When designing large buildings with complex geometry there is often a need for performance-based design and the use of computer models. CFD models like FDS that are available and validated for this purpose are typically time consuming and require large amounts of computing power. Zone models which are often faster and require less computing power are limited to simple geometries and smaller sized

This study has its basis in the relation between social services and the public employment services. Financial assistance functions as the welfares utmost safety net and is supposed to work as a complement to the general system, which the society provides. To be entitled financial aid the individual who is considered able to work is required to be of disposal to the labor market. Therefore, the in

Sammanfattning Den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen bygger på ett samarbete och samförstånd mellan arbetsmarknadens parter. Deras arbete ligger i att komma överens om lösningar på arbetsmarknadsrelaterade problem, utan inblandning av staten och utan att staten lagstiftar på området. Detta kallas för den svenska modellen, som mycket baseras på framförhandlade kollektivavtal. Kollektivavtal har en binAbstract The Swedish labour market is set to work through an understanding and consensus between the social partners, both on the employee and the employer side. The social partners are supposed to come to agreements on labour market related issues, without any intervention from the government in forms of legislations. This is called The Swedish Model, and is also based on by the social partners n

The purpose of this study was to investigate how students experience being affected as recipients of psychological knowledge, through psychology lessons in high school. An explorative, qualitative study with eight semi-structured interviews was conducted. The high school students were in year 2 or year 3 and came from three different schools in Skåne county, Sweden. All had taken at least the majo

We live in a time that some choose to call the psychedelic renaissance. Once again, after a period of silence in the scientific world, studies about psychedelics and their effects continues to bring knowledge to the subject. In this renaissance of psychedelics there’s still somewhat a gap in research regarding the recreational use of the substances. The aim of this study has been to seek a better

Everyday activities play a fundamental part in our lives. But how do they relate to well-being? Specific types of activities, such as positive and social activities have been found to be related to subjective well-being (SWB). However, this pre-registered study aimed to investigate if self-reported everyday activities, and activities participants reported had the most impact on their SWB in the pa

Uppsatsens övergripande syfte var att undersöka hur belöningar påverkar barn och ungdomar med (n = 30) och utan (n = 31) ångestsyndrom avseende tendens att närma sig aversiv stimulering. Närmandebeteende har visat sig vara en viktig faktor vid grundforskning om ångest, men hade aldrig undersökts i en klinisk population. Bättre förståelse för denna process har potential att kunna användas för utvec

The purpose of this study was to get a deeper understanding of women who are exposed to domestic violence by their male partners. We have examined how battered women both draw from and reject victimdiscourses in their processes of self‐construction and how available “victim” discourses affected these women's views on their role and their choice not to seek assistance to get out of their situat

Uppsatsen behandlar begreppet arbetsbrist i bemanningsföretag. För att en arbetsgivare ska kunna säga upp en arbetstagare krävs det saklig grund i form av antingen arbetsbrist eller personliga skäl. Vinstdrivande uthyrningsverksamhet legaliserades i Sverige år 1993, och bemanningsbranschen har sedan dess kommit att bli en naturlig del av den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Branschen bygger på ett trepartThe essay addresses the subject termination of an employment contract with notice due to redundancy. Termination with notice by the employer must be based on objective grounds, which could be either due to redundancy or circumstances related to the employee personally. Profit-making temporary work agencies were legalised in Sweden in 1993 and have since become a natural part of the Swedish labour

I uppsatsen genomförs en närläsning av ett avsnitt i den amerikanska Netflix-serien Russian Doll utifrån den psykoanalytiska termen spegelfasen. Spegelfasen utvecklades av psykoanalytikern Jaques Lacan och har efter hans presentation på 1930-talet kommit att utvecklas och appliceras bland annat på filmer och serier. I analysen kommer spegelfasen appliceras på avsnitt sju ”The Way Back” och undersöThe author of this essay conducts a close reading of the American Netflix series Russian Doll and applies the psychoanalytical term the mirror stage on the series characters and premise. The mirror stage was presented by psychoanalyst Jaques Lacan during the 1930’s and ever since Jaques Lacan presented his theory, it has been applied to both life and movies. In the analysis of this paper the autho

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if there is a difference in the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth depending on whether the FDI comes from China or the Western world. This study investigates the effect of FDI on economic growth in 44 African countries from 2003 to 2017, based on panel data. According to growth theory, an increase in investments leads to an in

