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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the costs of HIV care in Ethiopia.OBJECTIVE: To estimate the average per person year (PPY) cost of care for HIV patients with and without anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in a district hospital.METHODS: Data on costs and utilization of HIV-related services were taken from Arba Minch Hospital (AMH) in southern Ethiopia. Mean annual outpatient and inpatient costs and c

The Paris Agreement suggests that all countries engage in significant emission reductions. To stay within safe guardrails, usually defined as a maximum warming of 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial times, this will mean decarbonisation within less than 30 years. This significant challenge is complicated because of growth in some sectors, such as tourism. This paper analyses emissions and economic o

Sedan slutet av 1970-talet har Kina upplevt en anmärkningsvärd socioekonomisk utveckling. Tendensen till marknadifiering och modernisering försvagade kulturellt rotade livsstilar och allt fler etniska minoritetsgrupper i Kina har börjat betrakta traditionell kultur som irrelevant för deras försörjning och framtid samt i viss utsträckning också har börjat ta avstånd från dessa. Detta utgör ett hot Since the late 1970s, China has experienced remarkable socioeconomic development. The trend towards marketisation and modernisation overturned culturally-rooted lifestyles, and more and more ethnic minorities in China have started to regard their traditional cultures as irrelevant to their livelihoods and future and chosen to move away from them. This poses a threat to the idea of ethnic diversity

When does the mind begin? Infant psychology is mysterious in part because we cannot remember our first months of life, nor can we directly communicate with infants. Even more speculative is the possibility of mental life prior to birth. The question of when consciousness, or subjective experience, begins in human development thus remains incompletely answered, though boundaries can be set using cu

Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka hur fyra sångpedagoger beskriver hur de förhåller sig till och arbetar med personligt uttryck, härmning och förebildning samt genrekunskap och hur deras syn påverkar samverkan mellan begreppen och metoderna. Studien är av kvalitativ art och vi har använt oss av semistrukturerade frågor för att fånga pedagogernas tankar och åsikter. Sångpedagogerna säger sigThe purpose of our study is to investigate how vocal teachers describe how they relate to and work with personal expression, imitation, demonstration, knowledge about genre and how their views affect the interaction between these concepts and methods. The study is qualitative in nature and we have used semi-structured questions to capture the teachers’ thoughts and opinions. The vocal teachers s

Vid uppsägning på grund av arbetsbrist aktualiseras regler om turordning. Enligt turordningsreglerna har en arbetstagare med lång anställningstid företräde till fortsatt anställning framför en arbetstagare med kortare anställningstid. En förutsättning för företräde är dock att arbetstagaren med lång anställningstid har tillräckliga kvalifikationer. Det är detta kvalifikationskrav som är ämnet för In situations of redundancy, dismissals shall be made according to seniority rules. According to the seniority rules, priority and selection of employees is to be made according to each employee’s total period of employment with the employer. A prerequisite for priority is, however, that the employee possesses sufficient qualifications. This qualification requirement is the subject of this paper.

This research delves into the burgeoning field of incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria into investment strategies, spurred by a growing interest in sustainability and the demonstrated influence of ESG-related events on stock prices. Sanctify Financial Technologies is at the forefront of quantifying firms’ ESG performance, which plays a pivotal role in this study. Vari

Children who are placed in foster care because of neglect or abuse have the right to maintain the relationship with their parents, as per the Swedish LVU law, though this is more often than not a complex feat to achieve. The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children who are capable of forming their views shall be given the right to express those views freely in all matters affecti

In the post-pandemic era, the hotel industry is gradually recovering alongside the broader tourism sector. As a key component of tourism, hotel quality plays a vital role in shaping guest experiences. This thesis examines consumer value in the context of a well-developed hotel industry by focusing on the St. Regis hotel in Macao as a case study. The research investigates what types of consumer val

This section gives an overview of Lake Victoria, that is currently underutilized for cargo transportation by the 3 East African states of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, despite the great potential of this shared water body for multimodal transport and trade opportunities. In order to sustainably develop infrastructure on Lake Victoria, the three member states must adopt sustainable business models t

Refuge areas are a new element in the evacuation strategy for people with reduced mobility or orientation ability. This report aims to identify the level of risk to users of refuge areas by examining the current management of refuge areas in Sweden. The objective was to present measures or strategies that can reduce the level of risk to users of refuge areas. This report is based on interviews con

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur nyanställda socialsekreterare upplevde sin introduktion vid början av ett nytt arbete och att få en uppfattning om hur introduktionens upplägg kan påverka arbetsmotivationen. Även det psykiska välbefinnandets påverkan av stress under introduktionen har granskats. Till detta användes en kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes på sex socials

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur nyanställda socialsekreterare upplevde sin introduktion vid början av ett nytt arbete och att få en uppfattning om hur introduktionens upplägg kan påverka arbetsmotivationen. Även det psykiska välbefinnandets påverkan av stress under introduktionen har granskats. Till detta användes en kvalitativ metod och semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes på sex socials

Antisocial personality pattern, antisocial values, antisocial attitudes and antisocial company is according to Bonta and Andrews risk factors for further crime among correctional system clients. During the risk, need and responsivity-model has been more incorporated in the probation service these risk factors and their relation to behavior has become more central in the practical work. The aim of

The signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on the 4th of April 1949 became a watershed for the Nordic states and divided the normally very homogenous groupinto two separate camps. By examining this phenomenon from three different methodological approaches, this thesis aims to explain why the division occurred. The methodological approaches are sectioned into macro meso and micro levels in order to d

The aim of this study was to examine and illuminate how people who are born deaf experience their encounters with administrative authorities. The study was based on qualitative interviews. Several themes were identified in the interviews: knowledge, deaf competence, accessibility, communication, interpreter usage, audism and discrimination. The analysis was based on the notions of accessibility, s

Ayberk Öker (2020): Är det omgivningen som får eleverna att ha svårt med matematik?. Ämneslärarutbildningen (matematik och fysik), Lunds universitet. Syftet med uppsatsen är att få en djupare förståelse av hur omgivningen och sociala medier påverkar elevernas inlärningsförmåga i matematik. Påverkan av samtalen kring matematik och av inlägg i sociala medier behandlas i uppsatsen. Jag har utfört en Ayberk Öker (2020), Is it the environment that makes students have difficulty with mathematics?. Subject teacher education (mathematics and physics), Lund University. The purpose of the essay is to gain a deeper understanding of how the environment and social media affect children’s learning ability in mathematics. The impact of the conversations about mathematics and the posts in social media is

Efterfrågan inom hälso- och sjukvården ökar på grund av en växande population med allt fler äldre och kroniskt sjuka personer. Dessutom förväntar sig dagens patienter en lättillgänglig vård. För att möta den tilltagande efterfrågan spelar digitalisering en viktig roll. För att digitaliseringen ska lyckas är en god integrationen mellan nya digitala verktyg och befintliga system av stor betydelse. DThe demand in health care is increasing due to a growing population with more elderly and chronically ill people. In addition, the patients expect easy access to health care. To be able to meet the growing demand in the health care, digitization plays an essential role. For the digitization to be successful, a good integration of new digital tools in existing systems is of great importance. Also,