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Several interventions on adherence have been tested in hypertension care but still the number of patients with well controlled blood pressure is not increasing. The aim is to get a deeper understanding of the patients’ reasons for not following their treatment as a base for in collaboration with the patients, developing effective interventions. A mixed methods design is to be used. Patients with h
Risks include the factors that might adversely affect project outcomes. Risk analysis includes the processes concerned with identifying, analyzing and developing security strategy and plans for the factors. Although currently there are known methodologies such as (CCTA Risk Analysis and Management Method (CRAMM) or Consultative, Objective and Bi-functional Risk Analysis(COBRA) and so on) for Risk
Home care nurses assist older people in their daily living and well-being, including medication management. Medication management can be challenging for older people with functional constraints and several chronic conditions. This paper presents how home care nurses manage medications and their packaging for older people at their homes. This study followed an explorative qualitative research desig
Research have shown that the correct integration of daylight and electric lighting reduces the energy use in buildings, while improving visual comfort. Smart shading systems, especially those electrically controlled, play an important role to control solar radiation. Similarly, smart and dimmable/tunable lighting can help to adjust the artificial light to the real users' needs. This paper presents
One of the less known problems in settlement geography is the issue of so-called degraded and restituted towns. This lack of reconnaissance, however, is perhaps less the result of the towns’ scarcity than their specificity of being ‘awarded’ or ‘deprived of’ an urban label by means of strictly socio-political actions. Degraded and restituted towns, hence, are spatial units made ‘urban’ or ‘rural’
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of literature about recruitment, retention and resignation among non-career firefighters. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic review was conducted to identify factors associated with the recruitment, retention and resignation of non-career firefighters. The authors divided the results into three topics and four levels for further analysis. Fin
This paper argues that different political structures use different conflict management mechanisms to manage opposition to large hydro projects. Conflicts over the Pak Mun Dam, Thailand (a liberal democracy), and the Bakun Dam, Malaysia (a semi-authoritarian state), are the cases selected for comparison. The export oriented, fast industrialization process brought rapid development in these two cou
Mer än 10% av Sveriges befolkning lider av någon fobi och detta projekt studerar möjligheten att lindra akrofobi (höjdskräck) med hjälp av virtual reality (VR). Arbetets syfte är därför att undersöka hur man på bästa sätt kan lindra akrofobi med hjälp av VR. Frågeställningarna som skulle besvaras var: ”Kan man med hjälp av enbart visuell och auditiv feedback skapa en trovärdig miljö för att lindraMore than 10% of Sweden's population suffers from some kind of phobia and this project is studying ways to ease acrophobia (fear of heights) with virtual reality (VR). Therefore, the purpose of the work was to investigate how to best ease acrophobia with help of VR. The research questions to be answered were: "Is it possible with just visual and auditory feedback to create a credible envi
The present study aims to contribute to the research on stakeholders’ perceptions of brands that take a stand on social issues and by doing so, express their social brand purpose. Social brand purpose is at the core of a brand, and it reflects the brand’s ideal as well as intent to make people’s lives better. To explore how stakeholders perceive stances on social issues that are taken by purpose-d
We have done a study on construction of gender in substance abuse treatment by interviewing staff at treatment centers. The aim of the study is to examine notions of gender at two gender separated treatment centers for men and women in substance abuse care, to get a better understanding of how treatments work and other activities are designed and influenced by these approaches. The respondents rep
This study examines how grandiose narcissism affects the resource acquisition of aspiring entrepreneurs. The study's results help bridge a gap in the literature and provide a better understanding of the nexus between narcissism and entrepreneurial finance. By drawing on previous literature from both fields, we set out to explore the relationship between narcissism and an individual’s preferenc
The vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) propagation channel has significant implications on the design and performance of novel communication protocols for vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). Extensive research efforts have been made to develop V2V channel models to be implemented in advanced VANET system simulators for performance evaluation. The impact of shadowing caused by other vehicles has, however, la
Vem hjälper andra – och när? Denna studie undersökte situationsbaserade och individbaserade faktorers påverkan på hjälpbeteende. Studien bestod av en enkät om personlighetsdrag och världsbild samt en fiktiv annons för en välgörenhetsorganisation som delades ut till de 130 deltagarna. Annonsen utformades i två versioner, där hälften av deltagarna fick en version som spelade på en positiv känsla (wa
Utbildning är en viktig del av vårt samhälle och med hjälp av ny teknik finns det utrymme för förbättring. Idag används datorer, applikationer till smarta telefoner samt surfplattor i stor utsträckning inom utbildning. En ny teknikrevolution håller på att äga rum, nämligen Virtual Reality. Detta examensarbete undersöker användbarheten för Virtual Reality som utbildningsverktyg. Eftersom Virtual ReEducation is an important part of our society and with technological advancements there is room for imporvement. Computers, smartphones, tablets and applications are widely spread as educational tools in todays classrooms. A new technological revolution is about to happen, which is called Virtual Reality. This thesis examines the usability of Virtual Reality as an educational tool. Since Virtual R
Purpose – The aim is to understand customers' willingness, or unwillingness, to pay a price premium in the market for consumer packaged food and what kind of images brands can use in order to achieve a price premium. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a quantitative survey of brand images found in food and branding literature and their impact on loyalty as well as customers' will
The project sets in Prishtina, Kosovo, and explores the oasis of a park in the middle of the intense city. The different movements created by us, has led to the interest of developing architectural fragments of stops to activate the park and further extend the public use of the National Library: a way of creating new movements in order to connect them two together. “A search for the path of total
We wanted to use this paper to something important, something real that someone needs and wants to read. After having sent a request to all social services in the City of Malmö, we had contact with a section that had an idea that we would look at their collaboration. This study concerns how collaboration may look like and how it might change to achieve results. Social Services exist to help the c
Syfte Undersöka konsumenters köp- och returbeteenden vad gäller kläder vid införandet av striktare returpolicys. Teoretiska perspektiv Returbeteende, Categories of online returning behavior, Returpolicy, CSR, Carroll’s Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility, Tidigare forskning, Grandiositet och nollsummespel Metod Uppsatsen utgår från en kvantitativ undersökningsmetod och deduktiv ansats. DePurpose To investigate consumer purchasing and return behaviors regarding clothing when introducing stricter return policies. Theoretical perspective Returning behavior, Categories of online returning behavior, Return policies, CSR, Carroll’s Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility, Grandiosity and Zero-sum games Methodology The essay is based on a quantitative research method and deductive a
Can people use new participatory spaces to reclaim their rights as citizens and challenge structures of political power? This book carefully examines the constraints and possibilities for participatory governance under capitalism.To understand what is at stake in the politics of participation, we need to look beyond the values commonly associated with it. Citizens face a dilemma: should they parti
