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Gut microbiota play a central role in metabolism for example in blood glucose homeostasis and appetite regulation. This thesis provides a prospect of using the bacterium Prevotella copri as a probiotic to help maintain a healthy gut microbiota as many evidences points towards probiotics to have a great potential as preventative agents or therapeutics for type 2 diabetes. In the first part of the t
The textile industry is known for its complex global supply chains and being subject to a raft of sustainability issues. As renowned apparel brands begin to adopt circular economy principles to close their material loop, upcycling of post-industrial waste streams presents a promising solution. The Oberalp Group has taken initiatives to address its material sustainability issues by starting some up
Food is one of the areas of consumption with highest environmental impacts. Additionally, the growing global population and changing diets in emerging countries will further exacerbate the impact of food production and consumption. The challenges of an increasingly resource constrained world pose a need to shift from a consumption-based society to a society where humans can manage with less. There
Off-grid solar products play an essential role in increasing and improving rural energy access, thereby reducing poverty and mitigating climate change. Experiencing fast market growth in Central and Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, off-grid solar products will represent 50% of the newly established electricity connections in the world between 2017 and 2030. Despite such benefits and market su
Venture capital (VC) plays a vital role in supporting the development of emerging startup innovation, including cleaner technologies better known as cleantech. The application of VC is, however, distributed unevenly across sectors of the economy, often overlooking difficult to innovate areas such as the industrial sectors. This study explores the role of VC financing in supporting the development
This paper explores the impacts of EU’s retaliatory tariffs towards the U.S. on prices, quantities, and welfare. Over the course of 2018, the Trump Administration imposed tariffs on EU steel and iron, to which the EU implemented counter measures of increased tariffs on U.S. imports to the Union. Using standard economic methods, this paper finds that the tariffs were almost completely passed throug
A variety of demand side management (DSM) methods are needed to ensure electric grid reliability and to integrate increasing shares of renewable energy sources into electricity networks. To investigate whether communal laundry rooms in Stockholm represent a good candidate for employing DSM to reduce the severity of electricity load peaks, tenants are surveyed on their willingness to temporarily lo
Brown seaweed or macro-algae are multicellular plant-like organisms that inhabit various shores surrounding West-America and Northern Europe. Seaweed deliver highly important ecosystem services and provide habitats and shelter for other species, serving as a food source and take part in the nutrient recycling of Silica, Phosphorus and Nitrogen on land and in the sea. Seaweed has been harvested for
Experimental project focusing on material awareness. Leftover sediment from an old mine was processed in order to obtain pure clay particles. With a primitive approach and material the goal was to make a symbolic object that would make people reflect on how human exploitation of materials are causing extensive environmental problems in the world. The results, together with this essay, are cla
Consumer manufacturing brands are touting circular business models as the solution to current linear economy production systems that are overburdening the Earth’s ecological carrying capacity. Using secondary materials in manufacturing can reduce the waste generation and embedded environmental impacts associated with consuming manufactured goods. Companies such as Karo Sambhav seek to connect manu
Asbestos mining and production manufacturing infringes on the right to live free from toxic pollution. Though as this right is not yet formally codified, this thesis will make a case for its recognition and concurrently push for a global ban of this fibrous set of naturally occurring minerals that are extremely hazardous to the human body. Highlighting the grave harms of asbestos as a benchmark th
The use of monoclonal antibodies in cancer treatment is on the rise demanding therapeutic antibodies to novel targets. To properly analyze these therapeutic candidates, state-of-the-art control antibodies are important to minimize false-negative and false-positive signals. The current negative control antibody at BioInvent International displays increased background signals, resulting in more stri
Today rubber can be found in many different applications, such as vibration dampers, tyres, clothes and gaskets. Two different types of rubbers are used today, namely the natural rubber and synthetic rubber. Natural rubber is made of a milky substance called latex, which is obtained from special trees found in tropical countries. Synthetic rubber is also made from latex, but the latex is obtained
Home - emotions, places and bodies. A phenomenological perspective on the experiences of clandenstine asylum seekers is an ethnological essay that wishes to narrate clandestine asylum seekers experiences of living in Sweden. The essay is based on interviews with people that either have the experience of being a clandestine asylum seeker or still are in that situation. It is a phenomenological essa
Amelogenin is a major constituent of enamel matrix protein that is responsible for the development of tooth enamel. Due to its self-assembly and physicochemical properties, amelogenin has been widely used as one of the natural biomaterials. Amelogenin, along with the other enamel matrix proteins have been known for its regenerative properties. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the enginee
Despite the increasing level and number of techniques deployed to generate more robust, better-producing microbial cell factories for production of chemicals, the number of products that reach commercial feasibility is still very low. Many hurdles come along the way as it has been observed that strains designed in the laboratory do not perform as expected in industrial-scale bioreactors. For insta
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a disease that threatens 8% of the population in Sweden. It is a problem without a scientifically proven reason, but with a solution. From many different treatments such as medication and psychotherapy, light treatment is the most easily available solution that can be used against SAD. The current market for SAD lamps is bland and uninteresting. Through a pe
