Air pollution still poses a serious air quality problem. There are numerous of different sources for air pollution. One of them is ship traffic, which has an effect on human health as well as the climate system. We decided to investigate one of the largest shipping lanes in the North Sea to what extent ships actually contribute to the particle concentrations in inland locations. Both particle numb

The European Security Strategy adopted by the European Council in 2003 states that forging strategic partnerships with key actors is a priority in EU foreign policy. In 2007 such a strategic partnership was established with Brazil, based on shared fundamental values and principles such as democracy, rule of law, promotion of human rights and basic freedoms and a market-based economy. Both partners

As a social worker you often meet children that are exposed to harmful environments in one way or another. Children who grow up in these circumstances could easily be forgotten, there-fore it is vital that these children are brought to attention. In these situations it´s necessary to find which positiv measures would be benefitial for these children. The internet is an expan-sive resource due to t

Sammanfattning Inledning: Tidskriften Besöksliv, Sveriges största nyhetstidning för besöksnäringen, började under 2012 diskutera konflikten mellan bland andra hotellkedjan Nordic Choice och onlineresebyrån Expedia. Konflikten har medfört att vi vill fördjupa oss i hur relationen mellan de tre inblandade parterna - hotell, onlineresebyråer och gäster – är i verkligheten. Syftet med detta arbete ärAbstract In 2012, Sweden’s largest magazine in the hospitality industry, Besöksliv, published an article on the conflict between Nordic Choice, a hotel chain, and Expedia, an online travel agency. This conflict spurred our interest in examining the relationship between hotels, online travel agencies, and hotel guests. The purpose of this thesis has been to examine how hotel employ-ees perceive th

Uppsatsen behandlar den i Inger Christensens författarskap centrala frågan om antropocentrism. Det vill säga frågan om människans plats i och förhållande till världen. Specifikt undersöks diktboken "alfabet" från 1981, och de formella medel som där tas i bruk för att representera världen utan det mänskliga subjektet som centrum. Uppsatsen visar också på den antropocentriska frågan som

The aim of this study is to critically explore the effects of pre-existing gender norms on the use of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the normalization of such violence by examining the links between peacetime and wartime sexual violence. The analysis is based on a research overview that highlights aspects of gender, violen

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the western society has been transformed by, and dependant on, cheap and abundant energy. With respect to today’s changing conditions, we might have reached the end on this long and prosperous journey. Today’s global energy consumption consists of more than four fifths of fossil fuels. These fuels are not unlimited, and will consequently constrain

There ́s an empirical evidence that childhood trauma affect the occurrence of mental health problems later in life. The aim of this descriptive study is to out of psychosocial background and personality structure illuminate a group of young men (18-24 years) convicted for violence- and sexual crimes and to identify systematic differences in occurrence of traumatizing experiences during growth betw

Det saknas, så vitt vi vet, information om hur barn upplever svåra situationer i vardagen, och framförallt hur de upplever känslor som skam och skuld när de har en förälder med långvarig smärta. Dessutom finns det i Sverige inte någon insats inriktad på barnen under dessa förhållanden. Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva barnens upplevelse av skam och skuld av att leva med en långvarigt smärtThere is a lack, as far as we know, of information about how children experience difficult situations in everyday life and most importantly how they experience emotions such as shame and guilt when they have a parent with chronic pain. Moreover, in Sweden there is no effort focused on the children in these circumstances. The purpose of this study is to describe the children's experience of sha

Facebook i en arbetsrelaterad kontext Idag finns det begränsat med teori kring forskningsämnet Facebook som intern kommunikationskanal. Syftet med vår studie är att analysera hur en sluten Facebookgrupp, som internkommunikationskanal inom en organisation, upplevs och hanteras av medarbetare, samt analysera hur gränsdragningen mellan den privata och professionella sfären hanteras. Med denna uppsatFacebook in a work related context Little research has been conducted on Facebook and its impact on internal communication within organizations. Therefore we found it interesting to further analyze this phenomenon and contribute to this new area of theoretical research. The purpose of our study is to analyze how a closed group on Facebook functions as an internal channel for communication within

Behandling av data har kommit att bli allt vanligare inom organisationers Business Intelligence -process. Detta har gjort att organisationer lagrar och analyserar allt större mängder data. Forskningen har dock funnit att kvalitén på lagrad data i många fall är låg. Vidare kan låg datakvalité resultera i felaktiga beslut tas. En potentiell lösning på problemet är att införa källkritik som en aktivi

Denna studie undersökte skillnader i konstruktion av självkänsla hos barn med individualistisk och kollektivistisk bakgrund med hjälp av instrumentet Jag tycker jag är. Studien undersökte även könsskillnader i olika aspekter av självkänsla både mellan de kulturella grupperna och inom dessa. Urvalet bestod av 731 personer. Barn med kollektivistisk kulturell bakgrund skattade sig lägre än svenska baThis present study examined differences in construal of self-esteem by children with individualistic and collectivistic cultural backgrounds measured by the Swedish scale Jag tycker jag är (I think I am). The study also examined gender differences on different facets of self-esteem, both between and within the culture groups. There were 731 participants in the sample. The collectivistic children s

Deteriorating water quality is a challenge which affects people of the entire world, with a growing population and increased industrialization worldwide. The problem is especially apparent in many developing nations where water resource management must be improved to secure a future sustainable supply. This study was undertaken as a bachelor degree within the MFS-program funded by SIDA. The study

Popular science summary Complex I, let me see your true color Every day of our lives our body performs many different tasks to let us survive, such as brain activity, muscle contractions or smaller tasks like cell- repair or -division. All those tasks require energy. The energy currency of our body is called ATP (adenosintriphosphate), a molecule that lets us perform many reactions in our body.

Spår av antidepressiva läkemedel i fisk Läkemedel hjälper till att behandla och förebygga sjukdomar hos både djur och människor. Rigorösa utredningar krävs för att kartlägga deras effekter och bieffekter, men när de inte bryts ner helt i kroppen hamnar de i sjöar och vattendrag. Här är deras påverkan på djur och natur inte alls lika kartlagd. Depression är bland de äldsta sjukdomarna kända för mänSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been found in waste water treatment plant effluents and surface water at detectable concentrations. Although the medical effects and side effects of pharmaceuticals and personal care products are investigated through safety and toxicology studies the potential environmental impacts are less studied, and information concerning ecotoxicological ri

Scania Commercial Vehicle Aktiebolag, Scania CV AB, is a manufacturer of heavy vehicles, busses and engines for industry and marine environments. The comprehensive projects at Scania CV AB are led by a main office which coordinates work between different units. This case study was performed at the department for engine assembling at Scania, and consists of five project leaders who lead the engine

Inspired by the methodology of Galí and Gertler (1999) and Lindé (2005) and the seemingly fierce debate over the most appropriate econometric approach to study inflation dynamics, the new-Keynesian hybrid Phillips curve has been conducted with Swedish sample data and estimated with the general method of moment (GMM) and the full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimators. GMM generated estim