1.1 36932 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Litianqing Yang author 4017120 Christian Göbel supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department Barefoot doctor system is an important part of primary health care policy<br /> changes in China after the founding of New China, is a special viewpoint to study<br /> the special period of grassroots political change. Why medical care’s come into<br /> the sight of top leaders at that time? What does medical care system mean to<br /> modern state building? There may be a certain natural link between the body and<br /> the national identity. Barefoot doctors used scientific medicine skills and their<br /> own political and moral advantage to build up a bridge connected the body and<br /> political mobilization. Body-Power-State, this obscure meaning was understood<br /> by the masses through the interpretation of the propaganda machine.<br /> On the basis of previous studies, this article did a systematic historical<br /> analysis of barefoot doctor system from the perspective of state-building,<br /> believing that the need of modern state-building is the main reason for its<br /> generation and decline. This theoretical and empirical trying also reflects the<br /> social logic and governing structure of rural China. The concern in this article is<br /> how barefoot doctors could strengthen patients’ national identity by curing the<br /> diseases.<br /> This study tries to look into the unique health care system phenomena<br /> through the lens of state building theory, which implies that modern state’s<br /> intension to strengthen its state capacity and reorganize the rural area’s governing<br /> structure, gave rise to the rise and fall of the barefoot doctor group who showed<br /> on the modern China’s history stage from 1960s to early 1980s(a period of time<br /> right during the state building process since 1949).<br /> The state foster and strengthen the national consciousness of the people<br /> through the barefoot doctor system; on the other side, barefoot doctor is an<br /> important national political mobilization system implementer, as a representative<br /> of the local forces, is a symbol of driving force of state-building, which is an<br /> important group that respond effectively to the medical needs of rural area. In this<br /> paper, empirical research around the barefoot doctor system is done, trying to<br /> show a picture of the history for a special period of grassroots’ state-building. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4017814/file/4017816.pdf application/pdf 1674196 no 2013 eng barefoot doctors state building rural medical system Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Department of Political Science (012015000), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:53 4017814 2013-09-06T05:12:53+02:00 2026-02-09T11:32:53+01:00 2013-09-11T16:16:53+02:00 1 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Johan Hedberg author Docent Nader Tajvidi supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department The financial crisis in 2008 enlightened several shortcomings in the performance<br /> of the banking sector. As a result of this a more rigid regulatory<br /> framework, Basel III, has been developed which raises the requirements of<br /> banks’ capital and liquidity structure and internal capital adequacy processes.<br /> This involves evaluating potential future risks related to the strategy and risk<br /> appetite of a bank. Therefore it is crucial that a bank has an understanding<br /> of how their business plan would affect the balance sheet under different<br /> economic scenarios.<br /> The goal of this study is therefore to demonstrate how this can be implemented<br /> by using quantitative projection methods, incorporating important<br /> risk factors such as yield curves, credit spreads and default probabilities. The<br /> projections involve the development of a deterministic mathematical model,<br /> based on credit migrations, under which business plans can be tested and<br /> evaluated under scenarios based on historical downturns such as the recent<br /> financial crisis.<br /> The evaluation is done by incorporating four key risk metrics into the<br /> model followed by a study of the results from the risk metrics using balance<br /> sheet data from an American bank. These risk metrics are considered under<br /> three different scenarios and four proposed business plans. Risk appetite<br /> targets and limits are defined where a breach serves as an indication to the<br /> bank that the business plan should be revised.<br /> The results show potential risks involved in the different business plans<br /> and supports a modest growth of the current balance sheet and a sound<br /> balance between trading and lending activities in order to stay within limits<br /> under severe scenarios. The conclusion is that the model can serve as a base<br /> for setting a risk appetite framework at a bank, but in order to validate key<br /> assumptions and robustness of the results a more thorough investigation with<br /> access to bank data is needed. