This study aims to understand how individuals perceive and respond to a reform, focusing on the dichotomy between the "surface"—the presentation of the reform—and the "substance"—the internal reality experienced by employees. Specifically, it examines the implementation of an Activity-Based Workplace (ABW) at Havsby. Utilizing a qualitative methodology within the interpretivist

Social media is abound with women writing about consumption goods and practices associated with femininity and heterosexual nuclear family life, such as being married, dressing, cooking and home decoration. This article examines how the housewife ideal can be an attractive identity in the 2010s and, drawing on the post-humanist performativity by Karen Barad (2007), it maps the material-discursive

A flat-well microformat competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent chemiluminescent assay for the detection of the pesticide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) is described. Thick-film technology was used to pattern a hydrophobic layer 100 μm thick onto glass microscope slides to form an array of 2 × 2 mm2 squares. These flat wells were able to hold 2 μL of reagents, corresponding to a heig

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects lots of people all around the world. It greatly impacts the health of those with it and places many demands on healthcare services. Early detection of diabetes can significantly improve treatment outcomes, lower the chances of future health issues, and help patients to have a better healthier life. In this study, I evaluated the reproducibility of the per

Chirality can be understood as a property of an object that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image, such as our left and right hands. It is ubiquitous in nature and can also be found in the photosynthesis process involving chlorosomes from green sulfur bacteria. Understanding the dynamics of chiral properties in chlorosomes, due to the excitons formed by the interaction between bacteriochlorop

This thesis, "The Impact of Government Policies on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Scandinavia: A Machine Learning Approach," examines the effects of governmental policies on COVID-19 outcomes in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. These countries, while similar in many aspects, adopted varied public health measures in response to the pandemic. Using data pre-processing techniques and machin

This thesis establishes a theoretical framework for constructing orthonormal tensor spline bases, to transform two-dimensional functions into a coherent set of coefficients, for easier analysis of functional data. Through empirical testing on image datasets, the method showcases promising results, underscoring its utility in pattern recognition tasks. This research lays a foundation for further ex

Despite the increasing challenges twenty-first-century societies face in accommodating older adults, many misconceptions about old age before modernity continue to exist. These are rarely expressed in ‘formal theory’ produced by academics, but rather persist in ‘lay theory’ which is anchored in collective memory and popular culture. Such taken-for-granted beliefs are nevertheless influential, firs

The complexity and frequency of cyberthreats continue to escalate as IT systems become increasingly central to our society. This thesis explores the role of human expertise along with AI technologies in improving cybersecurity frameworks within the EU. By integrating AI, organisations can improve threat detection and response times and navigate the evolving landscape of digital threats more effect

Recent studies have shed light on how media platform justify their algorithms, highlighting characteristics such as efficiency or neutrality. However, while these contributions are significant, they still need to analyze how platform owners discuss algorithms. In this research I argue that we can gain insights into algorithms’ social power by exploring Elon Musk’s tweets about his media platform X

Minnesintergration är en minnesfunktion som bidrar till kunskapsinlärning genom att kombinera information från överlappande event. Denna studie undersöker påverkan av olika källor, ingrupp och utgrupp, på minnesintegration. Deltagarna (N = 61) valde medlemmar till sitt eget lag, ingruppen, och motståndarlaget, utgruppen. Medlemmar från båda lagen presenterade information till deltagarna genom ett Memory integration is a memory function that promotes knowledge acquisition through the combination of information across overlapping events. This study investigates the influence of ingroup and outgroup sources on memory integration. Participants (N = 61) selected ingroup teammates and outgroup opponents to present them information in a knowledge extension task, driven by memory integration mecha

Environmental journalism is crucial to the global understanding of the impact that climate change and other environmental disasters have on billions of people globally. Public and policymakers' understanding of climate change is strongly influenced by the media. The purpose of the thesis is to provide an analysis of how UN Conferences of Parties, COP28 in Dubai in 2023, were covered in Russian

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka ChatGPTs förmåga att uppskatta nivåer av depression och ångest. ChatGPT blev genom en prompt instruerad att uppskatta en deltagares nivå av depression och ångest, baserat på deltagarnas svar på öppna frågor om deras symptom de senaste två veckorna. Totalt inkluderade studien ordresponser från 876 deltagare. Uppskattade poäng från ChatGPT jämfördes med dThe aim of this study was to explore the accuracy of ChatGPT’s numeric assessments of depression and anxiety. ChatGPT was prompted to estimate participants’ levels of depression and anxiety using the participants’ responses to an open-ended question about their symptoms during the past two weeks. In total, the study included responses from 876 participants. Estimated scores were compared to scores

Vi har under vår ämneslärarutbildning i musik på Musikhögskolan i Malmö sett en problematik med tolkningsbara betygskriterier och likvärdig bedömning. Betygskriteriet personligt uttryck i kursen Instrument eller sång 1 har vi fastnat för, då vi har sång som vår instrumentinriktning. I vår utbildning har vi fått lärdom om att skolans uppdrag innefattar elevers rätt till likvärdig utbildning och bedDuring our music teacher training programme at Malmö Academy of Music, we have encountered a problem with interpretable grading criteria and equivalent assessment. We have chosen to focus on the grading criterion personal expression in the upper secondary school singing course (Instrument eller sång 1), because we have singing as our main instrument. We have been taught that the Swedish school mis

The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from inland waters plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Yet, there are uncertainties related to estimating riverine CO2 evasion (FCO2), especially in data scarce regions such as the Tibetan Plateau. It is unclear how global change in the form of climate warming and anthropogenic disturbance affects emissions. This study reports annual CO2 fluxes a

Syftet med denna undersökning är att analysera kodväxling mellan svenska och engelska i Sveriges Radios program. Studien visar hur mycket kodväxling som förekommer, vilka funktioner kodväxling har i samtalet samt hur växlingarna hanteras av samtalsdeltagarna. Materialet består av 240 minuters samtalstid från fyra olika radioprogram. Genom samtalsanalys kategoriseras kodväxlingarna i analyskategori

I takt med att antalet attacker mot stater härrörande från icke-statliga aktörer har ökat under de senaste decennierna har frågan om staters rätt till självförsvar mot sådana aktörer blivit en hett debatterad fråga. I kölvattnet av detta har en stor akademisk diskussion har uppstått, med en utbredd oenighet mellan forskare om frågan huruvida stater har en rätt till självförsvar mot icke-statliga aWith the rise of attacks stemming from hostile non-state actors, the question of whether states can respond in self-defence against attacks from such enti-ties has become a pressing issue. This has led to a heated debate among legal scholars, with widespread disagreement on the legitimacy of using self-defence against non-state actors. The present thesis examines this scholarly debate, by analyzin

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Microbes are all pervasive in their distribution and influence on the functioning and well-being of humans, life in general and the planet. Microbially-based technologies contribute hugely to the supply of important goods and services we depend upon, such as the provision of food, medicines and clean water. They also offer mechanisms and strategies to mitigate and solve a wide r

This thesis has investigated the potential of combining Raman spectroscopy with Sheimpflug Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) for simultaneous characterization and ranging of aerosolized soot. The first part of the project involved the implementation of conventional non-ranging Raman spectroscopy for both deposited and aerosolized soot. The second part constituted the design, modelling, and evalu