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Lignin as a feedstock for chemicals – a step towards a greener world The world and its inhabitants are standing in front of a great challenge if the Earth should continue to be liveable. There is a pressure both on ourselves and the industries to turn into a more renewable lifestyle instead of the one based on fossil fuels which is dominating nowadays. To do this, an abundantly available starting
Ickekonstitutionella regeringsförändringar har varit ett stort problem i Afrika sen avkoloniseringen och militärkupper har varit en minst lika vanlig form av regeringsbyte som demokratiska val. Afrikanska unionen (AU) har sen den bildades 2001 utvecklat den afrikanska internationella rätten för att kunna hantera dessa situationer. AU:s föregångare Organisationen för afrikansk enighet (OAU) hade inUnconstitutional changes of government has been a major problem in Africa since decolonization with military coups being a more common way of changing government than democratic elections. The African Union (AU) was established in 2001 and has since then provided a significant development of the African law, not the least in the branch of law covering the AU response to unconstitutional changes of
Evolution of the aerobic iron oxidation metabolism Every living organism needs energy to survive and reproduce. We humans get our energy from food, mainly in the form of fats, sugars, protein, and perhaps some alcohol. Bacteria and other microorganisms are able to use other sources such as light and metals. In this master thesis I aim to find out how the cellular machinery needed for the aerobic
The motivation behind the project was to examine if and how the product attachment value could be prolonged through the form and features of the product. Existing research and literature was used to form an understanding on how we value our belongings, from this four general determinants where clear: pleasure, self-expression, group affiliation and memory. They, together with the study of ordinar
Inom ett demokratiskt samhälle är likhet inför lagen en av de viktigaste principerna. Men är den möjligt att uppfylla i praktiken? Går det överhuvudtaget att behandla människor lika trots att vi ständigt delar in varandra i olika kategorier? I Sverige idag tilldelas alla barn ett juridiskt kön redan vid födseln. Beroende på om barnet anses vara en flicka eller en pojke följer sedan helt olika förvEquality before the law is one of the most important principles within a democratic society. But can it be put into practice? Is it at all possible to treat people equally in a society where we constantly divide each other into different categories? Today in Sweden, all children are assigned a legal sex at birth. We have different expectations on what qualities a child is supposed to have dependin
From the year of 2000 to 2010 the increase in expenditures for the Swedish households on furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house is 67%, for clothing and footwear the increase is 50%. Our total consumption from the same years has increased by 23%. I started this project by researching on the human sociology in relation to private consumption. Why do we spend so much
At present there are no concrete guidelines how to calculate the pressure resistance capacity of the timber at the load perpendicular to grain. The test options ASTM, CEN and ICO gives three different results in testing of an equal body. With this knowledge the value for the characteristic compressive strength capacity of the pressure perpendicular to the grain will be reduced to 2.7 MPa. The reduc
Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in haemophilia is important in order to provide information for clinical decision making and to verify the impact of haemophilia on patients and their families. Advances in haemophilia care and prophylactic treatment have improved HRQoL for the patients and where treatment is available, patients with haemophilia have almost reached the same life
Current market trends for industrial automation are the need for customizable production, shorter time to market, and powerful global competitive pressure. Based on these trends two challenges have been identified: 1) flexible production systems and 2) integration and utilization of devices and software. Applications from both process automation, manufacturing, and robotics have been considered.
