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This study examines how the European Union is represented in Viktor Orbán’s political speeches. It is based on a qualitative analysis of sixteen speeches and interviews delivered between 2022 and 2025. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, the study investigates how the EU is constructed across societal, political, economic, and military dimensions, guided by insights from populism and securitization
Land inequality remains a pressing global issue, and redistributing land is widely regarded as an important tool for reducing poverty and promoting rural development. Prior land redistribution efforts have produced inconsistent results, raising questions about the factors shaping implementation effectiveness. This thesis examines how the landed elite, a group whose power is rooted in landownership
With increasing pressures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, heavy-duty freight is moving to electrification, but this shift remains challenging due to high energy demand, long operating hours, strict delivery schedules, and limited tolerance for charging downtime. This thesis examines whether battery swapping combined with Battery-as-a-Service can contribute to the sustainability transition of h
Abstract Global industrial providers increasingly recognize the aftermarket as a significant source of untapped value, yet many remain challenged in the pursuit of capturing it. This research examines a global medical simulation provider where the absence of strategic segmentation between primary product flows and the distribution of spare parts has produced persistent operational misalignment. Le
Network cameras observe physical spaces but lack an inherent understanding of the scenes they see. This thesis presents a pipeline for floor and wall instance segmentation from a single uncalibrated RGB image, requiring no scene-specific prior information such as camera intrinsics, depth sensors, floor plans, or labelled floor and wall data for training. The detected instances are intended to supp
The aim of the study was to investigate whether work-study conflict and study-work conflict predict perceived stress and well-being in full-time university students who work part-time, and whether perceived stress predicts well-being. The study was conducted with a quantitative cross-sectional design where data were collected through a web-based questionnaire where participants answered establishe
Innovation concentrations are increasingly extending beyond metropolitan cores into urban peripheries through science parks, research infrastructures, advanced manufacturing sites, and innovation districts. Yet their physical presence does not necessarily generate long-term local development capacity. Existing research has explained innovation stability largely through agglomeration, proximity, in
Moving ahead from the domination of either side of established powers like socialism, capitalism, or all the -isms, another way seems possible. As we know from history, there is a great potential and capacity that lies within civil society that finds creative ways to tackle the problems others have failed to address. The study aimed to explore the strategies that social enterprises apply to reconc
This thesis investigates the global landscape of indicators used to measure climate resilience within Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services through a systematic mapping and gap analysis. As climate change increasingly threatens water security and public health, there is an urgent need for theoretically grounded monitoring frameworks to evaluate systemic resilience across diverse contexts.
Temporary urbanism has emerged as a prominent field in urban planning and research,encompassing a wide range of terms such as meanwhile use, tactical urbanism, and DIY.Despite its growing relevance as a more sustainable and flexible approach to traditionalplanning, the concept remains ambiguous. Several scholars describe the field of temporaryurbanism as disorganized, confusing, and difficult to d
There is an established relationship between the autonomic nervous system and the variation in time intervals between consecutive heartbeats, known as heart rate variability (HRV). High HRV is associated with a flexible nervous system, while low HRV has been linked to stress and anxiety. In this study, 32 participants were exposed to four film clips (total duration of 50 minutes), two with negativ
It has been identified that the transition from care to adulthood is a particularly vulnerable and difficult phase for young adults with experiences of placement in residential care or foster care. While previous research has shown increased risks of instability, mental health problems and lack of long-term support after leaving care, there has been less focus on narratives from young adults about
This thesis consists of two main parts: MATLAB-based theoretical analysis of a TI SAR ADC, and the design of a 10-bit 1 GS/s TI SAR ADC prototype with digital background calibration. For the TI ADC analysis, the effects of typical nonidealities, including offset, gain, and timing skew, are evaluated. In the circuit prototype, an 8-channel 125 MS/s SAR sub-ADC architecture is used. Each sub-ADC ad
Framtida samhällsutmaningar och ett ökat behov av teknisk kompetens gör det viktigt att förstå hur en bredare grupp unga kan attraheras till ingenjörsyrket. Föreliggande studie undersöker hur olika framställningar av en ingenjörsroll påverkar ungas intresse för yrket. Studien utgår från målkongruensteorin som förklarar att karriärintresse påverkas av huruvida individer uppfattar att ett yrke kan uFuture societal challenges and the need for technical competence highlight the importance of understanding how engineering can attract a broader group of young people. The present study examines how different framings of an engineering role influence young people’s interest in the occupation. The study was based on Goal Congruity Theory, which suggests that career interest is shaped by whether peo
This thesis investigates how discrete-event simulation (DES) can serve as decision support for evaluating the performance of an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) within the inbound material flow at Company X. The AS/RS, referred to as the Highbay, has been identified as the primary bottleneck of the inbound material flow at the factory. Its performance is therefore a major concern, pa
This thesis investigates how human rights responsibility is constructed and negotiated between the Zambian state and foreign mining companies in Zambia’s mining sector under conditions of economic dependence on foreign investment. The study is motivated by observations from an internship in Zambia, where mining was consistently framed as central to development while questions of responsibility rem
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine how managers at Cloetta use and adapt performance measurement practices to support decision-making under conditions of prolonged uncertainty, and how this managerial use relates to organizational resilience. Methodology: The study adopts a qualitative single-case study approach. Empirical material was collected through semi-structured interviews wi
I takt med att transistorerna blir mindre och mindre ökar effekttätheten i en integrerad krets, vilket leder till att temperaturen stiger. I en applikationsspecifik integrerad krets (ASIC) skräddarsys layouten för varje enskild konstruktion, vilket gör att varje komponents termiska signatur kan beaktas redan under planeringsprocessen. Det finns existerande lösningar för detta problem, men de kan iAs transistors get smaller and smaller, the power density of an integrated circuit increases and thus the temperature increases. In an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) the layout is tailor-made for each design, so the thermal signature of each component can be taken into account during the floorplanning process. Although approaches for thermal aware floorplanning exists, they aren
