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Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. During the progressive, Peronist, ‘post-neoliberal’ Kirchner administrations (2003-2015), gove

This master’s thesis concerns itself with the subject of political usage of a societal crisis, namely the contemporary utilization of narrative renderings of the Swedish famine of 1771-1772. During the last years of the Age of Liberty in Sweden (1719-1772) political and social tension were on its peak. The two rivaling political parties, the “hats” and the “caps” fought ferociously in the Diet, wh

The social contract theory hypothesis of a memory enhancement for cheaters remains a continued debate, but few studies have addressed the potential inferential role of such an enhancement. Moreover, little research has been conducted on interindividual characteristics and how these may impact cheating sensitivity. This study conducted a preference-by-association experiment which creates associativ

Introduction: Electro-responsive materials have many applications such as electronic devices, actuators, and artificial muscles. Background: When an electric field is applied to electro-responsive materials, they can change in size, shape, or conformation. Aim: The aim of this thesis is to develop an operationally practical synthesis of a key building block in a proposed electro-responsive materi

The tense situation over the territorial conflict in the South China Sea has intensified in recent years with China's increased military presence and actions. This has contributed to increased concern among the ASEAN states in the region. It has also affected the United States´s security policy on how to relate to China as an international power. The main objective of this study is to examine

This thesis investigates the issue of computer vision-based detection of oncoming cars during night-time, a critical road safety issue for automated high-beam assist. We propose a holistic image classification approach that uses deep learning methods to detect light artifacts from an oncoming car’s headlights before the car is entirely visible. We explore six different model architectures, includi

With the introduction of millimeter-wave antenna arrays in 5G base-stations and ever-increasing data volumes, the power consumption of the signal processing in digital radio systems has increased over the last decade. This, combined with increased cost and environmental awareness, has put focus on power optimization. This thesis investigates different aspects of optimizing one important component

In Italy, ideas surrounding family and motherhood seem to be unveiled as myths rather than values. Despite the historical prominence of these notions within the national political and social agenda, the country's support to families and predominantly female caregivers remains severely inadequate. This insufficiency not only hinders progress in female employment – already one of the lowest in E

The structural reforms of the curriculum implemented by the Hong Kong administration in the field of education at the beginning of the 2000s had profound implications for the future perspectives and ambitions of students and graduates. This thesis tries to investigate the key constraints posed by the reforms and their direct influence on Hong Kong local student’s perception of their future careers

Synthetic data generation has emerged as a valuable technique for addressing data scarcity and privacy concerns and improving machine learning algorithms. This thesis focuses on progressing the field of synthetic data generation, which may play a crucial role in AI-heavy industries such as telecommunications. Generative Adversarial Networks successfully generate various types of synthetic data but

Nowadays it is becoming more and more common for children, young and older, to have some type of mental health problems, but the question is how does this affect the person's life? The purpose of this paper is to get a more specific understanding of mental health problems regarding children. The paper aims to show how mental health affects children, after a diagnosis and/or a turning point in

This thesis examines the state-of-the-art 2D super-resolution technique alternating descent conditional gradient (ADCG) method's ability to accurately localize fluorophores in diffraction-limited single molecule images (SMI) and analyze the impact of pre-processing and post-processing modules on ADCG's fluorophore localization. A synthetic dataset obtained from the 2013 Grand Challenge loc

Fokus på offentliga diskussioner och vetenskapliga utforskningar som berör intim human-robot-interaction blir alltmer framträdande. Likväl saknas det psykometriska instrument avsedda för explorationen av intim social kontakt mellan människa och social robot. Det övergripande syftet med denna studie var att utveckla ett nytt psykometriskt test, Robot Intimate Receptiveness Scale (RIRS) för undersökPublic discussions and scientific inquiries centered around human-robot relationships are rapidly gaining momentum. As artificial intelligence integrates into new social landscapes, corresponding scientific explorations are called for. As of today, there are no psychometric instruments tailored to measure intimate social contact within human-robot contexts. In the light of this gap, the primary ob

Examensarbetet behandlar skyddet för jordbruket i 3 kap. 6 § FBL där fastig-hetsbildning inte får medföra någon olägenhet för jordbruksnäringen. Vad olä-genhet för jordbruksnäringen innebär är dock inte direkt definierat utan ska styras av rådande livsmedelspolitiska inriktning och omständigheterna i det sär-skilda fallet. Det finns dock några särskilda situationer angivna som återfinns i prop. 19Master of Science thesis addressing the protection rule for agriculture in the pro-perty formation law, 3 kap. 6 § Fastighetsbildningslag (1970:988). The report aims to investigate and clarify when inconvenience arises for the agricultural industry and to determine whether a calculation tool developed by the Swedish Board of Agriculture is a suitable method to base the definition of when an agric

Läkemedel som består av skräddarsydda proteiner används idag för att behandla bland annat diabetes. De ges traditionellt som injektioner och detta misstänks vara kopplat till skapandet av skadliga partiklar. Sprutan och nålen är ofta silikoniserade för att underlätta hantering och deras användning utsätter det känsliga proteinet för mekaniska krafter. Detta tros leda till bildandet av partiklar i This work developed a method for the investigation of how medical devices, such as syringes and needles, affect the formation of subvisible particles in a protein drug without excipients. Protein-based pharmaceuticals are well known to be sensitive to different kinds of stress, and exposure to stress during the use of this device is unavoidable. To study this phenomenon, an in-house built probe fo

Surveillance cameras are used for video monitoring. To complement the video stream, different external accessories can be attached to a camera. The addition of external accessories brings certain limitations in terms of aesthetics and functionality. To overcome these limitations, an internal platform for connecting accessories would enable the creation of better and more future-proof products. Thi

In the Gambia, Osusu has helped women to be resilient to various types of precarity for a long time. Though the country has recently recognized the importance of financial inclusion by adopting a National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS), the informal practice of Osusu continues to exist and evolve. Through 20 semi-structured interviews with women who are members of Kafoos that operate Osusu, t

Robots are nowadays present and essential in a wide range of applications, and robot arms in particular are capable of performing various tasks such as inspection, material handling, and welding. They can be classified into several types, depending on their structure and purpose. This project focuses on two collaborative robot arms, a type that is designed to work in the presence of human interact