In response to the recent stagnation of global economic integration, a large part of world trade today transpires within the boundaries of regional trade agreements (RTAs). However, trade effects are heterogeneous both across and within RTAs - a phenomenon not fully understood. Since the end of the Cold War, researchers have studied the role of ethnic diversity in explaining low economic developme

One of the oldest, but still not answered questions in single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) is how to define a cell type transcriptomically, and this has been becoming more and more relevant as the amount of data grows. It has been recommended that cells should be grouped hierarchically rather than as cell types that are exclusively related to each other, so that it may be able to reflect cell d

Dosan challenges the current norms and preconceptions of light switches in a home environment by creating impactful and joyful moments into an otherwise repetitive action. Technological advancements have led to an increased lack of physical interaction and tactile feedback, therefore it is important to consider what is replaced and what gets lost when new innovative technology is introduced. Dosan

I dagens samhälle finns begränsad kunskap kring anledningar till varför människor ansluter sig till Islamiska staten, det vill säga IS. Män utgör en majoritet av de som anslutit sig till Islamiska staten. För att förstå vad det är som gör att män i högre grad lockas till terrororganisationer kan narrativ kring maskulinitetsideal undersökas i Islamiska statens propaganda. Den här studien är begräns

Det finns ett ökat intresse för att förstå forskningens bidrag och roll i omställningen till ett mer hållbart samhälle. Hursomhelst karaktäriseras forskningsutvärdering och management av osäkerheter och en rad svårigheter, såsom balansen mellan långsiktiga och kortsiktiga projekt, inkrementella och disruptiva projekt m.m. Denna studie undersöker tvärsnittet mellan hållbarhetsbedömningar och forsknThis study explores the cross-section between sustainability assessment and research reviewing- and evaluation at an early development stage of emerging technical solutions´ by conducting a case study on Sustainability Readiness Level, a tool used in the application and reviewing process of the Strategic Innovation Programme (SIP) BioInnovation. The aim of the thesis is to gain a deeper understand

When hearing the word ‘terrorism’ something will come to mind, whether it is images from 9/11, 7/7 or any other attack, pictures from terrorist camps in Syria, or something else related to terrorism. But what is terrorism, and can the word be defined sufficiently enough to be used by courts of law? This thesis examines the Swedish courts’ interpretation and application of the legal definition of t

Cerebral Palsy (CP) has an impact on muscles and movement. This happens due to brain damage before the age of two years. Either sometimes before birth, during childbirth or after birth. According to hjarnfonden.se, 200 children are added annually in Sweden with CP. People living with CP have these weaknesses for the rest of their lives. CP is not progressive disorder, that means brain damage can’

Framsteg inom forskningsområden som maskininlärning, signalbehandling och sensorteknik möjliggör automatisk klassificering av sjukdomssymptom. Läkare kan bedöma symptom vid Parkinsons sjukdom genom att granska videomaterial. Kan vi lära datorer att göra samma bedömning endast utifrån data från sensorer? Parkinsons sjukdom, som årligen drabbar ungefär 2000 personer i Sverige, leder till att nervceThe recent progress in wearable sensor technology, signal processing and machine learning enables novel applications in fields such as automatic disease symptom tracking and classification. In this project, data from an ongoing Parkinson’s disease study at the Lund University Hospital is gathered and analyzed, and classification models of varying complexity for symptom severity are evaluated. The

Prior to the accomplishment of this research, the compatibility of the classic e-servicescape conceptual model in the context Taobao and TMall in China were rarely found among existing e-servicescape literatures due to the standardization taken by both online platforms towards the establishment of individual webshops. Meanwhile, the conceptualization of social factors as social dimension of e-serv

I denna uppsats analyseras hur en ”äldrevänlig kommun” skapas i en svensk kontext, med Uppsala kommun som exempel. Begreppet äldrevänlighet har vuxit fram genom WHOs arbete och nätverk Age-friendly cities and communities, som syftar till att bemöta en globalt ökande andel befolkning över 60 år. I detta nätverk är idag sex svenska kommuner medlemmar, bland annat Uppsala, och fler än 750 städer delt

The purpose of this study is to explore the way that aspects of the external shopping environment form consumers’ perception of safety, in order to improve our understanding of how consumers experience safety issues in the high streets. Besides, this thesis aims to understand the role of safety in the consumers’ perception towards the shopping environment of high streets and the importance of safe

This thesis examines the L2 intonation of Swedish learners of Japanese with a focus on pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors. Previous studies have attempted to predict L2 learners’ difficulties and errors, such as Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) by Lado (1957) and Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) by Eckman (1977; 1985). L2 Japanese pronunciation has been analysed at the word or

The autonomous truck is gradually making its way onto our roads, and the elimination of the truck driver implies a substantial social-technical transition for logistics companies. Specifically, transport managers who work closely with the drivers on a daily basis, will potentially see a significant change at work. The implementation of the autonomous trucks in logistical companies could cause fric

Can normal development help us understand tumor initiation? The field of developmental biology studies the complex processes by which organisms grow. Embryology is one of its subfields and investigates how organisms develop from the moment the egg is fertilized to the later embryonic stages. Embryonic development can sometimes be abnormal and lead to cancer formation. In higher animals, followi

Detta examensarbete utfördes på företaget Devex Mekatronik i Lund som under arbetets gång köptes upp av företaget Etteplan. Målet med det här examensarbetet var att vidareutveckla och förbättra ett låssystem till ett medicinskåp med tillhörande databas. Devex Mekatronik hade påbörjat en egen lösning på problemet men ville utveckla ett fullständigt system som fungerade på det sätt de hade tänkt sig

Tack vare dagens extremt känsliga kriminaltekniska DNA-analyser kan det räcka med att en person endast vidrör ett föremål eller en annan person för att göra det möjligt att återfå denna persons DNA från den berörda ytan. DNA från enstaka celler som hittats i ett biologiskt spår på en brottsplats kan räcka för att få fram en DNA-profil som kan användas som mycket stark bevisning och slutligen leda Detectable amounts of DNA may be left behind when an individual touches a surface and research in the forensic science field has shown that some individuals have a higher tendency to transfer their DNA to surfaces than others, a phenomenon known as shedder status. However, there is little evidence to support an unconditional shedder status, and the anatomical origin of deposited DNA and what preci

I denna uppsats har jag intervjuat sex akademiker för att förstå hur akademin kan förstås ur ett dekolonialt perspektiv samt vilka möjligheter det finns för att arbeta dekolonialt inom akademin. Till hjälp har jag tagit teorier om bankundervisning, nollpunktens hybris, avlänkning, epistemisk våld samt dekoloniala pedagogier. Studien visar att akademin setts som en neutral och fristående institutioWithin the framework for this essay I have interviewed six academics to attain the understanding of how academia can be viewed from a decolonial perspective as well as understand what possibilities exist for working de-colonially within academia. To assist I have used theories on banking education, The hubris of the zero point, delinking, epistemic violence and decolonial pedagogies. The study sho

Kiruna, the northernmost city in the sub-arctics of Sweden, is currently witnessing an unprecedented deformation and reformation of the urban form due to the ongoing erosion of the land mass. This has made it necessary to move the city centre around 3 kilometres to the east. Due to the deformation timeline, it has opened up new possibilities of expanding the city further towards the north-east and

An energy-saving tool for rapid classification of bacteria When attempting to describe the characteristics of specific bacteria, it is important to know what species is under investigation. The 16S rRNA marker gene is generally used to classify bacteria into existing taxonomical hierarchies. However, a large percentage of the bacterial genome is left unconsidered as the ~1,500 bp of the 16S rRNA