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View article: The Value Clarification Hypothesis: Explaining a Striking Asymmetry in the Link Between Education and Moral Attitudes
The Value Clarification Hypothesis: Explaining a Striking Asymmetry in the Link Between Education and Moral Attitudes Open
Social scientists have long documented a robust association between higher education and liberal moral attitudes. However, this relationship may be more complex than previously understood. Using large-scale survey data from the United Stat…
View article: Uncovering Measurement Issues in Collective Efficacy:A Rasch-Based Evaluation
Uncovering Measurement Issues in Collective Efficacy:A Rasch-Based Evaluation Open
Survey items for collective efficacy are commonly included and used as composite scores in crime studies, serving as the basis for comparisons of groups, residential areas, and time periods. We argue that examining the measurement properti…
View article: An empirical investigation of the impact of architectural smells on software maintainability
An empirical investigation of the impact of architectural smells on software maintainability Open
View article: Computationally Efficient Optimization of Long Term Energy Storage Using Machine Learning
Computationally Efficient Optimization of Long Term Energy Storage Using Machine Learning Open
View article: Uncovering Measurement Issues in Collective Efficacy: A Rasch-Based Evaluation
Uncovering Measurement Issues in Collective Efficacy: A Rasch-Based Evaluation Open
View article: Evaluating the Replicability of Social Priming Studies
Evaluating the Replicability of Social Priming Studies Open
To assess the replicability of social priming findings we reviewed the extant close replication attempts in the field. In total, we found 70 close replications, that replicated 49 unique findings. Ninety-four percent of the replications ha…
View article: An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Architectural Smells On Software Maintainability
An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Architectural Smells On Software Maintainability Open
View article: An evaluation and shortening of the Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale (CAFPAS) using item response theory
An evaluation and shortening of the Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale (CAFPAS) using item response theory Open
View article: Valid and Reliable? Basic and Expanded Recommendations for Psychometric Reporting and Quality Assessment.
Valid and Reliable? Basic and Expanded Recommendations for Psychometric Reporting and Quality Assessment. Open
There is a need to improve the validity, reliability, and replicability of social and health science research and its applications through raising the quality of measurement. An important step is to establish and implement a clear and usef…
View article: "I feel like I've never really achieved it"
"I feel like I've never really achieved it" Open
This paper examines experiences of mindfulness and meditationapplications for handling stress and emotional strain. We presenta qualitative interview study. The analysis focuses particularly onthe role of persuasive functions in the applic…
View article: Evaluating the Replicability of Social Priming Studies
Evaluating the Replicability of Social Priming Studies Open
To assess the replicability of social priming findings we reviewed the extant close replication attempts in the field. In total, we found 70 close replications, that replicated 49 unique findings. Ninety-four percent of the replications ha…
View article: Does Expertise Reduce Rates of Inattentional Blindness? A Meta-Analysis
Does Expertise Reduce Rates of Inattentional Blindness? A Meta-Analysis Open
Inattentional blindness occurs when one fails to notice a fully visible stimulus because one's attention is on another task. Researchers have suggested that expertise at this other task should reduce rates of inattentional blindness. Howev…
View article: Predicting Pedestrian Counts per Street Segment in Urban Environments
Predicting Pedestrian Counts per Street Segment in Urban Environments Open
Cities are continuously growing all over the world and the complexity of designing\nurban environments increases. Therefore, there is a need to build a better understanding\nin how our cities work today. One of the essential parts of this …
View article: Mysteriet med de överrepresenterade decemberbarnen: En kvantitativ studie om sent födda barns överrepresentation inom neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar
Mysteriet med de överrepresenterade decemberbarnen: En kvantitativ studie om sent födda barns överrepresentation inom neuropsykiatriska funktionsnedsättningar Open
Children that are born later in the year are, based on previous studies, more likely to be diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric disorder (hereby NPD), which is a bit surprising considering that NPDs are considered to be primarily genetic diso…
View article: Elevers upplevelse av feedback : En kvantitativ studie om hur ofta elever i årskurs 6 upplever att de får stöttning av sin ämneslärare för att nå sina mål inom de naturvetenskapliga ämnena
Elevers upplevelse av feedback : En kvantitativ studie om hur ofta elever i årskurs 6 upplever att de får stöttning av sin ämneslärare för att nå sina mål inom de naturvetenskapliga ämnena Open
Denna studie syftar till att ge en fördjupad kunskap gällande hur ofta elever i årskurs 6 upplever att de får stöttning i de naturvetenskapliga ämnena. Med hjälp av en enkätundersökning på ett antal olika skolor i mellersta Sverige visar d…
View article: Drawing Conclusions from Politically Charged Information: A Case of Scientific Understanding or Identity Protection?
