Internettjänsteleverantörer är en grupp aktörer som har ägnats stor uppmärk-samhet inom ramen för upphovsrätten. Dessa aktörer är nämligen, av flera anledningar, intressanta att rikta såväl civilrättsliga som straffrättsliga krav mot med anledning av upphovsrättsintrång som begås på internet. Den öka-de svårigheten att komma åt ursprungskällan vid brott på internet är en bi-dragande faktor till vaInternet Service Providers (ISP:s) have been widely discussed in the ambit of copyright law. This group of service providers is namely, from many points of view, more interesting to pursue, when it comes to illicit material posted on the internet, than the actual source of the content. The increased difficulty to find the actual perpetrator is a contributory reason for why cop-yright owners choose

Research into the horse's role in social work has increased, and there is evidence that the horse can be an important factor in treatment. It created an interest to study if the horse can also serve as a health promoting factor. The aim of this study is to examine the meaning of interests and to clarify and analyze the horse's importance for a sense of coherence. Antonovsky has formulated

In this thesis the group of European countries that signed the Maastricht treaty are investigated subject to the endogeneity aspect and the specialization effect of optimal currency areas. The main method used is time series factor analysis for identification of a common European business cycle. To give the analysis a firm basis the USA is compared with European countries during the 1970-2010 peri

All different, All equal -a study on ASI from social workers perspective The use of standardized assessment instruments in social work has increased rapidly in recent years in Sweden. The focus of the scientific research concerning these instruments has been on the deficiencies in the instrument itself, rather than the use of the instrument per se. Therefore this paper highlights the use of stand

Problem och syfte: Hälsokommunikation som rör alkohol ställer höga krav på budskapsformulering. Anledningen är att man inom alkoholkampanjer så som Festmetoden och IQ har som mål att mottagarna ska dricka på ”rätt sätt” eller att de ska få en sundare inställning gentemot alkohol. Inom andra hälsokampanjer, så som antirökkampanjer, uppmanar man istället mottagarna att sluta med det hälsofarliga bet

This essay investigates the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis using the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The index incorporates various environmental indicators related to human health as well as the human impact on ecosystem vitality. Therefore it assesses environmental quality better than separate environmental indicators, which are usually used to test the EKC hypothesis. We ru

Uppsatsens övergripande syfte är att utreda under vilka förutsättningar en domstol kan överlämna en psykiskt störd lagöverträdare till påföljden rättspsykiatrisk vård. Det är mycket omdiskuterat och ifrågasatt huruvida den rättspsykiatriska vården, i synnerhet den särskilda utskrivningsprövningen, är rättssäker och human för den enskilde. Domstolen kan överlämna en gärningsman till rättspsykiatrThe overall purpose of the thesis is to describe under which requisites a court can institute legal proceedings against a mentally disordered offender by handing him or her over to forensic psychiatric care. It is widely disputed and questioned how and if the forensic psychiatric care, especially the special review of remission, is safe from a legal point of view and humane for the individual. T

In this study we analyze the intraday behaviour of stock returns and trading volume using the data on OMXS 30 stocks. We find that returns follow a reverse J-shaped pattern with the peak at the beginning of the trading day, while trading volume attains its maximum towards at the market closure. The highest volatility and kurtosis are observed at 09:30-10:00, and 11:30-12:00, when the macroeconomic

As endorsed by states in the 2005 World Summit, the R2P doctrine primarily reaffirms the responsibility of states to protect their population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Secondary responsibility is on the international community to encourage and help States to exercise this responsibility and where states manifestly fail to protect their populations to

In this study the job of shop keeper at IKEA in Iceland was analyzed with the aim of better understanding what the job role entailed and what competencies were needed to perform it well. Questionnaires were answered by eight people connected to the job role and six interviews were performed with the current shop keepers and their supervisors. An abbreviated version of grounded theory was used for

Efter en förfrågan från ABB har vi studerat och analyserat nyttjandet av arbetsplatslärande på orderavdelningen på ABB AB Logistics Center Repair med fokus och avseende på vilka förutsättningar som finns och vad som går att för-bättra för att främja det informella lärandet på avdelningen. Vi hade för avsikt att komma med konkreta förslag till hur orderavdelningen kan främja det informella arbetspl

Slash fiction was once a marginalized genre, but with the coming of Internet it is now growing larger; one example of this is the expanding popularity of the Harry Potter fandom. With the rising popularity comes a flourishing discussion on the subject, often leading to interesting and inventive ideas from the slash community. Our interest in the phenomenon of slash fiction, in which existing fict

The study aims to describe the process of ‘education policy borrowing’ in developing countries. As a Theoretical Framework Phillips and Ochs (2004) ‘Composite model’ is used. This model shows what are the processes that a country goes through while borrowing a policy. As an Empirical analysis this Model is applied to the case of Georgia, where recent Educational Reform took place. And more specif

Utgångspunkten är en fundering om vad det finns för alternativa sätt att utbilda i mångkulturell mångfald. Uppsatsen har fokuserat på Malmö Stads kontaktpersonsverksamhet, där man matchar ihop etablerade svenskar med nyanlända invandrare. Syftet är att beskriva vad några svenska personer upplever att de har lärt sig om sin nyanlände kontaktpersons kultur, hur de har förändrats, hur de kan använda

Syftet är att belysa hur man på historiska museiutställningar i Skåne, Halland och Blekinge manifesterar och framhäver landskapens danska historia för att således skapa en bild av hur respektive landskap förvaltar och ger uttryck för sin historia före och kring Roskildefreden 1658 samt om det eventuellt går att skönja ett danskt historiskt medvetande i de undersökta utställningarna. Uppsatsens hyp

In this thesis I examine the forest as the nexus of social and environmental worlds in Israel. By exploring the history of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and afforestation, I synthesize the given literature using a lens of human ecology to delve into the cultural, social, political, and ecological processes by which afforestation is simultaneously a tool of nation-building and a mechanism of ethno

My thesis uses Anna Tsing’s metaphorical concept friction to investigate the interaction between the Egyptian national government, the international, national and local development organizations, and a local Bedouin community. My research is based on fieldwork in South Sinai, Egypt from August until December 2010. My thesis tries to explore an alternative understanding of sustainability, inspired

For the last few decades, economic globalization has enabled the expansion of business activities around the world. This has led to important changes in the structure of international society. Non-governmental actors, business enterprises in particular, have gained political influence in the global political agenda. Corporate Social Responsibility appears in this context of economic globalization