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The purpose of this study was to investigate how social caseworkers perceive job burnout (or work exhaustion). Three questions were addressed in this study: - How do social caseworkers’ perceptions of work exhaustion relate to all the efforts they invest in helping clients and the perceived response/lack of response these investments generate? - How do social caseworkers perceive work exhaustion

The increasing complexity of software applications and architectures in Internet services challenge the reasoning of operators tasked with diagnosing and resolving outages and degradations as they arise. Although a growing body of literature focuses on how failures can be prevented through more robust and fault-tolerant design of these systems, a dearth of research explores the cognitive challenge

Syria is going through a full-fledged conflict with unfathomable educational crisis. With the tremendous challenges in the educational sector in conflict situations, opportunities arise simultaneously for positive educational change. The purpose of this study was twofold: to contribute to informed changes in the educational system for Syrians through better understanding of education in the past,

This thesis investigates the perceptions of people within the education sector in Lund Municipality regarding sustainability implications of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in schools. It demonstrates how local perceptions are largely affected by powerful global neoliberal forces. The study is based on a critical discourse analysis of policy documents and interviews with

Det Huvudsakliga syftet med denna studie är att klargöra vilka krav som ställs på miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar för landbaserade vindkraftsprojekt samt att undersöka om dessa krav skiljer sig mellan olika länsstyrelser i Sverige. Som Ett led i detta utreds även utmaningar som vindkrafsbranschen och länsstyrelser ställs inför i samband med tillstånd av vindkraft, såsom handläggningstider och vanligtThe main aim of this thesis is to clarify the requirements for environmental impact assessments for onshore wind projects, and to investigate if these requirements differ between county administrative boards in Sweden. As a part of this challenges that the wind power companies and county administrative boards has too face are investigated, such as processing time and frequent complementaries. The

Blekinge Offshore AB är ett företag som planerar att anlägga en vindkraftspark ute till havs i Hanöbukten. Om den fullskaliga parken byggs kommer 7-8 TWh elektricitet produceras årligen. Från landanslutningen på Stärnö i Karlshamns Kommun sträcker sig kraftledningar cirka 21 kilometer upp till en knutpunkt i Hemsjö, Olofströms Kommun. För att den fullskaliga parken ska kunna byggas måste dock den Blekinge Offshore AB is a company with intentions of building an offshore wind farm in the bay of Hanö, in southern Sweden. If the full-scale park is constructed a total of 7-8 TWh of electricity will be produced annually. From the land connection in Stärnö, municipality of Karlshamn, current power lines stretch 21 kilometers up to a junction in Hemsjö, municipality of Olofström. If the full-scale

Ryssland är världens näst största mottagarland för invandring och den ryska allmänheten oroas över inflödet av legal och illegal arbetskraft från främst de postsovjetiska länderna. Denna sociolingvistiska studie undersöker fyra uttryck som antas användas för att rubricera arbetsmigranter; gastarbajter, trudovoj migrant, uzbek och tjurka. Rubriceringar av arbetsmigranter antas bära denotativa och k

In this master´s thesis I seek to explore the concept of restorative justice, an ideological approach to justice which aims to repair the harm caused by crime through means of communication, cooperation, participation and restoration. By involving all parties affected by crime, restorative justice seeks to address crime through empowering victims, increasing community cohesion and making offenders

The minority of Greenland Inuit in Denmark has long been object of prejudice concerning alcohol abuse and general low social standards. Due to the colonial history between Greenland and Denmark and the subsequent decades as an actual part of the Danish kingdom, much of this is caused by Danish structural adjustments. Even though the general level of drinking among the population of Greenland has d

Inom bilindustrin utvecklas kontinuerligt nya sätt att förbättra kvalitén, säkerheten och komforten i de bilarna man producerar, speciellt inom den avancerade kategori bilar som Volvo Car Corporation (VCC) framställer. Detta har lett till att man i allt större grad använder sig av lim, eller fästmedel, av så kallade polymerer som visat sig vara mycket användbara för att dämpa ljud och vibrationer.The occurrence of deformations on the surface of adhesively-bonded automotive body panels in proximity to the application of the polymer adhesive is called bond-line read-through (BLRT) and occurs due to process-induced differential thermal strains between the adhesive layer and metal substrate. This type of deformation is a major problem in the automotive industry and one Volvo Car Corporation, w

There are many applications of microprocessors in embedded applications, where power efficiency becomes a critical requirement, e.g. wearable or mobile devices in healthcare, space instrumentation and handheld devices. One of the methods of achieving low power operation is by simplifying the device architecture. RISC/CISC processors consume considerable power because of their complexity, which is

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka Martin Luthers gudsrelation under tidsperioden 1483 till 1517 och den eventuella utveckling som skedde i hans gudsrelation. Det görs med hjälp av psykohistoria som ett övergripande kritiskt instrument både av de biografiska källorna och uppsatsen i sig. Luthers gudsrelation kommer att undersökas med hjälp av Pehr Granqvists syn på anknytningsteorin som teo

The study of the naturalization decision process have gained more attention in the field of economics and migration in recent years. This primarily relates to examining whether certain contextual and structural socioeconomic characteristics can explain the probability for immigrants of becoming citizens in their new country. However, there have been little research on this decision process in an h

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka hur kärlek, äktenskap och romantiska relationer beskrivs i ett axplock av populärmedia, specifikt skönlitteratur eller s.k. kiosklitteratur. Min avsikt har varit att utifrån beskrivningarna kunna säga något om hur texterna beskriver parrelationer, genus och vilka maktperspektiv som utmärker de valda texterna. Delfrågor som tas upp: - Vilken syn på kärl

This paper investigates Chinese investments in Africa’s SME sector through a case study of Zambia. It analyses this growing trend by looking at the nature and effects of Chinese investments in the SME sector and their potential for fostering new knowledge that can lead to increased entrepreneurial activity and ultimate economic growth. It is a contribution to the empirical and theoretical understa

This master thesis address the issue of what it means to be a young Arab Muslim in the context of Australia's “war against terrorism” and ask how these young citizens perceive and experience the impact of the current counter-terrorism machinery. Since the interview results illuminated the role of media in shaping the perceptions of these young Muslims, patterns in and across Australian news me

Den här uppsatsen behandlar svensk nationalism i kontexten av programserien ’Allt för Sverige’. Med avstamp i Benedict Anderson teoretiska begrepp ’print capitalism’ diskuteras programseriens funktion som del i svenskt nationskapande. Följande argumenteras det för hur det finns en ambivalens för vad som ryms i konceptet nationell identitet i det moderna Sverige.

This research has been inspired by my interest in theater. I decided to explore the connection between the disciplines of media studies and anthropology of performance through the particular case study. The case is the Russian-Chinese pipeline construction through the sacred Ukok plateau in Altai. It threatens the environmental and cultural uniqueness of this area and small indigenous population o

This thesis will provide a formal analysis of Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act of Killing (2012), by analyzing the different stylistic techniques used in the reenactments such as the cinematography, editing, sound and mise-en-scène, and by analyzing the ways in which these documentary techniques affected the film and the people who committed the crimes. This research also reflects the way