The goal of this experiments was to investigate a possible link between emotional and cognitive empathy and temporal distance. Along the lines of the Affect dependent time discounting hypothesis (Liberman & Trope, 2000) it is proposed that emotional reactions to empathic events decrease with temporal distance and cognitive reactions to the same empathic events increase. To test this hypothesis

The purpose with this report is to calculate the flash point for alcohols that are mixed with water. This report describes how the flash point can be calculated. During the work with the report some experimental work has been done to verify the theoretical values. Some deviation between the theoretical and experimental values was established. The phenomenon flamespread over a fluid surface has als

In this report, methods for risk and vulnerability analysis of technological infrastructure and transport are examined. Fault Tree Analysis, Event Tree Analysis, and QRA can, along with Anticipatory Failure Determination, Hierarchical Holographic Modelling, and System Action Management, be used as methods for risk and vulnerability analysis of technical infrastructure. For risk and vulnerability a

This report has resulted in a method to evaluate and map the safety culture within a company. The method consists of two templates. One template, the assessment template, which works as a reference point and one presentation template where simply the facts and status of the company will be presented and evaluated compared to the assessment template. Safety culture relates to attitudes, behaviour,

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka Svenska kyrkans kyrkomötes syn på religionsfrihet i samband med den förnyade debatten kring förändrade relationer mellan kyrka och stat åren 1995-1999. Religionsfriheten är en central mänsklig rättighet och i debatten kring förändrade relationer mellan kyrka och stat har det anförts att full religionsfrihet först kan bli verklighet när kyrkan skiljts från

Problem/Bakgrund: Många minderåriga förvärvsarbetar vid sidan av studier vid grundskola och gymnasium. Lagstiftaren tillåter i Sverige idag 13-16-åringar att arbeta bara i liten utsträckning emedan gruppen som fyllt 16 (samt uppfyllt skolplikten) men ännu inte 18 år omges av betydligt lösare regleringar. I praktiken är målsman den enda som kan förbjuda gymnasieeleven att skaffa sig ett extrajobb.

On 25 May 1993, the United Nation Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as means for restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. This was a major event for the all those who are concerned about serious breaches of international humanitarian law and the introduction of law

Lagen (2002:599) om grupprättegång (GrL) trädde i kraft i januari 2003. Grupptalanförfarandet är intressant ur ett rättsvetenskapligt perspektiv eftersom taleformen skiljer sig mycket åt från den traditionella civilrättsliga tvåpartsprocessen i svensk rätt. Dess tillkomst är en reaktion på ändrade samhällsförhållanden och ett nytt affärsklimat som har bidragit till nya rättsliga problem. Det uppstIn January 2003, the Swedish Act (2002:599) on Group Litigations (GrL) came into force. It stipulated a possibility to initiate a Class Action in Swedish Courts. The Class Action as a litigation form is very different from the traditional civil proceedings in Swedish law. It is a reaction to changing social conditions and a new business climate that has contributed to new legal issues. During the

The doctrine of joint criminal enterprise (JCE) is a form of individual criminal liability in international criminal law. This doctrine was formed by the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY in the Tadić Case in 1999. Since then, the JCE has grown to play a major role in the charges and convictions before international criminal tribunal. Due to this doctrine, the members who formed the criminal plan are re

I januari 2009 fick en student vid ett vuxengymnasium i Tensta besked om att hon inte tilläts bära niqab i skolan. Niqaben, som är en heltäckande slöja där endast ögonen är synliga, medförde enligt skolan pedagogiska svårigheter såväl som säkerhetsrisker. Händelsen anmäldes till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen och studenten tilläts gå kvar på skolan i väntan på myndighetens beslut. Frågan om dylika heIn January of 2009 a student at an upper secondary school for adults in Tensta was informed that she was not allowed to wear a niqab to school. According to the school board, the niqab, which is a full veil that leaves only the eyes fully visible, implied both security risks as well as pedagogical difficulties. The incident was reported to the Equality Ombudsman, and awaiting the Ombudsman’s decis