In times where regional development is driven by creative and knowledge-intensive industries, peripheral municipalities in Northern Sweden such as Skellefteå struggle to find their place in time. In 2017 Northvolt decided to place Europe’s largest battery manufacturing plant in Skellefteå, showcasing a growing demand for resources found in the region. This case study is an attempt to analyze how t

Canada has a long history of colonialism that ended in 1867. Before and after this the Indigenous peoples have been the target of several assimilation strategies, the most famous being the Indian Residential Schools system. To deal with its legacy, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was set up. Critique has been directed towards the commission for failing to deal with unequal power

Classification of cell images is conventionally done manually in hematology laboratories by medical technologists. CellaVision aims to automate this work in order to make the analysis process faster, better and more flexible. The automatic classification is currently done by processing each individual cell image through a Convolutional Neural Network. This methodology does not exploit any correlat

This thesis is a qualitative case study of discrimination based on stigmatization towards transgender individuals in Brazil. The current President, Jair Bolsonaro has made some extreme statements about the LGBTQ+ community throughout his career in politics, starting when he was a congressman in Rio de Janeiro and keeps doing so today, normalizing stigma and discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ commun

In 2019, the EU and Morocco implemented the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA). The agreement gives EU vessels right to fish not only in Moroccan waters, but also in waters adjacent to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The SFPA followed on several rulings from the EU Courts, ruling previous trade agreements between the EU and Morocco illegal in their inclusion of the Wester

This essay investigates the revolutionary strategy of the anarcho-syndicalists in Russia and Sweden before the World War I. The purpose of the research is to gain new knowledge about the relationship between the goal and the method from the point of view of the ideology of anarchosyndicalism. The study explores how the same ideology shaped strategy in two different national contexts. Publications

Teknisk utveckling och större tillgång till geografiska data i 3D har lett till ökad tillämpning av 3D-modeller av städer för analys och visualisering. Stadsmodeller används bland annat av kommuner för att visualisera framtida projekt i staden. Genom att studera staden i en virtuell miljö kan man få bättre uppfattning om hur planerade byggnader passar in i den befintliga stadsbilden. Det kan även As the technological developments and the access to 3D geographical data is increasing the usage of city models in planning is becoming more important. City models have traditionally mainly been used for visualization but are now an important tool for analysis. The increased application of city models set higher requirements on standardized formats to effectively exchange data. City models are co

Vilken krabba kan hantera det bäst? Invasiva arter är ett problem för naturliga ekosystem runt om i världen eftersom de har egenskaper som gör dom överlägsna inhemska arter. En sådan invasiv art har nyligen påträffats vid den svenska kusten i Östersjön, den vitfingrade brackvattenskrabban (Rhithropanopeus harrisii). Denna krabba kommer ursprungligen från Nordamerika, men har spridit sig över storIt is well documented that invasive species could have significant impacts on the native ecosystem in its introduced range. Recently the Baltic Sea has been invaded by the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould 1841). This crab could potentially have big impacts on the ecosystem since there is a lack of crabs in the Baltic Sea. This study aimed to evaluate what impacts R.

New Terrorism has been a highly regarded theory in the field of terrorism since the late 1990s, but how accurate is it in regards to European terrorism in 2010-2018? Are terrorists more lethal, primarily religious, part of transnational and decentralized organizations, and are they using CBRN-weapons? This paper uses a quantitative study, with a descriptive and retroductive approach, of all terror

Economic and racial discrimination goes hand in hand in the case of Syrian refugees in the labour market in Lebanon. Ever since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, millions of the Syrian population has fled abroad, most of whom are currently residing in its neighbouring countries, Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. Lebanon currently has the largest number of Syrian refugees per capita, putting pr

Att arbeta som undersköterska inom bland annat hemtjänsten är Sveriges vanligaste yrke. Stress och osäkra anställningsförhållanden är inte ovanliga för de anställda, som tillhör den grupp där sjukskrivningar på grund av psykisk ohälsa är vanligast i Sverige. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka hemtjänstanställdas uppfattningar om sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö, genom att undersöka ansträngning-bWorking as an enrolled nurse in home care and similar services is the most common occupation in Sweden. Stress and uncertain employment conditions are not unusual for its employees, who belong to the group most prone to take sick leave due to mental illness. This study aimed to examine the perceptions of home care workers regarding their psychosocial work environment, by investigating effort-rewar

