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Background Supply chains in low margin, high innovation speed industries with strong customers generate a highly competitive environment. The conditions for such environment are continuously changing and put high demands on its actors. FlatFrog is a case company, which was founded in 2007 and develops a unique touch technology targeting a wide range of screens sizes and applications. External capi
Abstract COPD is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality throughout the world. It is a preventable and treatable disease. Smoking is the most commonly encountered risk factor for COPD and the habit now unfortunately starts at earlier ages than before. There is a strong necessity to diagnose COPD in early stages before symptoms present themselves. MRI with hyperpolarized 3He using diffusio
Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) represent a group of rare and heterogenous tumors that optimally should be diagnosed and treated within multidisciplinary teams. This thesis has studied various aspects ? pathological, genetical, and clinical ? of STS. In study I, we demonstrated that 20% of the patients in a population-based series of 818 STS developed second primary malignancies. An increased risk of
The dissertation aims to advance our understanding about the role of local industry structure in regional economic development. More specifically, it investigates how relatedness between local industries (i.e. similarities in what kind of knowledge industries use) contributes to and constrains regional economic development. Empirically, the dissertation investigates Swedish regional development in
Objective Factors predicting survival over time after pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admissions are not fully understood. The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether multiple admissions (MADM) compared to single PICU admissions (SADM) were associated with poor survival over time after being admitted to PICU facilities. Our secondary aim was to investigate if the presence
Popular Abstract in Swedish En av de stora vetenskapliga bedrifterna hittills under 2000-talet är onekligen att man efter många års arbete för första gången lyckades kartlägga (sekvensera) samtliga mänskliga gener. Det mänskliga DNA:t är lokaliserat till cellkärnan och i princip så kan man likna en cellkärna med ett kontrollrum fyllt av manualer (DNA) som talar om cellens sammansättning och hur deProteomics is expected to generate new insights into biological processes as well as identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets since most biological functions are transmitted through proteins. However, due to the complexity displayed by a proteome and inherent limitations associated with current methodologies, proteomic analyses often result in incomplete coverage and inconsistent measurem
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that plays a major role in climate change. Significant uncertainty exists in the estimates of emissions from natural methane sources. This uncertainty in data is one of the primary scientific challenges in climate model. Geological seepage considered as the second largest natural source of methane after wetlands and today is recognized as a major contributor to a
Rostfritt duplexstål är ett konstruktionsmaterial som skulle kunna tänkas vara konkurrenskraftigt i förhållande till konventionella material inom brobyggnad med tanke på dess höga hållfasthet, marginella underhållsbehov och möjlighet till återvinning. Hittills har det dock inte använts i någon större utsträckning inom brobyggnad framför allt på grund av dess högre kostnad i förhållande till traditDuplex stainless steel is a construction material that could possibly prove competitive in relation to conventional materials in bridge design, given its high strength, marginal maintenance needs and the possibility of recycling. To date, however, it has not been used to any great extent in bridge constructions, mainly because of its higher cost in relation to traditional carbon steel. In this stu
The primary purpose of this thesis is to assess policy measures promoting the uptake and use of low-carbon technologies in urban road freight transport (URFT) in Oslo, Norway. This sector has historically received little attention compared to passenger and public transport, but contribute to significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, noise, and other negative health effects. Low-carbon vehicles i
Climate change, deforestation and poverty are big threats for today’s society. One way the United Nations has chosen to combat this is through a project named REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). In short, REDD+ allows countries to be compensated if they change their way of using the forest into methods more likely to conserve the ecosystem and eliminate or minimiz
Sveriges regering satte 2011 upp mål om att bli bäst på att utnyttja digitaliseringens möjligheter. Digitaliseringen av bygglovsprocessen har trots det gått långsamt. Bygglovsprocessen idag (2018) är en långsam, dyr och ineffektiv process. Möjligheten att söka bygglov med e-legitimation finns endast hos 30 procent av kommunerna och 60 procent har någon slags e-tjänst ansökan. Ansökningarna innebär
