The German meat industry is a popular labour market destination for unskilled Eastern and Middle European workers. The precarious employment and housing conditions, exacerbated by a staggering number of COVID-19 infections, received immense media attention in 2020. Given the urgency of this issue, the German government introduced new measures targeting the sector with special attention paid to sub

All around the world is the form of the built environment playing a significant role in either enabling or inhibiting outdoor activities. When it comes to winter and Winter cities, it is a challenge how to enable and encourage outdoor activities and soft mobility as the harsh conditions often make it uncomfortable to spend longer periods of time outdoors. A major urban design challenge in Winter

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka vilka effekter ett införande av fotboja som ungdomspåföljd skulle innebära för de unga som i så fall skulle komma i fråga för påföljden. Utgångspunkt tas i det förslag på införande av fotboja för unga som återfinns i SOU 2012:34 Nya påföljder, där påföljden kallas för ungdomsövervakning. Inledningsvis tecknas en översiktlig bild av det rättspolitiska dagsläThe aim of this thesis is to examine the potential effects on youths of an introduction of electronic tagging into the Swedish penal system for juveniles. The proposition of such electronic tagging, presented in SOU 2012:34 Nya påföljder (“New sanctions”) by the name ungdomsövervakning (“youth monitoring”), acts as a starting point for the investigation of the expected effects on youths. First,

In 2009, an extensive reform of the Swedish fisheries was implemented. After several decades of regulation based on the principle of fish resource as common property, fish was put in a system of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and released from the state and given to vessel owners. This thesis examines how labour and the implementations of a market-based system in fishing has (re)shaped the

Denna uppsats syftar till att kartlägga händelseförloppet som omgav överlämnandet av presidentmakten i Gambia i januari 2017 och bedöma hur pass väl det stämmer överens med gällande folkrätt. När den sittande presidenten vägrade lämna sitt ämbete bad den nyvalda kandidaten om hjälp att komma till makten hos det internationella samfundet, vilket besvarades av en regional samarbetsorganisation, som This essay sets out to map the events surrounding the inauguration of the president-elect in the Gambia this January and further assess their conformity with international law. As the incumbent president refused to leave office the president-elect asked for help from the international community to oust him. This was answered by a regional organisation which provided military assistance following a

Studien utförs ur en kommunikativ kontext och ämnar till att skapa en bredare förståelse för medias kommunikation om subkulturen incels samt en problematisering av digital medias gestaltning. Denna studie har som syfte att belysa och problematisera hur subkulturen incels gestaltas i digitala medier. Studien använder ett feministiskt perspektiv för att belysa den problematik som incels medför gällaThe study is carried out from a communicative context and aims to create a broader understanding of the media's communication about the subculture incels as well as a problematization of the framing digital media is portraying. This study aims to shed light on, and problematize, how the subculture incels are framed in digital media. The study uses a feminist perspective to shed light on the pr

Syftet med denna studie var att få en fördjupad förståelse för hur medvetna psykoterapeuter är om skam i terapin och få mer kunskap om hur de hanterar sin egen och patientens skam i det interpersonella samspelet. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med psykodynamiskt inriktade psykoterapeuter verksamma i södra Sverige. Materialet analyserades med tematisk analys och sju teman valdes ut. StudiThe purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how aware psychotherapists are about shame in therapy and gain more knowledge about how they deal with their own and the patient's shame in the interpersonal interaction. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists active in southern Sweden. The material was analyzed with thematic

This study aims to examine outreach workers’ view of developing trust through communication with young adults living in exposed areas. I seek an understanding of how outreach workers justify and excuse the development of trust and mistrust in the interaction with young adults. The empirical data consists of five semi-structured telephone-interviews with outreach workers who are active in five diff

Denna studie ämnar undersöka hur den informella kommunikationen inom en större organisation har påverkats och förändrats till följd av den digitaliserade arbetsplatsen, samt hur förändringen från fysiskt till digitalt arbete kommit att påverka medarbetares meningsskapande till sin arbetsplats. Den rådande Coronapandemin har tvingat organisationer att ställa om och således tillämpa ett digitalt disThis study aims to investigate how informal communication within corporations has been affected and changed as a result of the digitalized workplace, and how the change from physical to digital work has affected employees' sensemaking process to their workplace. The current Covid-19 pandemic has forced organizations to adapt and thus apply a digital way of working remotely. This change has res

