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This Master Thesis project is a pilot study in developing a collision avoidance function for an autonomous underwater vehicle, also called AUV. A collision avoidance function is necessary to ensure safe operation of an AUV. The AUV gets information about the surroundings through an active sonar. The image from the sonar has to be processed to extract information about the environment, e.g., detect
When different professions meet – a qualitative study of healthcare counselors in interprofessional teams within the healthcare The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the experiences of healthcare counselors associated with interdicplinary team work in health care and what is considered important factors for the development of the profession itself. This research is based on 7 i
Structural transformation is a broad concept that has been widely argued to be of great importance for long-run economic growth. A common historical pattern highlights the labour shift out of agriculture towards manufacturing and industry sectors as the main characteristic of structural transformation. Today, large parts of the world are industrialized, as a result of a successful structural chang
This study seeks to investigate how artists of the African diaspora in Sweden manage their identity in the face of racism and how this relates to their art. This purpose is investigated through the following sub-themes: the forms of racism the participants have met, how they have coped with racism, how they move through the art field, and how these factors relate to their art. Six participants wer
The purpose of this study was to find out if gambling addicts experience turning points in their process to recover from their addiction. A qualitative approach with life chart method and semi structured interview was used. Fuchs Ebaugh theory about role exit and turning points was theoretical basis. The result is that every gambling addict in this study experienced one or several turning points d
Trafikverket ansvarar för data om Sveriges vägnät. Vägnätet och dess egenskaper lagras i NVDB, nationell vägdatabas. Trafikverket levererar, tar emot och presenterar stora mängder data och har flertalet avtal med företag och andra myndigheter. Vägdata har ett stort användningsområde innefattande referenssystem för vägnätsanknuten information, planering av drift och underhåll, planering för trafiksTrafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration, is responsible for data on Swedish roads. The road data are stored in “NVDB”, national road database. Trafikverket delivers, receives and presents large amounts of data. They have several contracts with companies and other agencies for data exchange. Road data has a wide area of use, including as reference system for road-related information, pla
George W. Bush declared war on terror after the attacks on 9/11. USA was not going to going to let the guilty ones go free neither were they going to let the security of their country get breached again. The Extraordinary Rendition program became a part of the war. It had existed before but after the declaration of war on terror Bush decided to use it more than ever before. A few people disappeare
The Israel-Palestinian conflict has always had the interest of many academic fields. We will in this thesis look into some of the social-psychological mechanisms that can occur in, what we address as, an intractable ethnonational conflict. We will use theories of societal beliefs, clash of narratives, irretraceable ethnonational conflicts and identity. Through two documentary films, “Promises” and
Konstgjord grundvattenbildning är en viktig teknik i vattenhushållningssammanhang och är idag en av de vanligaste och mest utbredda metoderna i världen för att öka vår grundvattenkapacitet. I många länder har den här tekniken använts under lång tid medan den i andra är i framåtskridande. Tekniken har använts i Europa sedan början av 1900-talet och är fortfarande en vanlig metod för grundvattenförsArtificial groundwater recharge is an important technology in water resources management and is nowadays one of the most common and rapidly spread world wide methods for increasing groundwater capacity. In many countries this technique has been employed for a long time, however in the others it is in progress. It has been used in Europe since the early 1900s, and is still a popular method municipa
Uppsatsen behandlar proportionalitet och straffteori utifrån ett amerikanskt respektive ett svenskt perspektiv. Uppsatsen utgår från en indelning som typiskt görs för att indela straffrättssystemet och avhandlar amerikansk respektive svensk straffteori utifrån ett lagstiftnings- och ett domstolsperspektiv. Det bör understrykas att uppsatsen inte är någon komparation mellan rättsystemen, utan snaraThis essay concerns the issue of proportionality in penal theory as it is applied in USA and in Sweden. The essay compares two main aspects, or levels of this proportionality; the judicial level and the court level, of each jurisdiction respectively; applying the comparative method. The essay thus addresses the federal system of American jurisprudence, and the interpreting and guiding role of th
This paper provides a comprehensive understanding the Swedish long stay tourism in Thailand. The motivation approach was the main approach to this research through highlighting the major push and pull factors. The participation involved the total of 120 respondents. To enhance the analysis of the data, both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed. The total push factors that
Konsumenters diskussioner kring produkter och tjänster, s.k. word of mouth, har fått alltmer betydelse i takt med framväxten av Internet och sociala medier. Dessa digitala verktyg har möjliggjort en större spridning av konsumenters åsikter och diskussioner, vilket kan påverka ett företags varumärke både negativt och positivt. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur word of mouth skapas kring Consumer discussions regarding products and services, so called word of mouth, has received increasing importance with the emergence of the Internet and social media. These digital tools have enabled a greater distribution of consumers' opinions and discussions, which can affect a company's brand both negatively and positively. The purpose of this study is to investigate how word of mouth
The furniture market regarding trading with furniture and home decoration products is an expanding market. But despite of good sales the traditional companies are losing market shares. Critical success factors are defined as elements (projects, products, dependants or other factors) that, if not fulfilled will have a great impact on the possibilities of reaching business goals. By defining the com
Despite the many use cases for machine learning, it sees minimal usage in Sweden’s public sector today. It is important that the public sector in particular utilizes the most efficient tools available. For this reason, the Department of Employment and Social Services in Malmö has started a project to explore the viability of introducing machine learning to their work. This thesis corresponds to ro
Detta examensarbete är en studie som undersöker hur två av den danska Atlantvallens bunkrar skulle kunna genomgå en transformation och återanvändas. Bunkrarna har stått intakta sedan andra världskriget och ligger belägna längs det populära turistmålet Limfjorden på norra Jylland. Minnet om ockupation och krig har präglat bunkern sedan 1940-talet men att avlägsna bunkrarna från de danska stränderThis thesis investigates how to transform and re-purpose two of the bunkers along the Atlantic Wall in Denmark. The bunkers have been intact since World War II and are located along Limfjorden, which is a tourist destination in northern Jutland, Denmark. The memory of occupation and war has characterized the bunkers since the 1940s, but removing them from the Danish coast is both expensive and c
The self-evident contradictory governance ideology of the Chinese Communist Party leads to urban-born young middle-class Chinese women struggling between seeking one’s own path with the discourse of ‘individualism’ under the neoliberal market economy and conforming to the traditional role in the family of patriarchal culture. This is reflected in the increasing prominent phenomena of getting marri
The purpose of this essay has been to investigate how newly arrived asylum seekers experience their first month in Sweden. The focus has been on the introduction week that is given within the first month of their arrival, although the study aims to treat the reception that is given in general. This is important because the refugees are in a sensitive state, leaving their country for different reas
Separated children are children under 18, who are outside their country of origin and have been separated from their parents, or other previous legal/customary primary caregiver. Although the reasons for these children's separation from their primary caregiver may vary, the phenomenon is not a recent occurrence. As for refugees in general, the number of asylum applications from separated child
This thesis comprises a review of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System (FBP) with the aim to introduce its main structure, function, limitations and operational features to the Swedish wildland fire community. In short, FBP is a system with which simulations can be made to predict the behavior of wildland fires. FBP has many areas of application, among others as a decision support t
