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The Black Forest National Park (NP), Germany, opened in 2014 after intense societal disputes, complicated by changing political factors, scientific conservation debates, and multi-level decision-making structures. I argue that value conflicts over fundamentally opposed views on nature underlie these disputes, and that integrating these views in future NP planning may improve the sustainability of

Digital natives is an age group born into a digital world and who possesses little knowledge about a society without internet or social media. The increased usage of social media has made universities realize that an online social media presence is necessary to attract the attention of their digital native prospective students. Along with social media comes the necessity of create online engagemenDigital natives is an age group born into a digital world and who possesses little knowledge about a society without internet or social media. The increased usage of social media has made universities realize that an online social media presence is necessary to attract the attention of their digital native prospective students. Along with social media comes the necessity of create online engagemen

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept of high relevance for business in general, and within logistics in particular (Seuring et al., 2008), and represents a set of actions that extend beyond the legal obligations and the explicit monetary interests of the company, aiming to benefit the society (McWilliams and Siegel, 2001). An important dimension of CSR is Occupational Health and Safe

The interactions between airway epithelial cells (AECs) and dendritic cells (DCs) play an important role in the sensitization towards airborne allergens. Not much is known about the underlying mechanisms and novel in vitro approaches are needed, which include the different involved cell types in order to investigate what happens at the molecular level during sensitization. In this project, one aim

In Sweden, hypertension, is one of the most common reasons to attend primary care thus a Swedish public health problem of epic proportions. There is a general consensus about that effective antihypertensive treatment reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and premature death. Non-pharmacological treatment is advocated to be the basis of treatment. The caregiver is responsible for s

Användningen av miljöcertifiering för byggnader har ökat de senaste åren och intresset beror på flera faktorer så som: värdeökning, miljömedvetenhet, PR etc. Regionservice använder certifiering vid deras nyproducerade byggnader och de använder då Miljöbyggnad. Att använda miljöcertifieringar påverkar upphandlingen då det sätter rammar för de tekniska kraven. Samtidigt finns lagen om offentlig upph

Numeriska implementeringar av GMRES-metoden för minimering av residualer: För att förstå exakt vad som händer när, till exempel, luft strömmar över en flygplansvinge eller när vatten flyter kring ett fartygsskrov, behövs omfattande datorberäkningar. Eftersom storheter som vindhastighet, lufttryck eller temperatur kan variera redan över små avstånd, måste beräkningarna göras i små steg, vilket kräThe generalized minimal residual method (GMRES) is an iterative method used to find numerical solutions to non-symmetric linear systems of equations. The method relies on constructing an orthonormal basis of the Krylov space and is thus vulnerable to an imperfect basis caused by computational errors. There have been attempts to address this issue by devising variations of the method that are less

This report is the result of a master thesis project conducted at the Global R&D Dish Care Department at Electrolux, Stockholm. The master thesis has been carried out through the Division of Machine Design, Department of Design Sciences at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. Electrolux is a developer and producer of household appliances active on the global market. Their focus

In this study I address the issue of sustainable food production through the concept of Industrial Symbiosis (IS). Food production constitutes a key driver of environmental degradation and is prospected to accelerate its impacts with a constantly growing world population. Unsustainable and inefficient resource and energy use in the production sector further intensifies these problems. Through stud

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka relationen och gränsen mellan människa och djur i Per Odenstens Andningskonstnären (2013) och att studera djuren funktion i romanen. Metoden som används är en läsning av Andningskonstnären utifrån ett "animal studies"-perspektiv. I huvudsak tillämpas teoretiska begrepp från Giorgio Agamben, som antropocentrism, den antropologiska maskinen, antropomor

Regulation of aviation has entered into a deliberate and noticeably movement away from purely compliance-based regulation towards performance-based regulation, by which the providers and operators are required to reach a certain level of performance, while being granted a larger degree of freedom to choose the methods to achieve their target. Hence the focus of the entire aviation community is shi

Palpable computing is a new research topic that has been developed to solve some of the issues found with the original way of looking at pervasive computing. The research into this topic has, among other things, resulted in a middleware called PalCom. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate how well PalCom fits as an IoT platform by comparing it to an existing system made with PHP (recursive acr

Människor boende i Brasiliens regnskogar livnär sig på svedjebruk, vilket är en jordbruksmetod där en först hugger ned skogen för att sen bränna resterande stubbar och annan vegetation. Jordbruksmetoden är, enligt SKY Rainforest Rescue, en ohållbar metod som kan försämra regnskogens ekosystem och därmed dess ekosystemtjänster som människan har kommit att bli beroende av. Organisationen arbetar förIn the state of Acre, Brazil, there is ongoing land use change, where inhabitants of this part of the Amazonian rainforest practice shifting agriculture. Practicing this type of agriculture is, according to the SKY Rainforest Rescue organization, damaging to forest ecosystems. This organization aims to educate people in how to maintain sustainable agriculture. By monitoring this shift in agricultu

The automotive industry is in for significant changes in the years to come. With the acknowledgment of greenhouse gases as a major contribution to global temperature rise, energy usage sees a transition in favor of renewable sources. Adding the uncertainty of whether a peak-oil production is reached or not, fossil fuels are no longer considered reliable. In the wake of this, new candidates emerge

Denna uppsats undersöker hur individer från två åldersgrupper resonerar vid beslutsfattande för att se vilka likheter och skillnader det finns mellan dessa. Även vilka sociala faktorer som kan förklara dessa har vi studerat. Nio intervjupersoner, varav fyra personer i den yngre och fem personer i den äldre åldersgruppen deltog i studien, där semistrukturerade intervjuer användes som undersökningsm

Så Räddar Vi den Svenska Sandstäppen På sandiga, torra gräsmarker med hög kalkhalt kan så kallad sandstäpp utvecklas. Det är en unik naturtyp som bara förekommer på ett fåtal platser i Europa. I Sverige finns sandstäppen i östra Skåne och enstaka ytor på Öland. Sandstäppen är mycket artrik med flera sällsynta växter och insekter som är viktiga för att kunna bevara den biologiska mångfalden. Idag

The purpose of this project was to investigate the possibility to create 3D printed implants intended for bone healing studies in small animals at the Biomechanics group at Lund University. The aim was to use cheaper but stable non metallic implants and find out what printers and materials are suitable and accessible today. An Ultimaker 2 was used to produce both nails and screws in Polyhydroxyalk

Denna uppsats handlar om hur sociala medier påverkar anställda och därigenom företaget. Många branscher idag, som till exempel inom servicebranschen, använder sociala medier som verktyg för marknadsföring och för att kommunicera med kunderna. Utöver detta använder en del företag sociala medier internt bland anställda. De sociala strukturerna och miljöerna har tagit nya former med implementeringen This thesis is about how social media in the workplace influences the employees and hence the company. Today many businesses, as the service business, uses social media network sites as a marketing tool and to communicate with the customers. Besides, some companies even use it internally among the employees. The social structures and environments have taken new shapes with the implementation of Fa