The purpose of this paper was to examine how risks of cannabis use may be understood in the context of a discussion forum on the internet. The study was based on a sample of 33 forum discussions about the risks of cannabis use, selected with the search in the Flashback webpage. Four approaches to risk were identified to be central in the discussions about cannabis: downplaying the risk, paying at

The purpose of this study has been to analyze the social services' information texts to see what pattern emerge from these texts, and how this relates to power. Users of social services in Sweden receive a wide array of information texts from the social welfare offices. Despite several efforts from the Swedish government to make the language in these text more simple they still come across as

Är det möjligt att påverka människors moral genom att be dem uppmärksamma en situation i sin helhet eller i detalj? Med utgångspunkt i Construal Level Theory och GLOMOsys utfördes en undersökning på 113 studenter vid Lunds universitet och Malmö Högskola. Efter en abstraktionsmanipulation, en så kallad Navon task, ombads deltagarna skatta scenarier där personer begår moraliskt tvivelaktiga handling

The purpose of this study was to examine the subjective experience of schizophrenia. Four people, two of them diagnosed with schizophrenia and two relatives, were interviewed. The themes selected were development of the disease, recovery, belief in the future, the role of families and siblings, stigmatization and the relationship between violent crimes and mental illness. The development and exper

Förbud mot karteller är likartade i de flesta länder. Om förbuden överträds är dock skillnaderna i de påföljder som kan utdömas, respektive i den eftergift som kan sökas och beviljas, värda att notera. Denna uppsats presenterar de påföljder för överträdelser av kartellförbud samt de eftergifter som erbjuds i EU, Storbritannien, Sverige och USA. Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera vilka överväganWhile the cartel prohibition of most countries is quite similar, the differences in the sanctions imposed on cartel participants and the leniency available to such participants under national leniency programs are noteworthy. This thesis presents the sanctions for competition law infringements and the applicable leniency programs of the EU, the UK, Sweden and the U.S. The purpose of the thesis is

Abstract Authors: Maria Silversand och Maria Svensson Title: Praktiken ger liv åt teorin - skoltrötta ungdomar Supervisor: Johan Cronehed The purpose of this assignment has been to investigate how the definition of “school fed” has been construed in newspaper articles and if, and how, it has changed over time. From our question formulations which were; how the concept ”school fed” is defined, mea

The recycling sector and the solid waste management systems (SWMS) in developing countries greatly rely on scavengers, a vulnerable and marginal urban population that recover items or materials to be reused or recycled. As a new mindset towards waste emerges, considering it a resource instead of something useless and undesirable; governments, NGOs, private companies and other stakeholders slowly r

Author: Annika Lund Lagerberg, Ylva Blom Title: Conflict and conflict managment in elderly care settings - From a unit managers point of view [Translated title] Supervisor: Anders Östnäs Assessor: Susanna Johansson The aim of this study was to determine the factors that contributes to conflict and how the unit managers manage and prevent these conflicts. We have chosen to examine conflicts from t

The emergence of the academic field explicitly concerned with sustainability has seen the establishment of many university degree programmes in sustainability. This study examines what the curricula of 54 of these programmes, 27 master's programmes and 27 bachelor's programmes. entailed in terms of mandatory and optional courses and detailed topical content. It then looks, more specificall

Denna uppsats undersöker hur personer från olika klasser och samhällsgrupper under tidigt 1900-tal förhöll sig till manligt klädbruk. Syftet är att ta reda på hur kläder fungerade som en arena för gemenskap och identitetsskapande, men också som en arena för åtskillnad mellan människor. Detta görs genom att diskutera klassmotsättningar i termer av normer och ideal. Materialet består av uppteckning

The water footprint assessment framework aims to illustrate the full impact of water consumption in the whole life cycle of a product, from direct water extraction to water pollution. The framework provides a comprehensive indicator for water resources which, if used with care, can provide detailed information about the different impacts of water consumption in order to aid with water stewardship

Syftet med denna uppsats är att genom ddiskursanalys och kvantitativ analys visa på klassdiskurser i mode- och textilannonser från 1911 och 1931 i tidningen Arbetet och Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten. Syftet är även att påvisa hur annonsernas utförande visar på en skillnad mellan två tidningar med olika politisk färg. Syftet är också se mode- och textilannonsernas utförande i ett förändringspers

Resurs Bank is a niche bank based in Helsingborg, with focus on financial services for corporate and private markets. They have a department that deals with programming and maintaining applications that their customers use. Currently they have no employed testers. The developers are testing the code themselves in combination with automated tests. Resurs Bank wants to acquire testers that can test