The aim was to research the social work students attitude towards crime, their worry of being subject to crime and their knowledge of crimes committed amongst their friends. The study was made to highlight the differences based on gender and the students location of study. Information was gathered through a quantitative method where surveys were answered by students at Lund university in Lund and

Authentication for phone calls is important for companies with hundreds of customers wanting to access sensitive information. However, it is sub-par compared to authentication when using applications or websites. In this thesis, seven models have been developed for how to use BankID as the authentication service during phone calls. The purpose of all models is to use the BankID API to provide the

Denna studie syftade till att undersöka relationen mellan positivt värderade egenskaper och psykologiska och sociala faktorer i det svenska arbetslivet, på ett urval av 43 unga vuxna i åldern 19-29, med tidsbegränsad anställning. Vidare undersöktes huruvida relationen mellan dessa variabler skiljde sig åt beroende på könstillhörighet. Med positiv psykologi som teoretisk utgångspunkt genomfördes eThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between positively valued character strengths and psychological and social workplace factors in Swedish working life, on a sample of 43 young adults aged 19-29, with fixed-term employment. Furthermore, the study explored whether the relationship between these variables differed between men and women. While using positive psychology as a theoretical

In this essay I have looked at how the term extreme cinema should be categorized. Should it be categorized as a genre, a subgenre, an umbrella term or something else. To find this out I have divided the essay into three chapters, one long and two short. The first chapter is about how style and narrative affects the way extreme cinema is categorized. The second chapter looks at how reception and aw

Timing of phenological events are highly related to climate and is one of the first signs of ecosystem responses to the climate change. Timing of flowering phenology is an important trait influencing the distribution and fitness of plants species. Tundra ecosystems are particularly important to study these effects due to short growing seasons, poor pollinator community and a particularly pronounce

The aim of this master thesis was to develop adaptive control for a quadrotor using Gaussian process regression (GP). Online regression with GPs can provide many benefits as it is a flexible non-linear regression model that can provide uncertainty measures of the estimate. However, online GP regression may also gives rise to problems. Because of the high numerical complexity of GPs, sparse approxi

This study assesses the performance of buildings affected by climate change under future climate predictions for three time-periods until the end of the 21st century. Objects studied are residential multi-storey buildings, originally built before 1970 and retrofitted during the last decade. A total of four actual retrofit projects, as they were performed, in Denmark and Germany were assessed in th

Amelogenin, a protein that takes part in enamel development, has some interesting physicochemical properties such as the formation of nanospherical aggregates. Furthermore, its derivatives have shown regenerative properties and have already been commercialized for that purpose. Therefore, it was of interest for this project to evaluate mammalian cell attachment and proliferation on engineered vari

From 1953-1963 Nyasaland was a part of the Central African Federation, along with Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The establishment of the Federation was hugely unpopular in Nyasaland due to fears it would be dominated by the white settler community in Southern Rhodesia. Supporters of the Federation, in the UK and Southern Rhodesia, argued that Nyasaland would gain financially from inclusion in th

Gender equality is now more than ever a highly discussed topic within many different aspects of society. Also, being an entrepreneur is becoming increasingly more accessible and popular as a choice of occupation. This study aims to analyze the potential relationship between gender equality in entrepreneurship and the outcome on economic growth. By developing an index which ranks American states’ d

Rubber materials, preferably referred to as elastomers, are used in a wide variety of engineering applications, thanks to their unique properties and characteristics. Fluid channels between the plates of Alfa Laval’s heat exchangers are sealed with different types of elastomers, called gaskets. Gaskets are exposed to both chemical, physical and mechanical stresses during their lifetime, affecting

To control an accelerating proton beam that travels close to the speed of light, a large number of beam diagnostic instruments are needed. One of the instruments that will be used at the accelerator of the European Spallation Source is a Non-invasive Profile Monitor (NPM). Once installed, this system will measure the transverse beam profile by imaging the fluorescent gas induced by the accelerated

I denna uppsats presenterar jag kristallisationsåldrar, petrografi och geokemisk sammansättning för diabasgångar och en lagergång i östra och sydöstra Kaapvaal kratonen, Sydafrika. Dessa nya resultat ger mer exakta och pålitliga resultat än tidigare dateringar för diabaser tillhörande den s.k. Mashining gångsvärmen, vilka daterats till 2253 ± 45 and 2202 ± 74 Ma (Ma = miljoner år). De nya resultatIn this study, I present emplacement ages, petrography and the geochemical composition of doleritic dykes and one sill from the eastern and south-eastern area of the Kaapvaal Craton. These results refine the previous 2253 ± 45 and 2202 ± 74 Ma ages of the Mashining event to ca. 2168 Ma, and shows that this swarm is intermixed with the younger 1875-1835 Ma Black Hills dyke swarm. Geochemical data o

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad en kreativ lärmiljö innebär för elever på det estetiska programmet i musik. Vidare avser studien att ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar den kreativa lärmiljön för att förstå hur en sådan miljö kan skapas i skolan. Bakgrunden till studien är författarens eget intresse för hur den fysiska miljön kan uppmuntra eller hämma kreativitet samt en ökad efterfrThis study aims to investigate what a creative learning environment means for music students in upper secondary school. Furthermore, the study aims to find out what factors affect the creative learning environment in order to understand how to design a creative learning environment in music education. The background to the study is the author's own interest in how the physical environment can

This thesis is divided in two with a theoretical research question as well as a practical research question. The theoretical question I sought answered was: Can architects support democracy? The question was sought answered through a literature study from which I concluded that especially two out of the many prerequisites for democracy relates to architectural practice: A need for a sense of “we”

We present a comparison of different univariate and multivariate extreme value risk models. Our focus is on exploring how these can be used to model financial risk. We use simulated as well as real data and compare deterministic and cross-validation threshold selection methods for the GP model to a GEV model. For comparison, we carry out a bivariate analysis using copulas. Finally, an undirected g

Today, digital circuits are part of every ones daily life in form of mobile phones, computers, television, smart cards etc. The advent of new technologies such as internet of things, 5G etc. are continuously making the digital circuits more and more complex in design. With this increase in complexity comes the possibility of more bugs in the system. Finding and fixing these bugs is of paramount im

Insects play vital roles in almost every ecosystem and have high ecological, social as well as economic value. Human activity -most critical in urban environments- profoundly stress insect populations and habitats, regardless of their known benefits to society. Conserving insects in an urban context remains a topic predominantly for insect enthusiasts and revolves around preferred insects, such as