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The aim of this study was to evaluate a modified form of cognitive behavioural grouptherapy (CBGT). The therapy, started by a private care institute, is based on a method in which traditional CBT methods for groups are used but are modified in that it has an open format, meaning that different patients can take part in or drop out from sessions. And also that it is transdiagnostic, meaning that pa
Abstract: Albania during Communism 1945-1990, had a combination of optimistic policies in population growth and scarce availability of agricultural land. The fertility rate was the highest in Europe and the government believed that fast population growth was good. In the mean time, the government decided to follow self-reliance policy and attempted to eliminate food imports by imposing harsh measu
ABB Machines in Västerås, Sweden develop, sell, and manufacture generators and large electric motors worldwide. During the past years new competitors have emerged from a lower output range and some customers have reduced their demands in order to reduce the generator costs. In order to meet these changes in the market ABB Machines has developed a new pre-engineered standardized generator that allo
Underhållsverksamheten på Roslagståg kan ses som reaktiv och reparationsorienterad. För att kunna ta nästa steg i utvecklingen av ett mer proaktivt och funktionssäkerhetsorienterat underhåll bör följande åtgärder genomföras: Den övergripande målsättningen med underhållet bör förändras till att fokusera på ökad driftsäkerhet och ökad kostnadseffektivitet. Detta för att skapa långsiktighet och belys
Background: Welfare projects using applications of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have proven to deliver significant results in a cost efficient way. Despite this a strong majority of project still fail to sustain once the initial welfare resources are depleted. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to identify applications of ICT that can be valuable for society and at the same
IKEA is currently in the progress of integrating Business Process Management (BPM) into the current functional organization. In order to investigate how to increase the accuracy of the capacity planning, IKEA saw a need of examining the processes connected to Plan & Secure Capacity, a sub process to the main process Supplying. The purpose of this master thesis is to by using Network Planning m
Abstract Author: Ylva Nilsson Title: A study of a psychosis unit within open psychiatric care from a holistic-view perspective. Supervisor: Frans Oddner Assessor: Anna Angelin The purpose of this study is to examine a new method of working with patients with a mental disability according to a holistic-view perspective. The aim is to find out how the employees at one psychosis unit at a Swedish h
Purpose The master thesis highlights improvements potentials that exist in the Psychiatric ER in Stockholm County and the resource-saving measures that can be realized in the medical logistics through by producing a simulation model of the system. Methodology In order to fulfill the purpose of the master thesis qualitative methods such as interviews has been used successfully. To make the simulati
As an international actor it is preferable to make an effort to understand how your performance affects the long-term sustainability, both in local and global terms. Sustainability includes subjects such as integration between economical, social and environmental spheres. It can be achieved by reorganizing living conditions, reappraising economic sectors and work practices, develop technologies in
Bakgrund: Relationsanarki är en relationspraktik som går ut på att inte definiera och kategorisera relationer. På senare år har relationsanarkin etablerats i Sverige och syns ibland i stora mediesammanhang. Samtida teoretiker som Zygmunt Bauman (2003), Anthony Giddens (1995), Ulrich Beck (2002) och Sasha Roseneil (2000) har diskuterat de sociala förändringar som ligger till grund för ny relationsp
Abstract The purpose of this study was dual. First, I aimed to examine primary care counsellors’ attitudes towards Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Socialstyrelsen’s recommendation that CBT should be the main treatment option for depression and anxiety disorders. Second, I aimed to explore the counsellors’ discretion in their daily work and whether these recommendations limit their discreti
Since 1978, China has experienced a series of economic reforms, transitioning from a centrally planned economy to a liberal market economy. Correspondingly, the economic transformation has left a profound impact on the health care system. Universal free health care provided by state-owned enterprises was gradually replaced by modern social medical insurance schemes. The government dramatically dec
Background and problem: By examining the problems and measures of audit market concentration in the Commission’s Green paper and the audit professions responses to the Green paper it can be seen that they have different opinions. The Commission greatest concern seems to be the highly concentrated audit market and that this will affect the auditor independence. The audit profession appears to agree
The aim of this thesis is to study Swedish archaeological finds of aurochs (Bos primigenius) in order to complement the existing knowledge about the aurochs that is based on the sub fossil material. This thesis presents all the finds of aurochs that has been made in archaeological context in Sweden, in order to see if the humans had different hunting strategies in different geographic locations. B
Denna uppsats syftar till att studera porträtteringen av mannen i livsstilsmagasinen Café, King och Magasin Morberg. De manliga magasinen kan ses som att de erbjuder en slags vägledande guidning till hur maskulinitet kan och bör uttryckas vilket även gör dem till ett symboliskt forum för den manliga identitetskonstruktionen. Studien utgår ifrån att studera magasinens text och bildmaterial med hjäl
The following thesis seeks to understand the potential for handicraft cooperatives as a sustainable livelihoods strategy. This potential is measured by the ability for cooperatives to facilitate access to economic and non-economic livelihood assets and as a result, to stimulate feelings of resiliency among members. The central questions of the study were how handicraft cooperatives in and around K
This study addresses adaptive capacity to floods. We employ a case study method with two units of analysis comprising the villages of Shankarpur and Murgahawa, located in a flood prone area by a branch of Nepal’s largest river, Karnali. Our study describes the response cycle that the residents of these communities employ; their strategies to adapt to, cope with, and recover from floods. We analyse
Evangelical missionaries in Cambodia have a dual role as religious actor and development actor. This hybrid identity poses conceptual challenges for development actors, beneficiaries, and even missionaries themselves-- are they doing ministry or are they doing development? Through field observations and interviews in Phnom Penh with evangelical missionaries, this thesis examines how evangelism and
Title: Mark-to-Model – An Explanation of the Choice and Relative Use Seminar Date: 2012-05-31 Course: BUSN69, Degree Project – Accounting and Auditing. Master of Science in Business and Economics, 15 ECTS. Authors: Mikael Svensson and Alexander Wingren Supervisor: Torbjörn Tagesson Key Words: Financial Instruments, Mark-to-model, Fair value accounting, Level 3 and IFRS 7 Aim: The aim with th
As of 2011 the European Union’s Rules of Origin ((RoO)) no longer require textiles to be sourced in the domestic economies of Least Developed Countries ((LDCs)) if they want to export their apparel under the zero-tariff, zero-quota preference scheme. Now, apparel manufacturers are free to use imported textiles. Informed by Normative Power Europe theory, this thesis identifies two core motives of
