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This thesis describes the development of an autonomous weeding vehicle for the agricultural industry. It has been done as a project at RMIT University in Melbourne and the aim was to develop a design for the vehicle which could later be used to develop a commercial product. The current trend in the agricultural industry is larger machines that can benefit from economies of scale. These heavy mac

This thesis extends Chinn & Kucko`s (2015) article which examines if a country's yield curve can predict its economic growth. The results show that Sweden's yield curve is not a particularly good predictor of the Swedish industrial production growth. In order to develop the article, the purpose of this thesis is to determine if the German and US yield curves can be used in order to pre

This thesis explored how highly educated women in Afghanistan relate to the multiple challenges affronting women’s education, and what they see as possible pathways forward. It raised questions about the women's lived experiences, their motivations and positionings, as well as their readings of the situation and perspectives on the cause. The study is based on ten in-depth interviews with wome

Three matters are investigated in this bachelor thesis. First it assess wether banking crises have a negative effect on a country’s economy. Secondly it evaluates if bank support can cushion this potential adverse effect. Thirdly it analyzes if bank support has a positive effect up to a certain level before it starts to decline. The economical variables being used as bench marks are five years ave

Bakgrund: Årligen diagnostiseras över 6900 personer i bröstcancer och utgör den vanligast förekommande dödsorsaken hos kvinnor. Möjligheten att upptäcka sjukdomen i ett tidigt skede har ökat i Sverige då kvinnor i åldrarna 40-74 erbjuds hälsokontroller med mammografiscreening. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av mammografiscreening. Metod: En litteraturstudieIntroduction: Breast cancer is the most common death cause among women, more than 6900 women are diagnosed every year. The opportunity to discover the disease in an early stage has increased due to all women in Sweden are offered health checks with mammography screening. The aim of this study was to examine women's experiences of mammography screening. Method: The study was conducted as a lite

Bakgrund: Föräldrar är en självklar del av vården utom när det gäller återupplivning av barn. Bland personal finns fortfarande ett stort motstånd till föräldrars närvaro vid återupplivning. Syfte: Att sammanställa föräldrars upplevelse av att närvara när deras barn återupplivades på sjukhus. Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie där innehållet analyserades enligt SBU:s metod för att extrahera tem

Purpose: Anti-consumerism and sustainable fashion are two vital concepts that are prominent in society today, but have not been analyzed in terms of if they are a part of creating this brand resonance. A new framework, the Sustainable Brand Stewardship Model, is introduced to determine if a sustainable brand is able to sustain long-term competitive advantages through enhancing brand resonance. Met

Samarbetet mellan arkitekter och ingenjörer har berörts och diskuterats under en lång tid. Förhållanden och relationer har förändrats och till följd av struktur och kultur har det uppstått en förskjutning i styrkeförhållandena. Ett mönster av attityder och beteenden har stabiliserats över tid och dessa samt förhållanden kan därför även ses vara förankrade genom institutionalism i branschen. En for

När vi drabbas utav bakteriella infektioner agerar immunförsvaret kvickt för att utrota dessa elakingar som orsakar sjukdomar. De kanske mest kända försvararna är de vita blodkropparna, olika celler som upptäcker och utrotar hot. T-cellen, vars namn kommer från engelskans Thymus (brässen, ett litet organ i bröstkorgen) är delvis ansvariga för upptäckandet av hoten. T-cellen har en receptor kallad T cells play an important role in the immune system where T cell receptors (TCR) identify foreign pathogens bound to major histocompability complex (MHC) molecules on antigen presenting cells (APCs). The detection of an antigen causes the T cell to trigger, which is an activation of the cell that results in a cellular immune response. This triggering process is not fully understood and studying th

There is not much research done regarding maneouvering flight on Birds. What has been done surrounding the area usually involves steady flight and not maneuvering. For the most part studies concern bats, insects or hummingbirds. What makes research on maneuvering on birds important is that in a bird’s everyday life, very little of it consists of steady flight. This study has looked on the Pied fly

