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Vulnerable people in cities will be impacted by rising temperatures and heat waves. This study explores how increased temperatures can impact the health of children and elderly to better prioritize and plan outdoor heat adaptation. Interviews, observations and secondary data was used to understand the case study and explore the research questions. The result found several vulnerability factors and
The desiccation of the Aral Sea has exposed large areas of former lakebed surfaces. These surfaces have provided the area with major sources of both saline dust and aerosol emissions. Aerosol activity is categorized as highly unstable and dynamic and known to fluctuate greatly over short periods of time. A lot of previous aerosol studies within the area have relied on the commonly used long term c
To bridge the gap between data-hungry LLMs and human-like data efficiency, we propose Distill-and-Reinforce for the BabyLM Challenge. This biologically plausible pipeline mimics development through three stages. (1) Teacher adaptation employs LoRA and Unsloth to adapt a GPT-2 Large teacher to child-directed speech while mitigating catastrophic forgetting. (2) Knowledge distillation transfers found
Recent advancements in GPU-accelerated simulation have made it possible to train reinforcement learning policies for robotic control using large-scale parallel data collection. This thesis explores the pipeline from task description to deployment of control policies on the robot platform Spot. The focus is on two important skills needed for future loco-manipulation tasks: robust standing and comma
The purpose of a calorimeter thermostat is to keep a stable internal temperature for a sample of some chemical compound, so that the heat production rate of chemical processes in the sample can be measured without disturbances. However, there may be external disturbances to the calorimetric process, for instance changes in ambient temperature in the room where the calorimetric instrument is locate
Offshore Wind farms are relatively new in Japan. The country has need for offshore wind farms amidst deep demographic crisis, need for energy autonomy, and is placed within a cultural heritage specific to the country such as Shinto or satoumi. However, most of the studies about offshore wind farms focuses on economics, politics, and climate while few really look at the cultural impact it may influ
Denna studie undersöker hur individer i olika generationer lär sig reparera kläder, vilka kunskaper och färdigheter som utvecklas samt hur dessa lärprocesser påverkar utförandet av klädreparation. Studiens syfte är att analysera klädreparation som en social och kulturell praktik ur ett generationsperspektiv. För att besvara syftet genomfördes 10 semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter i åldr
Fungal pathogens in soil threaten global food security. Recent developments in microfluidics and image analysis provide novel ways to image and identify fungal pathogens, but these require high-resolution images taken by research-level microscopes. Affordable tools for in-situ soil microorganism imaging therefore remain unavailable. Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy (FPM) offers a route towards suc
Demands for accurate industrial robots has driven an increasing need for accessible and reliable calibration methods. Robot manipulators operating in environments where large external forces are present, or carrying heavy tools, suffer from inaccuracies caused by joint elasticities, both from external loads and from gravity acting on the robot links themselves and on the payload. Calibration metho
Pellet–Cladding Interaction (PCI) remains one of the most important fuel reliability concerns in boiling water reactors (BWRs), particularly for fuel rods located in close proximity to control rods. PCI-related fuel failures can result in unplanned reactor shutdowns, costly maintenance activities, and reduced operational flexibility. This thesis investigates different operational strategies aimed
Residential buildings that deploy photovoltaics do not always utilise the total amount of energy they produce. This is because there is a mismatch between PV production and the requirements of the building. This mismatch can sometimes be addressed by deploying a battery storage system. But once storage capacity is exceeded, any remaining surplus is exported to the grid rather than used on site. Th
This study examines how TEMU’s brand image is co-constructed through brand and consumer communication in selected Nordic social media contexts, with particular attention to the negotiation of affordability. A constructivist qualitative case design was used to analyse 125 publicly available Instagram and TikTok posts and comments connected to Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The material was ex
Denna fallstudie av en högstadieskola, syftar att studera och jämföra de faktorer som elever i årskurs nio och deras lärare anser vara av vikt för sin motivation att respektive lära och lära ut ämnet moderna språk. Då Skolinspektionen (2010, 2022) konstaterat att ämnet är föremål för långvariga utmaningar, samtidigt som vi i dagens globala värld har fler kontakter över språkgränserna än någonsin,
This thesis explores how consumers perceive and interpret green marketing in the context of food products. Although sustainability is increasingly visible in Swedish food retail through eco-labels, organic products, packaging, and environmental claims, it remains unclear how these messages are understood in everyday shopping practices. Drawing on Social Practice Theory (SPT) and the Persuasion Kno
Animal manure from livestock production serves as a valuable organic fertilizer for agriculture as it provides nutrients, improves soil structure and increases the water retention capacity of the soil. However, animal manure is also the primary source of atmospheric ammonia emissions from Swedish agriculture, causing severe damage to the environment and health. To date, Sweden remains non-complian
This thesis asks whether pre-existing income inequality has a conditioning effect on how trade openness affects the labor income share in Latin America. Using a two-way fixed effects panel covering 18 countries from 1980 to 2023, with an interaction term between trade openness and each country's initial Gini coefficient, the analysis finds no robust evidence that higher initial inequality weak
This study explores how residents in two contrasting European contexts; Skåne, Sweden and Naples, Italy, perceive tourism’s impact on their daily lives. Using a Qualitative comparative case study design and 11 semi-structured interviews, the research analyzes resident experiences through the lenses of Social Exchange Theory, Social Carrying Capacity, and Stakeholder Theory. Although tourism has a
Lund has a long history of archaeological research; however, no comprehensive analysis of the fish material has been made. This thesis examines fish consumption in medieval Lund through quantitative analysis of a synthesised database consisting of previously analysed fishbone material as well as material analysed by the author. The aim of the thesis is to investigate possible correlations between
This thesis presents the aerodynamic design and optimization of a three-stage low-pressure axial turbine for the RM400 turbofan engine, developed as part of the VILD project in collaboration between GKN Aerospace, Chalmers, KTH, and Lund University. The primary objective was to redesign the turbine, previously implemented with a cooled first-stage blade, into an uncooled-blade configuration capabl
