When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. This thesis sought to analyze this imagery and their contexts in order to determine how they reflected the colonial

The thesis examines the commercialization of intimacy, love and relationships on Tinder. The thesis examines young adults' active use of the Tinder application, which offers an easily accessible love market with an abundance of potential partners. Furthermore, the essay focuses on the interviewees' views on lasting and volatile relationships in today's consumer society. The sample exam

The Viking Age saw the colonisation of most of the isles of Scotland by settlers from Norway. These newcomers brought their own customs, practices and perceptions to the Isles, maintaining close links with the Scandinavian world. However, these islands had already experienced millennia of anthropogenic change by the time of Norse settlement, and generations of previous inhabitants had populated th

The following study was conducted in order to answer the following questions: 1) Why do students start taking drugs in early adulthood?, 2) What does the ratio between students with early versus late onset drug use look like?, 3) Do students know where they could get professional help in case of drug use- related negative outcomes? and 4) What do they think of the healthcare available? Using the s

Premiepension utgörs av 2,5 procent av den pensionsgrundande inkomsten. Premiepensionen är i regel ett långsiktigt pensionssparande som placeras i fonder valbara efter egna preferenser på Pensionsmyndighetens fondtorg. Det statliga förvalsalternativet AP7 Såfa är en global aktiefond fram till 55 års ålder. Globala aktiefonder är ett populärt placeringsalternativ med ägarandelar i företag i olika b

Considering the nature of vulnerability to fires and at-risk groups, the issue is arguably a social problem where spatial analysis has allowed for a greater context, beyond the individual, to be analyzed. Furthermore, reports from fire rescue services of local safety concerns and the convergence of interest between different stakeholders has made communities disposition to fire safety increasingly

This thesis aims to investigate if there is a monetary cost associated with interstate travel by rail within the European Union and how this differs from intrastate railway travel in the Union. The paper makes use of two economic theories, Transaction cost theory and Ramsey pricing, to help explain the effect we find. A linear regression is applied to our dataset containing 1050 observations and w

Planning for capacity in not just the production, but also in the supply chain, is important. Strategic long-term planning for the supply chain will affect how the company will be able to meet the demand. This Master Thesis will focus on the capacities within the supply chain at PolyPeptide and how they could be planned for in the future. PolyPeptide is a company that manufactures active pharmaceu

Introduktion: Personer med självskadebeteende har en svår problematik som kan vara svår för utomstående och vårdpersonal att förstå. När personer med självskadebeteende har ohanterbar problematik och kan utgöra en fara för sig själva kan de bli inlagda på psykiatrisk heldygnsvård. Individer med självskadebeteende är en sårbar grupp eftersom de kommer i kontakt med vården för skador som de med avsi

Bakgrund: Det föreligger en ökad efterfrågan av hormonfria preventivmetoder idag vilket ställer krav på att barnmorskan kan möta detta behov i form av stöd och information. Syfte: Undersöka kvinnors upplevelse av barnmorskans preventivmedelsrådgivning med fokus på hormonfria metoder. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med semistrukturerade telefonintervjuer, analyserade med innehållsanalys. Resu

Ledarskap påverkar organisationer i stor grad. Därför avser denna uppsats att undersöka ledarskapet på E.ON som vald organisation. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka ledares uppfattningar om hur ledarskapet ser ut idag, hur det påverkats av pandemin samt hur ledarskap i framtiden kan komma att se ut. Undersökningen tar avstamp i en fenomenografisk metodansats. Datainsamlingen har skett med hjälp av

In recent years, cross-border regions have been challenged by multiple levels governance creating barriers rather than solutions to support cross-border spaces. This study aims at inquiring how the role of cross-border regions is changing in relation to their governance capacity. Governance capacity relates to actions, practices and visions of such regions. Through investigating a case study in th

This paper investigates if migration policy reforms have the ability to affect the trade enhancing effect of migration. Migration policies are one of the factors through which a country can control its migration. A shift in migration policy could therefore possibly alter or affect the effect that migration has on trade. In order to investigate this, the Swedish asylum policy changes of 2016 and it

Den så kallade korrigeringsregeln framgår av 14 kap. 19 § IL. Regeln, som är en implementering av armlängdsprincipen som följer av OECD:s riktlinjer om internprissättning, reglerar situationer då svenska företags resultat blir lägre till följd av gränsöverskridande transaktioner med företag i intressegemenskap, vars avtalsvillkor avviker från vad som avtalats mellan oberoende parter. I och med attAmong other rules, the income tax law statues the correction rule. The correction rule is an implementation of the arm’s length principle prescribed by the OECD transfer pricing guidelines. According to the correction rule, the result of a company is to be up written if it has been lowered due to terms of a transaction with an associated enterprise that is inconsistent with the terms that would ha

Den här kandidatuppsatsen är en kvalitativ studie som undersöker fotboll som arena för integration. Den utgår från teorier om socialt kapital, norm och språk för att kunna analysera och skapa förståelse kring empirin som är hämtad genom fyra intervjuer. Resultatet visar att fotboll har en styrka i att den innehåller ett språk som talas av alla världen över. Men för att fotboll även ska fungera soThis essay is a qualitative study examining football as an arena for integration and the method I’ve used is semi-structured interviews to collect my empirical information. The participants in this study are four different leaders from four different sports associations, which all are different in size and are from different places in Sweden. What they have in common is that they all have experien

I ett försök till att hindra den skatteflykt som uppstår av skatteplanering genom hybrida missmatchningar som leder till att länders skattebaser urholkas antog Europakommissionen direktivet ATAD 2. Till skillnad från ATAD 1 så siktar ATAD 2 in sig på olika typer av betalningar, inte bara räntebetalningar, samt att bestämmelserna även rör tredje land och inte bara medlemsländerna i EU. MedlemsländeIn an attempt to prevent tax evasion caused by tax planning through hybrid mismatches that lead to tax bases erosion in countries, the European Commission adopted the directive ATAD 2. Unlike ATAD 1, ATAD 2 aims at different payments, not just interest payments, and third countries, not just member states of the EU. ATAD 2 should have been implemented in member states national legislation on 31 Ja

Utbrottet av coronaviruset Covid-19 har påverkat världen drastiskt på mycket kort tid. Syftet med studien var att studera upplevelsen av vilken påverkan pandemin har på den mentala hälsan, samt vilka grupper som är mer sårbara för psykisk ohälsa och vilka faktorer som är predicerande för att drabbas. Studien genomfördes i en tvärsnittsdesign med en webbenkät till svensktalande personer (n = 360) öThe outbreak of the corona virus Covid-19 has changed the world in a very short time. This study aimed to understand the effects of the pandemic on mental health, and to find groups at risk for mental illness as well as associated factors. The study was conducted as an online cross-sectional survey (n = 360), to Swedish speaking people 18 years or older. More than 55% reported that their mental he

The post earnings announcement drift (PEAD) is a well studied market anomaly. However, few academic papers have focused their attention on Swedish market. Therefore, this paper evaluates if the PEAD can be observed on the Swedish market between the first quarter of 2006 and the last quarter of 2019. Using a sample of 121 firms consisting of both small and large sized firms, this paper found statis