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Abstract Host genes for resistance to pathogens and parasites have been a subject of long-term research efforts and continue to be a hot subject in biology. Many important theories have been hypothesized through the years, and they are now being complemented by new and more detailed ones leading to increased understanding of the complex dynamics between host life history strategies and the select
China's growing and expanding economic engagement in Africa the last century, has captured the attention of International Relations, in media and research as well as in Europe and Africa, but also worldwide. In particular, much attention was brought together with the Forum on China – Africa Cooperation held in Beijing 2006 (FOCAC III), when China declared the year as The Year of Africa and pre
Air pollution still poses a serious air quality problem. There are numerous of different sources for air pollution. One of them is ship traffic, which has an effect on human health as well as the climate system. We decided to investigate one of the largest shipping lanes in the North Sea to what extent ships actually contribute to the particle concentrations in inland locations. Both particle numb
The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD) has been assembled by the Centre for Economic Demography (CED), Lund University. It contains information about the demographic and economic conditions of people that have lived in 5 parishes in Scania from the 17th century until the present. The SEDD database has been integrated with geographic data, which are digitized from four independent histori
Deteriorating water quality is a challenge which affects people of the entire world, with a growing population and increased industrialization worldwide. The problem is especially apparent in many developing nations where water resource management must be improved to secure a future sustainable supply. This study was undertaken as a bachelor degree within the MFS-program funded by SIDA. The study
Sammanfattning År 1969 påbörjades en utredning som kom att resultera i lag om samboende gemensamma bostad (1973:651). Det var första gången en lag stiftades som specifikt tog syfte på samboskapet som samlevnadsform. Med lagen infördes en viss övertaganderätt av den bostad som utgjorde sambornas gemensamma hem. Lagstiftningen har utvidgats och modifierats sedan dess. I den nu gällande sambolagen (2Summary In 1969 began a legislative investigation that resulted in the law on cohabitants’ joint dwelling (1973:651). It was the first time a law was passed that specifically aimed at this form of cohabitation. The law introduced a certain right to take over the property which constituted the cohabitees’ common home. The legislation has been extended and modified since then. In the current Cohabit
Dynaminer hjälper till att dela lika Dynaminer är en typ av proteiner som cellen använder för att modellera om i sina membran. Hos eukaryoter spelar de en viktig roll i bland annat celldelning, cellförsvar och i transporten av näringsämnen i vesiklar. Tidigare har man trott att dessa proteiner endast fanns i eukaryoter, men de har nu visat sig vara vanliga även hos bakterier. Det har dock varit o
In recent years, LARP events (live action role playing) have become more popular in Sweden and permanent buildings have been built in a number of LARP event areas. But despite that a desire for good event management may exist, the knowledge may be lacking. This master thesis aims to study the risks and dependencies on LARP events with the goal to answer the question: “What should be included in sa
Popular science summary Has climate change influenced flowering time of coltsfoot? Phenological events such as the onset of flowering during the spring are among the most sensitive indicators of climate change. Hence, phenological data have recently emerged as effective tools for studying the impact of climate change on species and ecosystems. In this study, I used records from herbaria and pub
Popular science summary New microalgal strains for converting CO2 rich flue gasses into valuable biomass Global depletion of fossil fuels and climate change due to Green House Gases (GHGs) emissions are presently faced two serious challenges. It has been known from quite long that increasing concentration of greenhouse gases (mainly CO2) in the atmosphere is the key cause for global climate chan
Våld mot vårdare har blivit ett alltmer uppmärksammat problem inom hälso- och sjukvården. Fokus i tidigare forskning har framför allt varit kontakten mellan vårdare-patient. Syftet med studien var att beskriva variationer i undersköterskors uppfattningar av distriktssköterskans stöd i situationer där det förekommer hot och våld på särskilt boende i en kommun som erbjuder blandat boende för persone
This study investigated the possibilities of identifying leading objective indicators of safety across shipping organisations. Leading objective indicators of safety are safety culture related metrics that are statistically correlated with safety performance data which enables a more proactive approach to safety management. The conclusion was that no indicators could be identified, at least no
Have portrayals of women in literature changed over time? The assumption was that the portrayals of women have changed over time in one way or another. The analysis shows, quite contrary to the assumption, that there is no difference between the portrayals of women in the 19th century compared to the 21st century. All of the multiple correspondence analyses indicate that whether the novel was writ
Combining several cameras in a multi-camera system creates a greater overview of an area than what can be achieved with a single camera. If one of the cameras have pan, tilt and zoom capability (i.e. a PTZ camera), it can be used to focus on and track an object moving in the monitored area. In this project, a method for mapping image coordinates between four fixed overview cameras and a PTZ camer
HIV/AIDS förekommer globalt men få studier fokuserar på hur patienter i Europa och Nordamerika upplever mötet med hälso- och sjukvården. Syftet med denna studie var att belysa hur patienter med HIV/AIDS uppfattar att de blir bemötta inom hälso- och sjukvården i Europa och Nordamerika. En systematisk litteraturgenomgång genomfördes. Det framkom att HIV/AIDS-patienter i dessa delar av världen upplev
Det huvudsakliga syftet med detta arbete var att simulera tredimensionella flödesmönster i tankar för lagring av vatten. De praktiska avsikter med simuleringarna var att identifiera vattenkvalitetsproblem relaterade till bristande vattenutbyte. De vattenmagasin som reservoarer vid Norra Ugglarp i Skåne utgör undersöktes i en särskild fallstudie. I denna avhandling har den öppna CFD källkoden OpenFThe main purpose of this thesis was to simulate the three-dimensional flow patterns in tanks for water storage. The practical intentions of the simulations were to identify water-quality problems related to insufficient water exchange. The water storage reservoirs at Norra Ugglarp in South Sweden were investigated as a special case study. In this thesis, the open source CFD software OpenFoam was c
Patienten på en psykiatrisk slutenvårdsavdelning befinner sig i en ovan miljö och är i ett underläge gentemot personalen. De patienter som är missnöjda med vård och behandling klagar ofta över bemötandet. Ett bra bemötande är ofta en förutsättning för en framgångsrik behandling och är ibland det centrala innehållet i vården. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva patienters upplevelser av o
Drygt en tredjedel av de svenska spädbarnen lyckas inte knyta an till sin vårdare på ett tryggt sätt. Sjuksköterskor som arbetar på barnavårdscentralen är den första och många gånger enda kontakten med småbarnsfamiljen. En komponent som kan ingå i hälsoövervakning är screening. Syftet med denna studie var att kartlägga förekomst och användning av screeninginstrument som används för att, identifier
Often ordinary differential equations or differential algebraic equations do not constitute the problem alone. A common complement is finding the root of an algebraic function (an event function) that depends on the states of the problem. This formulation of a model enables the possibility of including discontinuities and saving or stopping the process more effective. The problem of root-finding d
