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E-waste has had unwanted effects on the economy, health and physical environment of developing countries. E-waste activities in most developing countries including Ghana are dominated by the informal sector. Ghana, over the period, has had support from international organisations to manage its e-waste crisis. However, efforts to salvage the situation are often stymied by a myriad of factors. In 20

Throughout the years, Mérida has been subject of an outstanding growth, economically, socially and spatially. Starting from being a major Mayan civilization city, to a colonial Spanish settlement that grew into being the capital of the peninsula, it has always gone through changes and innovations according to the necessities of its inhabitants. By being the most secure and safe city in Mexico to

Urban last mile delivery has become an increasingly relevant topic in this day and age, where the urban population is growing at the same time as climate change forces nations to limit emissions. The demand for fast and flexible deliveries in urban areas accelerates, which further escalates the need to optimize these last mile deliveries since they are the most polluting part of the supply chain.

This thesis aims to evaluate the performance of Siemens’ High Level Synthesis (HLS) tool Catapult. HLS can be considered the next step up in abstraction level from writing traditional Register Transfer Level (RTL) code which is time consuming and error prone. The promise of HLS is to speed up the process of designing integrated circuits by lifting the abstraction level so the design can be coded f

Lactic acid fermentation has been a widely used process for many years, offering nutritional and sensory benefits to plant proteins. In this study, the objective was to produce a fermented pea powder with enhanced sensory properties by combining previous research from FrieslandCampina. A screening was performed on a set of cultures obtained from a contract research organization (CRO), starter Cult

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka de skatterättsliga förhållandena för näringsverksamheters avdrag för sponsring riktad till idrottssektorn. Sponsring inom näringsverksamhet är avdragsgill som en utgift för att förvärva och bibehålla inkomster. Uppsatsen tar hjälp av tre typfall för att illustrera tre olika situationer där sponsring är aktuell. Genom dessa typfall så utreder uppsatsen hur The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the tax regulation regarding expenses for sponsorship addressed to the sports sector. Sponsorship is deductible as an expense to acquire and maintain income. This thesis uses three fictional situations to illustrate three different situations where sponsoring is at hand. Through these fictional situations the thesis investigates how the Supreme Administ

Forecasting wind has always been an interesting subject, and as large parts of the world are relying more on wind for power production it is becoming even more important to have reliable forecasts. Probabilistic forecasts, where distributions are predicted in contrast to deterministic forecasts, are impor- tant for informed decision making. We apply two methods based on conformal prediction for pr

Nowadays, due to the global climate change, it is extremely important to find alternative fuels to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels and the emission of air pollutants such as carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrocarbon pollutants, and soot. Ammonia (NH3) is a promising carbon free fuel candidate that can store and transport renewable hydrogen (H2) energy. Ammonia has several advantages over hydrogen i

Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa är ett generellt växande problem och en ökning i antalet ärenden indexerade som psykisk ohälsa har noterats de senaste åren. Ambulanssjukvården och polismyndigheten samverkar vid olika händelser, för att säkerställa adekvat utförande av samhällsuppdrag. Samverkan i team beskrivs som en kärnkompetens för ambulanssjuksköterskor. Även om samverkan sker till vardags, identifieBackground: Mental ill-health represents a growing societal concern, with an observed increase in cases involving mental ill-health in recent years. Emergency medical services and law enforcement agencies collaborate in various incidents to ensure the effective execution of societal duties. Team collaboration is identified as a core competency for paramedics. Despite routine collaboration, deficie

This master thesis investigates material characterization by reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves in the 40-60 GHz band (millimeter-wave spectrum) for different materials. The free-space measurement method is a fast, efficient and non-destructive way of examining a material and is being researched by both academics and industries. The theory of how electromagnetic waves interact w

Sedan 2005 har uppehållstillstånd beviljats en utlänning om det vid en samlad bedömning av utlänningens situation föreligger sådana synnerligen ömmande omständigheter att han eller hon bör tillåtas stanna i Sverige. I juli 2014 trädde en bestämmelse i kraft som stadgar att barn kan få stanna i Sverige om det föreligger särskilt ömmande omständigheter. Uppsatsens syfte är att utreda rättsläget för Since 2005 an alien can be granted residence permit if, after an overall assessment of the alien’s situation, there are such exceptionally distressing circumstances that he or she should be allowed to stay in Sweden. In July 2014 a provision came in force which stipulates that children may stay in Sweden if there are particularly distressing circumstances. The purpose of this thesis is to determin

