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Utbildning - vägen till demokratisering? Det civila samhällets engagemang i Nicaragua

Utbildning har som regel inte fått hög prioritet av staten i Nicaragua. Det har bland annat medfört att analfabetism är utbrett samt att barn arbetar på gatan istället för att gå i skola. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka vad det civila samhället gör för att förbättra utbildningssituationen i Nicaragua. Det civila samhället i Nicaragua arbetar med en rad olika projekt där utbildning är ett av

Labour Migration in the Enlarged European Union

The aim of this thesis is to discuss the issue of labour migration from the new member states of the European Union to the old after the enlargement. As the old member states have imposed restrictions towards the new members concerning one of the main rights of the EU citizens - the freedom to move freely and work in another member state - this thesis will use both theoretical and empirical data t

Energy Performance, Energy Efficiency & Commercial Buildings: How do they all link up? A quantitative and qualitative analysis of energy efficiency in buildings according to Directive 2002/91/EC

Buildings alone consume more than a third of the final energy consumption in Sweden, and contribute to approximately 20% of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas produced. This trend is especially worrying in the commercial building sector, because of the rate of increasing use of electricity, as compared to heat or primary fuel consumption. The requirements for energy performance of buildings has since been c

The IPPC Directive as a Driver for Eco-efficiency. Environmental permitting in British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish dairy industry

The role of environmental permits as a driver for environmental improvements has been a topic of debate for a while. Many permitting regulations were designed in the 1970's and have not been updated since then. Consequently, they have acted mostly as a driver for the adoption of pollution control technologies. Some experts now see that appropriately designed and implemented environmental permi

Energiinventering och energieffektivisering - En studie av Skånemejeriers ysteri i Kristianstad.

På Skånemejeriers ysteri i Kristianstad har en energiinventering utförts. Detta för att lokalisera de komponenter på mejeriet som är energianvändare och få en bättre insyn i energianvändningen på mejeriet. Föreliggande inventering har sedan använts för att analysera energianvändningen och föreslå energieffektiviseringsåtgärder. Informationen i uppsatsen är införskaffad genom löpande intervjuer med

Local Product Labelling as an Option for Promoting Locally Produced Products. The case of Söderslätt Sweden

The use of a label for locally produced products is seen as a good way of promoting these products in Söderslätt and, thereby, promoting regional development. The only common meaning of the concept ?local? is the reference to a geographical area, even though the size of the area differs. Local products are associated with characteristics such as environment, ethics, health, quality and support of

Alexanderteknik - olika tankar om alexanderteknik och om metodens inverkan på sångrösten.

Title: Alexander Technique - Different thoughts on the Alexander Technique and its effect on the singing voice. Does singing lessons cause tension in the student? What should you as a teacher consider to avoid situations that cause tension? This examination is based on interviews. The persons who have been interviewed are singing students, singing teachers and teachers in the Alexander Technique.

"Hur fan kan man jobba som kriminalvårdare?": en studie i hur kriminalvårdare ser sin yrkesroll ur en psykosocial kontext

This analysis explores the psychosocial aspects in relationship to the occupational role as a correctional officer in Sweden. Historically prisons are hierarchically structured with a military organisation used as the basis for a role model. This military type structured organisation is designed to keep the prisoners under constant observation, thus providing direct authority and control by the pr

"Det som står i Internet kan också stå i en bok, så då måste det ju vara sant": En undersökning av Komvuxelevers informationskompetens

The information flow of today is endless and the advances in information technology astounding. In today's information society it is of utmost importance not only to be able to find the right information but also to evaluate the information. The expression ?information literacy? is not a new one but it has never been as pertinent and essential as today. Information literacy is however not some

To rise from below: Twelve Bangladeshi women's paths toward independency

During April to June 2007 we went to Bangladesh's countryside to collect material for this thesis. The study is qualitative and based on twelve individual interviews. The respondents are members of microfinance organisations or/and an organisation that works with social mobilisation. These organisations aim to increase people's quality of life and fight poverty. The purpose of this study i

