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This report is a fire safety evaluation of Norrtälje correctional facility. Inmates in closed institutions are not able to perform an unassisted evacuation in case of fire as they are locked in their cells. This requires the assistance of prison staff to escort every inmate to safety. The focus of this report is to evaluate the possibilities of a safe egress from the concerned building in the case

In order to simplify the consideration of fire fighter safety for contractors, engineers and others when planning buildings, this report has generated criteria that define a reasonable safe environment to fire fighters. If these criteria are to be used on a national basis, a more equal level of safety for the fire fighters will be achieved no matter where a building is erected. In this report diff

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the relation between the European Union and the Russian federation has been stressed. The Russian leadership has been severely criticised by the EU for intentionally hampering Russia’s democratic development, an issue that affects the relationship between the two parties. At the same time, the EU imports approximately 36 % of its natural gas from Russia,

Web 2.0 is a debatable term and draws much argument. In spite of one’s opinion towards the term, Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, podcasts and RSS feeds are enormously used in learning environments. In this sense, the overall purpose of this research was to investigate potential of using different Web 2.0 tools in collaborative learning as well as their advantage. Four interviews have been cond

Psykiatriska diagnoser är idag fler än någonsin, berör ett stort antal människor och är genom olika processer i ständig förändring. Syftet med denna studie, som är en diskursanalys, är att undersöka på vilka sätt och inom vilka diskurser psykiatriska diagnoser kan konstrueras. Materialet består av intervjuer med tre grupper; personer som själva har Aspergers syndrom, personer som har barn med Aspe

This study is about swedish social workers assessments of young offenders in their need of treatment and their suitability for youth community service. We have interviewed seven social workers in various cities in Sweden. They have been describing how they make their assessments when they submit a statement to prosecutors regarding young offenders need of treatment and the young offenders suitabil

The purpose of this master thesis was to provide reliable information to improve off-piste skiers’ knowledge, behaviour and risk management. This since research concerning human factors in the field of avalanches traditionally had been paid little attention. A literature review covering avalanche, traffic and risk literature and two surveys which gathered approximately 2000 responses were conducte

Competition on the Swedish grocery retail market has increased profoundly, mainly as a result of foreign retailers entering the market. To keep up with this intensified competition, Swedish retailers need to lower their costs. In May 2004 ten new countries will become members of the EU. The majority of these countries are known for being labor-intensive states and in addition it is inexpensive for

The Gaussian phase distribution approximation enables analysis of restricted diffusion encoded by general gradient waveforms but fails to account for the diffraction-like features that may occur for simple pore geometries. We investigate the range of validity of the approximation by random walk simulations of restricted diffusion in a cylinder using isotropic diffusion encoding sequences as well a

According to statistics two thirds of Swedish criminals relapse into crimes within three years (Brå, 2007). Researchers suggest a relationship between attitudes toward crime and delinquent behaviour (Andrews & Bonta, 2003), but whether these attitudes are implicit or explicit remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to measure both constructs. Using SC-IAT (Karpinski & Steinma