This thesis focuses on the growing demand for traceability in continuous processes within the food and beverage industries. Three market-leading companies have contributed valuable input to this thesis to identify common interests. Using modern technology, a demo application has been developed to show the power in gathering several data sources and traceability into one graphical user interface, G

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether macroeconomic uncertainty has a negative effect on Nordic banks’ loan supply. To test this a model is defined with a gross loans/total asset ratio as the dependent variable and a proxy for macroeconomic uncertainty is used as the explanatory variable. A crucial step is the definition of macroeconomic uncertainty. In this paper five different meas

Cardiac magnetic resonance is widely used to non-invasive image the heart, for both clinical and research purposes. Segmenting different parts of the heart provides important diagnostic information. Performing this task manually is time-consuming and operator dependent, hence it would be beneficial to automate this process. The aim of this thesis is to implement an algorithm to segment the right v

I den klassiska modellen för en endimensionell vibrerande sträng antas massan vara likformigt fördelad, vilket leder till den ordinära differentialekvationen f''= zg f, där densiteten g är konstant. Kreins strängteori handlar om samma ekvation, men massfördelningen tillåts variera. Denna teori används även för att lösa problemet att förutsäga framtiden med hjälp av information från en ändlKrein strings appear in the study of the motion of a vibrating string where an irregular density is allowed. This thesis presents the theory from the perspective of integral equations and operator theory. It will be shown that each Krein string gives rise to a unique Stieltjes function, by utilizing the compactness of the resolvent operators for short strings and then approximating any long string

Detta är en uppsats i retorik som diskuterar vilken försvarsstrategi Johaug väljer och hur den fungerar, då hon bli anklagad för användning av det dopingklassade ämnet Clostebol. Uppsatsen är till största del baserad på statusläran för att hitta oenighet i det nämnda fallet och för att se vilket försvar Johaug för och om det vidhålls under utredningen av doping. Analysen av denna uppsats har visat

The purpose of this essay is to examine how two nonfiction books for children in the category sexual education from Sweden portrays gender and sexuality. Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis is the method of choice, where the nonfiction books are seen as part of a discourse in which language is not neutral. The analysis is based on Judith Butler’s theories on the heterosexual matrix and

Majorana bound states can be created at the ends of semiconducting nanowires using a combination of proximity-induced superconductivity, spin-orbit coupling and a magnetic eld. By adding a Josephson junction to this nanowire, four Majorana bound states can exist at the same time in the system. In this thesis I aim to examine the impact that the barrier in Josephson junctions has on the energy stat

Denna studie syftade till att, för tjejer och killar separat, beskriva ungdomars livstillfredsställelse inom aspekterna familj, vänner, boendemiljö, skola och själv och psykisk ohälsa med avseende på depression, ångest och stress samt att undersöka hur dessa aspekter är associerade. En grupp bestående av 121 ungdomar mellan 16 och 19 år i en svensk kommun besvarade en webenkät. Resultaten visade pThis study aimed to examine relationships of five aspects of life satisfaction (family, friends, neighborhood, school and self) and three aspects of mental health problems (depression, anxiety and stress) among adolescents. An online survey was administered to a sample of 121 adolescents aged 16 to 19 in a Swedish town. The results showed a relatively high degree of life satisfaction in all aspect

Maria Österlund skriver i sin avhandling Förklädda flickor: könsöverskridning i 1980-talets svenska ungdomsroman (2005) att ”[f]risyren spelar en avgörande roll i flickskildringen som en markör för vilken sorts flicktyp karaktärerna tillhör”. Flätflickan är en flicktyp som länge har figurerat i barn- och ungdomslitteraturen. Flätflickan är en variant av den så kallade duktiga flickan, vilken är en

Almost 2 million people are living in Islamabad, significant number of workforce commute from neighboring areas and other parts of the country. The city is facing restraint on natural resources due to increased urban migration coupled with rapid population growth. As a result, the city infrastructure facilities and living conditions are deteriorating. The problems associated with drinking water av

