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Reclaiming a Brownfield

Integrate, revitalize and overcoming physical barriers. An opportunity for cities to activate abandoned areas and recycle what was once an active place. When industrial sites moves out of the city centers it can leave large open areas behind - brownfields. This can be an opportunity to revitalize areas and expand within the the city itself.

”Jäklar, vad snabbt det går när man får snurr på det” : rättsvetares förståelse och användning av sociala plattformar för vetenskaplig kommunikation

The purpose of this thesis is to create an increased understanding of how legal scholars use social platforms as a part of their scholarly communication. As a result of the digitalization of society social platforms have become a seemingly ubiquitous part of everyday life, and research shows that scholars are using social platforms as a part of scholarly communication. The starting point for this

Att invandra sent i livet : En studie om copingstrategier hos sent-i-livet invandrare från Bosnien-Hercegovina

The aim of this study was to examine how seniors with Bosnian & Hercegovinan ethnicity handled the challenges that occurred in their migration to Sweden after the Bosnian war. It also focuses on the analysis of coping strategies that have been seen as important to this group, and also show how their age affected this process, provided by their respective context and circumstances. Six intervie

Maxat med hållbarhetskommunikation?

Den här studien syftar till att öka förståelsen för hur den unga konsumenten mottar, tolkar och resonerar kring ämnet hållbarhetskommunikation. Studien utgår från ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv och betraktar de kommunikativa processer som konsumenten för kring ett specifikt fall. Det fall som denna studie utgår från är Max Burger AB’s hållbarhetskommunikation som återfinns i företagets dThis research aims to increase the understanding of how the young consumer receives, interprets and argues about sustainability communication. The study is based on a social constructionist perspective and considers the communicative processes expressed by the consumer in a specific case. The case from which this study is based is Max Burger AB's digital sustainability communication. The purpo

It Is a Man's World but a Woman's Accountability. A Gendered Understanding of the Hybrid Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Liberia.

Within Peace Research, there is a long tradition of studying the creations and conditions of peace. Within this, Hybrid Peace Theory has constituted a more critical strand, emphasising the importance of the interactions between international and local actors. This thesis has aimed to contribute to critical peace research by arguing for the importance of including a gender perspective on the Hybrid

Raman spectroscopy for characterization of soot and other carbonaceous materials

Raman spectroscopy is well known as a method that can be used to study the structural characteristics of carbon materials such as soot and carbon black. In this work, a Raman spectroscopy setup was used to record spectra of various carbonaceous samples under different experimental conditions. The wave-number range of interest was from 900 to 3300 cm-1, which includes the first and second order Ram

Employing immersion to communicate archaeology: A visitor-centered approach

The present thesis examines how the museum visitor’s experience is being transformed by various developments and particularly by the advent of virtual reality technology. The research focused on identifying the problems of communicating the archaeological information to the museum audiences while highlighting best practices and proposing solutions. The immersive function of virtual reality was exa

EU-valet 2019: Val, valdeltagande & Valmyndigheten

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka det relativt låga valdeltagandet till europaparlamentsvalen i Sverige. Fokus har legat på väljargruppen ungdomar i åldern 18–30 samt på den delvis ansvariga myndigheten att utlysa valet; Valmyndigheten. Vidare har informationsspridningen gällande det i dagsläget stundande valet till Europaparlamentet, den 23–26 maj 2019, undersökts. Studien grundas i teorier This study aims to investigate the relatively low amount of young people voting in the European parliamentary elections in Sweden. Focus has been on the electoral group of young people aged 18–30 and the authority partly responsible to inform about the elections in Sweden; Valmyndigheten. This study focuses on the current election to the European Parliament the 23–26 of May 2019. The study is base

The use of social movements in marketing

I dagens marknadsföring ser vi då och då hur organisationer använder sociala rörelser. Detta fenomen skapar oftast funderingar bland målgruppen huruvida organisationen verkligen bryr sig om rörelsen och anspelar på den för att aktivt ta ställning i frågan, eller för att kapitalisera på den sociala rörelsen. Genom denna studie ville vi fortsatt undersöka hur målgruppen upplever varumärken som genomIn today’s marketing, we now and then see organizations using socio-political movements. This phenomenon often creates questions amongst its audience whether the organization genuinely cares about the movement, or whether it is just an easy way to capitalize on the movement. In this study, we wanted to examine further how the audience perceives brands, which marketing alludes on social movements,

Gamification – The solution for a sustainable society?

Den offentliga sektorn står inför utmaningar när det kommer till digitalisering och medborgare har höga förväntningar på att den offentliga sektorn ska vara effektiv och erbjuda högkvalitativ service. År 2018 tilldelades den portugisiska kommunen Cascais ett pris från organisationen World Summit Awards för sin digitala plattform City Points Cascais inom kategorin, Digital Innovation in Government The public sector is facing challenges related to digitalization. Modern citizens have expectations that the public sector should be more efficient and provide quality services. In the year of 2018, the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, was awarded the best platform in the category Digital Innovation in Government and Citizen Engagement by the World Summit Awards. The platform is called City Poin

Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) - A comparative treatment planning study

Purpose: To study Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy (IMPT) with a new treatment planning optimization software. The aim was also to make a comparative study between existing conventional photon plans, Intensity Modulated X-ray Therapy (IMXT) plans and IMPT plans for three different cancer diagnoses. Materials and methods: The conventional photon plans and the IMXT plans were optimized in Oncentra

