Essays about: "Amanda Isaksson"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Amanda Isaksson.

1. 1. Biochar and district heating : The path to negative emissions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Amanda Widlund; Thomas Norström; William Isaksson; Andreas Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : biochar; pyrolysis; climate impact; carbon sink; district heating;

   Abstract : Uppsala Kommun is developing a new city district called Sydöstra staden (SÖS) as an innovative and transformative city district. A technical supply system that aligns with the district’s goals is pyrolysis. Pyrolysis is a process where biomass is heated without the supply of oxygen. READ MORE

3. 2. The Right to Asylum - What’s the Problem? : An Analysis of How the Right to Asylum is Represented in Swedish Media

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2023]
   Keywords : WPR; Hallin; Asylum; Sweden; Media;

   Abstract : This study investigates the state of the public debate in Swedish mainstream media on the right to asylum. The study combines Bacchi's WPR(What’s the problem represented to be)-analysis with Hallin’s sphere theory to compare the discourse on the right to asylum in editorials in three Swedish newspapers, with different political profiles, in the five months leading up to the elections in 2018 and 2022, respectively. READ MORE

4. 3. “Misery Loves Company” : A Study About Users Motivations and Experiences withTikTok’s Personalized Algorithm and Its Effect onTheir Well-Being

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2023]
   Keywords : “TikTok”; “Algorithm”; “Personalized”; “body image”; “social media”; “anxiety”; “well-being”;

   Abstract : This thesis researches users’ motivations for using TikTok, their experience with the personalized algorithm and the effect it has on their subjective well-being. The study is of qualitative character containing 19 questionnaire responses and qualitative interviews with five participants that use TikTok to some extent. READ MORE

5. 4. Religious dress and the rights of others – an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law; European Court of Human Rights; European Convention on Human Rights; Freedom of thought; conscience and religion; Article 9; Human rights; religious dress; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay examines the protection of the wearing of religious dress under article 9 (freedom of religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It examines how religious dress is protected as a manifestation of religion and with reference to which rights of others and under which circumstances it can be restricted with reference to the legitimate aim protection of the rights and freedoms of others. READ MORE

6. 5. Optimization of PCR protocols used for genotyping transgenic mice & Evaluation of a method for co-detecting mRNA and protein

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Jämförande fysiologi

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2017]
   Keywords : Ventral tegmental area; Substantia nigra; Parkinson’s disease; transgenic mice; Cre-Lox recombination;

   Abstract : The aim of the current study was divided into two separate goals, (i) optimization of a number of PCR-based protocols employed for genotyping transgenic mouse lines and (ii) evaluating a protocol for co-detection of mRNA and its correlated protein in the mouse midbrain. The optimization was performed on PCR protocols for genotyping the following transgenic mouse lines; Dat-Cre, Vglut2-Lox, Vglut2-Cre and Vmat2-Lox. READ MORE