Food security is an important factor contributing to the socio-economic stabilization and development of Bangladesh. Though, the country has made a steady progress in the expansion of food production, but food insecurity is still a major problem mainly because of poverty. Various development strategies aimed at eliminating poverty are now combining the microcredit as one of the key sectors in thei

Building interaction prototypes for ubiquitous computing is inherently difficult, since it involves a number of different devices and systems. Prototyping is an important step in developing and evaluating interaction concepts. The ideal prototyping methodology should offer high fidelity at a relatively low cost. This thesis describes the development of interaction concepts for controlling consume

This thesis examines the ideologies and moral values regarding sexuality and gender within the United States national realm of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR); and furthermore what how these ideologies and morals are translated into development policy. Through the method interrogative insertion, I have explored in the U.S. President´s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). And t

This thesis presents findings from a study about the challenges international master’s degree students have to undergo when they decide to study at Lund University, a university situated in the South of Sweden. The study involved interviews of 7 international students from different national backgrounds. Emerging from the analysis is the perception that respondents have to face several identity ch

This study put together a well established statistical model which estimates the expected number of goals being scored in football games in the Swedish 1 division (the third tier). The model is based on a Poisson regression and makes it possible to calculate the relative strength between two teams in terms of how many goals they are expected to score. The study is based on data from 1092 games and

The purpose of this essay has been to examine which ideal image lies ahead for men to identify with, concerning appearance and status as well as the main presentation of masculinity. Further the purpose was to examine whether the image of the ideal man according to today’s mass media, affect everyday men in their everyday- and lifechoices and whether it has affected their self-esteem and their sen

In this master thesis the load effect factors for 448 fictitious bridges, with different modes, have been examined. All analysis has been carried out in a finite element program. Bridge types that have been investigated are composite bridges and concrete beam bridges with a single beam, referred to as single beam bridges. For the analysis the main difference between the two bridge types is that to

Idag vårdas 10 % av alla patienterna på vårdavdelning till följd av vårdrelaterad smitta, ofta relaterat till ofullständig handhygien, vilket leder till onödigt lidande för patienterna och extra vårdkostnader. Sjuksköterskor har ett stort ansvar då de arbetar nära patienter varje dag. Syftet med studien var att beskriva betydelsen av följsamhet samt konsekvenser avseende sjuksköterskans handhygien

Den här magisteruppsatsen är baserad på en översättning av den italienska bilderboken Antonia e le bottiglie di Morandi, som i sin tur är inspirerad av den svenska förlagan Linnéa i målarens trädgård. Uppsatsen består av en källtextanalys enligt metoden i Vägar genom texten av Hellspong och Ledin (1997). Därefter följer överväganden inför översättningen med val av strategier som behandlas i boken

Since the middle of the 1980’s, three Swedish cities have implemented a needle exchange program. These programs are all located in the southernmost part of the country, Skåne, making it a regional service rather than a national one. The purpose of this study was to, with a discourse analytic and social constructionist approach, study the debate in Stockholm’s County Council on introducing a needle

Samhälleliga insatser har riktats till personer med psykisk sjukdom för att förbättra deras möjligheter och livsvillkor. Bristande socialt stöd och stigmatisering är två bidragande orsaker till att social integrering i samhället kan försvåras för dessa personer. I föreliggande enkätstudie undersöktes självstigma och socialt stöd i relation till psykisk sjukdom. Genom brukarorganisationer i södra SEfforts have been directed toward improving life opportunities for people with mental illness. Stigmatization and lack of social support are two contributing factors to the failure of proper social integration of these persons. This survey based study investigated self-stigma and social support in association with mental illness. Ninety-four individuals with mental illness were contacted through c

Drömscenariot är att de inte ska behövas. I verkligheten tycks lokala politiker och myndigheter i Rumänien vara beroende av att samarbeta med dem – utländska välgörenhetsorganisationer. Firm Foundations är en av de ideella organisationer som är verksamma i ett av EU:s fattigaste medlemsländer.

I uppsatsen presenteras en kartläggning av den italienska poeten och filmskaparen Pier Paolo Pasolinis teoretiska utläggningar kring filmen som "verklighetens semiologi". Resonemangen kopplas här samman med Pasolinis idéer kring "den poetiska filmen" och begreppet "filmpoesi", vilka sedan förankras i en presentation av ett antal utvalda närstudier. I dessa diskuteras

My main purpose in this master thesis is to investigate what it meant to be a nun in Vadstena abbey in the beginning of the 16th-century according to the confessor general Nicolaus Ragvaldi. The main question of this thesis is: What should the ideal nun be like according to the sermons of the confessor general Nicolaus Ragvaldi performed in Vadstena abbey 1501 – 1506? While other legislative texts

Tillgång till tillräckliga mängder vatten av god kvalitet är en väsentlig resurs för samhället. Det behövs för mänsklig konsumtion, för produktion i industrin, för fisket, etcetera. Det är därför mycket oroande att vattenkvaliteten i Europeiska unionen successivt försämras. Östersjön som är mycket påverkad av övergödning kan nämnas som ett exempel. Övergödning orsakas av utsläpp av näringsämnen iThe supply of good quality water is an essential resource for society. It is needed for human consumption, for production processes in the industry, for fishing, etcetera. The fact that the quality of waters within the European Union is continuously deteriorating is therefore of major concern. One example is the Baltic Sea, which is heavily affected by eutrophication. Eutrophication is caused b

Syftet med denna studie har varit att synliggöra mönster i attityder till personer som erhåller ekonomiskt bistånd i staden Helsingborg i södra Sverige. Trots att ekonomiskt bistånd är en rättighet är det inte ovanligt att personer som erhåller ekonomiskt bistånd betraktas som lata och fuskare. Studien har belyst attityder till biståndstagare, om det har funnits några skillnader i attityder, utifrAttitudes towards people receiving financial aid – a quantitative study on attitudes and stigmatization The purpose of this study has been to illuminate patterns in attitudes towards people who obtain financial aid in the city of Helsingborg in southern Sweden. Despite financial aid being a right it is not uncommon for people who obtain financial aid to be regarded as lazy and as extortioners. Th

The aim of the present study was to take a closer look into the evidence for a theory of prehistoric string manufacture, formulated by the British archaeologist Karen Hardy in the article Prehistoric string theory. How twisted fibers helped to shape the world (Hardy, 2008). A problem with the article, with the relevance and validity of the presented evidence as substance for the theory, was the mi

The tension between Jews and Gentiles is a well-recorded and pregnant debate within the field of biblical exegesis today. One of the biblical passages that directly relates to this special situation, often labelled the ‘incident of Antioch’, is Gal 2.11-14. In this passage Peter (Cephas), an early disciple of the Jesus movement that regularly ate and drank with the Gentiles, is told to draw back a

The primary objective of this study was to examine how pre-school teachers reason about normality and deviance in a child. We were interested to find out how pre-school teachers thought about norms and normality in general because our thought was that their attitude and treatment of children in their work is reflected by their vision. We also wanted to find out how pre-school teachers relate to so