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4017987/file/4017988.pdf application/pdf 1670381 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E48 LUTFMS-3224-2013 4017987 2013-09-06T10:56:24+02:00 2024-10-18T16:53:40+02:00 2013-09-06T11:06:04+02:00 2 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Ulrika Stenberg author 4019033 Tova Höjdestrand supervisor Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender LURS00003 department The focus of this thesis is to explore how young, female, self- identified feminists perceive and talk about their sexuality and in which way they express the possibilities and restraints it includes. Moreover, it examines if and how the female, self-identified feminists resist the restraints regarding their sexuality, and how they negotiate the problems that arise between ideology and practice. To answer these questions the theoretical framework of heterosexual matrix developed by Judith Butler and a queer approach of resistance influenced by Tiina Rosenberg, Judith Butler and Fanny Ambjörnsson are applied. The thesis shows that the young, self-identified female feminists both share possibilities and restraints regarding the norms that affect their sexuality. Moreover, it elucidates the different approaches they use to question and subvert the norms which they perceive restrain their sexual expression. Yet, this resistance does sometimes end up in ambivalent positions between their ideology and practice which they then have to negotiate. These conclusions are drawn based on the data that I have obtained through conducting fourteen semi-structural interviews with young, female self-identified feminists in the south of Sweden. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4019035/file/4019081.pdf application/pdf 1021084 yes 2013 eng sexuality young women feminism queer resistance negotiation Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003), Social Anthropology (012013002) to Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003) at 2026-02-09 11:34:51 4019035 2013-09-06T11:46:24+02:00 2026-02-09T11:34:51+01:00 2013-10-10T12:16:32+02:00 3 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Philip Sandwall author Oscar Ågren author Docent Nader Tajvidi supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department This thesis explores the ability for retail banks to allocate economic capital below portfolio<br /> level. First, a discussion about capital requirements and risk measures to provide<br /> a sound basis for determining the economic capital of the bank. In general, economic<br /> capital is allocated to the banks portfolios but not on a more granular level, through a<br /> capital allocation method. This study discuss three dierent approaches for allocation<br /> of economic capital below portfolio level; game theory, nance and optimization. Both<br /> the game theory and nance approach reach the same conclusion, that the best allocation<br /> principle is the gradient of the risk measure. The optimization method allocates<br /> economic capital through minimization of a concept called risk residual, which conclude<br /> that the optimal allocation is derived from the marginal distribution of a customer. Capital<br /> allocation below portfolio level give the management a good overview of risks from<br /> dierent customers. In order to determine the performance of the portfolios in the bank<br /> a Risk-Adjusted-Return-On-Capital is used, with economic capital as input. The thesis<br /> include some comments about how the choice of capital allocation methods aect the<br /> performance measurement. The thesis concludes with an evaluation of the methods by<br /> simulations of a ctional bank conducted in the software R.<br /> Key Words: Risk Appetite, Economic Capital, Risk measure, Capital Allocation Methods,<br /> Allocation Below Portfolio level, Game theory, Optimization, Marginal Contribution http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4022760/file/4022764.pdf application/pdf 956773 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E49 LUTFMS-3225-2013 4022760 2013-09-10T11:54:10+02:00 2024-10-18T16:55:13+02:00 2013-09-10T11:59:18+02:00 4 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Agnieszka Duma author 2366287 Karin Olsson author 4023495 Professor Cintia Bertacchi Uvo supervisor Stefan Söderberg supervisor Division of Water Resources Engineering v1000225 department Hydropower in Brazil stands for 64.5% of all energy sources in the country. The largest number of hydropower plants are located in the Paraná basin, which together have an installed capacity of approximately 40 GW including the world’s largest producing hydropower plant, Itaipu. <br /> <br /> The wet season during Brazilian summer (January-March) is the most important for hydropower. Occasionally, extreme, such as El Niño and La Niña, which are connected to variability of the sea surface temperature in the Tropical Pacific Ocean affect climate patterns. These events could lead to drought and result in dramatic consequences for hydropower production. Rain patterns within the basin reflect the flows during different seasons so that the largest flows in the Paraná River basin occur between January and March. The rivers Paranaíba and Grande are the main tributaries of Paraná with the largest energy inflows.<br /> <br /> The objective of this project includes the adaption of the Scania-HBV model for the Paraná basin and its evaluation. Thomson Reuters Point Carbon provided the model, which uses precipitation and temperature as input data, and through simplified hydrological processes, simulates inflow to the basin in energy units. Limitations were mainly connected to measurements and calculations of input data. Thomson Reuters Point Carbon uses information about energy inflow for prediction of future hydropower production and prices on the energy market. Severe peaks in prices seem to be connected to long-term droughts in the wet season and technical problems in the hydropower system.