Drawing Conclusions from Politically Charged Information: A Case of Scientific Understanding or Identity Protection? Open
Previously conducted research suggest that people may use their cognitive capacity in a biased manner when they process politically relevant information. This study let 280 US adults draw inferences based on statistics concerning two polit…
View article: Towards Disorder-Independent Automatic Assessment of Emotional Competence in Neurological Patients with a Classical Emotion Recognition System: Application in Foreign Accent Syndrome
Towards Disorder-Independent Automatic Assessment of Emotional Competence in Neurological Patients with a Classical Emotion Recognition System: Application in Foreign Accent Syndrome Open
Emotive speech is a non-invasive and cost-effective biomarker in a wide spectrum of neurological disorders with computational systems built to automate the diagnosis. In order to explore the possibilities for the automation of a routine sp…
View article: Hur personalomsättningen påverkas av trivsel inom restaurangbranschen
Hur personalomsättningen påverkas av trivsel inom restaurangbranschen Open
View article: Intressant eller inte? : Vad intresserar flickor i årskurs 6 inom de naturvetenskapliga ämnena?
Intressant eller inte? : Vad intresserar flickor i årskurs 6 inom de naturvetenskapliga ämnena? Open
Syftet med studien var att få fördjupade kunskaper i vad som intresserar flickor i årskurs 6 inom de naturvetenskapliga ämnena. Genom en enkätundersökning på tre olika skolor framkommer det att majoritet av flickorna finner naturvetenskape…
View article: Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-Image Translation on Multi-Contrast MR Images - A Comparison of CycleGAN and UNIT
Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-Image Translation on Multi-Contrast MR Images - A Comparison of CycleGAN and UNIT Open
In medical imaging, a general problem is that it is costly and time consuming to collect high quality data from healthy and diseased subjects. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) is a deep learning method that has been developed for syn…
View article: Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-Image Translation on Street View and MR Images
Generative Adversarial Networks for Image-to-Image Translation on Street View and MR Images Open
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) is a deep learning method that has been developed for synthesizing data. One application for which it can be used for is image-to-image translations. This could prove to be valuable when training deep…
View article: Barriers and opportunities for implementation of a return system for industrial packaging : A case study at Valmet AB
Barriers and opportunities for implementation of a return system for industrial packaging : A case study at Valmet AB Open
Sustainability has become a more and more important aspect within companies worldwide. Environmental aspects within companies are often connected to higher profits and increased corporate image. One field of importance, to create a more ef…
View article: Integration av utrikes födda i samhället och i politiken : En empirisk studie av Sveriges kommuner mandatperioderna 1994–2014
Integration av utrikes födda i samhället och i politiken : En empirisk studie av Sveriges kommuner mandatperioderna 1994–2014 Open
By examining if the proportion of foreign born representatives – in Swedish municipal councils – connects to the integration of the same group in society, this paper tests the theoretical notion that it matters who the representatives are.…
View article: Samband mellan motivationstyper och emotioner för kemilaborationer på gymnasiet
Samband mellan motivationstyper och emotioner för kemilaborationer på gymnasiet Open
Kopplingen mellan positiva emotioner och olika motivationstyper är ett område som är väl beforskat, men trots det finns det luckor. Syftet med denna studie har varit att studera korrelationen mellan positiva emotioner och olika motivations…
View article: Kunderbjudande i molnet : Projektarbete för Byggvarulistan AB
Kunderbjudande i molnet : Projektarbete för Byggvarulistan AB Open
Målet med denna rapport är att beskriva hur erbjudandesystemet i kandidatprojektet Kunderbjudande i molnet kan implementeras så att man skapar värde för kunden. Utöver detta behandlas erfarenheter från projektet, vilket stöd man kan få gen…
View article: Successionsplanering : Att identifiera och utveckla medarbetare med hög potential
Successionsplanering : Att identifiera och utveckla medarbetare med hög potential Open
Den här studien syftar till att undersöka hur svenska organisationer arbetar med att identifiera och utveckla medarbetare med hög potential. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med medarbetare p…
View article: Hydrofoiling Europe-Dinghy
Hydrofoiling Europe-Dinghy Open
The aim of this master thesis was to develop and build a prototype of separate hydrofoils compatible with a Europe-dinghy (A common, single sail, one-person dinghy), to be used as a proof of concept. This was to be done without causing any…
View article: Using semantic folding with TextRank for automatic summarization
Using semantic folding with TextRank for automatic summarization Open
This master thesis deals with automatic summarization of text and how semantic folding can be used as a similarity measure between sentences in the TextRank algorithm. The method was implemented and compared with two common similarity meas…
View article: Den upplevda ensamheten : Intensivvårdssjuksköterskors upplevelser och erfarenheter av intrahospitala transporter av ventilatorbehandlade patienter
Den upplevda ensamheten : Intensivvårdssjuksköterskors upplevelser och erfarenheter av intrahospitala transporter av ventilatorbehandlade patienter Open
Intrahospitala transporter är riskfyllda, det är rådande konsensus, och desto sjukare patienten är desto större är risken att drabbas för negativa händelser. Majoriteten av patienterna som vårdas på en intensivvårdsavdelning kommer någon g…
View article: Kommunikation som skapar mening
Kommunikation som skapar mening Open