Filetype
Increasing trends of natural organic matter (NOM) in surface water in Nordic countries may cause future problems for drinking water producers. Emerging membrane technology, such as ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF), has the potential to produce safe drinking water of good quality from sources with high organic concentrations. In the present pilot study, surface water from three sources
Over the past 30 to 40 years comprehensive fishery policies and certification schemes have attempted to halt the rapid decline and exploitation of commercial fish stocks. However, with seafood as one of the most globalized food commodities and the world’s population increasing exponentially, most commercial stocks are thought to be on the brink of collapse. Some estimates exclaiming that all comme
In both Swedish political discourse and in Swedish media the phenomenon known as begging is a topical issue. The purpose behind this study was to examine the attitudes and notions toward the phenomenon of begging among social workers within the voluntary and public sector, and also their position on responsibility in relation to this reality. The empirical base of the study was formed by semi-stru
Den här undersökningen föranleddes av en fundering över de humanitära utmaningar världen står inför idag, och vad för typ av insatser som krävs. Uppsatsen undersöker välgörenhetsgalan Tillsammans för Världens Barn. Det teoretiska såväl som metodologiska ramverket är inspirerat av Ernesto Laclau och Chantal Mouffes diskursteori, och med hjälp av den undersöker vi vilka diskurser som genomsyrar gala
En visselblåsare är den person som larmar om fara eller skada för allmänintresset inom ramen för en arbetsrelaterad relation. Personer som vågar blåsa i visslan hyllas ofta av allmänheten för sitt mod och det ligger i både arbetsgivarens, arbetstagarens och samhällets intresse att oegentligheter inom verksamheter kommer fram och kan avhjälpas. I gällande rätt finns inget enhetligt skydd för visselA whistleblower is a person who reports or discloses information on a threat or harm to the public interest in the context of a work-based relationship. Persons who dare to blow the whistle are often times praised by the public for their courage and it is in the best interest of the employer as well as the employee and the society that wrongdoings within organizations are disclosed and eliminated.
This master’s thesis examines the norm-critical awareness among children librarians in Swedish public libraries and how the practical everyday work with current literature for children function with this awareness. By adopting a norm-critical approach you have the ability to observe the different types of norms that you can find among us and that effects the way we see the world. Some of these nor
Under 2013 skapades kampanjerna Marabou Black, Miss Skinny och DILL, som alla kom att benämnas PR-bluffar. Kampanjernas målsättning var att väcka uppmärksamhet genom vilseledande information. Huruvida dessa PR-bluffar kan anses vara etiskt godtagbara är något praktiker, PR-praktiker och reklammakare, varit oense om. Syftet med denna studie var att skapa ökad förståelse för fenomenet PR-bluff och uIn the year of 2013 three campaigns were created: Marabou Black, Miss Skinny and DILL. These campaigns were titled as PR-scams because they aimed to get attention by using misleading information. Whether PR-scams could be considered as an ethically acceptable PR-strategy or not is something practitioners, PR-practitioners and advertisers, disagree on. The aim of this study was to create a greater
Secondary packaging solutions presently used to package food goods in e-commerce supply chain are either taken from old supply chains, or sub-optimally developed in a non-holistic manner. Due to the increase use of the Internet in Europe to perform online food purchases, secondary packaging must be adapted to meet these new needs. Therefore, a secondary packaging solution for a Dutch e-grocer was
The purpose of this thesis was to examine key factors for adoption of online shopping of consumer goods through smartphones in Sweden. Previous research on online shopping and m-commerce was reviewed and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) (Venkatesh et al. 2003) was chosen. Interviews were conducted with 11 online shoppers and 5 industry experts to explore current
In the last few decades, researchers have identified many systematic errors – cognitive biases – in the human mind. The predominant notion of human beings as rational have gradually been flawed, in one context after another. In the last few years scholars have approached the question of what policy implications should be derived from these findings and what solutions there might be. Three main phi
