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Stochastic Models in Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Analytical Properties and Parameter Estimation
(2013-09-16)
Phylogenetic comparative methods are well established tools for using inter-species variation to analyse phenotypic evolution and adaptation. They are generally hampered, however, by predominantly univariate approaches and ...
Tracking mathematical giftedness in an egalitarian context
(2013-10-31)
In three different studies upper secondary school head teachers’ characterization and identification of mathematical giftedness was investigated. A survey study (Paper II) explored the conceptions held by 36 randomly ...
Making Sense of Heritage Planning. Experiences from Ghana and Sweden
(2017-04-14)
Heritage has become a key element in the development of places, and historic areas have become valuable spaces because of their economic relevance for global cultural tourism. However, the interpretations and management ...
Nanoparticles from shipping and road traffic
(2015-05-07)
In the urban environment road traffic is the dominant source of aerosol particles while in
coastal and harbour areas shipping is also a significant source. For shipping there are no direct
regulations regarding particle ...
Colour signalling in widowbirds and bishops
(2015-08-28)
Sexual selection, i.e. differential mating success due to contest competition or mate choice, has produced an amazing diversity of elaborate sexual signals across the animal kingdom, not least the dazzling colours of birds. ...
Byggnaden som kunskapskälla
(2012-01-10)
Buildings are indeed mute, yet many historians and architects claim that they can nevertheless speak. The challenge is to understand their language. This thesis examines the building as a source of knowledge. Setting out ...
On the Control of Nematic Liquid Crystal Alignment
(2013-05-07)
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are incorporated in a great variety of electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones, TV sets, etc. The performance of LCDs depends strongly on the alignment of liquid crystal and therefore ...
Towards a relativistically covariant many-body perturbation theory - With numerical implementation to helium-like ions
(2010-03-30)
The experimental results for simple atomic systems have become more and more accurate and in order to keep up with the experimental achievements the theoretical procedures have to be refined. Recent accurate experimental ...
Algorithms for analysis of NMR projections: Design, implementation and applications
(2011-03-29)
With an increasing rate of protein expressions the need for fast protein characterization has become more important. Protein NMR has long been an important contributor for protein characterization; being one of a few ...
Rainfall variability, soils and land use changes in the Ethiopian highlands
(2013-09-16)
Most farmers in the Ethiopian highlands are dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The indigenous cereal tef is the most important crop for the farmers in the highlands. The central highland is an environmentally fragile area ...