Before the introduction of the euro in 1999, the CFA Franc was pegged towards the French national currency the Franc at a fixed parity. When France adopted the European single currency as its legal tender, the currency arrangement of 14 African counties changed as well. This paper examines whether the euro has had any significant effect on trade between the CFA franc zone and the Eurozone countrie

This work examines prostitution practice-policy divide in Lithuanian legal system. Prostitution law in Lithuania was amended in 2005 by stipulating legal liability not only for sex selling but also for sex purchase. This shows Lithuania’s step towards more abolitionistic view concerning prostitution. However, this change does not reflect in police statistics on prostitution arrests. With this thes

The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate why Swedish social workers, who has taken the advanced course “Social work with children and youths”, choose not to work with the exercise of public authority with children and youths within Social Services. Our findings show us that the eight social workers we have interviewed choose not to work with the exercise of public authority with childre

Deep learning is a machine learning technique inspired by the biological nervous system. The method has been used more and more over the last decades. Within this thesis, convolutional neural networks (CNN:s) are used for Gleason classification of prostate cancer in histopathological images. The data that has been used consists of digitalized microscopic images of prostate biopsies stained with ha

This study explores a transmasculine embodiment through bodies, acts, and objects, from a new materialist perspective. The study is situated within the field of transgender studies, and the research question, ‘how can transmasculine embodiment through the materialities of the body and everyday acts and objects be understood through new materialism’, is answered through an autoethnography. Key find

What is the future of glasses? The purpose of the project was to answer this question by looking at additive manufacturing, three- dimensional scanning and generative design – as methods to make glasses that better fit users needs. The main function of glasses is to correct refractive error in the eye and for this purpose a clinical optician and a professor in opthalmology were interviewed. A simp

Afghan refugees living in refugee camps in Pakistan are studied in this thesis. However, the repatriation and resettlement of Afghan refugees necessitate the durable solution strategy for their reintegration in home country. The previous program for the repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan was subjected to complexities. This thesis analyzed the consultation and consent of Afghan refugees

This thesis evaluates the use of screen space reflections combined with a deep G-buffer in computer graphics applications. Both visual inspection of rendered images and computational methods are used to evaluate the quality and performance of the reflections. Rendering reflections using screen space methods is generally faster than rendering them with other methods. The main drawback is that only

Bakgrund: 2015 beviljades 100 000 uppehållstillstånd i Sverige. Människor från olika delar av världen har olika behov och olika sätt att tänka. Ett mångkulturellt samhälle kan leda till att sjuksköterskor och patienter kan uppleva utmaningar relaterade till deras olika kulturella bakgrund. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av utmaningar i omvårdnaden av patie

Syftet med denna uppsats var att analysera svensk medierapportering om den Europeiska ombudsmannen mellan åren 1994 och 2016. En kvantitativ datorbaserad samt en kvantitativ manuell innehållsanalys användes som metod. Tre frågeställningar ställdes till 463 artiklar i svensk tryckt press, nämligen: Vilken ombudsman har förekommit mest, finns det en koppling mellan den europeiska medborgaren och den

China and the European Union have today a central position in the world. Their ambition is to create a wider togetherness and broader links between one and other. There are no doubts that the bilateral relation has a major significance economically, strategically and politically. But there are many obstacles of major importance for the partnership to agree on a deeper level of engagement. In this

Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera hur Sverigedemokraterna använder historia för att förmedla en berättelse om Sveriges historia som ger riktlinjer för nutiden. Frågorna jag ställer handlar om hur deras berättelse är uppbyggd, vilka deras syften är och varför historia är viktigt för deras politik. Jag undersöker också om det finns ändringar i deras berättelse över tid. Jag har analyserat inThe subject of this thesis is derived from the scientific problem of the encounter between history and politics. The aim is to analyse the Sweden Democrats' use of history which manifests itself in their political rhetoric. Specifically, the importance of their interest in history in their struggle to attain dominance over the interpretation and arrangement of Swedish history as a whole. My pr

Estimation of GPP in Sudan using the evaporative fraction as water stress factor The Gross Primary Production "GPP" quantifies the amount of carbon entering an ecosystem. It is an ecosystem service since it is a source of energy for all organisms and it is estimated to reduce atmospheric CO2 in about 123 Pg C per year at the global scale. Therefore, the improvement of estimation methods

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between industrial ownership and environmental degradation in the People’s Republic of China, with specific focus on two environmental indicators: volume of SO2 emissions and volume of industrial wastewater deemed unsafe for discharge. Sulfur dioxide and untreated wastewater emissions are considered some of the most problematic environmental and

Denna rapport tar upp ett specifikt fall av akustiska problem; en fastighet i Lund vars huvudsakliga användningsområde som konsertlokal störs av trafikbuller samtidigt som rumsakustiska åtgärder behövs. Hälsoeffekter och ljudtransmission undersöks innan åtgärdsförslag diskuteras. Transmission genom vägg, fönster och tilluftsdon avhandlas såväl individuellt och som en sammansätt konstruktion. En beThis report deals with a specific case of acoustic problems; a property in Lund whose main use as a concert venue is disturbed by traffic noise while at the same time room acoustic measures are needed. Health effects and sound transmission is examined Before the proposed actions are discussed. Transmission through walls, windows and air intakes are examined both individually and as a composite con

The Schengen Agreement was implemented 1995 between seven nations, making it easier for Europeans to travel and work by removing internal borders. The area has expanded since its inception and today includes 26 nations. Internal borders have, however, been reintroduced in the aftermath of the refugee crisis. An interesting question is therefore whether the Schengen Agreement brought any benefits t

Smart City är ett begrepp som blir alltmer frekvent inom många delar av samhället. Många städer kallar sig smarta, men det finns ingen vedertagen definition av Smart City. Städer driver projekt för att bli smartare, men det saknas emellertid en standardiserad utvärderingsmetod, vilket gör det mycket svårt att jämföra resultat. Eftersom smarta städer är ett snabbt växande fenomen, så har forskninge

Staling is the ageing of baked products, excluding microbial spoilage, and a great cause for consumer rejection. Due to its complexity, it is still not completely understood, however, the main causes are believed to be starch retrogradation, water redistribution and water loss. Scuffin is a baked product combining traits from both a muffin and a scone. The overall aim of this master thesis was to