During the 21’st century a lot of support has been found by economists that megaprojects all over the world become more expensive than planned. One type of project well known for cost-escalations is traffic infrastructure. The most common theory for this phenomenon is that benefits and costs for these projects suffers from optimism bias, where the former is exaggerated, and the latter is understat

Uppsatsen intresserar sig för bemanningssjuksköterskors upplevelser av sitt arbete och sina arbetsvillkor. Frågor som behandlas i uppsatsen är uttryckta motiv till att arbeta som bemanningsanställd sjuksköterska, upplevda skillnader mellan att ha en traditionell anställning och att vara bemanningssjuksköterska samt bemanningsarbetets för- och nackdelar. Frågorna undersöks genom semistrukturerade i

The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the exposure of work-related threats and violence among social workers. Specifically, those social workers who work within the social services for income support in Sweden. Moreover, the study was also aimed to explore how these social workers were affected by threatful and violent situations, and how they managed such situations when those aros

Denna uppsats syfte är att förstå varför en viss grupp av människor strävar efter att bli självförsörjande när det kommer till sin matproduktion. Med hjälp av Bourdieus teoretiska begrepp habitus, som senare har vidareutvecklats inom miljörörelsen till ett ekologiskt habitus, kommer jag att analysera informanternas drivkrafter. Informanterna berättar att några av anledningarna till att de strävar

The aim of this study was to examine factors which affect the occurrence of work related threats and violence toward social workers. Specifically differences in experiences of threats and violence between social workers who exercise public authority and other professionals who practice social work in general have been studied. The study has examined if there is a relation between social workers

I en tid då företag avkrävs mer ansvar och deras hållbarhetsinitiativ (socialt, ekonomiskt och miljömässigt) granskas i större utsträckning undersöker denna uppsats hur FN:s nya globala mål för hållbar utveckling påverkar företagens arbete. Uppsatsen består huvudsak-ligen av en studie där Telia Company och deras arbete för Förenta Nationernas (FN) 17 globala mål för hållbar utveckling studeras. St

The purpose of this study was to investigate how homelessness is described in newspapers during two different time periods from a social constructivist and discourse theoretical perspective and then to compare these descriptions. The analyzed material consists of 20 news articles. 10 of these are from the period 1990-1995, and 10 from 2015 - 2019 from various newspapers. Based on four different pr

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilka faktorer som bidrar till att skapa en god psykosocial arbetsmiljö. För att uppfylla syftet har uppsatsen undersökt hur olika psykosociala arbetsmiljöfaktorer korrelerar med varandra på socionomstudenters arbetsplatser, med ett fokus på mobbning, systematiskt arbetsmiljöarbete och upplevd trivsel. Undersökningen har genomförts med hjälp av kvantitativThe aim of this thesis is to examine which factors that contribute to the creation of a good psychosocial work environment. This has been done by investigation of the correlations between different psychosocial work environment factors in the work environment of social worker students, with a focus on bullying, systematic preventative efforts to improve the work environment and experienced work sa

The purpose of this study was to explore the social effects of an absent parent during childhood and later in life. An absent parent is here understood as a parent who exists in life but who for some reason is not present in the child's life. Six adults were interviewed; three women and three men. The method used was qualitative. In all cases, the absent parent had been the father. The analysi

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze how Instagram as a platform refer to the traditional flagship store regarding the transmit of a fashion house brand identity. More specific will the thesis investigate and analyze the Swedish fashion house Totême’s digital presence and communication in relation to the flagship store on Biblioteksgatan 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Furthermore, was the thesis

In march 2020 the Swedish government decided that education in gymnasiums was to be conducted as distance learning as a means to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. The aim of this study was to explore how Covid-19 has affected schools and school counselors and in which way the school counselors role and work towards the students have changed during the Coronapandemic. The study was conducted t

Fires in the built environment typically consist of diffusion flames with inefficient mixing of fuel and oxygen, resulting in a degree of incomplete combustion and the generation of carbon monoxide. Fire suppression systems, used to control the growth and spread of fire, influence the combustion reaction process. Water droplets interacting with the gas phase chemistry of fire interrupt combustion

“Meetings are now more important” : A study about social workers' view on client meetings within the financial aid sector. In social work, meeting other people forms a big part of the job and human contact is generally considered very important. The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers within the financial aid sector reason about meetings with clients when based on the goal

The aim of this study was to examine and understand the ethical reasoning and the fundamental values of the underlying argumentation for or against a legalization of cannabis in Sweden. My empirical of this study was 20 debate articles from known newspapers in Sweden where they debate cannabis legalization. From the articles I took out themes that was reoccurring, the themes I found where, “Care a

In this thesis we are evaluating Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) v5.1 in combination with Direction Of Arrival (DOA) algorithms and receiving antenna arrays for indoor positioning systems. The thesis is divided in two parts. The first part is the core of the thesis and is composed by the evaluation of DOA algorithms in a direction finding system. A campaign of measurements is carried out in an active i

Denna uppsats ämnar till att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar intentionen hos icke adoptanter mellan 18–30 år till att använda sig av Personal Financial Management-tjänster i Sverige. Detta undersöks med stöd av teorierna TechnologyAcceptance Model och Diffusion of Innovation, vilket resulterar i en modell av sju faktorer som enligt tidigare studier haft signifikant påverkan på liknande digit

Even though statelessness is a widespread issue, it rarely receives the attention it warrants. This thesis focuses on statelessness in Brunei, a country in which the stateless population might account for as much as 35% of the total population (DRL 2013). The aim of this paper is to investigate the production of statelessness and its implications for the people in question. The aim was addressed b

The aim of this study was to find which major themes could be found in self-help books geared towards individuals with binge eating issues. Furthermore, the goal was to understand what type of meaning these themes communicated. To do this a strategic sampling was first used to find such books to study. This led to the choice of using books in English, written by professionals, that were also avail

Protein består av byggstenar och de har flera livsviktiga funktioner i våra kroppar. Byggstenarna är tjugo olika aminosyror som kan kopplas ihop på många olika sätt. Ett protein som är mindre än 50 aminosyraenheter kallas för en peptid. Proteinveckning är en spontan process där ett protein får sin tredimensionella form, som oftast är ett biologiskt aktiv tillstånd. Proteinveckningen kan ibland gåProteins are made up by amino acids linked through peptide bonds. They carry out many important tasks in our bodies and the folding of proteins is a crucial process. The folding of proteins determines the function of it and sometimes proteins get misfolded. The misfolded protein can get degraded, refold back or form protein aggregates. These aggregating proteins are related to several diseases for

Title: "What are your thoughts on the activities they offer where you live?" - A study of individualized activities in nursing homes Supervisor: Yvonne Johansson Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The aim of this study is to find out what elderly people themselves think about the activities offered at their nursing homes and how much they consider them being adapted for them. The stud