Bara var femte ung vuxen som cyklar i Malmö använder cykelhjälm, trots att vi alla känner till farorna som det innebär. Hur kommer det sig att det är så socialt accepterat att ta den här specifika risken? Vad är det som formar vårt beslut att inte använda cykelhjälm? I den här studien närmar vi oss de underliggande attityder som folk ibland hänvisar till när de försöker svara på frågan “varför anv

Denna rapport är en brandteknisk riskvärdering av Ljungsätra äldreboende, beläget i Ljungby. Byggnaden uppfördes 1973, och består av 3 lägenhetshus med vardera 3 våningar sammanbyggda med en enplans-byggnad där stödjande verksamhet finns. Lägenhetshusen byggdes ut med en fjärde våning 2002. Vid ett platsbesök identifierades lägenhetshusen som de mest sårbara för en brand och efterföljande utrymn

Over the last ten years, sharing economy has become very popular among European citizens. A tremendous transaction value is generated with peers providing their services through sharing economy platforms, such as Uber and Airbnb. Due to this, the line between service providers and service recipients has become blurred, which raises challenges to the treatment of those services under the VAT Direct

“Silences haunt every archive”, says Rodney Carter, words that illustrate the significance of the archival practice in selecting and arranging the documents that reflect the past. This study begins in the notion that the archivist’s profession represents a certain form of power, manifested in this practice. What sort of history and which stories that will be known in the future lies very much in t

By employing seven semi-structured interviews with local judges and prosecutors in Kosovo, this study aims at examining how the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) has impacted the legal order in Kosovo and the practice of the judges and prosecutors. In addition, this study examines how the impacts of EULEX, and how the judges and prosecutors will be affected after the EULEX are withdrawn f

This thesis examines which roles that have characterized Swedish foreign policy during the 21st century. The scientific method used is a discourse analysis in which 19 Statements of Foreign Policy, presented by four different Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs, have been analyzed. In the study, four roles have been sought after: the Mediator, the International critic, the Europeanized role and

Financial distress is costly for a company and affects many stakeholders. Although models of distress and default have been constructed and developed by researchers for a long time, a model adapted to the unique characteristics of the Swedish market is still missing. This study has two major purposes: (1) to construct a model of distress on the Swedish market, and (2) to use this model to investig

Rising costs of healthcare in most OECD-countries have contributed to a quest for research into the field of healthcare costs and efficiency, something that has not been free of controversies. As a result of that, healthcare financers as well as providers have become more inclined to measure performance and compare themselves to others with the same responsibilities. In Sweden, the Association of

This thesis research analyzed policies that promote resource mobilization for the development of the Solar Water Heaters and Photovoltaic industries in Mexico. The main inquiry is to identify the role that technological complexity plays in promoting resource mobilization for sustainable transition policies. It is assumed that if the technology is complex, resources are obtained from extra-regional

Problem/ bakgrund: Sedan 2014, när IS utropade sitt kalifat, har de lyckats rekrytera och radikalisera anhängare med hjälp av att sprida information om det framväxande kalifatet. IS har rekryterat och radikaliserat anhängare genom användningen spridningen av propaganda på sociala medier. En stor mängd propaganda sprids såväl via sociala medier såsom Twitter, tv- kanaler, appar och olika tidskrifte

Due to the fact that Sweden during the past five years has seen an increase of gun related crimes we find it necessary to further explore this area. The public´s trust regarding the legal system has started to decline as an effect of this negative trend. We are currently experiencing a shift within the criminal policy regarding the tendency by politicians to ignore scientifically research and choo

IBIC - A qualitative study about care managers perspective on the work with IBIC The aim of this study was to describe and analyze care managers perspective on the working model IBIC in eldercare, launched by Socialstyrelsen, in relation to di- scretion and legal certanity. The working model IBIC is a tool for care managers that aims to meet the individual needs. This purpose was explored in quali

The objective of this thesis was the impact evaluation of several parameters affecting daylight conditions in a typical cellular office in Lund, Sweden. The research approach that was followed consisted of three distinct steps; the literature review in order to specify the dependent and independent variables of the study, the simulation part to produce daylight performance data and the graphical a

Denna kvantitativa studie har i syfte att undersöka svenska högstadieelevers inställning till traditionella och digitala nyhetsmedier samt nyhetsföretag trovärdighet. Med utgångspunkt i strategiska kommunikationsteorier såsom gatekeeping, the Bandwagon effect och filterbubblor, utformades tre frågeställningar och fyra hypoteser. Med hjälp av statistikprogrammet SPSS analyserades 189 fullständiga eThis quantitative study was conducted with the aim to inquire into Swedish 9th graders’ attitudes towards traditional and digital news media and news outlets’ trustworthiness. With basis in strategic communication theories concerning gatekeeping, the Bandwagon effect and filter bubbles, three research questions and four hypotheses were designed. A statistical analytics were compiled from 189 onlin

Background and Objectives: This research explored the possibility of organisations implementing the work of CIP for the right beneficial reason, or if the implementation was done because the subject is a trend. While CIP-methods are getting more and more popular, it remains in many cases unclear which concepts suit best to what organisation. Having a single organisation implementing a numerous var

Hushållsberedskap för översvämningar – hur ser den egentligen ut och varför? Översvämningen i Malmö 2014 visade sig vara den enskilt största faktorn till den hushållsberedskap som finns i Malmös högriskområden, tillsammans med tidigare erfarenheter av andra översvämningar. Hushållsberedskapen är viktig för det enskilda hushållet men de mest utsatta hushållen är beroende av kommunens mer omfattandeAs global warming and more extreme weather makes the threat of flooding more prominent, it is vital to identify what can be done and by whom. The individual household preparedness is a big factor that this study aims to evaluate. The core of this study includes interviews with people living in high-risk areas for flooding in Malmoe, Sweden. The aim was to map out the motives behind the preparednes

Snabba cykelstråk, eller snabbcykelleder, är benämningar som beskriver cykelstråk anpassade för längre transporter med god framkomlighet, tillgänglighet och säkerhet. Detta examensarbete undersöker framkomligheten på denna förhållandevis nya typ av cykelstråk. Syftet är att konkretisera behoven och brister i utformningen utifrån ett framkomlighetsperspektiv. Till grund för arbetet har teorin om fr

Bakgrund: Kommunikation är avgörande för ett fungerande teamsamarbete och brister i kommunikation kan leda till missförstånd och allvarliga konsekvenser. Forskning visar att brister i kommunikation kan leda till ineffektiva och försenade operationer samt att kommunikation är en sårbar punkt inom vården som kan hota patientsäkerheten. Syfte: Studiens syfte var att belysa operationsteamets erfarenhe