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In this thesis I examine the development and expansion of judicial power in Sweden. The concept of judicial review is defined and related to democratic theory, and the various forms of judicial review in use in Sweden are explained. The main focus is on the political and scientific discussion concerning judicial review since the mid 1970s. It is shown that judicial review so far has been used only

The main characteristic of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) introduced by the Kyoto Protocol is its twofold objective, aimed at integrating the goal of reducing CO2 emissions, on a local and global scale, with the promotion of sustainable development in developing countries. This work discusses how sustainability assessment at the project level remains a critical issue, as it is often regarde

Sweden has one of Europe's highest sickness absence rates and Great Britain one of the lowest. The Swedish sickness absence has fluctuated very much over the last decades, while the British rate is fairly stable. The thesis aims to cover the major aspects in society that can affect the sickness absence. The factors are divided into three groups&semic institutional, labour market related an

The purpose of this report is to evaluate the current fire hazard and evacuation safety in one of Staffanstorps elementary schools, Hagalidskolan. The report is written as a part of the educational program in Fire and Safety Engineering at Lund University. Evacuation and human safety is the main focus and therefore damage that affects structural stability and property damage is not evaluated in th

This report focuses on CFD-calculations using parallel processors carried out with the software Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS). From a users point of view the advantages and disadvantages with parallel CFD-calculations were analyzed and evaluated. A simplified me-thod for quantitative evaluation was developed with guidance from ASTM E 1355 whereu-pon relative differences between serial reference sc

There are several accident investigation methods and they are used in a wide range of fields. However, the methods have not been used so much in the fire accident area. In the present thesis, the methods’ capability to investigate fires and what they result in are explored. In addition, answers are given concerning how important the background information is for their applicability. First, a selec

This study aimed to review the mental health of adolescents, their view on their own mental health and their view on the quality of the physical and mental healthcare provided by their school. The basis of this study was a survey of pupils (n = 65) in a high school in Helsingborg. The KASAM theory by Anton Antonvsky was used to analyze the survey answers. This analysis showed that the participatin

This thesis is a discourse analysis of the policy report, “Sweden in the world” produced by the Swedish globalization committee. With a social constructionist foundation, the aim of the study was to uncover any potentially existing tensions or ambiguities in their statements and representations. By examining how the committee characterize and constitute the globalization and the social reality I c

The purpose of this essay was to clarify the method of Active Parenting. I also wanted to search for the sources in the society that made this method arise. I also wanted to get answer on what qualities an active parent needed and if the method Active Parenting could inform the parenthood with important resource for supporting the parents. In my studie I have used previous literature facts and int

Real-life environments have been used and framed as natural laboratories in which to study and develop new knowledge and understandings of human behaviour since the start of the last century (if not before). Likewise, urban researchers have been studying the phenomenon of urban experimentation for a long time (Bulkeley and Castán Broto 2013; Karvonen et al. 2014). Over the last decade, the city ha

The simulation toolkit Geant4 was originally developed at CERN for high-energy physics. Over the years it has been established as a swiss army knife not only in particle physics but it has seen an accelerated expansion towards nuclear physics and more recently to medical imaging and y- and ion-therapy to mention but a handful of new applications. The validity of Geant4 is vast and large across man