Growing ecological challenges [1][2][3] can be addressed by the media industry through proactive engagement with holistic sustainability transformation that covers all activities within their value-chain. With at least 60% of vertebrate species already lost [1] and 40% of insect species at risk of the same [2], the time for business-as-usual has past [4][5][6][49]. In order to mitigate negative, and accelerate positive, impacts on global biodiversity integrity, media companies need to look beyond direct impacts, carbon, and segmented actions to a more holistic understanding and approach of sustainability transformation. This study focused specifically on the Nordic region (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland) and the largest incumbent companies within that region (Schibsted, MTG, Bonnier, Egmont and Sanoma) [7][8], to find what actions and pathway are necessary to protect both people and planet [10]. Through understanding the drivers of biodiversity loss, as well as the proposed sustainability transformation roadmaps from the research community, and by quantitatively analyzing how these five companies understand and prioritize sustainability, this study developed a visual Pathway Lens consisting of Seven Focus Areas (SFAs) to enable media companies to look holistically at their activities and value-chain. The SFAs need to be approached holistically, similar to the 17 SDGs (Agenda 2030) [4]. Since incumbent Nordic media companies are not currently looking at impacts on biodiversity integrity, nor focusing on a holistic approach to sustainability, the SFAs of the Pathway Lens are a tool to better understand their unique opportunity to accelerate sustainable lifestyles through their content, marketplaces, products and events, which in turn address impacts on biodiversity integrity. The media industry also shares in the collective opportunity to accelerate sustainable value-chains through prioritizing self-transcendence values, resources, responsible operations, circular business models, iterative stakeholder engagement, and external partnerships. Since the drivers of biodiversity loss are complex and interconnected [3], protecting both people and planet requires complex and interconnected solutions. / Växande ekologiska utmaningar [1][2][3] kan adresseras av medieindustrin genom proaktivt engagemang i holistisk hållbarhetstransformation som täcker alla aktiviteter i värdekedjan. Då minst 60% av arterna bland ryggradsdjur redan har försvunnit [1] och 40% av insektsarterna riskerar att försvinna [2], har tiden för konventionellt företagande (business-as-usual) passerat [4][5][6][49]. För att minska negativa effekter, och accelerera positiva effekter, vad gäller den biologisk mångfaldens integritet, måste företagen se bortom direkta effekter, koldioxidutsläpp, och isolerade åtgärder för en mer holistisk förståelse av och ett mer holistiskt angreppssätt vad gäller hållbarhetstransformation. Denna studie har fokuserat specifikt på Norden (Sverige, Norge, Danmark, Finland) och de största etablerade företagen inom denna region (Schibsted, MTG, Bonnier, Egmont och Sanoma) [7][8], för att ta reda på vilka åtgärder som behövs för att skydda både människor och planeten [10]. Genom att förstå drivkrafterna bakom förlusten av biologisk mångfald, såväl som de föreslagna färdplanerna för hållbarhetstransformation ifrån forskarsamfundet, och genom att kvantitativt analysera hur dessa fem företag förstår och prioriterar hållbarhet, har denna studie utvecklat en visuell lins [Pathway Lens] bestående av sju fokusområden (Seven Focus Areas, SFAs), för att möjliggöra för medieföretag att titta holistiskt på deras aktiviteter och värdekedja. De sju fokusområdena (SFAs) för hållbarhetstransformation måste hanteras holistiskt, likt FN:s 17 globala mål för hållbar utveckling (Agenda 2030) [4]. Eftersom etablerade nordiska medieföretag i dagsläget inte tittar på påverkan på den biologiska mångfaldens integritet, och inte heller fokuserar på ett holistiskt angreppssätt vad gäller hållbarhet, är de sju fokusområdena [SFAs] av den visuella linsen [Pathway Lens] ett verktyg för att bättre förstå deras unika möjlighet att accelerera hållbara livsstilar genom deras innehåll, marknadsplatser, samt produkter och events, vilka i sin tur adresserar påverkan på den biologiska mångfaldens integritet. Medieindustrin delar också den kollektiva möjligheten att accelerera hållbara värdekedjor genom att prioritera värderingar som transcenderar jaget (self-transcendence), resurser, ansvarsfulla verksamheter, cirkulära affärsmodeller, iterativt intressentengagemang, och externa partnerskap. Eftersom drivkrafterna bakom förlust av biologisk mångfald är komplexa och sammankopplade [3], krävs komplexa och sammankopplade lösningar för att skydda både människor och planeten.

