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Kultur och syntax: expliciteringar i en litteraturvetenskaplig text

Denna magisteruppsats baseras på en översättning av drygt 6000 ord av en komparativ litteraturvetenskaplig text av Herman Beavers om de amerikanska författarna James Baldwin och Ralph Ellison. Uppsatsen består av tre delar. Den första delen är en källtextanalys där textens kontext och viktigaste drag presenteras enligt den analysmodell som presenteras i Hellspongs & Ledins bok Vägar genom text

The Beach Belongs to Us! Local perceptions of the high dollar tourism industry and coastal development in Barbados from an Environmental Justice perspective

Since the rise of the tourism industry in Barbados in the 1960s a vast emphasis has been placed on expanding high dollar luxury tourism that is targeted towards specific social and economic classes in order to maintain foreign exchange. The majority of this high dollar tourism development has been predominately concentrated on the diminishing western coastlines of Barbados. Moreover, the focus on

Patientsäkerhet inom anestesisjukvård - en enkätstudie

Bakgrund: Patientsäkerhetskultur är en del av hälso- och sjukvården i form av normer och värderingar och utvärdering av patientsäkerhetskultur kan ge värdefull information om organisationens styrkor samt identifiering av olika förbättringsområden Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva anestesisjuksköterskors (MA) och deras chefers (Chefer) uppfattningar om patientsäkerhetskulturen vid en anestesiklinik i

Differentiated vulnerabilities and capacities for adaptation: A case study on household adaptation to water shortage in Gaborone

Provision of freshwater to urban residents remains a significant global challenge. A challenge whose impendent success in many regions is further threatened by climate change and urbanization projections, subsequently increasing the pressure on urban water supply. Employing an intersectional lens, this case study explores household implications of and responses to water shortage in Gaborone, the c

Economic Growth and Well-being in Singapore and Malaysia: A Comparative Case Study

Despite a common colonial past under the British empire, Singapore and Malaysia have experienced vastly different development paths since independence. While Singapore has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world today, Malaysia’s economy remains a mere third of that of Singapore’s. Despite the economic disparity between the two countries, the newly available data on well-being, as prese

Online group learning environment: Assisting or substituting traditional learning

Digital learning environments have become powerful tools that assist both in learning and teaching. They are usually created by teachers and used in pedagogics as a mean of group work that facilitates collaboration. In this paper a learning environment, created and used in a group, is studied as an information system that facilitates exam preparation. The study aims to find out what requirements s

Att leva i ett Ingenmansland: en rättssociologisk studie om svenska myndigheters arbete mot marockanska pojkars utsatthet i Sverige

Sweden have been under a lot of economic, political, and social pressure after the refugee crisis that occured 2015. Unanswered questions from the government made many citizens question the work that they do regarding the refugees in Sweden. A hot topic broke out when different media outlets spoke harshly against the Moroccan unaccompanied refugee boys and the criminal activities they commit. Thei

"Vi som överlevt helvetet" : Kvinnor i missbruk berättar om våld

Violence against women with experience of substance abuse is a complex issue where both violence and substance abuse aggravate each other, creating social situations difficult to break up from. Social services tend only to categorise these women as substance abusers, concealing their status as victims of violence and leading to inadequate support. To further understand these women’s experiences of

Orsaker och Åtgärder : En kvalitativ textanalys av medias rapportering kring psykisk ohälsa hos unga

The aim of this paper was to analyze and reflect on how Swedish newspapers report on mental illness amongst adolescents and review what causes of mental illness are presented and what prevention strategies Swedish newspapers reports on. The research questions where: What forms of mental illness are represented in the articles? What causes of mental illness are presented in the articles? What preve

Det dubbla utanförskapet : En kvalitativ intervjustudie om yrkesverksammas resonemang kring partnervåld mot bisexuella kvinnor med fokus på kontroll och makt

The purpose of this study was to investigate the phenomenon of psychological intimate partner violence among bisexual women. For this, semi-structured interviews were conducted with professionals who meet women who have been subject to intimate partner violence. The theoretical perspectives used for the analysis were Social Constructivism and Gender Theory, with a focus on power and control. The r

Climate Smart Risk Reduction in Urban Areas: A Review of factors for integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation within the context of urban Resilience

In recent years, the drawbacks of parallel systems in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) have been acknowledged in professional and academic communities, where the need for integration of the two fields in connection to development has been stressed. In this regard, the concept of resilience as an antithesis of risks has also been considered. In this study, a scoping

Pre-acidification of a Synthetic Dairy Wastewater in Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors

Two-stage anaerobic digestion is considered as a sustainable and efficient way to deal with dairy effluent, and is commonly applied. The pre-acidification happening during the first stage of this process could be used to buffer the complex conditions in the initial dairy effluent, as well as produce intermediary product such as volatile fatty acids (VFA), and it is essential to be controlled. Vari

”Ja men det är ju en tjej, varför ska vi kalla honom för Kalle?” : Kriminalvårdsanställdas resonemang kring arbetet med intagna transpersoner

The aim of this study was to examine how prison officers experience the work with transgender inmates in a government agency based on gender binarity. Qualitative interviews with seven prison officers were conducted to answer the aim and questions of the study. A targeted selection was used to find interviewees. The theories used to analyze the empirical data was Queer theory with Michel Foucault’

E-lärande som system

Vår avsikt med denna undersökning är att presentera eventuella utmaningar med e-lärandesystem och hur dessa utmaningar kan bemötas. E-lärande är ett kraftfullt redskap för att förmedla information och kunskap till studenter. Genom att använda digitala plattformar för lärande öppnas nya möjligheter för att ta del av och lära sig ny kunskap, med detta tillkommer även utmaningar och hinder. Genom en

Leaders’ Perception of Outcome Expectancy and Openness to Change during Organizational Change Processes

To compete on the global market many companies need to undergo fundamental organizational changes. However, many companies fail to make successful transformations. To identify the factors that contribute to a successful transformation, some researchers have focused on a micro perspective and investigated employees’ characteristics and attitudes (e.g., organizational commitment, readiness for chang

The Use of Data from Self-tracking Devices in Preventive Care: An interview study in the healthcare context of living habits

Healthcare is facing several upcoming challenges, such as individuals tending to become unhealthier, which is the cause of many chronic diseases and lack of healthcare professionals, resulting in decreased efficiency in healthcare. A shift to preventive healthcare could reverse this trend by focusing on improving the living habits of the population. Internet of Things technology has enabled tools

Enigmatic worm-like fossils from the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin, USA

Den äldre siluriska Waukesha Lagerstätte från Wisconsin, USA, är en Konservat-Lagerstätte som uppvisar en diverse samling av exceptionellt välbevarade mjukvävnadsorganismer. Den här studien innefattar förstahandsbeskrivningar och bedömningar av 23 gåtfulla masklika fossila exemplar från Waukesha Lagerstätte, tillsammans med en litteraturstudie. Studien fokuserar på avsättningsmiljön i vilken stratThe lower Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte of Wisconsin, USA, is a Konservat-Lagerstätte which has yielded a diverse assemblage of exceptionally well-preserved soft-bodied organisms. This study comprises first-hand descriptions and assessments of 23 enigmatic worm-like specimens from the Waukesha Lagerstätte, alongside a literature review. The study focuses on the depositional environment in which th