Developing and evaluating strategies to deal with motion in fMRI using Independent Component Analysis (ICA)

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, fMRI, is a non invasive method to map brain activation with a magnetic resonance camera. In this thesis we propose a method to deal with motion induced artefacts in functional fMRI, using Independent Component Analysis, ICA. Patient movement can induce false activation or cause loss of true activation. Movement is one of the most common causes of fMRI failure

SIMIND Based Pinhole Imaging Development and Validation

The Monte Carlo method has become increasingly used to simulate imaging systems like the scintillation camera and SPECT systems. In order to investigate intrinsic properties of SPECT systems the Monte Carlo based application SIMIND (Simulating Medical Imaging Nuclear Detectors) has been developed. Up to now, it has not been able to simulate a pinhole-imaging device with SIMND. The aim of this work

Diffusion q-space measurements in-vivo does sequence timing influence the result?

Vattenmolekyler är i ständig slumpmässig rörelse som beror på systemets termisk energi, dvs temperaturen. Diffusionsrörelsen kallas även Brownsk rörelse efter den engelske botanikerns Brown, som upptäckte fenomenet på 1800 talet. Människokroppen består till 70 % av vatten, vilket gör det lämpligt att använda MRT för att studera diffusionsegenskaper i biologisk vävnad och för klinisk diagnostik av Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is still a fast growing area of research and is an important part of the clinical tools used for diagnosis of various diseases. The diagnostic values of diffusion imaging are well known especially for ischemic stroke in the acute phase. This work concerns whether the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) changes when the ima

Quantification and Absorbed Dose Estimation of I-124 using microPET

Small-animal positron emission tomography (PET) has proven to be a promising and useful modality for preclinical pharmacokinetic studies. Thanks to high sensitivity and spatial resolution in the range of a few millimetres, the possibility to perform reliable and accurate quantification and absorbed dose estimates is within reach. In preclinical radioimmunotherapy (RIT), the slow targeting and clea

Using q-space Diffusion MRI for Structural Studies of a Biological Phantom at a 3T Clinical Scanner

"Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is today a well-established method in clinics around the world. For example it is a leading method or diagnosing ischaemic stroke at an early stage. Trough research it is a continuously growing field applicable to many different tasks. Alternatively, the diffusion MRI can be used for morphologic studies by the use of q-space analysis. q-space imag

Dose Determination at kV X-ray Qualities Using Different Protocols

Vid strålbehandling används olika typer av strålning beroende på vad man ska behandla. Mätningarna i min undersökning gjordes på joniserande strålning med låg energi jämfört med den typ man vanligtvis förknippar med strålbehandling. Den sortens strålning som jag mätte på används främst vid behandling av åkommor som är relativt ytliga, till exempel hudcancer eller psoriasis. Läkarna ordinerar hur sAbsorbed dose was determined under reference conditions at four x-ray qualities; 30, 80, 120 and 200 kV using five different dosimetry protocols and codes of practice; IAEA TRS-398, AAPM, IPEMB, NCS and DIN. The dose determined by the IAEA protocol was chosen as reference. The dosimetry protocols use different formalisms for determining the absolute dose in a reference point. The IAEA and DIN prot

Absorbed dose distributions in the vicinity of high-density materials in head and neck radiotherapy A quantitative comparison between measurements, Monte Carlo simulations and treatment planning system

Varje år diagnostiseras i Sverige ungefär 1100 personer med cancer i huvudhalsregionen. Typiska diagnoser är tungcancer, läppcancer och cancer i struphuvudet. I och runt om munhålan finns det stora skillnader i densitet mellan till exempel vävnad och tänder och vävnad och tandlagningar. I detta arbete så har effekterna av ett antal olika tandlagningsmaterial på dosberäkningarna undersökts. För a"Introduction: Around 1.000 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancer in Sweden every year. Radiotherapy is often used to treat these tumors. When irradiating patients in the head and neck area there are some problems. One of these problems is the large difference in density between the oral tissue and dental materials. Another problem is the image artifacts due to high-density materials

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE of 14C a systematic investigation of 14C contamination of workers at the nuclear power industry, the pharmaceutical industry and other laboratories using 14C

Inom kärnkraftsverken, läkemedelsindustrin, biotekniklaboratorier mfl är det vanligt att det radioaktiva ämnet 14C förekommer i olika former. Inom kärnkraftsverken som en biprodukt vid elproduktion och inom läkemedelsindustrin används det som markör för att studera hur sunbstansen distribueras i kroppen. Genom inandning vid t ex oförsiktighet kan de människor som arbetar med dessa olika substanserWith the help from accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), hair from workers within the nuclear power industry, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry has been investigated to see if contamination from 14C. 14C-using companies and nuclear power plants were contacted, volunteers were recruited, who sent in hair samples together with a questionnaire. The samples were washed and prepared for 14C anal

Characteristics of a Flattening Filter Free Photon Beam – Measurements and Monte Carlo Simulations

Introduction: In conventional medical linear accelerators, the flattening filter is introduced in the photon beam line to provide a uniform lateral dose profile at a specified depth in water. For some radiotherapy treatments, e.g. intensity modulated radiotherapy, a flat radiation field is not necessary and the flattening filter could be removed. Several studies have shown that removal of the filt