Kvaliteten på kalkcementpelare, kc-pelare, varierar ofta. Det är vid design- och tillverkningsprocess svårt att säkerställa den slutliga kvaliteten och egenskaperna kan vara olika inom och mellan pelare. Den stabiliserade jordens geologiska förhållanden inverkar, liksom bindemedel och tillverkningsförfarande. I Sverige är kc-pelare en vanlig förstärkningsmetod i stora infrastrukturprojekt och det

Sedan år 1895 då Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen uppfann joniserande strålning så har den använts på många olika sätt inom sjukvården, bland annat inom bilddiagnostik. Det är viktigt att en röntgensjuksköterska har en patientcentrerad vård där information och kommunikation med patienten utgör grunden för ett bra patientbemötande. Under det korta mötet kan patienten ställa frågor angående undersökningen och

Covert surveillance officers lack special equipment to carry their essential tools during their surveillance jobs. Officers were interviewed about scenarios, needs and the current equipment as well as solutions. It was apparent that it could be problematic to carry essential tools in an organized and concealed way. A generic bag that anyone could carry without looking out of place was developed th

The Swedish Sea Cadet Corps (Sjövärnskåren / SVK) is a unique voluntary organisation with potential to greatly contribute to the Swedish society in times of crisis. The unique feature of SVK being the only voluntary organisation in Sweden that operates in the maritime domain, does not come without problems. I have in this study made clear to the reader where the problem lies and why there are prob

Automatlarm kan rädda många liv och har hjälpt räddningstjänsten att göra nödvändiga insatser på plats, även om fördelarna är många finns det larm som inte är befogade och som orsakar kostnader för samhället. Syfte med den här studien är att genom intervjuer diskutera kring automatlarm, dess för- och nackdelar och genom litteraturstudier analysera olika ingående parametrar. Material och metod: StAutomatic alarms have saved many lives and have helped the emergency services to make the necessary efforts in place, although there are many benefits, there are alarms that are not justified and that cause costs for the society. The aim of this study is to, through interviews, discuss about automatic alarms and its advantages and disadvantages and through literature studies analyze different inpu

Bröstcancer är den vanligaste cancerdiagnosen för kvinnor och årligen drabbas över 9000 i Sverige. För att hitta cancern i ett tidigt stadium genomförs regelbunden screening (massundersökning) med mammografi (bröströntgen) för kvinnor i åldern 40–74. Artificiell intelligens (AI) och mekanisk avbildning, Mechanical Imaging (MI), har använts i separata studier inom mammografi för att underlätta granArtificial intelligence (AI) and mechanical imaging (MI) have been used in separate studies in breast imaging. They have individually shown great possibilities within the field of mammography, but the use of the two techniques together have never been evaluated. The artificial intelligence application used in this work was Transpara, a deep learning convolutional neural network. It distinguishes p

The modus operandi of most asset managers is to promise clients an annual risk target, where risk is measured by realized standard deviation of portfolio returns. Moreover, Markowitz (1952) portfolio selection requires an estimate of the covariance matrix of the returns of the financial instruments under consideration. To address both these problems, we develop a data-driven method for covariance

Företagets avdelning för distributionsutrustning håller på att utveckla en lösning för att packa förpackningar i ett rektangulärt mönster i öppna tråg. Lösningen använder sig av en delta-robot med ett vakuumdrivet plockverktyg för att plocka och placera förpackningarna. För att öka robustheten i lösningen vill man ta fram och testa koncept för att automatiskt, och utan operatörsinteraktion, hanterA distribution equipment solution using a delta robot for picking and placing packages in a rectangular pattern into cardboard trays (blanks) is currently under development. In order to increase the robustness of this solution, concepts for handling a variety of performance problems in the grouping or pattern creation area without operator interaction, e.g. toppled packages or missing packages, ne

From a security policy perspective, the grey zone area can be understood as the fact that the line between peace and armed conflict, civil and military, legal and illegal, is unclear and that there are many actors and areas involved. It is easier to observe a grey zone area activity afterwards than to predict it. Based on the theory of securitization, the study aims to describe, in a grey zone con