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Peroperativa riskfaktorer för att utveckla postoperativt delirium

Bakgrund: Postoperativt delirium är en komplikation till kirurgi och anestesi som leder till ökad mortalitet, lidande och ökade sjukhuskostnader. Preoperativa riskfaktorer är väl undersökta men peroperativa riskfaktorer, som anestesisjuksköterskan skulle kunna påverka, är mindre väl beforskade. Syfte: Syftet med denna systematiska litteraturstudie var att belysa evidensen om peroperativa riskfakto

Det kommer att ta generationer. En kvalitativ studie om hur skolkuratorer beskriver sitt arbete med hedersproblematik hos skolelever

The aim of this study was to examine how school counselors work with honor-related problems among students. The study is based on five qualitative interviews with seven school counselors. The analysis was based on two theories: the theory of the world as a social construction, and the theory of intersection.The interviews were analysed with a thematic analysis method. The result show that honor-re

The Intersection of English Education Policy in Sweden and Teacher Agency

Researchers have examined how teachers come to make sense of language policies in their practice. These studies explored the relationship between language policies and teacher agency in various contexts. The aim of the study was to explore English upper secondary school teachers’ agency in Sweden, since the Swedish educational language policy expects English teachers to include various functions t

Ekbackens vårdboende

Rapporten syftar att utvärdera brandskyddet vid Ekbackens vårdboende i Linköping. Den brandtekniska riskvärderingen är av intresse för anläggningen då de boende på Ekbacken inte kan förväntas utrymma själva. Verksamhetsklassen för boendet utgörs av Vk5B. I bottenplan finns lokaler som utgör serviceutrymmen för verksamheten. Objektet som uppfördes under början av 1970-talet består av tre huskroppar

A New Planning Approach - preparing for an increased flood risk

How should we deal with city planning in a world that is rapidly turning urban, without destroying valuable nature assets along the way? The last decades are proof that the system we are using today is not up to the challenge. Therefore this thesis is showing a new approach to how comprehensive city planning can grow from nature based values and a deeper understanding of a city’s foundation. Toda

Requirements for chain transactions in European VAT

Transactions where goods are successively supplied by several businesses and transported directly from the first supplier to the last customer are defined as chain transactions. There is currently no provision in the VAT Directive which generally defines and determines the VAT treatment of chain transactions. The concept of chain transactions has been implemented by the CJEU through its case law (

Addressing the gap between Hungary’s biomass potential and its current practices

The European Union has committed to the ambitious target of increasing renewable energy sources by 27% in the energy consumption of member states by 2030. Biomass is considered as one of the most promising renewable energy resources to meet these goals. Currently, energy from biomass contributes up to two-thirds of the 28 member states primary combined renewable energy production. In Hungary, the

Pluralities and Pines: An Exploration of Immigrant Integration in the Catalonian Forest Sector

As migrations from within and outside of Europe continue to increase steadily, particularly in the Mediterranean region, the integration of immigrant populations is one of the most pressing issues faced by many European countries. Although there is significant research on immigrant integration in urban areas, the settlement and integration of immigrants in rural areas is largely understudied, even

Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability. On theoretical limitations, practical potentials and political discourses

Several governments recently adopted strategies to facilitate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), one of the reasons being the pursuit of sustainability – a claim with little scientific grounding so far. In this thesis, I strived to outline the scope of AI’s potentials by showing i) the limits of its theoretical and practical usefulness and ii) the political barriers to using it for s

The Role of Local and Regional Governance in Fostering the Circular Economy: The Multistakeholder Case of Uusimaa and Päijät-Häme, Finland

This thesis research analyses the role of local and regional governance in fostering the circular economy, using Uusimaa and Päijät-Häme – both being regions in Finland – as study cases. The main inquiry is to understand the role along the seven causal factors that were identified as relevant for this study, which are captured by the notions of i) interpretation and congruence of the circular econ

Non Performed Contracts in European VAT in the Light of the Newest Jurisprudence of the CJEU

The European system of VAT was developed in the 1950s. The majority of transactions involved the supply of goods, and suppliers and consumers used to meet face by face. Nowadays many service providers offer the possibility to the customer, that the consumer pays before the actual service is provided. In many cases the customer does not use the right attributed from the agreement between the partie

Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy: Does a Withholding Tax on Certain Digital Transactions Solve the Problem of Missing Taxation Rights, While Being In Line with EU-Law and the OECD Model Convention?

This thesis investigates whether the implementation of a withholding tax on financial transactions obtained by the provision of certain digital services could solve the current problem of missing taxation rights regarding the income of highly digitalized multinational business models. Furthermore, the thesis aims to determine whether such tax could be in line with European Union law and the model

Does the Substance over Form approach implemented as a result of the BEPS package reconciles the Permanent Establishment definition with the existence of economic allegiances?

The Permanent Establishment (PE) concept plays a key role in the distribution of taxing rights between States by determining when the profits derived by an entity are taxable in a State other than the State of its residency. This concept, originally, evidenced the existence of sufficient economic allegiances between a non-resident entity and a State to justify taxation therein. However, the evolut

"If you want to kill a dog, you start by giving it a bad name."

This paper takes a closer look at civil society-state and global relations in the hybrid regime of Kenya, through Critical Discourse Analysis developed by Norman Fairclough. The paper looks closer at diverse sets of text produced by various actors such as the Kenyan state, Global institutions and local civil society actors. The analysis concludes that the hybrid regime of Kenya has consolidated po

GAAR implementation in the Netherlands: does fraus legis suffice?

This thesis regards a research to the implementation of the GAAR in the Netherlands. It focuses on the PPT and the ATAD GAAR. According to the Dutch government, there is no need for implementing a GAAR, since it is covered by the fraus legis doctrine. According to this research, there are however some differences between the doctrine and the GAARs. The PPT has a focus on the subjective test, whil

Refugees, Othering, and Acculturation in Athens: How Can the “Other” Possibly Integrate?

In the past ten years, Greece has been hit by two “crises”. The first, an economic crisis in 2009, which consisted of a series of bailouts from the European Commission, European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, leading to a trend of anti-Greek sentiment within the EU. The second, the Syrian refugee “crisis”, beginning in the fall of 2015. At the start, Greece was simply a transit

“Jag ska ju inte hålla på med musik” - Musikstudenter och begreppet självmedkänsla

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur musiklärarstudenter talar om sina upplevelser av självmedkänsla och hur deras upplevelse påverkar deras musicerande. Detta undersöks efter att begreppet självmedkänsla introducerats för informanterna (musiklärarstudenterna). Vidare undersöks i studien hur musiklärarstudenter talar kring begreppet i relation till sin kommande lärarroll. Studien bygger på kvalitThe purpose of the study is to examine how music-teacher students talk about their experience of self-compassion and how their experiences affect their playing. This is examined after the term is introduced to the informants (the music-teacher students). The study also examines how music-teacher students talk about the term in relation to their future profession as music teachers. The method used

Normalitet i det goda samhället

The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of how experts and non-experts relate to prenatal diagnosis regarding normality and the idea of what makes a good society. The method chosen for this study was qualitative content analysis. The sample used for the study includes 38 debate articles brought from Swedish daily newspapers. The results show little distinction between experts and non-ex