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Composting was performed in an 800-L box and a 500-L, reactor system. The material used was shredded straw of Miscanthus with pig slurry added as a nitrogen source. Chemical and microbial parameters were measured at five degree temperature intervals until the end of the heating phase and then with increasing intervals during the remaining experiment. In both systems, major losses of carbon occurre
Potassium (K) is one of the main and most hazardous trace species released to the gas-phase during thermochemical conversion of biomass. Accurate experimental data and models of K release are needed to better understand the chemistry involved. Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is used for simultaneous real-time in situ measurements of gas-phase atomic K, water (H2O) and gas tempe
Background and aims: Gestational diabetes is more common in many first-generation immigrant women in Europe and other Western countries. Less is known about second-generation immigrant women; such knowledge is needed to understand generational influences on diabetes risk. We aimed to study second-generation immigrant women regarding the presence of all types of diabetes during pregnancy. Methods a
Den här uppsatsen behandlar hur palaeocopa ostrakodfossil av familjen Beyrichiidae, avsatta i sensilurisk lagerföljd på Gotland, påverkades av den så kallade Laukatastrofen som ägde rum i sen Ludlow. I lagerföljd avsatt under Laukatastrofen har bland annat anomalier i kolisotop, litologiförändringar och faunaförändringar påvisats, vilka är relaterade till globala havsnivåförändringar och en glaciaThis paper deals with how palaeocope ostracodes of the family Beyrichiidae, from the Silurian strata at Gotland were affected by the Late Silurian Lau Event. The Lau Event is associated with a positive carbon isotope excursion, lithology changes and faunal changes in accumulated strata related to sea-level changes and a glaciation in the Late Ludlow. In order to find out how the beyrichiid faunas
The purpose of this thesis was to study the correspondence of occupant load factors determined by the guidance document of Finnish National Building code and the real occupant loads measured from shopping malls. The correspondence of occupant load factors determined according to Finnish National Building Code were compared with the occupant load factors determined in other national and internat
The current study aimed at investigating how restrictive and non-restrictive activities were related to adult creativity. Questionnaire assessments of self-reported creativity and level of engagement in 62 childhood activities were collected from 157 participants, mainly from South/East Asian and West European cultures. The findings indicate that there were positive correlations both between engag
Signal integration and cues weighting during orientation in insects is an open scientific question. This study focuses on understanding how dung beetles weigh sun cues of different light intensities. Alongside this, my study also tries to investigate potential behavioral effects of AprilTags application, which has great potential in future studies in this field, on beetles’ orientation. The South
Changing climate affects various ecosystem processes within the boreal forest, wildfire among them. Meanwhile temperature is commonly accepted as one of the most important regulating factors. In the context of 2016 being the warmest year in observational history, this review attempts to identify changes in wildfire extent within the central and south-eastern Siberian taiga. Satellite based estimat
This study will discuss the role of e-commerce in the economic development of Vietnam during 1990 to 2020. During the recent years, Vietnam has had a remarkable economic growth and is seen as one of the promising countries of technological development and e-commerce. However, the country still has a long way to go in economic development. This study accounts for how the new trading market; e-comme
Urban areas are increasingly exposed to extreme precipitation events, which can disrupt critical infrastructure and damage the built environment. While flood impacts are often assessed separately for buildings or road networks, this study analyses both flood-induced road inaccessibility and building flood risk in Gothenburg using a climate-adjusted 100-year rainfall at both the city scale and the
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze how tone and language use in CEO letters in the annual reports of Swedish listed real estate companies vary between economic upturns and downturns, and to examine how the narrative presentation during economic downturns relates to the companies’ financial key performance indicators. The study takes its point of departure in the real estate sector’s
This thesis explores how a blackout can be better managed using existing public transport company resources. The study addresses three research questions by assessing the feasibility of possible cooperation between local public transport companies and disaster management authorities during a blackout. Data from 14 interviews with experts from disaster management authorities, public transport com
We present a brief review of literature related to blogs and news sites; our focus is on publications related to COVID-19. We primarily focus on the role of blogs and news sites in disseminating research on COVID-19 to the wider public, that is knowledge transfer channels. The review is for researchers and practitioners in scholarly communication and social media studies of science who would like
