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Biodiversity is a fundamental component of healthy and functioning ecosystems, supporting ecological processes that sustain life on Earth. Diversity of ecosystems is important for creating sustainable structures adapting to environmental changes. In the context of forestry, biodiversity contributes to forest health, productivity and resistance to biotic and abiotic disturbances. Today’s intensifie
"In Happy Expectation" : Swedish Maternity Fashion and the Depiction of the Pregnant Body in Pattern Advertising 1940–1990. This essay examines how the widespread Swedish home sewing industry contributed to the social regulation of the pregnant body between 1940 and 1990 through maternity fashion advertising. Using pattern magazines published by Kooperativa Förbundet and Holm & Nyblo
In the context of global urbanization, people often associate informal settlements with poor living conditions, limited infrastructure, and insecure housing. However, China’s Small Property Rights Housing (SPRH) challenges this conventional image of informal status. Residents do not primarily struggle with material poverty. Instead, lacking legally recognized property rights, they experience tenur
Denna B-uppsats i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier, Lunds Universitet, är skriven av Johanna Söderlund och Smilla Steinsvik. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur den amerikanska politiska rörelsen MAGA skapar politisk uppmärksamhet och potentiell propaganda med hjälp av internetfenomenet memes. Studien utgår från en kvalitativ innehållsanalys
This thesis examines the degree to which the comparator test and detriment test, as the two prevailing tests for direct discrimination in Australia, are compatible with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’). Drawing on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ evolutive interpretation of the CRPD, this thesis derives two normative requirements for legis
This thesis investigates how States must approach public-private partner-ships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction to be in compliance with their obligations under international human rights law. Increasingly, engaging in PPPs is becoming standard practice in disaster risk management. Existing research on these partnerships focuses primarily on value-for-money questions. The first people-centered ap
The internal structure of the scalar meson f0 (980) remains an open question, with competing interpretations as a conventional qq ̄ state, a tetraquark, or a loosely bound K +K − hadronic molecule. This thesis investigates the molecular hypothesis through a Monte Carlo coalescence calculation applied to proton–proton collisions at √ s = 5.02 TeV. Kaon phase-space distributions are generated with P
When ultrashort pulses propagate through common optical elements, such as gratings and thick lenses, they inevitably acquire spatiotemporal couplings (STCs), which are nonseparable chromatic aberrations. This phenomenon fundamentally stems from the broad spectral bandwidth inherent to ultrashort pulses. STCs can significantly reduce peak intensity, enlarge the focal spot, and thus limit the optima
Vegetation phenology is closely affected by climate conditions and can be used to understand how vegetation responds to environmental change. While climate data describe the spatial distribution of climatic variables, satellite-derived phenological products can more directly characterize vegetation dynamics over large areas. This study used the Copernicus High Resolution Vegetation Phenology and P
Mellan 1983 och 2009 pågick en konflikt mellan de srilankesiska säkerhetsstyrkorna och den separatistiska organisationen Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) i den nordöstra delen av Sri Lanka. Konflikten resulterade i hundratusentals döda, försvunna, och internflyktingar. Sri Lankas muslimska minoritet hamnade i korselden, blev direkt måltavla för båda sidor i konflikten, och utförde hämndattaBetween 1983 and 2009, Sri Lanka’s northeast was ravaged by a conflict between the Sri Lankan security forces and the secessionist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The conflict resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, disappearances, and displacements. Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority was caught in the crossfire, directly targeted by both sides to the conflict, and attacked civilians in ret
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka sambandet mellan studenters användning av stora språkmodeller inom högre utbildning och deras tankar kring användningens effekter på lärande. Genom att ta avstamp i en kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerade intervjuer undersöks ämnet via studenters självrapporterade användning av stora språkmodeller, eventuella tankar kring användningens effekter på lärande s
Wearable devices increasingly issue algorithmic verdicts on the body's recovery and readi-ness claims that may contradict what an athlete directly feels. This study examines how ama-teur endurance athletes make sense of the embodied rupture: the moment at which a weara-ble's recovery assessment conflicts with their own somatic knowledge. While Information Systems research has theorised how
The global decline of seagrass meadows has increased the need for effective restoration strategies, yet recovery is often limited by physical environmental stressors. This thesis investigates the hydrodynamic thresholds influencing seagrass seedling survival and recruitment along the Adelaide coastline in Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia. The study focuses on two sites with similar environmental
Climate modeling scenarios, despite covering a wide range of biogeophysical possibilities for future climate change, remain sociopolitically narrow. This is particularly the case in climate mitigation, where green-growth driven negative emissions technologies are considered key to achieving climate mitigation goals like the Paris Agreement warming target. Building on the degrowth and postgrowth cl
AI-Assisted and Semi-Autonomous tools are becoming relevant for enterprises. The adoption of these tools requires understanding how different practitioners perceive and use them responsibly in their organizations. This thesis examines how enterprise software development practitioners govern AI-assisted and semi-autonomous tools in everyday development workflows. As these tools increasingly support
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are central to the digital transformation of healthcare and are intended to support coordination, documentation, and access to patient information across healthcare settings. However, technical interoperability does not necessarily mean that exchanged information is usable in clinical work. This thesis examines how healthcare professionals experience the interopera
As data generation accelerates globally, organizations accumulate vast amounts of unused information, commonly referred to as dark data. While dark data is widely recognized as holding potential decision value, it persistently remains inaccessible, revealing a paradox between perceived importance and practical neglect. This study examines how organizations in Sweden make dark data accessible for d
Bakgrund På grund av den rådande klimatkrisen måste Sverige göra omfattande klimatanpassningar för att skydda sig mot kommande och nuvarande effekter av klimatförändringarna. Ansvaret för arbetet tillfaller för det mesta Sveriges kommuner genom bland annat planmonopolet. Kommunerna kan söka finansiering för dessa typer av åtgärder genom matchade statsbidrag. Däremot är bidragsprocessen för de svenIn response to growing risks associated with climate change, Sweden must address the need for climate change adaptations. A central actor in addressing this is Swedish municipalities, due to their local planning monopoly and their ability to identify risks associated with local geographical conditions. However, studies have shown that there are several obstacles within the process of adapting to c
As the need to limit the effect of climate change gets stronger, the transition to sustainable energy solutions becomes very important. Solar thermal energy and green hydrogen production represent two quite promising sustainable fields towards decarbonizing industrial processes and energy sectors. This thesis presents an extensive simulation and performance analysis of a solar thermal energy syste
Malaria remains a major public health concern in Sudan, where transmission is influenced by climate variability, environmental conditions, population displacement, conflict, and disruptions to healthcare services. Using ERA5 climate data, a Climate Suitability Index (CSI) was developed to evaluate the climatic suitability for Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Sudan between 2000 and 2024. Annua
