Bakgrund: Mellan 10 och 27% av intensivvårdspatienterna överlever IVA men dör innan de blir utskrivna från sjukhuset. Några av dessa dödsfall kan undvikas. Patienter som skrivs ut för tidigt från IVA kännetecknas av sårbarhet och hjälplöshet då de inte är tillräckligt förberedda inför omständigheterna på en vårdavdelning vilket både försvårar och förlänger återhämtningsprocessen. Syftet: Syftet me

The aim of this master thesis was to develop adaptive control for a quadrotor using Gaussian process regression (GP). Online regression with GPs can provide many benefits as it is a flexible non-linear regression model that can provide uncertainty measures of the estimate. However, online GP regression may also gives rise to problems. Because of the high numerical complexity of GPs, sparse approxi

Gender equality is now more than ever a highly discussed topic within many different aspects of society. Also, being an entrepreneur is becoming increasingly more accessible and popular as a choice of occupation. This study aims to analyze the potential relationship between gender equality in entrepreneurship and the outcome on economic growth. By developing an index which ranks American states’ d

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vad en kreativ lärmiljö innebär för elever på det estetiska programmet i musik. Vidare avser studien att ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar den kreativa lärmiljön för att förstå hur en sådan miljö kan skapas i skolan. Bakgrunden till studien är författarens eget intresse för hur den fysiska miljön kan uppmuntra eller hämma kreativitet samt en ökad efterfrThis study aims to investigate what a creative learning environment means for music students in upper secondary school. Furthermore, the study aims to find out what factors affect the creative learning environment in order to understand how to design a creative learning environment in music education. The background to the study is the author's own interest in how the physical environment can

This thesis is divided in two with a theoretical research question as well as a practical research question. The theoretical question I sought answered was: Can architects support democracy? The question was sought answered through a literature study from which I concluded that especially two out of the many prerequisites for democracy relates to architectural practice: A need for a sense of “we”

Car sharing (CS) is a growing phenomenon globally but its environmental implications are not yet fully explored. While many researchers agree that it could have multiple direct environmental benefits, indirect effects like carbon emissions induced through changed consumption patterns have been poorly explored. This thesis aims to quantify and compare consumption induced carbon emissions (CCE) of C

The aim of this study was to examine children who grew up with one or two parents who had addiction problems during their childhood. This study was done to get an understanding of what children of addiction did to move on in life with different approaches, strategies, roles and what kind of team they used. Also what meaning the authors attachment to their parents during their childhood meant. A qu

En fri rörlighet för tjänster inom EU innebär en fri rätt för arbetsgivare att tillhandahålla tjänster på lika villkor i alla medlemsstater. Rätten till tjänsters fria rörlighet har dock gett upphov till en rad olika problem när det kommer till området för utstationering av arbetstagare. För att förhindra arbetsgivare från att exploatera sin arbetskraft genom social dumpning vid utstationering harA free movement of services within the EU amount to a free right for employers to provide services on equal terms in all member states. The right to free movement of services has however given rise to a number of problems when posting workers. In order to prevent employers from exploiting its workforce through social dumping when posting workers, the EU has established a minimum protection for the

Är föräldrar det stora problemet inom barnidrott? Syftet med studien var att undersöka föräldraengagemang inom barnidrott med fokus på föräldrars upplevelse, vad de ansåg som bra engagemang för att främja barnidrott, och vilken roll idrottsföreningar spelar i detta sammanhang. En kvalitativ ansats användes för att ge en djupare förståelse av fenomenet. Data inhämtades genom semistrukturerade inter

Många barn upplever oro i samband med smärtsamma eller emotionellt påfrestande procedur. Barn saknar ofta adekvata strategier för smärthantering och är därför extra utsatta. Lekterapi kan anta olika former och syftar till att lindra barns oro och smärta i vårdsituationer. Aktiv distraktion och passiv distraktion syftar till att avleda barnet under proceduren. Det finns även förberedande lekterapi

Contractors who start building based on incomplete documents will always require many costly solutions. The cost to correct mistakes in the beginning of the project is less than the cost to correct mistakes at the end of the project when the admission takes over. Factors that contribute to these large costs are in the planning stage, when transferring information and lack of communication. CollaboContractors who start building based on incomplete documents will always require many costly solutions. The cost to correct mistakes in the beginning of the project is less than the cost to correct mistakes at the end of the project when the admission takes over. Factors that contribute to these large costs are in the planning stage, when transferring information and lack of communication. Collabo

Studien i fråga hade som huvudsyfte att undersöka moralisk stress hos rekryterare på rekryterings- och bemanningsföretag i privat verksamhet i Sverige. Vidare syfte var att undersöka dilemman av fyra andra psykologiska faktorer kopplat till arbetet som är relevanta för moralisk stress: kognition, emotion, kontroll, samt stressreaktioner. För moralisk stress och samtliga faktorer undersöktes skillnThe study aimed at examining recruiter’s experience of moral stress at recruiting and staffing companies in Sweden. Further purpose was to investigate dilemmas of four other psychological factors related to work, relevant for moral stress: cognition, emotion, control, and stress reactions. For moral stress and all other factors, differences based on sexes and work experience were investigated. An

Operant conditioning is a psychological theory about learning through positive and negative reinforcement which has been researched for decades. However, some fundamental components of this theory have not yet been thoroughly researched, such as its interaction with long-term retention and context. These components are essential if we want to understand how operant conditioning applies in everyday

Financial return series are often characterized by volatility clusters and a leptokurtic distribution. Many models that account for these properties exist, with the GARCH model proposed by Bollerslev (1986) being the most popular. This thesis explores an alternative model to capture the stochastic volatility in financial time series. The considered model is denoted the autoregressive gamma varianc

År 2011 utbröt den sociala och politiska revolution i Syrien som senare utvecklades till en väpnad konflikt mellan regimen och olika väpnade folkliga grupper. Under perioden mellan 2012 och 2018 eskalerade konflikten och bredde ut sig i stort sett över hela Syrien. Konsekvensen av detta var storskaligt på den humanitära nivå, då hälften av befolkningen tvingades migrera inom eller utom landet och

This study is a critical analysis about the meaning of labor within a Swedish consultant company. The aim of this study is to showcase, describe and evaluate employees attitudes towards their profession as a sales consultant. Therefore the study focus on identifying and analyzing the structures of meaning at the workplace, and the relationship between the employees and the organizational culture.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur inhemska företagsförvärv på den nordiska marknaden presterar och vilka variabler som har en påverkan på prestationen. Studien kommer att använda CAR som prestationsmått.Uppsatsen använder sig av en kvantitativ metod med en hypotetisk-deduktiv ansats. Vidare används en eventstudiemetodologi för att uppnå uppsatsens syfte. Studiens teori bygger i huvudsak på t

The project has focused on a design site located in the city of Lund, Sweden. It so happens that the city has a thin urban tissue and low density yet the city continues to sprawl outwards and to build dreary sea of office blocks. Today the area is dominated by the outdoor sports pitches, a horse riding school and criss-crossed by busy roads. The area lying to the north and west of the site is esse