The aim with this study was to examine in what amount disabled children in South Africa can live a participating life in society, with focus on special needs schools and their capability to empower the children. The data material has been collected through eight qualitative interviews, and observations at seven special needs schools in the country. Through my result I have distinguished three main

Abstract This paper is a study of parent-child relationship with a focus on quality time. The purpose of the study was to examine the significance parents ascribes quality time in the relationship with their children, up to seven years old. The essay is based on 31 surveys, four Journals and four semi-structured interviews and searches to find out respondents' perception of quality time, its f

The European Union's policies toward China is influenced mostly by economic relations and political relations. Dumping, as one of the important element, causes trade friction, which could affect the Europe Union's commercial policy towards China. According to Europe Union's the Common Commercial Policy, Europe Union's anti-dumping is one of the commercial defence instruments, as no

The purpose of this study was to examine ten women's experiences of negative sanctions for entering into a love-marriage, especially the negative sanction of reduced kin-support, and in which way this can be perceived to be of significance when it comes to women's capability to manage the challenges experienced in married life. This has been done by applying a qualitative research strategy

The financial crisis in 2008 enlightened several shortcomings in the performance of the banking sector. As a result of this a more rigid regulatory framework, Basel III, has been developed which raises the requirements of banks’ capital and liquidity structure and internal capital adequacy processes. This involves evaluating potential future risks related to the strategy and risk appetite of a ban

This thesis treats two methods for the computation of the flow found in Quark Gluon Plasma produced in lead-lead collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76\,$TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The results provided by the two methods show dominant elliptic and triangular flow measured for central collisions, as well as di-jets originating from hard collisions. I denna uppsats används två metoder för

Föräldraskap, intervention och prevention vid barnövervikt/fetma hos förskolebarn med utgångspunkt ifrån ett barn- och familjepsykologiskt perspektiv är ämnet för denna uppsats. Psykologiska faktorer av betydelse för barns ätande, matens betydelse i familjen, föräldrastress kopplad till barns ätande, liksom tidpunkt och inriktning ifråga om intervention och prevention är ämnen som belyses och diskParenting, intervention and prevention of pediatric overweight/obesity in preschool children from a psychological, child-and family oriented perspective is the subject in this paper. Psychological factors of importance for children's eating, the importance of food in the family, parental stress related to children's eating, timing and focus in intervention and prevention are subjects, high

Mandated reporting in preschool- the impact of a statutory change on personnel discretion [translated title] The aim of this study was to examine preschool teachers’ assessments of child abuse and neglect. More specifically, the aim was to see how a change in the statutory change of Social Services Act (2001:453) may effect the teachers’ assessment. The study was based upon semi structured interv

The focus of this thesis is to explore how young, female, self- identified feminists perceive and talk about their sexuality and in which way they express the possibilities and restraints it includes. Moreover, it examines if and how the female, self-identified feminists resist the restraints regarding their sexuality, and how they negotiate the problems that arise between ideology and practice. T

The aim of this study was to see how some of Sweden’s leading newspapers explained the causes of homelessness. The study reveals a variety of explanations to homelessness told by the newspapers. To do so the method of content analysis has been used, this is a method to reveal categories and themes in the subjected material. This study also tries to discuss how medias explanations to homelessness c

This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the natural resource curse by making use of the resource rich countries Norway and Nigeria. The resource curse is a phenomenon where resource rich countries paradoxically have lower growth rates than resource poor countries, in spite of the growth potential offered by resource rents. Among factors contributing in creating this effect Abundance, Crowding o

This thesis aims to describe two most prominent cost accounting systems originated in Germany, Japan, and the U.S. respectively from the background, theoretical and empirical aspects, thereafter through comparison amongst the examined costing systems of the three chosen countries, bring about discussions on cost accounting practices in general as well as the development of cost accounting practice

This thesis covers the implementation and usage of PyFMI 2.0, an enhancement of the already existing PyFMI, a Python based simulation environment for importing and solving discontinuous systems of ordinary differential equations with in- and outputs, so-called simulations of Functional Mock-up Units. In particular, PyFMI 2.0 uses the Functional Mock-up Interface, FMI, 2.0 for interacting with Func

Authors: Sara Engdahl and Nina Wensmark Title: "... at the same time it depends on me. I can’t be sulky and angry ... and then in the next minute they are supposed to learn something. "- A qualitative study of teachers' attitudes towards disruptive student behaviour. Supervisor: Anders Östnäs A disruptive classroom environment could be a dilemma for a teacher: who should the teacher

While culture “stresses social life as such: individuals in their relations to others” , this thesis paper deals with culture alongside notions of values, beliefs and national preference/interest. The cultural aspect will shed into light by a wider perspective – the influence it has among European Union´s social and political life. Within EU, the United Kingdom holds high gains and strong financia

In this essay, I aim to deal with the accounts of the concept of “Renaissance” as a time period. In 1860 the Swiss cultural historian Jacob Burckhardt published Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien, a work that in many ways has dominated the view of the time period. However, this construction has also been criticized by various historians, who all more or less engage with the concept of Renaissan

Få G8 möten, FN-koventioner, IMF-disskussioner, WTO och WFP-träffar lämnar Afrikas haltande tillväxt orörd. Problemen i Afrika, vare sig det är krig, korruption, svält eller bristen på ekonomisk tillväxt, återfinns dagligen i media. Men Afrika är inte ett land med ett problem med en universal lösning, utan en kontinent bestående av 55 länder med ca 1 miljard människor med många svårlösta problem s

This study examined perceived similarity to researchers as a mediator of gender differences in interest in post-graduate academic career. Previous research has shown that male participants are more interested in post-graduate school than female participants. Research has also shown that perceived similarity to students in different academic fields was the best mediator of interest in graduating wi

Humans often seem to behave in ways that stand in contrast to their long-term preferences. Even though people want to save more and eat healthier, there is evidence suggesting as if the opposite happens. Savings rates have dropped significantly in the past decades. The prevalence of obesity, as well as the average body-mass-index, have risen considerably over the past decades. Time preference has