<br /> <br /> Natural energy inflow was the target data used for calibration of the model. The Paraná basin was divided into five sub-basins: Paraná, Grande, Paranaíba, Tietê and Paranapanema. Scania-HBV model was adapted for each sub-basin and the calibration period was chosen from 2005 to 2012. Objective functions were used to find the best fit between observed and calculated energy inflow. Evaluation was done by simulating energy inflow for a validation period from 2000 to 2005. Finally the results from the five models were put together to receive information of energy inflow for the whole basin.<br /> <br /> Model results were generally satisfying. The model captured common characteristic patterns of energy inflow for each sub-basin and peak events. All sub-basins, except one, exhibited high values of the Coefficient of determination (r2); weekly r2 values of approximately 0.8 (monthly 0.9) in calibration and 0.7 (monthly 0.8) in validation. The final result was satisfying validation showed weekly r2 0.87 (monthly 0.92) for the calibration, and 0.75 (monthly 0.82) for the validation and with a relative low Accumulated difference of -2106 GWh. These objective functions, together with the evaluation of input data, give the conclusion that the model is reliable and probably useful for future predictions of hydropower production at the Paraná River basin. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4024481/file/4024539.pdf application/pdf 3160879 no 2013 eng Brazil Paraná basin Hydropower HBV model Natural energy inflow El Niño La Niña Technology and Engineering 1101-9824 13/5009 http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4024481/file/4024535.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document no Examiner: Rolf Larsson 4024481 2013-09-13T14:01:21+02:00 2019-03-29T11:32:20+01:00 2013-11-06T12:18:15+01:00 5 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Björn Karlsson author 1890865 Mats Beronius supervisor Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender LURS00003 department Abstract<br /> Author: Björn Karlsson<br /> Title: The Creation of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Working Class in Malmö<br /> SIMV2130 credits<br /> Supervisor: Mats Beronius<br /> Lund University<br /> Department of Sociology <br /> Division; Sociology<br /> Spring, 2013 <br /> <br /> Problems/background: This paper revolves around understanding how hegemonic masculinity is created. It aims to develop theoretical tools to further understand masculinity and class. <br /> <br /> Objective: The objective of the thesis is to understand how hegemonic masculinity is discursively created in four interviews and archive material. Developing the theoretical tool of class composition is an important aim of the paper. <br /> <br /> Summary: This thesis investigates the creation of hegemonic masculinities within the working class in Malmö. Coupled with a Marxist postoperaist analysis it locates the creation of hegemonic masculinity through a discursive strategy. Interviews and archive material from the Family Right’s Bureau in Malmö, an agency handling custody cases, together form the material for the paper. Masculinity is analysed as a biopower concept and as fixed between positions of class, ethnicity and gender. <br /> <br /> Conclusion/result: The thesis shows how hegemonic masculinity is created through a position of power on the labour market that is entwined with gender and ethnicity. Hegemonic masculinity is supported by biopolitics to make up how it is the normal and the norm. It further concludes that the class composition concept must be expanded to integrate class and ethnicity. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4025508/file/4025509.pdf application/pdf 232920 no 2013 eng Masculinity working class postoperaism Malmö hegemonic masculinity men postfordism Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003), Department of Sociology (012013000) to Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003) at 2026-02-09 11:34:56 4025508 2013-09-17T14:12:29+02:00 2026-02-09T11:34:56+01:00 2013-09-19T08:51:34+02:00 6 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Anders Kronström author 4053860 Oskar Wastesson author 4053864 Giorgos Nikoleris supervisor Innovation v1000241 department ABB Swedewater has designed and manufactured pump stations and cooling systems for many years. During this time, several different designs on frames have been developed. Most of these are based on welded steel profiles which are then painted. For smaller pump stations bolted profiles and bent plates are used. Today there is a need to find a more modern design that reduces the design time in the projects and also is cost effective and flexible.<br /> Several areas are taken in consideration during the design process e.g. strength, lifting solutions, material consumption and production cost.<br /> The work includes investigating opportunities for modularization of the frame structure, to lay frame parts on low cost sub suppliers and to reduce lead time by stocking frame modules. