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The use of the term ‘refugee crisis’ does already suggest a scenario that apparently, the European Union was not expecting and consequently, was not prepared to tackle. As the mass influx of asylum seekers arrived in Europe in 2015, the national reception systems, especially in states of first arrival such as Greece and Italy were disrupted, and the Common European Asylum System was put to a test.

A new pharmaceutical product suitable to act as a negative contrast agent for Computerized Scan (CT-scan) of the abdomen is under development. At the moment the product has the form of a powder, which when dispersed in water and whipped, gives a stable foam. The foam is ingested by individuals who are about to undergo a CT-scan, as a prior preparation step. The powder form has disadvantages such a

In this bachelor thesis, the causes and norms that has indicated an increase of drug abuse, both illicit and prescribed, for the past two years in the municipality of Lomma among middle school pupils, have been investigated. In order to understand this problem, student health staff’s, field workers’ and police’s point of views have been considered in three focus groups interviews. Qualitative data

Bakgrund: Att uppleva balans mellan sina aktiviteter är inom arbetsterapi förknippat med hälsa och välbefinnande. Hur arbetsterapeuter arbetar med äldre personer för att förbättra deras aktivitetsbalans är dock understuderat. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur arbetsterapeuter beskriver arbetet med äldre personer och deras aktivitetsbalans. Metod: En kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturBackground: In occupational therapy, experiencing balance between occupations is associated with health and well-being. There is little known about occupational therapists work with older people to improve their occupational balance. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate how occupational therapists describe the work with older people and their occupational balance. Method: A qualitative ap

When companies rise and fall faster than ever before due to rapid technological changes, the ability to respond to technological changes becomes critical for all organizations. The benefits of transforming are clear and many companies fail to transform and thus take massive hits. According to Forbes (2018), $900 million has been wasted as a consequence, making it important to identify what is hind

In this essay an econometric analysis has been made to examine how the swedish dwelling stock is affected by the rent regulation in Sweden as well as investigate if the regulation affects the rent level. The study observes Sweden, Norway, Belgium and The United Kingdom between the years of 1995 - 2015. Parts of the focus in this study has been on the effectiveness in allocation and if it can incre

Att anses vara en moralisk person är en strävan som de allra flesta har. Trots detta verkar det finnas en diskrepans mellan de etiska principer vi säger oss stå bakom och vårt faktiska agerande, ett fenomen kallat dubbelmoral. Denna studie undersökte hur emotionen skuld påverkar uppvisad dubbelmoral gällande personer av olika sociala grupptillhörigheter. Deltagare (N = 166) fick först läsa en instTo be perceived by others as moral and fair is something that most humans desire. Despite this, there appears to exist a discrepancy between the ethical principles we argue for and the actions we actually pursue, a phenomenon called hypocrisy. This article studied how the emotion guilt influences our hypocrisy, and how this varies based on social group membership. Participants (N = 166) were asked

Trust has attracted academic attention as the crucial social capital to foster economic development. Especially in analysing today’s knowledge-based economy, the influential role of trust on innovation has been studied by many researchers due to the favourable feature of trust in accelerating knowledge exchange and collaboration in innovation networks. However, the quantitative relationship betwee

What are the primary social motivational factors for women to join a terrorist group? There is a vision that women must be convinced by others to get involved in terrorism. In fact women are both capable and willing to make their own decisions to join. Behind these decisions are a number of motivational factors that governements and organizations need to have knowledge about in order to be able to

Eftersom vi idag lever i ett kunskapssamhälle är det viktigt med utbildning för att medborgarna ska kunna bidra till samhällsutvecklingen. Eriksson Gustavsson (2011) talar inom dyslexiforskning om att studenter med dyslexi i högre utbildning blir dåligt bemötta på grund av sin diagnos. Av den anledningen vill vi utifrån ett pedagogiskt perspektiv ge- nomföra en undersökning om dyslektikers studies

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att förstå vad som ligger till grund för dagens utformning av busshållplatser och vilka möjligheter det finns för att bygga attraktiva busshållplatser. För att kunna göra det är det viktigt att förstå de inblandade aktörernas ansvarsfördelning och intressen. Metoden som har använts är kvalitativa intervjuer med trafikplanerare från Malmö Stad, Skånetrafiken och anThe aim of this master thesis is to understand why bus stops are designed the way they are and what the possibilities are to build attractive bus stops. To do so it is also important to know which the invovled parties are and what role they play. The method for this study are qualtive interviews with transport planners from Malmö Stad and Skånetrafiken and other interesting parties. The study has

Interest in Robotic Process Automation is increasing exponentially within business and re-search context. The characteristics and benefits of RPA have increased its adoption in many organizations. Yet, there seems to be a difficulty in implementing RPA within organizations. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that influence implementation of RPA pro-jects in organizations that have

Detta arbete handlar om Räddningstjänsten Syd. Syftet har varit att undersöka Organisationskulturen och vilka förut- sättningar den ger för Organisatoriskt lärande. Den kvalitativa metodansatsen har varit inom ramen för hermeneutik, med 4 intervjuer som datainsamlingsmetod. Den kvalitativa analysen genomfördes hermeneutiskt. I resultatet konstaterades att flera beståndsdelar av kultur kunde förstå

This study explores the political relationship between King Hussein and Margaret Thatcher, during her time as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1979-1990. Through archival research, I explore data concerning the political situation and the bilateral relations of Jordan and Great Britain. These focus primarily on the political situation in the Middle East, as well as taking economic relations betwee

Trots att sexköpslagen och olika hjälpinsatser har bidragit till en minskning av sex mot ersättning på gatan, uppmärksammade #metoo-rörelsen problematiken kring den dolda varianten av sex mot ersättning som främst har sin grund på internet. Detta öppnade upp en värld som få hade insikt i, som det fanns lite information om och som det bedrivits lite forskning kring. Genom att intervjua personer som

The reassignment method is a technique for improving the concentration of signals in spectrograms and other time-frequency representations (TFR). It achieves this by displacing the points in a TFR according to the reassignment vector for every point. By doing so, the reassignment method gives perfect concentration of infinite constant frequency sinusoids, impulses and linear chirps. A downside to

The Chinese urban population face serious health issues due to the increasing concentration of air pollutants. Research has shown that air quality was influenced by urban forms, and that special combinations of city characteristics could contribute to sustainable urban development. This study aims to determine how urban forms affected air quality in Chinese cities. In this context, urban forms are

Empirical evidence for the growth effects of the concepts of related- and unrelated variety have been inconclusive since the introduction in 2007. This thesis contributes to the field by suggesting how the concepts of related- and unrelated variety may be moderated by the absorptive capacity found in a region. Absorptive capacity is suggested to work as a diffusion mechanism in relation to related

I föreliggande uppsats studeras hur sex transsexuella män skapar och framställer sin maskulinitet på Youtube. Youtube har kommit att bli en plattform som används av många transsexuella personer. Tidigare forskning har visat på hur Youtube fungerar som en självuppfyllande process där transsexuella personer legitimerar och uppnår en bekräftelse för vilka de är (Jones 2019, Horak 2014). I dessa video