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Ensuring energy security, eradicating energy poverty, and reducing GHG emissions from the energy sector are some of the key reasons why energy efficiency will be addressed in the Ukraine. The residential sector, being among the major energy consumers in the national economy, has a large energy saving potential. Multi-storey residential buildings currently require general refurbishment, and this fa
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to develop an administration tool that will be used by a helpdesk in IKEA IT. The helpdesk members have a lot of responsibilities and have to perform various tasks on a daily basis, thus the goal is to develop an administration tool that has an interface which allows a helpdesk member to perform basic tasks without needing any prior education or experience of
Author: Jannica Nilsson Wallberg, Josefine Attnarsson Title: Substance abuse and pregnancy - Who is responsible for the unborn? A qualitative study from the professional perspective on compulsory treatment of pregnant substance abusers in Sweden and Norway [translated title] Supervisor: Eva Palmblad The purpose of this study was to examine the concept of compulsory treatment of pregnant women wi
Studying the full universe of nearly 390,000 French patents filed between 1791 and 1900, I show that the nineteenth-century gender patenting gap arose less at the patent office than through unequal access to practical knowledge, collaborators, and time across the life course. I identify 4,165 women inventors using gender-specific honorifics, classify patents with machine learning, reconstruct the
BackgroundObesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, which does not capture total adiposity or fat distribution, as highlighted by the recent Lancet D&E Commission report. We assessed the prognostic value of an adiposity-based classification combining body fat percentage (BF%) and waist circumference (WC) in relation to cardiometabolic and kidney outcomes and evaluated its concordance with BMI.M
The purpose of this essay was to investigate the opinions of young people, age 14-16, at a school in a middle-sized city in Sweden, concerning narcotics. The questions we asked ourselves were; -What are young peoples' ideas of narcotics? -What do young people imagine when they think of a drug addict? -What reasons do young people give to start using narcotics? -What gender-related opinions
This thesis investigates all aspects of quality and evaluation issues concerning collections of Internet links in public libraries today and in the future. We have studied central theories concerning quality in general as well as quality aspects regarding the Internet and Internet links. In addition to this we have made three case-studies involving the development of collections of Internet links
Copyright is a part of the intellectual property rights. This ancient occurrence became during 19th century observed by the legislation. Great economical interests and values made it necessary to create rules concerning how the exploitation would take place. Several important conventions were created during this century. For example, the Parisconvention (1883) and the Bernconvention (1886). During
The purpose of the study is to contribute with new knowledge regarding the present-day preservation of video in Swedish archives, more specifically video as recorded on magnetic tapes. In the study a distinction is made between magnetic tapes and VHS-tapes, as the colloquial use of the brand name VHS is often used to categorize all magnetic tapes. The research questions centre on how the preservat
Sedan folkmord etablerades som ett brott inom internationell rätt, för närmare åttio år sedan, har antalet moraliska och mänskliga grymheter som rättsligt och juridiskt klassificerats som folkmord varit få. Det beror inte på bristen på försök att få händelser erkända som sådana, men det har oftast skett till bristande framgång. Genom vilka grupper som omfattas av skyddet, handlingarna som förbjudsSince the inception of genocide as a crime under international law, nearly eighty years ago, the number of atrocities that have been legally and judicially designated as genocides are few. This is not for lack of effort to have tragedies classified as such, but with limited success. From the protected groups to the prohibited acts to the stringent intent requirement, genocide has acquired a veneer
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) deploy litigation to suppress political rights – especially public participation rights and freedoms of expression, assembly and association. The rights of journalists, human rights defenders, civil society organisations and individuals are chilled by these cases and legal threats, which convert matters of public interest into private disput
Passive infrared sensors are widely used for lighting and building automation because they are inexpensive and low power, but they detect motion rather than presence. A person who sits still, reads, works at a desk, or sleeps can therefore disappear from the sensor state even though the room is still occupied. This thesis investigates whether a low-cost, battery-powered, privacy-preserving presenc
The multitaper spectrogram, with arithmetic and geometric mean functions, and the ambiguity domain where evaluated on simulated data and real audio samples{. This was done} to determine if they can improve the results, of classification tasks, of the single-taper spectrogram when used as input to a convolutional neural network. The spectrogram used was differentiable to allow for the window length
OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate timely reporting of clinical trial results at medical universities and university hospitals in the Nordic countries.STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: In this cross-sectional study, we included trials (regardless of intervention) registered in the EU Clinical Trials Registry and/or ClinicalTrials.gov, completed 2016-2019, and led by a university with medical faculty or
In stainless steel turning, cutting tool life is often limited by excessive localised damage at the depth of cut line, known as notch wear. Previous research revealed that notch wear in CVD (chemical vapour deposition) Al2O3/Ti(C,N) coated WC-Co tools begins as a coating brittle fracture already after 0.3 m of cutting. This paper investigates the impact of cutting tools and workpiece materials on
Objective: Dural opening and closures are major steps in endoscopic pituitary surgery. Restoring the normal anatomy at the end of the procedure creates a natural barrier between the intrasellar compartment and the sinonasal cavity. Methods: In this study, we present a relatively simple dural opening and closure technique for endoscopic pituitary surgery. This technique provides a better alternativ
INTRODUCTION: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) carries a poor prognosis, but earlier tumor detection would improve survival. We aimed to develop and externally validate a risk prediction model based on exposure to readily available risk factors to identify high-risk individuals of ESCC.METHODS: Competing risk regression modeling was used to develop a risk prediction model. Individuals' ab
Introduction: Exposure to environmental chemicals during fetal development may increase the risk of testicular germ cell cancer (TGCC), but few studies have tested the hypothesis. We focused on organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), previously investigated in relation to other male reproductive health outcomes. Methods: We conducted a nested case-control study of 33
Irony is a heavily context-dependent pragmatic phenomenon. But what is it about context that facilitates or blocks irony comprehension? Based on the echoic account, we suggest that a context facilitates irony comprehension when it makes manifest a speaker's intentions and attitude, i.e., when a context makes it easy for participants to engage their mindreading abilities. In two pre-registered self
OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of this study was to confirm the internal consistency and factor structure of the Swedish version of the Swanson-Nolan-Pelham scale fourth edition (SNAP-IV) for parents and to examine its clinical utility for identifying children diagnosed with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).MATERIALS AND METHODS: Parents of 11-year-old children from a birth cohort in th
