Sweden is a country who currently is subject to a historically large population increase which also involves a large increase in the number of children attending school. Growing societies are facing the challenge of maintaining the provision of social functions at the same rate as they are growing. Planning for land use and social functions constitutes a complex aggregation of interest which leads

Despite stable growth in the national population, many rural municipalities in Sweden are suffering from persistent population decline. Because of the severe consequences this has for their economy and capacity to deliver welfare, many are anxious to find strategies to deal with the situation. This essay examines the local perspective on rural shrinkage by attempting to answer the question: How ca

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

My diploma project is a design proposal for a Rudolf Steiner School in Sirende, a village 12 km outside Kitale Town, Kenya. On Initiative taken by the anthroposophical association Föreningen Sofia in Sweden, a Steiner school opened in Sirende in year 2008. Today the school is in a very bad condition with over crowded classrooms and poor sanitary conditions. The need for a new school building is ur

Does treating high blood pressure improve neurodegeneration High blood pressure, also called hypertension could damage the brain. Our research tries to understand how lowering blood pressure affects the hypertensive brain. Hypertension is the disease that people have abnormally high blood pressure. Nowadays, 1 in 5 people worldwide have hypertension, accounting for 1.13 billion people. This cause

Previous research into variation in sex allocation strategies in birds has provided evidence for sex ratio adjustments by parents to maximize fitness, based on differences in the costs of producing males and females. Additionally, studies of melanin-based color polymorphism indicate that life history strategies, physiology, and behavior may vary among color variants of the same species. This study

The purpose of this report was to develop and evaluate new solutions to improve the perception of fire threat in virtual reality experiments. Thermal heat have been identified as a stimulus that modern day virtual reality experiments don’t take into account that would likely affect a person in a real life fire evacuation scenario. The objective of this report was to successfully implement thermal

This thesis examines the debate that followed the 2019 exhibition The Thin Line at Dunkers kulturhus, when it became known that one of the photographs had been digitally altered. The aim of the study is to contribute to an understanding of our norms and attitudes to- wards the photographic image and it’s genres. The questions asked are: What views on photo- graphic truth are represented in the deb

Tupí-guaraníspråken omagua [omg] och kokama [cod] utgör intressanta exempel på omfattande språkkontakt i Amazonas. Detta framgår av språkens lexikon, som till största delen består av ord från tupí-guaraníspråk, men med en hög andel ord från obesläktade språk. Det framgår också av grammatiken, som skiljer sig mycket från andra tupí-guaraníspråk. Det språk som var huvudsaklig lexifierare i kontaktsiThe Tupí–Guaraní languages Omagua [omg] and Kokama [cod] constitute interesting examples of heavy language contact in Amazonia. This is evident from their lexicon, which is mostly Tupí–Guaraní, but with a high percentage of non-Tupí–Guaraní forms, and the grammar, which is very distinct from other Tupí–Guaraní languages. The lexifying Tupí–Guaraní language in this contact situation is believed to

Purpose - The aim of this paper is to analyze Artificial Intelligence in the music industry in order to provide an indication of how Artificial Intelligence is expected to continue impacting the connection between the consumer and the brand. Design/methodology/approach - The study is based on a qualitative single case study method and it discusses how Spotify has incorporated Artificial Intellige

This study aims to examine the experiences of adult children to parents with drug and/or alcohol addiction, and how they narrate how this affected their childhood, and adult life. The method used was a narrative analysis of four life stories, taken from four podcast episodes. The empirical data was structured into themes found in the life stories. The themes that were found in the life stories wer