Utvecklingen av teknik fortskrider snabbare och i större utsträckning än någonsin tidigare. Våra vardagliga liv blir allt mer beroende av interaktion med tekniska produkter. Ju mer människans och teknikens existens sammanflätas desto viktigare blir det för teknik-producerande företag att utveckla sina produkter med det mänskliga beteendet och användarupplevelsen i åtanke. Vi utforskar i samarbetThis master thesis explores how implementing UX design on a product with predetermined technology affects the design process and the methods applied. A UI for the display version of an Axis Door Station is designed from a human-centered design perspective. The development process is based on prototyping and usability studies focusing on the user experience. The thesis discusses if it is possible

Medarbetarnas kompetens är en viktig del av organisationens utveckling. Att åtgärda medarbetarnas kompetensluckor och hålla den professionella standarden uppdaterad krävs för att organisationer ska kunna möta arbetsmarknadens krav. HR- avdelningen får en viktig roll i det här, vilket även ställer krav på att HR-personal ständigt utvecklas. Den här kvalitativa studien har syftet att kartlägga och a

The aim of this paper is to analyse the fieldwork that the British anthropologist Meyer Fortes conducted in the mid-thirties among the Tallensi-tribe in northern Ghana, then called British Gold Coast, a country that had been a European colony for several hundred years. It was not however until the early years of the 20th century that the British Empire, which had had control over the Gold Coast fo

Kök är en grundläggande del av inredning i byggnader. Ett ökat fokus på hållbarhet i byggbranschen medför att det finns ett intresse att undersöka köks miljöprestanda. Genom att använda livscykelanalys (LCA) som verktyg undersöks tre olika bänkskivor (komposit, massivträ och laminat), en lucka, en stomme och även ett helt standardkök. En litteraturstudie om kundbeteende samt trender och drivkrafteKitchens are an essential part of the interior design in buildings. With the increased focus on sustainability in the building industry it is therefore of interest to investigate the environmental performance of kitchens. By using life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool three different tabletops (composite, solid wood and laminate), a door, a frame as well as the entire standard kitchen are investig

Syftet med förevarande uppsats är att undersöka om den nya svenska tobakslagen gällande rökförbud är förenlig med EU-rätten. Den rättsliga undersökningen avser att besvara frågor kring hur det svenska rökförbudet är utformat och hur lagen förhåller sig till EU-rätten. Uppsatsen analyserar den svenska lagen, lagens förenlighet med tobaksproduktdirektivet, bestämmelserna om fri rörlighet i FEUF-fördThe aim of this thesis is to examine whether the Swedish prohibition of smoking complies with EU law. In order to do so, the questions that the paper aims to answer are firstly how the provision of smoking is designed, secondly, how the Swedish prohibition of smoking relates to EU-law and, thirdly, how it complies with the Convention of tobacco control. The paper will thus focus on the rules of fr

Uppsatsen undersöker möjligheten att registrera ordmärken och analyserar i synnerhet vilka ordmärken som kan registreras med endast ursprunglig särskiljningsförmåga och vilka ordmärken som kräver förvärvad särskiljningsförmåga för att få registreras. Uppsatsen klarlägger därutöver hur möjligheten att förvärva särskiljningsförmåga förhåller sig frihållningsbehovet. Av praxis framgår att suggestiva This thesis examines the possibility of registering trademarks and it in particular analyzes which trademarks can be registered with only original distinctive character and which trademarks require acquired distinctive character in order to be registered. In addition, the thesis examines how the possibility of acquiring distinctive character relates to the requirement of availability. It is eviden

The aim of this study was to investigate and analyze how adult children to parents with mental illness reflect on their experiences and if these childhood experiences have led to any psychosocial consequences and/or development of strategies. The method used for this study was a qualitative text analysis. Four autobiographies written by adult children who grew up with a parent with mental illness

Norway has the past 20 years witnessed a boom in fishing and aquaculture industry. This thesis investigates whether it has been beneficial for economic growth on a regional level. Data from the 19 regions of Norway has been used to test three hypotheses through econometric analysis using a two-way fixed effect panel regression model. The first hypothesis implying a correlation between productivity

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 är ett globalt hälsoproblem. År 2014 var det 8,5 % av världens befolkning över 18 år och 5–7 % av Sveriges befolkning som led av sjukdomen. Sjukdomen kan till stor del förebyggas eller minskas genom att hålla en normal vikt, träna regelbundet och äta hälsosam kost. Behandlingen består till största del av en aktiv egenvård där sjuksköterskan har en viktig roll för att uppmu