In Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, an unusual amount of manual sugar cane workers suffer from Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDu), a disease with very high fatality rate in poor commu- nities. Harsh working conditions is a contributing factor, and this thesis uses tool design to conceive constructive solutions to address tangible parts of a seemingly overwhelming problem.

This process and material driven project was from the beginning focused on wast materials. The fact that the world population is rapidly increasing made me think of it as a possible source of material, instead of just an outlet of waste. With an interest in the controversial, I decided to work with human hair. The key structural material in hair is a protein called alpha-keratin. Early hopes of pr

De urbana vattenkällorna i Centralasien hotas av både lägre kvalitet och kvantitet samtidigt som befolkningen ökar. Detta väcker en problematik som kan sammanfattas med frågan: hur kan en hållbar expansion av vattenförsörjningssystem utföras för att fler ska få tillgång till säkert dricksvatten och ett ordnat avlopp?The aim of this Thesis Project was to develop a general risk management approach for assessing the expansion of a centralized water system in Central Asian countries. In order to develop the general approach, a case study was performed in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan. The basis for developing the approach was literature study, data collection, interviews, focus group discussion (FGD) and observations made

The popularity of voluntourism (volunteer tourism) over the last couple of decades has developed rapidly into a global phenomenon. The concept of voluntourism seeks to align tourism with development initiatives occurring often within the Global South with the assistance of volunteer sending organisations (VTSOs). At first glance, voluntourism is seen as distinctly noble in its intentions with altr

Med 1920 års giftermålsbalk (1920:405) introducerades ett nytt system för makars egendomsförhållanden i svensk rätt. I denna ordning, som utgör gällande rätt än i dag, betonades makars självständighet genom bevarandet av den individuella äganderätten efter äktenskaps ingående. En rätt att vid den äktenskapliga gemenskapens upplösning få vara med att dela på den andra makens förmögenhetsvärde, giftWith the introduction of the Marriage Code (1920:405) in 1920 followed a new property regime for spouses in Swedish family law. This regime, which is in effect today still, emphasised the spouses’ remaining independence after entering of marriage through a remaining individual property ownership. Moreover, a right to share the value of the other spouse’s property at the dissolution of marriage, th

Vid domstolens avgörande av vårdnads- och boendefrågan kan beslut fattas antingen om att vårdnaden ska anförtros föräldrarna gemensamt eller en av föräldrarna samt om barnet ska bo växelvis hos båda föräldrarna eller stadigvarande hos en av dem. Bedömning ska alltid göras i varje enskilt fall och avgörande är vad som är barnets bästa, vilket stadgas i portalparagrafen i 6 kap. 2 a § föräldrabalkenIn the court’s judgement in matters of custody and residency of a child, decisions can be made to either entrust custody to both parents or one of the parents, and whether the child is to live alternately with both parents or permanently with one of them. The assessment is always to be made in each separate case with the best interest of the child, which is stipulated in chapter 6, section 2 a of

Internet of Things är ett fenomen som gör det möjligt för en användare att integrera internet i sitt vardagsliv. När vardagsföremål kopplas upp till internet, genereras mängder av data som kan analyseras för att kunna användas i olika syften. Denna uppsats kommer att förklara Internet of Things samt de teknologier som har möjliggjort utvecklingen. Målet med uppsatsen var att undersöka om allmänhet

En mänsklig rättighet beskrivs som en så fundamental rättighet att varje enskild anses kunna hävda den gentemot det allmänna. Trots det ansågs det inte finnas något behov av ett mellanstatligt skydd innan andra världskriget. Då ansåg man att det var varje stats ensak hur de behandlade sina medborgare men efter andra världskriget aktualiserades nya krav. Detta ledde till att Europarådet bildades 19A human right is described as such a fundamental right that every individual is considered to be able to claim it against the public. Before the Second World War the general opinion was that there was no need for an intergovernmental protection. At this time, it was considered to be every states responsibility how they treated there citizens, but after the Second World War new demands were made. T

Floods are probably the most frequent, widespread and disastrous hazards of the world. Almost every year, Sweden and Nepal are affected by floods though their nature and impact differs due to complete different geographical and hydrological setting. This study aims to develop Hydrologic Engineering Centre’s Hydrologic Modelling System (HEC-HMS) and Hydrologic Engineering Centre’s River Analysis Sy

