers have long caused issues to electronic components and made the subject of many articles. According to NASA the oldest reports concerning whiskers date back to the 1940's. The whiskers are single-crystals growing from, for example electronic components. Despite the long history of tin whiskers the actual cause of their growth is still unknown. The hypothesis held by the author is th

As a de facto leader in corporate governance and sustainability reporting (SR), this study provides a thorough and comprehensive characterisation of SR among the UK’s leading companies. A content analysis was undertaken of key corporate communications across a sample of 66 constituents listed on the London/ Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 index. Through a systematic analytical framework

Titel: Projekteringsledning med stöd av BIM Författare: Caroline Gustafsson, Civilingenjörsutbildning Väg och vattenbyggnad, Lunds Tekniska Högskola Handledare: Stefan Olander, Universitetslektor, Docent, Institutionen för byggvetenskaper, Avdelningen för Byggproduktion, Lunds Tekniska Högskola Examinator: Radhlinah Aulin, Universitetslektor, Docent, Institutionen för byggvetenskaper, AvdelningTitle: Design management with the support by BIM Author: Caroline Gustafsson, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University Supervisor: Stefan Olander, Associate Professor, Docent, Department of Construction Sciences, division of Building production, Lund University Examiner: Radhlinah Aulin, Associate Professor, Docent, Department of Construction Sciences, div

Gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires grown using catalyst-free metal organic vapor phase epitaxy were used as scanning tunneling microscope (STM) probes. The probes were prepared by placing a GaN nanowire on a tungsten STM probe using a nanomanipulator in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and welding them together using an electron beam induced platinum deposition. STM imaging was performed on indiuA microscopy field known as Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), uses various methods to get a picture of a sample surface down to such a small scale that individual atoms can be observed. One particular method to perform such microscopy uses the phenomena of quantum tunneling rather than using visible light. This method is called Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and the way it works is extremely d

The collective fight for self-determination among indigenous peoples around the world has made headlines over the past few years. The exploitation of indigenous territories by settler-states has revived nationalist feelings among the groups, including the Sami, whose territories spread across four states. This thesis aimed to explore how Sami national identity is constructed, shaped and promoted

Området Ramlösa station och Helsingborgs godsbangård innefattar bland annat resecentrum, rangerbangård, tågdepåer och kombiterminal för att nämna några. Utöver det är området en del i stadsförnyelseprojekt H+ som ska omvandla en miljon kvadratmeter till en mer blandad stad, för att möta framtidens behov. Inom området har aktörer tillkommit, försvunnit och behovet har förändrats över tid. Det har o

From the beginning of the 21st century, there has been a tendency to hybridize Buddhism with modern technology, which embodies rich ambiguities. At the conference AI World 2016, a robotic monk Xian’er with artificial intelligence(AI) premiered in China and was claimed as the icon of the harmony of techno-Buddhism. This paper will explore the ambiguity of Xian’er – why and how the harmony comes int

Målet med detta arbete var att rena fram proteinet Chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase R1 Δ248. För att göra detta effektivt, med en så liten förlust av proteinet som möjligt under processen, så krävs kunskap om proteinets egenskaper. Med vetskapen att denna mutant, som saknar de första 248 aminosyrorna jämfört med den icke-muterade varianten, enbart har en ATP-kon medan den icke-muteraThe enzyme Ribonucleotide Reductase (RNR) reduces ribonucleotides (NTPs) to deoxyribonucleotides (dNTPs), which are then used as building blocks in the synthesis of DNA. In this thesis are reported the expression and purification of a mutant version of Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase protein R1 , called Chlamydia trachomatis Ribonucleotide Reductase protein R1 Δ248. The R1 subunit o

STI (Soil Topografic Index) är ett hydrologiskt index som beskriver markfuktigheten i ett landskap. Då indexet är baserat på de relativt konstanta faktorerna topografi, jordens textur och jorddjup beskriver det ett generellt markfuktighetsmönster. Indexet applicerades på jordbruksmark i Helsingborgs kommun för att få kunskap om vilka områden markfuktigheten tenderar att vara låg eller hög. Vid extThe index STI describes water flow path in a landscape. Whit the help of STI it´s possible to detect areas where the soil moisture is expected to be very high or low. When comparing the result of the STI for the chosen study-area with interviews for farmers in the same area, where was a similarity between which areas the STI identified as risk for high soil moisture and which areas the farmers ide