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Fettpärlan : närstudie om gruppsykologi

This literary work is a close study of the novel “Boule de suif” from a group psychological perspective. Here studied the different characters influence, on the group composition and the individuals integrity. How much does peer pressure effect each specific individual.

Sjuksköterskans omvårdnadsåtgärder avseende hälsa och livskvalitet hos patienter med hjärtsvikt

Personer som drabbats av hjärtsvikt upplever en hög nivå av fysisk, funktionell och emotionell stress och de beskriver själva sin livskvalitet som låg. Hjärtsvikt är en av de vanligaste diagnoserna vid sjukhusvård och därmed en av samhällets mest kostsamma folksjukdomar. Om patienten får rätt omvårdnad och information under sjukdomens inledande förlopp, kan sjukdomsförloppet fördröjas och patiente

Bildskapande verksamhet för personer med demens i särskilt boende. Påverkan på livskvalité, kognitiv och funktionell förmåga, samt psykiska symtom.

Demensvården har behov av att hitta alternativa behandlingsformer som kan bidra till ökad livskvalité för personer med demens. Denna interventionsstudie där kvantitativ metod användes, syftade till att se om bildskapande verksamhet hade någon påverkan på livskvalité, kognitiv och funktionell förmåga samt psykiska symtom. Totalt 19 personer med demens som var beroende av vård och omsorg valdes ut p

Dynamics of socioeconomic-related health inequalities in Australia

Socioeconomic-related inequalities in health despite gains in extended life spans remain a key equity issue that calls into question society’s burden of illness and the role of a universal healthcare system. The extent to which socioeconomic conditions systematically vary with population health has been a matter of empirical analysis aimed at measuring social equity. This paper attempts to measure

Product portfolio innovation: As a strategy for a carbon free future

In order to combat climate change businesses, among others, have major responsibility decreasing GHG emissions generated from, for example, industry processes and products/services. Companies need to develop innovative strategies as a strategy intended for reducing companies’ carbon footprint aimed at a carbon free future. One important strategy employed by companies to reduce their environmental

TILLIT TILL IT. – En essä om tilliten i IT-samhället.

Författare: Thomas Kyleberg Titel: TILLIT TILL IT. En essä om tilliten i IT-samhället. Kandidatuppsats SOCK01, 15 hp Internet Handledare: Åke Nilsén Sociologiska institutionen, Vårterminen 2013 Problem/Bakgrund: Det moderna informationssamhället präglas av informationsteknik, som skapar nya möjligheter för kommunikation mellan människor globalt. Nya mötesplatser, sociala medier på internet h

Kommunikation - den kritiska faktorn i förändringsprocesser?

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka om det i teorin beskrivs faktorer inom hur man framgångsrikt kommunicerar en förändringsprocess som inte appliceras i praktiken, vilket i så fall kan ligga till grund för att en så stor del av förändringsprocesser inte implementeras. Metod: En kvalitativ tvärsnittsstudie utifrån en deduktiv ansats. Uppsatsens empiriska material insamlades genom semistrukturerObjective: The objective of this dissertation is to investigate whether relevant theory describes certain elements that facilitates communicating a change process successfully, which are not applied in practice and could thus constitute for the large amount of change processes that are never implemented. Method: A cross-sectional study with a deductive and qualitative approach. The dissertations’

Recommendations for a polar Earth science portal in the context of Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure

In recent years, the Arctic has been one of the most dynamic environments on Earth. As a result, scientific inquiry into the region has produced a large amount of data, with future projections of the volume of data for the Arctic as well as the Antarctic expected to increase by an order of magnitude. On the receiving end of these data, a challenge remains as how to best manage, archive and distrib

Between Power and Empowerment - Monitoring and Evaluation at a Grassroots Women's Fund in South Africa

In the past few years women’s empowerment and gender equality initiatives have been under increasing pressure to measure their impact. This thesis explores the stakeholders’ experiences with the monitoring and evaluation practice with a case study of a women’s fund that provides grants to grassroots women’s organizations in South Africa. The study is based on previous research, the grassroots deve

A Paradigm Shift in Sustainable City Development? -A Case Study of Curitiba and Malmö, and the Interaction Between Citizens and Institutions

