This thesis investigates the social structures and discourse behind a culture of free love in a rural community in Portugal called Tamera. It describes how emotions and communication regarding personal romantic and sexual relationship are dealt with, as well as the incentives behind creating such a culture. Throughout the analysis I describe the political theory and vision behind the project Tamer

Effekter av tätare städer och klimatförändringar är svåra att kartlägga och kan båda innebära ökad risk för översvämningar. Dagens beslutsfattare står därför inför en svår situation där beslut idag bör ta hänsyn till hur våra städer och klimatet kan se ut i framtiden. Därför har en analysmetod tagits fram som tar hänsyn till möjliga framtida effekter vid framtagande av beslutsunderlag. En kraftigThe outcomes of flood management are uncertain since climate change and urban densification are expected to result in higher amounts of surface runoff, and both these changes are subject to uncertainty. When uncertainty is deep, there is a need for strategies to treat uncertainty, e.g. taking the limitations of quantification by probabilities into account, and to guide decisions to be robust to un

Economic impacts of drought events can amass to billions of Euros within the EU. Ways to estimate the amount of water in the soil is thus very valuable to gather information which could be used for decision making. This thesis looks at different ways to estimate the amount of water in the soil, the so called soil moisture. The E-HYPE model from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Maskinförarnas roll I naturvårdsarbetet Både den Europeiska unionen och den Svenska regeringen ser evidensbaserad praktik och allmän medvetenhet som avgörande för naturvårdsarbetets utveckling. När myndigheter genomför naturvårdsprojekt, måste de anställa maskinentreprenörer genom offentlig upphandling. Men det finns inget sätt för myndigheterna att kräva hög kompetens inom naturvårdsarbete i denBoth the European Union and the Swedish government consider the need for evidence-based practice and public awareness crucial in nature conservation work. When authorities perform nature conservation projects, they need to hire machine contractors through public procurement. However, there is no way for the authorities to demand high competence in nature conservation work in the public procurement

Corporate or organizational culture is a popular topic among organizational scholars, but with the use of metaphors bridges to media and communication studies can be made. By comparing an organization with a democracy through the help of metaphors, Peter Dahlgren’s (2009) theoretical framework on civic culture can be applied and tested to explore the culture inside a private organization. In an or

Today it gets more and more popular for companies to implement Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in their organizations. SAFe is an agile software development framework that intends to increase productivity and quality, and provide faster time to market. A company that works in a waterfall based development process, is now facing this implementation. The company would like to know which challenges oth

Dark matter is estimated to make up around 25% of the Universe, but it is not known what dark matter is. In particle physics, mediators of dark matter are used to model interactions of dark matter particles with known particles (Standard Model particles). These mediator particles can be produced from two quarks or gluons in high-energetic proton-proton collisions, and decay immediately back into S

In this thesis we present a model for ex-ante risk attribution in a decision based investment process. We first define the Investment Decision Process Model and apply it on a real industry case. Furthermore, we present a flexible approach to attribute the active risk associated with multiple active investment decisions in an investment process. In addition, we formulate a decision based risk attri

Den här uppsatsen grundar sig i teorier som säger att vi lever i ett må-bra-samhälle. Det innebär att vi exponeras för information som handlar om hälsa, tips för att bli mer hälsosam och nyheter som avslöjar nya rön gällande hälsa. Med dessa teorier i åtanke har en innehållsanalys av artiklar med hälsotema i Aftonbladet undersökts för att se hur tidningen framställer dessa artiklar. Detta för att

Många personers yrke kräver noggrann rengöring av händer flera gånger dagligen, och det är tydligt att huden tar stryk av detta. En mjukgörande kräm som samtidigt innehåller alkohol för att döda bakterierna hade varit en välkommen lösning för dessa personer. Men för att veta om alkoholen kan påverka krämens stabilitet behöver man veta hur de separata komponenterna samspelar.For personnel working in areas where hand disinfection is important, skin irritation on hands is a large and real problem. A solution may be a hand cream, containing ethanol, with moisturizing properties by using a Pickering emulsion. However, the effect of ethanol on a Pickering emulsion is unknown. The objective of this work was to gain understanding of this by mapping the phase diagram of trigl

Tundra ecosystems are generally recognized as globally important carbon sinks, yet the knowledge on threats to such ecosystems is narrow. Climate change is predicted to reduce the number of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in the arctic, it is therefore essential to understand the effect herbivores induce on the arctic ecosystem. The muskox is known as a keystone species in the arctic tundra. Such keysto

