A lookup table (LUT)-based inverse model was designed and used to analyze the property of in vivo skin tissues. The investigated wavelength range was from 400 nm to 1300 nm. The LUT was created based on experimental measurements of 35 tissue-simulating phantoms. This LUT was then used to fit measured values of 3 types of pig skin in an inverse model. The results show that this LUT-based inverse mo

The purpose of this study is to investigate ALM institutions’ strategies for digitizing and making historical photographs available in the digital domain from a user perspective. Historical photographs are an important part of our cultural heritage but photographs are fragile and can offer major challenges to the institutions that shall preserve, organize and make them available. For that reason,

Severe human rights abuses have been associated with globalisation. This paper explores the link between the aforementioned with a focus on some of the most severe impacts on workers within global supply chains – predominantly focusing on child labour and forced labour – and how trade agreements could help to lessen the blow, while at the same time avoiding protectionism. There will be a focus on

Despite the millenary practice of urban agriculture (UA) in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) cities, research conducted on the topic is much more recent and still little is known on the impact UA has on the engaged households in terms of food security, nutrition and health. The overall picture that emerges from the literature is one of stark contrasts; some advocate UA as a tool of empowerment, capable t

The game industry has continued to grow for decades and the social interaction trend has been growing for years in gaming. In retail, the e-commerce companies have been extending the social interaction trend to the e-commerce platforms and turning the e-commerce into social commerce. Even though the social commerce and gaming have aroused the interest of the researchers earlier, social commerce in

This thesis pertains to analyse the public procurement Remedies Directive in the light of other EU law. The areas and legal instruments that will be presented and compared with the Remedies Directive are the Public Procurement Directive, fundamental rights and domestic public law. After the introduction section, relevant parts of the Public Procurement Directive, the Charter of Fundamental Rights,

China continuously increases its globalization involvement, while in the same time rising income inequality levels can be observed. Income inequality with its wide spread of potential harms such as higher criminal rate, negative economic growth impact and political instability is an issue politicians should be well aware of. International studies show significant relationships between globalizatio

Currently, there are different programs based on job search assistance to provide career guidance and job match for foreign-born unemployed individuals in Sweden. Regarding job search assistance programs, this study examines the roles of mentorship programs and support & matching programs in Malmö and Lund, Sweden, where one of the program goals is to increase participation of foreign-born wom

In this study we compare different volatility models on their ability to forecast one day ahead volatility and value-at-risk (VaR). We compare five different GARCH specifications: GARCH, IGARCH, GJR-GARCH, EGARCH and APARCH, as well as EWMA, each paired with six different conditional distributions. These models are used to forecast volatility and VaR one day ahead using daily return data from the

Författare: Nicole Pilwind Titel: Som ung kvinna på sociala medier: En kvalitativ studie om unga svenska kvinnors upplevelser och tankar kring sociala normer och privatliv på sociala medier Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Magnus Ring Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2017 Sociala medier är en stor del av människors vardag, där man kan hålla kontakt med vänner och hålla sig uppda

“I en värld, där smala väger tyngst - Övervikt som medial konstruktion” är författad av Jeanette Berga och Mikaela Möllerstedt vid institutionen för Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet. I studien undersöks Svenska Dagbladets representation av överviktiga barn och övervikt under år 2015. Empirin utgörs av 76 artiklar vilka, utifrån textanalytiskt angreppssätt analyseras för att

This essay tries to look at the anatomy of bubbles. The primary model is Kindleberger's model. We try to identify the phases of the bubbles and discuss about why they seem to happen. In addition to Kindleberger we try to look at transaction costs as well as asymmetric information problems. This work is inquisite in nature, where we use the literature in the field, bringing it together to look

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, for which there is no cure. Activation of the stress-induced c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway, a critical mediator of neuronal apoptosis and axon degeneration, is evident in ALS and is therefore considered a poten

Studiens syfte var att skapa fördjupad förståelse för föräldrablivande- processen hos icke bärande föräldrar i lesbiska relationer. Studien ämnade undersöka hur identiteten förälder/mamma skapas hos den icke bärande kvinnan samt identifiera stressorer och strategier som påverkar föräldrablivandet. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex kvinnor som blivit föräldrar inom rThe aim of this study was to explore the experience of the transition to parenthood of nonbirth parents in lesbian relationships. Of special interest was how an identity as a mother developed in the nonbirth parent and the identification of the stressors and strategies that effected the transition to parenthood. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six women who had experiences of becomi

Urban agriculture can be one of the many solutions that a city employs as a part of its larger sustainability strategy. It can have many advantages: food security, employment, better utilisation of public spaces, safer and better food production and economic empowerment of disadvantaged groups. But in the context of nature-based solutions (NBS), urban agriculture needs more evidence to support it

The project began with the thought of how humans will be able to adapt to impending climate change. I sought to create a tool that encourages self-reliance, because this will be extremely beneficial in times of crisis. Sea level rise is particularly disastrous result of global warming, and has the potential to displace millions of people from their homes. How will we be able to cover our most bas

There are many actors included in the humanitarian system, such as NGOs, UN humanitarian agencies and governments. However, a gap in the humanitarian system can be identified where the traditional actors lack resources, which provides an opportunity for the private sector to be more involved, particularly in preparing for humanitarian operations. Therefore, in this research, a multiple-case study

The study asks what role Karl Marx’s theory of the law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall has in explaining transformation, crises and secular stagnation in Sweden. Support is presented for the “law”, with Sweden exhibiting a long-term secular decline in the rate of profit throughout the late 19th and 20th century. For the period 1950-2016, there is a strong tendency towards “Marx-biase