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Wing pigmentation in dragonflies and damselflies (odonates) functions as a secondary sexual trait with a role in courtship and antagonistic male-male interactions. Recently, a thermoregulatory function of wing pigmentation has also been suggested. This study aimed to elucidate how both sexual and natural selection have influenced the evolution and global distribution of wing pigmentation in odonat
Sponges are aquatic filter feeding animals that use internal chambers comprised of choanoflagellate-like cells called choanocytes to pump and filter water. In this study I investigated the behavior of choanocytes in juvenile Amphimedon queenslandica, a coral reef demosponge, when they were fed Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae compared to when they were maintained in 0.22μm filtered seawater
Diploid potato cultivars that are propagated by True Potato Seeds (TPS) are a new potentially revolutionary way of potato breeding. Conventional breeding is based on highly heterozygous tetraploid potato varieties. Diploid potato breeding by TPS is useful to create inbred lines and from there hybrid offspring. TPS is cheaper, has almost no diseases and is easy to distribute. Diploid potatoes have Are potatoes, grown from seeds, the future? Did you know that you can grow potato plants from seeds? A potato plant has two ways to propagate itself; by the all known potato that we love to eat and by seeds that are grown in tomato-like berries above the ground. These seed producing potato plants that are as well diploid (two copies of every chromosome) instead of conventional tetraploid (4 copie
It was in the early 1980s when Peter Ryan from the University of Cape Town started investigating ecological and conservational factors surrounding the endemic Nesospiza finches in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, a curious case of resource-driven bird diversification in the Southern Atlantic. Ryan and others suggests for the radiation of Tristan finches to have happened around 400,000 years ago,
In this study, Global Positioning System (GPS)-derived tracking data were used to explore aspects of the breeding season movement ecology of an at-risk seabird, the Caspian Tern, in the Baltic Sea. In particular, the foraging effort, daily activity, and foraging habitat use of the terns were investigated at two breeding colonies. Data were collected during two seasons at the colony on Stenarna isl
SeqCapAnalyst is a pipeline to process .fastq files, producing the standard files as well as statistics useful for singling out good targets for Sequence Capture probes. Rather than speed, it is optimized for flexibility and ease of modification. SeqCapAnalyst is predominantly written in bash, with one module written in Python. The pipeline was tested on sequence capture data which was obtained f
Mikropartiklar är mer än 100 gånger mindre än ett hårstrå. De brukar användas som behållare för läkemedel eller för att markera enskilda molekyler. För dessa ändamål måste ytan på mikropartiklarna modifieras med olika kemiska grupper. Jag har i detta arbete undersökt olika metoder för att binda in protein till mikropartiklar. Som modellsystem valdes mikropartiklar tillverkade av plasten polystyrenMicroparticles of various sizes carrying different surface modifications have numerous technological and biomedical applications, for example to create a larger target for a molecular receptor by binding multiply ligands to the surface of the microparticle. The aim of the present work is to study how to most efficiently couple protein molecules to the surface of such microparticles. In the current
Syftet med den här uppsatsen var att undersöka satsbetoningsmönstret hos exklamativer och vad det gör för den semantiska tolkningen av exklamativen. Detta undersöktes dels genom introspektion, och dels i ett perceptionsexperiment av att-exklamativer. Resultatet av introspektionen visade att att-exklamativers betoning i vissa fall skiljer sig från som- och wh-exklamativers. Detta gäller vid signale
In today's society, much energy is used and all energy use (e.g. heat, electricity) affects the environment. Greenhouse gas emissions from energy affect the climate of the earth and increase the natural greenhouse effect. Environmental impact because of energy use causes both local and global problems. Efficient energy use in buildings is a prerequisite for dealing with climate issues and in t
An evaluation of the current and previous Rosa rugosa growth on Kieler Ort, Germany, with the aim to predict the rose coverage in future, under consideration of environmental factors. Kieler Ort, a rather isolated island in the southwest Baltic Sea is representing a unique environment which is protected for its landscape, nature, flora and fauna and serves as a bird sanctuary. Rosa rugosa, as one
Enligt Newsecs rapport från 2016 söker företag idag kontor som har effektiv kontorsyta med stor flexibilitet vad det gäller både area och hyresavtal. Deras analys är att sådana kontor kommer fortsätta att efterfrågas. Vad som menas med flexibla hyresavtal är inget som är självklart i branschen men i detta examensarbete innebär sådana hyresavtal kortare hyrestider och mindre ytor för varje aktör soAccording to Newsec's report from 2016 companies are looking for offices that have efficient office space with great flexibility in terms of both area and lease. Their analysis is that such offices will continue to be demanded. What is meant by flexible real estate leases is nothing that is obvious in the industry but in this paper such leases mean less lease times and less space for each part
The Rural Development Program 2014-2020, is a way of reducing urbanization and creating more equal conditions between urban and rural areas. However, since fiberoptic cables is built on commercial terms, incentives for digging fiber in rural areas are lacking, which means that different types of support are required for construction to be possible. The administrative and financial difficulties req
Neurodegenerative disease or injury often result in devastating consequences for affected individuals. Treatment options available remain inefficient, and the hunt for new innovative approaches to halt and reverse the effects of neural cell loss continues. Regenerative medicine focuses on a combination of cell transplantation coupled with tissue engineering approaches (3D scaffolds and biomaterial
Cellular Migration: Natures compass to preserve the Blood-Brain–Barrier The Blood-Brain-Barrier (BBB) is a specialized and essential structure to ensure optimal physiological conditions in the brain. It separates the circulating blood and its components from sensitive neurons in the brain limiting and selecting which constituents that are transported from blood to brain and vice versa. Pericytes
Malaria parasites belong to the genus Plasmodium, which infects a diverse range of host. Plasmodium relictum is one of the most widespread species of avian malaria with its diverse host ranges, causing severe disease and high mortality in many parts of the world. Plasmodium undergoes a complex lifecycle infecting two hosts: the arthropod vector and the vertebrate host. Recent RNA-seq development h
This paper attempts to expose the factors influencing political participation in the Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. To this end, an extensive survey was carried out in three of the five political wards in Kibera. Prior comparative studies of political participation have reached the somewhat simplistic conclusion that poor citizens are a politically inactive group in society. A handf
Gamification is an increasingly common motivational tool, and knowledge management is rising to become an important part of strategies in knowledge intensive organizations. The academic infancy of gamification and the relatively young field of knowledge management provide ample opportunities for novel research. This thesis attempts to understand what needs to be considered when designing a practic
This study aims to evaluate Malmö stad integration work regarding the integration of incoming overseas women to the employment sector. In order to understand what Malmö stad integration work means, the overall establishment policy of the governmental offices is evaluated. Malmö stad receives six hundred immigrant every year. In Malmo there is already housing shortage, and Sweden is already faced
Improving teamwork has become a major safety goal for healthcare organizations. Audit tools currently available are useful, but they remain inadequate because they are reactive and fail to provide context for “the interaction between people and the operational context (i.e., organizational, regulatory and environmental factors) within which people discharge their operational duties” (Maurino, 2005
In my thesis work I have explored the relationship between site and building. As the focal point for my studies I have had a, too me, very familiar site in the outskirts of the village of Höör in the centre of Skåne. e site has been the property of my grandfather who took care of the place until he got to old to do it. I spend a lot of time here when visiting my grandparents as a kid. Today my mot
