The aim of this study was to illustrate the phenomena of gaming addiction and problematic gaming. In order to achieve this, we have examined how people on the internet forum Reddit comprehend gaming addiction and problematic gaming, and how they construct gaming as a social problem/nonproblem. This study is a qualitative netnographic study, which means that we have conducted our research exclusive

Using a theoretical framework based upon the queer phenomenology of Sarah Ahmed as well as Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception, this study explores the process of translating medieval church murals to drawings. The study is based on my own drawings of two late-medieval church murals in Skåne, as well as 19th century ethnographer Nils Månsson Mandelgren’s drawings. In making drawing

Bakgrund: Psykiatrisjuksköterskor har tidigare upplevt både hinder och möjligheter med digitala vårdtjänster. Implementeringen av dessa tjänster har inom psykiatrin gått långsamt fram trots evidens för att de kan vara motsvarande fysiska besök. Forskningsunderlaget av digitala vårdtjänster inom psykiatrin är i svensk kontext begränsat. Covid-19 pandemin innebar en påskyndad digital utveckling inom

To tear barriers down, and erect new - an analysis of accessibility features in games. The purpose of this study is to gain understanding of the informants experiences of working with, and playing, accessible games. By basing this essay in the informants' experiences, the aim is to gain insight into what features can be applied in games and how they affect the player. This is done by recountin

The Swedish government has a national goal that states all violence against women will cease to exist. This goal is a part of a national strategy that will take place between the years 2017-2026. One of the main focuses of the strategy is to work with the perpetrator to make sure the acts of violence are not repeated. Another main focus is to shed light on societal norms regarding masculinity and

Framtidens digitalisering av tumöranalyser för bättre behandling och prognos Läkarkonsten är på väg att få fler redskap för att individanpassa cancerbehandlingar och få en bättre patientöverlevnad. Intressant nog kan vi i framtiden komma till att förutsäga tumörers svar på behandling utifrån en matematisk algoritm som med hjälp av uppmätta gen- och proteinnivåer skattar halten av olika immuncelleIntroduction: There is a shortcoming in current breast cancer treatment, where some patients get overtreated leading to unnecessary side effects and others will not respond to the indicated treatment. Immune infiltration appears to have potential to become an important parameter when predicting how the tumour will respond to certain treatments, prognosing the survival rates in different subgroups

Entrepreneurship and small businesses can be driving forces in regional development. Rural areas face specific barriers such as long transport distances or a lack of skilled labor compared to urban environments. The thesis aims to understand how local entrepreneurship is expressed in a rural context. Based on a case study of the municipality of Simrishamn in the south of Sweden, the work has three

Malaria är en dödlig infektionssjukdom som kännetecknas av feber, huvudvärk, muskelvärk och kräkningar och år 2020 uppskattade WHO antalet dödsfall i malaria till 627 000, varav 96 % av fallen skedde i subsahariska Afrika. Sjukdomen orsakas av encelliga parasiter av släktet Plasmodium. Arterna som smittar människor är P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale samt P. knowlesi, varav P. vivax Malaria is a life-threatening disease, but widespread antimalarial drug resistance has become a major obstacle when it comes to malaria treatment. Derivatives of existing drugs are potential drug candidates that can overcome this resistance and in recent years metal derivatives of chloroquine (CQ) have been of interest for their potential antimalarial activity. Three new organometallic complexes o

Mental health literacy (MHL) är ett forskningsområde inom psykologi som mäter allmänhetens kunskap om mental ohälsa och utgör ett väsentligt steg i förebyggandet av mental ohälsa, avstigmatisering och främjandet av hjälpsökande beteenden. Denna studie mätte MHL för fyra vanliga diagnoser – depression, ångest, schizofreni och bipolär sjukdom – bland unga vuxna i Sverige (N=46) och jämförde resultatMental health literacy (MHL) is a research area in psychology that assesses the public's knowledge about mental illnesses and represents an essential step in mental health prevention, destigmatisation and help-seeking promotion. This study measured the MHL of four common mental health disorders – depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder – among young adults in Sweden (N=46) and

