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This study is an effort to find a connection between the high number of people on sick leave, the occupational health situation at the workplace, and stronger market competition and globalisation forces. The basis for the study is statistics, mainly on injuries and diseases, interviews with people in different positions with either long experience within the safety and health situation or otherwi
Fountain of Knowledge? The Changing Role of the Library at the Upper Secondary School Level. There have been many changes in the Swedish society in general, and in the school system and hence the school library in particular during the last decade. The aim of this master thesis is then to study what students at the upper secondary school level consider to be the optimal school library to meet thei
Syftet med denna uppsats är att studera hur efterlevande makes arvsrätt och andra ekonomiska skyddsregler vid händelse av den ena makens död är uppbyggda. Syftet är även att ur ett genusperspektiv analysera denna lagstiftning för att på så sätt få en djupare förståelse för varför reglerna är konstruerade på detta specifika sätt. För att kunna diskutera genusaspektens påverkan på den svenska lagstiThe purpose of this paper is to study how the surviving spouse’s inheritance rights and other financial guarantees in case of death of the other spouse are constructed and from a gender perspective’s analyse this legislation in order to gain a deeper understanding of why the rules are designed in this specific way. In order to discuss the gender perspectives impact on the Swedish law it’s importan
This thesis discusses institutional sustainability and transitions to sustainable development. These concepts are explored through a qualitative case study on rural groundwater management institutions in Aweil East, South Sudan. The primary question guiding the discussion is how a transition towards sustainable development is reflected in this particular case. The secondary questions supporting th
Abstract Authours: Frida Gustafsson & Hanna Öberg Title: Do you dare to get older? A study of media representations of problems in elderly care. [translated title] Supervisor: Malinda Andersson The aim of our study was to examine how Swedish newspapers depict and produce problems about the Swedish elderly care. The purpose was also to examine how the newspapers present the causes of the issu
Det här arbetet handlar om musikaliska ideal i rytmikundervisningen på högskolenivå. Följande frågor behandlas i arbetet: Vilken roll har musiken i rytmikundervisningen? Vilka musikaliska ideal beskrivs? Utifrån vilka kriterier väljer musikhögskolornas rytmikutbildningar musikmaterial i sin undervisning och hur ser materialet ut? Arbetet bygger på tre kvalitativa intervjuer som har genomförts med
NIMCO Controls AB is a company located in Malmö, Sweden, that manufactures hydraulic valves mainly for the farming industry. They proposed me to work on three independent design projects to renew their product range. The first topic was a platform research for handgrips. As the company uses lots of different lever systems that need a handle, the main objective was to design a platform which deriva
In the last decades, the substantial technical progress in radiation oncology offered the opportunity for more accurate planning and delivery of treatment. At the same time, the evolution of systemic treatment and the advent of modern diagnostic tools allowed for more accurate staging and consequently a safe reduction of radiotherapy (RT) target volumes and RT doses in the treatment of lymphomas.
On 5 January 2023, the Swedish Government announced the decision to introduce new restrictions to enter Sweden: due to the spread of Covid-19 in China, travellers from this direction need to show negative Covid-test results. In cases when there is no possibility of showing the results, the travellers are not allowed to enter Sweden. Governmental Ordinance (2023:2) was temporary and lasted from 7 J
Background: Benign peripheral nerve tumours consist of different types, most commonly Schwannomas. Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is commonly performed before surgery and Pathoanatomical Diagnosis (PAD) confirms the diagnosis. Our aims were to study the utility of MRI and the relation between tumour size and symptoms. Methods: Retrospectively, patients, surgically treated for benign
This thesis takes on the task of analyzing the three contemporary Hollywood films Mad Max: Fury Road, Bird Box and Don’t Look Up in order to explore the existing portrayals of women within the films. The films all belong to the genre of climate fiction, commonly known as “cli-fi”. Using a theoretical framework based on two of ecofeminism’s most influential branches - socialist ecofeminism and cult
Under 2016 antogs företaghemlighetsdirektivet i EU, för att harmonisera skyddet för företagshemligheter inom unionen. Den här uppsatsen behandlar företagshemlighetsdirektivet och de förändringar som dess implementering medför för svensk rätt, i synnerhet direktivets bestämmelser om ”intrångsgörande varor”. Den svenska lagen (1990:409) om skydd för företagshemligheter (FHL) är en konkurrensrättslDuring 2016 the EU adopted the Trade Secrets Directive, in order to harmonize the protection of trade secrets within the union. This essay examines the Trade Secrets Directive and the changes its implementation entails for the Swedish legal system, in particular the directive’s regulations regarding “infringing goods”. The Swedish law for the protection of trade secrets (“lagen (1990:409) om sky
Den svenska demokratin utmanas av föreningar vilka är motståndare till de demokratiska principerna. Nazister, vänsterextrema och religiösa fundamentalister organiserar sig med mål att skada och på sikt krossa det nuvarande demokratiska styrelseskicket. Idag finns ingen lagstiftning som förbjuder föreningar i Sverige. Istället har lagstiftaren valt att bekämpa dem med öppen politisk debatt. I andThe Swedish democracy is today challenged by some associations whom disrespect the principles of democracy. Nazis, extreme leftwing movements and religious fundamentalists are organizing with the main objective to damage, and in the long term, destroy the democratic governance. Today there is no legislation of association ban in Sweden. Instead, the legislature has chosen to fight them with an o
In an area where men are dominating the subculture of skateboard I seek to distinguish their view on issues and solutions on non cis-male participation. In this study, theories about gender as a social construction, presented by Butler (1990), Young (1990) and Connell (2005), are applied in order to analyze two focus group interviews with ten skateboarding men in total. The results show that the m
Over the last decade, 1.8 billion people worldwide have been affected by disasters triggered by natural hazards and 740 000 lives have been lost. Due to climate change, these numbers are predicted to rise dramatically in the upcoming years. In disaster prone areas, remote communities and lower income countries are disproportionately affected and often lack the resources to prepare. Locating victim
Architectural education is most of the time based on architectural tasks with little connection to real circumstances of a building process. The projects focuses on design and the result of the projects is abstractions of the reality, such as drawings, diagrams and models. Architecture through practice aims to explore parts of the architectural practice which we usually don’t have to think about i
Synnerligen grov misshandel är en brottstyp som introducerades i svensk straffrätt år 2010, detta efter att regeringen uttryckt att straffskärpningar behövdes då man inte ansåg att de utdömda straffen var proportionerliga i förhållande till brottets allvar. Flertalet fall har sedermera hamnat i HD och hovrätterna och en praxis har skapats kring vad brottet innebär. Stort fokus läggs på hänsynslöshExceptional aggravated assault is a crime which was introduced to Swedish criminal law in 2010. The reason behind this was the fact that the Swedish government believed that harsher punishments were needed due to the fact that they were not proportional in comparison to the seriousness of the crime. Regarding what is to be considered as exceptional aggravated assault, the courts tend to focus on t
The aim of the essay is to analyse who is represented in urban space in three vision and action documents published by Lunds municipality. By using Norman Faircloughs critical discourse analysis as method the discourses in the material is located. From there the vision and actions are analysed through the theoretical framework Torsten Hägerstrands theory of time geography constrains and David Harv
Due to unusually low precipitation during late autumn and winter of the year 2015/2016 the groundwater levels of south-eastern Sweden have reached the lowest levels ever recorded since measurements began in 1968. In the month of April in the year 2016 the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) made a public statement to the media announcing that unless substantial amounts of precipitation is added duri
