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  1. 1. Temporal Projections of the Shoreline Displacement on Gotland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Yonathan Tekeste; [2023]
    Keywords : Sea Level Rise; Shoreline Displacement; Gotland;

    Abstract : Global mean sea level rise (GMSLR) impacts the displacement of the world’s coasts and shorelinedifferently due to it being contingent on local topographic and geological conditions. The island of Gotlandis located in the Fennoscandian Shield which lies at the intersection between GMSLR and post-glacialrebound (PGR), at rates that vary latitudinally and, in some areas, are at equal levels. READ MORE

  3. 2. Safeguarding a Safeguard: Assessing the Status of Global Ex-Situ Crop Conservation and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault’s Role in its Protection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christopher Keegan; [2022]
    Keywords : Svalbard Global Seed Vault; Genebanks; Genetic Resources; Genetic Erosion; Passport Data Completeness; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : The Svalbard Seed Vault serves as a backup against accidental loss of genetic crop diversity within the existing global conservation system. Addressing this objective, this thesis repeats the 2013 assessment of the Seed Vault’s completeness relative to the global conservation system as performed by Westengen et al (2013, 1). READ MORE

  4. 3. Polygenic risk for schizophrenia and non-pathological cognitive aging

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Nasimeh Naseri; [2020]
    Keywords : Schizophrenia; polygenic risk; ageing; cognition; Schizofreni; poly-genetisk risk; åldrande; kognition;

    Abstract : Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder associated with cognitive impairments. Polygenic risk for schizophrenia (SCZ-PGR) has been associated with poor performance in cognitive tasks, both in patients and in healthy individuals. It has also been suggested that schizophrenia is associated with accelerated aging. READ MORE

  5. 4. The effects of trinexapac-ethyl on Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies

    University essay from SLU/Department of Plant Biology (from 140101)

    Author : Emil Bengtsson; [2018]
    Keywords : GA; gibberellin; Norway spruce; PGR; phytohormone; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; plant growth regulator; Scots pine; trinexapac-ethyl;

    Abstract : The use of so-called micro-plant propagation have become a well-adapted cultivation technique in Swedish forestry nurseries. Although this production method has many advantages, a commonly occurring problem is that the young plants, after trans- plantation in the nursery, have an underdeveloped root system when the shoot part have reached desired length. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vad tycker bilister om vägnära skogar : två enkätstudier

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Johan Hansson; [2003]
    Keywords : forests; landscape;

    Abstract : Denna studie har genomförts genom en litteraturstudie och två enkätundersökningar. Syftet med litteraturstudien är att sammanställa relevant information om ämnet. Syftet med enkät­ undersökningarna har varit att utforma en enkät och få svar på vilken landskapstyp och skogs­ typ som uppskattas mest av bilister. READ MORE