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This report investigates the impact of extinguishing sprays on residential fires, these sprays are a relatively new category of extinguishing equipment and therefore their actual effect on fires is generally unknown. Taking several factors such as human behavior and user error into account the report aims to give a comprehensive picture of potential risks and dangers connected to the usage of thes
Introduction: This master’s thesis focuses on exploring improved alternative material solutions for antenna radomes used to protect Beyond Gravity Sweden’s satellite antennas in low Earth orbits. Background: As the environment in low Earth orbit is harsh, surface materials on satellites experience high levels of atomic oxygen, ultra violet radiation, thermal-fluctuation, charged particles and mic
Människor följer ofta en liknande process när de söker sig till professionell vård. Upplevelser av vilka skäl de har för att söka rent faktiskt och vägen fram till att de tar beslutet att söka behövs det dock ytterligare forskning om. Därför är det viktigt att undersöka detta för att utröna människors upplevelse av vilka skäl och funderingar de har fram mot att beslutet att söka vård fattas. DettaPeople generally follow a similar process when seeking professional care. Experience of what reasons they have for actually seeking help and their considerations during the process before they make the decision to seek help is, however, insufficiently researched. Hence, it is important to study this in order to find out people's experience of what reasons and considerations they have during th
The aim of this essay is to explain which conditions may lay behind the emergence of the political consumer, focusing on globalization, individualism and the increase of consumerism as a result of the rise of global political issues such as climate change. Thereafter, the portrayal of this transition will be investigated in Swedish media by comparing debate articles considering environmental and c
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was in the crisis that affected every aspect of the state activity. Among other things, Russia had to enact its own legislation that could serve the establishment of a market economy. The crisis affected heavily the intellectual property rights (IPR) protection: Russia had no IPR laws and no relevant state agency. During 1992-1993, new Russ
The European Union boasts free movement of workers as one of its fundamental freedoms for all citizens. However, this freedom does not exist free from controversy or challenging issues. Professional workers raise unique problems when considering the exercise of this freedom. Member States in which the professionals wish to practice are reasonably concerned with assuring that the professionals prac
This paper analyses the effects of emigration on unemployment and wages in the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. These countries experi-enced large migration outflows following their accession and thus lost a considerable share of their labour force. This presents a good natural experiment to study the impact of emigration on the labour market outcomes
This essay is investigating how ideas influence political decisions, more precisely how ideas influenced the founding of SIDA, Swedens foreign aid institution, in the 1960´s. The goal of the investigation is to show how these ideas mattered and to do that I analyze them by seeing how the can be seen as road maps and focal points. Road maps are supported by a causal belief and focal points define w
Barnets bästa ska vara avgörande i alla mål om vårdnad, boende och umgänge vilket föreskrivs i 6 kap. 2 a § föräldrabalken. Barnets bästa är ingen ny målsättning i svensk rätt utan har funnits sedan många år tillbaka i tiden. Trots det finns det inget allmängiltigt svar på vad barnets bästa är. Anledningen är att barnets bästa är ett levande begrepp som varierar beroende på situation och enskilt b
During 2015 and 2016 Sweden received more immigrants than usual and the debate on who is a citizen, and what it means to be one, grew popular. Part of the debate was about how the Swedish model and the Swedish welfare state would survive. In many cases the immigrants was seen as a threat towards institutions which play a part in the Swedish perception of what the societal contract entails.The pape
In 2017 the European Commission will implement a new regulation on organic farming. The purpose of this essay is to examine how organic farmers and agricultural advisors believe the proposed regulation potentially will affect Swedish organic agriculture. In addition, the opportunities for farmers and agricultural advisors to influence these kinds of decisions are evaluated. The study is based on q
This essay aims to find out what attitudes might exist in relation to the planning of the city districts Hammarbyhöjden and Björkhagen, located in the southern parts of Stockholm. The theoretical framework is built around theories of landscape - how we define it and use it. The material used and analysed is partly constituted of the official planning documents created by Stockholms stad, and partl
Today’s architecture is no longer an isolated field of building design, but concerns human related issues including sociology and psychology and moreover climate adaptation, ecology, sustainability and technological innovation. Taking point of departure in intensification of precipitation due to the climate change in Denmark, this thesis project attempts to investigate the possibility of establish
This essay which is considered to be a study in political theory aims to analyze if Chantal Mouffe's theories about left populism should be used to radicalize democracy and the democratic values of liberty and equality. Politics is today in a post-democratic situation, where the neoliberal hegemony does not allow opinions that don't fit into the neoliberal consensus. Mouffe critiques the c
An activity-based vocabulary for Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) was designed and evaluated through a user-centred, iterative design process, using expressions from the Gothenburg Spoken Language Corpus as well as other recorded, natural conversations. The growth and development of the vocabulary, called Phrases, was closely linked to its evaluation. The iterative design process included p
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how manufacturing firms use cost drivers and if any factors affect manufacturing firms’ cost driver approach. Theoretical Perspective: The thesis theoretical perspective concentrates on explaining the concept of cost drivers, reviewing existing empirical findings and identification of factors which could affect manufacturing company´s approach
