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Our purpose of this essay is to study the Swedish political party Sverigedemokraterna. We will examine the change or development during the last twenty years. During this time, the party has grown massively both in size but also in regards of influence on the political agenda. This leads us to our interest, does the increase in size and influence also means that the party is changing their views,
In this study I have compared the use of intradiegetic history in the fantasy worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien and George R. R. Martin in their novels The Fellowship of the Ring and A Game of Thrones. Both authors make use of ancient kingdoms and their aftermaths in constructing their fantasy worlds and the stories that takes place within them. There are however some differences in how they do it. Inspi
This essay aims to investigate how the understanding and undertakings of corporate social responsibility is recognized and prioritized in the Swedish business community. By utilizing two measurements of corporate sustainability, this study presents a current situation analysis of how Swedish companies relate to the concept. The ambition is to identify if, and in that case how, the sustainability w
The ability to distinguish between truthful and deceptive statements has been argued to be essential for social workers. Because of their profession, they have to manage clients’ lies on a daily basis. If they cannot distinguish between these, it can lead to serious long-term consequences for clients and others. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate social workers' beliefs and
As more and more urban areas are planning and responding to climate change there is a need to understand the role that local action is having at the national and international level. The Paris Agreement called for a global goal on adaptation but in practice aggregating progress on adaptation is hard to achieve. Effective monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning systems are crucial to inform
Denna studie syftar till att analysera vilka strategier det svenska kungahuset använder sig av för att hantera kriser. Studien ämnar därigenom att bidra till forskningsområdet strategisk kommunikation, gällande hur samhällsinstitutioner kan kommunicera strategiskt i samband med kriser, beroende på ansvarsnivå, rykteskapital och tidigare krishistoria. Sveriges kung har i år regerat i ett halvt sekeThis study aims to analyze which strategies the Swedish Royal House uses to manage crises. The study thus intends to contribute to the field of strategic communication, regarding how social institutions can communicate strategically during crises, depending on the level of responsibility, reputation capital and previous crisis history. The King of Sweden has reigned for half a century this year
The pangolin is the most trafficked mammal on earth and is believed to be on the brink of extinction. However, in many affected countries including Namibia, research and conservation efforts do not match their endangered status. Despite strict wildlife legislations, the level of illegal wildlife trade remains high, especially impacting Namibia’s rural communities. Thus, the aim of this thesis is t
This thesis seeks to examine the suitability and robustness of transfer learning models in creating an efficient reCAPTCHA v2 classifier, and further evaluates their performance against various adversarial attacks. Three models - DenseNet201, EfficientNetV2, and InceptionV3 - were trained and assessed, highlighting the applicability of transfer learning techniques in the classification of reCAPTCH
Media som inte utgör public service finansieras genom annonsförsäljning. Det leder till att tidningarna väljer ut sitt innehåll utifrån vad de tror säljer och det finns vissa omständigheter som ökar nyhetsvärdet i en händelse. Av de som står misstänkta för brott utgör kvinnor cirka 20 %. Den låga andelen medför att händelser med kvinnliga misstänkta blir sensationella och oförutsägbara och att hänMedia that isn’t public service finance their business through selling ads. Journalists and editors therefore choose the context of their media depending on what they believe will sell and there are circumstances that increase the newsworthiness of a story. Female suspects make up about 20 % of all the people suspected of crimes. Stories involving female suspects are therefore sensational and unpr
The Swedish migration agency (Migrationsverket) believes that newly sharpened rules for asylum will increase the number of undocumented immigrants choosing to stay after getting a rejected asylum application. Since it is illegal to hire undocumented immigrants many are being "payed under the table" or receive welfare or aid from NGO:s. This essay investigates what one NGO, the Church of
The aim of this study was to explore the usage of psychological knowledge in primary school teaching in Sweden. The study is based on APA’s theoretical framework “Top 20 principles from psychology for prek-12 teaching and learning”, and is part of an EU research project aiming to improve the supportive role of psychology and psychologists in school. To answer the research questions of this study a
Natural selection is an important force behind evolution. It is well known that phenotypic variation provides opportunity for evolution, but research into how selection acts on specific traits over time is lacking. In this thesis, I studied how selection acts upon the shape and body size of the beetle Cassida viridis. Across three populations, I measured size (length and area), shape, and lifespan
The thesis aimed to explore what factors influenced Chinese consumers’ sustainable consumption intention and behavior with regard to children’s apparel. Regarding sustainable consumption, numerous previous studies found consumers were becoming more environmentally conscious and showing positive attitudes towards sustainable consumption. However, affected by various factors, consumers had failed to
This bachelor’s thesis aim is to evaluate the discussion of recycle and upcycle as two approaches to interpret sustainability in the clothing industry of a Swedish contemporary context. The companies Rave Review and Swedish Stockings will exemplify companies working with and, above all, communicating their work with upcycle and recycle. We will analyze how choosing to work with the approaches can
Tourism is one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in the world. Due to that, many developing world’s regions with limited economic activity adapt tourism as a development strategy. The point of departure is a critical consideration why tourism, while producing such immense economic benefits, frequently also perpetuates already existing socio-economic, cultural, and environmental dysfunctions.
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to investigate whether or not Bäljane stream is a possible recipient for treated leachate from a Swedish municipal solid waste plant. This report will see how the current environmental status is in the river and how it will be affected in the future if emissions of treated leachate occur. Earlier studies regarding the environmental status in the river was evalua
Short gamma-ray bursts are often observed at large spatial offsets from their host galaxies. Neutron star mergers in double neutron star binaries have also recently been confirmed as a progenitor of short gamma-ray bursts (Abbott et al. 2017). We attempt to constrain uncertainties in the evolution of burst-producing neutron star binaries by generating a distribution of burst offsets from the neutr
Water scarcity is becoming more and more of a global challenge due to, among other things, climate change and global population growth. Seventy percent of freshwater resources globally are used for agricultural purposes and new strategies are needed to meet the increasing water demand. The use of wastewater for agricultural irrigation is an efficient way to save freshwater. In 2015, 48 million cu
The vast majority of Swedes are in possession of a smartphone, typically covered via one’s household insurance policy and smartphones are included in upwards of 50 % of household insurance claims (Hedvig, 2019). Some estimates say that upwards of 40 % of all smartphone claims are fraudulent. Payments to fraudsters falls on honest policy holders pay for with higher premiums. There are several vulne
