Inledningen av Eurokrisen var dramatisk på många sätt. När Greklands egentliga ekonomiska situation uppdagades blev relationen till övriga euroländer ansträngda. Solidariteten inom Unionen var nu under prövning, något som inte minst reflekterades i media. Europeisk nyhetsrapportering började alltmer fokusera på den korruption som fanns inom landet och hur detta varit en bidragande orsak till krise

Valdeltagandet i Europaparlamentsvalen ligger ständigt långt under de siffror som uppmäts till riksdagen. Samtidigt minskar antalet svenska journalister i Bryssel och därmed också bevakningen av EU, den institution som ligger till grund för en majoritet av våra lagar. Utifrån en enkätundersökning på Lunds universitete och intervjuer med såväl Europaparlamentariker som en tjänsteman på näringsdepar

Demokratiska Republiken Kongo är ett land med en synnerligen blodig historia med upprepade övergrepp, krig och interna etniska motsättningar. Det senaste kriget där både interna och externa aktörer stred är formellt avslutat sedan 2003 men väpnade konflikter pågår fortfarande i delar av landet. Över fem miljoner människor beräknas hittills ha omkommit och miljontals lever som internflyktingar. Båd

The purpose of this essay is to research the Roma People’s present education situation in Sweden. The research is based on a comparison of two reports from the Swedish Education Administration. These two reports focus on the Roma students high absence from school, because this is one if the major reasons why Roma students does not finish primary school. The harassment of the Roma People through t

The European Union is a major global political actor both in fields of trade as well as that of human rights. While the union is engaged in holding their members responsible for human rights abuses and reducing world poverty through aid and beneficial trade, its trade policy is often subject to criticism. Such critique serves as a valuable gate opener to relevant trade policy documents for this es

The report is a risk analysis of the hydrogen production plant at Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant, Sweden. The report also discusses potential hazards from the handling and storage of hydrogen gas. Principles of hydrogen gas detection and sensor technology are presented. A HAZOP-analysis of the plant is carried out, and recommendations of improvements based on the results of the analysis are made. Co

A serie of ten full scale fire scenerios has been analysed in a compartment with and without residentiual sprinkler. The production of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen was measered in two different heights in the compartment during the tests. (Swedish)

A waterflow measurement device has been developed with which it will be possible to simultaeously study both amount of water applied and its effect temperature, during firefighting in an firetraining house. Major part of the applied water is used to cool the surface of the non-flaming fuel. Short showers with the nozzle does not seem to be as effective as the longer showers, regarding both time to

The aim of this project was to develop a model that can be used during fire inspections to measure the quality of the fire safety in a building. The model was created by using method for Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM). Ten factors were identified, each of them contributing to the total fire safety in a building. Each factor was given a weight to specifiy its importance to the fire safet

This report performs a risk analysis of AB Elektrokoppar in Helsingborg with consequence analysis of a few hazards. Theoretical background about risk analysis is given by IEC standards.

The purpose of this report is to evaluate spontaneous combustion of two vegetable binders, linseed oil and tung oil. Binders with driers are common in sheet-fed offset inks. The methods used are literature research and experimental studies. The experimental study is divided in two parts, experiments in a preheated cupeling furnace, and experiments with differential scanning calorimetry-apparatus.

This report is a risk analysis of the harbour area in Trelleborg, Sweden. The purpose is to provide basic data for decision- making concerning the harbour neighbourhood. The conclusions are based on calculations and computer simulations concerning the chemical spread in case of an incident.

The report presents a quantitative riskanalysis of historical wooden buildings in Kungsbacka, Sweden. The risk is shown as the expected cost per year for the insurance companies. Five firesafety strategies are analysed using the same method. These are systematic firesafety work, systematic firesafety work with education of the occupants in the buildings, smokedetectors and fireextinguisher, automa

This report is a risk analysis of Svenska lantmännen in Helsingborg, Sweden. In the analysis probabilities is appraised with event trees and consequences is described in economic terms. The report also contains a chapter in which suitable means to fight fires in silos is examined.

The objective of this work was to examine the evacuation process in a smokefilled environment. In a series of six experiments, eight subjects (in each experiment), were instructed to walk through a smoke filled room. The time and the smoke density were measured and the subjects comments were collected. Geometry, lighting and smoke density was varied during the experiments. The smoke was of a non-i

The report puts together existing experiences about residential sprinkler on issues as its ability to save lives in a fire, its reliability in activation and reasons for failure of fulfilling these tasks. The project also conducts a series of tests with activation of sprinkler in a room with a fire in order to record and evaluate the environment in the room after the sprinkler activated and compar

This report contains an analysis of the work conducted by the Swedish local authorities regarding the prevention of wild land fires. The results shows that information and prohibiting of lighting fires outdoor are effective methods to reduce the number of wild land fires provided that the guide lines issued from the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRV) are followed. Furthermore, the web applicatio

CFD-modelling of fire scenarios inside reactor containment of Reactor 1, Ringhals nuclear power plant. Evacuation exercise from the containment, and evacuation simulation whit the program Simulex were made for comparing of results concerning time to critical conditions and evacuation time.