This dissertation has three cornerstones: * Haptics * Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) * Blind Users Haptics deals with controlling human movements and getting feedback through the sense of touch. A haptic interface transmits forces to a person’s hand or fingers in a way that mimics the sensation of touching real objects. Virtual haptic touch can be particularly useful for people with visual i
Tack vare solen och geotermisk värme har marken två naturliga källor till värmeenergi, och p.g.a. trögheten att ändra temperatur har marken en jämnare temperaturvariation än luften. Detta är gynnsamt för den som vill utnyttja geoenergi. Detta är en förnyelsebar energikälla som fått allt mer uppmärksamhet på marknaden de senaste åren. Under begreppet förnyelsebar geoenergi ligger två olika metoder;Because of the sun and geothermal heat the ground has two natural recourses for heat energy, and since the ground changes temperature slower than the air it has a more even temperature fluctuation. This is positive for the use of geothermal energy which is a renewable method that has been given more attention lately due to it positive environmental effects. The term renewable geothermal energy in
The whole society is digitalizing, filled with streaming services, cloud computing and an ambition of ubiquitous connectivity. To address the data demand, ultra-fast broadband, at the speeds of 1Gbps and more, is developed and deployed. Optical fibers have been long viewed as a future-proof carrier for the ultra-fast broadband. However, the physical deployment of fiber networks, including digging,
Post partum depression är ett omfattande folkhälsoproblem som utlandsfödda mödrar löper ökad risk att drabbas av. Rutinmässig screening av alla nyblivna mödrar för post partum depression har implementerats i många länder för att öka identifikationen, men tidigare forskning indikerar att hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal upplever screening av utlandsfödda mödrar som en svår arbetsuppgift. Det övergripanPostpartum depression is a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by. Routine screening is implemented by many countries to increase identification, but research suggests that health care professionals experience screening of immigrant mothers as challenging. The overall aim of this thesis was therefore to develop an evidence-based educational
doi:10.1016/S1044-7431(03)00239-2 Phenotypic and molecular identity of cells in the adult subventricular zone: in vivo and after expansion in vitro Malin Parmar,a,* Andreas Sjöberg,b Anders Björklund,a and Zaal Kokaiab a Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Division of Neurobiology, Lund University, BMC A11, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden b Laboratory of Neural Stem Cell Biology, Section of Restorative Neuro
Carina Törn,1 David Hadley,2,3 Hye-Seung Lee,2 William Hagopian,4 Åke Lernmark,1 Olli Simell,5 Marian Rewers,6 Anette Ziegler,7 Desmond Schatz,8 Beena Akolkar,9 Suna Onengut-Gumuscu,10 Wei-Min Chen,10 Jorma Toppari,5 Juha Mykkänen,5 Jorma Ilonen,11,12 Stephen S. Rich,10 Jin-Xiong She,13 Andrea K. Steck,6 Jeffrey Krischer,2 and the TEDDY Study Group* Role of Type 1 Diabetes–Associated SNPs on Risk
https://www.teddy.lu.se/sites/teddy.lu.se/files/06032016_679_39_torn_diabetes_2014.pdf - 2026-06-03
The comprehensive use of plastic globally has raised many questions about how it will affect living organisms once it is disposed of and reaches the ecosystem. Disposing of plastic in high amounts without recycling could lead to several toxic effects for aquatic organisms and eventually humans. Accumulation of plastic for a long time leads to its aggregation and/or degradation into small sizes in
Warehouses are critical nodes in a supply chain, providing a valuable interface between supply and demand. One aspect that warehouse operations struggle with is errors which, if not addressed, will impact the customers downstream from the warehouse. One of the ways to address errors in warehouses is through technology, such as automation of processes, though these are not always effective. A new t
Prime editing to correct disease causative mutations in patient derived Gaucher iPSC lines Lysosomes are the recycling bins of our cells, but what happens if they stop working? Do we get sick? Why would they stop working? Dysfunctions in lysosomes can be due to genetic mutations, changes in our genome that can lead to brain disease and premature death. Recently, the CRISPR/Cas9 system, that works
Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive diseases in the whole world, claiming millions of people each year. Nobody has yet found a successful cure for it and, therefore, there is an urgent need for more research to discover how patients could be saved. Lung cancer is so hard to diagnose since it grows quietly and it’s often detected when it has spread to other organs, meaning that it has invaded
The majority of the coastal area of Scania is highly susceptible to sediment transportation. Due to various influences which are both human induced and natural, the morphology of coastal dunes often alters. Therefore, it is important to assess these changes, especially after major cyclonic storms such as the storm Babet in order to get a comprehensive understanding of the aftermath. The purpose of
