Bakgrund: Den psykiska ohälsan ökar och stress är ett hälsoproblem, både i Sverige och globalt. Bland de vanliga besvär som kan omfattas av termen psykisk ohälsa finner man bland annat nedsatt psykiskt välbefinnande, stress och sömnbesvär. Flera studier har visat attyogautövning är effektfullt i syfte att minska upplevd stress hos människor. Syfte/frågeställningar: I denna studie var syftet att k

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka språket i nyhetstexter om trafikolyckor åren 1933, 1973 och 2017. Tidningarna som undersöks är Dagens Nyheter och Sydsvenska Dagbladet. Mer specifikt fokuserar uppsatsen på läsbarhet, ordförråd och fördelning av ordklasser i tidningarna, samt hur dessa tre variabler har utvecklats över tid. En del av syftet är att ta reda på ifall nyhetstexter om trafikolyckor ski

The danger that mass surveillance poses to concepts of ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ have long been a topic of fiction as well as of hard academic study. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work that some might disregard as mere post-apocalyptic whimsy but its arguably accurate recreation and prediction of the methods utilized by the totalitarian government to maintain absolute control over a po

För framtidens träkonstruktioner är limträprodukter, så som korslimmat trä, helt avgörande för utvecklingen. Korslimmat trä kan tillämpas som prefabricerade element i såväl bärande väggar, som bjälklag och öppnar upp för helt nya möjligheter för snabbt, hållbart byggande. Samtidigt finns det ett kraftigt motstånd från många håll mot det ökande användandet av trä i bärande konstruktioner, inte minsIn the recent decade, the interest of building taller all-timber structures using engineered timber materials such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) has increased substantially. On the other hand, there’s also a significant resistance and fear concerning the fire safety of buildings with wood-based load-bearing structures. In this report, the aim is to investigate the potential deviations of the fir

The age structure and its impact on economic growth is a current issue that concerns all countries in the world. For Sri Lanka, the issue lies within an ageing population and the economic implications of the growing share of elderly. Thus, this paper strives to investigate how the age structure in Sri Lanka affects the economic growth, mainly looking at the ageing population. A time series regress

In the 1930s, a boat-grave was found in Sutton Hoo, England. Soon after, it was noted to have several similarities to swedish boat-grave from the region of Mälardalen, specifically Vendel and Valsgärde. These graves are from the same period as the Sutton Hoo ship burial, in Sweden known as the Vendel period (550-750 AD). Since then there has been an ongoing discussion concerning how the Sutton Hoo

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a promising new tool in the field of conservation management, which can contribute to non-destructive species determination as well as improved data on species occurrence. Still, it is important to gain knowledge on how eDNA works compared to conventional monitoring methods in order to evaluate the detection efficiency. In this study, I have investigated the use of eDN

The number of devices connected to the Internet grows constantly. This information entity has been labeled the Internet of Things (IoT). One important aspect of this is the industrial applications, sometimes labeled the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Collecting and analyzing the massive amounts of data that industry generates will only become more and more important as technology and the ne

Denna undersökning har med hjälpt av investeringsstrategin Dogs of the Dow testat om det går att uppnå en riskjusterad överavkastning på Storbritanniens aktiemarknad under perioden 2002–2017. Detta trots att den effektiva marknadshypotesen motsätter sig överavkastning på aktiemarknaden. Undersökningen har skett på Storbritanniens marknad med Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) som marknads- och

In the field of educational psychology are two type of learning approaches commonly mentioned; deep learning and surface learning. These two learning approaches contains methods used by the students, for instance, memorizing (surface learning) and hypothesize (deep learning). Several previously performed studies showed a connection between a high academic level, good grades and a high usage of the

Lime-hemp concrete is an old insulation material, made out of hemp shiv and lime, making its way back onto the market. This thesis focuses on the usage of lime-hemp as an alternative insulation material for restoration of older wooden buildings in the town of Visby in Gotland, Sweden. The aim of this report is to investigate fire resistance properties of lime-hemp concrete and to compare it to oth

The purpose of this study is to examine students experiences and participation in Lund university studentunions. The methodological approach in doing this has been by four interviews with förmän at student unions that goes under the name nation. By using Bourdieus theories about class, habitus and culture, analysis of how the students different backgrounds has shaped their carriers at nations has

This paper studies the high-frequency behavior of the USD/SEK currency pair on the arrival of macroeconomic news emanating from Sweden and the United States. By using exchange rate data sampled at one minute-by-minute quotations and market expectations from the Bloomberg Terminal, the study finds systematic effects of news on exchange rate returns. The majority of news is immediately incorporated

Eftersom det är svårt att utföra utrymningsövningar på sjukhus då patienters liv och hälsa är i fara är det svårt att veta vilka faktorer som påverkar utrymningssituationen i störst utsträckning. Detta arbete utreder de faktorer som påverkar assisterad sjukhusutrymning. Målet är att genom litteraturstudien identifiera problem som kan uppstå vid sjukhusutrymning. Därefter undersöka om de problem Evacuation exercises in hospital is effortful to perform due to patients’ health issues. Therefore, it is difficult to identify which factors that affect an evacuation situation to the utmost extent. This work investigates the factors that affect assisted horizontal evacuation in case of fire in hospital. The aim is to identify, through the literature study, problems that may develop regarding a

Genealogy is a rapidly growing and popular hobby in Sweden and all over the world. This thesis is an ethnological study based on five qualitative interviews and fifteen questionnaires answered by genealogists. The aim and purpose of the study is to find out how genealogists define ”history” in relation to their own family history. How they produce their own history through their research and how i

I denna uppsats undersöks effekten av ett EU-medlemskap avseende de 13 senaste medlemsländerna för att se om medlemskapet bidragit med en handelseffekt. År 2004, 2007 och 2013 integrerades totalt 13 central/östeuropeiska länder till det dåvarande homogena EU, vilket ansågs vara en utmaning. Undersökningen i denna uppsats görs genom gravitationsmodellen där data ifrån samtliga EU länder insamlats.

Bakgrund: En ökad åldrande befolkning leder till att fler lever med demenssjukdom. Merparten av personer som lider av demenssjukdom står i risk för negativa effekter gällande psykosociala symtom. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa djurinterventioners påverkan på psykosociala symtom bland äldre med demenssjukdom. Metod: 12 vetenskapliga artiklar inkluderades efter en systematisk sök

Subsistence farmers in the developing world are one of the most vulnerable groups to the impacts of climate change. Strengthening their adaptive capacity requires information to inform their climate and agricultural-related decisions. Climate information services offer great potential to inform farmers’ decision-making, enabling households to strengthen their ability to manage climate-related risk

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether fire safety training using virtual reality (VR) is a viable method compared to more traditional methods of fire safety training. One part of the Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM) was built as a VR model. Fire safety information was implemented into the model based on a folder used for fire safety training. The study was conduct