There has been a dramatic growth in organizations aiming to leverage the power of platform business models and capture the vast amounts of value stemming from external innovation. Thus, actors are required to open up their innovation processes to third-party developers, and make sure these external resources are incentivized to both enter and remain in the ecosystem. So far, there has been a limit

Biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plants in Sweden are usually equipped with a flue gas condenser, where the flue gas is sprayed with water which absorbs contaminants and makes the flue gas meet emission restrictions. This results in a contaminated condensate that has to be treated to be discharged or re-used in the plant. This can be done in various ways, but at the moment the interest

Self-awareness is the ability to recognize oneself as a distinct individual from others. For a long time, this was thought to be a uniquely human capability. However, in the last 50 years, it has been argued that humans might not be the only self-aware organisms and different tests have been developed to investigate this. The most commonly used experiment to test self-awareness is the mirror self-

The transport sector is one of many markets facing new challenges in the pursuit of reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The people at Volvo Powertrain in Malmö are continuously working to develop new and improved techniques that are able to live up to the ever-increasing legislations. A well performing turbocharger is an essential part of the combustion engine in order to reduce the fuel consumption

This thesis investigates how waste management in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as a long-term complex socio-technical change process, fits in the multi-level perspective designed by Geels (2002). Due to shrinking quantities of waste that is generated in the Netherlands, the combined heat and power plants ​are experiencing production overcapacity. Therefore, its ​importing waste from the

De senaste decennierna har allt fler aktörer pekat på att utveckling och rättigheter är starkt sammankopplade och därmed börjat anamma olika former av en Right Based Approach(RBA) till utveckling. Brist på utveckling kan ha sin grund i diskriminering. En grupp som halkat efter och som är strukturellt underordnad är kvinnor. En världsdel med hög andel fattiga är Afrika. Där finns det också en feminThe last 20 years diverse actors such as states, NGOs (Non-governmental Organizations) and IGO:s (Intergovernmental organizations) have adopted a Right-based Approach to Development(RBA). The main reason for adopting this approach is since development and rights are inter-connected. Discrimination is one cause for lack of rights and poverty. One group in an extra vulnerable position in poverty and

Följande rapport behandlar Östgötateatern i Linköping och skrivs som en del av kursen Brandteknisk Riskvärdering vid Brandtekniska avdelningen, Lunds tekniska högskola. Syftet med rapporten är att utvärdera personsäkerheten i byggnaden vid händelse av brand. Information om objektet fås genom ett platsbesök, varefter ett antal möjliga brandscenarion identifieras. Genom att utföra en grovanalys på d

Mitochondrial damage and dysfunction are associated with the aging process, and can be attributed to mutations in both nuclear and mitochondrial genes involved in cellular respiration. Mitochondrial DNA is particularly prone to damage due to its proximity to reactive oxygen species in the mitochondrial matrix. With the current advances in gene therapy studies for both inherited and acquired diseas

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is part of the well-known IoT concept where a large number of devices need to be interconnected in order to collect and exchange data. Companies’ aim is not only to minimize cost during product design, operation and maintenance but also to enable remote monitoring on the efficiency of the devices-assets through the utilization of cloud services. Low Power Wide

Albania is an eastern European and post-socialist country which has shown interesting patterns in terms of economic growth and innovative activity. At the beginning of the 90s, the country shifted from a centrally controlled and isolated economy to an open market economy. The GDP growth in Albania, prior to the 2008 financial crisis was one of the highest in Europe at 6 percent and during the past

In this thesis some results for a model that is a merge between the random coefficient autoregressive model of order one and a stochastic process with local interaction in time and space are presented. The first part of the thesis deals with some result from the random coefficient model. The second part of this thesis deals with the random coefficient model with local interaction. Results such as

The Bolivian Program to Support Employment provides subsidized training to the unemployed and helps comparatively untrained and inexperienced people improve their employability. Albeit this programme was discontinued in 2017, a second version is currently being implemented to continue its work. This impact evaluation assesses the impact of the PSE on employment, labor income and the quality of emp

I detta arbete undersöks hur musiklärare på gymnasiet ser på bedömningsuppdraget kopplat till de anvisningar som ges i läroplanen. Syftet är att ta reda på hur musiklärare upplever tydlighet i dessa anvisningar. Det syftar också till att jämföra tolkningar av kunskapskraven, samt öppna upp till diskussion om vad som är viktigt för att ha ett bedömningsarbete som håller en hög kvalitet. Metoden somThis study examines how music teachers in upper secondary school view the assessment assignment in aspect to the instructions given in the curriculum. The purpose is to find out how music teachers experience clarity in these instructions. It also aims to compare interpretations of knowledge requirements, and open up for discussion about what is important for high quality assessment work. The metho

Since December 2015, the European Commission (EC) has defended the juridical autonomy in Poland by initiating the so called ‘Rule of Law Framework’ against the member state. Although the EC possess legal grounds for taking such actions against Poland, the supranational authority of the Commission is questioned in terms of legitimacy towards national governments. The aim of this thesis is to analy

Ljus som styr ljus - går det? Att styra ljus med ljus kan låta som en befängd idé, för att i vår vardag upplever vi inte något sådant: när du lyser på solljus med en ficklampa så ser du ingen skugga av ficklampans stråle - så uppenbarligen ändrar inte solens strålar sin riktning för att du lyser på dem! Du ser inte heller någon förändring i färgen på solstrålarna efter att de passerat ficklampansRecent developments in opto-optical modulation technique calls for improved temporal control of light modulation processes of coherent XUV light. This thesis project evaluates an experimental method aimed at achieving redirection and amplitude modulation of XUV-light, by using precise determination of decay times in states of noble gases that are deemed suitable for opto-optical control. It is pos