Titel: Ett Paradigmskifte i Hållbar Stadsutveckling? En Fallstudie av Malmö och Curitiba och Interaktionen Mellan Medborgare och Institutioner. Seminariedatum: 2014-05-23. Kurs: FEKN90 Examensarbete på Civilekonomprogrammet, 30 ECTS. Författare: Märta Lagergren och Sandra Olsson. Handledare: Matts Kärreman. Nyckelord: Hållbarhet, Hållbar Stadsutveckling, Integrering av Medborgare, VärdekonfigTitle:A Paradigm Shift in Sustainable City Development? - A Case Study of Curitiba and Malmö, and the Interaction Between Citizens and Institutions. Seminar date: 2014-05-23. Course: FEKN90 Masters Thesis in Science and Business Administration, 30 ECTS. Authors: Märta Lagergren and Sandra Olsson. Supervisor: Matts Kärreman. Key Words: Sustainability, Sustainable City Development, Citizen Inte

The Promotion of Girls’ Education in a late 19th Century Egyptian Women’s Magazine -. A Study of Western Feminist Influences

The aim of this thesis is to analyse the Western influence in three different articles from the late 19th century, Egyptian Women’s Magazine, al-Fatāh. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that they used similar arguments in their debate for girl’s education, as did women in the West. In order to compare the analysis to Western writers, a background on the debate about girls’ education among We

Landskronas södra industriområde - sker ett läckage av markföroreningar via dagvattensystemet?

Landskrona is a distinct industrial city and has since the 1700th century had many major industries, which has contributed to negative effects on the environment and caused pollution in soil and water. When the land wasn’t enough and more space was needed for exploitation, the area started to get filled up with dredged and filling material. Many of the industries are suspected to have dumped waste

Bland glastak och afro-wigs, tre rasifierade studenters upplevelser av akademiska rum vid Lunds Universitet

In this thesis I examine the experiences of three racialized students regarding their academic environment at Lund University and the student activities surrounding it. The purpose is to add a student␣␣ perspective to a, with international measurements, relatively small Swedish field of anti-­racist studies on academia. Using Sara Ahmed␣s phenomenology, thoughts of Patricia Hill Collins and Bourdi

Becoming an actor of small-scale development projects: A qualitative investigation into the experience of international volunteers.

This research is a qualitative inquiry into the experience and everyday lives of international volunteers. Given the novel aspect of international volunteering in being a social phenomenon, this research was conceived with the aim to be an explorative study and to yield new elements with implications for future research. Indeed, the research participants account for a yet unexplored area of resear

Uppförandet av hållbara städer i en neoliberal miljö. En studie rörande Västra hamnen i Malmö och Tianjin Eco-city i Kina.

The future of our society is in need of changes to survive. Our cities are not sustainable the way they are today, nor the way we consume our resources. For those reasons, sustainable development has become fashion today. Eco-cities are being built all over the world to find new solutions to problems we face every day, such as too much traffic and waste. The topic for this master thesis is who ini

A Tool of Healing or a Tool for Funding? Discourses in Intervention in Post-Conflict Liberia

The present paradigm on transitional justice dictates that diverse interventions are needed in the aftermath of conflict. The West African country Liberia suffered from 14 years of civil war that ended in 2003 and is now the location for several interventions run by local NGO’s funded from abroad. In the rural post-conflict communities of Liberia’s Northern region, Lofa County, The Community Heali

How are extreme temperatures changing in Sweden

Global mean temperature has been observed to increase over the last hundred years; this increase is coupled with a global increase of warm extreme indices and a decrease in cold extreme indices. In this study, daily observations of mean and extreme temperatures from ten different weather stations in Sweden during the time period 1961-2010 were analyzed. A warming trend was identified for every dat

Studie och realisering av ett bränsletransportsystem i en överordnad miljö

As the primary objective of the thesis was to reduce the need for staffing and manual rounds at Västhamnsverket and to be able to control the process from Filbornaverket, we have developed a new feature description for Västhamnsverkets fuel transportation system and made a realization of this feature description in an ABB 800xA system. At present day the fuel transportation system is regulated fro

Alfavärdens stabilitet - En undersökning om alfavärdens hållbarhet över en längre tidsperiod

This study aims to contribute to solving the mystery associated with smart investment strategies. It seems impossible to find an extraordinary investment strategy that can outperform the usual returns on the market. Including 116 stocks from Stockholmsbörsens large and mid cap, this study examines if alpha values are stable over time, and if so an investment in a portfolio based on high alpha valu