100 000 elderly fall each year, costing the healthcare system up to 750 million SEK. Beyond the financial part, these accidents could lead to serious injuries such as head trauma or hip replacements, and in the worst case, even death. This project aims to find a preventive technique that will make life easier for the elderly while saving money and resources for society. The aim is to gather data

Heart failure is one of the most common causes of hospitalization in Sweden, and 30\% of all heart failure patients need unplanned readmissions within three months, creating a burden on the healthcare system. This project was conducted within the healthcare model "Hospital at Home", where there is currently no systematic follow-up method of heart failure patients. By monitoring those wit

The report investigates whether ultra-high-frequency ultrasound at 30 MHz can distinguish healthy- from diseased intestinal tissue in infants with Hirschsprung's disease with the same accuracy as 50 MHz. Hirschsprung's disease is defined as the absence of ganglion cells in the distal parts of the intestine. During treatment, the affected sections of the intestine are surgically removed. Th

Medical imaging plays a vital role in modern diagnostics, enabling accurate disease detection and treatment planning. In recent years, deep learning-especially using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) has revolutionized medical image segmentation. One prominent CNN architecture is U-net, developed specifically for biomedical image segmentation. Its structure with symmetric encoder-decoder layers

Measurements of vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) is an important factor to consider in gait analysis and is often used in clinical studies. Traditionally, these measurements are often done using force plate sensors embedded in the ground. Recent advancements in the field have made it possible to conduct these studies using treadmills with similar embedded sensors, systems consisting of either

Patient safety is a key component in healthcare, in particular within the widespread use of medical technology. A proactive approach to patient safety in medical technology is essential for fulfilling the healthcare system’s duty to protect patients from harm. At the department Digitalisering IT och MT at Region Skåne, all proactive patient safety efforts are currently handled manually. The aim of

In order for a person to experience a fear response, a platitude of different brain parts and processes are required. Both small parts, like the amygdala and hypothalamus, and larger parts, like the prefrontal cortex, are necessary. While a lot of fear responses have a similar outline, there are differences in the expressions and activations of the brain parts. In this project, a prototype model

Mental health services increasingly seek ways to implement Learning Health Systems (LHS) to enhance care quality of patients. This bachelor's thesis focuses on DIALOG+, a structured tool used in psychiatry designed for patient-centered communication. By visualizing and analysing data from DIALOG+, continuous learning can be supported within clinical settings to improve treatment and organizati

A challenge when predicting physiological corrosion behaviour of biomaterials is the lack of established correlation between the results from in vitro and in vivo studies. This project investigates how the selection of immersion testing method affects the degradation of magnesium based alloys by comparing corrosion rates obtained from three methods: bioreactor, incubator and isothermal calorimetry

Minimal submanifolds constitute a central area within the realm of differential geometry, due to their many applications in various branches of physics. An illustrative example is found in the behavior of soap films, which in striving to balance pressure, naturally assume surfaces characterised by zero mean curvature. In this thesis we will employ a recent result of S. Gudmundsson and T.J. Munn t

Människor har att tacka fotosyntesen för sin existens. Fotosyntesen sker inuti bladen hos högt stående växter, alger, samt hos vissa mikroorganismer (t ex gröna svavelbakterier, cyanobakterier, etc). Fotosyntesens första steg involverar uppfångandet av ljus och överförandet av dess energi till något som kallas reaktionscentrat. Processen involverar en molekyl som kallas (bakterie)klorofyll. Där fiThe purpose of this study is two-fold: first to validate previous findings, that showed that the central atom in (bacterio)chlorophyll changes ligand coordination number upon being cooled at a certain rate (in certain solvents), and to resolve the Qx and Qy bands from the total absorption spectrum. We studied bacteriochlorophyll A (BChl A), bacteriochlorophyll C (BChl C), and chlorophyll A (Chl A)

This bachelor’s degree project investigates the improvement of the functionality, comfort, and aesthetics of forearm crutches for people living with temporary or chronic mobility limitations. The target group of individuals aged 40-65 reflects a wide range of lifestyles, from short-distance mobility to commuting. Through interviews and observations with individuals that belong to the target group,

Failure in change detection in the surrounding environment while driving is attributed among other things to the number of incidents and the density of them occurring along the task as this is directly related to an increase in cognitive load. Here, we investigate the role of time proximity between events on the detection performance during a naturalistic driving task in a virtual simulation. Part

Everyday tasks such as driving, and cycling, involve continuous predictions to fulfil the requirements of situation awareness. In these tasks, it is common for people to use predictions to address visual occlusion events or moments when information is out of sight as a result of human embodiment and natural locomotion. While the visual system is efficient in predicting small-scale visual actions (

I början av juni presenterade Straffreformutredningen En straffreform. I betänkandet föreslås en rad straffskärpande åtgärder. Påföljdssystemet ska bygga på ett val mellan villkorligt och ovillkorligt fängelse, närmare 50 straffskalor ska skärpas, och systemet för att bestämma straff ska ses över. Syftet är att fler och längre fängelsestraff ska dömas ut. Straffreformutredningen uppskattar att för

Everyday driving relies on cognitive functions such as visual search, change detection and predictive attention for maintaining a high-level mental model of the world. Such functions are especially constrained by limited cognitive resources under complex conditions. Understanding the manner in which environmental complexity influences cognitive driving performance is key to improving road safety a