Very sick patients who need specialized health services often require transport from their community to a regional facility that is appropriately resourced to provide definitive care for their condition. This is particularly important for people living in rural and remote areas but can be challenging due to long distances, mountainous terrain and inclement weather. The purpose of this research wa

This research is inspired by the concerns of deterioration of the environment by human activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 90% of all businesses in the world. SMEs as organizational level members of societies are responsible for environmental sustainability as other society members for the damages of their business activities to the environment. The current study aims

In an ever changing world, nothing is changing more constantly and rapidly as the weather. It’s an integral part of human existence, with enormous implications for our possibility to survive. However, nothing has been as out of reach for humans to alter as the weather, but in the last century this has changed. Unintentionally we have set in motion a large change in our climate that we are now begi

Inom sjukvården delas patienter ofta in i riskgrupper som avgör vilken behandling som passar varje patient bäst. Företrädesvis ska indelningen baseras på information om patienterna, som till exempel ålder och tumörstorlek, och det är möjligt att använda sig av känd patientinformation för att lära en dator att koppla en given patient till en viss riskgrupp. Detta görs genom att man minimerar någon In this project, we compare two error functions for the purpose of training artificial neural networks on heavily censored data (data where key information is missing). J. Kalderstam et al. has shown that it is possible to train artificial neural networks directly on Harrell's C index \cite{Harrell} using genetic algorithms. He has also investigated the possibilities of improving the performa

Genom att studera hur en vision används av aktörer i en serviceorganisation syftar uppsatsen till att bidra till djupare förståelse kring funktionen av vision. Uppsatsens empiriska material utgörs av en fallstudie på hotellkedjan Scandic där tolv kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts. Den valda metoden är passande för att nå en djupare förståelse för hur personal upplever visionen i sitt arbete. D

Since the Lisbon Treaty’s entering into force in 2009 it is stated in Article 6(2) TEU that the EU shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental Rights (ECHR). In the second sentence of the same article it is provided that “such accession shall not affect the Union’s competences as defined in the Treaties”. Attached to the Lisbon Treaty is also Protocol No 8 in which it

Sammanfattning Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur frontpersonalen på Arbetsförmedlingen i Åstorp arbetar med att bygga upp förtroendet hos kunden. Frontpersonalens uppfattning och upplevelser har undersökts. Förkunskapen om hur myndigheten arbetar och hur förtroende begreppet ska definieras erhölls av en innehållsanalys på ett internt dokument hos Arbetsförmedlingen. Frontpersonalens uppfAbstract This paper’s purpose is to examine how the frontline workers at the Swedish Public Employment Service, Arbetsförmedlingen in Åstorp works to build trust with the customer. Frontline workers’ perceptions and experiences have been studied. Through a content analysis in an internal document from Arbetsförmedlingen were the writers’ prior knowledge of how the authority is working and defines

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur energiskogsodlingar är placerade i landskapet i förhållande till skogsmark, vägar och vatten och hur de fördelar sig mellan olika jordbruksproduktionsområden. Detta med fokus på energiskogssorterna salix, poppel och hybridasp i Sverige under tidsperioden 2000 till 2013. Arbetet baseras dels på en litteraturstudie och dels på GIS-analyser. Studiens resuThe purpose of the study was to analyze the location of energy forest plantation in relation to rivers, forests, roads and production areas. Focusing on the energy forest Willow, Populous and Aspen in Sweden between 2000 and 2013. The method used in this study consisted of a literature study and a GIS-analysis. The results are presented in tables and later on discussed. The conclusions of the stud

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka i vilken grad depression och omvårdnadsrepresentationer samvarierar hos pappor efter barns födelse. Särskild vikt gavs åt sambandet mellan pappornas grad av depression och deras upplevelse av maternal gatekeeping. När en pappa har en upplevelse av maternal gatekeeping känner han sig utestängd från delar av famljelivet och omvårdnaden av barnet. Målgruppen The aim of this study was to examine to what extent father’s postpartumdepression and caregiving representations correlated. Of special interest was the relationship between fathers severity of depression and their experience of maternal gatekeeping. When a father experiences maternal gatekeeping he feels excluded from parts of family life and caregiving of the child. The target group of the study

