Light sensors are increasingly used to monitor vegetation growing status by measuring reflectance or transmittance in multispectral or photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) bands. The measurements are then used to estimate vegetation indices or the fraction of absorbed PAR (FPAR) in a continuous and long-term manner and to serve as inputs to environmental monitoring and calibration/validation

The study reported in this paper examines foreign accent (FA) in adult simultaneous bilinguals (2L1ers). Specifically, we investigate how accent is affected if a first language is acquired as a minority (heritage) language as compared to a majority (dominant) language. We compare the perceived FA in both languages of 38 adult 2L1ers (German-French and German-Italian) to that of monolingual native

PURPOSE. To determine the cellular consequences of retinal detachment in retinoschisin knockout (Rs1-KO) mice, a model for retinoschisin in humans. METHODS. Experimental retinal detachments (RDs) were induced in the right eyes of both Rs1-KO and wild-type (wt) control mice. Immunocytochemistry was performed on retinal tissue at 1, 7, or 28 days after RD with antibodies to anti-GFAP, -neurofilament

Road transportation has attracted extensive attention throughout the world because of its high energy demands and numerous externalities. Sustainable road transportation has thus become a great challenge for politicians and decision-makers all over the world. There have been a series of studies indicating that appropriate pricing of fuel can be both effective and efficient for reducing overconsump

Context The popularity of the open source software development in the last decade, has brought about an increased interest from the industry on how to use open source components, participate in the open source community, build business models around this type of software development, and learn more about open source development methodologies. There is a need to understand the results of research i

Popular Abstract in Swedish Bihåleinflammation (rinosinuit) definieras som inflammation av näsans och bihålornas slemhinna. Akut rinosinuit är den femte vanligaste orsaken till antibiotikaförskrivning. Kronisk rinosinuit verkar vara ett ökande hälsoproblem, som drabbar drygt 9% av Europas befolkning och innebär en stor belastning på hälsoekonomin. Amerikanska studier har visat att rinosinuit påverRhinosinusitis is defined as an inflammatory process involving the mucosa of the nose and one or more of the paranasal sinuses. The aims of the work presented in this thesis were to investigate the degree to which rhinosinusitis affects the health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and to determine whether the diagnosis of this condition can be improved using Doppler ultrasound. The HRQOL of 207 pa

A porphyrin -system has been modulated by enhancing the push-pull character with highly asymmetrical substitution for dye-sensitized solar cells for the first time. Namely, both two diarylamino moieties as a strong electron-donating group and one carboxyphenylethynyl moiety as a strong electron-withdrawing, anchoring group were introduced into the meso-positions of the porphyrin core in a lower sy

Sanddyner är landformer som bildas av vinden. Deras inre uppbyggnad utgörs av korslagringar och begränsningsytor som kan ge väsentlig information om det lokala klimatet och miljön vid dynernas bildning. Georadarundersökning som är en snabb, enkel och ickedestruktiv reflektionsmetod, ger en god bild av sanddynernas inre struktur eftersom korslagringar och begränsningsytor ger upphov till reflektoreDunes are landforms formed by the wind. Their internal architecture consists of cross beds and bounding surfaces that provide important information about the local climate and environment during dune formation. GPR is a quick, easy and non-destructive reflection method that provides an illustration of the dunes’ inner structure because crossbeds and bounding surfaces gives rise to re-flections tha

MikroRNA-96 och sin roll i prostatacancer För att en cell ska vara hälsosam och kunna uppfylla sina funktioner så måste cellen producera den rätta mängden och rätta sorten RNA-molekyler och proteiner som är kodade i cellens DNA. På grund av detta så är genuttrycket strikt reglerat i varje cell. När det gäller cancerceller är balansen störd vilket innebär att cellen delar sig okontrollerat och bil

Construction of wind turbines has increased these recent years and is expected to escalate more in the nearest future. The expansion of wind power as an energy source requires specific and comprehensive transport, when production is far away from the installation site. Generally, the development of turbines has gone towards bigger turbines with longer rotor blades. As the blades grow in length, op

