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In October 2008, the Swedish government made a resolution about a testing period for advanced classes in some of the Swedish high schools. After about a year the Swedish minister of education, Jan Björklund, made a statement that he wished that the try with the so called elite classes be extended to the primary schools. The purpose of my paper it to analyse the Swedish debate about elite classes i
Street children living in eastern Africa is a group of people who face more health problems than the general population. The purpose of this study was to examine the views of a group of eastern Ugandan health workers on the health of street children and how health care for street children should be carried out. The study was designed with snowball sampling using semi-structured interviews. The met
Bloggar som uttryckskanal har under de senaste åren blivit allt mer populära. Vad som vidare blivit tydligt är den bristande forskning om såväl bloggen som kommunikationskanal samt personligt varumärkesbyggande. I denna uppsats har vi studerat hur personligt varumärkesbyggande kommer till uttryck i personliga bloggar. Vi har genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med såväl personliga bloggare som områdeBlogs as channel for expression has in recent years become increasingly popular. What is also becoming clear is the lack of research on both the blog as a communication channel, and personal branding. In this paper we have studied how personal branding is reflected in personal blogs. We conducted qualitative interviews with both personal bloggers and area skilled authors and consultants in order t
At the Children’s Heart Center of Skåne University Hospital (BUS) there is an ongoing project with live recordings of open heart surgeries. These recordings will be used for educational purposes, for planning of future surgeries, as well as for evaluating the surgical procedures. Currently, the recordings are made using two cameras that are positioned above the operating table on a temporary mount
Gender-based violence affects at least 80 million women in Europe, and consequently is a human rights scandal in urgent need of efficient response. This thesis explores the protection level of women's right to be free from gender-based violence, in terms of human rights law and its implementation, under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Wom
The purpose of this thesis is to explain and analyze the project resilience practices developed and demonstrated in project management during times of crisis, as well as to analyze the correlations of these practices with project success, both in the short and long term. This project is also part of the Swedish Project Review, a longitudinal study benchmarking trends and areas of improvement in pr
Användningen av hemliga tvångsmedel mot barn under 15 år utmanar centrala principer och väcker frågor om barns ställning i straffprocessen. Åtgärder som innebär långtgående intrång i privatliv och personlig integritet aktualiserar särskilt höga krav på rättssäkerhet, proportionalitet och hänsyn till barnets bästa. Uppsatsens syfte har varit att undersöka om införandet av hemliga tvångsmedel mot baThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the introduction of covert coercive measures against children under the age of 15 is compatible with children’s rights. The study has been conducted from a perspective based on the rule of law. The study has analyzed the reform considering fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as the principles governing the use of covert coercive measures. T
Bird collisions with overhead power lines can cause power outages and raise ecological concerns. This thesis analyses bird-related power disruptions in E.ON Energidistribution AB’s Swedish power grid during the period 2009–2025. The aims are to analyse the impact of bird-related outages relative to other causes and to evaluate whether bird diverters reduce such disruptions. The study is based on d
This thesis investigates how Artificial Intelligence can collaborate across the entire product development process, using the case of playfulness through lighting as the design context. The project follows the development of a playful table lamp from early research to the final product, comparing traditional methods with AI-assisted approaches to understand where AI adds value and where human expe
Bakgrund: Barn och ungdomars ålder påverkar hur de förstår och hanterar sitt syskons cancersjukdom. Tidigare forskning har visat att syskon till cancersjuka barn löper större risk att utveckla svårigheter, men deras egna erfarenheter har ofta inte fått tillräcklig uppmärksamhet. Genom ett familjecentrerat bemötande och den mellanmänskliga teorin kan vårdpersonal ta större hänsyn till de unga anhörBackground: The age of children and adolescents affects how they understand and cope with their sibling's cancer. Previous research has shown that siblings of children with cancer are at greater risk of developing difficulties, but their own experiences have often not received sufficient attention. Through a family-centered approach and interpersonal theory, healthcare professionals can take g
As interest in sustainable, plant-based dairy alternatives continues to rise, ensuring stability and functionality is crucial, especially for barista-style applications. This thesis, carried out in collaboration with Sproud, a Swedish company specializing in pea-based milk alternatives. The research focused on two key areas: how different emulsifiers and processing methods affect product formulati
This thesis investigates fusion techniques in multimodal transformer models, focusing on enhancing the capabilities of large language models in understanding not just text, but also other modalities like images, audio, and sensor data. The study compares late fusion (concatenating modality tokens after separate encoding) and early fusion (concatenating before encoding) techniques, examining their
Microfluidic devices have so far not seen widespread use, even though they could potentially be cheaper, better and faster than traditional methods. A possible reason for this is the lack of a middle step between one-of-a-kind experimental devices and cheap mass produced devices. With ongoing improvements in resolution it is starting to look possible that 3D-printing will fill this role. This the
This research looks at if the Cohesion Policy is politicized, by looking at the newly proposed Rule of Law conditionality attached to funding, and what this signifies for European Integration. As the conditionality adds to the fold of an ever-increasing amount of internal EU conditionality attached to EU funding since 2014, this paper re-tools Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier’s external incentive mod
Many things have been written about Shakespeare’s comedies The Taming of the Shrew and Much Ado About Nothing yet few scholars have looked at the father-daughter relationships in any detail. This essay explores the father-daughter roles in these two plays and looks at the spectrum of contrasting relationships Shakespeare presents us with. The father roles in both plays are similar, but the daughte
In recent years, discussions regarding problematic school absenteeism have increased in research and media. The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) observed an increase in both valid and invalid absences among students attending compulsory school in 2023, compared to previous years. Using Michael Lipsky's theory of street-level bureaucrats, which encompasses alienation, discreti
Simethicone, a widely used anti-foaming agent in pharmaceuticals, consists mainly of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) combined with silica gel. While it is safe in pharmaceutical use, concerns have been raised about its degradation into cyclic siloxanes—specifically D4, D5, and D6—which can cause environmental and health hazards. This study investigated the degradation behavior of simethicone under var
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease affecting the inner lining of the heart. Its diverse symptoms complicate diagnosis and the current main diagnostic tool is the Duke criteria which classifies suspected cases as definite, possible or rejected IE. A substantial portion of cases falls into the ambiguous “possible” category and there is a need for a more precise diagnostic system. This t
Foreign aid and development cooperation have long been a topic of discussion concerning the global division of power, colonial history, and the inability to generate sustainable development. Norway and its aid agency, Norad, are not exempt from this criticism, despite Norway’s image as a humanitarian “idealpolitik” nation with a generous aid budget. How donor countries, such as Norway, view their
