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En relativt ny metod inom sjukvården är portfolio, en metod utarbetad för skolsystemet med syfte att synliggöra elevens resurser och öka elevens delaktighet i lärandeprocessen. Studiens syfte var att undersöka arbetsterapeuters erfarenhet av att använda portfoliometodik som ett pedagogiskt verktyg i behandlingsarbetet. Studien hade en kvalitativ ansats. För att besvara studiens syfte intervjuades

Syftet med studien var att belysa arbetsterapeuters tankar kring användandet av tv-spel inom Barn- och ungdomshabiliteringen i Region Skåne. Studien inspirerades ifrån projektet SpelTid och medarbetarna på de tio habiliteringsenheter som ingick i det projektet. Totalt deltog 12 arbetsterapeuter i studien. Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ enkätintervju och data analyserades med innehållsanalys

A case study on the phenomenological obstacles for adjusting lifestyle to ecological awareness. The data is obtained mainly through deep interview, backed by preparatory research including chiefly participant observation, informal and semi structured interviews. The findings have been connected to relevant concepts and theories in a process of grounded theory. The fatigue, fears and doubts felt by

Stroke är en av våra vanligaste folksjukdomar och påverkar hela individens livssituation, däribland livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse. Livskvalitet är individens subjektiva upplevelse av sin position i livet samt möjligheter att utföra de aktiviteter som önskas. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur personer som drabbats av stroke skattade sin livskvalitet och livstillfredsställelse i det

Skiftarbete blir allt vanligare i Sverige och en femtedel av alla anställda har idag någon form av skiftarbete. Tidigare forskning visar att skiftarbetare löper större risk för att drabbas av vissa sjukdomar. Skiftarbete påverkar människans biologiska dygnsrytm och inte ens personer som ständigt arbetar skift kan ställa om kroppen rent fysiologiskt efter de oregelbundna arbetstiderna. Inom arbetst

The aim of this essay is to treat regional identities in Scania during the late Iron Age. I will present means and ways used by archaeologists in order to map regional identity through archaeological material. I will then present the material in Scania. How has the Scanian material been interpreted by previous scientists, and can regional identities be discerned in late Iron Age Scania? To answer

I avtalsrätten utgörs en central princip av pacta sunt servanda – löften ska hållas. Denna princip, som på ytan kanske inte ser ut att innebära några svårigheter, kan leda till bekymmer sett inom ramen för användandet av letter of intent respektive letter of comfort. I det moderna näringslivet har ett flertal sätt att sluta kommersiella avtal vuxit fram och lett till att avtalslagens anbud-accepOne fundamental principle within the field of contract law is pacta sunt servanda - agreements must be kept. This principle, which on the surface might not seem very complicated, may cause problems when applied on the use of letter of intent and letter of comfort. In the modern business world several ways of entering commercial contracts have arisen, causing the offer-and-acceptance-model provide

The recent events of piracy, especially in the Gulf of Aden raised the concerns of the international community, shipping businesses as well as the marine insurance industries. The drastic increase in piratical incidents and the costs associated with them started a discussion as to the piracy coverage under modern marine insurance policies. Piracy has oscillated through history between being treate

Sustainable development “which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” (WCED 1987) is a global development objective of paramount importance. However, on the ground, ‘sustainable development’ is – in my experience – often little more than a buzzword for securing grants. From a strong sus-tainability standpoint, this thesis doc

The question was asked whether or not it was possible to discern a connection between architecture, house functions and household activities among three-aisled longhouses at Lockarp, Malmö. Traces of postholes, along with the findings of artefacts and burnt herb seeds, constituted the major material culture left for revision by this study. The data used was based on reports from the excavation pro

This paper is a study of Vitruvius and the lifting devices he describes in his work De Architecura. The aim of this paper is to figure out how truthful Vitruvius' statement about the rarity of cranes is. I also explore what sort of education Vitruvius expected an architect to have; thereby stating that a certain level of competence was expected of the people who constructed and handled such li

The year 1645, the Danish county 'Halland' became a province under the Swedish state. In this essay i study which cultural impact this change in nationality meant for the local population in Halland. I also look at other cultural patterns expressed by people in the 17th century. The studied material consists of so called 'suppliker', a kind of petitions which people could use to as

This paper takes a critical look at current methodologies used by business for assessing impacts on indigenous communities dependent upon natural resources for the maintenance of their traditional way of life. It argues that new human-centered, holistic and bottom-up approaches can contribute to a greater understanding of direct, indirect and cumulative impacts of resource development on indigenou

This study is an attempt to determine to what extent the friezes on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius depict actual military practices with respect to the equipment worn by legionaries and soldiers of the regular auxilia. Both columns display a very strict separation between citizen soldiers and auxiliary troops in terms of armor and weaponry, but the specific components that comprise the

2006 genomfördes en reform av den svenska asylprocessen. Det tidigare systemet hade utsatts för stark kritik, och särskilt överklagandeinstansen, Utlänningsnämnden, hade blivit en symbol för en godtycklig, och samtidigt restriktiv asylpolitik. I och med reformen ersattes Utlänningsnämnden av tre Migrationsdomstolar och en Migrationsöverdomstol. Det uttryckliga målet var att öka öppenheten och rättIn 2006 a reform of the Swedish asylum process took place. The former system had been the object of strong criticism, and especially the appellate body, the Aliens Appeals Board, had become a symbol of an arbitrary, and at the same time restrictive asylum policy. In the reform the Aliens Appeals Board was replaced with three Migration Courts and one Migration Court of Appeal. The outspoken aim was

This essay examine how the citizen is represented and (re)produced in the framing of the pupil expressed in the mandatory school system’s policy documents. The purpose is to examine the potential meaning of a citizen and how the citizen is given shape in the framework of the pupil in the material. The policy documents consists of essential school laws and national curriculum. The essay is based on

Drawing upon Transition and Technological Innovation Systems' theory, the author analyzed the process by which the Nicaraguan electricity sub-sector transitions towards renewable energy generation, the actors and networks of actors that play central parts in this process, the regulatory infrastructure that frames actors' actions and the factors and mechanisms that drive and block technolog

Det här arbetet handlar om att belysa den kommunistiska regimen på Kuba efter Kalla kriget och varför den överlevde. Uppsatsen kretsar kring centrala statsvetenskapliga begrepp, som legitimitet och regim. Arbetet är metodlogiskt upplagt som en teorikonsumerande fallstudie, då vi använder oss av teorier för att belysa vilka faktorer som är de mest relevanta för att beskriva den kubanska regimens öv

This study explores how community members in Nairobi slums perceive the health benefits of improvements of the physical environment with focus on water and sanitation, how it can be obtained, further sustained and how the community members can be involved. Location and socioeconomic status variations were also explored. A comparative, qualitative case study was done inspired by the theories of soc

The aim with this thesis was to analyse and discuss the language used in the handbook ”Amning – en håndbog for sundhedspersonale” with a critical discourse analysis approach in the field of democratic and feminist theory. With a critical approach to the natural as always being the best, I found, that Sundhedsstyrelsen are very selective in their scientific research, and that some times, we are onl