Rekrytering av kvinnor till ett mansdominerat yrke

Sverige är ett av de länder som har den mest könssegregerade arbetsmarknaden i världen. Ansträngningar görs för att bryta denna seglivade trend. Malmö brandkår rekryterade under år 2002 fem kvinnliga brandmän varav det utbröt kraftiga protester från brandmännen. En annan svensk brandstation har framgångsrik rekryterat två kvinnliga brandmän utan några större protester från de anställda. Jag fann d

Samspel mellan programmerare och designers: I ett danskt dataspelföretag

Syftet med denna uppsats var att analysera hur samspelet såg ut mellan speldesigners och spelprogrammerare samt att analysera hur konflikter hanterades. Denna uppsats var av kvalitativ art och baserades på fyra intervjuer med två designers och två programmerare. Det visade sig att det rådde bra kommunikation på företaget mellan designers och programmerare, men att det är vissa konflikter som änd

Hur "empowerment" kan fungera i en organisation

"Empowerment" är ett omskrivet fenomen som utlovar många positiva effekter som motivation, ökat initiativtagande, ansvar, kreativitet, lärande, arbetsoptimism samt självförtroende för att klara sina arbetsuppgifter. "Empowerment" främjar organisationer genom att minska rädsla för förändringar samt underlättar samarbete, under förutsättning att "empowerment" används ef

Ofrivilliga graviditeter - tjejens respektive killens ansvar: en studie av synen på ofrivilliga graviditeter bland personal på ungdomsmottagningen.

The aim of this study was to investigate and gain a deeper understanding of how the staff at the youth clinic approaches, and might influence, participation and responsibility as regards the girl and boy respectively in the process that follows when an unplanned pregnancy has been verified. Qualitative interviews were carried out with staff at five youth clinics in Skåne. All staff did routinely w

Let´s talk about sex: en studie av patienters uppfattning av samtal i samband med testning/smittspårning för sexuellt överförda infektioner med fokus på sexualitet

The aim of this study is to examine the patient's understanding of the counselling while testing for an STI. The method was an inquiry directed to patients at two receptions, where tests for STI are made, and on the Internet for patients who made a test within the last year. The study involves 95 participants, 39 answered the inquiry directly after the test. The main results show that most par

Emerging church : en missionerande gemenskap i en postmodern tid

The main discussion in this essay concern what the Emerging Church is, its sociological and theological context, their main critique of modernism and the consequences in theology and praxis. EC is not a new church but wants to be a new way of being church. In England much of the discussion concerning EC has found a context within the report Mission-Shaped Church (MSC). EC differs from Emergent Vil

Familial Power Relations, Issues of Gender and Son Preference in Rural South India

This study deals with the impact of overall processes of societal change on already existing patriarchal structures in Indian society by investigating the phenomenon of son preference and daughter discrimination. In India the natural biological sex ratio of slightly more females than males in the population is reversed, predominantly in the youngest age group. The 2001 Census reveals that the sex

Automatisk Identifiering av Inandningspauser i Spontant Tal - ett HMM/ANN-hybridsystem i Matlab

This thesis presents a system which has been implemented to satisfy a need in the research on how speech planning interacts with syntactic and prosodic structure in spontaneous speech. The long-term purpose of the research is to provide models for automatic parsing of spontaneous speech and for psycholinguistical modelling of speech production. Identification of inhalation pauses is an importa

SOCIAL KOMPETENS: betydelse och bedömning utifrån rekryterarens perspektiv

Social kompetens är en viktig kompetens för att den handlar om socialt samspel som är oerhört centralt i vårt samhälle. Rekryterares jobb handlar om att ständigt bedöma arbetssökandes personlighet och kompetenser varav social kompetens är en av dessa. Hur rekryterare beter sig för att avgöra huruvida en person är socialt kompetent är oftast upp till rekryteraren. Syftet har varit att undersöka hu

Integration, assimilation eller segregation? -en undersökning av integrationspolitiken i Landskrona

In this thesis I discuss and analyze the integration policy of the community Landskrona, if they have any at all and how they in that case use it in their daily work to counteract the obvious problems with segregation, racism and negative attitudes towards people with other ethnic background than Swedish. During the second half of the 20th century Sweden has received a lot of immigrants who built