The DARPA Grand Challenge (DGC) 2005 was a competition, in form of a desert race for autonomous ground vehicles, arranged by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA). The purpose was to encourage research and development of related technology. The objective of the race was to track a distance of 131.6 miles in less than 10 hours without any human interaction. Only public GPS signa

The risk of pluvial flooding is going to increase as climate change causes an increase in intense precipitation along with urbanisation leading to an increase in impermeable surfaces. In the last decade, cities such as Malmö and Copenhagen have already experienced severe pluvial flooding that has caused extensive damage. Adapting to climate change by creating flood resilient urban areas is therefo

Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka unga konsumenters uppfattning om lojalitet inom klädbranschen samt deras upplevelse av företags lojalitetsprogram i relation till kundlojalitet. Metod: Denna kvalitativa studie har en abduktiv ansats där en kontinuerlig reflektion av teori och empiri har genomförts under hela skapandeprocessen. Den kvalitativa datainsamlingen har realiserats genom 14 stycken semistrPurpose: The purpose is to examine young consumers' perception of loyalty in the clothing industry as well as their experiences of how loyalty programs generate customer loyalty. Methodology: This qualitative study has an abductive approach where a dynamic and continuous reflection of theory and empiricism has been carried out throughout the creation process. The qualitative data collection h

Båtklubben i Kiviks hamn har länge upplevt problem med stora vågor i hamnbassängen. Denna studie ämnar att fastslå vilka vågförhållanden och fenomen som ger upphov till dessa problem, samt att föreslå åtgärder. En undersökning av vågklimatet utanför hamnen utförs med hjälp av en enkel modell, kallad SPM, som beräknar en tidsserie vågor utifrån meteorologisk och geografisk data. För att kartlägga vThe yacht club in Kivik marina has experienced problems with large waves in the harbour basin for a long time. This study aims to determine the wave conditions and phenomena that give rise to these problems, and to propose measures. An investigation of the wave climate outside the harbour is carried out using a simple model, called SPM, which calculates a time series of waves based on meteorologic

Thesis purpose: This research investigates the effect of six specific consumers’ characteristics, i.e. fashion leadership, shopping enjoyment, instrumental and terminal materialism, green selfidentity, and social influence susceptibility, on consumers’ attitude towards a product-service system (a use-PSS) in the form of second-hand clothing rental. The relationship between attitude and consumers’

Advokater har länge letat efter sätt att effektivisera sitt arbete och på bästa sätt tillvarata klientens intresse. Artificiell intelligens har vuxit fram som den allra mest lovordade tekniken för att åstadkomma stora effektiviseringar av advokatens arbetsuppgifter. Ett dokumentgranskande AI-verktyg med större precision i juridisk problemlösning än de flesta advokater står nu till vissa advokaters

This thesis examines how forced digitized work has affected politicians in a regional board. Through interviews with elected politicians and observations of council meetings we have studied and analyzed the politicians’ attitudes towards the forced digitized changeover. The digitalization that was forced due to the corona pandemic has been perceived differently and can be linked to the idea of dig

Vad är det minsta ni någonsin har mätt? Vad är den snabbaste händelsen ni någonsin observerat? Kanske har ni haft turen att studera naturen omkring er med hjälp av ett mikroskop, kanske har ni sett en "slow motion" film av explosioner som sker på endast en bråkdel av en sekund. Finns det någon begränsning på hur små objekt vi kan mäta, på hur snabba händelseförlopp vi kan observera? På In the search for a better understanding of the fundamental nature of the atom, the development of femtosecond pulsed laser sources has opened up for many applications, in particular in time-resolved physics. For many of those, like the generation of attosecond pulses through high-order harmonic generation, high intensity is needed and the quality of the beam is a critical factor. Most commonly,

Det här arbetet handlar om en genmodifierad och plastproducerande mikroorganism och hur den kan odlas. Plast är en oumbärlig del av vårt dagliga liv. Maten vi köper är paketerad i plast och vårt dricksvatten leds i plaströr i marken. Tyvärr är stor del av den plast som produceras idag gjord av kemikalier som härstammar från fossil olja. Användning av fossil olja är något som man vill undvika för aTo reduce pollution and green house gas emissions associated with plastic production and waste, biobased production of the biodegradable plastic, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), is suggested to be a good substitute to petrochemically derived plastics used in foodstuff packaging. However, bacterial production of PHB has proven costly and production with plants occurs at the expense of arable land. Oleag