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Socialt arbete bedrivet av ideella organisationer i Kanada- och deras sätt för att uppfylla sina uppdrag

This study aims to highlight conditions for some selected non-profit organizations providing social services in Toronto, Canada. The essay is a case study which includes literature studies, field observations and interviews with respondents working in the non-profit sector. The analyses are mainly based on qualitative semi structured interviews with respondents working in non-profit organizations

Olika typer av konflikter på arbetsplatsen: en fallstudie på ett mindre privat företag i södra Sverige

Syftet med denna uppsats var att genom en explorativ fallstudie se vilka olika typer av konflikter som beskrivs av anställda på ett mindre företag (13 anställda) i södra Sverige. En kvalitativ, emergent design användes för studien. Samtliga medarbetare på företaget ingick i urvalet och fick svara helt fritt på en öppen fråga kring vilka spänningar, friktioner eller möjliga konflikter de upplever pThis essay examines how employees in a small company (13 employees) in southern Sweden describe their experiences of conflicts in their workplace. A qualitative emergent design was used, and participants were given an open question and were asked to complete a written answer to it. The material was analyzed through an intuitive phenomenological approach as well as through a lexicalical analysis in

Sverige och EU – två ledande aktörer inom jämställdhet

This thesis aim to describe and analyze various perspectives of working with gender equality in administrative work and policy-making in both Sweden and the European Union. The first part of the thesis will give an introduction to the reader and present the theoretic platform of this work. The second part discusses and introduces a historic overview of the development of gender equality as a polit

GT-Power Modeling of a 6-Cylinder Natural Gas E>ngine and Investigation of the Possible Performance Improvements by Studying the Miller Cycle

This master thesis has been conducted at the Division of Combustion Engines under the Department of Energy Sciences, Faculty of Engineering at the Lund University. The purpose of this master thesis project is to create a computer based model of a Natural Gas Engine in order to raise its potential for updating a Volvo bus as well as creating a study of the improvement efficiency of the Miller Cycle

Improving the experience of exploring a virtual museum - Lund after 1658

Traditional museums are sometimes static, passive and lifeless. Based on previous work on interaction techniques in Virtual Reality museums, the aim of this Master Thesis is to bring this work to the next level. The project will focus on improving the experience of exploring a virtual museum through more realistic modeling and improved navigation and interaction with the objects allocated inside.

From hazard victims to hazard managers: the potential of local people in disaster risk reduction

The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to analyze the potential of local people to reduce the risk of disasters caused by the drought hazard. Evidence was collected through the application of a multiple case study methodology during field based research conducted in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, one of the most vulnerable countries in terms of drought hazard. The study focused on wa

Riskkommunikation i barnhälsovården - BVC-sjuksköterskans riskkommunikation kring barnvaccinationsprogrammet

Infektionssjukdomar är en av världens största globala risker. För att kontrollera spridningen av barnsjukdomar i Sverige vaccineras barn enligt det allmänna barnvaccinationsprogrammet. Programmet är integrerat i den svenska barnhälsovårdens basprogram och administreras av barnavårdscentraler (BVC). Den svenska vaccinationstäckningen är hög, nära 100 procent. Det finns dock föräldrar som är oroliga

Etnicitet spelar roll – en studie om skillnader i skolresultat i svensk skola

Svenskt skolsystem som vårt samhälles viktigaste kunskaps- och kulturbärande institution står inför en historisk utmaning som består i att möta den nya mångkulturella verkligheten. Elever med en annan etnisk bakgrund än svensk uppvisar dessvärre betydligt sämre skolresultat vilket utgör ett allvarligt hot mot skolsystemets möjlighet att uppnå sina mål men i förläggning också ett hot mot de grundlä

Körsång i Svenska kyrkan - en möjlig väg till religiös erfarenhet?

This study deals with the issue of how music can affect the religious experience of people who sing in choirs in the Church of Sweden. It is established that music plays a great importance in people’s every-day lives, and that it has various effects on us, for instance how it can soothe a person who is agitated or the way it can induce fright, compassion, anger or happiness. Music occupies a large

Development of an HCCI index

New models of combustion engines have gained a great interest within research in the last decade. This interest has arisen due to the possibility to achieve a higher degree of efficiency and lower emissions, which will impact the environment positively. A higher degree of efficiency implicates an economical benefit in terms of fuel. The HCCI engine has been thoroughly researched due to its combine

En studie om relationen mellan subjektivt välbefinnande, socialt stöd och ledarskap

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between subjective well-being and the two organizational variables; social support and leadership. Another purpose was to investigate whether these relationships were diverse in the three working categories in the sample. Subjective well-being was measured in two dimensions; life satisfaction and positive affect. Three different kinds of social

Möten och bemötande. Om unga tjejers upplevelse av trygghet i Malmö

Experienced safety is difficult to measure, as it treats subjective feelings and these do not always coincide with crime rates. In addition, women, immigrants and poor people often report lower levels of experienced safety, which implies structural causes. Many quantitative studies have been carried out on the subject of safety, crime and fear but there is still a need for more knowledge of experi

The Triadic Relationship With a Triple Helix Approach Between Industry, University and State in Japan

Purpose - This study is about the triadic relationship with a Triple Helix approach between the state, industry and university in Japan. The intention is to see if an increase in collaboration between the three actors generates an increase in patents, start-up companies and new organisations. I will use the Triple Helix model as a hypothesis and see if the increase in collaboration leads to an inc

MEDIA CULPA? NAIROBI COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS AND THE POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE

Community radio stations are a new phenomenon in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. While the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2008 recognizes them as a media category, confusion remains around questions of ownership, funding and roles. Following the volatile post-election situation of December 2007, the government imposed a month-long live media ban. Media has been blamed by politicians for infla