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Demands on cost-efficiency and production-efficiency combined with decreasing storage space availability on oil platforms located on the Norwegian continental shelf force new methods for equipment placing on oil platforms. This report investigates how risk is affected when introducing an external installation on an oil platform. Results indicate that an external installation can reduce the platfor
Det är tonfallet i texten och den stiliserade formen som gör att hundboken "The Dog Owner’s Manual" verkar både roligare och trendigare än en vanlig hundbok. Genom att framställa hunden som en produkt, använda ett tilltal som liknar det i en teknisk manual och göra illustrationerna stiliserade har boken fått en ironisk prägel som känns unik. Med den här uppsatsen har jag velat klargöra v
Passage & Byggteknik AB is a privately held company founded in 1992 with offices in Landskrona. The activity manifests itself through the automatic system for doors and gates, automatic barriers and servicing of these. The company has had problems with the signal transmission for safety edges on automatic sliding gates during the winter in which photocells are used. Weather condition with larg
After 9/11 then U.S president George W Bush declared ”the war against terrorism”. He stated that al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners were “unlawful combatants”. The significance of this term placed all persons considered as “unlawful combatants” outside the scope and protection of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), which is the law that applies in armed conflicts. This thesis is a comparison between
Water availability faces increasing pressure due to economic growth, population growth,greater affluence as well as climate change. For companies, this could lead to higher businessrisks as water is often a key ingredient in their operations for example in cooling, steamgeneration and cleaning. Moreover, companies might be competing over water with otherstakeholders in the region when water scarci
Föreliggande studie har undersökt en patientgrupps mående, innan respektive cirka sex månader in i behandling, vid Röda Korsets behandlingscenter för krigsskadade och torterade. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av självskattningsinstrument avseende PTSD, ångest, depression, välbefinnande, fungerande, symptom och risk. Studien syftade även till att bringa klarhet i om, och i sådana fall vilka, faktoreIn this study, the wellbeing of a collection of patients at the Red Cross Treatment Center for Victims of Torture and War (RCC) has been evaluated. The study was carried out before the start of treatment and six months in to rehabilitation. The evaluation was completed using self assessment forms which took in to account: PTSD, anxiety, depression, wellbeing, function, symptoms and risk. Assessmen
The aim of this study is to highlight men who have experienced sexual violence. The study is based on an examination on what help there is available for men who have experienced sexual violence and why there seems to be a bigger resistance from men, rather than from women, to report to the police and seek help after their experiences. By interviewing four professionals who works in organisations w
Fundamental laws of nature used in field modelling using Computational Fluid Dynamics are discussed and explained. Extensions and models used to complement these basic laws of physics in fire specific scenarios are also discussed. The field model SOFIE, Simulation Of Fires In Enclosures, has been used and predictions of gas-temperature, gas-velocity and presence of combustion gases are compared to
Syftet med uppsatsen är att finna och konkretisera möjliga faktorer som bidrar till en framgångsrik nyemission hos onoterade företag i Sverige. De faktorer kan på förhand hjälpa onoterade företag att anpassa organisationen och emissionsvillkoren till att ha så bra förutsättningar som möjligt för att genomföra en framgångsrik nyemission. Vi har utifrån en deduktiv ansats gjort en kvantitativ unders
In order to plan and control a military simulation, there is a need for a language which can be understood by all parts and levels of the organization - both man and machine. This need has encouraged the development of a highly structured and unambiguous language. The term for this type of language is Battle Management Language. The United States military has further developed the concept into an
Following the theme of this monograph, this paper discusses a dialectic we perceive to subsist between meaningful use and reflection upon use. This dialectic between experiencing use and reflecting upon experiencing use (or thinking, and thinking about thinking) may be considered in the following way. Each of these elements is subject to change. As reflection triggers change in use, and such chang
A new standardized lipolysis approach is presented where the focus is on the initial rate of lipolysis. An advantage is that data obtained in this way reflect degradation before growing amounts of lipolysis products retard the process. The method can be used to rank different lipase substrates. In particular, the method can be used to obtain information about the susceptibility to degradation of v
In this paper, anew model for random loads - the Laplace driven moving average - is presented. The model is second order, non-Gaussian, and strictly stationary. It shares with its Gaussian counterpart the ability to model any spectrum but has additional flexibility to model the skewness and kurtosis of the marginal distribution. Unlike most other non-Gaussian models proposed in the literature, suc
We develop a density functional theory for infinitely long flexible and semiflexible polymers, as an appropriate simplification of the corresponding treatment of finite chains. We demonstrate that very long chains sometimes are required to reproduce even qualitatively correct limiting behaviors.
A set of new algorithms and software tools for automatic protein identification using peptide mass fingerprinting is presented. The software is automatic, fast and modular to suit different laboratory needs, and it can be operated either via a Java user interface or called from within scripts. The software modules do peak extraction, peak filtering and protein database matching, and communicate vi
Antibody-based microarrays is a rapidly evolving technology that has gone from the first proof-of-concept studies to more demanding proteome profiling applications, during the last years. Miniaturized microarrays can be printed with large number of antibodies harbouring predetermined specificities, capable of targeting high- as well as low-abundant analytes in complex, nonfractionated proteomes. C
The aim of the present Study was to investigate whether plasma concentration of proANP(1-30), the N-terminal fragment of the atrial natriuretic peptide prohormone, or 24-hour urinary excretion of urodilatin reflects the degree of Salt sensitivity in hypertension-prone individuals. Plasma concentration of proANP(1-30) and urinary urodilatin excretion were determined at baseline, after I week on a l
Participation is about finding consensus in diversity and reflects a normative shift towards multiple-use values that recognise that forest management should blend multiple management objectives into a coherent set of practices. A framework to incorporate interest groups' values and needs into functional forest management systems has yet to be institutionalised in contemporary forest policy and ma
