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Located in the Baltic Sea coast, the study area, Falsterbo peninsula is in the south-west corner of Sweden and a very low-lying area, which makes it very vulnerable to a future sea-level rise phenomenon and wave action. High water levels and large waves and run-up heights in connection with the global warming can cause serious damages within the area, which is a very prestigious place regarding it

The theme of this essay has gradually grown as a way to merge the individual courses of Food Technology, Lund University, with a special interest regarding probiotics/lactic acid bacteria (LAB). We have studied the process of fermentation in sauerkraut with a hypothesis that “LAB will, with the environmental conditions they create, compete out other microorganisms”. We compared 3 different kinds o

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Naturbetesmarker är en av de miljöer som håller den hösta biologiska mångfalden i Sverige (Ingelög et al., 1993). Idag finns endast 10-12 % naturbetesmarker kvar (Jordbruksverket 2005a) av de 2 miljoner hektar som fanns i Sverige på mitten av 1800-talet (WWF, 2006). Naturbetesmarkerna innehar en speciell flora som är anpassad för kontinuerlig störning och näringSemi-natural grasslands are one of the habitats with the highest biodiversity in northern Europe. The high biodiversity is a result of the land being short in nutrient and being continuously disturbed, an effect of mowing and clearing of bushes and trees. Because the development of agriculture into more effective land use, many of these sites and their associated species are endangered. Besides de

Sustainable development is a frequently used concept these days. It is often captured trough three dimensions of economic, social and ecological sustainability. As the importance of institutions has been accentuated within the first two dimensions, it has lately been the object of study within the dimension of environmental sustainability. As environment is often described as a collective good, th

Vid inledandet av en nyemissionsprocess ligger det i bolagets intresse att analysera marknadens intresse för deltagande i emissionen. Det kan ligga i bolagets intresse att vända sig till en alternativ finansiär för att säkerställa att kommande nyemission blir fulltecknad, detta görs genom ett teckningslöfte från finansiären som innebär att finansiären åtar sig, mot vederlag, teckna de aktier som bWhen initiating a new issue process, it is in the company's interest to analyze the market's interest in participating in the issue. The company can turn to an alternative financier to ensure that the new share issue will be fully subscribed. This is done through a subscription promise from the financier, which means that the financier agrees to purchase whatever shares remain after the pu

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka förekomsten och graden av alexitymi och dess samband med kvalitet i nära relationer och psykisk ohälsa i en allmänpsykiatrisk population. Studien genomfördes på en allmänpsykiatrisk mottagning för vuxna under två veckors tid med ett konsekutivt urval där patienterna vid ett ordinarie besök ombads besvara ett enkätmaterial. Statistikprogrammet SPSS användesThe aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and degree of alexitymia and its correlation with quality in close relationships and health distress in a general outpatient population. The study was performed in a general outpatient care unit for two weeks with a consecutive selection where the patients, during an ordinary visit, was asked to participate and complete questionnaires assessin

My thesis proposes a new understanding of flexibility in architecture. It investigates reasons for a generic and dull spatial expression of the majority of contemporary buildings. Nowadays, technology and lifestyle are changing so fast that buildings need to accommodate shifting functions. Unfortunately, in pursuit of flexibility, architects design featureless “boxes” which lack intentionality. C

Recent high quality printers pose interesting questions on how to reproduce images taken by a video camera. A modern ink jet plotter has typically a resolution four times better than a good video camera. Pixel replication and bilinear interpolation give reasonable results, but have a tendency to blur the image. In contrast to these blurring phenomena, it is well known that the apparent visual qual

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS) III trial and Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR) data were published in 2008. Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register, was used to explore how thrombolysis in the 3- to 4.5-hour window has been spread in different hospitals and patient groups and what effec

