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After having received criticism during previous inter-governmental conferences the European union decided to arrange a convention on the future of europe during 2002 in order to draft a European constitution. This was done to foremost to improve the transparency, participation and decision-making in the preparatory phase of inter-governmental conferences. At first, it received little attention, bu
Politics should be constituted by social representativeness in order to be conceptualised as democratic and legitimate. The set of politicians ought to be diverse and heterogeneous with the aim to include a wide spectrum of interest and concerns. The debate about women lacking power in politics was raised in the seventies. The political parties acted in response to the debate by implementing diffe
In this essay a discourse analysis, inspired by Michel Foucault, is applied on the Swedish social democratic party’s policies on employment. Specifically, the feasibility conditions of the discourse are examined – that is, why employment is problematized today. The purpose of the essay is to make visible and analyze conceptions within the discourse which are seldom questioned. Policy documents o
Under hösten 2014 spreds den senare benämnda ”dåliga stämningen” bland Sveriges kyldiskar då branschorganisationen Svensk Mjölk Ekonomisk Förening (Svensk Mjölk) valde att stämma havredrycksföretaget Oatly AB (Oatly) för bland annat vilseledande och misskrediterande marknadsföring. Domen kom i november 2015 och fällde Oatly på de flesta punkter. Fram tills domen föll men även efter fick den svenskDuring the fall of 2014 the Swedish Dairy Association sued the Swedish oat drink company Oatly. The already cold relationship between the two parties got even more tainted. The legal basis for the lawsuit was the way Oatly had chosen to market its oat drinks, which the Swedish Dairy Association found deceptive and discreditable. The judgment was announced in November 2015 with the Swedish Dairy As
This study details the factors which affect the adoption of electronic and online voting in national elections. It researches adoption theories such as Davies' Technology Acceptance model (TAM) and Rodgers' Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) model. The study pays particular attention to three factors - secrecy, trust and accessibility. The paper then focuses on four nations due to their differe
Popular Abstract in Swedish Djurs förmåga att hitta då de förflyttar sig långa sträckor mellan fortplantningsområden och övervintringsområden har fascinerat människor i hundratals år. Det finns flera olika teorier kring hur djur navigerar, till exempel med hjälp av dofter, landmärken, solen, polariserat ljus, stjärnorna eller jordens magnetfält. Att djur skulle kunna använda sig av just jordens maMigration research is a large and diverse field and in my thesis I have focused on the impact of geomagnetic cues on animal orientation, navigation and migratory fuelling. Several animal species from widely different taxa possess the ability to sense and make use of geomagnetic information during migratory or homing events. I used a map showing isolines for magnetic total field intensity and incl
Popular Abstract in English All ordinary matter around us is made out of atoms. In turn, the building blocks of the atoms are nowadays known to be three types of particles:electrons, protons and neutrons. The latter are called nucleons, as they together form the positively charged nucleus of the atom, around which the electrons are moving. The radius of the nucleus is about three orders of magnituComprehensive experimental knowledge of the 62Zn nucleus has been obtained from the combined statistics of four different experiments. The Gammasphere Ge-detector array in conjunction with the 4pi charged-particle detector array Microball was used to detect the gamma-rays in coincidence with evaporated light charged particles. In total twenty seven band structures have been observed in 62Zn, twent
Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling behandlar konstnären Elis Erikssons liv och verk ur ett semiotiskt perspektiv. Den semiotiska teori som appliceras i avhandlingen ska ses som en kultursemiotisk eller sociosemiotisk teori. Den är därmed uttryckligen kritisk mot den rigida tillämpning av lingvistiska modeller som så ofta förknippas med semiotiska studier inom humaniora. I enlighet med deThe title of this thesis translates as "Elis Eriksson: Objects and Signs" and concerns the life and work of the Swedish artist Elis Eriksson (1906-2006) as analysed from a semiotic point of view. The semiotic theory applied in the thesis is to be regarded as a theory of cultural semiotics or socio-semiotics, explicitly critical towards the rigid application of linguistic models so often associated
Popular Abstract in Swedish De senaste årtiondena har det diskuteras om det finns anledning till oro när det gäller mannens reproduktionsfunktion. Vissa forskningsresultat tyder på att spermieantalet har minskat och fler män har diagnostiserats med testikelcancer och medfödda missbildningar av könsorganen än tidigare. Om detta beror på genetiska faktorer, livsstil eller miljöfaktorer, eller alla tAndrogens regulate male reproductive function and their effects are mediated through the androgen receptor (AR). The AR gene contains a polymorphic CAG repeat, encoding a stretch of glutamines, affecting the transcriptional activity of the AR. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a downstream target and is commonly used in the screening of prostate cancer. The relationship between CAG number and mal
Mental disorders, especially depression, have been increasingly described as a growing burden to global public health. Critics argue, however, that the use of mental health surveys, underlying these descriptions, tends to overestimate the prevalence of mental disorders by not distinguishing everyday experiences of distress from pathological conditions. This medicalization of public health is belie
Popular Abstract in Swedish Reumatoid artrit (kronisk ledgångsreumatism; RA) är en inflammatorisk sjukdom där lederna är det primära målorganet. Spondylartropatier är ett gemensamt namn för ett flertal kroniska inflammatoriska sjukdomar med många gemensamma tecken som till exempel: inflammatorisk ryggsmärta, inflammationer i leder, senskidor, muskelfästen, förekomst av "orvfingrar/-tår". Orsaken/eAbstract The treatment of arthritis has undergone a dramatic change since biological agents targeting specific mediators of the disease process have been introduced. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists have been shown to reduce signs and symptoms of disease and to retard the development of tissue damage in the majority of patients. This thesis focuses on clinical, immunological and biochemic
The aim of this study is to highlight how the collaboration regarding youth criminals works between the police organization and the human service organization in a county in southern of Sweden. We have noticed that collaboration between organizatons can be difficult in our society because of things such as the organizations have different point of views on how they should collaborate, they have di
The intention of this thesis is to explore how four self-defined BDSM practitioners describe and understand their practices. Furthermore, I want to explore if their point of view can help us to understand BDSM in other terms than violence and battery. The interviews are semi structured and were done through instant messaging. By using grounded theory method it turned up that the informants describ
Purpose: The aim of the thesis is to shed light over the relationship between aid organizations, TQM and overall quality assurance. More specifically, we aim to identify the challenges with quality assurance work in the context of Swedish party affiliated organizations. Methodology: Our study is a qualitative study with an abductive approach. Theoretical perspectives: Our theoretical perspect
The unparalleled economic growth of China during the latter 20th century and early 21st century, has led to the country becoming a great power and perhaps on the fast track to even becoming a superpower. This growth has come mainly in the form of manufactured goods, which need vast amounts of energy and resources to produce, most important of which is oil. Today China is a net importer of oil, and
Since national independence many NGOs active in the domain of gender have been established in Kyrgyzstan. Recently, this part of the NGO sector has seen the emergence of alternative organizations, voicing new issues and perspectives. In this thesis, I take a closer look at these new actors: how they differ from the older generation and also in relation to each other. I am especially interested in