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4053862/file/4053863.pdf application/pdf 5389966 2022-01-01 no 2013 swe ABB Swedewater Pump station Frame Cooling system Modularization Product development Abrasion resistance calculations Technology and Engineering 4053862 2013-09-19T08:08:47+02:00 2022-01-01T03:39:41+01:00 2013-09-20T09:05:14+02:00 7 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Johan Ahlberg author Docent Erik Lindström supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department In this thesis the topic Counterparty Credit Risk in OTC derivative transactions<br /> is described and the pricing component arising from it, i.e., the Credit Value Adjustment<br /> (CVA), is discussed. The unilateral CVA and DVA are derived in the case<br /> where one party engaging in a transaction is assumed to be defaultable and bilateral<br /> CVA is derived in the case where both parties in a transaction are assumed to<br /> be defaultable. In this context hedging aspects are also examined and risk-neutral<br /> pricing of CVA is discussed.<br /> The set-up of a numerical tool for CVA computations is then described and<br /> a simple tool for computing CVA for single interest rate swaps is developed. In<br /> connection the input data needed for the computations is discussed and a method<br /> for constructing proxy CDS spread curves, where there is a lack of quoted CDS<br /> spreads referenced to a particular counterparty in the market, is described.<br /> As a second part the relation between CVA from a regulatory perspective, driven<br /> by the CVA capital charge introduced in the third Basel accord, CVA from an<br /> accounting perspective, driven by IFRS, and CVA from a market perspective, as a<br /> potentially tradeable asset, is discussed. In connection to this the standardised and<br /> the advanced approaches to computing the CVA capital charge are examined and<br /> the similarities and dierences to the market CVA are claried. The implications<br /> of implementing CVA in the pricing of OTC derivatives within a bank are nally<br /> discussed. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4057708/file/4057711.pdf application/pdf 1239991 no 2013 eng Basel III Bilateral CVA Counterparty credit risk Credit value adjustment CVA CVA capital charge DVA OTC derivatives. Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E52 LUTFMS-3228-2013 4057708 2013-09-23T11:30:42+02:00 2024-10-18T17:04:29+02:00 2013-09-24T11:04:53+02:00 8 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Andreas Qvist author maria sandsten supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department The goal of this work was to create a model for characterizing bird species through<br /> recordings of their song. A large set of twenty species with 10+ recordings in each<br /> species was considered and the algorithm used time-frequency models for the characterization.<br /> Three different approaches were used in an attempt to build the foundations<br /> for the final model in a bottom to top manner. The resulting model divided birdsong<br /> into syllables that were analyzed and compared in several time-frequency domains in<br /> order to characterize the species. The domains include the Spectrogram, the Doppler<br /> domain and the Ambiguity domain. The result varied depending on the complexity of<br /> the song and the quality of the recordings but for simple songs with recordings of good<br /> quality the results were very good. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4057963/file/4057964.pdf application/pdf 850469 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E53 LUTFMS-3229-2013 4057963 2013-09-24T11:03:20+02:00 2024-10-18T17:05:57+02:00 2013-09-24T11:05:12+02:00 9 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Niklas Breisner author Fredrik Gudmundsson author Docent Erik Lindström supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department This paper describes the development of software for calculating third party risk in the vicinity of Swedish airports. The paper describes the development and functionality of the software in text format.<br /> Further development is discussed by the possible implementation of the lasso method for investigating aircraft specific risk factors. This paper investigates these risk factors to identify airports where third party risk should be higher than average due to plane specific factors.<br /> The result of the program gives the user a comprehensive method for calculating risk in desired coordinates close to Swedish airports. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4066618/file/4066630.pdf application/pdf 1575186 no 2013 swe Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E54 LUTFMS-3230-2013 4066618 2013-09-30T11:30:15+02:00 2024-10-18T17:07:46+02:00 2013-09-30T11:33:43+02:00 10 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Oskar Nilsson author Umberto Picchini supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department With increasing model complexity, sampling from the posterior distribution in a Bayesian context<br /> becomes challenging. The reason might be that the likelihood function is analytically unavailable or<br /> computationally costly to evaluate. In this thesis a fairly new scheme called approximate Bayesian<br /> computation is studied which, through simulations from the likelihood function, approximately<br /> simulates from the posterior. This is done mainly in a likelihood-free Markov chain Monte Carlo<br /> framework and several issues concerning the performance are addressed. Semi-automatic ABC,<br /> producing near-sucient summary statistics, is applied to a hidden Markov model and the same<br /> scheme is then used, together with a varying bandwidth, to make inference on a real data study<br /> under a stochastic Lotka-Volterra model. