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En styrd grundvattensänkning är ett vanligt inslag i byggprojekt där markarbeten sker under grundvattennivån. Under byggtiden sänks grundvattennivån genom att grundvatten pumpas upp genom installerade brunnar. En sänkning av grundvattennivån minskar portrycket och ökar effektivspänningen i jorden vilket medför marksättningar. Storleken på marksättningar beror på avsänkningens storlek och jordegensDuring a construction project where excavation is made beneath the water table, it is common to perform a lowering of the water table. The groundwater can be extracted by installed wells in the stratum of water-bearing soil. A lowering of the water table results in a decreased pore pressure and in an increased effective stress in the soil. An increased effective stress results in ground settlement

Entrepreneurial passion (EP) has been hailed as a facilitator of venture performance,entrepreneurial skills, and psychological wellbeing. Yet, the concept is underexplored in entrepreneurship research, specifically among entrepreneurship graduates. This thesis aims to understand the influence of EP on the career path of entrepreneurship graduates by studying eight recent graduates from two Scandin

Rättsläget när det gäller bedömningen av fackmannens förmågor i europeisk respektive svensk patenträtt har gåtts igenom. Inom den svenska patenträtten finns en förhållandevis svag koppling mellan bedömningen av fackmannens förmågor vid uppfinningshöjdsbedömning och vid ekvivalenstolkning. Genom att använda sig av en fiktiv fackman med liknande förmågor vid alla bedömningspunkter bortfaller behovetThe legal situation concerning the assessment of the skilled person's abilities in European and Swedish patent practice has been investigated. In Swedish patent practice, there is a weak connection between the assessment of the skilled person's abilities in connection to assessment of inventive step and the assessment of equivalence. By using a fictive skilled person having similar abiliti

The position of The People’s Republic of China in international relations has developed significantly during the 21st century. In Latin America, growing Chinese engagement has been particularly visible. The purpose of this thesis is to gain better understanding of China’s increasing influence in Latin America over time, examine possible power relations, as well as discuss if the country can be see

China has adopted a new Civil Code, which is a newly updated and modern legislation. The Code consists of seven parts, and the part regarding contracts consists of 526 articles, which is the most significant part of all seven. Technological development all over the world has changed the way how contracts are concluded. The purpose of this thesis is to get clarity and a better understanding of how

Great salt lakes around the world are drying at a rapid rate. The drying salt lakes give rise to health and socio-economic concerns for the population in the surrounding region. The respective governments undertook various measures to address the concerns relating to the drying of salt lakes. This research aims to assess the strategies towards increasing the water level of saltwater lakes in the c

The topic that this thesis aims to investigate is that of the intersection of intellectual property rights (more specifically copyright) and EU competition law. The research is carried out with the purpose of exploring the following two questions; namely to what extent the interest of further competition is reflected internally within the scope of copyright protection, as well as, under what condi

I syfte att förstå lösningar för nutida optimeringsproblem, ska vi se på det matematiska ramverket för den moderna teorin om variationskalkyl. Variationskalkyl är en gren av matematiken som utvecklades under 1700-talet för att lösa problem gällande fastställning av optimala trajektoria, former och strukturer, givet vissa begränsningar. Dess utveckling pågick parallellt med framsteg inom matematiskCalculus of variations is a branch of mathematics that was developed in the 18th century to solve problems of determining optimal trajectories, shapes and structures subject to constraints. It deals with the minimization of a certain type of integral functional. In the early days of the theory, the smoothness of the functions involved was assumed but, during the following centuries, advances in an

The Kaczmarz method is an iterative method for solving linear systems of equations. The Kaczmarz method has been around since it was developed by Kaczmarz 1937. The main idea behind the original Kaczmarz method is to orthogonally project the previous x_k onto the solution space given by a row of the system. The block Kaczmarz on the other hand orthogonally projects the previous x_k onto the soluti

Effectively coping with climate emotions has untapped potential to galvanize sustainability transformations. This thesis investigates how individuals cope effectively with climate change, and how to upscale coping for sustainability. First, I used a systematic literature review to define effective coping: coping that ensures emotional wellbeing and climate engagement, encompassing meaning- focused

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka house of brands-strategin för varumärken inom hotellbranschen, samt att förstå de relationsbyggande strategierna bakom uppbyggnaden och kommunikationen av varumärkena. För att uppnå syftet med studien genomfördes en fallstudie med sju semistrukturerade intervjuer inom hotellgruppen ESS Group. Empirin analyserades sedan utifrån en tematisk analys med hermeneutThis study aims to examine the house of brands strategy within the hotel industry, as well as to understand the relationship building strategies for brands and the communication of them. To achieve the purpose of the study, a case study was conducted with seven semi-structured interviews within the hotel group ESS Group. The empirical material was analysed with a thematic analysis based on hermene

This paper addresses the urgent need for industrial companies to take action to transition towards sustainable development. More specifically, companies must include practices aimed at reducing social inequalities along the supply chain as well as reducing their corporate footprint actively counteracting climate change, thereby adhering to regulatory environments. In this context, to transition to

EU aims to achieve climate neutrality in 2050, 23 cities in Sweden aim to reach that goal already by 2030. A new city district in Helsingborg - southern Sweden - is being developed with the goal of achieving near net-zero carbon emissions. This study evaluates the first completed phase and aims to draw learning outcomes to lower carbon emissions for the remaining upcoming development phases. The

Popular Abstract in Swedish Vi kan inte avslöja innehållet i våra tankar direkt, så hur kan vi närma oss de underliggande kognitiva processerna? Om vi vill lära oss mer om vad som försiggår i vår tankevärld, måste vi göra det indirekt, med hjälp av tankarnas yttre manifestationer. Det finns olika metoder som man kan ta till sin hjälp. I min avhandling kopplar jag ihop två ämnesområden, lingvistik In this thesis, I connect two disciplines, linguistics and vision research, and combine two methods, spoken language protocols and eye movement protocols, in order to cast light on the underlying cognitive processes. In a series of studies, I investigate the processual aspects of picture viewing and picture description. On the one hand, eye movements reflect human thought processes. It is easy to

Background: Foods with a low glycemic index are increasingly being acknowledged as beneficial in relation to the insulin resistance syndrome. Certain organic acids can lower the glycemic index of bread products. However, the possible effect of acids in fermented milk products on the glycemic index and on insulinemic characteristics has not been addressed. The metabolic effects of fermented milk or

A study on diffusion measurements of the protein lysozyme in liquids and agarose gels, at different pH and ionic strengths, has been performed using holographic laser interferometry. The measurements showed that the diffusive flux was very dependent on pH and ionic strength when the protein was not at its isoelectric point or when the charge of the lysozyme molecules was not screened by ions in th

In this study we investigated the developmental basis of adult phenotypes in a non-model organism, a polymorphic damselfly (Ischnura elegans) with three female colour morphs. This polymorphic species presents an ideal opportunity to study intraspecific variation in growth trajectories, morphological variation in size and shape during the course of ontogeny, and to relate these juvenile differences

We report on studies of the formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) perovskite film using time-resolved terahertz (THz) spectroscopy (TRTS) and flash photolysis to explore charge carriers generation, migration, and recombination. The TRTS results show that upon femtosecond excitation above the absorption edge, the initial high photoconductivity (∼75 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1)) remains constant at least up to

Objective . To evaluate the clinical performance in a paediatric population of the Lund-Malmo creatinine-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) prediction equations, primarily developed for adults. Material and methods . Iohexol clearance was used as the gold standard in 85 paediatric Caucasian patients (0.3-17 years; 37 F/48 M). One Lund-Malmo equation was based on age and gender (LM) and one inc