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This thesis studies how modern spatio temporal databases of land use changes can be created based on historical maps. The entire study was conducted based on the available maps over the study area, in southern Sweden. The research was conducted in such a manner that it presents to what extent can land use changes affect biodiversity and climate change. The thesis is not focused on what are the dri

The B-format is an audio format capable of reproducing full spherical surround audio, meaning sounds can appear as if coming from any direction around the listener. This thesis investigates an approach to quantify and manipulate the spatial information carried in B-format audio signals. It describes an analysis method and a corresponding model for quantifying the spatial data. Two types of appli

Idag omfattas de flesta arbetare av omställningsavtal men vetskapen om dessa, dess funktioner och betydelse för både arbetsgivare och arbetstagare är begränsad. Analysen som gjorts i uppsatsen, kommer fram till att omställningsavtalen underlättar för arbetsgivaren att göra val om vilka medarbetare som skall stanna vid en arbetsbrist. För arbetstagaren innebär det att det finns ett stöd men garanteToday, most workers are covered by adjustment agreements, but knowledge of these, their functions and their significance for both employers and employees is limited. The analysis made in the essay concludes that the adjustment agreements make it easier for the employer to make choices about which employees should stay in the event of a work shortage. For the employee, this means that there is supp

Arduino är en hårdvaru- och mjukvarusvit designad för Atmels ATmega familj av mikrokontroller. I detta projekt har Arduinosviten anpassats för ATmega32M1 med avsikt att nyttja den inbyggda trefasmotor-kontrollern och CAN bus kommunikationen. Målet är att göra det lättare att utvekla prototyper till elektriska fordon eller andra applikationer. Det finns ett antal mindre skillnader mellan ATmega32M1Arduino is a suite of software and hardware designed for the Atmel ATmega family of microcontrollers. In this project the Arduino suite has been adapted for the ATmega32M1 with the intent of utilising the built-in three phase motor controller and CAN bus interface, making it easier to quickly prototype electric vehicles or other new applications. There are a number of subtle differences between th

Denna kvalitativa studie har undersökt och utvärderat chefers upplevelser av en implementerad kompetensförsörjningsstrategi inom Region Skånes psykologverksamhet och hur den kan ha påverkat kompetensförsörjning och kompetensutveckling. Studien baserades på semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio chefer på olika verksamhetsnivåer och har analyserats genom en tematisk analys med en abduktiv ansats. ResThis qualitative study examined and evaluated managers’ experiences of an implemented competence supply strategy within the psychology services at Region Skåne and how it may have affected competence supply and competence development. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with nine managers at different organizational levels and was analyzed using a thematic analysis with an abductive

Bakgrund: Sociala medieanvändandet på mobilen har ökat och blivit en naturlig del av vardagen. Unga kvinnor är den målgrupp som använder sociala medier mest och påverkas mest av dess negativa effekter. Idag finns begränsad forskning kring hur aktivitetsbalansen påverkas av sociala medier. Syfte: Att undersöka hur användandet av sociala medier på mobilen påverkar upplevelsen av aktivitetsbalans hoBackground: Social media use on mobile devices is today a natural part of everyday life. Young women are those using social media the most, and are therefore also exposed to its negative effects. Today there is limited research on how occupational balance is affected by social media use. Aim: To investigate how the use of social media on mobile devices affect the experience of occupational balanc

Background Soft tissue massage is currently used in palliative care for the relief of anxiety and pain. Only few studies have focused on patients' deeper experience of receiving the massage. Aim The purpose of this study was to explore how patients with cancer in palliative home care experienced soft tissue massage. Materials and methods Twenty-two patients received soft tissue massage (hand or fo

Discrete Time Markov Chains (DTMCs) and Con- tinuous Time Markov Chains (CTMCs) are often used to model various types of phenomena, such as, for example, the behavior of software products. In that case, Markov chains are widely used to describe possible time-varying behavior of “self-adaptive” software systems, where the transition from one state to another represents alternative choices at the so

A sample of Swedish rape cases (n = 28) that occurred during the years of 1998 and 2002 were selected with the primary objective of discovering differences in the behavioral structure of the offender depending on the nature of any prior relationship with the victim. Three offender categories were established: Intimate, Familiar and Friend. These were then used as boundaries for behavior elicited b

Virtual reality (VR) has provoked enormous interest in the medical community. In particular, VIR offers therapists new approaches for improving rehabilitation effects. However, most of these VR assistant toots are not very portable, extensible or economical. Due to the vast amount of 3D data, they are not suitable for Internet transfer. Furthermore, in order to run these VR systems smoothly, speci

Före ändringarna i fastighetsbildningslagen på 90-talet gick det inte bilda nya fastigheter som var storleksmässigt mellan bostadsfastigheterna på max ca 2 ha och jord- och skogsbruksfastigheterna som skulle vara stora nog att ge ett ekonomiskt godtagbart utbyte, alltså minst flera tiotalet ha stora. Tonkilometermetoden som används för att beräkna andelstal för gemensamhetsanläggningar har uppdateThere is an undefined area in the method to calculate new participatory shares in a joint facility of roads. The boundary between residential and agricultural property units is unclear in the method since the change of law of property formation in 1991 and 1994 when large residential property units and small agricultural property units were allowed. Before the residential property units could not

Machine learning and artificial neural networks can be used to classify or detect specific sound events in audio signals. Gunshot detection is one use case for such networks and can be used to help law enforcement by alerting officers or triggering camera recordings. However, artificial neural networks with a high performance usually require large amounts of computational power, meaning that they

The COVID-19 pandemic and its societal impact may cause long-term behavioral changes in alcohol use due to increased psychological distress, unemployment, and time spent home. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on treatment seeking for alcohol use disorders and related problems in a Swedish psychiatric treatment facility. Using

Converting resident glia in the brain into functional and subtype-specific neurons in vivo provides a step forward towards the development of alternative cell replacement therapies while also creating tools to study cell fate in situ. To date, it has been possible to obtain neurons via in vivo reprogramming, but the precise phenotype of these neurons or how they mature has not been analyzed in det

Precarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of

In all planning processes, including those we label participatory, there are neglected parties. Even when co-produced decisions, equity objectives, or common initiatives are at hand, some actors are likely to be less listened to, or they are never even recognised, hence, ‘perfect’ participation does not exist. Nevertheless, participatory objectives continue to be an important resilience factor in

This study is the first to estimate the effect of Agri-Environmental Schemes (AES) on nutrient runoff using abatement data and water samples on a large scale. This unique combination of data sources identifies all farms located upstream from a given water sampling site. By using watersheds that cover 91% of the Swedish land area and AES payments to 83% of Swedish farms, the study is almost a full

The environment of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is regarded as one of the most sensitive ecosystems of the world. However, investigations on effects caused by global climate change or anthropogenic activities are rare due to its quite remote location. This thesis deals with various aspects of the carbon and water cycle within ecological and hydrological studies that can be assessed by measurements of