Sedan 1950-talet har antalet bilar per person i Sverige ökat. Med en negativ påverkan på miljön såväl som på människors hälsa, representerar privat ägande av fordon en av de största utmaningarna i transportplanering. Att flytta resenärer från privata fordon till kollektivtrafik har visat sig fördelaktigt beträffande att minska koldioxidutsläppen, dock kräver denna typ av mobilisering politisk styrIn Sweden the number of cars per person has increased since the mid-20th century. With negative impacts on both health and the environment, private ownership of vehicles represents one of the major challenges in urban transport. To move travelers from privately owned vehicles to public transport has shown to be beneficial in reducing carbon emissions. However, in order to create policies that attr

In this essay we have reviewed the discourse on pedophilia at the Flashback forum. Flashback forum is an online forum which has a subforum where individuals can discuss anything related to different topics, including pedophilia. Our main focus has been the discourse on stigma and help-seeking. We have looked at the interaction between pedophiles and other users on the forum. Furthermore we have lo

Studien undersöker tre gymnasielärare i musik och deras syn på skolans två huvudsakliga uppdrag: kunskapsuppdraget och demokrati- och värdegrundsuppdraget, som ämnar förbereda barn och ungdomar för deras inträde i samhällets normer och ett arbetsliv. Undersökningar visar att lärare misslyckas med demokrati- och värdegrundsuppdraget där en bidragande orsak varit att det har skett en förändring i deThe study examines three teachers of music in upper secondary school and their views on the school's two main tasks: the knowledge mission and the democracy and the fundamental values mission, which aim to prepare children and adolescents for their entry into the norms of society, and future careers. Studies show that teachers fail with the democracy and fundamental value mission, where a cont

The aim of this essay is to investigate how common so called Baptismal Trees are in the Church of Sweden, and analyse their origin and function, as well as inquire what role the Baptismal Tree has within the Swedish Church. Usually, a Baptismal Tree is a tree, but it can also be a painting, a fishnet, or a display case visible to the congregation in a church room. Symbolic christening gifts, given

På vilket eller på vilka sätt kan nyttjandet av cloudtekniken påverka den strategiska lieringen? Med Henderson och Venkatramans (1993) strategiska lieringsmodell som perspektiv vill vi undersöka och därefter tydliggöra genom visualisering på vilket eller på vilka sätt cloudtekniken kan ha en inverkan på den strategiska lieringen. Detta för att bidra till djupare förståelse inom ett område som vi

Genom att observera och intervjua invånarna i Lund, kan man erhålla mycket information om historien och infrastrukturen för staden. Detta tyder på en särskilt självklar princip; om man studerar de mindre beståndsdelarna av ett system, så kan man erhålla egenskaper som är gällande för systemet i helhet. Detta är precis vad dagens astronomer utnyttjar för att lära sig mera om vårt universum. De minsThe first part of this thesis deals with the dynamical estimation of the Oort constants using proper motions and parallaxes provided from the Gaia-DR1 TGAS catalogue. The photometric information was provided by the 2MASS catalogue. The Oort constants calculated from the TGAS catalogue are compared to those obtained from the original Hipparcos catalogue in order to attempt to estimate how well Gaia

The life cycle and behavior of free-living soil nematodes is highly dependent on environmental factors such as temperature and soil moisture, fluctuations leading to significantly lower development and activity rates, dormancy and/or mortality. This literature review summarizes present knowledge about free-living soil nematode temperature and moisture requirements, as well as the commonly accepted

Mesh networks are highly relevant and interesting today considering all the connected devices that exists. These devices often aim to have low power consumption to be able to be powered by smaller power sources such as solar cells or batteries. The hardware used by mesh networks often has the same purpose, to minimize power consumption. The purpose of this thesis is to provide an increased underst

The availability of a “male network” of family members and/or friends may be decisive for the outcome of a woman’s asylum application. As it is recognised under the jurisprudence of ECtHR and Swedish asylum adjudicators that women, who originates from countries where societal structures maintain women’s reliance on men, are particularly vulnerable. The Migration Agency, the Swedish decision-making

Speed, portability and quality. These are all attributes that manufacturers are striving to achieve. The demand for speed is making wireless frequencies increase with a steady pace. The demand for portability is filling the world with high speed wireless devices that are expecting their data fast and without errors. The demand for quality is met by making efficient ways of testing products before

Om en upphandlande myndighet beslutar sig för att använda sig av egna resurser vid en anskaffning krävs ingen föregående tillämpning av upphandlingslagstiftningen. EU-domstolen har i mål C-107/98 Teckal uttalat att användande av resurser som innehas av en fristående enhet under vissa förutsättningar ska anses finnas inom den upphandlande myndighetens egna organisation. Så anses vara fallet när denIf a contracting authority decides to use its own resources upon acquisition, no prior application of procurement law is required. In Case C-107/98 Teckal, the European Court of Justice has stated that the use of resources held by an independent entity, under certain conditions should be considered within the contracting authority's own organization. Such a situation occurs when the contractin