Popular Abstract in Swedish Den här avhandlingen innehåller fyra uppsatser som på ett eller annat sätt relaterar till befolkningsströmningar såsom dess ekonomiska konsekvenser och orsaker. I den första uppsatsen används en hushållsundersökning från Kina för att undersöka huruvida utbildning bidrar till att höja inkomsterna hos hushåll i jordbrukssektorn. Genom regressionsanalys uppmäts korrelatioAbstract Population movements are more substantial today than at any other point in human history. If managed effectively, migration can be beneficial for all aspects of social and economic life. This thesis contains four papers, all of which are related to the economic consequences and determinants of migration, within and across countries. The first paper employs a household survey to explore

Thermodynamic parameters are presented here illustrating the effects caused by the two anticancer active metal complexes cisplatin and oxaliplatin after introduction into four closely related RNA and DNA duplexes. The duplexes used are blunt end, fully complementary 15-mer duplexes with a centrally located either GG- or GNG (here: N = T or U) binding site. For all duplexes, a common trend of reduc

Popular Abstract in Swedish Resultaten som presenteras i denna doktorsavhandling visar att det går att spara stora mängder energi genom att använda samma typ av värmeväxlare, som normalt används i bilar och lastbilar, i livsmedelsbutikernas kyldiskar. För att hålla maten kall när den ligger ute i butiken cirkuleras en kyld luftström runt i kyldiskarna. Denna kyls i en så kallad värmeväxlare som Provisions are stored and displayed in supermarkets and grocery stores, at a temperature lower than the ambient, in display cabinets, which are responsible for a significant amount of the energy use in this sector. During the 1990s, major changes in the regulations governing the use of synthetic refrigerants took place in Sweden. This resulted in many refrigeration systems being converted to syste

Development of innovative drugs is a lengthy, risky and expensive enterprise, and the research-based pharmaceutical industry depends uniquely on intellectual property rights, e.g. patents and regulatory data protection to support its investments in drug development activities. After the expiry of intellectual property rights for original drugs, generic drugs may enter the market. A generic drug is

This thesis examines five Multinational Development Banks (MDBs) mandate to apply labour standards in their operations. The MDBs are international organizations often set up with a mission to enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. An overwhelming majority of the members of the MDBs are also members of the UN and ILO. One of the ways UN works to reduce poverty is through the Millennium Devel

The purpose of this paper was to obtain knowledge of crime preventional work and how it can be practiced. Through this obtained knowledge and with the aid of theorethical modells and a social-political perspective establish how crime preventional work should be practiced in Sweden today and lead to provable results. The following questions were of central importance for the paper. On what theoreth

Denna uppsats behandlar erkännandet i svensk straffrätt och hur domstolen prövar ett erkännande. Uppsatsen innehåller även en undersökning av den svenska häktningssituationen och förekomsten av falska erkännanden i svenska domstolar samt samspelet dem emellan. Syftet med arbetet är att redogöra för hur domstolens prövning av ett erkännande går till samt om och i så fall hur de svenska häktena och This thesis deals with confession in Swedish criminal law and the proceeding of it by the court. The thesis also includes a survey of the Swedish detention, the existence of false confessions in the Swedish courts and their interaction. The purpose of this work is to describe how the Court precedes the confession and whether and if so, how the Swedish detention rules are affecting people to confes

The adhesive properties in packaging material have been simplified for a long time. As more advanced packages are developed the correct mechanical properties for the adhesive strength is needed to make packages cost efficient and reliable. The problem today is that no good evaluation technics have been developed for determining the mechanical properties of adhesives. Different test methods for de

Objective. To describe the long-term outcomes of patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) and renal artery involvement (RAI). Methods. A retrospective review of 122 patients with TAK at three tertiary centres in Canada, Sweden and the UK. Data on demographics, laboratory and clinical parameters, medications and angiography findings were collected. Non-renal and renal parameters were compared at bas

Tetra Pak is continuously working to increase the efficiency of the whole organisation. There is currently a general demand to improve by 20%. The number is not to be taken literately since efficiency is not defined nor is it specified how it should be measured. At Tetra Top the interpretation is that it is important to focus on efficiency and that it is up to individuals how and when it can be at