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The aim of this bachelor’s thesis is to examine whether, to what degree and in what pattern physical activity differed between medieval men of differing social status. An overall purpose of this was to test whether, and to what degree the purported warrior culture of the medieval nobility had on its manual physical activity. This was tested by examining the patterns of humeral midshaft bone geomet

In 2017 the Swedish government issued an official report containing proposed changes to the compulsory care legislation to strengthen the child rights perspective and provide extended knowledge to the workers within psychiatry. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the reasoning regarding the proposed changes in the comment letters following the official report of the Swedish government:

This paper aims to uncover how stock liquidity and analyst coverage, as indicators of information asymmetry, influence the capital structure decisions of companies during market distress, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This assumption is mainly based on the theoretical framework of Pecking Order theory (Myers & Majluf, 1984) and previous empirical research on capital structure and infor

Despite Sweden having implemented strict laws against child abuse and adopting the Convention on the Rights of the Child into law, child abuse remains a significant societal issue. Although it is clear that legal changes play a role in strengthening the protection and rights of children, legislation and actual circumstances do not always align. This study aimed to highlight different experiences o

År 2012 formulerade fysikern Peter W. Higgs en teori om elementarpartiklar som kan skapas ur tomma intet. Om dessa partiklar utsätts för extremt höga hastigheter uppstår det friktion som tvingar fram en ny partikel, en så kallad Higgsboson. Utifrån två elementarpartiklar kan man skapa en ny massa, materia, som inte fanns där från början. Higgsbosonsteorin fick inom media och populärkulturen smeknaIn 2012 physicist Peter W. Higgins formulated a theory about elementary particles that can be created out of nothing. If these particles are exposed to extremely high speeds, friction arises which forces a new particle to form, a so-called Higgs boson. Based on two elementary particles, you can create a new mass; matter which was not there from the beginning. In the media, the Higgs boson was nick

During the second world war between one-half to two million Roma people were killed. The Roma and Sinti ethnic groups had to wait until 1982 before West Germany would recognize them as victims of the Nazi policy of extermination during the war. This has resulted in that the suffering of the Roma does not form a part of the common knowledge today. This essay conveys a discourse analysis, with the p

Denna uppsats avser beskriva hur Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) har förändrats utifrån Peter R. Neumanns idealtyper för gammal terrorism och ny terrorism. Detta är en beskrivande fallstudie och för att kunna applicera Neumanns teori på IMU var vi tvungna att specificera teorin med två underkategorier: operationell räckvidd och media, till Neumanns variabler: struktur och metod. Neumanns tred

In the past, symmetric communication in customer relationships was seen as utopian, today, however, social media have provided new tools which create new dimensions of possibilities for dialogue. Today we find ways through social media to create a more symmetric communication between customer and organization. This study analyzes how three organizations within the sporting and outdoors branch comm

The aim of this essay is, in the light of Juan de la Cruz poem Canciones de alma, to study the dialectic of Gods absence and presence in contemporary theological thinking. Central to the study is Gianni Vattimo, David Tracy and Gustavo Gutierrez, three important voices in contemporary theological discourse. The method used is a comparative text analysis in combination with a conceptual analysis. I

Prostitution is a disputed concept, not in the way that it is not defined, for it is, but not in the sense that would be to many viewed as ethical as well as moral values of the modern society. From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Person and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Oth-ers to the Convention for the Elimination of All

In light of the pronounced regression in total fertility rates in Spain over the last 40 years and the permanence well below replacement fertility levels up until the present day, this thesis aims to add evidence to the on-going debate about the determinants of reproductive behaviour in this specific country. Given the presence of a significant heterogeneity in the pace of changes in and levels of

This study identifies a negative impact of mining on access to the public water system in Peru using district data from 2011 and a similar methodology as Loayza, Mier y Teran and Rigolini (2013). One potential explanation for this result can be found by assessing the effects of mining on the investment prioritization of local governments; responsible for providing basic services in Peru. A quantit

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilken effekt ett medlemskap i den Europeiska unionen har haft på Sveriges politiska partiers kommunikation. För att genomföra undersökningen har vi använt de politiska partierna i Norge som referenspunkt. Denna studie använder sig av ”theory of Europeanization” och ”Greens theory of Salience Issues” som teoretisk grund för att försöka förklara den förändri

På bangården i Nässjö har det mellan 1918 och 2005 legat en impregneringsanläggning för järnvägsslipers. Som impregneringsmedel användes främst kreosotolja vilket innehåller polycykliska aromatiska kolväten (PAH) som kan vara skadliga för människa och natur. Marken på bangården är nu kraftigt förorenad och ska därför saneras. Tyréns AB har på uppdrag av Trafikverket tagit fram ett förfrågningsundA facility for preservation of wooden rail road sleepers has been operating at the railway yard in Nässjö between 1918 and 2005. The main preservative used at the site was creosote which contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) that can be harmful to humans and the environment. The soil at the railway yard is due to these activities heavily polluted and the Swedish Transport Administration

This study investigates whether Swedish students, at two different levels of study, are able to distinguish between ‘it’ and ‘there’ when using the two as dummy subjects. This particular feature was chosen since previous research (e.g. Estling- Vannestål, 2007; Köhlmyr, 2003; Davidsen-Nilsen & Harder, 2001 ) has shown that Swedish students tend to overuse ‘it’ in such constructions: something

There has been a decrease in sea ice extent and volume in the polar regions during the past decades; this study focuses on the Northern Hemisphere. The variability of the sea ice extent along the east coast of Greenland is examined and the area is divided into three regional zones to be able to study variations in the correlation strength along the coast. The ice extent along the east coast is ach

Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilken roll takt och rytm spelar i en idrottslärares undervisning. För att förtydliga uppsatsens syfte och beskriva idrottslärarnas uppfattning behandlas följande forskningsfrågor: Hur ser idrottslärare på takt och rytm i sin undervisning? Vad uppfattar idrottslärare att det är de ska undervisa i när det gäller takt och rytm enligt kursplanen? Hur ser idrottslärMeasure and rhythm: What part do concepts of measure and rhythm play in a physical education teachers way of teaching? The purpose of this study is to determine what part the measure and rhythm plays in a physical education teacher's way of teaching. To clarify the purpose of this study and describe physical education teachers' perception, the following research questions are processed: Ho

This thesis deals with religion in the secular and democratic state. To demonstrate the complex tension between the freedom of religion and secular principles, Jürgen Haber-mas's theories about the post-secular society has been used to implement a critical dis-course analysis which examines five debating articles that specifically focuses on the question about the call to prayer for Muslims in

Both Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) have set ambitious targets for increasing the amount of renewable heat being generated. By 2020, NI is aiming for a 10% target, in the Republic a 12% target has been stipulated (DARD, 2010) (SEAI, 2007). In both countries the majority of the private forest estate has been created through establishment grants that began in the 1980s, the

Of all information gathered and maintained by a small municipality, in this case the city of Berkeley, California, the percentage that is somehow geographically related is usually very high. The key to an efficient land management and analysis system is to link information gathered by a municipality's administration to its actual geographic locations; locations that together form the complexit