Hur mår Europas befolkning och hur mår den i framtiden? Går det att förutspå var och varför välbefinnandet kan komma att ändras, så att eventuella problem kan förutses och åtgärdas? EU tar befolkningens välbefinnande, eller livskvalitet, på stort allvar och mätningar utförs regelbundet för att ge beslutsfattare ett mått på hur väl den sociala och ekonomiska politiken fungerar. Makroekonomiska storBoth within the EU and within other regions/countries, there is a need to measure and monitor the well-being/Quality of Life (QoL) of people, in order to identify, anticipate, and address potential social or economic problems, at national and regional levels. This study presents a model to quantitatively estimate the spatial well-being (QoL) distribution across the EU-28 member states down to the

As populations and cities grow, spatial planning is crucial. As the planned environment becomes more and more complex, so does managing risk and experts within the field are still debating how this is best done. To asses this undefined area of practice, a case study of the land use plan Kristinebergs Slott 11 was conducted. The main feature of the plan was a crisis management centre which was to b

The thesis examines the Swedish Abortion Act (abortlagen (1974:595)) and its development from the 1970s until today. The objective is to examine the Abortion Act as a producer of certain relations between the state and the individual – how are the state and the individual constructed through the Act’s wording and its foregoing legislation bills, and how does the meaning of the state and the indivi

In the Subantarctic Zone of the Southern Ocean, a combination of physical forcings, chemical solubility and biological fixation is controlling the carbon uptake and thus the role the Southern Ocean is playing in the remediation of global climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms controlling oceanic carbon budgets and to quantify biological uptake rates to make reliabl

The purpose of this thesis was to study how well the MRD-model (Mould Resistance Design) co-using the hygrothermal calculation software WUFI Pro 6 can predict mould growth in roof structures within long periods of time. The study was done on eleven roof structures situated at Malmberget within Gällivare Municipality between the years of 1961 – 2012 in WUFI Pro 6 (the structures were built around 1

Tränar du? Behöver du tips på goda och näringsrika mellanmål? Två mellanmål är utvecklade för dig som tränar och behöver få i dig bra näring. De är syrade havrebaser som innehåller -glukaner. Båda mellanmålen påvisar potentiella probiotiska och prebiotiska egenskaper. I detta projekt har två mellanmål med atleter som målgrupp utvecklats. Mellanmålen är mjölksyrade havrebaser och skillnaden melThis master thesis aims to develop a fermented “in-between-meal” snack with a macronutrient composition reflecting the needs of athletes. An oat base, enriched with whey protein, vegetable oils, salt and maltodextrin, called “Skaka & Smaka” was given as a starting product. The oat base was subjected to eight commercially available starter cultures and their fermentation profiles in the oat bas

Syftet med denna studie är att följa och utvärdera ett pågående utvecklingsprojekt på ett estetiskt program inriktning musik på en gymnasieskola i södra Sverige. Projektets mål är att innehållet från kursen Gehörs- och musiklära 1 på ett tydligare sätt ska integreras i de andra musikkurserna på programmet och har initierats då lärarna upplevt att eleverna inte använder sina teoretiska kunskaper i The purpose of this study is to follow and evaluate an ongoing project at an upper secondary school aesthetic music programme in southern Sweden. The aim of the project is to further integrate the content from the course “Gehörs- och musiklära 1” (Pitch and Music Theory grade 1) into other music courses and was initiated as the teachers saw the students not using their theoretical knowledge in the

Bakgrund: Inom intensivvård råder platsbrist vilket medför akuta överflyttningar dygnet runt. Plötsliga överflyttningar leder till bristfälliga förberedelser för familjen och mottagande vårdavdelning. Syfte: Beskriva sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av mottagandet av barn från barnintensivvårdsavdelning till pediatrisk vårdavdelning. Metod: Deskriptiv kvalitativ intervjustudie. 11 intervjuer utfördes

An indoor positioning system (IPS) is a system to locate objects in indoor environments using radio waves, magnetic fields, acoustic, optical and video signals or other sensory information with help of a number of known reference positions. Nowadays, indoor positioning based services are used in a wide variety of areas and indoor positioning is getting considerable attention from both research and

With the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) accessories such as network attached cameras, light bulbs and thermostats are all constantly connected to the Internet and security concerns must be taken seriously. If a bug exists in an application it could be hacked by a malicious adversary that then could harm the underlying system, leak information or attack other devices or networks. Applications sho