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The influence of extensive sedum-moss vegetated roofs on runoff water pollution loads was studied for four full scale installations located in southern Sweden. The aim of the study was to ascertain whether the vegetated roof behaves as a sink or a source of pollutants on annual basis. The pollution loads from vegetated roofs was also compared with the pollution loads from two non-vegetated roofs l

Previous studies have shown that female ECAs are more likely to be abused than male agents, which may cement gender stereotypes. In the study reported in this paper a visually androgynous ECA in the form of a teachable agent in an educational math game was compared with a female and male agent. The re-sults confirm that female agents are more prone to be verbally abused than male agents, but also

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Fetal growth restriction has been linked to later cardiovascular disease, possibly through reduced arterial distensibility in response to a suboptimal intrauterine environment. This thesis sought firstly to examine the relationship between fetal growth and haemodynamics and their effect on later cardiovascular function and secondly to examine the effects of differential volume loading on arterial

Good decision-making relies on accurate, timely and reliable information. This can be supported by having intelligent packaging which allows data on the whereabouts and condition of goods to be automatically captured along a supply chain. This research reveals that, although interest in intelligent packaging in Swedish manufacturing industries is high, actual use is limited. Nevertheless, this res

Ethnologists, philosophers and anthropologists demonstrate ways of relating phenomenology to the analysis of culture.

Most energy behaviour studies on households focus on the questions how and why we use energy and what can be done to lower energy consumption. Very few studies raise the question of when energy is used or examine the underlying explanations to load patterns. Due to economic and technical problems with electricity peak load, it is important to gain knowledge about how the load patterns of household

The interaction of bi-isonicotinic acid (4,4[prime]-dicarboxy-2,2[prime]-bipyridine) with the Au(111) surface has been investigated using electron spectroscopic techniques. Near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectra show that monolayers of the molecule lie flat to the surface and also reveal that the monolayer is sensitive to the preparation conditions employed. Core level x-ray ph

Sweden has an almost three-century-long tradition of openness, whose principles are enshrined in the state’s fundamental laws. When the revolution of the Internet was in full bloom at the turn of the century, with new forms of mass communication innovating the media landscape, Sweden saw the opportunity to strengthen freedom of expression and information, as one of the main pillars of openness. Th

Reconfigurable intelligence surface (RIS) is a promising candidate technology for future 6G wireless communication systems. In existing communication systems, the network operators are unable to control the propagation environment, which causes significant limitations on communication performance. RIS aims to create favorable propagation conditions via programmable phase shifts. Employing RIS can

Increasing cross-border interaction in the border regions combined with the largely state-centric legislative processes of the nation states, have unfolded a demand for border regional actors to attempt to influence the state level to change legislation, as barriers are identified for individuals and companies. Adapting a border regional perspective, the actors and organisational methods to remove

Introduction: Phosphomimetic residue and D-loop mutants have been created and their effect studied in the enzyme PARP16. Background: It is known that PARP16 is phosphorylated, and where the phosphorylation sites are, but not how this affects ADP-ribosylation activity. As of yet, there are no reliable ways to obtain 100% phosphorylated PARP16, so it is instead mimicked with amino-acids with simil

This thesis presents the study of how initial state radiation impacts jets produced in pp and PbPb collisions, by investigating the transverse momentum spectra, the rapidity spectra and the differential jet shape. This is done for central collisions with nucleon-nucleom COM energy 2.76 TeV and 5.02 TeV. The anti-kt algorithm is used to reconstruct the jet, with the jet radii R = 0.3 and R = 1.0. F