Arbetets huvudfokus var att analysera samt beräkna bärförmågan och lasteffekten vid anläggning av betongkonstruktioner på jord. Idag finns det få anvisningar om hur betongdammar, vilka anläggs på jord, ska analyseras och framförallt hur en modellering av interaktionen mellan konstruktion och jord ska göras numeriskt. Med hjälp av COMSOL Multiphysics och GeoStudio görs analyser för att kunna klargö

Sports seem to present a context of “Bracketed Morality” in which normal moral rules do not apply. Athletes utilise “Moral Disengagement” (MD) to temporarily suspend their morality in order to engage in otherwise unacceptable behaviour. Most research in this field focuses on moral judgements of the self, disregarding judgements made of other actors. The present study examined 117 athletes from 13

RAINBOW är ett familjeorienterat kognitivt beteendeterapeutiskt behandlingsprogram som ges i gruppformat med parallella grupper för ungdomar 13 - 18 år med bipolärt syndrom (BPS) och deras föräldrar. Den svenska versionen av RAINBOW har nyligen förstärkts med familjesamtal. I föreliggande studie intervjuas tre ungdomar med BPS och deras tre föräldrar med syftet att undersöka upplevelser av deltagaRAINBOW is a family-oriented cognitive behavioral therapy program that is given a in group format with parallel groups for adolescents 13 - 18 years of age with bipolar disorder (BPS) and their parents. The Swedish version of RAINBOW has recently been enhanced with family sessions. In this study, three adolescents with BPS and their three parents are interviewed with the purpose of investigating e

Figurative language can be approached in several ways. This essay examines the use of similes in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. All similes in the novel were collected and divided into categories based on the vehicle used. The largest categories that I have identified, I have termed “Nature and its forces”, “Concrete objects” and “Abstractions”. The similes are further divided into sub-categories b

This master’s thesis investigates to what extent China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is also partially a domestically-oriented policy. This thesis analyses the BRI as a single case study using qualitative content analysis in which two separate datasets are used. Subsequently, these findings are applied to the theory of ‘fragmented authoritarianism’, which focuses on the modus operandi of domestic p

Strategic alignment has been identified as the overarching philosophy that aligns Business Process Management (BPM) to organisational strategy, but often a gap appears between organisational strategy and operational issues. Willingness and ability to contribute to BPM have been identified as two major operational issues when achieving strategic alignment of BPM. Hence, this thesis aims to close th

This master thesis is based on the need for an efficient and user-friendly cleaning device adapted for golf clubs. The background and the idea for this project comes from the author himself, who is an experienced golfer. The market need is determined partly from a market research and partly from an interview with a former employee at a golf club. Both the commercial and private market shows an int

Cross-functional teams and meetings are recurrent structuring tools in contemporary knowledge organisations. They are recommended as solutions to enhance innovation and creativity. Current research gathers a myriad of reference to the benefits of such tools, but studies of their potential negative effects remain limited. This paper is specifically concerned with the effect of interdisciplinary tea

Det digitaliserade samhället har bidragit till nya förutsättningar och nya arbetsstilar vilket resulterat i att öppna kontorsmiljöer blivit allt vanligare bland organisationer. Samtidigt ställer den konkurrenskraftiga marknaden nya krav på att organisationer ständigt ska utvecklas och erbjuder nya kreativa lösningar. Det uppmärksammades en tvetydighet i forskningen om huruvida kontorsmiljön kan gy

Medical documentation has been written with papers and pencils, but recently it has also been written on a typewriter or computer and has become electronic. Now further development is taking place with the electronic journal which gives the patient an opportunity to read what is written in their medical journal directly on-line. There are many questions that arises about how this development with

Att dika skogar till förmån för bland annat bättre tillväxt kan påverka och förändra faktorer som marktemperatur och markfuktighet vilka är de viktigaste faktorerna för markrespirationen och flödet av koldioxid till atmosfären. Markrespirationen svarar för huvuddelen av koldioxidflödet till atmosfären från ett markbundet ekosystem. Koldioxid är en viktig växthusgas och små förändringar av flödet kDitching forests in favor of for example better tree growth can affect and change factors such as soil temperature and soil moisture. Those are the most important factors for soil respiration and the flow of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. The soil respiration accounts for the major flux of CO2 to the atmosphere from the terrestrial ecosystem. CO2 is an important greenhouse gas and small