For this research, two satellite products were used to see if it was possible to improve the resolution and quality of the global radiation interpolation in the Netherlands. The first data source was from the Climate Monitoring Satellite Application Facility (CM-SAF). The second data source was the Surface Insolation under Clear and Cloudy Skies (SICCS) from the KNMI. Both products were available f
Växters fenologiska händelser påverkas av klimatet och tid för knoppsprickning hos träd kan därför användas som indikator på klimatförändringen. Enligt forskning kommer temperaturen med största sannolikhet att öka i framtiden och med det följer att växters knoppsprickning förväntas ske tidigare. I denna studie har tidpunkten för knoppsprickningen för hägg, björk och asp i Skåne simulerats med hjälPlants phenological events are influenced by the climate and the timing of budburst of trees is therefore an excellent indicator for climate change. According to research, temperature will most likely increase in future and with that follows an earlier budburst. In this study, budburst were simulated for bird cherry, birch and aspen in Skåne, in the southern part of Sweden, with two phonological m
Problem discussion: Uptime availability is an essential parameter in profitable production within the oil and gas industry. Several installations have a problem achieving their uptime availability target as platforms stand still for shorter or longer periods of time. A reduced uptime availability can cause significant losses for the platform. The power supply is a constant subject within the indus
The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of the important elements for the local government when implementing sustainability in a city. By increasing the understanding of the important elements local governments are able to realize the critical factors in the implementation.
The health and environmental impacts of food consumption are increasingly recognized as sustainability issues in developed countries. Therefore, promotion of sustainable diets is becoming more popular among governments and International NGOs. However, the question persists of how best to do this. While the determinants of behavioural change have been studied extensively, the motivations behind beh
The purpose of this study is an understanding of operator work in a production line and its connection and translation into simulation. A mapping of operator work in the production line was performed, after which tasks and were analysed for their relevance for simulation. A model draft was developed in the software FlexSim. The mapping and the derived model provides insight into operator work in t
The issue of an increasing number of people globally that are adopting unsustainable lifestyles is important because we are destroying the earth’s resources at an accelerating rate. In particular, the pattern of major increasing environmental impact caused by modern food production has the potential to become an important sector for climate change mitigation, but despite the myriad of guides avai
Syftet med denna undersökning var att undersöka om ekonomivärden prioriteras framför demokrativärden i kommuners beslutsunderlag. Frågeställningen var; Dominerar ekonomivärdena framför demokrativärdena i de beslutsunderlag vars kommuner vi har valt att undersöka? Beslutsunderlag för nyetablering och avveckling av särskilda boenden granskades i sex svenska kommuner under mandatperioden 2010-2014. E
Våldtäktslagstiftningen ändrades den första juli 2013 genom införandet av begreppet ”särskilt utsatt situation” som ersatte det dåvarande begreppet ”hjälplöst tillstånd”. Skälet till denna ändring var att begreppet hjälplöst tillstånd hade tillämpats för snävt då det bland annat ställdes för höga krav i praxis för att en person skulle anses befinna sig i ett hjälplöst tillstånd. Dessa brister syntThe Swedish rape law was changed on July 1st, 2013, through the introduction of the concept ”particularly vulnerable situation” that replaced the former wording ”helpless state”. The reason behind this change was that the courts had applied the concept helpless state narrowly. The demands were too high for someone to be in a helpless state. These deficiencies occurred particularly when applying th
Det finns olika möjligheter för barn att få komma till tals och det är domstolens skyldighet att se till att barnets åsikter kommer fram i målet. Barn kan för det första få komma till tals i en vårdnadsutredning eller innan snabbupplysningar sker av socialnämnden. För det andra kan barnet också komma till tals inför rätten. I praktiken har det funnits brister i hur tillämpningen av rätten att koFamily law disputes concerning the custody, residence and contact of children have increased in recent years. Judgments made by the court in the resolution of disputes have significant short and long term consequences for the children involved. The child is not a party to the proceedings. Instead the child has a right to be heard and a right to have his or her best interests taken as a primary con
