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For the best start in life – An ethnological study into the choice of birth place. This ethnological essay aims to investigate and create a deeper understanding of the underlying reasons for different individuals' choices of birthing locations, and how they can possibly give us a deeper understanding of the ideals that exist within Swedish maternity care today. To answer this, I have intervie
Urbanization and densification place increasing demands on human mental capacity, making access to restorative environments in the city increasingly important. This bachelor's thesis investigates how the City of Stockholm plans for green structure as a resource for residents' mental health and recovery, and how strategies for this have changed between 2006 and 2017. The purpose is to highl
While many industrial processes have been thoroughly exposed to machine learning models, the realm of powder metallurgy is still underexplored. This thesis aims to investigate the potential for a machine learning model to predict the characteristics of metal powders after a reduction annealing process using time series process data from the furnace. A supervised learning model was developed to pre
In this thesis, we investigate the water-wave problem for two-dimensional steady waves with constant vorticity. We introduce a new approximate model that, in its simplest form, reduces to a planar dynamical system. We then analyze this system for various energy levels and vorticity constants, studying its phase portraits to determine the locations and types of solutions that arise. In the unidire
This bachelor’s thesis examines five selected works of art by the Swedish painter Leander Engström (1886–1927), created between 1915 and 1919. This period is generally regarded as the most significant phase of Engström’s artistic production and was shaped by his time spent in Abisko, as well as by a romantic relationship that coincided with an especially vivid and expressive phase in his work. Eng
Environmental simulations are increasingly used in urban planning to assess parameters that influence adequate living conditions in densification projects, such as daylight access, noise exposure, wind comfort, and flood risk. These simulations rely on geospatial data and on the representation of the urban environment through 3D city models. However, in current planning practice, simulation result
Byggnader med synnerligen högt kulturhistoriskt värde kan förklaras som byggnadsminnen av länsstyrelsen. Ett byggnadsminne är särskilt skyddat från ingrepp genom skyddsbestämmelser i kulturmiljölagen (1988:950) (KML). Även i plan- och bygglagen (2010:900) (PBL) finns skyddsbestämmelser för byggnader som är särskilt värdefulla från en kulturhistorisk synpunkt. Medan länsstyrelsen genomför all myndiBuildings of exceptionally high cultural and historical value can be designated as listed buildings by the County Administrative Board, granting them special protection against alterations through protective provisions in the Historic Environment Act (1988:950) (KML). Additionally, the Planning and Building Act (2010:900) (PBL) contains protective regulations for buildings that are classified as p
Protein design can be used to make better variants of a protein by changing the primary structure of proteins. An assay is needed to select for a better protein variant, generally these assays work on proteins with an activity. But sometimes proteins are designed to obtain a specific structure instead of an activity or function. These proteins often have no activity and there is no easy way to sel
Långt innan barnet säger sitt första ord börjar det analysera världen runt sig och mycket energi läggs på att forma kategorier för objekt, personer, situationer och händelser. Allt eftersom barnet bygger upp sitt lexikon krävs ytterligare kategorisering, även utifrån abstraktionsnivå. Skolåldern innebär nya möjligheter för barnet att utveckla sitt lexikon, både vad gäller storlek och organisation.
RNA interference (RNAi) has recently been discovered in the budding yeast Saccharomyces castellii. As in other organisms, artificial RNAi could be a useful genetic tool in budding yeast, but the method needs first to be established. S. castellii is also a useful model for telomerase studies, and a knockdown of the telomerase catalytic subunit Est2p could be a new way of unrevealing its functions a
The aim of this intervention study was to investigate possible effects of dialectical behavior therapy skills training (DBT-ST) for staffs at a residential treatment center for patients with serious mental illness. Eighteen staffs divided in two groups were assessed before and after participation in DBT-ST. The intervention lasted one year for each group. Mean number of self-injuries each month we
This thesis addresses many issues surrounding the simple question: why have trams? With city populations exponentially growing alongside concerns over the environment and the economy, tramways have become a resurging form of sustainable transportation for municipalities. Once an endangered transportation mode, torn up and scrapped to make room for the age of cars, tramways are phoenix artifacts of
A need for autonomous electro-mechanical machines performing tasks that can save human efforts and even be deployed in hazardous environments along with the research in the field of human mind and body has led to new fields often called AI Robotics. To provide a mean for stimulating students and researchers around the world for promotion of this new field, an annual world championship, Robocup, ha
Rapporten är en sammanställning av ett kandidatarbete, huvudsakligen utförd som en ”Minor Field Study” i Kumasi, Ghana och i samarbete med WASHCost. WASHCost är ett pågående internationellt forskningsprojekt med holländska IRC som initiativtagare. Genom att använda data, insamlad av forskare från WASHCost i Ghana har jag undersökt vilka kostnadsdrivare som kan användas för att förutsäga kostnadernUsing data gathered by researchers from WASHCost project in Ghana, this thesis examines how cost drivers can be used to predict capital expenditure for construction of piped water systems for small towns in Ghana. The data is collected from 45 small towns and communities in peri-urban areas in the Volta, Ashanti and Northern region. I have used correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis
Som en effekt av den globala strävan som syftar till att motverka klimatförändringar som tillskrivs ökande koldioxidnivåer i atmosfären försöker man hitta okonventionella sätt att minska koldioxidutsläpp. CCS anses vara en metod med stor potential för detta syfte vilket har föranlett en världsomspännande prospektering av platser som kan användas för geologiskt lagring av koldioxid. Detta arbete As a part of a global attempt to mitigate impending climate change owing to increasing atmospheric CO₂levels unconventional methods which may reduce CO₂ emissions are extensively researched. Carbon Capture and Storage,(CCS) is considered to be a promising method for this purpose. As a consequence, worldwide prospection of geological sites in which CO₂ may be stored is currently underway. This th
Bemanningsbranschen är idag starkt etablerad på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Dess snabba utveckling och expandering har dock medfört frågetecken kring den trepartsrelation som skapas mellan kundföretaget, bemanningsföretaget och den anställda och hur denna trepartsrelation hanteras i svensk diskrimineringslagstiftning. Uppsatsen tar avstamp i en promemoria från Näringsdepartementet som belyser deEmployment agencies, as an industry, are well established in the contemporary Swedish labor market. Its vast expansion over the last few decades however, raises questions as to how Swedish discrimination regulations, handle the three-party relationship that occur between the employer, the employee and the host company. The purpose of the essay is to firstly, analyze whether Swedish labor law regu
The purpose of this thesis is to enable for a qualified estimation of delivery schedules for future construction projects by developing a computer program
Utvecklingen av datorhjälpmedel inom byggbranschen har de senaste två decennierna gått starkt framåt. Idag finns verktyg som har potentialen att effektivisera alla delar av byggprocessen, men byggbranschen har fortfarande mycket arbete framför sig för att utnyttja dessa verktyg på ett bra sätt. Begrepp såsom BIM (Building Information Model) myntas ofta, men få aktörer har god förståelse för begrep
En ny lag ska införas i Sverige för att bland annat reglera private equity-investeringar – alltså investeringar i onoterade andelar. Lagen avser investeringar som sker genom att ansvaret för investerarnas medel överlåts till förvaltare för sådana förvärv. Lagstiftningen, som ställer nya krav på förvaltarna, har sin grund i de speciella risker som investeringarna kan medföra. Genom uppsatsen ska beA new law is to be enforced in Sweden in order to regulate investments in private equity – that is investments in unlisted companies. The law concerns investments which are placed through a trustee. It is motivated by the fact that the investor takes a special risk when the trustee places the capital of the investor in unlisted companies. In this essay I will investigate current and coming regulat