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4066642/file/4066644.pdf application/pdf 1290472 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E51 LUTFMS-3227-2013 4066642 2013-09-30T11:40:22+02:00 2024-10-18T17:02:52+02:00 2013-09-30T11:43:22+02:00 11 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Tiying Cui author Maria Sandsten supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is the physiological phenomenon of variation in the time<br /> interval between heartbeats. High frequency (HF) HRV signals (0.12-0.4 Hz), especially, has<br /> been linked to parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) activity. Activity in this range is<br /> associated with the respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). In this thesis, we are interested in the<br /> differences between the power of HF-HRV in lying down position and standing up position,<br /> using analysis the HRV signal in frequency domain. Four non-parametric window spectrum<br /> methods are introduced for estimating the Power Spectra Density (PSD). Then the power of<br /> HRV is calculated using a traditional bandwidth [0.12-0.4] as well as a designed new<br /> bandwidth [ f0 ± B ], where f0 is the corresponding peak frequency from RSA spectrum. From<br /> combing different methods with different bandwidths; the resulting estimated power are<br /> compared in two different positions in many ways. In the end, the hypothesis tests are<br /> constructed to check if there exists a significant difference in the mean and variance for<br /> different methods with for different bandwidths. Moreover, the robust methods are applied to<br /> analysis the HRV signal during some Yoga breathing exercises. All data in used are collected<br /> from a pre-designed experiment in February that held in IKDC in Lund. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4092312/file/4092333.pdf application/pdf 5260016 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E56 LUNFMS-3051-2013 4092312 2013-10-16T15:23:12+02:00 2024-10-18T17:21:23+02:00 2013-10-16T15:25:40+02:00 12 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Pontus Montgomery author Docent Nader Tajvidi supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4092694/file/4092695.pdf application/pdf 5733989 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E50 LUTFMS-3226-2013 4092694 2013-10-17T11:17:40+02:00 2024-10-18T17:01:09+02:00 2013-10-17T11:24:27+02:00 13 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Henrik Johansson author Maria Sandsten supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department This thesis is about time-frequency analysis of the brainstem auditory evoked<br /> potential (BAEP). The work can be divided into two parts. One part where<br /> a model is built up from a very simple example to a more complex model<br /> resulting in a model consisting of a sum of sinusoids with stochastic starting<br /> points and amplitudes. Dierent time-frequency methods have been evaluated<br /> for these models and the multi window spectrogram with Hermitian<br /> base functions performs the best in a real life situation with more than one<br /> component and a high level of noise.<br /> The second part consists of investigating real BAEP data. BAEP data from<br /> ve patients were available. Each patient has two data sets which have<br /> been studied. One while the patient is awake and one while it is asleep.<br /> A hypothesis is that there exists some sort of dierence between these two<br /> datasets. It turns out that it does. The earlier peaks dier slightly in latency<br /> and the later peaks for the sleeping data seem to disappear. This result is<br /> concluded from dierent time frequency methods, where the spectrogram and<br /> the multi-window spectrogram are the most successful methods. An attempt<br /> to make a bootstrap simulation in order to estimate the mean and condence<br /> bounds of each peak is also made for one dataset. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4113810/file/4113812.pdf application/pdf 3947005 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E57 LUTFMS-3231-2013 4113810 2013-10-21T14:51:22+02:00 2024-10-18T17:23:01+02:00 2013-10-21T14:53:46+02:00 14 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Filip Erntell author Docent Nader Tajvidi supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department In this master&#39;s thesis, a copula approach is used to model the number of claims<br /> made by a customer holding three insurances. It is important for insurance companies<br /> to have good models for the risk proles of their customers, and the number of<br /> claims is a key element in calculating the expected cost for the company. Using copulas,<br /> multivariate distribution functions are allowed to have any desired marginal<br /> distributions and many dierent dependence structures, as these can be chosen<br /> separately.<br /> The data used consists of the number of claims made by 74 770 unique customers<br /> during one year. Dierent count data distributions are considered for the onedimensional<br /> marginal distributions, while four Archimedean copulas are tested as<br /> models for the dependence structure. To estimate the parameters of the nal model,<br /> full maximum likelihood is used, for which new implementations adapted to discrete<br /> data were created.