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Identities fundamental to the self, such as race and gender, can operate through visual markers on the body. Identities related to a person’s heritage, or nationality, can also become visible. However, when physical appearance means that a person can pass as a member of a dominant group, being identified or ‘marked’ as other takes place through language use. In migration contexts, situations where

Stress is a public health concern. One of the explanations to why women, more than men, receive stress-related diagnosis in connection to sickness absence is their responsibility for housework and caregiving. We investigate men’s and women’s time allocation and its association with everyday stress across life course stages (25-74 years), using individual time diary data (N=11,880) from the 2000/01

Due to the increasing share of older people worldwide, the United Nations has directed an initiative towards a "decade of healthy ageing" to promote "age-friendly environments". This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of how to promote social participation and everyday mobility in later life. The ambition is to increase the knowledge about how to create more age-friendly environments and soDue to the increasing share of older people worldwide, the United Nations has directed an initiative towards a "decade of healthy ageing" to promote "age-friendly environments". This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of how to promote social participation and everyday mobility in later life. The ambition is to increase the knowledge about how to create more age-friendly environments and so

Det globala akademiska landskapet har förändrats avsevärt sedan 1990-talet. Idag deltar fler länder än någonsin i produktionen av forskning av hög kvalitet, och internationella samarbeten inom högre utbildning har ökat markant under de senaste tre årtiondena på grund av globalisering och ökad personmobilitet. Det är tydligt att internationella utbyten och ökad personmobilitet har stärkt Sveriges fThe global academic landscape has changed significantly since the 1990s. Today, more countries than ever participate in the production of high-quality research, and international collaborations in higher education have increased dramatically over the past three decades due to globalization and increased personal mobility. It is clear that international exchanges and increased personal mobility hav

Accelerated deterioration of the constituting materials is important for the long-term performance of bridges or any other load-bearing structure with several-decades-long service life. In addition to the economic consequences due to increased maintenance and repair needs, severe deterioration can lead to catastrophic collapses with possible injuries, life losses, and impairments to infrastructure

The main purpose of this study was to identify aspects of municipal risk and vulnerability analyses that are of importance to the perceived usability at a regional level. The first part of the study aimed to encode the content of municipal risk and vulnerability analyses from the counties of Scania and Stockholm. The results were then correlated against rankings of the analyses established by the

Author: Lina Carlsiö & Niklas Skoogh Title: Konstruktionen av ett problem – En diskursiv analys kring legaliseringsdebatten av cannabis. Supervisor: Malinda Andersson Assessor: Roberto Scaramuzzino In the fall of 2012 and spring of 2013 there was a debate about a proposition made by the major of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen, about a legalization of cannabis. The debate took place both in Swedis

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Utvinning av naturgas ur skiffer ses sedan början av 2000-talet som en energikälla med växande potential på flera håll i världen. Den öländska alunskifferformationen undersöks för att utreda om det finns naturgas att utvinna på ön på grund av formationens höga organiska innehåll. Dess potential synas med tanke på utbredning och mäktighet men också eventuella mil

Den ökade internationaliseringen av företag har skapat mångkulturella arbetsplat-ser. Medarbetare måste kommunicera effektivt för att uppnå gemensamma mål, men kulturella skillnader anses ofta vara en hindrande faktor för kommunikation-en. Syftet med studien har därför varit att undersöka kulturens betydelse för den dagliga kommunikationen mellan medarbetare i internationella företag. Genom en kvaAs a result of globalization we are witnessing increasingly international work-places with employees from culturally diverse backgrounds. To achieve corporate goals and fulfill daily tasks employees at Xylem need to communicate effectively with colleagues that might not share similar frames of reference. Seeking to un-derstand the significance of cultural differences in the international workplace

Obesity is an increasing problem that brings suffering to the individual and complicates life not only daytime, but also during the night. There is a correlation between being overweight and sleep apnea. This paper aims toward creating models using risk factors, to help the evaluating physician determine whether or not the patient has an increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

Due to the lack of cohesiveness and progress in the academic field concerning statelessness, this essay examines a cross-section of said academic field to determine its ‘blind spots’. By determining the blind spots this essay aims to give new input that may result in further research concerning the pressing issue of statelessness. Seven academic articles are scrutinized and compared in order to re

En av anledningarna till att Europeiska Unionen tilldelades Nobels fredspris år 2012 är den roll som organisationen har spelat för utvecklingen av mänskliga rättigheter i Europa, trots att det finns avsevärda oklarheter kring hur stort inflytande gällande rättigheter som EU faktiskt utövar. Med utgångspunkt i den normativa institutionalismens fokus på normers avgörande betydelse för hur organisatiOne of the reasons that the European Union was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2012 is the role that the organization has played for the development of human rights within Europe, even though there is a great deal of obscurity as for the extent of the influence regarding rights that EU is really exerting. With a starting point in the focus of normative institutionalism on the crucial significance

Åldersbestämning med 14C-metoden kräver kalibrering med hjälp av en oberoende dateringsteknik. En idealisk metod som idag används för kalibreringen är dendrokronologi, eftersom trädens årsringar utgör ett nästan perfekt arkiv av 14C-halten i atmosfären och eftersom dendrodatering är en mycket exakt metod. Bakgrunden till detta arbete är ett forskningsprojekt vid Lunds universitet, där man i trädriRadiocarbon dating requires calibration by an independent dating technique. An ideal method used to calibrate radiocarbon results is dendrochronology, because tree-rings are almost perfect archives of the atmospheric radiocarbon level and dendrodating can be very accurate. However, an age offset between the calibrated 14C and dendrochronologically-dated ages has been observed for certain pine-tree

Design är ett viktigt konkurrensmedel och till viss del ett styrmedel inom affärslivet, vilket blir allt viktigare i en ökad konkurrens på marknaden. Att vara unik som företag är en tillgång och ett företag som utvecklar och säljer designprodukter som ligger i framkant, med det följer framgång och tillväxt. När den ekonomiska betydelsen av design ökar så öppnar det upp ett intresse för konkurrenteDesign is an important competitive tool and to some extent a management tool in business, which is significant in the increasing competition on the market. Being unique as a company is an asset. A company that develops and sells design products that are at the front edge is probably heading for growth. When the economic importance of design increases, it opens up an interest for competitors who se

Sammanfattning: Tre kommunala vattentäkter med konstgjord infiltration i sydöstra Småland har studerats. I Emmaboda vattentäkt har infiltrationsvattnet alkaliserats med släckt kalk sedan 1977 och i Kosta med soda sedan 1985. Målsättningen med studien har varit att påvisa förändring i totalhårdhet, alkalinitet samt aluminium- och järnhalt för det konstgjorda grundvattnet sedan alkaliseringen påbörj

Sustainable development as a policy concept has during the last twenty years developed into a huge field where the environmental, economic and social areas of society are being intertwined. And the aim of these policies is to reach the goal of a global sustainable future for all. Even though, the social aspects of sustainable development has been shown to often be neglected in the analysis, and no