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Syftet med denna studie var att få en ökad kunskap och förståelse för de utmaningar som uppstår i biståndshandläggarnas arbete för att bedöma behovet av hjälp bland äldre i Sverige. Målet var vidare att undersöka hur arbetsprocessen har påverkats på grund av kompletterande utmaningar orsakade av pandemin. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex biståndshandläggare som arbetar inom den svThe purpose of this study was to gain an increased knowledge and understanding of the challenges occurring in care managers’ work to assess needs of assistance among elderly people in Sweden. Further, the aim was to investigate how the work process has been affected due to supplementary challenges caused by the pandemic. The study is based on qualitative interviews with six care managers working w

De senaste åren har diagnosticering av psykiatriska tillstånd utifrån DSM-manualens symtomkriterier varit föremål för debatt i vilken diagnosernas validitet och nytta har ifrågasatts. Lösningar på detta problem har under de senaste årens erbjudits utifrån flera olika angreppsvinklar, både vetenskapliga och dynamiska, med en gemensam förståelse kring att diagnostisering av psykiatriska tillstånd inDuring the past years, the art of diagnosing psychiatric conditions through the DSM manual have been debated and criticized and the validity of the diagnoses have been questioned. Solutions to this problem have during the past few years been offered from several different angles, both scientific and dynamic, with the common understanding that diagnosing psychiatric conditions is no easy task. The

This multiple case study addresses the question concerning how multinational corporations handle their public affairs operations. In general, public affairs regard public private sector collaboration and include how companies can manage their governmental stakeholders. Nevertheless, is there a recipe for managing this more successfully? Public affairs have long been an issue for companies operatin

This master thesis seeks to find an answer whether the restriction on freedom of movement of person can be justified on the ground of public health and also explaining what tax implication could happen for taxpayers in the context of pandemic relating to tax treaty interpretation. The right of freedom of movement of persons will be examined from the perspective of EU law. As for the derogation jus

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur brottsnarrativet utformas i true crime-poddar. Uppsatsens utgångspunkter är att besvara frågorna: Hur skildras offer och förövare? Hur används narrativa tekniker? Vilka emotioner urskiljs och hur används de? Studien genomförs med bakgrund i true crime-poddars framväxt de senaste åren, då tidigare forskning påvisar att dessa har en stor påverkan i samhället.

Denna rapport har gjorts i utbildningssyfte i kursen Brandteknisk riskvärdering på Brandingenjörsprogrammet vid Lunds tekniska högskola. Fokus i rapporten ligger på personsäkerhet i en utrymningssituation för Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund. Inledningsvis har en grovriskanalys genomförts för att identifiera tänkbara scenarier. Denna grundar sig i en deterministisk scenarioanalys där varje tänkbartThe purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety design of the University Library in Lund. The focus of the report is only too considerate the personal safety for the occupants. A risk analysis has been carried out to identify possible scenarios. This risk analysis is based on a deterministic scenario analysis where each possible outcome is dimensioned as a worst credible case. Seven scen

The adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation proclaimed Europe’s stance on the significance of the right to data privacy today whereas digital technologies have prevailed all around the globe and all spheres of our lives. Digitalization is thus a phenomenon that has ever since drawn attention from leaders and policymakers which why the Regulation along with other European privacy regimes

The unnecessary and disproportionate use of pre-trial detention is a global issue that affects developed and developing countries alike. According to World Prison Brief, Cambodia has ranked 12th (among 217 countries) making it become a country with one of the highest percentages of pre-trial detainees: 71.8 percent to be exact. The excessive and unnecessary use of pre-trial detention in the Kingdo

The way conflicts are understood depends on how identities are conveyed through media. Newspapers’ reports of the Gilets Jaunes protests in France during the autumn 2018 are no exception. One factor that can influence which choices are made in describing identity, is the distance between the place of publication and the location of events. Articles from Le Figaro and The Times are analysed using d