<br /> 2-tests and likelihood ratio tests determined that negative binomial distribution<br /> and zero-in<br /> ated Delaporte distribution were the best distributions for the onedimensional<br /> marginals, while Cramer-von Mises method and Kendall&#39;s Cramer-von<br /> Mises method, using a parametric bootstrap, together with Akaike&#39;s Information<br /> Criterion, suggested Clayton copula to be the most suitable.<br /> The obtained model is compared to the empirical values and to investigate how<br /> well the model ts for dierent years, it is also tted to the corresponding data from<br /> the following year. The model provides a good t both compared to the empirical<br /> values for the year used for inference as well as for the year used for validation.<br /> However, the t is strongly in<br /> uenced by the values in the lower tail.<br /> Keywords: Insurances, Copulas, Count data, Negative binomial distribution, Delaporte<br /> distribution, Full maximum likelihood, Goodness of t. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4114190/file/4114192.pdf application/pdf 576416 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E55 LUNFMS-3050-2013 4114190 2013-10-22T12:21:57+02:00 2024-10-18T17:09:18+02:00 2013-10-22T12:24:12+02:00 15 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Henrik Engström author 4124522 Jan Åke Jönsson supervisor Marja Boström supervisor Department of Chemistry v1000647 department Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been found in waste water treatment plant effluents and surface water at detectable concentrations. Although the medical effects and side effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products are investigated through safety and toxicology studies the potential environmental impacts are less studied, and information concerning ecotoxicological risks and the distribution in sludge, surface water and water living organisms is rather scarce.<br /> <br /> In this thesis, sertraline (SER), fluoxetine (FLU) and its N-desmethyl metabolite norfluoxetine (norFLU) were chosen as model substances to develop a method for detection. Fish was chosen as the model matrix because fish is a top predator with possible high analyte concentrations because of biomagnification. Hollow fibre liquid-phase membrane extraction (HF-LPME) was used as the extraction, clean-up and enrichment technique and LC-MS was used to detect the SSRIs in fish muscle tissue.<br /> <br /> This analytical method showed enrichment factors ranging 1500-1800 for fish samples and 3000-6300 for water samples. The R2-values of the linearity were 0.936, 0.990, 0.966 for norFLU, FLU and SER, respectively. The detection limits of the method for norFLU, FLU and SER were in the range of 130-280 ng L-1. The method was successfully applied to detect the analytes in exposed crucian carp; 1.7 μg g-1 FLU and 2.8 μg g-1 SER were found after exposure to a 51 μg L-1-mixture for 3 days. The FLU metabolite norFLU was not added in the exposure solution and it was not formed in detectable concentrations during the exposure. In unexposed crucian carp, none of the analytes were detected. The developed analytical method might be extended to estimate the distribution or the fate of norFLU, FLU and SER in other biota or human beings. Spår av antidepressiva läkemedel i fisk<br /> Läkemedel hjälper till att behandla och förebygga sjukdomar hos både djur och människor. Rigorösa utredningar krävs för att kartlägga deras effekter och bieffekter, men när de inte bryts ner helt i kroppen hamnar de i sjöar och vattendrag. Här är deras påverkan på djur och natur inte alls lika kartlagd.<br /> Depression är bland de äldsta sjukdomarna kända för människan. Sedan den antidepressiva läkemedelsgruppen selektiva serotoninåterupptagshämmare (SSRI) introducerades behandlas även mildare former av depression med medicin. Detta har gjort SSRI-mediciner till de mest utskrivna psykofarmakan. Då forskning har visat att psykofarmaka inte helt bryts ner i kroppen är det av största vikt att hitta sätt att analysera denna typ av läkemedel i vattenlevande organismer.<br /> <br /> Förutom låg koncentration är det alltid komplicerat att analysera ämnen i biologiska prover på grund av mängden andra, oönskade, ämnen som ofta skymmer sikten. Forskning har dock utvecklat metoder som är selektiva och högt anrikande av de önskade molekylerna.<br /> <br /> En sådan teknik är hålfiberteknik, eller Hollow Fibre Liquid Phase Membrane Extraction (HF-LPME). Med hjälp av en tunn, porös slang (hålfiber), koncentreras de önskade molekylerna tusenfalt. Detta för också med sig att endast små mängder lösningsmedel behöver användas, vilket gör metoden miljövänlig.<br /> <br /> I ett arbete utfört på Centrum för analys och syntes vid Lunds universitet, användes tekniken för att analysera SSRI i ruda från Revingehed. Arbetet visade att då fiskarna exponerades för SSRI i vattnet, kunde de antidepressiva läkemedlen även hittas i fiskvävnaden. