The Colombian government aims to minimize the impacts of human activities in páramos. This requires finding balance between the conservation of the natural resources and maintaining the livelihoods of people living in these areas. Biodiversity loss in páramos compromises their ecological functionality and puts at risk the provisioning of drinking water to millions of Colombians. In this thesis I s

Alopecia areata (AA) anses vara en autoimmun hudsjukdom och är en av de vanligaste formerna som orsakar håravfall. AA har en oklar och diffus etiologi. Kliniskt och vetenskapligt vet man att AA ofta genererar psykologisk och socialt lidande. Inom dermatologin stöter man ofta på flera av dessa psykologiska och sociala problemställningar som sjukdomen anses generera. Detta fenomen förminskas eller fAlopecia areata (AA) is considering as an autoimmune skin disease and is one of the most common forms that cause hair loss. AA has a diffuse and unknown etiology. Clinically and scientifically, it is known that AA generates psychological and social suffering. In dermatology, one often encounters several of these psychological and social problems that the disease is considered to generate. This phe

Overfishing is one of the most serious problems threatening the health of the seas and local coastal communities. Marine Protected Areas with No Fishing Zones are valuable biodiversity conservation tools to ensure the sustainable use of diminishing fish stocks. Nevertheless, to be successful for long-term conservation these areas have to be monitored and rules must be enforced. Using semi-structur

Bakgrund: Sexuell hälsa är en mänsklig rättighet och historiskt sett har kvinnans sexualitet varit tabu och ett känsligt ämne att utforska. Klimakteriet är en naturlig fas i alla kvinnors liv som börjar en tid innan kvinnans sista menstruation, så kallad menopaus och fortgår livet ut. Enligt barnmorskans kompetensbeskrivning ska barnmorskor ha kompetens att ge information till kvinnor om sexuell h

The unbalanced supply and demand will raise the distribution and transportation problems. Lateral transhipment (called stock redistribution) between two Customer Centres (CC) has been implementing to reduce unhealthy inventories. The two significant issues are the inefficient process and unnecessary cost of reactive lateral transhipment. The searching and communication processes can take longer th

Deep-sea mining (DSM) is an emerging extractive industry often portrayed as part of a sustainable oceanic ‘blue economy’ despite being characterized by profound ecological uncertainty. This thesis critically examines the emergence focusing on the extraction of polymetallic nodules, by developing two arguments. First, it argues that DSM represents the ‘subsumption of nature’ by examining its biophy

South Africa has a coal-based energy system and extractive economy, largely responsible for its relatively high emission levels compared to countries with similar GDP figures. This extractive, coal-based economy began during British colonization and today shows few tangible signs of transitioning rapidly to limit climate change. This thesis interrogates the role of coloniality in climate inaction,

Tidigare forskning visar att svårigheter med emotionell klarhet (eng. ”emotional clarity”) är mer framträdande hos barn och unga med psykiatriska symtom. Det finns emellertid få studier som undersöker detta samband i kliniska grupper av barn och unga med ångestsyndrom och tvångssyndrom. Vidare har emotionell klarhet främst undersökts genom självskattning, vilket motiverar behovet av att undersöka Difficulties with emotional clarity may be more prominent in children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms, but there is limited research in clinical samples of youth with anxiety disorders (ADs) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Furthermore, emotional clarity has mostly been studied using self-report measures, indicating the need for more experiential ways of examining this concept. T

Background and objectives Baonaise is a novel plant-based savoury sauce. Baonaise sauce base (BSB) is produced from baobab fruit pulp. Creaming and phase separation were observed in Baonasie from previous studies at the company. In this study, concentration, temperature and type of oil, speed and time of mixing were studied to investigate the factors influencing the physical stability of baobab p