Internationellt samarbete är centralt för att ta itu med de globala utmaningar som världen står inför, en av dessa är spridningen av antimikrobiell resistens. Åtgärder, som begränsar den internationella handeln, används ofta av länder för att uppnå politiska mål. I Världshandelsorganisationen (WTO) har relation mellan handel och icke-ekonomiska politiska mål, som miljö- och hälsohänsyn, diskuteratInternational cooperation is central in addressing the challenges facing the global community, one of them being the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Measures that affect international trade are often used by governments to achieve domestic policy goals. In the World Trade Organization (WTO), the relationship between trade and non-economic policy goals, such as environmental and health concerns

Denna uppsats behandlar self-cleaning vid uteslutning av leverantörer till följd av brott som innefattar bestickning eller korruption. Närmare bestämt utreder uppsatsen vilka bedömningsgrunder en upphandlande myndighet börha vid bedömningen av en leverantörs self-cleaning härom. Som en konsekvens av att ha begått brott som innefattar bestickning eller korruption kan en leverantör uteslutas från aThis essay concerns self-cleaning in connection with exclusion of public contract suppliers due to bribery or corruption. More specifically, the essay examines on what grounds contracting authorities should assess a self-cleaning. As a consequence of being found guilty of bribery or corruption, suppliers can be excluded from the procurement procedure. However, the newly introduced Swedish Public

Den senaste tidens teknikutveckling har gjort det möjligt för personer att streama film och serier på begäran. Flera tjänsteföretag såsom Netflix, HBO Nordic och Viaplay erbjuder sina tjänster mot en månatlig avgift. Däremot är tjänsterna sällan tillgängliga när en abonnent beger sig till en annan medlemsstat inom EU. Det är också sällan möjligt för en konsument att se en film eller serie som ett It is common to stream movies and films over the Internet through on-demand-services and it is anticipated that the demand for such services will increase. Even if the The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons, the cross-border portability of films and series are limited. A consumer can rarely access the content outside

This thesis will investigate taboos related to menstruation in the context of a Hindu menstruation tradition that is carried out in the middle and western areas of Nepal, and is called chaupadi. Through the application of Jeanette Sky’s feminist history of reli-gion’s theoretical perspective, the tradition will be placed in relation to patriarchal power structures and a hypothesis that the religio

Written essay investigates Gothenburg municipalitys´ new policy which tries to integrate unaccompanied minors in strong socio-economic neighborhoods. This essay therefore tries to answer the question of how prepared these communities are for integrating their new neighbors,- this is done by a case study of city district of Örgryte-Härlanda, which is one of many places planned for temporary accommo

For some time now “Rondellen”, a roundabout just outside Folkets Park in Malmö, has been a place where drug transactions are taking place out in the open street. Buyers know that sellers will be there for a quick and easy transaction in a central part of Malmö. But why are the transactions taking place just there? A lot of people are passing by who can watch them trade or the police can come aroun

The aim of this thesis is to analyze whether the aggressive foreign policy actions recently taken by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can be understood and explained through political identity theory and role conception theory from a social constructivist theory perspective. This will be done through a discursive analysis method according to Laclau and Mouffe, aiming to identify a discourse of the iden

I takt med dagens ökade globalisering arbetar EU med att utveckla ett rättsligt samarbete som bygger på ömsesidigt erkännande av domstolsavgörande och utomrättsliga avgöranden. Arvsförordningen kom till som en del av detta arbete och syftar till att öka förutsägbarheten för gränsöverskridande arvsfrågor. För att avgöra vilken stat som är behörig att hantera arvsfrågorna så måste den avlidnes hemviDue to the expanding global mobility of people, the legal obstacles in cross-border successions have increased. Legislative action by the EU to simplify the process of cross-border successions within the EU has now led to the EU Succession Regulation. The EU Succession Regulation mainly answers two important conflict-of-law questions: Firstly, which court is competent to deal with a cross-border s

I detta arbete undersöks den svenska principen om dold samäganderätt till makar och sambors gemensamma bostad. Syftet med arbetet har varit att undersöka rättsutvecklingen i de båda länderna och utifrån detta undersöka i vilka avseenden det föreligger rättslikhet mellan de båda ländernas rättstillämpning, och i vilka avseenden det föreligger väsentliga skillnader. Förutsättningarna för uppkomst The object of this essay is to examine the Swedish principle of hidden co-ownership of a domicile jointly used by married couples and / or two persons permanently living together, as well as to compare the Swedish case with that in Norway. Could the fact that Sweden and Norway, being closely related in many senses, apply also to the principle of hidden co-ownership? In order to establish where the