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4124524/file/4124526.pdf application/pdf 13925331 no 2013 eng HF-LPME LC-MS SSRI selective fish analytical chemistry analytisk kemi Chemistry 4124524 2013-10-26T21:49:55+02:00 2019-02-26T11:06:32+01:00 2019-02-26T11:06:32+01:00 16 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Martin Hill author 4128281 Postdoctoral fellow Jakob Skovgaard supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department Bangladesh became an independent country in 1971 and enforced a democratic<br /> governance system in 1991. The country has been witnessing a fairly steady economic<br /> and social growth processes during the past two decades. However, the political<br /> system in the country has not been seeing the same type of development. During four<br /> out of eight years in the time period 2001-08 Bangladesh was considered to be the<br /> worlds most corrupt country. The country’s political authority has been accused of<br /> illiberalism, crime, corruption, power abuse and neglecting the needs of the public<br /> and the country in large. The aim of this paper is to discuss and analyze three severe<br /> barriers preventing Bangladesh from becoming a full-fledged democracy, terrorism,<br /> corruption and political interference in the justice system. The author of the paper will<br /> be using Samuel P. Huntington’s Theory of Modernization to conduct the research.<br /> The conclusion made from this study is that Bangladesh has been seeing an economic<br /> and social development, indicating that the country is witnessing a modernization<br /> process. Although, at the same time a small elite group following traditional norms<br /> rather then modernized democratic norms controls the country’s political system,<br /> preventing it from endorsing the same modernization process. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4128283/file/4128400.pdf application/pdf 549273 no 2013 eng Bangladesh Modernization Theory Huntington Terrorism Corruption Legal System Development Process Law and Political Science ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Department of Political Science (012015000), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:53 4128283 2013-10-28T19:18:20+01:00 2026-02-09T11:32:53+01:00 2013-11-11T10:25:40+01:00 17 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Berta Hegedusova author 4113552 Dr Annika Bergman Rosamond supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department The thesis aims to offer an insight into how is Serbian identity re-constituted in the post-conflict period and what role does the European Union play in the process of identity re-construction. Specifically, it aims to discuss the issue of how is Serbian identity being reproduced in relation to the prospect of EU membership. How is the possibility of joining the EU changing the discursive construction of Serbian identity? The core of the study is the post-conflict challenges facing Serbian society analysed within a context of cooperation with the European Union, and Serbia’s relationship with its own radical past. The study thus focuses on the tension between two strands of Serbian identity—one based on a 1990s Milosevic’s political discourse and another on supranational identification with &quot;EU” structures. Also, by looking at the political changes in Serbia after 2000, this thesis aims to investigate how national identity is being re-structured in relation to foreign policy decisions. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4131383/file/4131389.pdf application/pdf 731941 no 2013 eng Serbia identity EU the Balkans Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Department of Political Science (012015000), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:54 4131383 2013-10-29T10:58:16+01:00 2026-02-09T11:32:54+01:00 2013-11-11T10:25:02+01:00 18 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Christopher Jonsson author Maria Sandsten supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department In this thesis we look at data where sedated patients have been pinpricked<br /> with a needle during an Auditory Brainstem Response recording. By looking<br /> at this data set with different statistical methods some butterfly pattern<br /> emerged and peaks appeared in the spectrum around the time where the<br /> needle pinpricking should have occurred. With this results a model was<br /> developed and evaluated. Future investigations is needed to interpret the<br /> results. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4144557/file/4144559.pdf application/pdf 6420896 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2013:E47 LUTFMS-3223-2013 4144557 2013-11-04T15:32:43+01:00 2024-10-18T16:51:20+02:00 2013-11-04T15:34:37+01:00 19 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Henrik Gustafsson author Docent Magnus Wiktorsson supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department Consider two gases being pumped into a container of some sort. How will they mix? How will they interact<br /> with one another? And how do you model the mixing using a computer?<br /> One way is to rst divide the two gases into smaller groups called particles and then let these particles<br /> interact with one another at random. Two of the models that is used today is CURL and Modied CURL.<br /> They work well and the results are consistent with experimental data. One drawback with them is that<br /> neither of them can handle mixing with two particles of dierent sizes. So here is presented a new model<br /> based on CURL and Modied CURL but with the extension of handling particles of dierent sizes. To test<br /> the consistency of these new models simulations are done using DARS, a product of LOGE. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4146050/file/4146074.pdf application/pdf 969787 no 2013 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1654-6229 2013:K13 LUNFMS-4009-2013 4146050 2013-11-08T12:01:48+01:00 2024-10-21T09:49:59+02:00 2013-11-08T12:20:43+01:00 20 1.1datelastChanged &gt;= 2019-01datelastChanged>=2019-01