Utvärdering av abundans och diversitet hos elasmobrancher i Van Dyks Bay, Sydafrika Gruppen elasmobranchii utgörs av hajar och rockor som tillhör broskfiskarna, dvs. de fiskar som inte har skelett gjort av ben. Det finns ca 500 hajarter i världen, varav 109 arter kan man hitta i Sydafrika. Dessvärre är många klassificerade som sårbara, hotade, akut hotade eller kan inte klassificeras pga. brist p

Möjlig lösning av bristen på bloddonationer med hjälp av outforskat havrehemoglobin. Hemoglobin är främst förknippat med blod i oss människor och andra djur, men tänk om någon berättade att det syretransporterade proteinet också finns i växter. Underligt, eller hur? Växter har ju inget blod men ändå finns det där. I denna rapport beskrivs identifieringen av tre nyfunna havrehemoglobin som har likHemoglobin is mainly viewed as an oxygen and carbon dioxide carrier in the blood of animals and thus essential for life as we know it. During the course of evolution, plants have also developed versions of this protein, for similar and different purposes, such as regulation of nitric oxide levels. A lot of research has been put into characterization of hemoglobin from monocots, including rice, bar

This documentation follows the process of our Bachelor Project in Industrial Design. The theme of the project is inspiration and what it means to be inspired, and resulted in a collection of three designs. The ideation and design process is based on three current topics, chosen by us as our sources of inspiration. Our aim was to highlight the process between being inspired to having a fini

The Danish Eye - A study in The Gaze & binary oppositions in four artworks by Vilhelm Hammershøi The following thesis will investigate four paintings by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi, with a study of portraits from 1890 to 1911. The paintings include two self portraits and two portraits of the artist’s partner, Ida. The method of investigation will be structured around Gillian Rose’s

Bakgrund: Demenssjukdom är vanligt förekommande och påverkar den drabbade personen såväl som partnern. Brister i anhörigstödet förekommer inom svensk demenssjukvård. För att vården ska kunna erbjuda rätt stöd är förståelse för partners upplevelser av att leva i ett parförhållande med en demenssjuk person viktigt. Syfte: Belysa upplevelser av att ha en partner med demenssjukdom. Metod: Litteraturst

Convolutional neural networks have in recent years been successfully employed for various image processing tasks, such as filtering noise. There are however relatively few published attempts for processing video in this way. Image processing methods on single images can be applied frame by frame, but often fail to consider continuity and flow between frames. In this master's thesis we construc

The consumption and production of livestock have a negative impact on the environment and climate. In many Western countries, the consumption is particularly high and it is expected to increase globally. This increase will lead to further pressure on already stressed planetary boundaries. Recently edible insects have been proposed to be an alternative to conventional meat, because they have a lowe

Mer än en tredjedel av all producerad mat slösas på vägen från produktion till konsumtion, där privata hushåll utgör den största delen av avfallskedjan. Konsekvenserna innebär slöseri av vatten-, gödningsmedel och odlingslandets effektivitet. En undersökning av det angivna problemet har genomförts och innehåller syftet att minska matsvinnet i hushåll. Genom att använda en användarcentrerad designpMore than one-third of all food produced is wasted in the food chain from production to consumption, where private households represent the largest food waste faction. In turn, water, fertilizer and cropland efficiency is wasted as well. Investigating the stated problem, this paper’s aim is to reduce food waste. Using a user-centered design iteration approach, observing, ideating, prototyping in d

The purpose of this thesis is to answer the question: is it possible to outperform the OMXS30 index by using an investment strategy based on the Black Swan theory? With increased globalization and technological development, the world has become more and more complex and economic models and theories cannot capture all the sources to risk. There are also several limitations to the human mind which m

Dagens kontorsmarknad och arbetssätt står inför en ständig förändring och utvecklas snabbare än någonsin. Faktorer som driver på denna utveckling är allt från omvärldens globalisering, urbanisering, digitalisering, nya ekonomier och framtida generationer. Dessa faktorer hjälper till att sprida kunskap, öka kommunikationsmöjligheter, möjliggöra ett mer självständigt arbetsliv och främja företagandeThe current office market and the working methods are facing a constant change and are developing faster than ever. Factors that drive this development are globalization, urbanization, digitalization, the new economies and the future generations. These factors spread knowledge, increase communication opportunities, enable more independent working life and promote entrepreneurship. These creates ne