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The web server is an essential component of many systems today. It has the possibility to give access to files with sensitive information and it is the backbone that enable a vast amount of applications. This makes it critical to ensure that files are only accessed and altered by intended users and that web servers are always up and running when expected. One important aspect of doing this is to e

This essay is structured as a theory test of an article written by Justin H. Kirkland (2011), his work was an application of a network theory on U.S. legislature. The theory he applied was about the importance of weak and strong ties in networks. This essay looked at the work done by Kirkland and decided to examine if his theory would give the same results if applied on a significantly different

SAMMANFATTNING Uppsatsens titel: Hållbarhetsredovisning – kanon eller kalkon? En studie av fondanalytikers användning av hållbarhetsredovisningar Seminariedatum: 31 maj 2012 Ämne/kurs: Magisteruppsats, Företagsekonomi - redovisning, 30 HP Författare: Sofie Lindgren och Daniel Lindström Handledare: Johan Dergård och Niklas Sandell Fem nyckelord: Hållbarhetsredovisning, fondbolag, analytikeABSTRACT Title: Sustainability reporting –a curate’s egg? A study of fund analysts usage of sustainability reporting Seminar date: 31st of May 2012 Course: Master thesis in business administration, 30 University Credit Points (30 ECTS). Authors: Sofie Lindgren and Daniel Lindström Advisor/s: Johan Dergård and Niklas Sandell Five key words: Sustainability report, fund companies, analysts, UN

Kan maskininlärning hjälpa oss förutspå njurskada i sepsispatienter? Årligen drabbas omkring 40000 människor i Sverige av sepsis och närmare 20% av dessa avlider som följd av sjukdomen. Trots detta är sepsis ett relativt okänt sjukdomstillstånd för allmänheten och även inom akademin är det ett relativt ostuderat område. Således finns det ett stort behov av en fördjupad förståelse av sepsis. SepsiSepsis-induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a common cause of death for sepsis patients, yet it is poorly understood by the medical community. Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS), the blood plasma of 135 sepsis patients has been analyzed to measure protein levels. In this thesis we will present an exploratory application of machine learning on this data, with the intent of producing a model wh

ABSTRACT Ji Yuan Hai Wan Shi Ye AB started in the December of 2011, is co-funded by the Xiamen Hai Wan AB and Luo Yang Shi Hua. It has integrated business such as scientific research, production and trade together. The company locates in the industrial manufactory area at Ji Yuan, Henan Province. The main products are verity of unsaturated polyester resin. Their products are widely used in the fie

center dot People with mild and moderate asthma have been shown to absorb less inhaled insulin than healthy subjects. center dot In people with moderate asthma, the administration of a bronchodilator before inhalation of insulin has been shown to lead to increased uptake of inhaled insulin compared with no prior administration of bronchodilator. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS center dot This study is the fi

The heat storage changes (Q t) can be a significant component of the energy balance in lakes, and it is important to account for Q t for reasonable estimation of evaporation at monthly and finer timescales if the energy balance-based evaporation models are used. However, Q t has been often neglected in many studies due to the lack of required water temperature data. A simple hysteresis model (Q t

A determination of the top-quark mass is presented using 20.2 fb−1 of 8 TeV proton-proton collision data produced by the Large Hadron Collider and collected by the ATLAS experiment. The normalised differential cross section of top-quark pair production in association with an energetic jet is measured in the lepton+jets final state and unfolded to parton and particle levels. The unfolded distributi

Aim: To increase understanding of the consequences of growing up with substance-abusing parents, including how this can influence the experience of becoming a parent. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 parents who had participated in an Infant and Toddler Psychiatry Unit intervention programme and who had experienced substance-abusing parents in their family of origin. Directed qu

This report is based on the contributions from SI/PASS/PAL supervisors at 63 Universities in Europe to a basic survey of 13 questions. Each institution that responded to the survey was invited to provide more detailed information about the programme including attendance statistics and examples of evaluation/impact; 45 universities provided these more detailed responses. At present, there are nine

In insects, repeated mating by females may have direct effects on female fecundity, fertility, and longevity. In addition, a female's remating rate affects her fitness through mortality costs of male harassment and ecological risks of mating such as predation. We analyse a model where these female fitness factors are put into their life-history context, and traded against each other, while account

With the growth of mobile computing, users will have simultaneous access to multiple overlaid networks, each with different characteristics, services and costs. This paper introduces TOMTEN (TOtal Management Of Transmissions for the ENd-user), a framework for managing resources in both this type of environment as well as the traditional single network environment. TOMTEN is a reactive framework th

Diamond Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is a rare, genetically and clinically heterogeneous, inherited red cell aplasia. Classical DBA affects about seven per million live births and presents during the first year of life. However, as mutated genes have been discovered in DBA, non-classical cases with less distinct phenotypes are being described in adults as well as children. In caring for these patients i

Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) with a sulfonated polysulfone (sPSU) as the proton-conducting phase were fuel cell evaluated at varying temperatures in over-humidified conditions. The sPSU was prepared by a direct polycondensation involving a commercially available sulfonated naphthalene diol monomer. The gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) and MEAs were successfully fabricated and a thorough mor

Background: Laser photocoagulation is a well-established treatment for diabetic retinopathy but the mechanism behind its effectiveness has not been elucidated. The protein kinase C (PKC) family is a group of enzymes which has been the subject of extensive interest in clinically related research since the advent of its role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. With this study we wanted to e

Peroxisomes and mitochondria were purified from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Bintje) by differential centrifugation followed by separation on a continuous Percoll gradient containing 0.3 M sucrose in the lower half and 0.3 M mannitol in the upper half. The peroxisomes band at the bottom and the mitochondria in the middle of this type of gradient. Mitochondrial contamination of the perox

Introduction: Adenosine is a common pharmacological vasodilator agent used in first pass perfusion MRI as well as nuclear cardiology and echocardiography. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) by adenosine is inhibited by caffeine and therefore caffeine abstinence is routinely proscribed in patients. However, the guidelines differ regarding how long abstinence is needed from 12 to 24 hours. Purpose: This st

This concluding chapter gives an overview of social inclusiveness at universities in the 11 countries covered in this book. Which are the most important obstacles for young people to do higher education studies, why do such obstacles remain, and what, if anything, is being done about it? One interesting aspect of the country studies is the difference when it comes to the role of private universiti

During 1984–2009, Greylag Geese Anser anser were neck-banded at two lakes six kilometres apart in southwest Scania, southernmost Sweden: 2308 at lake Yddingen and 633 at Klosterviken (part of lake Bör-ringe). Through 2013 we recorded 51 132 and 29 937 re-sightings, respectively. We analyse the distribution patterns within Scania during the post-breeding months July–March. In spite of the short dis