With the growing pool of deposited protein structures, the need for structural analysis tools grows. In study of amino acid substitutions the variety of analysis tools is high; nevertheless, there is a lack of programs serving specific purpose, such as identifying if an amino acid substitution would cause a clash in the structure or not, given just the structure of the original protein. In this stAnalysing structural damage caused by changes in proteins In an organism, even only one single change of an amino acid can sometimes lead to disease, if the protein is a part of an important biological function. Because of that, it is important to study those changes and be able to predict if an amino acid substitution would cause harm. There are various ways a substitution can be harmful to a pr

The decline suffered by grassland pollinators in the south of Sweden may have great consequences resulting in the loss of important ecosystem services. However, cities may mitigate this effect as parks and other urban green areas can act as refuges for high pollinator diversity. Here I try to assess the status of the butterfly populations in the city of Malmö using as a reference a study carried o

Kriminalvården är värld som många har åsikter om, men samtidigt har få kännedom om vad som verkligen sker däri. Makt förekommer i olika former och därmed är det viktigt att beskriva ur ett inifrånperspektiv hur maktspelet på en anstalt kan se ut. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka om synen på institutionell maktutövning skiljer sig åt mellan gamla och nya kriminalvårdare. Jag har med hjä

Bitumen är den tyngsta produkten från raffinaderier. Den är användbar som bindemedel för olika ytbeläggningar som t.ex. asfalt på vägar, takpapp m.m. Företag Nordic Waterproofing tillverkar takpapp i Höganäs och använder bitumen som en av de viktigaste råvarorna i processen. Ett förnyelsebart samhälle är dagens fokusmål för alla, inte bara enskilda personer, utan hela landet och hela planet måste Nordic Waterproofing is one of the largest roofing felt producers in Europe. One of the production facility is located in Höganäs (Sweden), which is specialized in roofing felt that are suitable for the nordic climate. Bitumen is a central component of roofing felt manufacturing that contribute several properties to the product. Due to the importance of bitumen, Nordic Waterproofing finds an addit

Över tid har våldtäktsbrottet varit ett omdiskuterat ämne, inte minst bland politiker och jurister men även bland befolkningen som helhet. Protester, debatter, nyhetsartiklar och hashtags är inte ovanligt förekommande inom diskussionen. Syftet med förevarande uppsats har varit att ge en övergripande blick över gränserna för det juridiska begreppet våldtäkt och har ämnat att besvara vilka de ursprOver time the crime rape has been a discussed topic, non the least among politicians and jurists but also among the common people. Protests, debates, newsarticles and hashtags are not unusually occuring in the discussion. The object of this essay has been to give an overall look at the boundaries for the legal word rape and aims to anwser where the original boundaries were drawn and how the bound

Uppsatsen har sin utgångspunkt i det slutbetänkande 2014 års sexualbrottskommitté presenterade i oktober 2016. Fokus blir på de direktiv sexualbrottskommittén fick för att undersöka och ta fram ett förslag till en sexualbrottslagstiftning, som bygger på samtycke samt om och hur en oaktsamhetsbestämmelse skulle kunna utformas. Första delen av uppsatsen belyser lagstiftningsreformen från 2005, vilThe essay is based on the final report the 2014 Sexual Offences Committee presented in October 2016. Focus will be on those directives the 2014 Sexual Offences Committee was given in order to examine and develop a proposal to a sexual offence legislation built on consent and if and how a negligent regulation could be formed. The first part of the essay illustrates the legislative reform from the

Sedan internet gjorde sitt intåg på 90-talet så har det intagit en alltmer central del av våra liv. Vi konsumerar fler tjänster via internet än någonsin tidigare, och vi lämnar ifrån oss mer personuppgifter än någonsin tidigare. Insamlingen och behandlingen av personuppgifter har sedan mitten av 90-talet reglerats av EU’s Dataskyddsdirektiv (95/96/EG) som över åren blivit allt mer föråldrat och koSince the Internet revolution started in the 90s, it has assumed an increasingly central part of our lives. We consume more services via the internet than ever before, and we give up more personal data than ever before. The collection and processing of personal data has since the mid-90s been regulated by the EU's Data Protection Directive (95/96/EC), which over the years has become increasing