På Göteborgs bostadsrättsmarknad har man under många år observerat bostadsrättsförsäljningar till rekordhöga prisnivåer. Utgångspriserna på bostadsrätter har inte varit med om samma prisutveckling, vilket bidragit till diskussion kring fenomenet lockpriser. Lockpriser innebär att fastighetsmäklare sätter utgångspris som väsentligen understiger marknadsvärde. Marknaden verkar succesivt ha anpassat Gothenburg’s housing market has for many years observed increased price levels for condominium sales. The asking prices have although not observed the same increase which has contributed to a discussion about an ineffective market and the consumers experienced difficulty in valuing condominiums. Realtors in Sweden commonly set the asking price at a substantially lower level than the estimated mark

This thesis uses a mixed-method strategy to scrutinize the dynamics of community participation and how it can contribute to improve HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, paying particular attention to aspects of power and gender. In a case-study design, this thesis analyzes participation in the Mboole Rural Development Initiative and its projects with international donors utilizing

En persons upplevelse av det psykotiska tillståndets tänkande och språk diskuterades i denna fallstudie i relation till psykodynamiska teorier, däribland Freuds decathexis-begrepp, Anzieus begrepp ”hudjaget” och Hanna Segals teori om symbolisk likställdhet. Som metod användes Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis och den vetenskapsteoretiska utgångspunkten var Heideggers hermeneutiska version aThe experience of thinking and language in the psychotic state of mind was examined using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The result was discussed in terms of psychodynamic theories, including Freud’s notion of decathexis, the ”skin-ego” of Anzieu, and Hanna Segal’s theory of symbolic equation. Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology functioned as theoretical basis for this single-case stu

The purpose of this thesis is to explore how the consequences of Russias food embargo on the EU, USA, Canada, Australia and Norway from 2014 is depicted in the government owned newpaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta. This is done by means of a qualitative textual analysis according to professors Lennart Hellspong and Per Ledin, complemented by Russian linguistic research. The analysis is executed with a focu

Syftet med offentlig upphandling är att tillvarata konkurrensen på marknaden och på så sätt öka effektiviteten i de offentliga utgifterna. Den offentliga upphandlingen omsätter mellan 550-600 miljarder kronor per år. Med denna omsättning utgör upphandling en betydande del av Sveriges BNP och har en direkt påverkan på vårt lands ekonomi. För att offentlig upphandling ska få fullt genomslag krävs doThe purpose with a public procurement is to capture the competion on the market and with that increase the effeciency of the public spending. The public procurement turnover is between 550-600 billion SEK per year. With this turnover the procurement makes a significant part of Swedens GNP and has a direct impact on our countries economy. How ever, for a public procurement to have full effect it ne

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka de skillnader och likheter som finns mellan vegetarianer och flexitarianer. Vilka faktorer som motiverar dessa grupper till att välja vegetarisk kost och vilka attribut som påverkar köpbeslutet. Huvudsakligen består empirin av material från fokusgrupper, men som komplement till dessa finns även informativa delar från sekundärkällor som är tänkta som bakgrund e

This qualitative study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how companies in the fashion industry communicate sustainability through the label on the garments. The purpose of the thesis is to examine how the knowledge gap between companies and consumers regarding sustainability issues, could be bridged using the label. Further, the possibilities of using the label as a tool to achieve a

Det här examensarbetet behandlar den akustiska utformningen av simhallar. Fokus ligger på de lösningar som påverkar akustiken, så som väggar, absorbenter och utformningen. Grunden till arbetet är baserat på befintlig litteratur och ny information framtaget för arbetet. Simhallar är en svår akustisk lokal där många hårda ytor och stora volymer försvårar. Detta ger en ljudmiljö med hög ljudnivå ochThe Master thesis considers acoustic design of swimming halls. Focus is put into design solutions affecting the acoustic environment such as walls, absorbents and shape. The basis is gained from literature studies and new information achieved specific for the thesis. Swimming halls are built in a certain way that makes a good acoustic environment hard to achieve. The construction consists of hard

The purpose of this study is to examine why individuals choose the clothes they do and what influence the social group and other social aspects have on this choice. More specifically, the objects of this study are the sororities Malmö Nation, Sydskånska Nation and Smålands Nation at Lund University. The paper is an ethnographic study where six individuals, active at one of these three sororities,