När politikerna själva har ordet Denna studie undersöker vad som händer när den politiska kommunikationen förflyttas från de traditionella nyhetsmedierna till den politiska organisationen, och därmed inte är beroende av journalister och gatekeepers längre. Samt om en politisk organisation, genom sin Youtube-kanal, i själva verket kan göra anspråk på att likställas med traditionell journalistik. UtWhen the politicians have the floor This study examines what happens when political communication is shifted from the traditional news media to the political organization itself, and thus is no longer dependent on journalists and gatekeepers. As well as whether a political organization, through its YouTube channel, can in fact claim to be equivalent to traditional journalism. Based on previous res

Malignt melanom är en aggressiv form av hudcancer. Genmutationer kan påskynda sjukdomsförloppet och spridningen av tumörer, men specialanpassad behandling finns att tillgå. Idag används DNA-analys för att upptäcka genmutationer, vilket är kostsamt och tidskrävande. Syftet med vårt examensarbete är att undersöka om djupinlärning (deep learning) kan användas för att hitta genmutationer från vävnadsbMalignant melanoma is an aggressive type of skin cancer. Gene mutations can make the disease progress faster, but specialised treatment exists. Today, gene mutations are detected with DNA-analysis which is costly and time-consuming. The aim of our thesis is to investigate whether deep learning can be used to differentiate whole-slide images of tumours with different gene mutations. This was done i

The purpose of this paper is to focus on sustainable investments and to observe if the performance can be improved by combining the aspect of value and growth investments. The sample consists of groups of companies which are representing value or growth with either high or low ESG risk level. Different portfolios are constructed based on these groups between a time-period of 2 November 2016 and 26

Purpose This research focuses on the phenomenon of knowledge-intensive professions undergoing rapid feminization and transforming into a female-dominated profession. To create a deeper understanding of the phenomenon, the purpose of this research is to make sense of how dental students in a male-dominated profession that changes into a female-dominated profession perceive gender stereotypes and th

We aim to increase the understanding of how social intrapreneurs give meaning to their organisational sustainability engagements with a specific focus on the SDG framework. Research Question: “How do individuals assigned with the management of organisational sustainability initiatives give meaning to their engagements within the context of the SDG framework?”. Our study contributes to the extant l

Den högsta ledningens kommunikation är av stor vikt i organisationer, då den utgör grunden för övergripande styrning och strategi, samt skapar förutsättningarna för en enad verksamhet. Trots vikten av ledningskommunikationen i organisationer saknas förståelse för fenomenet ur ett medarbetarperspektiv. Denna studie utgår från ett medarbetarperspektiv, med avgränsning till generation Y, samt ett komThe top management's communication is of great importance in organizations, as it forms the basis for overall governance and strategy, and creates the conditions for a unified business. This study is based on an employee perspective, with a limitation to generation Y, as well as a communicative perspective on leadership. With the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, the conditions for organization

Several countries have recently increased their efforts to improve teaching quality by focusing their attention on pre- and in-service teacher training. This raises the question whether such training makes teachers actually more effective. Yet, the existing literature on teacher training is limited and inconclusive. Using cross-sectional data from the Trends in International Mathematics and Scienc

Considering the growing role of digital platforms in e-commerce sales, countries have requested guidance on how to create efficient and effective rules regarding the liability for digital platforms to collect VAT on online sales of goods without creating undue administrative costs and compliance burdens. Therefore, in 2019, the OECD provided guidelines in this regard. The EU adopted the rules rega

As the population is getting older, the demand for home care services is continuously increasing. According to industry forecasts, utilizing the current work methods in home care would probably not satisfy the future needs of older people. A few critical areas in home care are the daily visits and the nightly supervisions. To be able to provide these types of services in the future, some technical

Djurplågeri ses i allmänhet inte som ett artbrott efter det prejudicerande rättsfallet NJA 2006 s.339. Min uppsats undersöker om det finns goda rättsliga skäl till att betrakta djurplågeri som ett artbrott. Huruvida ett brott ska anses vara ett artbrott eller inte fastslås huvudsakligen av HD:s praxis, eftersom varken lag eller förarbeten ger uttömmande information kring begreppet. Huvudsakliga In general, animal cruelty is not seen as a crime that should result in imprisonment (Sw. ’artbrott’), as a consequence of the case NJA 2006 page 339. This essay examines whether there are good reasons for animal cruelty to be considered as artbrott. Whether or not a crime is to be considered as an ’artbrott’ is mainly established by HD, since neither the law nor preparatory work give any exhaust