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This study investigates the relationship between social investments and public transport. The purpose is to determine the state of knowledge with regards to social investments and public transport, and if possible determine the factors necessary for this to succeed. To outline the concept of social investments within the framework of transport economics, a thorough review of the relevant theory, a

Inequality and the risk of poverty in Icelandic society have been in the debate since the economic crisis in 2008. The family policy is criticised by academics for a lack of economic support for individuals with dependent children both in the form of child benefits and low payments during parental leave. The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how economic support for families of cohabitating par

Abstract The aim of this dissertation was to study those directly affected by the 2010 law on Coordinated Individual Plan (Samordnad Individuell Plan, SIP). How the service users experienced the implementation of SIP and how the plan came to affect them in their day-to-day work. The dissertation takes its point of departure in a discussion concerning the critique of psychiatric care, the well bei

The paper introduces two new terminologies (aspirational- and inspirational positioning) within the area of brand positioning that approach positioning from an emotional and consumer perspective. For the implementation of these strategies a number of components are identified in this paper. These components together with their tools and their effects are summarised in a new model, named the AI Whe

In surveillance applications one thing to consider is how much of a scene one can cover with a camera. One way to augment this is to take images with overlap and blend them, creating a new image with bigger field of view and thereby increase the scene coverage. In this thesis work we have been looking at how one can create panorama images with a pan-tilt-camera and how fast it can be done. We chos

This qualitative case study explores the empowering potentialities of clitoral reconstruction for mutilated women in Burkina Faso. In this developing country of sub-Saharan Africa, historical high prevalence rates of excision leave millions of women in the most physical and mental ill being. This, as a consequence, causes their marginalisation from the development process. The methodology is bond

The aim of this study was to understand the experiences that social workers in the social services child protection unit has regarding their working conditions and how they reflect about their workload, staff turnovers, wellbeing in regards to the role of a social worker. Our qualitative study was based on seven interviews with social workers who worked in a middle-sized municipality in Skåne. Th

The object of this thesis is to analyze and discuss normcore and its discursive relationship to subculture and mainstream. The urban district Williamsburg and the French fashion brand Céline will respectively be used as cases to exemplify these two different aspects. Normcore is an attitude that the trend agency K-HOLE mapped out in their report Youth mode: A Report on Freedom. The attitude turned

On the 30th-31st of January 2015 a cultural event took place at the concert and congress house of Uppsala in mid-Sweden; Uppsala Konsert & Kongress. The event was called "Irländskt!" (i.e. "Irish!") and consisted of concerts, workshops and sessions. This is a sociological study of the Irish traditional sessions at this event. The participants were studied as part of a commu

Technological advancements into the nanoscale have made it necessary to perform solid mechanical calculations on devices being produced on this scale. Traditionally, the field of continuum mechanics has been used to perform calculations in the field of solid mechanics, but the ubiquity of faster computers have opened up the field of peridynamics as an alternative. Peridynamic theory models materia

Urban Living Labs are a new form of urban governance. They are considered as promising opportunities to contribute to urban sustainability transitions by addressing climate change and other related challenges on a regional level. They serve as sites to design, test and learn from innovation in real time. One key element of Urban Living Labs is user involvement. Users are considered as co-creators

The superconductivity under doping in the famous cuprate compounds is believed to originate in the CuO2 planes. The mediator of pairing is generally accepted to be induced from electronic degrees of freedom. While many mechanisms, such as spin fluctuations, have been proposed throughout the years, little research has been carried out on the role of the retarded attraction due to electronic overscr

Streptomyces is the largest genus in the phylum Actinobacteria, known for their complex life cycle and secondary metabolite production. The model bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor grows _lamentously by tip extension and hyphal branching. The hyphal tip is highly organised, with various structural proteins forming a large assembly termed the polarisome. An essential protein, DivIVA, localises to th

ISO 14001 är en internationell miljöcertifiering för företag som vill arbeta mer effektivt med sina miljöpåverkande aspekter. Även om det inte går att fastställa att ISO 14001-certifierade företag faktiskt minskar sin miljöpåverkan, visar tidigare studier att certifierade företag uppfyller miljölagkrav bättre än icke-certifierade företag. Ett av kraven som ställs på företag när de certifieras är aEven though there is little evidence that ISO 14001 certified companies actually reduce their environmental impact, previous studies show that certified companies comply to environmental regulatory demands better than non-certified companies. The purpose of this study is to examine the regulatory compliance of ISO 14001 certified companies in the south of Sweden. The empirical data is based on ins

Denna uppsats utreder frågorna ifall svensk domstol bedömer kvinnor och män lika i påföljdshänseende samt hur en eventuell olik bedömning förklaras. Beror det på lagen, föreställningar om kvinnor och män eller att omständigheter kring gärningspersonen och brottet skiljer sig åt mellan könen? Fokus är således domstolens förhållande till gärningspersonens kön. Förutom att studera forskning och påståThis paper examines the questions if women and men are equally assessed by Swedish courts with regard to the sentence and how a possible unequal assessment is explained. Is it because of the law, ideas about the sexes or that the circumstances concerning the culprit and the crime differ between the sexes? The focus is therefor the court’s relationship with the sex of the culprit. Besides studying

Särskild medling erbjuds idag av Sveriges domstolar som ett alternativ till en domstolsprocess eller förlikningsprocess. Särskilda medlare i Sverige består idag utav en blandning av advokater, domare och socionomer. Internationellt sätt finns det erkända institut som erbjuder ackreditering för medlare, däribland Centre of Dispute Resolution i London, Storbritannien. Medlare från Sverige och hela vThe Swedish courts offer court-annexed mediation as an alternative to litigation or court-annexed conciliation. On the Swedish National Courts Administration’s website, there is a list available of Swedish mediators available for court-annexed mediation that includes lawyers, judges and social workers. From an international perspective, there are several institutes that offer accreditation for med

Sierra Leone has struggled with high rates of adolescent pregnancy for some time and reports have shown an increase in these figures during and following the unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease outbreak from 2014 through 15. As young girls are impregnated, it has long been customary for girls to drop out of school. When schools re-opened after the Ebola crisis, this practice was formalized as the Mi

Uppsatsen undersöker barns trovärdighet som målsägare i sexualbrottsmål. Ämnet är särskilt känsligt då det pågår en känslostormande samhällsdebatt som följd av ett flertal uppmärksammade fall i vilka övergrepp inom den svenska förskolan avslöjades. Första delen av uppsatsen undersöker den rättspsykiatriska forskning som finns gällande barns vittnesmål och jag kunde efter denna utredning konstateThis bachelor thesis examines children’s credibility as claimants in cases regarding sexual abuse. This subject is an especially delicate matter as there is an ongoing debate, stirring up emotions, following multiple high-profile cases in which sexual abuse within the Swedish preschools were revealed. The first part of this thesis examines research findings within forensic psychology regarding ch