World population is increasing rapidly and cities are growing constantly outwards, in most cases taking over the agricultural lands. Besides Sweden imports 65% of agricultural products and if some situation like pandemic happens and neighbouring countries close the border completely the fresh vegetables will only last for 14 days! Responsible authority for this is the municipalities who have almos

This thesis examines Management Control Systems in post merging situations. The company which is the case study has restructured its organization by merging two divisions. Hence, the purpose of the thesis is to investigate how the Management Control System has been changed after integration. The main research question is related to the design and implementation of MCS by middle management after in

This study deals with the health and wellbeing of humans who work in offices as well as the energy use for the lighting. The focus is on how integrative lighting and daylight harvesting can be combined in an attempt to reduce the energy consumption while still eliciting a circadian response for the workers. The aim of this study is to investigate a combination of integrative lighting and daylight

Bakgrund: Den palliativa vården ska utgå från klientens behov, önskemål och förutsättningar, vilket innebär att vårdpersonal ska arbeta klientcentrerat. Med ett klientcentrerat bemötande kan arbetsterapeuter möjliggöra individuellt meningsfulla aktiviteter och öka livskvaliteten i slutet av livet. Få studier har dock belyst hur arbetsterapeuter arbetar klientcentrerat inom palliativ vård. Syfte:

Bakgrund: Brist på fysisk aktivitet bidrar till övervikt och fetma hos barn. Övervikt och fetma påverkar den hälsorelaterade livskvaliteten och är ett folkhälsoproblem. Syfte: Att undersöka effekter och upplevelser av interventioner för barn med eller i risk för övervikt och fetma, ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv. Metod: Litteraturöversikt med induktiv ansats som inkluderade tio kvalitativa Background: Lack of physical activity contributes to overweight and obesity in children. Overweight and obesity affects the health-related quality of life and is a public health issue. Aim: To explore effects and experiences of interventions for children with, or at risk for, overweight and obesity from an occupational therapy perspective. Method: A literature review with inductive design includin

The aim of this thesis is to identify archivists’ attitudes towards crowdsourcing to see how they relate to modern archival theory and science. The study focuses on reliability, functionality and potential in user generated metadata. Crowdsourcing in the archival profession is connected to our increased internet use and the general digitalization of society, but it is also a result of a paradigm s

Arbetsplatsohövlighet är ett omfattande och växande problem som drabbar många verksamheter. Tidigare studier visar på olika bakgrundsorsaker till arbetsplatsohövlighet, där en del lyfter brister hos individen, andra ser brister i organisationen eller ledarskapet. Samtidigt har ledarskap länge fått stort fokus i forskning, medan medarbetarskap börjat få fart under de senaste decennierna. Studier vi

Vilka fysiska parametrar gör ett bra klarinettrör till just ett bra rör? För att försöka förstå hur ett klarinettrör kan bearbetas för att låta bättre, har jag undersökt fysiska dimensioner hos rör som jag tycker är bra respektive dåliga. Jag har fokuserat på att mäta rörets tjocklek i ett antal punkter, och undersökt om det finns förhållanden som är gemensamma för de bra rören, och som skiljer si

Studien syftar till att undersöka vilka svårigheter och utmaningar altruister och icke-altruister har i musikskapande för att kunna fånga upp elever med olika personlighetsdrag och kunna handleda dem i sitt musikskapande i skolan. Studien baseras på tidigare forskning på området samt kvalitativa intervjuer med tio musiker med varierad ålder och könstillhörighet som skriver egen musik. Av dessa tioThe study aims to investigate what differences and challenges altruists and non altruists face when they write music, and to be able to catch students with different personality traits to help them with their songwriting in school. This study is previous studies in this area and qualitative interviews with ten musicians who all write their own music. Six of these ten are altruists and four are non

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a widely publicised corporate practice that has become widespread across the globe in the context of globalisation. Still, past research has found considerable variation in the understanding and practice of CSR among companies in different national contexts. China and Sweden, two countries with very different political and economic environments, have been c