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Since 1990, international election observers have been travelling the world to monitor and assess close to 1 500 elections in developing democracies. Although often championed as the primary tool of democracy promotion, little is still known about its immediate consequences. In this research, therefore, I explore the relationship between election observers' assessments and domestic electoral r
The purpose of this study has been to look at four peoples life stories about their experiences of drug use over time as well as to share their individual attitudes, and possible experiences, of drug-related support and treatment. The life stories of these four people were collected through semi structured interviews, after which they were analyzed based on narrative aspects conveyed in their stor
‘American exceptionalism’ is a concept that has frequently been referenced in presidential rhetoric over the years. The concept entails the distinct belief that the United States is unique, if not superior, when compared to other nations. As a result of their exceptional history and culture the U.S. have a distinct, arguably God given, destiny to fulfil in the world. The underlying aim of this pap
Traditional risk assessment frameworks have been focused primarily on the factors of likelihood and impact, utilizing either a numerical (e.g. 1 to 5) or qualitative (e.g.low,medium, high) rating scale, resulting in the traditional two dimensional framework. The challenge of this model is that the focus is too narrow to eectively assess constantly changing risk environments and fails to dierentiat
This paper is arguing that China’s political and economic opening in 1978, also referred to as China’s open door policy, was initiated by a change within China’s institutions affecting the political as well as the economic system. Since the opening in 1978 up until today (2012), constant economic reforms and developments as well as political progress can be observed. Domestic examples of China’s p
Utgångspunkt för denna uppsats är Gabor Matés facklitterära bok In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction från 2008. Första delen av uppsatsen innehåller en källtextanalys av boken, där bland annat bokens kontext, innehåll och stil diskuteras. Andra delen av uppsatsen utgörs av en översättningsanalys, där hanteringen av några polysema ord analyseras. Före själva analysen prese
In recent years, the field of mass spectrometry (MS) has grown significantly, allowing for shotgun proteomic experiments to be used increasingly in biomarker discovery experiments. However, using standard methods of MS not all peptides present in a sample may be identified. To combat this, a procedure termed alignment, or match-between-runs, is used to propagate identifications from one run to ano
This paper focuses on the issue of reproductive violence as an international crime. The central question is whether the current provisions of the Rome Statute are adequate for reflecting the severity and distinct nature of reproductive violence crimes and, thus, whether these provisions can effectively support their prosecution under the new 2023 OTP Policy on Gender-Based Crimes. The prevailing m
I detta arbete jämförs det svenska diskrimineringsskyddet i arbetslivet med rättigheterna i FN:s konvention om rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning CRPD. Särskilt behandlas bestämmelsen om bristande tillgänglighet. Syftet är att ge personer med funktionshinder ett effektivt medel till att uppnå lika rättigheter och möjligheter i samhället. I den svenska rättsordningen är funktionshindIn this paper the Swedish discrimination legislation in the working life will be compared to the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities CRPD. With special attention to the prohibition off inadequate accessibility. The rule inadequate accessibility has the purpose to give people with disabilities access to society in equal basis to other people. In Swedish law disability is a medi
This thesis aims to examine the development of health trends in Sweden, since it is argued that they will prevail and even become more extreme in the near future. Supermarkets will have to understand the impact of those health trends on consumer behaviour and therefore are required to comprehend the sociological, cultural and psychological factors behind these. It is proclaimed that the current he
In this report, an investigation has been carried out regarding battery fires in e-micromobiltity and tools with the aim of answering what the circumstances have looked like when the batteries have ignited and what consequences these fires have entailed. With the help of the results, proposed solutions have also been developed to prevent battery fires from occurring and to minimize the consequence
As the demand for decreased use of energy increases, new ways of using energy sources are investigated. One of these ways is to be able to use low temperature heat sources, which can be done with a rankine or organic rankine cycle. In a rankine cycle there is a working fluid which is pressurized, evaporated, expanded and then condensed again, and the energy released during the expansion can drive
This diploma work has shown that it is possible to generate engineered stainless steel nanoparticles using a spark discharge generator (SDG) with a selectable size in the size range 20-70 nm in diameter. The generated particles have similar composition as the electrodes used, although further studies are needed to verify if this is true for all particles generated. If this is true, it would be pos
Bakgrund: Antalet personer som drabbas av demenssjukdomar ökar kraftigt och anhöriga till dessa påverkas i vardagen på olika sätt, vilket kan påverka deras hälsa. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka upplevelsen av aktivitetsbalans hos anhöriga till personer med demens. Metod: Data inhämtades genom en fokusgrupp vid två upprepade tillfällen med 5 deltagare. En riktad innehållsanalys ge
In the past decades, China's rise has set off a shift from the unipolar era, rendering the South China Sea (SCS) a theatre for revived great power rivalry. In this environment, the behavior of secondary states navigating the heavy seas of the SCS dispute has drawn significant academic attention to the study of small and middle-power strategy. This thesis focused on the strategic response emplo
Personal assistance - A qualitative study of the significance of the reform In 1994, a new law, Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS) was implemented as a part of the Swedish welfare system. The purpose of the law is to assure safety for people in one of three target groups that are further defined in 1 §, LSS. The law gives people in these targe
On Rednote, a social media platform for lifestyle and interests in China, users often describe some public comment sections as having 活人感 (huó rén gǎn, liveliness), a feeling that someone has personally invested effort and left perceivable traces in what is said. Voice comments have become a visible component of this interactional environment. I explored how asynchronous voice comments are used in
This thesis documents the design and fabrication of ceramic loudspeaker horns using slip casting and digital fabrication tools, and evaluates their acoustic performance against geometrically equivalent 3D printed PLA reference horns. Two horn profiles were developed and realised through a workflow combining mathematical profile generation, CAD modelling, 3D printing, and slip casting. The acousti
