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Ett stort ansvar för barn som far illa - en c-uppsats om fem förskollärares tankar kring anmälningsplikt

The aim of this study was to highlight preschool teacher´s thoughts about their mandatory reporting duty, in relation to their own actions and the social service. Several studies show that there is a difference between how many children that is suspected maltreated and how many children are reported to social service. I conducted interviews with five preschool teachers who are employed at municipa

"Man orkar tills man dör" - En kvalitativ textanalys om uppväxten med en psykiskt sjuk förälder

Children with mentally ill parents have been invisible for a long period of time. The aim of the study was to give a better insight in how the childhood of these children can be. I’ve done a qualitative text analysis of five self-biographic books. I’ve studied these books with help of development ecology and attachment theory. I’ve also been looking at the resilience and factors that have an influ

Gemenskap och utanförskap i en studentförening - en kvantitativ studie av en studentförening

The purpose of this paper was to examine if there was an experience of alienation in a student association and what the meaning of the usage of symbols and having a commitment within a group meant to maintain the group identity. Using a quantitative method the research analyzed answers from students in the student association at the university of technology in Lund. The theory in this paper was co

Jag har nog fyllt ett hav snart – om krishantering och hur man går vidare efter att ha förlorat någon

By now I’ve probably filled an ocean - crisis management and how to move on after losing someone The purpose of this study was to examine how people manage crisis after someone’s death and if there are different phases while in grief. Cullberg’s theory of crisis is used as an analytical tool. The method I employed was document analysis of eight blogs and ten posts on different open Internet commu

På tal om berättelser - Narrativanalys av The Danger of a Single Story

Under konferensen TED-Global 2009 uppträdde författarinnan Chimamanda Adichie med The Danger of a single story som vill varna för det ensidiga berättandets stigmatiserande konsekvenser. Då talet är uppbyggt av berättelser förenas det litterära och det retoriska. Med analysmetoden Narrative Criticism ville jag undersöka hur några narrativa strategier rörande berättelsens karaktärer, dess sceniska p

Food Packaging Innovation

Food production, especially meat production, has a large impact on the environment and wastage of these products has an even greater impact (WRAP 2007). A lot of food is thrown away due to "safety scares" and consumers insecurity of the safety and quality of the food. If the microbiological state of meat can be identified and constantly updated, throughout the whole supply chain, includi

Overconfidence and turnover - Evidence from the Hong Kong stock market

High trading volume is a common phenomenon in global financial markets, and it seems to go against the paradigm of classic economic theory based on rational agents and efficient markets. In this thesis, we turn to behavioral finance, as we try to explain this anomaly as a consequence of the so-called overconfidence bias. According to previous research, market return influences the level of overcon

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Homophobia is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. The causes of homophobia are numerous and interconnected, but the main causes can be found in Africa’s colonial history, and its influence on religion, gender roles and African leaders. Christianity became widespread in Africa during the colonial era, and religion has since played a major role in African societies and in the construction of homophobi

Jag vet var du parkerar dina skor...- en kvalitativ studie om hur frivårdsinspektörer hanterar hot och våld

In this essay we analyzed which strategies probation officers use to deal with the risk of threats and violence in the day to day work, and how they reflect on the events of threats and violence. The essay has a qualitative approach where we used semi-structured interviews. We interviewed six probation officers in a medium-sized Swedish town. The respondents were four men and two women. In order t

The Challenge of Wind Power in Italy: Is the Answer Blowing in the Wind?

The latest years have seen the worldwide interest around wind power increasing significantly. Italy as well has joined this global movement. But does the Italian wind power industry have the capabilities for a substantial and sustainable future growth? This paper analyzes the Italian wind power sector using a slightly modified Porter’s diamond model in a comparative analysis with the Spanish one,

Forgone Opportunities? -A Study on the Underutilization of Women’s Potential in Developing Countries and Foreign Direct Investment.

The inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) is considered as a major stimulus to economic growth in developing countries since it helps to overcome obstacles like shortages of financial resources, skills and technology. Sound institutions promoting growth and development are often considered as necessary in order to create a friendly investment climate. In many developing countries institutions

Aid, Development and the Role of Culture

The role of culture is often overlooked in economics. Despite culture permeating every part of society and differing greatly between countries, economists have had little time for it. However, as economics slowly move away from the neoclassical assumptions of perfectly functioning markets, culture is becoming more and more relevant. The aim of this thesis is to look into the connections between cu

En jazzig historia. Om ekvivalens av musikreferenser och talspråk i en text om Thelonious Monk

Den här uppsatsen behandlar översättningsarbetet av en faktiv text om en jazzmusikers liv. Texten har publicerats i Sverige som en del i en tidskrift vars hela utgåva handlar om personer som valt att kommunicera utan ord. Uppsatsen innehåller källtext och måltext, en analys av källtexten och en kommentar till översättningsarbetet. I kommentaren redovisas svårigheter i källtexten och lösningar av d

Dynamisk hedging i praktiken: En undersökning av OMXS30 för Black-Scholes-Merton-antagandena.

Uppsatsen inleds med en genomgång av ramverket för Black-Scholes-Merton-modellen. Bl. a. härleds Black och Scholes partiella differentialekvation genom att replikera avkastningen från en köpoption med hjälp av en självfinansierad portfölj bestående utav aktier och obligationer. Även en kort introduktion till risk-neutral värdering ges. Optionens känslighetsmått (”grekerna”) presenteras i form av 3

The practical use of crowd funding

Crowd funding is emerging as a new way of fundraising means for recent years. While people hold quite different opinions on the practical use of crowd funding. Some people believe crowd funding may have a bright future as a fundraising mechanism, while other people consider that crowd funding is just a flash in a pan. This thesis aims at exploring how crowd funding developed and why it worked. The

EHEC och gurkor: Vem kan man lita på? - en kvalitativ studie kring kommunikation och konsumenters köpbeteende vid ett livsmedelsburet utbrott.

Bakgrund: Uppsatsen grundar sig på konsumentbeteende kring köp av färska grönsaker samt trovärdigheten i media och myndigheters riskkommunikation i samband med EHEC-utbrottet i Europa våren och sommaren 2011. Studien utgår ifrån konsumenters bild av deras köpbeteende under och efter den aktuella händelsen och hur media och myndigheters kommunikation har påverkat dem i sin uppfattning av utbrottet.

Your Money or Your Life?

The theory of the hedonic wage model and compensating wage differentials dates back to the times of Adam Smith, and this study attempts to investigate, using econometric analysis, whether the Swedish labor market can give any claim to these theories. A brief background to the health economics discipline is followed by relevant theory and research in the field of compensating wage differentials. Us

Energy Efficiency - Can Nanotechnology Change the Equation?

How can nanoscience be used to raise the energy efficiency of established industrial technologies and in residential housing By reviewing the literature concerning nanotechnology and the impact it may have on energy efficiency, it becomes quite clear that it will have a mayor impact in the future. Much of the impact will probably come in the form of enabling technologies that could be used to impr