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The aim of this study was to explore sea-level rise (SLR) exposure in South-East England by conducting a broad analysis of some of the possible impacts of inundation in the region under different SLR scenarios in a warming climate. The potential effects of coastal inundation were mapped and quantified by applying a modified bathtub modelling approach in GIS to a low-elevation coastal Digital Terr

It is still not well defined how the anatomy of the hip in healthy pediatric patients develop. Defining the span of normal anatomical development could help identify patients that deviate from healthy development and enable early diagnosis of certain pathological conditions of the hip. To study the normality range of the 3D morphology of the hip for pediatric patients, a statistical shape model (

Recently heavy rainfall frequency in Kyushu Island, the southwestern part of Japan, during the rainy season, has been increasing due to possibly climate change, global warming. Owing to the recent increase of heavy rainfall frequency, natural disasters related to heavy rainfall including flooding and landslides have occurred and caused serious damages to infrastructures and human lives. Therefore,

This thesis investigated how one can build a PowerLink network and Control Nodes that act as, e.g., sensor, actuators, etc., together with B&R:s products. Establishing different PowerLink networks was also investigated such as PLC connected to Raspberry Pi2. Configuration and step-by-step introduction of what PowerLink is and how it works is also mentioned in this thesis. In addition to creati

The aim of this study was to examine adolescents in the age ranging between 20-25, with one or two foreign-born parents from the former Yugoslavia, experiencing their identity as this is a group considered to be established and well integrated in the Swedish society. As the study was based on a qualitative method using focus groups, the questions in the group sessions were initially more structure

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether social work students experience a discrepancy between what they learned at the School of Social Studies and what they experienced in the practical field and, if so, how they describe this discrepancy and how they respond to it. The group of respondents considered of 5 students from Lund University. The study was based on qualitative interviews. T

Housing first has been introduced as a new method in the field of social work, aimed at homelessness in Sweden. The conventional way of tackling homelessness has made it difficult for people in homelessness to access and retain housing. In the hands of the social services, housing programs, has developed into becoming a tool of control and surveillance. As a new approach to the issue of homelessne

The aim of this study was to interpret and understand how Caribbean music talks about women and if it can affect gender and social norms. The study reflects on how music affects us and how relevant it may be to have knowledge about it in social work. The study was based on Caribbean music where the analysis was conducted on lyrics from soca and dancehall music. Observations were also conducted to

The aim of this study was to examine and understand treatment counselors´ working methods and strategies in relation to empty labor. The study has also focused on examining how the attitude is expressed, partly from colleagues and partly from superiors. With an ethnographic approach, the phenomenon empty labor, i.e., when someone spends time on activities that are not considered as working tasks,

Mångfald är ett begrepp med stark förankring i arbetslivet. Trots detta är definitionen inte helt självklar eftersom flera aktörer konkurrerar om ägandet och tolkanderätten av termen. Begreppet definieras huvudsakligen utifrån inre och yttre mångfald, där ett mångfaldsarbete påverkas av vilket perspektiv en organisation har gentemot dessa faktorer. Studien är gjord genom kvalitativ intervjuunders

The aim of this study was to explore the way out of homelessness for women with children and a history of substance abuse. The study population were women who had personal experience of being homeless, a substance abuser and a mother, but had left the homelessness and substance abuse behind. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted with four different women, and the empirical material was th

The aim of this study was to examine social workers educational material about violent extremism. This included investigating how violent extremism and risk behaviors are produced and how they can be interpreted by social workers. In many ways extremism and democracy can be regarded as contradictory to each other. Therefore an important part of the preventive work aims to protect the democracy aga

Young people’s and young adults’ own perceptions of alcohol- and drug use. A qualitative study. The thesis examines young people, age 18-24, and their thoughts on drugs and alcohol. We examine their views on cannabis, alcohol, and heavy-end drugs. We examine their attitudes with focus on identity, normalization and social context. We come to the conclusion that the youth of today are in the proces

The purpose of this study was to describe and analyse how case-workers manage the mental and social needs within elderly care. Many elderly suffer from mental illness, depression och loneliness. The study was conducted by qualitative semistructured interviews with case-workers through a targeted selection process. The study showed that physical needs are easier to manage and carry out rather than

Energy harvesting, from ambient vibrations, can be a very effective method for solving the problem with powering electronics were the need for constant power or regular battery replacements is a trouble or an inconvenience. But, since all energy harvesters, using mechanical vibrations, need to operate in resonance in order to generate maximal electrical output, and ambient vibrations usually do no

De senaste årtiondena har intresset för upphovsrättens tillämpningsområde ökat, och har nu blivit en ännu mer signifikant. Detta på grund av teknikens framsteg som har gjort det upphovsrättsliga området till en oumbärlig företagstillgång. I denna digitala epok har den ökade uppmärksamheten på det upphovsrättsliga skyddet samt upphovsrättens värde som organisationstillgång blivit en naturlig del avThe interest for the legal area of copyright law has peaked during the last decades. It has now become even more significant, and also an essential corporate resource. In the digital age the attention given to copyright protection and the values connected to copyright have made copyright a natural asset in most branches of industry. Thus, the legal area of copyright has evolved in a direction whic

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur fastighetsbolag arbetar med tjänster och digitala lösningar som ökar kundnyttan i kontorsfastigheter fastigheter. Studien syftar även till att undersöka vilka tjänster och digitala lösningar som hyresgästerna sannolikt kommer att efterfråga i framtiden. Studien har genomförts både som kvalitativ studie genom fallstudie av sex av Sveriges 25 största fastighet

För att en uppsägning av en arbetstagare ska vara giltig krävs enligt 7 § LAS att den är sakligt grundad. En uppsägning kan grunda sig antingen på personliga skäl eller arbetsbrist. Arbetsbrist utgör i sig självt saklig grund för uppsägning medan det vid personliga skäl krävs objektiv fakta stöd som bevisar arbetstagarens olämplighet för att uppsägningen ska anses vara sakligt grundad. Ur en arbetAccording to 7 § LAS a termination of employment need to be objectively founded to be considered to be valid. A termination of employment can either be based on the employees personal reasons or redundancy (lack of work). Redundancy is in itself an objective reason for termination of employment while if the termination is based on personal reasons it requires objective facts that support the worke

Våld och hot som riktas mot polis, ambulanssjukvårdare och räddningstjänstper-sonal har ökat och blivit grövre under de senaste åren. I uppsatsen undersökts i vilken mån så kallad blåljuspersonal omfattas av det förstärkta straffrättsliga skyddet i 17 kap. 1-5 §§ brottsbalken. De straffrättsliga bestämmelserna omfattar våld eller hot om våld mot tjänstemän och innebär ett utökat straffrättsligt skThreats and violence directed toward the police, fire and ambulance service (Blue Light Staff) has recent years increased and is even of a more serious nature. In this thesis I examine the extent to which the emergency service are covered by the strengthened legislation in Chapter 17 §§ 1-5 of the Swedish Criminal Code (SCC). The criminal law provisions include violence and threats of violence aga