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This paper presents a two-dimensional numerical model of nearshore random wave transformation with a focus on model calibration and verification with both laboratory and field data. The model is based on the energy balance equation including diffraction and dissipation terms (Mase, 2001). The energy dissipation is determined based on the formulation by Dally et al. (1985), with new expressions for
Color guides many important behaviors in birds. Previously we have shown that the intensity threshold for color discrimination in the chicken depends on the color contrast between stimuli and their brightness. The birds could discriminate larger color contrasts and brighter colors in lower light intensities. We suggested that chickens use spatial summation of cone signals to maintain color vision
During the Secret War in Laos, 1964-1973, the United States dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs in Laos. However, 30% of the employed bombs failed to detonate. It is estimated that 78 million unexploded ordance (UXO) still contaminate the land of Laos. This paper therefore aims to explore how UXO affect the possibilities for the rural population in Houamoung district to attain a sustaina
Accidents occur in the society daily which require the fire service to respond. The fires cause socio-economic cost estimated to the equivalent value of 7 billion SEK every year. One of the strategies used by the municipalities to reduce the effects of the accidents is to investigate the fires to be able to prevent similar fires in the future. Recent research suggests that the investigations needs
The aim of this study has been to distinguish how the social workers make decisions on which activations program that the client is demanded to participate, in relation to their eligibility for social assistance. Eight social workers in four different municipalities working within the field participated this study. They participated in a semi-structured interview as well as vignettes. The study sh
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Klimatet har sedan den industriella revolutionen förändrats globalt och kommer att förändras ytterligare i framtiden, på grund av människans utsläpp av växthusgaser. Enligt vetenskapliga beräkningar kommer klimatet att bli varmare, vilket i sin tur leder till att den globala havsnivån kommer att stiga. Hela världen kommer drabbas, även Sverige. Därför krävs det aSince the industrial revolution the global climate has changed and will change further in the future. According to scientific estimations the climate will get warmer, which will rise the global sea level. The whole world will be affected, also Sweden. It is therefore necessary to adapt society for the estimated climate change to reduce negative effects. In May 2012 a change in the Swedish law of
Human rights have been a core concern of the United Nations since its inception. The responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights lies with States. They ratify international human rights instruments and are required to create mechanisms to safeguard human rights. When States ratify a human rights instrument, they have to ensure that the rights become part of or are recognized by the
This master thesis work consists of the development of new hardware and software for the control box of an azimuthal guidance system used by aircrafts during the approach to the runway. The thesis work was done at Safegate International AB as a project running along the usual development projects. When designing electronics to be used on an airfield there are a lot of regulations and standards t
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Havsnivåförändringar på södra Grönland. Den globala havsnivån har förändrats under den nuvarande mellanistiden främst på grund av fördelningen av vatten mellan hav och glaciärer. Den relativa havsnivån på södra Grönland påverkas också till stor del av jordskorpans anpassning till storleken på det grönländska istäcket. I denna studie presenteras en ny strandförUntil recently there have only been a few observations of relative sea-level change from the inner Bredefjord area in southern Greenland. Here a new sea-level curve is presented from the Tasiusaq area based on data mainly from a sediment sequence from a marine embayment. Sea-level changes can be recorded in sediments as changed chemical composition, physical properties and macrofossil content. Iso
Syftet med denna studie är att finna verktyg för att kunna arbeta med musikskapande med elever som har en funktionsnedsättning. Det är en kvalitativ fallstudie där vi följer en musiklärare och en elev. Data är insamlat genom klassrumsobservationer och intervjuer. Jag börjar med att presentera den teorietiska bakgrunden och refererar till litteratur om funktionsnedsättningar och musik och musikskapTitle: Calling out - creative music making for everyone! A study about a music teacher and a pupil with a physical disability working together with creative music making. The purpose of this study is to investigate tools for working with creative music making with pupils with physical impairments. In a qualitative case study we follow one music teacher and one student in primary school. Data was c
The older people of tomorrow, today in an age between 50 and 64 years, are a key group at the Swedish housing market. This group are soon becoming one fifth of the Swedish population and the share of retired are going to increase with 22 percent (374 000 persons) among a ten-year period. Their choice of dwelling for the future will have great effects on the housing market. For the older caseload t
The Swedish Migration Board is the authority who has the main responsibility to provide housing for asylum seekers. Housing which the migration board provides is called ABO. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the people working with ABO perceive their different areas of responsibility and implementation of the Swedish laws and goals set up for one specific ABO. This will be done with a q
The use of walls as divider between countries has, since the fall of the Berlin wall, been thought of as a dead tradition. With the common thinking of globalization as an opening and integration force, walls between countries could be seen as a paradox. They symbolises closed borders and cold relations. Since 1991 no more than 26 walls between countries has been built. This thesis examines why wal
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting similar to 5.2 million people worldwide. Continuous subcutaneous apomorphine (CSAI) represents an alternative treatment option for advanced PD with motor fluctuation. The purpose of this analysis was to estimate the cost-effectiveness of CSAI compared with Levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG), D
The effects of dryer fabric cooling were studied. Using a dryer fabric cooled to a temperature below the dew point of the air-vapour mixture resulted in condensation of water vapour in the fabric structure. This condensation process was studied by means of a small-scale dynamic pilot dryer. The novel model on mass and heat transport in dryer fabrics, described in part 1, was validated against expe
This thesis is concerned with investigating the Roma, a group that is left out in most of the territory bound theories. The theoretical purposes are to develop theories that increase the understanding for the Roma as a diasporic nation without state and the advocacy networks they are organised in. The main empirical purpose has been to study two organisations as cases and how they position themsel
The purpose of this essay was to inquire how workplace conflicts are managed at a number of public social services offices in south-western Skåne. This essay's main research questions were: What organizational factors determine how conflicts arise and are managed in a work environment? To what extent are such factors prevalent at the above-mentioned social services offices? Are certain conflic
This master thesis has been conducted at the Division of Combustion Engines under the Department of Energy Sciences, Faculty of Engineering at the Lund University. The purpose of this master thesis project is to create a computer based model of a Natural Gas Engine in order to raise its potential for updating a Volvo bus as well as creating a study of the improvement efficiency of the Miller Cycle
The text brings together the ECtHR and the CPT that are different, but key components of the system of combating torture on the European continent. On the basis of analysis of the historical background of the issue it points out the distancing concept that was followed by the drafters of the ECPT in respect of the relationship of the ECtHR and the CPT. As a result, the latter is not bound by the c
