The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated many of the challenges with using science to guide planning and policymaking. One such challenge has to do with how to manage, represent and communicate uncertainties in epidemiological models. This is considerably complicated, we argue, by the fact that the models themselves are often instrumental in structuring the involved uncertainties. In this paper we explor

This study examines if abnormal return occurs in conjunction with merger announcements in the short-term and compares it with the compounded one-year buy-and-hold abnormal return in the long-interval for European manufacturing firms. In the final sample, the short-term study consisted of 209 firms, while the long-term incorporated 207, both during a sample period of 20 years. In addition, a set of

I den här uppsatsen riktar jag min uppmärksamhet på specialistundersköterskekompetensutbildningen och vilka effekter den i första hand har för de deltagande undersköterskor som genomförde utbildningen. Jag analyserar även specialistundersköterskornas interaktioner med ledare och grupp, samt ledarens funktion i processen. Mina intressen utifrån ett HR perspektiv, är att se på effekter även för orga

Digitaliseringen är ett aktuellt fenomen i dagens samhälle samtidigt som det råder kompetensbrist inom välfärden. För att lösa kompetensutmaningen har SKR tagit fram kompetensförsörjningsstrategier, där en av lösningarna är digitala verktyg. Utifrån frågeställningarna “Hur och varför implementeras digitala verktyg i offentlig HR-verksamhet?” och “Vad blir effekterna av digitala verktyg i offentlig

The objectives were to translate the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) to Swedish, to establish semantic equivalence and evaluate psychometric properties for use among persons 55 years and older in Sweden. The UJACAS contains 17 items to be self-assessed regarding goals, abilities, opportunity, and activity. Psychometric properties content validity, data quality including floor a

The aim of this thesis is to analyze the use of creative techniques in documentary: Dear Zachary through visual storytelling. As well as analyze how the use of visual storytelling in Dear Zachary relates to theoretical boundaries within documentary filmmaking and the concerns from the journalistic field. The documentary: Dear Zachary is an inspiring story about grief, love and perseverance. This c

Today’s media form an essential part of how we understand the world around us. The purpose of the study is to investigate in which negative ways immigrants are presented in news articles Aftonbladet, Expressen and Dagens Nyheter during the period 2016-2023. This survey is based on a qualitative content analysis of twenty articles from Sweden’s most famous mass media. The results indicate that Swed

From the perspective of discourse analysis, this paper analyzes how homosexuals are portrayed in the Swedish daily press during the year of 1944 when homosexuality became legal. This is done by qualitatively analyzing 12 news articles from three major national Swedish newspapers; Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet. The analysis revealed three recurring themes in the portrayal of hom

I denna fallstudie kommer det virala sociala mediefenomenet “Get Ready With Me” (GRWM) att utforskas. Genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys har vi analyserat detta fenomen, för att kunna redogöra för hur Get Ready With Me-videor främjar ett inkluderat flickskap samt formar unga tjejers identiteter. Vårt analyserade material består av olika kreatörers Get Ready With Me-videor från plattformen TikTok.