I detta examensarbete har tanken varit att få en ökad kunskap för hur chiafröet påverkar det glutenfria brödet. Orsaken till det glutenfria brödets uppkomst är sjukdomen celiaki. Samtidigt som forskning utförs inom området celiaki är det svårt för människor med denna diagnos att hitta bra glutenfria brödalternativ. Den sensoriska kvalitén, texturen och smaken i ett glutenfritt bröd kan tyckas varaThe aim of this thesis has been to gain an increased knowledge of how chia seed affects gluten-free bread. At the same time as research on celiac disease is being carried out, it is difficult for people with this diagnosis to find good gluten-free bread alternatives. The sensory qualities, texture and the taste of a gluten-free bread are sometimes far from acceptable when compared to bread with gl

The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. As research reveals,

In July 2021, single-use plastics will be banned from the European market, meaning that the plastic straws used with Tetra Pak’s portion packs will no longer be permitted. Therefore, Tetra Pak develops new straws, and it is important to test their functionality, something that previously has been done with panel tests. However, Tetra Pak has requested to aid the development process by minimizing t

Syftet med denna studie är att få tillgång till synsätt och tillvägagångssätt i förhållande till improvisation hos bas-pedagoger. Min förhoppning är att utifrån undersökningen, kunna få inspiration till att vidareutveckla min och andras konstnärliga och pedagogiska förmåga i förhållande till begreppet improvisation. Genom att få tillgång till vad andra basister och litteraturen säger kring ämnet vThe Purpose of this study is to gain access to perspectives and approaches in relationship to improvisation, through the eyes of bass-educators. My hope is that this study will inspire me and others to further develop our artistic and educational ability in relation to the concept of improvisation. I want to create a broader understanding about improvisation and how one can educate oneself and oth

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has over the past two decades evolved from something theoretical into something more practical and applicable. The technological advancements of the modern era have enabled us to utilize more advanced systems to facilitate various tasks. AI more specifically, has been integrated into many of the systems we use in both everyday lives, as well as in business systems. Thi

The paper at hand concerns itself with the vegetarian organisation known as Svenska Vegetariska Föreningen in the early twentieth-century Sweden. Excerpts are drawn from all issues of the organisations periodical Vegetarianen during 1903 and 1904 to highlight the organisations beliefs concerning meat-eating and personal health. The excerpts highlighting their beliefs are then closely examined and

Life at a music festival can be both a blessing and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping reality into euphoric happiness and freedom that only music festivals can bring. But one thing can drastically change this mood and make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. Rain as well as too high or low temperatures contribute to this negative change of mood. The festival chosen fo

Due to the restrictions of the corona pandemic the counsellors at the Swedish Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services had to suddenly transition to online counselling. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine how social workers, i.e. psychiatry counsellors, describe and experience online counselling and the impact it has on the interaction. The method chosen in this study was qualitati

Denna studie syftar till att explorativt undersöka etiska implikationer av artificiell intelligens (AI) inom rekrytering, och studera medvetenheten av dessa relaterat till företags mognad för AI, samt dess företagskultur. Med detta kan en grund för framtida forskning läggas, och möjligtvis bidra med fynd som kan guida praktiker. Studien baseras på forskningsfrågan: Hur kan företags AI-mognad och oThis study aims to explore ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) within recruitment and study the awareness in relation to companies maturity within AI, and its organisational culture. This could serve as a basis for future research, and possibly guide practitioners to use AI in recruitment more ethically. The study is based on the research question: How can AI maturity and organisa

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur musiklärare arbetar kring demokratisk värdegrund, hur musiklärare uppfattar värdegrundsarbete och vilka möjligheter som ges till lärare och elever att utveckla förståelsen av vad demokratisk värdegrund är eller kan vara. Studiens data genererades genom en enkätstudie och en intervjustudie. Enkäten riktades mot elever och musiklärare från årskurs 7 till This study aims to explore how music teachers in Sweden work with democratic values. The data for this study was generated through a survey and four interviews. The survey was targeted at students and music teachers from high school, grades 7-9, to upper secondary school. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with four of the teachers who answered the questionnaire, two teachers from each

The food system accounts for a significant portion of environmental degradation, while it is at the same time to a large extent producing food that is deteriorating to human health. The private sector plays an essential role in contributing to the sustainability of the system. Based on a systematic literature review, we conceptualise the notion of sustainable nutrition (SN), which highlights the i