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The idea of energy efficient, healthy buildings has existed since 1970s. However, a one-dimensional approach for many housing issues does not assure sustainability. Therefore, near the end of the 20th century, the built environment became a focus of attention within the environmental movement with wider focus on building certification schemes and sustainability issues such as interrelationships be

Under de senaste 100-200 åren har tall (Pinus sylvestris) etablerats på många sydsvenska mos- sar. Eftersom tall trivs i relativt torra och näringsrika miljöer, ger detta en indikation på att grundvattennivån i mos- sarna har sänkts. Tre mossar i Kronobergs län, Småland, har valts ut för en dendrokronologisk och torvstratigrafisk undersökning för att se om det finns ytnära torvlager som vittnar omScots pine (Pinus sylvestris) can be found growing in many raised bogs in Småland, south Sweden, and these trees have been established during the last 100-200 years. Because pine prefers a relatively dry environment rich in nutrients, its presence indicates a lowering of the groundwater table. Three bogs in south Sweden were in- vestigated with dendrochronologic and peat stratigraphic methods to d

En sedimenttransekt bestående av tio punkter borrades med hjälp av en ryssborr i alkärret vid Kalvöviken på Biskopsmålahalvön i centrala Blekinge. I huvudpunkten togs tre parallella 1 m långa borrkärnor. Sedimentprov togs ur borrkärnorna och undersöktes med hjälp av glödförlust, mineralmagnetiska-, makrofossil-, pollen- och strukturanalyser. Kronologin fastställdes genom två kol-14-dateringar kompA sediment transect based on ten corings were performed with a Russian peat corer in the aldercarr at Kalvöviken on the Biskopsmåla Peninsula in central Blekinge. Three parallel sediment cores were collected at the master coring point. These cores were subsampled and studied by means of loss of ignition (LOI), mineral magnetic measurements, macrofossil analysis, pollen analysis and structural anal

The research objective for this thesis are two problematic yet interweaving occurrences observed in earlier research on the Abu Ghraib scandal (2004) and its image material. Firstly in terms of methodology, a restricted amount of images in which three single images, “Hooded Man”, “Man on Leash” and “Piled Bodies” are overrepresented and frequently regarded as descriptive for the scandal as such. S

Framtidens stålverk kan värma hushåll och lokaler Den nya generationens stålverk kan reducera koldioxidutsläppen upp till 95 %! Samtidigt kan resurseffektiviteten öka genom att spillvärmen används för att värma bostäder och lokaler, bra va?The steel industry is a large emitter of carbon dioxide and uses a lot of energy. Because of an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of climate change, research in alternative ways to operate steel plants have been made. It is now possible to build plants with far less emissions by using electrolysis and hydrogen reduction. Electrolysis is a technology with a long historical background t

It’s been 34 years ago now since the iron curtain has parted the European continent and its inhabitants in an East and a West. The analysed area for the following thesis on the border between northern Austria and southern Czechia gives a case example of a region, that is still suffering from an era, where one sky-direction has been erased from people’s everyday living and thinking – leaving the bo

Hazardous substances i.e., substances of concern pose a risk to both human health and the environment. Stricter regulations and increased focus on circular economy are pushing organisations to substitute hazardous chemicals to safer alternatives. Substitution can lead to a number of benefits, for example cost reductions and competitive advantages. There has been a growing focus on substitution sin

This thesis presents a case study of an indoor Green Wall (GW) installed in an office building in Malmö, Sweden. The study analyzed the effect of the GW on air humidity during low temperature and dry moisture outdoor conditions. The objective was to determine the green wall's indoor humidity contribution while enabling an adequate comparison before and after the GW installation, which requires

This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of Swedish sauna practices as experienced by international students at Lund University. The research objective is to navigate experiences of belonging and community formation that occur in the sauna, but also highlights how experiences of outsiderness and exclusion come to the fore in this highly sensorial environment. The sauna is analysed as a microcosm

Tre borrkärnor bestående av sjösediment, vardera 1.5 meter långa, från Byestadsjön i Småland, Sverige studerades med hjälp av mineralmagnetiska- kol- pollen- och röntgenflourosens (XRF)- analyser. Målet med studien var att rekonstruera tidig Holocen miljö, med fokus på tiden mellan 9000-7000 år sedan och därmed avgöra om det kalla klimatåterslaget cirka 8200 före nutid påverkade regionen eller ej.Three sediment cores, each 1.5 meters in length, obtained from Lake Byestadsjön in the province of Småland, southern Sweden were studied with high resolution mineral magnetic measurements, carbon content, pollen analysis and XRF analysis. The aim was to reconstruct the early Holocene environment, with focus on the period between 9000-7000 cal yr BP, and thereby conclude if the 8200 cal yr BP cooli

“Comparing Apples & Oranges – A Life Cycle Perspective on the Energy Requirements in Swedish and British Columbian Building Codes” The requirements to decrease the energy use in a building vary in the building codes. “British Columbia Building Code” (BCBC) prescribes a nominal thermal resistance of insulation, while “Boverket’s Building Regulations” (BBR) requires an annual specific energy use

With the increasing Internet usage and the increase of W-commerce in Sweden, online marketing has become an essential and crucial activity for most industries and companies. Online marketing has developed rapidly and there are today a big number of digital channels and tools to add into the marketing strategy in order to meet the changing consumer behaviour. Today we are starting to see a number o

A personal transporter is under development at LTH, Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation, IEA. A wireless link is desired to develop control remotely for the transporter. The development of the control becomes easier without wires and if the transporter can move freely within the range of the link. A link is built, using Bluetooth devices and a microprocessor from Microchip. This link

Depth data and bathymetry maps are used to analyze their association with tides, winds, currents and wave conditions in the port of Talara, at the coast of northern Peru. The objective is to investigate the processes that influence the sediment transport in the port. The sedimentation affects the saltwater pumps for fire fighting, obstructing them from delivering water since their operational wate

The interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has grown tremendously within the last decades. Due to the pressure from different stakeholders, this concept was introduced by multinational corporations (MNC) in China. Since the strong focus on economic growth has been determining the way of doing business, environmental and social concerns were not taken into account appropriately. Since MN

Josefin Methi Sundell Miljönämndens inflytande som remissinstans i planärenden Hur kommunerna planerar områden i och kring våra städer, är viktigt för att göra användningen av mark- och vattenresurser hållbar på lång sikt. Därför har jag undersökt vilket inflytande Miljönämnden har haft när kommunala planer har tagits fram i Malmö, under de senaste sex åren. Stadsbyggnadskontoret tar fram planThis study reviews the influence of the Environment Board in municipal spatial planning in the city of Malmö and aims to highlight improvements in the consultation process. The municipalities are responsible for planning how land and water resources are to be used and thus central in attaining a sustainable land use and urban planning. Development plans are created by The City Planning Office and

The product H2 is a new heat exchanger produced, manufactured and sold by Heatex. It has an excellent surface efficiency, in large parts because of its slim features. The slim features does however have a drawback. It isn’t as mechanically stable and robust as its earlier cousins. The product tends to deform plastically in lifting conditions, especially the heavier versions needs extra support or,

Tumors with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion rearrangements, including non-small-cell lung cancer and anaplastic large cell lymphoma, are highly sensitive to ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), underscoring the notion that such cancers are addicted to ALK activity. Although mutations in ALK are heavily implicated in childhood neuroblastoma, response to the ALK TKI crizotinib has been dis