Ett barn med grav hörselskada eller dövhet kan få ett cochleaimplantat inopererat, vilket hjälper barnet att kunna höra. Med ett cochleaimplantat har barnet fortfarande svårt att uppfatta tal, speciellt i en högljudd miljö som ett klassrum. Denna studie skapades för att lyfta fram de problem som barn med cochleaimplantat möter i ett klassrum och finna en lösning på hur taluppfattningen kan förbättA child with severe hearing loss or deafness may get a cochlear implant which helping the child to hear. With a cochlear implant the child still has a difficulty in perceiving speech, especially in a noise environment like a classroom. This study was created to highlight the problems that children with cochlear implant encounter in a classroom and find a solution to how speech perception can be im
Version 3 av ecoinvent är den första databasen att erbjuda möjligheten att koppla samman livscykelinventeringar (LCI) utefter olika länkningsalgoritmer. Genom dessa länkningsalgoritmer tar ecoinvent nu fram bakgrundslivscykelinventeringar med både medeldata och långsiktig marginaldata (t.ex. över elmarknader i olika länder). Idealt sett representerar långsiktig marginaldata över elmarknader den ytVersion 3 of the ecoinvent database is the first background database to offer the possibility to link life cycle inventories (LCI) according to different linking algorithms. Using those algorithms, ecoinvent now provides both average and long-term, marginal background LCI data, (e.g. for electricity markets for different countries). Long-term, marginal data for electricity markets ideally represen
This thesis aims to look into how some social workers in Sweden view their work with youths having sex for compensation with regards to the feminist ideas that the law on buying sex expresses. Swedish studies have shown that most of the youths having sex for compensation started when they were 13-14 years old. Previous literature and studies state that youths having sex for compensation often have
How audiences engage with news has not always gotten a lot of attention in academic and industry research; and, even then, it is often studied in terms of exposure and interaction. This does not fully capture the dynamism and multidimensionality of this phenomenon; and industry attempts to apply market principles to engagement risks depoliticizing and reducing it to economic values. Rather than po
Genom freden i Roskilde 1658 kunde Sverige tillskansa sig det tidigare danska Skåne. Fredsavtalet garanterade skåningarna rätten till, bland annat, dansk lag och tidigare danska privilegier. Statens arbete mot uniformitet i provinsen, genom att försvenska området, tog dock sakta men säkert vid, och 1683 var arbetet utfört och uniformiteten införd. Huvudsyftet med uppsatsen har varit att klargöra vIn 1658, the former Danish region of Scania was ceded to Sweden due to the Treaty of Roskilde. The treaty also guaranteed the Scanian population its right to maintain their Danish law and retain their former Danish privileges. Despite this, the state soon started to work towards uniformity between Scania and Sweden by a process known as Swedification, a process which was completed in 1683. The mai
Den svenska vittnesplikten innebär en skyldighet för vittnen, att inför domstol berätta sitt vittnesmål sanningsenligt. Vittnesplikten kan som utgångspunkt åläggas den som har information av värde för domstolens dömande verksamhet och är minst 15 år. Utifrån den betydelse vittnesmålet har för det allmännas intresse av brottsbekämpning, möjliggörs att vidta åtgärder för att förmå ett vittne att fulThe Swedish duty to testify entails an obligation for the witness to tell their testimony truthfully before the court. A person can be required to testify from the age of 15 if they have information of value for the court’s administration of justice. Based on the importance of the testimony for the public interest in law enforcement, it is possible to take measures to compel a witness to fulfill t
Med utgångspunkt i avtalslagen syftar denna uppsats till att utreda och analysera argumenten för och emot behovet av lagreglering inom avtalsrätten och därmed få en ökad förståelse för lagstiftningens och prejudikatets betydelse. Uppsatsens frågeställning är: Utifrån vilka aspekter och argument kan det hävdas att avtalslagen behöver reformeras alternativt bevaras som den är? Metoden för uppsatsenBased on the Swedish Contract Law (avtalslagen) this essay aims to investi-gate and analyze the arguments pro and contra the need for legal regulation within contract law and thereby gain an increased understanding of the im-portance of legislation and precedent. The question of the thesis is: Based on which aspects and arguments can it be argued that the contract law needs to be reformed or prese
I ett entreprenadavtal kan parterna avtala om att arbetena ska ersättas på löpande räkning. AB 04 innehåller bestämmelser om att ersättning på löpande räkning ska betalas enligt den så kallade självkostnadsprincipen. Syftet med den här uppsatsen har varit att utreda och analysera vilka ekonomiska risker självkostnadsprincipen kan innebära för beställaren och vilka möjligheter beställaren har att sThe parties in a construction contract can stipulate that the construction works are to be compensated on an open account basis. AB 04 states that compensation on an open account basis is to be paid according to the prime cost principle. The purpose of this thesis has been to examine and analyse the financial risks that the prime cost principle means for the employer, and which prospects the emplo
Flooding in oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia is a common problem. The oil palm’s habitable range is restricted to lowland equatorial areas, and the high rainfall and degraded landscapes associated with oil palm cultivation leaves oil palm prone to flooding. Flooding diminishes yields in mature palms, increases mortality in young palms, and disrupts operational processes. This reduces the ec
