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The purpose of this study was to compare an existing Swedish service legislation, LSS, with an American equivalent proposition, the CCA. Both legislations are aimed towards empowering citizens with developmental disabilities and to provide them with options in order to become more independent. The comparison was made in order to contrast the values and functions of both legislations in the contex

Morbid jealousy is a relatively common problem that often results in relational conflicts, frequently involving violence. Eventually many relationships break down as a consequence of these conflicts. Despite of this morbid jealousy is considered to be under-researched. As regards the treatment of morbid jealousy there is however some evidence that cognitive behaviour therapy is a worthwhile treatm

This paper aims to investigate what part Swedish media plays when it comes to portraying hiv and people infected by the virus. The study comes from articles published in Sweden's two largest daily newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Göteborgs Posten, in 2007. By using discourse analysis we found that hiv within Sweden is described as related to riskgroups or risk behaviour and that individuals wit

This report describes the tactics used by the Swedish Air Force rescue services against crashed military aeroplanes and helicopters. The aim of the report is to study and analyze the tactics used by the different Air Force bases, standards, regulations and equipment. The report also discusses the different work environment problems and hazards around military ARFF. Much of the information gathered

Experiments have shown that horses are capable of some types of discrimination learning and that they can learn the concept of relative size, but it is unknown whether horses can select a test stimulus by similarity to a sample stimulus. In this project, four horses failed to learn a two choice matching-to-sample task without a mechanism that ensured that they paid attention to the sample stimulus

The aim of this thesis is to find out how users and libraries are constructed at public library websites in Sweden from a web 2.0 perspective. We discuss the development of public libraries in Swedish history and the change from an system oriented perspective to a individual oriented perspective and how these perspectives correspond to needs of the library user. We also discuss the concept of web

The focus in this paper was on managers in the middle position in the care of the elderly and people with disabilities. The aim was to develop knowledge about the conditions of work among managers in the middle position and what they characterized as good leadership and which strategies they used in their work. The empirical data consisted of nine qualitative interviews with managers in the middle

The aim of this study is to investigate variations of conceptions among prison librarians, concerning mediation of information from an ethical perspective. We have performed interviews with nine librarians and used the phenomenographic approach when analyzing the material. Sixteen categories of conceptions were found, distributed on four aspects of the phenomenon, the act of mediating information

Library 2.0 is a term which emerged a few years ago and is frequently discussed. There is no uniform definition of the term but the central aspect of the concept is to encourage increased participation from library users. The aim of this Master's thesis is to investigate if and if so, how the professional role of the librarian is affected by Library 2.0. To do that, we have conducted a case s

Children that are taken care of for institutional care by the social services are unprivileged as a group. When society takes over the parenting role, it forces local governments and other accountable authorities to guarantee these children satisfactory support and good care according to each child's needs. The aim of this thesis is to analyze and discuss problems with implementation in policy

This master thesis was written in the purpose to study how the location and access to computers in the physical realm of the public library reflects the undergoing changes in the public libraries role in Swedish society. This study is done in a form of a case study of three small public libraries. All of them were in the process of transforming both their physical and virtual space. The thesis foc

Titel: En analys faktorerna som berör beslutsprocessen av flexibla livsmedelsförpackningar Författare: Jenny Berglund, Marie Hallbergson Handledare: Malin Olander, Annika Olsson, Avdelningen för förpackningslogistik, Institutionen för designvetenskaper Problemställningar: ? Vilka drivkrafter ligger bakom besluten av förpackningar inom livsmedelsindustrin? ? Hur ser samarbetet i värdekedjan ut

The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the late medieval shirt found in the cathedral of Lund. It has been preserved in the church and later on exhibited in the museum of Lunds cathedral. The most interesting thing about this shirt is probably its close connection to the secular world, as well as to the church. At first sight it appears to be a liturgical garment, it seams to be far too big

Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur anställda inom offentlig förvaltning uppfattar begreppen jämställdhet och jämställdhetsarbete. Genom kvalitativ intervjumetod undersöker jag hur de anställda upplever att jämställdhetsarbete görs, inom ramen för förvaltningen och kommunen som organisation. Genom teoretiska utgångspunkter som diskuterar organisationsstruktur, kvinnor och mäns olika förutsättningar i

Jag studerade grupparbete i högre utbildning med en kvalitativ metod och sökte med hjälp av teori, tidigare forskning samt kvalitativa intervjuer, svar på hur ett välfungerande grupparbete är möjligt. Som främsta teoretiker använde jag mig av Vygotskij, Freire, Scheff och Asplund. För att svara på denna fråga studerade jag hur grupparbete går till, hur det påverkar studerandes lärande samt vilka k

This essay treats the theme about processes of identitycreation and feelings of belonging on a couple of young bosnians who are resident in Malmö. The studies background takes starting point in the life after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the late 19: th century and the new life situation in the swedish society. The problemformulation is based on the handle of the different repositions that

Denna uppsats analyserar bearbetningsfasen vid översättningen av "La protección de los derechos humanos en el Sistema Interamericano. Manual para defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos" som är utgiven av organisationen CEJIL (Center for Justice and International Law) som verkar i Nord- och Sydamerika. Först ges en förberedande textanalys där källtexten och förutsättningarna för över

An investigation into the industrial and economic conditions concerning the production, distribution and showing of what the contemporary hegemonic entertainment industry labels independent film.

Syfte med den här uppsatsen är att jämföra karaktärerna i romanen och filmen Sandor slash Ida för att komma åt vilka möjligheter som finns när det gäller karaktärsskildring i de olika medierna. Frågeställningen är enligt följande: ? Skiljer sig huvudkaraktärerna åt mellan romanen och filmen, och i så fall på vilka sätt? För att kunna svara frågeställningen användes underfrågor för att kunna uppnå