The purpose of this study is to examine what keeps an abused woman in a violent relationship and what further on causes her to leave the relationship. I have explored the questions through a qualitative method by analyzing podsections from women with experience of abuse. The results have mainly been analyzed through Thomas J Scheff's theory about social interaction and Helen Rose Fuchs Ebaugh

Fulufjället, Dalarna. Projektet handlar om att designa ett museum där platsens olika kontexter i natur, vind, snö och ljus ligger i huvudfokus för utförandet, med utgångspunkten att vara obemannat och ta hand om besökaren på bästa möjliga sätt.

När man talar om framtiden finns det ett begrepp som dyker upp i nästan varje diskussion: "articiell intelligens". Vår fascination kring framtidens potentiellt självtänkande robotar speglas i hur mycket det diskuteras i alla yrkesgrupper just nu, oavsett om ämnet är koldioxidutsläpp, självkörande bilar eller automatiska inköpslistor. Men hur långt har egentligen maskininlärning kommit idThe task of Automated Essay Scoring (AES) has been active for more than half a century, starting with handcrafting statistical features used for linear regression, and currently being improved by the latest advancements in machine learning and natural language processing. Most current research uses some form of character or word embeddings to represent the essays rather than statistical features,

This paper looks into the responses of cocoa farming households to a negative shock in the global cocoa price with regards to how they invest into the future of their children. The specific child outcomes of focus are child employment rates, school attendance, and household expenditure on schooling and related activities. A differences-in-differences approach is used in line with previous literatu

Extracellulära vesiklar (EV) är membranbundna vesiklar som utsöndras från de flesta celler och släpps ut i biologiska vätskor. De är 30 - 5000 nm i diameter stora och innehåller biologiska molekyler som RNA, lipider och proteiner. De spelar en nyckelroll för kommunikationen mellan cellerna, så kallad, intercellulär kommunikation. EV är ett utmärkt medel för långdistans kommunikation mellan celler.The aim of this thesis was to reveal how nano-sized extracellular vesicles (EVs) isolated from human breast milk and Aascaris suum, parasitic worm incubation media interacts with hydrophilic, hydrophobic and DOPC surfaces and colloidally characterize EVs and EV fluids by determining their hydrodynamic radius and zeta potential. Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) was used to determine the size and zet

Previous research has shown a link between investor sentiment and stock market movement, as well as the correlation of search engine queries and market volatility. This research aims to extend these findings by predicting the exact firm-level daily return of Apple and Amazon. The daily returns are predicted with an artificial neural network model. In theory, this model is able to learn similarly t

Bakgrund: Denna studie utforskar klienter, terapeuter och handledares erfarenheter av lekmannaterapi som traumabehandling i norra Uganda. Deltagarnas erfarenheter av vad som anses vara viktigt gällande implementering, planering och kontext utforskas tillsammans med vilka möjligheter och begränsningar deltagarna ser gällande detta behandlingsupplägg. Metod: 14 semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördBackground: This study explored the experiences of clients, therapists and supervisors in regards to lay therapy as trauma treatment in Northern Uganda. The participants’ experiences of what is important in the implementation, planning and context for such treatment setup to be successful, as well as the potentials and limitations are explored. Method: A total of 14 semi-structured interviews were

I dagens digitaliserade samhälle möter utgivare och publicister av traditionellt tryckt media stora ekonomiska motgångar vid försäljningen av exempelvis nyhetstidningar eller andra tidskrifter. Således har majoriteten av utläggare idag gjort sina publikationer tillgängliga för läsare online. De digitala intäkterna lyckas dock inte väga upp för de förluster utgivarna lider av den nedåtgående försälIn today's digitized society, publishers of legacy printed media face major financial hardships in the sale of newspapers and other magazines. Thus, most publishers today have made their publications available to readers online. However, digital revenues do not make up for the losses that the publishers suffer from the decreasing sales of printed media. This can in part be attributed to the fa

The reform and opening up of China has greatly promoted its economic development and urbanization process. However, meanwhile, kinds of serious urban issues emerges. By urbanization, migrant workers have to leave rural areas and move to cities. During working and living in cities, they face series of urban integration difficulties. From the perspectives of social integration and space production a

Bakgrund: Det är fortfarande oklart vilka faktorer som gör distanskontroller vid diabetes typ 2 till en framgångsrik metod samt vad som krävs för att upprätthålla motivationen i egenvården. Syfte: Att beskriva diabetes typ 2 patienters erfarenheter av distanskontroller som ett stöd i egenvården. Metod: Icke systematisk litteraturstudie där sökning utförts i tre olika databaser. Resultat: Åtta vete

The number of EU members implementing the euro, has been continuously increasing since the currency saw the light of day in 1999. One of the main arguments in favor of implementing the euro, or any other common currency for that matter is the expected gains from increased trade flows. This paper aims to examine whether such increased trade occurs from the implementation of a common currency. More

Syfte: Syftet med den här studien är att ta reda på hur anhöriga till patienter 0–6 år samt patienter 7–19 år upplever och förstår den information som logopeder förmedlar vid nybesök eller kontrollbesök på två mottagningar i Sverige. Metod: En webbaserad enkät besvarades av 11 patienter, 28 anhöriga och 12 logopeder efter avslutat besök. Enkätsvaren analyserades med både kvantitativ och kvalitativ

Vertical heterostructures between graphene (Gr) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have attracted a great deal of interest, due to their potential applications in the semiconductor industry as new and superior transistor materials. The direct growth of the heterostucture still remains challenging and in this bachelor thesis, I report a novel electron assisted growth technique, which is used to atte

The news media remains as one of the most important sources of societal uptake of climate change information. Its potential to covertly shape public perception and attitudes regarding climate change is therefore considerable but difficult to assess. This thesis underscores the discursive and cognitive role of metaphor in this dynamic by using a framework that combines the theory of conceptual meta

This Bachelors thesis in Sociology is the result of a 10 weeks Minor Field Study (MFS) in Brazil, financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, SIDA carried out March-May 2011. The thesis is a qualitative case study of two non-governmental cultural organisations working with social extended school projects in Salvador, Bahia. The overarching purpose of this study and the th

Control theory plays a big part in the development of more efficient and environ- mental friendly combustion engines. But the process of designing good controllers can be very time consuming and complex. One way to reduce the time spent on design and testing of a controller is to use simulations to get fast feedback of the controllers performance. Therefore, in this thesis it is investigated if a

How sustainable development (SD) is envisioned, practiced and financed is a crucial question today. In Denmark, the former government introduced private sector-driven development (PSDD) at the heart of Danish development cooperation. In this thesis, I seek to understand how the Danish development community (represented in this study by four large civil society NGOs) have positioned themselves to t

Syfte: Syftet var att bidra till insikter om den lexikal-semantiska utvecklingen genom att identifiera vilka innehållsord samt semantiska domäner barn förväntas behärska i förskoleåldern. Metod: En korpus av populära bilderböcker för svensktalande barn sammanställdes för att undersöka vilka ord som är högfrekventa samt vilka semantiska domäner dessa ord tillhör. För att ta reda på i vilken utsträc