The relationship between Knowledge Management (KM) and Business Intelligence (BI) is di-vided into two steps. First, differences and similarities between the concepts, and second, what interaction the concepts have within organisations. Eight qualitative interviews with ex-perts in the field of BI have been done. The most significant difference is in the knowledge sources, where KM handle explicit

Scrum växer fram som ett svar på traditionell projektledning och har fått mycket positiv kritik eftersom det anses vara bättre anpassat för mjukvaruutveckling. Denna studie behandlar Scrums negativa konsekvenser, ett område som delvis förbisetts av tidigare litteratur. Vi bygger upp ett teoretiskt ramverk med aktuell litteratur som sedan används som grund till djupintervjuer. Vi finner stöd i litt

This thesis examines the relationship between fanfiction and the publishing industry, and the changes that occur when the former enters the latter. By focusing on five authors with different backgrounds in the writing of fanfiction, the study maps literary values and attitudes regarding fanfiction in a context of publishing studies. The thesis uses the digital publishing communications circuit dev

The present study investigated the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism, perceived stress and perceived somatic complaints among Swedish university students. Two hundred and thirteen students participated in the study. The aim of the study was to investigate whether male and female students differ in terms of groups of perfectionism, perceived stress and perceived somatic complaints

The purpose of this study was to examine in which way paternity was constructed in Sweden’s largest parenting magazine Vi Föräldrar and also what constructions were made regarding gender equality in these presentations. The method content analysis was applied to explore how paternity was presented in 18 numbers from 2015-2016 of Vi Föräldrar. By applying theories, a framework was created from whic

The aim of this study was to explore social workers' experiences and views of administrative tasks within the social services. Former research points to an explosion of administrative tasks for professions such as social workers, doctors and teachers, due to governance reforms and cutbacks in the welfare sector resulting in fewer assistants and secretaries. For this study, ethnographic fieldwo

Den svenska bostadsmarknaden står idag inför oanade prövningar. En ständig befolkningsökning och höjda priser på bostäder försvårar för vissa segment. Nyproduktionstakten de senaste åren ha inte varit vad som önskats, och flertalet fastighetsbolag har svårt att få ihop sina kalkyler. År 2002 lagstadgades en ny upplåtelseform i Sverige, kooperativ hyresrätt, med förhoppning att kunna få fart på nyp

Vilket förtroende för offentliga välfärdsinstitutioner har transpersoner i Sverige? Denna kandidatuppsats vill undersöka förtroendet för offentliga välfärdsinstitutioner. Förtroende för institutioner verkar påverka i vilken utsträckning en individ vänder sig till välfärdsinstitutioner och litar på välfärden. Detta får konsekvenser i enskilda individers liv. Transpersoner som grupp har enligt de seTo what degree do transgender people trust welfare? This bachelorthesis aims to survey the trust in welfare institutions. Trust in institutions seems to affect to which extent people turn to and trust in welfare and will hence have consequences on individuals everyday-lives. Trangender people have, according to recent years Public Health Surveys, an inferior psychosocial position compared to the p

Denna uppsats undersöker huruvida en bensinstations tjänsteutbud, geografiska läge eller konkurrenssituation kan förklara skillnader i bensinpriset på detaljistmarknaden. Studien genomförs med en empirisk analys av data över 223 bensinstationer inom Skåne. För att undersöka detta skapas variabler som beskriver områdes-och stationsspecifika faktorer utifrån insamlad information om stationerna. En r

To ease railway traffic between countries in Europe, EU have decided that a new common signalling system should be implemented. This new signalling system is ERTMS, which is a shortening for European Rail Traffic Management System. Beside to ease traffic between countries, ERTMS can improve the level of safety and increase capacity on the railway network. The implementation of ERTMS amount a major