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The administration’s legitimacy of the constitutional democracy consist in laws being applied in accordance with the principles which are their foundation. Care about the elderly is the municipals’ responsibility, and this task is regulated in the law of social services and the law of health and healthcare. The legislation grant individual elderly the right to a standard of living that in the law
High-quality video is being increasingly delivered over Internet Protocol networks, which means that network operators and service providers need methods to measure the quality of experience (QoE) of the video services. In this paper, we propose a method to speed up the development of no-reference bitstream objective metrics for estimating QoE. This method uses full-reference objective metrics, wh
I denna avhandling används samtalsanalys (”conversation analysis”) för att studera ”riskstrategier” i samtal mellan lärare, elever och föräldrar i grundskolan. Materialet består av 80 samtal som insamlats vid två olika tidpunkter: 45 st. inspelade 1992–93 (kvartssamtal, eller den mer formella benämningen enskilda samtal) och ytterligare 35 st. inspelade 2004 (utvecklingssamtal, den benämning som gIn this thesis, conversation analysis (CA) is applied to study “risk strategies” in parent-teacher-student conferences in the Swedish nine-year compulsory school. The material consists of 80 conferences collected at two different points in time: 45 from the period 1992–93 (at that time called kvartssamtal, lit. “quarter of an hour conference”) and another 35 collected in 2004 (at the present time,
The aim of this study was to understand how staff in residential child care experience and relate to their profession and their daily work with the children. The method chosen for this study was semi-structured interviews with eight professionals from three different residential care for children in the southern part of Sweden. To analyse the results, we chose the following theories and concepts;
Under 2018 dödades 22 kvinnor och 4 män i Sverige av en närstående de är eller har varit i relation med. Våld kan förekomma i olika typer av relationer och följer samma mönster oavsett parternas sexualitet eller inneboende maktrelation. Genom systematisk psykisk nedbrytning och isolering normaliseras våldet i relationen. Under vissa förhållanden har en person som utsätts för ett pågående eller öveDomestic violence has been a major social problem for many years. In 2018, 22 women and 4 men were killed in Sweden by their previous or present partner. Violence occurs in all types of relationships and follows the same pattern regardless of the parties' sexuality or inherent power dynamics. Through systematic mental degradation, violation, and isolation, violence becomes normalized in the re
This study is a critical analysis about the meaning of labor within a Swedish consultant company. The aim of this study is to showcase, describe and evaluate employees attitudes towards their profession as a sales consultant. Therefore the study focus on identifying and analyzing the structures of meaning at the workplace, and the relationship between the employees and the organizational culture.
Liquefied Natural Gas is a clean and lower carbon alternative to diesel in the heavy road transport sector. It is established as a system in Netherlands and is in the preliminary phase in Belgium with three existing LNG filling stations. Belgium is one of the most heavily trafficked countries in Europe with poor air quality, making it an interesting market for establishing a LNG system. Truck manu
För att ta reda på gymnasielärare och gymnasieelevers erfarenheter av bedömning och ämnesintegrerat arbete i kursen Ensemble med körsång genomfördes en studie, bestående av intervjuer med lärare och en enkät som gavs till elever. Vår nyfikenhet på ämnet grundar sig i ett begrepp en klasskamrat mötte på vår VFU, nämligen “ensemble med körtvång” som gjorde. Det gjorde oss undrande över hur kursen EnIn order to uncover high school teachers’ and high school student’s experience of assessment and subject integration proportion of the course Ensemble with Choral Singing, a study was conducted, comprised of interviews with teachers and a survey that was provided to students. Our curiosity about the subject is based on a concept a classmate encountered during our internship, namely “ensemble med k
Sustainability reporting has emerged as a common practice of 21st-century business. A sustainability report is a report published by an organization that presents the economic, environmental and social impacts caused by its activities. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote the transition to a sustainable global economy by providing a framewo
The elderly population within the European Union is growing where as the amount of caregivers is not. The objective of the NavMem project is to make older citizens more self-sufficient and confident specifically while traveling on foot. This could potentially lead to a more active and social life while decreasing the need of senior citizen care. With this objective in mind the NavMem consortium ha
This research explores how young audiences in Georgia perceive and engage with Russian Soft Power in the context of the media platform Alt-info. Alt-info is a privately-owned right-wing TV company and online media outlet founded in 2019 in Georgia. The study delves into the complex relationship between Russian Soft Power, the media landscape, and the perspectives of Georgia's youth. Using a c
The aim of this paper was to study the relatedness of stress and emotional labor in the daily work of the school social worker in the 10th-13th year of school (svenska gymnasium) in Sweden. The aim also included exploring experiences of the impact of the relationships with coworkers within the context of experienced work related stress. The chosen method for this study was a qualitative approach w
Background: In today’s competitive market, renewal through innovation is of utmost importance to stay relevant. Creating a start-up is associated with great uncertainty and doing so within the heavily regulated MedTech industry, puts even higher demands on a start-up. Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to identify issues and challenges facing MedTech start-ups in the different phases o
The purpose of this research is to identify and categorize customer’s personal service requests and to determine the extent to which these categories can be facilitated with self-service technologies (SST). Hence, this study bridges the gap between customer service and self-service. This is particularly relevant, as a knowledge gap has been identified between the research field of personal custome
In the building industry, circular economy has gained much attention in recent years, yet thus far, little research has been conducted on the topic of intensified building use, despite the great potential this strategy offers in terms of emission reduction. One way of intensifying building use can be through the sharing of spaces among different users at different times. This thesis explores how m
Production and use of chlorophenols (CPs) are being phased out around the globe, but with considerable lag in some highly populated countries. The process could be incentivized by leading countries sharing their experiences on problems that occurred, including the built environment. We previously reported that Swedish industry and authorities promoted CPs, including pentachlorophenol (PCP), as wooProduction and use of chlorophenols (CPs) are being phased out around the globe, but with considerable lag in some highlypopulated countries. The process could be incentivized by leading countries sharing their experiences on problems thatoccurred, including the built environment. We previously reported that Swedish industry and authorities promoted CPs,including pentachlorophenol (PCP), as wood p
This paper examines the role communication strategies play in the maintenance of communication in a classroom. The effect these strategies may have on the acquisition of a language is also discussed. There is often a lack of communication in a Swedish foreign language classroom which leads to the inability to communicate in a native-like way even after several years of learning the language. This