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More and more people are using the internet for data processing, transfer, and storage. With it comes a higher demand for computational power from data servers. Unsurprisingly, the data center industry is becoming an increasingly large industry that is important for people’s daily lives. Data centers cover 2 % of the world’s total electrical consumption and this number is expected to become higher. Running data centers with optimal performance while operating efficiently and as sustainably as possible is a task that is of utmost importance.The way data centers are cooled today is through a CRAH unit that features cooling coils and a fan, the fan blows air over cold coils to prevent damage to server components. Another task for this fan is to create a high differential pressure over the servers using this air, to ensure the air flows in the right direction. The air is uniformly distributed over the servers. With dynamic air-handling measures, it is possible to match the cooling for individual servers, because all servers have different workloads. They generate different amounts of heat. This thesis investigates manual redistribution between servers and how an air-handling damper unit, that sits on the server, is designed to investigate how it can reduce total power draw. Different tests are run in a wind tunnel which houses room for six servers whereas three prototypes are mounted on three of the servers. The main idea to test is that instead of running an even amount of stress on six servers, the same amount of stress is redistributed on only three servers. The ones now running idle have a damper unit blocking the server's rear side. That way the CRAH fan is using less power to create the same differential pressure. Also, the total power draw to all servers is reduced as well. One of the tests was the conventional way of cooling servers today and it had a total power draw of 1362 watts. The test with both redistribution, dampers closed at the rear and turned off servers had a power draw of 951 watts. That is a 30% decrease.

La conscience et les structures mentales collectives d’une société sont ancrées dans des normes et des cadres sociopolitiques, culturels et historiques dont certains l’orienteraient vers des conditions produisant de la violence et de l'inégalité. Il est donc nécessaire d'examiner minutieusement ce qui a conduit à un ensemble de normes qui provoquent l'inégalité sociale et l'injustice dans une société. L'une des hypothèses de ce mémoire est que la pratique du yoga pourrait contribuer à une transformation sociale menant à la justice. En outre, une transformation vers la justice sociale peut se produire en remontant la séquence d'événements causés par ces structures mentales afin de problématiser l'injustice à ses racines. Une telle transformation doit reconditionner les cadres de pensée et permettre une conscience inconditionnelle, où l'inégalité et les structures binaires n'existent plus. Ainsi, la question principale de cette recherche est la suivante: comment la pratique du yoga peut-elle contribuer à identifier et à réformer les structures mentales et les normes sociales de telle sorte qu'elle mène à l'égalité et à la justice sociale? La pratique du yoga qui transforme les individus par l'identification, le déconditionnement et le reconditionnement de leurs structures mentales est un affinement progressif de la conscience individuelle - qui fait aussi partie de la conscience collective - qui rend la conscience collective plus sensible aux structures sociopolitiques qui doivent être refondées en direction de la justice sociale. Ceci sera discuté en relation avec la perspective holistique du yoga qui est à la base de la philosophie yogique. Pour aborder cette question, ce mémoire s'appuie sur les points spirituels et pratiques du Yoga Sutra de Patanjali, les enseignements de B.K.S. Iyengar sur la pratique du yoga, et les perspectives socio-politiques de The Force of Nonviolence de Judith Butler. / In a society the collective consciousness and mental structures are rooted in cultural and historical norms as well as in socio-political frameworks. Some of these norms can shape mental structures in such ways that they produce violence and inequality. It is therefore necessary to scrutinize what has led to a set of norms that cause social inequality and injustice in a society. One of the hypothesis in this thesis, is that the practice of yoga could contribute to a social transformation that leads to justice. In addition, a transformation towards social justice may occur by tracing back the sequence of events caused by these mental structures in order to problematize injustice at its roots. Such transformation has to recondition thought frames and enable an unconditional consciousness, in which inequality and binary structures no longer exist. Thus, the main question of this research is: how can yoga practice contribute to identifying and reforming mental structures and social norms in such ways that it leads to equality and social justice? The yoga practice that transforms individuals through the identification, deconditioning, and reconditioning of their mental structures is a progressive refinement of individual consciousness - as part of the collective consciousness - that makes the collective consciousness more sensitive to socio-political structures that need to be transformed toward social justice. This will be discussed in relation to the holistic perspective of yoga that is the basis of yoga philosophy. To approach its main question, this thesis draws on the spiritual and practical points of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, B.K.S. Iyengar's teachings on yoga practice, and the socio-political perspectives of Judith Butler's The Force of Nonviolence.

Associated with health care reform, there has been a growing interest among healthcare professionals regarding use of energy-based therapies as a complementary therapeutic intervention. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to examine the impact of energy-based therapies (i.e. healing touch, reiki, therapeutic touch) on patients’ postoperative recovery. The methodology included identifying appropriate peer-reviewed, English-language research articles on the topic area that were published between 2006 to 2018. Following a search in select data bases, articles focusing on the topic were critiqued, analyzed and synthesized by the researcher. Consistent and inconsistent findings along with gaps in the literature are noted. In general, the research supported positive postoperative recovery outcomes when energy-based therapies were included along with standard postoperative nursing care. This theses highlights implication for nursing practice, education, and policy and identifies study limitations. Given that research is limited on this topic area, additional studies are needed to establish supporting evidence to ascertain the effects of energy-based therapies when used as a complementary postoperative intervention.

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