Total resection of glioblastoma multiform (GBM), the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor, continues to be a challenge. Achieving complete resection is limited by difficulty in intraoperative discrimination between normal and residual tumor cells. This project contributes to the development and evaluation of a fiber-optical based fluorescence/reflectance spectroscopy system as an intra

The thesis addresses adoption of conservation agriculture in the northern Mozambican province Nampula. In a situation of food insecurity and increasing pressure on land with soil erosion and reduced yields as a result, conservation agriculture is promoted as an agriculture approach which is environmentally sustainable and which also has potential to improve farmers’ livelihoods. The adoption of co

This study sought to explore the socio-economic impacts of stigmatization on young women (16-24) infected with HIV in Accra, Ghana (Ridge hospital). Qualitative study was performed with five young women 16-24 infected with HIV attending HIV clinic at Ridge hospital. Interviews were conducted to explore respondents’ perception of stigmatization and discrimination based on their HIV status and gende

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between local governments and community based waste management organisations and the sustainability of voluntary organisations providing basic services. Drawing on analytical concepts of participatory development it investigate factors contributing to a successful relationship. More specifically how cooperation, communication and collaborat

Research indicates that sexuality education may lower the rate of STIs and unplanned pregnancies among youth. Experts also agree that schools are the ideal place to implement sexuality education and that teachers should play a central role in school-based sexuality education. The purpose of this study is therefore to generate new perspectives on teachers’ implementation of sexuality education by e

Senegalese smallholders up to date face high constraints regarding their generation of livelihoods from agriculture. Restricted access to productive resources and participation in finance, input and output markets are root causes for these constraints. While the potential of collective action to address institutional constraints of smallholder agriculture has been widely acknowledged, success sto

This thesis deals with one of the most concerning issues regarding children over the years, child labour. The child labour problem first reached the public attention in 1830s and notwithstanding all the endeavours of the international community to combat the phenomenon, this issue still nowadays remains a matter of concern in both developed and developing countries. The thesis describes the chil

There is a considerable amount of research and literature about success factors of academic spin-offs in general. Some sources describe academic spin-offs in Sweden, which is one of the most innovative societies in the world. More specific sources address certain issues such as academic spin-off creation, finance, performance or other factors influencing spin-off success in regions as Gothenburg,

The main purpose for this study has been to try to investigate which of our emotions that affect and control our motivational behaviour when it comes to helping people in need. Two main hypotheses were formed by the researchers; if people are told to imagine not helping an identified victim they will presume to feel more guilt than they would have done if presuming not helping a statistical victim

Denna studiens syfte var att undersöka upplevelsen av arbetsgivarkontroll hos två vitt skilda arbetsplatser och yrkeskategorier. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tio personer och den insamlade datan bearbetades utifrån en tematisk analys med fyra på förhand bestämda teman: kontroll, inflytande, arbetsglädje och effektivitet. I resultaten framkom både skillnader och likheter i upplevels

Sammanfattning Titel: Chefens stöd i relationen till sina medarbetare: en studie kring hur stöd för frontpersonal upplevs genom relationen mellan frontpersonal och deras chefer Universitet: Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg, Institutionen för Service Management Kurs: KSKK01, Service Management: Examensarbete för kandidatexamen, 15 hp, VT2013 Författare: Sofie Fredriksson & Sara Thorén Han

Greenland constitutes one of the youngest democracies in the world and is a society characterised by significant social, economic and political inequality. Centuries as a Danish colony have left it with relatively weak institutional structures and with limited tradition for public dialogue. Today, as the country is at the verge of new large-scale industrial developments, calls for increasing publi

Den nya mediemiljön med sociala medier gör det möjligt att konstruera och styra mediebilden av sig själv, men ett ständigt informationsflöde bidrar till en kamp om uppmärksamheten. Det finns flertalet exempel på personer som ständigt figurerar i medierna och som spelar spelet om respekt i offentligheten, men vissa frotterar sig i finrummen medan andra inte gör det. Hur kommer detta sig? Studiens m

En instabil arbetsmarknad med allt högre konkurrens skapar utmaningar för dagens företag att kostnadseffektivisera, vilket har lett till att nedskärning av personal blivit allt vanligare. Hur en nedskärningsprocess gynnar ett företag tenderar bero på en anställds upplevelse av processen som organisatorisk rättvis. Ett orättvist bemötande har visats påverka anställdas beteende och attityd till arbe

The concept of governmentality and the concept of banal nationalism are applied in the study to critically analyze how a European identity is articulated and legitimized within the energy policy presented by the European Commission. Furthermore, the articulated identity is related to the construction of insecurity. In the analyzed material the identity of the EU is portrayed as an effective and in

A study was performed to investigate whether the risk- and vulnerability assessments of Swedish central authorities fulfill its purposes stated in the legislation. This was made by investigating and categorizing the characteristic ways the authorities communicate risks in their RVA:s. A content analysis of ten risk- and vulnerability assessments was performed as well as a participating observation

Mammografiscreening är i dagsläget det främsta sättet att minska dödligheten i bröstcancer. Vid oklara förändringar i bilderna sker en vidare utredning för att säkerställa eller utesluta patologi. Återkallelse kan skapa oro och ångest hos kvinnor eftersom risken för att utredningen kan tyda på bröstcancer. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa bakomliggande faktorer som kan ge ökad oro

In this thesis the problem of Structure from Motion (SfM) for uncalibrated and unordered image collections is considered. The proposed framework is an adaptation of the framework for calibrated SfM proposed by Olsson-Enqvist (2011) to the uncalibrated case. Olsson-Enqvist's framework consists of three main steps; pairwise relative rotation estimation, rotation averaging, and geometry estimati