Augusti. De första tecknen på höst smattrar mot rutorna när samtalet kommer. Iris kusin Ingrid är desperat, systerdottern Alva har inte återvänt från paddelturen med vännerna. När Iris inser att det finns paralleller till något hon och kusinen själva upplevde i tonåren kör hon raka spåret upp till Åmål för att hjälpa till att leta. Sökandet utvecklar sig snart till en utdragen katt-och-råtta-lek i

An overview of Grafchart, a graphical language for sequential control applications is given. Grafchart is based on Grafcet/SFC to which it adds concepts from High-level Petri nets, Statecharts and object-oriented programming. Applications of Grafchart in batch control, alarm filtering, decision support, and FMS are briefly presented.

Inom identitetsforskning finns det olika definitioner av identitet. För att få en djupare förståelse för begreppet identitet, har jag valt att undersöka hur kosovoalbaner förhåller sig till sin identitet i ett svenskt samhälle. De empiriska uppgifterna samlades in genom kvalitativa semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Min analys baserades på begreppen identitet, tillhörighet och kultur. Baserat på det e

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the clinical term for a heterogeneous group of dementia disorders with symptoms emerging from frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). FTD encompasses the behavioural variant (bvFTD) and the progressive aphasias: progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA) and semantic dementia (SD). Neuropathological classification is based on protein pathology with three major subgrou

Cartographic generalisation is the process of simplifying a representation to suit the scale and purpose of a map. As such, generalisation has always been a central part in map production. This thesis is a contribution to the ongoing work on automating cartographic generalisation. Two topics are treated: optimisation methods in graphic generalisation, and propagation of updates between cartographi

Virtually all real life systems are such that they present some kind of limitation on one or many of its variables, physical quantities. These systems are designated in this thesis as systems with limited capacity. This work is treating control related problems of a subclass of such systems, where the limitation is a critical factor. The thesis is composed of four parts. The first part is treatin

The Large Yellow-Face Bee Hylaeus signatusNT (Panzer) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) found in the Botanical Garden of Lund.

In recent years the question of religion in general and of God in particular has moved center stage in contemporary philosophical reflection. The dissertation discusses this development with particular regard to the concept of God. The aim of the study is twofold. First, it examines the historical and intellectual premises for this development. Second, it offers a constructive critical analysis of