How the architecture relates to the nature reflects our overall view of the environment. The built has the ability and posibility to enlighten and enhance the value of the nature, as well as it can do the opposite. In Norrbotten, between Jokkmokk and Gällivare, lies Muddus. Muddus is Swedens largest national park forest with an old-growth forest unaffected by the modern forest industry. Ravines cu

This essay explores the relationship between ‘history’ and ‘fiction’ in Philippa Gregory’s historical novel The Other Boleyn Girl (2001). Taking a broadly New Historicist approach to that relationship, the essay examines how the fictional aspects of Gregory’s text are handled in relation to historical ‘fact’, how Gregory’s story illustrates the ways in which an historical novel can be used to addr

The fall of state socialism brought major social and political changes in all the countries that belonged to the Eastern Bloc. The most significant demographic transformations during the transition period were the decreasing fertility rates, the decline in marriages, the rise in cohabitation and the shift from traditional birth control methods towards effective contraception. This thesis tries to

The studied protein exists naturally in the human body and can self-assemble into nanospheres at certain physiological conditions. Recently, these nanospheres was found able to bind free heme, the highly reactive gas binding component in hemoglobin which can cause severe tissue damage if in free form in the body. Due to prior experiments, the hypothesis was that the protein-heme binding site conta

Traditional broadcasting of sport events, such as football or icehockey games, require continuos attention of a camera operator in order to capture the area which is of interest to a viewer. In many cases, however, this is not a practical solution, due to e.g. costs, and an automated solution is preferable. The first step of such an automated algorithm is to determine what part of the scene, calle

Matavfall, hur svårt är det egentligen att sortera rätt? Under de senaste åren i Sverige har det blivit allt viktigare att vi källsorterar vårt matavfall. Ett initiativ som har genomförts i syfte att minska den miljöpåverkan som orsakas av livsmedelsproduktionen. För att detta ska fungera krävs att vi sorterar vårt avfall rätt. Idag gör vi inte detta, utan vi slänger allt från plast, kattsand, tOne of the top priorities today in Sweden is to minimize the environmental impact caused from the food production. Swedish municipalities are therefor currently working to influence households to reduce their amount of food waste and increase the source separation. Relatively new statistics from municipalities has shown that the recycling ratio and the quality is significantly higher in single hou

Antalet personer som lever med en kronisk sjukdom ökar, detta som en konsekvens av bland annat en snabbt ökande äldre befolkning. Kroniska sjukdomar orsakar inte bara mänskligt lidande, utan är också en ekonomisk börda för samhället. För att lindra lidandet och minska kostnaderna kopplade till kroniska sjukdomar kan användandet av digitala hälsotjänster vara en möjlighet. För närvarande är förväntThe amount of people living with chronic diseases is increasing. Chronic diseases do not only induce human suffering, it is also an economic burden on society. To ease the suffering and reduce the costs connected to chronic diseases, the usage of digital health services might be a possibility. Currently, the expectations on such services are high, but not met. To better meet the expectations, this

What could be considered an adequate level of daylight in buildings has become a debated question in the Swedish building industry. The current daylight requirements are often found difficult to meet in practice, especially in combination with other requirements regarding energy use. Outdated daylight requirements in the national building code combined with limited knowledge about the subjective i

This paper addresses a gap in the open innovation in the emerging countries. The main purpose was to describe the open innovation in Russian better and contribute to academic literature. The study researches the effect of foreign ownership on open innovation in Russia. The study aims to better describe how foreign owned organizations build their open innovation network in Russia. It uses qualitati

Projektformen som länge varit en utbredd verksamhetsform inom exempelvis byggindustrin har kommit att bli allt vanligare även i arbetet med sociala frågor. Resursteam Heder är ett ettårigt projekt som arbetar förebyggande mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Projektets syfte är både att vara ett metodstöd till yrkesverksamma som i sitt yrke möter ungdomar i en hederskontext samt att utgöra en fl

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate what drives the tension between exploration and exploitation in a product development process (PDP) as well as trying to understand if and how it can be managed. Research questions: What drives the tension between exploration and exploitation in a product development process? How can the tension between exploration and exploitation be managed in

Alfdex is the market leader for high efficient solutions for removing particles from crankcase gases in diesel engines. Alfdex aims to expand to new markets by exploring the possibility to adapt their technology to clean the intake air of diesel engines. When designing and developing air cleaning systems, the two most critical parameters are the pressure drop and the cleaning efficiency. A Computa

On average, entrepreneurs have lower incomes than employed individuals, work longer hour, and endure more stress. In spite of the grim reality, research has consistently shown entrepreneurs are more satisfied with their lives than employees. Through interviews with three former employees who have all undergone a transition to entrepreneurship, this study brings an in-depth understanding of how a s

Mobile money is a digital financial innovation enabling electronic payments and transfers through mobile phones. It has proven to be a convenient, safe and cheap way for money exchange in developing countries where access to traditional banking services is limited. This thesis aims to explore why Small and Medium Enterprises in Zambia do not adopt mobile money in an otherwise well-developed region

Humanity's current resource use patterns are unsustainable, and corrective action is required at all levels. Grassroots social innovation groups have great potential to contribute to solutions. The Transition movement has taken hold in Canada, but little is known about its successes and challenges in creating conditions for transformative change. Aimed at social innovation practitioners as w

Concerns about energy-related emissions and energy dependence and security while also achieving the SDGs are fuelling the rising interest in socio-technical transitions towards more sustainable energy systems. Community energy projects have been proposed as a tool for this transition to renewable energy, but little is known about its potential to foster the wider transformation of the energy syste

The aim with this bachelor thesis is to to create an understanding for how people who primary do not define themselves as men experience the community in digital networks that is separatist for them, as well as examine what significance separatism has for people's perceived sense of community. The informants’ experiences of being a part of digital feminist communities that are free from men, a

Pixelant AB is a web development company developing solution for customers in need of web applications. To keep track of the servers hosting their customer’s sites they needed a prototype solving this issue. Pixelant AB wanted to know whether they could solve this issue by building an Angular application to keep track of their inventory such as the server data whilst being able to extend the funct

This thesis was done in collaboration with, and on behalf of, One Nordic AB. The purpose was to examine the system One Demand, a system used for sampling measurement data, to begin the development of a new version of the system. The new system is comprised of two parts, a central unit and a graphical user interface. The first step was to find a single board computer, on which the computer program