Context: Systems of systems (SoS) are highly complex and are integrated on multiple levels (unit, component, system, system of systems). Many of the characteristics of SoS (such as operational and managerial independence, integration of system into system of systems, SoS comprised of complex systems) make their development and testing challenging. Contribution: This paper provides an understanding

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling är en sammanläggningsavhandling och består av åtta delarbeten. Delarbetena är publicerade i internationella vetenskapliga tidskrifter, utom delarbete VI-VIII som är föremål för granskning i sådana tidsskrifter inför möjlig publikation. Alla delarbeten representerar studier av bisköldkörteln. Bisköldkörtlarna (parathyroidea) är belägna i anslutning tillThe occurrence and distribution of neurohormonal peptides, neuroendocrine markers and receptors in parathyroid nerve fibers and endocrine cells are described, using immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization, image analysis and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Immunocytochemical studies revealed that parathyroid glands of chicken, rat, guinea-pig, cat, dog and sheep contained adren

The purpose of this survey is to briefly summarize some recent advances in the study of water waves with vorticity.

A runtime system for implementation of image processing operations is presented. It is designed for working in a flexible and distributed environment related to the software architecture of a newly developed UAV system. The software architecture is characterized at a coarse scale as a three level system, with a deliberate layer at the top, a reactive layer in the middle, and a processing layer at

This chapter is a feminist and queer theoretical discussion of Lucy Maud Montgomery's literary production, with an emphasis on the Emily-series from the early 20th century.

In this paper some findings from a pilot study regarding the use of risk- and vulnerability analysis in society's management of extreme events is presented. The study consisted of two major parts. The first part was an interview study with the main objective to generate a preliminary overview of methods and procedures used by 9 selected Swedish governmental agencies in their risk- and crisis manag

There are more than eighty international agreements and many additional programmes dealing with technology transfer. Moreover, several international conventions require that aid programs, both to address acute emergencies and to assist in the longer-term building of viable infrastructures, be undertaken in specific and concrete ways. However, problems inevitably arise when good intentions are put

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen undersöker tid (och evighet) i kyrka, naturvetenskap och teologi. Den utgör ett bidrag till dialogen mellan naturvetenskap och teologi samt till en rimlig teologisk förståelse av tid och evighet. Istället för att utgå ifrån olika filosofiskt definierade tidsbegrepp har jag valt att ställa relationsbegreppet i centrum. Inspirerad av den franske filosofen PaThe aim of this dissertation is to explore the possibilities of an adequate understanding of time by discussing concepts of time (and eternity) as they appear in church texts, theological thinking, and natural science from the Newtonian era to modern physics. Relationality, dynamics, multiplicity, and narrativity are suggested as indispensable dimensions of such an understanding. Inspired by P. R