Complement inhibitors in cancer - supporting the enemy Cancer is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. In 2018 alone, 9.6 million deaths were due to cancer. Cancer cells themselves and the sites they colonize play an important role in cancer growth, progression and response to treatment. There are many factors that exist in body areas affected by cancer including components of the immune

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

Gender inequality in sports is a serious issue that needs to be defeated. The imbalance between the genders occurs in everything from media publicity to salaries, access to facilities and branding. Fortunately, football among women is getting more popular day by day, which has created a need for football shoes designed for women. However, still today, football brands rely on a “pink it and shr

Cities of the world face complex challenges related to environmental resources. The good cultivation soil as today’s global resource becoming a scarce commodity. The demand for locally produced food is increasing, therefore growing food and crops in and near cities is and the connection between country and city is becoming increasingly important. The project site is located in the fringe area of t

The aim of this paper is to investigate how drum teachers working in music school reflect upon their own part in motivating their students and how this is represented in their practice. In the survey I interview four working drum teachers about how they apply motivational work in their teaching. The teachers point out several important aspects and argue the importance of making the student experie

The aim of this thesis is to provide useful framework for the design of the upcoming electric race car of Lund Formula Student Team. The thesis intends to find the different powertrain concepts on the state of the art. From the configurations, the thesis should provide outcomes of the performance, efficiency, complexity design and cost. Furthermore, the best concept should be find and a simple pre

De ekonomiska, logistiska och realpolitiska ramar som byggandet utgår ifrån är inte alltid en utgångspunkt i våra projekt som arkitekter. Istället möter de dessa ramar på vägen mot förverkligande, och tvingas omformas, ibland utan arkitektens medverkan, för att passera igenom. Tydligast märks kanske detta i bostadsbyggandet, en sektor där arkitekturen gränsar till ett politikområde med ideologiska

Wireless communication nowadays is playing a vital role in real-life data transmission. This communication can be machine-to-machine or human to machine communication. In each of these categories, reliability and low latency data transmission are critical factors of success transmission in case the number of devices in a certain area increases. In this thesis, I mainly investigate on smart manufac

Syfte: Studiens syfte var att undersöka huruvida elevers berättande förändras under höstterminen i årskurs 1, och hur bedömningsstödet Nya Språket lyfter! (Skolverket, 2016a) bidrar till lärares bedömning av makronivå i muntliga narrativer. Metod: 46 elever deltog. Narrativer samlades in vid två tillfällen, i början och i slutet av höstterminen i årskurs 1. För bedömning användes Multilingual Asse

Attitude polarisation is a frequently discussed topic in relation to social media. As previous research has found indication that the absence of face-to-face contact increases attitude polarisation tendencies – through changing peoples’ private and public self-awareness. The present study aims at investigating whether a photographed face could produce a similar result. The study sampled 226 partic

Syftet med studien är att undersöka musiklärares uppfattningar av sin yrkesidentitet. Vidare syftar studien till att utforska vilka faktorer som bidrar till formandet av musiklärarnas yrkesidentitet. Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ metod. Semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fem behöriga musiklärare på ett gymnasium. Empiriska data som ligger till grund för analysen och resultaten, The aim of the thesis is to investigate conceptions of teacher identity among upper secondary school music teachers. Furthermore, the study aims to explore which factors contribute to the construction of music teachers’ professional identity. The investigation was conducted using a qualitative method. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with five qualified upper secondary school music teac

The Flommen Lagoon in southern Sweden is surrounded by several natural reserves and is an important bird migration site on the edge of the continent. The protection of this area including water quality in the lagoon and flooding problems in the adjacent area has always been a concern. The objective of this study is to simulate the water level in the Flommen Lagoon and the water exchange between

In 2018, the strategy for Sweden’s National Forest Program emphasized the Swedish forests as green gold. A peculiar formulation that I in this study trace to the roots of the existing Forestry Act. Directly I deal with the question: how has the forest been represented in the Swedish forest policy shift of 1993? The overarching question is complemented by several questions included in the critical

Det här är ett resultat av många års visioner. Visioner om hur Kyrkbacken kunde utvecklas till ett skärgårdscentrum, visioner om hur man förtätar en sådan typ av miljö, visioner om hur framtiden ser ut för skärgårdsstäder och visioner om hur man skapar skärgårdsmiljöer som är livskraftiga och levande, året runt. Min målsättning med examensarbetet är att utgående ifrån en noggrann analys och kartlThe purpose of this thesis is to create a vision of the future Nagu. Nagu consists of two main islands and 3000 smaller islands located south of Turku in Parainen. Todaythe small town of Kyrkbacken, Nagu, is among the biggest service and tourism centres of the archipelago region – but only during summertime. The aim of the thesis is to create a living Kyrkbacken, throughout the year. The thesis

In-band full-duplex has emerged as an attractive solution for significantly enhancing the throughput of wireless communication systems by doubling the spectrum efficiency compared to conventional half-duplex systems. However, the existence of self-interference is a significant barrier to operate full-duplex systems. In order to cancel the self-interference by analog and digital solutions, time syn

The aim of this master’s thesis is to investigate the discursive networks and production contexts of the rare and insular phenomena of Swedish experimental features. As a point of departure, the tentative and limited filmography of Swedish artist Öyvind Fahlström is expanded upon, as the thesis present a unique case study on his first and only feature film Du gamla, Du fria (“Provocation”, 1972).

The International Development Community places individuals at the center of concern for policy making. This study investigates why group analyses are crucial for the welfare of individual and social stability, and claims that the concept of Horizontal Inequality (group-based inequality) is important but widely neglected. The group of investigation is the indigenous population in Chiapas, Mexico’s

This thesis is a propositional study, analysing to what extent conventional concepts of urban housing architecture require updating in response to increasingly progressive living patterns developing in Europe. The propositional design is a modular system including permanent housing for short-term accommodation - alongside a trail of public walkways - which inhabits, activates and connects a netwo