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Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the most important direct drivers of biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. Over the last 20 years IAS are estimated to have cost the EU at least 12 billion euro per year. These costs continue to increase. Many IAS are expanding their territory, and thus both the current as well as future threat they pose must be taken into account. There is cu
In 2017, Sweden adopted a climate policy framework consisting of a climate law, climate objectives and a climate policy council. The target outcome for Swedish greenhouse gas emissions is determined to have no net emissions by 2045. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate which parts in a production of a new small scale house have the most climate impact, what measures can be taken to reduce t
The separator is a machine with many applications, commonly used to separate liquids or solids into components with different density. Each application demands its own unique set of process parameters to achieve optimal results. Often the procedure of finding the best process parameters is conducted empirically, which can be very time consuming. This thesis aims to address this problem by providin
Hip fractures are widely spread in today's society and affect a person's quality of life. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that results in more fragile bones and an increased risk of bone fractures, including hip fractures. A method proposed for assessing the fracture risk is finite element (FE) models of the femur. These FE models proved to be effective in predicting the overall mechanical
This paper examines the creation of safer spaces and discourse around exclusion among four feminist organizations that practice separatism. With the aim to make visible how boundaries are drawn and negotiated and how (un)safety is understood in this process, I conduct in-depth interviews with activists from these organizations. The theoretical framework draws upon Laclau and Mouffe’s theory on dis
Marknadsföringen av dagens charterresor och framväxten av postkolonial teori står under en diskursiv diskrepans. Därför syftar denna studie till att utifrån postkoloniala perspektiv analysera diskurser i aktuell svensk marknadsföring och klargöra för om turisters kulturella resurser kan ha grunden i koloniala privilegier. Med utgångspunkt i att företagen har egenintresse av att marknadsföringen sp
The baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. cerevisiae) was studied and genetically engineered. This was to enhance the transamination step of the biochemical reaction cascade towards the production of capsaicin. Inherent reductases were identified and twelve of them knocked out via homologous recombination. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 technology, the Green Fluorescence Protein (GFP) gene was introd
Jordbruksmarken i Sverige är en stor anledning till varför en stor mängd kväve och fosfor transporteras till vattendrag, sjöar och hav. Näringstransporten medför konsekvenser för miljön då växtorganismers förutsättningar förändras och övergödning sker. Våtmarker är ett naturligt inslag i miljön som har näringsrenande egenskaper gällande kväve och fosfor. Under det senaste seklet har uppemot en fjäThe agricultural land in Sweden is a major reason why a large amount of nitrogen and phosphorus is transported to rivers, lakes and the sea. Nutrient transport has consequences for the environment as the conditions for plant organisms change and eutrophication takes place. Wetlands are a natural part of the environment that have nutrient removing properties regarding nitrogen and phosphorus. Durin
Title: Critical Supply Chain Factors for Scaling a Startup -- A Case Study in the Industry of Semiconductors Author: Pontus Landgren Supervisors: Bertil Nilsson, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering & Lennart Moberg, Acconeer AB Background: A well implemented supply chain strategy aligned with the company's overall strategy is a prerequisite in order to successfully scale a startup.
Obtaining DNA sequences is a time-consuming task, which typically requires one or several days for completion. One way of reducing analysis times is to be satisfied with long-range sequence patterns on the order of thousands of base pairs. DNA barcoding is a DNA-characterising technique that works according to this principle. It does so by using fluorescence microscopy to visualise long-range sequ
To optimize the weights in an artificial neural network most methods rely gradients, which are not always obtainable or desirable. Evolutionary algorithms are instead based on Darwinian evolution where no derivative is needed. These algorithms have a set of strategy parameters that can be dynamically updated during the search to increase performance. Two ways of updating the parameters are the so
Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to examine the different relationships between the auditor and its clients and how this relationships affects the quality of the audit. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical framework is based on a description of relationships based on Duff (2014) and a description of audit quality which is partly based on Tepalagul & Lin (2015) and Wright & Wrigh
Due to a warming climate, tundra ecosystems are subject to shrub and treeline expansions which could lead to increased above- but decreased belowground carbon (C) stocks. An observed low soil C stock in some subarctic forests and tall shrublands has been suggested to be induced by priming of organic matter decomposition, possibly mediated by ectomycorrhizal fungi. On the other hand, the higher bel
I en jämförelse mellan det skriftliga och det arkeologiska materialet framträder en bild av medeltida tegelbruk i allmänhet och det medeltida tegelbruket vid S:t Mikael i synnerhet. Arkeologiskt iakttagbara anläggningar vid ett medeltida tegelbruk, förutom en tegelugn är följande; lertag i form av gropar eller stora gravar (eventuellt vattenfyllda), vallar efter leran som lagts till vintring, grop
We unify literature on licensing in the pharmaceutical industry and empirically verify pre-established and identify new determinants of value creation and appropriation based on a contemporary data set of licensing deals made between 2015 and 2020. We observe positive returns for licensor and licensee. A return differential indicates value appropriation by the licensor due to scarcity. A positive
Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major global health concern. Several studies indicate that most respiratory bacterial pathogens are capable of asymptomatic colonization and find their primary ecological niche within the nasopharynx of healthy individuals as harmless commensals that form biofilms. However, in response to external factors, such as concomitant virus infections, colonizing b
