Doctoral theses (RealTek)
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Multiscale modeling of the early visual pathway
(PhD Thesis;2018:40, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The human brain contains billions of neurons connected through synapses, making it a highly complex system that researchers have been trying to understand for centuries. One way of increasing our understanding of the brain ... -
Geopolymer Concrete Incorporated with Microencapsulated Phase change materials for Energy Efficient Buildings
(PhD Thesis;2018:72, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This study aims to develop new environmentally friendly construction materials with high energy storage capacity by using geopolymer concrete containing microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM) to reduce energy ... -
Science education for our common future: Education for sustainable development in science teacher education
(PhD Thesis;2018:5, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis was to develop knowledge on how education for sustainable development (ESD) can be realised in the education of science teachers. The aim was pursued through three articles: one theoretical article ... -
Source-separation and on-site wastewater treatment : a combined treatment and resource recovery facility towards a circular economy
(PhD Thesis;2019:4, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The world's water specialists agree to work on increased resource recovery from wastewater and reduced emissions to the environment. Source-separated wastewater treatment systems, which provide opportunities for local ... -
Introducing microclimate into simulation models for buildings
(PhD thesis;2019:33, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The contemporary sustainability imperativeness requires high performance buildings. Smart solutions during the design or retrofitting phase can significantly contribute towards decreasing the energy consumption and ... -
Explainable and data-efficient learning for visual guidance of autonomous agri-robots
(PhD Thesis;2021:73, Doctoral thesis, 2021)To feed a growing world population and achieve the goal of zero hunger, we must develop new technologies to improve farm productivity and sustainability. Agri-robots can be a part of this solution, but new research is ... -
Sea level, ocean currents, and vertical land motion along the Norwegian coast
(PhD Thesis;2019:80, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Ocean circulation plays a fundamental role in climate and sea-level related studies due to the ocean’s large heat-storage and transport capacity. Ocean circulation can be derived from numerical ocean models, which might ... -
Sustainable fungal biorefineries : optimizing production of valuable metabolites in oleaginous Mucoromycota
(PhD Thesis;2021:25, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Fungal biorefineries are important players in the emerging global bioeconomy and contribute to the transition from the traditional fossil-based production to a renewable, sustainable and environment-friendly bio-production. ... -
Innovative Surveillance and Process Control in Water Resource Recovery Facilities
(PhD Thesis;2020:68, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF), previously known as Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), are getting increasingly complex, with the incorporation of sludge processing and resource recovery technologies. Along ... -
Implementation of GNSS data integrity for precise real-time positioning
(PhD Thesis;2018:14, Doctoral thesis, 2018)In recent years, the area of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) has received a lot of attention, with a large range of fruitful results. This includes systems; the advent of European (Galileo) and Chinese (Beidou) ... -
Quantitative microbial rsk assessment and water quality modelling : on drinking water sources, recreational and recycled waters
(PhD Thesis;2017:77, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Despite various efforts to improve water quality in all pathways, waterborne diseases are still a major public health concern in both developing and developed countries. To address the threat of waterborne diseases through ... -
Optimisation of the coagulation process to improve plant availability of phosphorus in wastewater sludge
(PhD Thesis;2016:61, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Coagulation is used for the removal of colloids, particles and phosphates in wastewater treatment. The efficiency and economics of chemical coagulation, one of the most robust wastewater treatment processes, is critically ... -
Prediction of spring wheat yield and grain quality with remote VIS-NIR spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis
(PhD Thesis;2012:26, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Along with an increasing population, both globally and locally, demands on agriculture increase. A sustainable increase in cereal yields is particularly focused and in this context, precision agriculture is becoming ... -
Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of non-edible lipid biomass to biochemicals
(PhD Thesis;2016:84, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The use of fuel increases consistently given the high demand for energy. This demand is mostly met by fossil fuels. Considering the uncertainties connected to fossil fuel reserves and the related natural effects of their ... -
A study of potential energy sources used by cheese ripening bacteria
(PhD Thesis;2012:21, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Non-starter lactic acid bacteria (NSLAB) continue to grow in cheese during ripening even though lactose and its monosaccharide moieties (glucose and galactose (Gal)) are depleted. This indicates that the NSLAB are able to ... -
NGS-based rDNA barcoding in fungal species identification and delimitation : limits, opportunities and relation to phenotypic HT FT-IR spectroscopy
(PhD Thesis;2017:28, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The abundance of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in the yeast and fungal genomes derives from their multigene nature. During the last decade of the XX century, this DNA region has become very popular for the molecular characterization ... -
Multiscale vibrational spectroscopy of pollen
(PhD Thesis;2016:10, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-19)Pollen has a vital role in the reproduction of flowering plants by producing genetically diverse offspring via pollination. Environmental effects have strong influence on reproductive structures of plants, including on ... -
The potential of molten salts as heat transfer media in fast pyrolysis of wood
(PhD Thesis;2015:1, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-04)Growing energy consumption and greater environmental concerns have contributed to a need for more research on alternatives to fossil-derived products. Biomass such as wood is a potential source of renewable fuels and ... -
Information extraction from large point cloud data : a deep learning approach
(PhD Thesis;2020:25, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Recent advances in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors have led to an increasing amount of large scale point cloud data collections. The LiDAR sensors can capture the fine spatial details of a remote environment ... -
Analysis of land use / land cover change dynamics and underlying driving forces in the Lake Hawassa Watershed, Ethiopia, based on satellite remote sensing, GIS and field investigations
(PhD Thesis;2015:89, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-04)Lake Hawassa Watershed, in the Central Rift Valley, is one of the most environmentally vulnerable areas in Ethiopia. The rapidly increasing population and vegetation clearance in search of farming and grazing land, firewood, ...
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