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This essay considers whether one can set criminal youth "right". The purpose was partly to illuminate how youths in NFG (Non Fighting Generation) in Halmstad described what use they could get of the membership, and partly to explain for what reasons they would chose a way of life against violence and criminality. I have done qualitative interviews with members of NFG in Halmstad. I start

Urbanisation is accelerating across the globe, transforming landscapes, presenting organisms with novel challenges, shaping phenotypes and impacting fitness. Urban individuals are claimed to have duller carotenoid-based colouration, compared to their non-urban counterparts, the so-called ‘urban dullness’ phenomenon. However, at the intraspecific level, this generalisation is surprisingly inconsist

The needs for support among children with a seriously ill parent, who is waiting for heart transplantation, are unknown today. The aim was to describe now adult children's experiences of social support in relation to a parent's heart transplant during childhood. Nine females and four males were interviewed. The median age for the children was 18 at the transplantation and their parents had been il

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia is a rare but serious condition, which if untreated may cause death secondary to starvation or bowel infarction. As the symptoms are sometimes unspecific, its diagnosis may be delayed or missed. Although open surgical revascularisation has been the traditional treatment, a review of published reports suggests it to be associated with operative mortality rates of 6-9 pe

Anamestic inhibitors represent the major complication of haemophilia therapy now that clotting factor concentrates are virtually free of pathogen-transmission risk. Conventional clotting factor replacement is usually insufficient to prevent or treat bleeding in a haemophilia patient with a high responding inhibitor so that alternative treatment with bypassing agents is required. Despite their rela

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a chymotrypsin-like serine protease exclusively produced by the prostate epithelium, and abundant in seminal fluid. In serum, PSA is predominantly complexed to a liver-derived serine protease inhibitor, alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT). A higher proportion of serum PSA is complexed to ACT in prostate cancer than in benign prostate hyperplasia. Since the molecular b

Popular Abstract in Swedish De fyra essäerna i Sickness Insurance: Design and Behavior studerar sjukförsäkringens utformning ur både ett empiriskt och ett teoretiskt perspektiv. Den första essän bygger på en enkätstudie och innehåller två delar. I den första delen undersöks människors preferenser för olika utformningar av sjukförsäkringen, där de olika utformningarna förväntas ge ungefär samma kosThe first essay presents the results from a questionnaire study of sickness insurance and sickness absence behavior in Sweden. In the first part, people’s preferences for the design of a sickness insurance are discussed. Three combinations of qualifying days and compensation rates, with approximately the same costs within the insurance system, are compared. From the questionnaire it is concluded t

A positive surprise creates an attraction toward the object or person that is responsible for the surprise. With this in mind, two products in the category of accessories have been developed, with each of them having a functional surprise that elevates the user experience. Imagine a backpack that is never unnecessarily large nor too small to fit everything you need, but instead adapts to the users

Omni-channel retailing, the concept of offering consumers a seamless experience by integrating physical stores and online channels, is growing within the retail industry. This transformation has forced entire organizations to rethink their logistics network and fulfillment operations, which has resulted in an endeavor to work more cross-functionally in businesses. This shift makes the competence r

Att diagnostisera en hörselnedsättning och inleda habilitering så tidigt som möjligt på små barn har visat sig vara av stor betydelse. Genom åren har flera olika diagnostiska metoder utvecklats får att kunna utföra hörselmätningar på små barn. I Linköping utarbetades 1996 ett datorstött mätsystem för barnaudiometri. Systemet är en variant av tittlådeaudiometri, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA

Social media has been incorporated increasingly in society day to day lives. The emergence of social media has changed how people interact with and search for information about destinations. This thesis looks into the perspective of Instagram users’ on destination image formation through Instagram posts in accounts that only post about traveling. It researches how people perceive a destination and

Sweden is generally associated as a good example of a welfare state, but research shows that both relative poverty and economic inequality are increasing. People who have once been in poverty are likely to fall back. Amongst the poor population, women are the dominating group and are more likely to be poor than men. Poverty is a direct consequence of discrimination between women and men, which ind

Syfte & mål: Syftet är att undersöka hur samverkan mellan beställaren och entreprenören bidrar till förändringsarbetet mot klimatneutralitet samt att analysera hur krav och initiativ från båda parter bidrar till att uppnå klimatmålet 2045. Målet är att ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar val av metoder i beställarens och entreprenörens samverkan under projekteringen och produktionen samt vPurpose & goal: The purpose is to investigate how the collaboration between the client and the contractor contributes to the transition towards climate neutrality and to analyze how requirements and initiatives from both parties contribute to achieving the 2045 climate target. The goal is to investigate factors that influence the methods in the client and contractor's collaboration during

Mixed Reality (MR) is closing the gap between real and digital and is changing how we interact with digital content. Making physical objects a part of the user interface creates a direct mapping between virtual and reality and along with that emerges many design benefits. Current head-worn see through Augmented Reality (AR) headsets are not only capable of delivering a MR experience but are also s

Uppsatsen tittar närmare på de båda fenomenen mentalisering och känsla av sammanhang (KASAM) och den forskning som är aktuell inom respektive område. Forskning kring vart och ett av begreppen föreslår och bevisar empiriskt att god mentaliseringsförmåga respektive hög KASAM är skyddande faktorer för individen som ökar sannolikheten för psykisk hälsa och välmående. Studien hade två huvudsyften där dThe present study investigated the two phenomena mentalization and sense of coherence (SOC) and the current research in the respective fields. Research regarding each of the two concepts proposes and empirically proves that high mentalizing ability and strong sense of coherence respectively are protective factors that increase the likelihood of mental health and wellbeing. The study had two main o

The purpose of this study was to examine young persons' experiences of life with ADHD. Semi structured interviews were done with four boys age 14-18 years, diagnosed with ADHD. The interviews followed a guide that consisted of themes with questions. The themes examined were: diagnosis, school, home, social and personal issues and how these themes are connected to ADHD. The results indicate tha

The purpose of this essay was to study the family situation in connection to the absence of one parent due to participation in international peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. Focus was on the temporarily absent parent's point of view. The study was based on five interviews with parents shortly after their returning home. The main questions has been how the parent described the chi