The aim of this study was to investigate how female authors of autobiographies from the 2010s experience and describe their own turning points and what has contributed to their recovery from a self-perceived eating disorder in a Swedish context. The method chosen for this study was a qualitative document analysis where four autobiographies have been analyzed. In analyzing our results two theoretic

The aim of this study was to examine how the Swedish daily press constructs juvenile delinquency. We did this by studying 24 articles from three different Swedish newspapers. To qualify for the study, the articles had to include sufficient descriptions of the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency and juvenile delinquents. With social constructionism as a fundamental perspective, a thematic content an

I have examined a text known as the litany. The term litany is, within the scope of my essay, the collective name for the text which is also known by other names such as Psalm 700:1, intercessory prayer 8 and Litany - shorter form in the liturgical context of the Church of Sweden. I have read the litany with a starting point in Gustavo Gutiérrez's liberation theology and Gustaf Wingren's S

Bakgrund: Idag definieras oftast diagnosen postpartum depression på barnhälsovårdscentralen (BVC) med hjälp av skattningsformuläret Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). I Sverige drabbas mellan 8-15% av alla nyblivna mödrar av diagnosen. Vid postpartum depression finns det även en risk i att anknytningen mellan barn och moder påverkas negativt. För att ställa diagnosen används ICD-11 (

In the year 2020 the pandemic COVID-19 caused several disruptions to society where increased border controls were a major one. This paper will examine how the shock from pandemic related border control affected service trade which relied on movement of people. This will be done by studying trade values on Sweden's import of services from Denmark allocated to two modes of supply. To examine the

This essay aims to study the effects of regional development policy containing growth poles or “regional cores”. In order to do this, the case of northeastern Scania has been chosen as an example of this type of regional development policy in practice. By comparing different factors related to population and labor market, as well as analyzing various official public documents, the goal is to showc

En person med funktionsnedsättning kan stöta på olika hinder i arbetslivet, exempelvis i form av begränsningar på grund av nedsatt arbetsförmåga. I viss mån har arbetsgivaren en skyldighet att undanröja sådana hinder för att förhindra förekomsten av diskriminering på arbetsplatsen. Utifrån den rättsdogmatiska metoden syftar denna uppsats följaktligen till att redogöra för diskrimineringsförbudets A person with a disability may encounter various obstacles in working life, for example in the form of limitations due to reduced working ability. To some extent, the employer has an obligation to remove such obstacles to prevent the occurrence of discrimination in the workplace. Based on the legal dogmatic method, this essay consequently aims to explain the extent of the prohibition of discrimina

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka arbetsgivarens arbetsmiljöansvar när arbetet förflyttas till arbetstagarnas hem. Uppsatsen kommer även att behandla huruvida det är nödvändigt att göra lagändringar för att möta denna mer flexibla arbetsform. Den rättsdogmatiska metoden kommer att användas för att redogöra för lagstiftning, förarbeten, föreskrifter och doktrin på området. Arbetsmiljölagen är eThe purpose of this essay is to examine the employer's workplace responsibility in circumstances where work is moved to the employee's home. The essay will also review potential necessary law changes to meet this new, flexible form of work. The legal dogmatic method will be used to explain the legislation, regulation, preparatory work and doctrine in the subject. Since the work environment

Social work education has been subject to discussion throughout history. The competence of newly graduated social workers is questioned in facing complex social problems and new challenges in society. The purpose of this study has been to shed light on how newly graduated social workers’ theoretical knowledge and practical skills are perceived by managers in the exercise of authority who work clos

Newly qualified social workers (NQSW) in Sweden are often thrust into statutory social work. In the context of statutory social work, social workers need to navigate a professional rationale, on which the social work profession rests, with an organizational rationale, on which the welfare organization – the social services – rests. This is due to the fact that social workers often are reliant on w

Aim: This qualitative study explores the sexual and reproductive health service provision offered to undocumented Roma women migrating to Finland and traces the major challenges in this regard through the experiences, the perceptions, and the views of Finnish health professionals. Background: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of undocumented Roma women is of a particular concern since the lack