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Visualizing results is an important part of Finite Element (FE) modeling. Many tools exist for visualizing these results, they are often part of complete software packages for FE analysis. These packages often rely on the user being familiar with FE analysis, making them unsuitable for use in teaching the FE Method. CALFEM (Computer Aided Learning of the Finite Element Method) is an FE toolbox de
“You smell that? Smell that. This is legacy.” - Aldo Gucci [Al Pacino, The House of Gucci] Recently, the movie ‘House of Gucci’ was released revolving around the dark twists and turns that the brand Gucci went through internally. Including the rise and fall of the Gucci dynasty, from betrayal to murder. While based on actual events, the movie is heavily dramatized. While it is certainly entertaini
Systems evaluating potential treatment methods for Parkinson’s disease and chronic pain conditions, using rodent experimental models, are highly needed. Currently used systems are aiming to evaluate these kinds of treatment methods by analyzing the animal’s motor behavior. These systems either generate binary data or multifaceted data for when the rodent is spatially limited or data for when the r
Sedan den 24 februari 2022 har Europeiska unionen stått inför ett konventionellt krig på sin tröskel och en ökad geopolitisk spänning från öst. Detta har krävt av Rådet att agera snabbt och kraftfullt inom ramen för sin kompetens för den gemensamma utrikes- och säkerhetspolitiken. För att motverka Rysslands aggression har rådet utfärdat omfattande sanktionspaket som aldrig tidigare har använts i sSince 24 February 2022, the European Union has faced a conventional war on its doorstep and an increase in geopolitical tension with the East. This has required the Council to act quickly and forcefully within its competence in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy. To counteract the adverse geopolitical actions the Council has issued sanctions packages which have never been utilized befo
While pollination is essential for many plant species and ecosystem functions, pollinator populations worldwide are declining. This decline is largely due to abiotic changes in the environment: climate change and other anthropogenic impacts, such as pesticides and land use change. Against this background, I investigate the effects of introducing a non-native pollinator species ("substituting
Introduction: This master’s thesis focuses on exploring improved alternative material solutions for antenna radomes used to protect Beyond Gravity Sweden’s satellite antennas in low Earth orbits. Background: As the environment in low Earth orbit is harsh, surface materials on satellites experience high levels of atomic oxygen, ultra violet radiation, thermal-fluctuation, charged particles and mic
This thesis studies the problem of finding the optimal placement of a directed link in a graph representation of a social network in order to maximize the induced gain of the opinion equilibrium. The model assumes the presence of a set of stubborn nodes and applies a standard DeGroot opinion dynamics model. First we show that an added directed link should point to a stubborn node in order to maxim
The societal integration of electric vehicles (EVs) imposes several challenges on the electrical grid, where congestion and overcurrents through related components are of focus for this thesis. Active network management through control systems is one flexible solution to this problem, and in the project Active Network Management for All (ANM4L), a congestion management algorithm utilizing PI contr
People who don’t eat meat can suffer from iron deficiency due to the lower efficiency of absorption of non-heme iron compared to heme iron. The aim of this master thesis was to explore the possibilities of producing a plant-based alternative of heme-iron by evaluating the efficiency of expression of sugar beet hemoglobin in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. The gene from sugar beet hemog
Addressing electronic waste is crucial for meeting the environmental needs of the 21st Century, as WEEE is one of the fastest growing waste streams. Spain has emerged as one of the top countries globally for per capita mobile phone consumption. For this reason, this thesis focuses on European and Spanish initiatives that am to improve the circularity of mobile phones through repair. In recent year
Avian malaria parasites are prevalent all around the world and infect a wide diversity of bird species. In this report the prevalence of Plasmodium lineages in Spanish house sparrows was studied. According to previous research, higher variation of Plasmodium lineages could be expected in southern climates. This was tested by using samples collected from Spain and performing nested PCR with primers
I svenska domstolar använder sig domarna av fri bevisvärdering vilket innebär att domarna inte är bundna av regler eller metoder för hur de värderar bevisning. Vissa principer, som omedelbarhetsprincipen, sätter upp gränserna för bevisvärderingen men i övrigt är denna fri. Det är även tillåtet att använda sig av så kallade erfarenhetssatser. Med erfarenhetssats avses att domarna har kunskap om etIn Swedish courts, the court use free evaluation of evidence, which means that the judges are not bound by rules or methods for how they evaluate evidence. Certain principles, such as the principle of immediacy, set the limits for the evaluation of evidence, but otherwise this is free. It is also permitted to use so-called common knowledge theorems. A common knowledge theorem is the knowledge of a
Quantum computing with single instances of rare earth-ions doped into inorganic crystals shows great promise as a scalable design in the field of quantum information. A detectable and controllable single readout ion is necessary for the scheme proposed in Lund to work. Due to its short excited state lifetime and its cyclable 4f-5d transition, cerium has been deemed suitable for just this purpose.
Tetra Pak delivers food packing services world-wide and uses multilayer packaging materials to protect the food product from being affected by the environment. Loss of adhesion between the polymer and the aluminium layer in Tetra Paks packaging materials has proven to be a serious problem casing the package to lose its integrity and the food product to spoil. The problem is relatively unstudied bu
Stereotyping and stigma of overweight people generate ostracism and also leads to health issues such as mental and/or physical illness. Earlier research shows that stereotypes in children´s books have a negative impact on children. The following study intends to analyze how overweight characters are portrayed in children's picture books. With a quantitative and qualitative content analysis thi
Under the growing influence of dominant discourses such as ecological modernisation and neo- liberalisation, proposed alternative conservation approaches focus more and more on efficiency. In the realm of biodiversity conservation, synthetic biology - the application of engineering to facilitate and accelerate the design or modification of genetic materials in living organisms – has emerged as an
