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International students’ mobility has received increased appreciation for its role, and impact, in todays knowledge economy. This development has lead to an increase of tourism research aiming to understand student travel motives as such knowledge is paramount to the development of appropriate marketing strategies, services, and promotions. However, due to the increased complexity of mobility, reco

Much has been written about why a woman stays in a relationship with a man who exposes her to violence, while less has been written about what causes the woman to one day pack a bag and actually leave the man. Interviews with six persons, who either has personal experience from intimate partner violence or possesses knowledge of the subject through their profession, has been conducted in order to

Studies have shown social work to be a demanding profession, where workers are at great risk suffering from burnout. Interventions to prevent burnout and build resilience in the upcoming workforce is therefore emphasized. The aim of this study has been to explore how educators view the need for social work students to be prepared for the emotional demands of social work. The study was carried out

The aim of this study was to examine how social work students reason upon their future employer within social work. The analysis was based on three issues; how social work students reason around employments within the public sector, how they reason about employments in privately owned companies as well as which elements is considered significant when social work students chose their future employe

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine, which of those variables suggested by past research – i.e. consumer attitude, store image, perceived price, packaging and perceived quality - have a significant influence on the customer’s purchase behaviour of organic private labels. Methodology: A quantitative study with a deductive approach and a cross-sectional design was chosen to obtain qua

Syfte: Syftet är att undersöka inre motivationsfaktorers påverkan på anställdas motivationsnivå, i en bransch som är förknippad med monetära belöningssystem. Metod: En kvalitativ fallstudie genomfördes i form av semi-strukturerade intervjuer med åtta respondenter. Detta för att få en djup inblick i hur anställda upplever att de motiveras. Insamlad data analyserades utifrån grundad teori och jämföPurpose: The purpose is to examine the impact of intrinsic motivation factors on employee motivation levels, in an industry associated with monetary reward systems. Methodology: A qualitative case study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with eight respondents. This was done to get a greater insight into how employees perceive their motivation. The collected data was analyzed based

Uppsatsen är både en teoretisk redogörelse för en psykologisk förståelse av autonomi och en pilotstudie på ett nytt självskattningsformulär för självupplevd autonomi.Författarna utvecklade en stipulativ definition av självupplevd autonomi utifrån filosofisk och psykologisk litteratur: En människa upplever sig som autonom i den grad hon anser sig 1) förmögen att reflektera kring sitt tänkande och sThe essay is both a theoretical account towards a psychological understanding of autonomy and a pilot study on a new self-assessment form for self-perceived autonomy. The authors developed a stipulative definition of self-perceived autonomy based on philosophical and psychological literature: A person perceives himself as autonomous to the extent he experiences himself as able to 1) reflect upon h

Inom svensk rätt utgörs skuldbegreppet av uppsåt (dolus) och oaktsamhet (culpa). Begreppen ger uttryck för olika nivåer av skuld, därför är det av avgörande betydelse att gärningar begångna med uppsåt och av oaktsamhet hålls isär. Uppsatsens syfte är att klarlägga uppsåtets nedre gräns i jämförelse med oaktsamhet samt hur den förhåller sig till rättssäkerheten. Genom historien har lagstiftaren k

The spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella L., is a serious pest on cones of spruce (Picea spp.) in the Holarctic region. Previous studies from different parts of its area of distribution have reported conflicting results on the composition of its sex pheromone. By gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection, coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, a Y-tube olfactometer bioassay, an

BACKGROUND: During the last decades, there has been concern that exposure to endocrine disruptors, such as persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs), may contribute to sex ratio changes in offspring of exposed populations. METHODS: To investigate whether exposure to 2,2'4,4'5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (p,p'-DDE) affect Y:X chromosome proportion, semen of

Increased blood glucose after a meal is countered by the subsequent increased release of the hypoglycemic hormone insulin from the pancreatic beta cells. The cascade of molecular events encompassing the initial sensing and transport of glucose into the beta cell, culminating with the exocytosis of the insulin large dense core granules (LDCVs) is termed "stimulus-secretion coupling." Impairment in

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by motor deficits such as slowness in movement, difficulty in initiating movement and tremor at rest. The cause of these motor symptoms is the selective loss of mesencephalic dopaminergic (mesDA) neurons, located in the substantia nigra (SN). These neurons project axons to the striatum where they release dopamine, a neurotransm

Based on an extensive cohort study over 25 years, the present study supports the assumption that major osteoporotic fractures can be reasonably predicted from hip fracture rates. The construct for FRAX models depends on algorithms to adjust for double counting of fracture outcomes in some models and in others, to estimate the incidence of a major fracture from hip fracture rates. The aim of the pr

Traditionally, multi-family houses have been constructed using heavy, homogenous materials like concrete and masonry. But as a consequence of the progress of lightweight building systems during the last decades, it has been questioned whether standardized sound insulation evaluation methods still are appropriate. An extensive measurement template has been applied in a field survey where several vi