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Foraminiferer förekommer i marina sediment i världens hav och utgör en värdefull proxymetod för att rekonstruera vattendjup, strömmar, produktivitet och syrenivån vid djuphavsmassor. Valet av storleksfraktion som används när studier på bentiska djuphavs-foraminiferer utförs har visat sig ha betydelse när ekologisk fauna vid upvällningsregioner studeras. En genomgång av tidigare studier har visat aForaminifera are abundant in the marine sediment in all of the worlds’s oceans and offer a valuable proxy method to reconstruct water depth, circulation, productivity and deep water aeration. The choice of size fraction used when studying benthic foraminifera in upwelling areas are important. A review of 15 earlier studies where benthic foraminifera has been analysed, has shown that there are diff

This essay is about families with an adolecent with self-injuried behaviour and what kind of support they can get. This essay is based on several therapist's view. These therapists works with the method dialectical behavior therapy. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a method that has gained good results with patients that have self-injury behavior. This essay is based on a qualitative stud

From 2004 there has been a substantial increase of foster homes on a full day contribution, in relation to this, municipalities have a hard time in recruiting foster homes. Earlier studies has pointed at that social workers contact with the foster home is an important parameter when it comes to decrease risk of collaps within the sector of foster home care. Our aim with the study has therefore bee

The two largest profitable industries amongst transnational criminal groups include the buying and selling of narcotics and weapons, the third includes the buying and selling of humans. 78% of human trafficking is for sexual purposes (McCrory 2012, s.125). This essay will investigate how trafficking for sexual exploitation is handled and explained by nonprofit organizations and how they describe t

Studies show that toys, electronics and mattresses that are used by children in preschool environments contain hazardous substances. These substances can cause serious long term effects on children’s health and development and it is therefore important to minimise exposure to products containing these substances. Young children spend a significant amount of time in preschools and a change in the p

SAMMANFATTNING Titel: Is There No Such Thing as Bad Publicity? En studie om hur provokativ marknadsföring påverkar varumärkeslojalitet. Universitet: Campus Helsingborg, Lunds Universitet Seminariedatum: 2014-06-04,05,06 Författare: Amelie Hillstedt och Ottil Jonzon Handledare: Richard Ek Nyckelord: Provokativ marknadsföring, varumärkeslojalitet, identitet, social media, normer. Problem: I ett

In the following study, the aim has been to create an understanding of what social workers think about an evidence based practice and in which way they mean that this affect social work as a profession. We conducted semistructured interviews with seven socialworkers, working with children and families in three different municipalities. The result of the study has been discussed in relation to form

The purpose of this study is to see how gender stereotypes are being mediated to children through books. The aim is to study how children are raised into their gender role. To do this, the content of two books has been analyzed by discourse analysis to be able to find underlying messages for the children reading the books. Main focus in this study is to study how the child’s emotions are being dea

The aim of this study was to examine how professional adoption counselors perceives and works with the problems that may occur in adoptive families. With a qualitative method of semi-structured interviews five adoption counselors were interviewed to answer the questions: What difficulties do professionals experience in the adoptive family when they seek help? What causes do the professionals see t

Today it is not only people that are described as having an identity, also products, brands and even places are assigned different qualities and characteristics to make it easier for individuals to identify with them. Through theses types of identification individuals are expected to become more dedicated to the place and therefore more willing to promote it to others through different channels su

The aim of present thesis is to show the problem construction of the parental leave benefit by the newly arrived immigrants, specifically women, as well as the measures that can increase their participation in the labor market. The analysis was conducted through Jonson’s (2010) perspective analysis and with the help of two Swedish Government Official Reports (SOU 2012: 9, SOU 2012: 69) and one Dep

Geofysiska undersökningar i Kyrkheddingeområdet inkluderande seismiska undersökningar och borrhålsloggning har genomförts av Swedegas AB mellan 1978-1985. Denna studie har använt dessa data för att göra en geofysisk och petrografisk karaktärisering av tak- och reservoarsektioner inom campansekvensen (Lundasandstenen) i Kyrkheddinge för att utvärdera förutsättningarna för lagring av gas i den sedimGeophysical investigations in the Kyrkheddinge area including seismic surveys and wire-line logging were carried out by Swedegas AB between 1978-1985. This study has used the data to make a geophysical and petrographic characterization of cap-rock and reservoir sections within the Lund Sandstone in Kyrkheddinge to evaluate the conditions for storing gas in the bedrock. The Lund Sandstone comprises

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur studenters kreativitet påverkas av användandet av Instant messenger och elektronisk media. Hypoteserna var att studenter som använder instant messenger kommer prestera sämre på kreativitetstest och att det finns en negativa relation mellan hög medieanvändning och prestation på kreativitetstest. Studien utfördes som ett experiment på totalt 50 studenterThe purpose of this study was to examine how students' creativity is affected by the use of Instant Messenger and electronic media. The hypotheses were that students who use Instant Messenger will underperform on creativity tests, and that there is a negative relationship between high media usage and performance on creativity tests. The study was conducted as an experiment on a total of 50 stu

Bakgrund Inom de närmsta tio åren förväntas vi stå inför en stor pensionsavgång och generationsväxling på arbetsmarknaden. Svenska chefer menar att tillsättningen av mellanchefer kommer vara den största utmaningen inom rekrytering de närmsta åren. En av de branscher som anställer flest unga chefer är detaljhandelsbranschen som just nu är hårt pressad på grund av minskad konsumtion. Butikens förmåg

Anställningsskyddslagen syftar till att skapa anställningstrygghet genom bestående anställningar. Två mekanismer som bidrar till detta är den allmänna omplaceringsskyldigheten i 7 § andra stycket LAS och turordningsreglerna i 22 § LAS. Utfallet av turordningen är (bland annat) i praktiken beroende på hur omplaceringsskyldigheten tillämpas. En central fråga rör under vilka förutsättningar arbetsgiv

Today’s market for gas turbines is very competitive and it is important to constantly improve the performance of the engines. It is commonly known that gas turbines have better performance at low ambient temperatures than at high ambient temperatures. One way to counteract the negative influence of a high ambient temperature is to use variable compressor guide vanes. The aim of this thesis is to e

Sri Lanka is an island that suffers from high suicide rates and is ranked as one of the top countries in the world that have people committing suicide. Sri Lanka has been through Tsunami and a long time of conflict during a civil war. The aim of our study is to clarify how health workers talk about the high suicide rates in Sri Lanka. This is a qualitative study with an inductive approach which to

The purpose of this study is to examine how swedish social workers describe the three different element of care that are described in the swedish forced law concerning children and youths. I have used a discourse analysis to capture the descriptions and how they construct the elements. The study contains six investigations about teens who have a risky behaviour and requires care without their cons

In the light of the financial crisis of 2008, risk management has become one of the most important topics in the financial world. This study applies five different VaR approaches, normal distribution, student’s t distribution, historical simulation, age weighted historical simulation and volatility weighted historical simulation under three different sample windows. These parametric, non-parametri