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Sand and dust storms (SDS) represent a significant and widespread obstacle to sustainable development, affecting its economic, social, and environmental dimensions. SDS pose severe challenges to achieving several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the eradication of poverty, the achievement of zero hunger, the improvement of health and well-being, the provision of clean water and sani
Serious Games have gained increased attention in sustainability education. I developed a Serious Game that aims to increase sustainability competencies related to water problems among university students. I applied socio-constructivist learning theory to investigate how sustainability competency can be operationalised in learning outcomes and how these can be translated into game elements. Methodo
Computer vision is on the cusp of revolutionizing several different markets through its applications. One such market is that of fitness and exercise. Advagym, Sony's connected gym solution is currently employing IoT solutions to track exercises in a gym environment. Together with Sony's R\&D Center Lund Laboratory's computer vision- and machine learning-equipped tracking system -
This thesis investigates if dependence on natural resources causes a delayed demographic transition. The Plurinational State of Bolivia is taken as an example as it is a country with a high share of Mining \& Oil activities in its economy. The method of investigation is a time series analysis covering the period 1900--2010. The results suggest that Bolivia's resource-depleting activities d
This thesis studied methods of improving a background model for a data processing pipeline of LiDAR point clouds. For this, two main approaches were evaluated. The first was to implement and compare three different models for detecting ground in a point cloud. These were based on more classical modeling approaches. The second was to use Deep Learning for semantic segmentation of point clouds and t
The EU-US Privacy Shield Decision on data transfers between the EU and the US was found invalid by the CJEU Schrems II ruling on 16 July 2020. After Schrems II, discussions among scholars and practitioners on legal challenges of international data transfers resulting from the case has gained much tension during the past years. Given the significant amount of data that flows between organizations a
Utförande av denna Masteruppsats är en del av projektet Ecodiver och i samarbete med vattenavdelningen på Lunds Tekniska Högskola. Syftet med studien är att granska den öppna källkods mjukvaran QSWAT+ som är ett plugin-program i QGIS. Detta för att i kommande tid kunna utveckla ett evidensbaserat verktyg för optimering av våtmarker. Undersökningsområdets omfattning är begränsad till Kävlingeåns avThis Master´s thesis is a part of the Ecodiver project, conducted by the Water department at LTH. The purpose of this study is to review the open-source software QSWAT+ as a plugin in QGIS, to be able to develop an evidence-based tool for optimization of wetlands. The scope of the study area is limited to the catchment area of Kävlinge river; however, no account is taken of the validation of data,
A growing body of literature within political ecology is concerned with the exercise of political and economic power within climate change policies (Robbins, 2020). In this thesis, I explore the political economy of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), using methodological reflections and empirical material from a case study of a Ugandan smallholder agricultural community. To assess how local communit
5G New Radio is the next generation of mobile networks and it comes with promises of ultra-high speeds, ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency. This has posed a challenge for the engineers entrusted with the task of finding solutions which could fulfil the specification, and as a result, some promising areas have received increased attention in recent years. Signal processing techniques like
Idag präglas världen av teknikutvecklingen som både anses vara en fördel och en nackdel. För den kriminella världen och organiserade ekonomiska brottsligheten är digitaliseringen en fördel. Moderna tekniska lösningar gör det enklare för gärningsmännen att begå brott, såsom penningtvätt vilket regleras i penningtvättslagen (2017:630). Penningtvättsbrott förekommer både nationellt som internationellToday, the world is characterized by technological development that could be considered both as an advantage and a disadvantage. For the criminal world and organized economic crime, digitalization is seen as an advantage. The modern technical solutions make it easier for the perpetrators to commit crimes, such as money laundering which is regulated in the Money Laundering Act (2017:630). Money lau
Cancer immunotherapies activate the immune system to overcome tumor resistance and restore the antitumor immune response, however, excessive activation of the immune system may also affect normal tissues and organs and cause immune-related adverse events (irAEs) of varying severity. Current in vitro assays used for testing and predicting of irAEs induced by immunotherapeutics are associated with s
Detaljhandelslandskapet har under de senaste åren förändras på grund av digitaliseringens utveckling och då fysiska butiker står inför stora utmaningar kan motiverad personal ses som en allt viktigare resurs. H&M är en viktig aktör för den svenska detaljhandelsbranschen och denna studie syftar därför till att undersöka hur butiksanställda på H&Ms butiker upplever sina förutsättningar för a
Under de senaste åren så har samhället blivit alltmer medvetet om asexuella och deras sexuella läggning men fortfarande så får asexuella gemenskapen kämpa med att få acceptans och erkännande av samhället och HBTQ grupper. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur det är att leva som asexuell i ett sexuellt samhälle. Fokus ligger på individers erfarenheter och tankar kring att leva i det sexuella s
Downstream processing is an essential part in the production of biomolecules and the optimization of these processes are of great value, since they can be both time consuming and expensive. One common type of enzyme used in different biotechnical approaches is proteases and in this study Protease X was investigated. In order to use the enzyme in a process, a purification procedure needs to be esta
Syftet med föreliggande studie är att fördjupa kunskapen om musikens betydelse för personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning och som deltar i daglig verksamhet med musik-inriktning. Bakgrunden till denna studie är en personlig nyfikenhet att fördjupa mig i musikens betydelse för deltagarnas självkänsla och kommunikationsförmåga inom den dagliga verksamheten. För att söka relevanta svar på fr
Denna uppsats handlar om begreppet tillräknelighet och hur detta ser ut i svensk och norsk rätt. Den komparativa metoden har använts för att kunna presentera likheter och skillnader gällande kravet på tillräknelighet i svensk och norsk rätt. Den komparativa metoden ska även syfta till ökaförståelsen för varför Sverige inte längre uppställer krav på tillräknelighet för straffansvar. TillräkneligheThis paper inquiries through a comparative study, the concept of sanity and insanity in criminal law in Sweden and Norway. It has proven difficult to reach an inclusive and satisfactory definition of what ‘insanity’ implies. Instead, the law has attempted to identify situations that can account for ‘insanity’: such as when the perpetrator is unable to perceive reality in a ‘sane’ way or to underst
Det är vanligt förekommande att tvistande parter kommer överens och beslutar att inte gå vidare med sin konflikt. Ibland resulterar detta i en stadfästelse av ett förlikningsavtal. För att domstolen ska kunna stadfästa en förlikning ska avtalet innebära att parterna förliks i just den sak de tvistat om. Denna sak vinner rättskraft i och med den lagakraftvunna stadfästelse-domen. Rättskraften innebIt is not unusual for disputing parties to reach a common understanding and choose not to pursue their conflict further. This sometimes leads to a court delivering a judgment confirming a settlement agreement between the parties. For the court to be able to confirm the settlement the parties have to settle on the very matter that was the object of their dispute. As a result of the judgment becomin
