This thesis is divided in two with a theoretical research question as well as a practical research question. The theoretical question I sought answered was: Can architects support democracy? The question was sought answered through a literature study from which I concluded that especially two out of the many prerequisites for democracy relates to architectural practice: A need for a sense of “we”

Two deep learning techniques for classification on corrupt data are investigated and compared by performance. A simple imputation before classification is compared to imputation using a Variational Autoencoder (VAE). Both single and multiple imputation using the VAE are considered and compared in classification performance for different types and levels of corruption, and for different sample size

Uppsatsen behandlar det praktiska förnuftets första principer enligt St. Thomas rättsfilosofiska teori. Den tar sin utgångspunkt i två nutida författares tolkningar av denna och jämför dessa bådas tolkningar av St. Thomas originaltexter. De båda författarna är Jean Porter respektive Germain Grisez. Uppsatsen finner att de främst är eniga, men punkter där de tycker olika hittas också. Uppsatsen böThis paper covers the subject of the first principle of practical reason in the legal and moral theory of St. Thomas of Aquinas. It takes its starting point from the two Contemporary authors Jean Porter and Germain Grisez. It compares these two authors view of the operations and function of the practicla reason in the theory of St. Thomas. It focuses on similarities and differencis between the two

This study is a critical analysis about the meaning of labor within a Swedish consultant company. The aim of this study is to showcase, describe and evaluate employees attitudes towards their profession as a sales consultant. Therefore the study focus on identifying and analyzing the structures of meaning at the workplace, and the relationship between the employees and the organizational culture.

Energy use in buildings contributes significantly to the global energy demand and environmental impacts. Among all building services, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems consume the most energy. HVAC systems are as well one of the largest consumers of natural resources and materials in the building sector. Studies have shown that the manufacturing and operation of HVAC system

This thesis explores representations of duality across the work of contemporary Native American poets. Through the use of several analytic methods and postcolonial theories, this thesis will analyse representations of language, place, and identity, and argue that they are constructed in the border between Native American and American consciousness. Firstly, Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem will be read a

Egyptology in the 19th and early 20th centuries developed simultaneously with increased imperial presence in Egypt by the European imperial powers, which would have influence on how the discipline was practised. The history of Egyptology has for this reason primarily focused on the big four – Great Britain, France, Germany and USA – and on Egypt itself. The aim of this study is to examine how Egyp

The objective of this thesis was to perform multidisciplinary sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the building parameters integrating thermal comfort, energy and daylight. The case study of a Danish office building was used for performing the simulations. The study evaluated the suitability of developed methodology for further usage in the early design stages of the building projects. A litera

The purpose of the study is to investigate how the construction process for building a meeting station on a railway can be made more efficient. Today many railways in Sweden have bad capacity which means that meeting stations are necessary. In 2018 one meeting station was build in Skruv on “Kust till kust” line by NRC Group. This project has been studied in the case study and interviews has been d

The present study examines in a quantitative manner the relationship between the attitudes toward gender equality and those toward gender-inclusive language. It also studies how a text written with gender-inclusive language is evaluated and observes what factors can act thereupon. The influence of gender, linguistic area and an argumentation promoting this kind of language on attitudes and on the

Denna studie handlar om det miljöarbete som utförts i Varbergs kommun i relation till de nationella miljömålen. Den består av information samlad från intervjuer av fem personer som jobbar i eller med Varbergs kommun. Alla har relevanta positioner för att uttala sig om olika delar av Varbergs kommun miljöarbete. Studien undersöker hur Varberg ligger till i sitt arbete med de nationella miljömålen oThis study is about the environmental work made in the municipality of Varberg in relation to the Swedish environmental goals. It consists of information gathered from five different interviews with people that work with the municipalities environmental work in different capacities. Most of the statistics are taken from other sources.The study also explores things that makes it harder for the muni

Following the refugee crisis in 2015, Sweden experienced the largest inflow of refugees in the country’s history. What are the effects on crime of such extensive immigration? This paper aims at analyzing if it prevails a causal relationship between the last years’ refugee immigration and crime rates in Sweden. For this purpose, data from the state’s refugee placement program is evaluated, which yi

Airlines face significant challenges when it comes to sustainability. Globally, the airline industry is responsible for 2% of global emissions and, unfortunately, this number is only increasing (Air New Zealand, 2018). This makes aviation a key actor when attempting to meet the targets published by the IPCC of keeping the global average temperatures below 2°C of pre-industrial levels (IPCC, 2014).

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur inhemska företagsförvärv på den nordiska marknaden presterar och vilka variabler som har en påverkan på prestationen. Studien kommer att använda CAR som prestationsmått.Uppsatsen använder sig av en kvantitativ metod med en hypotetisk-deduktiv ansats. Vidare används en eventstudiemetodologi för att uppnå uppsatsens syfte. Studiens teori bygger i huvudsak på t

Background: Warehouses serve an important role in many supply chains as they can affect business competitiveness in terms of both costs and customer service. However, the cost of operating a warehouse is often high due to the presence of many non-value adding activities. Lean is a philosophy that can be used to eliminate waste and enable cost reductions in companies. By implementing Lean warehousi

The project has focused on a design site located in the city of Lund, Sweden. It so happens that the city has a thin urban tissue and low density yet the city continues to sprawl outwards and to build dreary sea of office blocks. Today the area is dominated by the outdoor sports pitches, a horse riding school and criss-crossed by busy roads. The area lying to the north and west of the site is esse

Rohingyernas utsatthet från Myanmars militär har adresserats av det internationella samfundet som folkmord, brott mot mänskligheten och krigsförbrytelser. Begreppet statslöshet har blivit en ledande diskurs om rohingyernas situation och sällan har rohingyerna diskuteras utifrån ett medborgarskapsperspektiv. Jag valde att fokusera på rohingyernas statslöshet ur en historisk kontext och att analyser

En konserverad GTPas reglerar polär tillväxt i Streptomyces venezuelae Streptomyceter är Gram-positiva jordbakterier med förmågan att bilda svampliknande mycel uppbyggda av så kallade hyfer. I naturen verkar streptomyceter för att bryta ner växtmaterial, och de är även av stor klinisk betydelse då de producerar två tredjedelar av medicinskt användbara antibiotika. Trots streptomyceters många till

We present a comparison of different univariate and multivariate extreme value risk models. Our focus is on exploring how these can be used to model financial risk. We use simulated as well as real data and compare deterministic and cross-validation threshold selection methods for the GP model to a GEV model. For comparison, we carry out a bivariate analysis using copulas. Finally, an undirected g

Today, digital circuits are part of every ones daily life in form of mobile phones, computers, television, smart cards etc. The advent of new technologies such as internet of things, 5G etc. are continuously making the digital circuits more and more complex in design. With this increase in complexity comes the possibility of more bugs in the system. Finding and fixing these bugs is of paramount im