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The Swedish Arts Council supports, develops and initiates interaction between the state, the regions, municipalities and representatives for cultural life in Sweden. Since 1975 the Swedish National Council has provided literature grants for book publishers, who applies and are chosen for their newly produced titles. In order to get a grant the title has to meet certain criterias, such as high lite

The bike helmet is certainly a topic of current interest. From January the 1st 2005 it is mandated by law that children under 15 years old must use bike helmet when biking or being given a lift on a bike. There is an ongoing debate about the next step, to develop the law on bike helmet to apply for adult bicyclists as well. If a law like this would be established, the request on bike helmets would

If the rules of the Swedish Marketing practices act are violated, there are different sanctions to apply. The ordinary sanction is to forbid the marketing with a fine, which means that the marketing company has to pay an amount of money if he doesn´t stop the prohibited act of marketing. Another sanction, which is much more unusual, is the disturbance fee. This sanction is connected to a line of v

The main purpose of the project has been to find the root cause to the failure of a machine component used to secure some vital parts (later on referred to as the pins) of a packing machine. It was already known that the failure had to do with fatigue, but the actual mechanisms were quite unknown. Measurements on the components did not indicate forces that should lead to failure. The components of

In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection, not realizing it was merely an image. Unable to leave this reflection, Narcissus died. Doctor Faustus was, in both Marlowe’s and Goethe’s version, a highly successful scholar who makes a deal with the devil. The devil gets Faustus’ soul in exchange for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. The young, beautiful Dorian Gray rea

Vid tunnelbygget genom Hallandsås i nordvästra Skåne har man stött på tre större vittringszoner och har periodvis haft problem med stort inflöde av vatten till tunnlarna. Detta vatten kommer från de ovan– och omkringliggande akvifärerna och dräneringen registreras som sjunkande grundvattennivåer i kontrollbrunnar på åsen. För att försöka skapa en bild av sprickakvifärernas utbredning i området ovaDuring the tunnel boring project through Hallandsås in the northwestern part of Skåne, large-scale weathering zones have been encountered and there have periodically been problems with great amounts of water leaking into the tunnels. This water comes from the above and surrounding aquifers and the drainage is registered as sinking groundwater levels in control wells on the ridge. In an attempt to

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Det största oljefältet på land i nordvästra Europa, Schoonebeekfältet i Nederländerna har varit föremål för denna studie. Oljeproduktionen stoppades på grund av att vatten trängt in i oljereservoaren. När vatten under produktionen blandas med olja sker detta på grund av att den existerande flödesmodellen av reservoaren är felaktig. Detta innebar att det blev eko

The aim of this study was to examine why young females develop self-harm behaviour. We also wanted to look at the differences between young females born in foreign countries and young females born in Sweden and investigate if there were any differences regarding the reasons for developing self-harm behaviour and the actual extent of the self-harm behaviour within the group. We used a qualitative m

The aim of this study is to get a better understanding of the Iranian regime. My theory is that the Iranian regime is a semi-dictatorship, based on the soul fact that semi-competetive elections take place. The main question this thesis tries to answer is what characterizes the political construction of the Iranian regime and by what means does it implement its political goals. In trying to answer

The aim of this investigation was to determine if, and in that case how, the resources of personne1 in what in this essay will be referred to as the department of students' health in four industrial municipalities had changed from 1999 until 2004. The establishment of the department of students' health could be discussed and analys ed in regard of a few concepts from new institutionaI orga

To create fair conditions between majority and minority in Sweden is a challeging project. Male immigrants usually do not get same opportunities for a success identity structure and integration into Swedish society as women and children. The aim of this thesis is therefore to critically examine and analyse the processes regarding identity structure and integration for male immigrants with a specif

”It is not normal” A survey about social work students knowledge about different sexualities. The purpose of this study was to examine Swedish social work students thoughts what extent they had knowledge about homosexual and bisexual living conditions. The study also aimed to examine heteronormativity in the University education for Social workers. Earlier research shows that there is little or n

Understanding how women gets a grip of consumer electronics is not only interesting for a designer but also for society as a whole. To consume electronics gives the individual appreciated and valuable skills. The person who works with technology has the power to lead the development and earn money. The purpose of the report is to examine how the relationship between women, technology, design and e

Author: Caroline Lundström Title: Against all odds – how media describes ”maskrosbarn”. [translated title] Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson Assessor: Christina Erneling The purpose of this study was to examine how the term ”maskrosbarn” is used and described in Swedish newspaper articles, and how these descriptions relate to the social context. The aim was to define the term ”maskrosbarn” and

Sufficient access to financial resources is important in sustaining a business especially in the early phases. First years in business development are very critical since owners learn by doing mistakes in order to get a proof of concept of the business idea. Being aware of this fact, external financial institutions try to avoid taking part in highly risky endeavours. Although there are financial o

Denna uppsats behandlar en nyligen avkunnad dom från Mark-och miljööverdomstolen. Rättsfallet som rör ett moderbolags miljöansvar för sitt helägda dotterbolags miljöskador är intressant både ur en miljö-och bolagsrättslig aspekt. Miljöansvaret faller primärt på verksamhetsutövaren och sekundärt på markägaren. Detta är reglerat i miljöbalken och har ägnats en hel del uppmärksamhet i praxis, förarbeThe present study deals with a recently delivered judgment from the Environmental court of appeal. The case deals with the issue of parent company liability for contamination, which is interesting from both an environmental and a company point of view. The environmental responsibility primarily lies on “the operator” and secondarily on the property owner. This is regulated in the Swedish environme

Under och efter katastrofer och nödsituationer samlas många olika organisationer för att hjälpa de drabbade. Det kan vara t.ex. polis, brandkår, sjukvård, eller elbolag som måste reparera ledningsnät. Vid större katastrofer kan myndigheter och internationella hjälporganisationer också behöva komma till undsättning. För att dessa organisationer ska kunna hjälpa till på ett effektivt sätt måste de hThis Master degree project identified disasters and emergencies as a global humanitarian and technological challenge. Emergency management organizations' need for access to accurate and up-to-date information about the emergency situation, to help respond to, recover from and mitigate the effects of disasters and emergencies, presents a challenge to the field of Geomatics. Today the use of re

In this thesis the encounter of the Catalan culture with the German culture at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2007 is investigated. The leading research question is how the Catalan culture presented itself at the planned encounter with the German culture and how it was perceived by the latter. Semiotic analysis was conducted on the basis of newspaper articles from nine different newspapers analysing a