“You start to wonder: should I stay or go aswell?” The purpose of this study was to examine child assistance social-workers views on work-satisfaction, and to find out what they thought mattered for accomplishing work-satisfaction. Our research questions were “How do child assistance social-workers view their work situation and their work-satisfaction?” and “What factors do child protection socia

Bacteria in drinking water distribution systems have aroused considerable attention due to the potential public health risks. Drinking water presents a low-nutrient environment in which various bacterial populations proliferate. Water treatment plants are designed and operated to produce safe drinking water and to protect the drinking water from microbial contamination. To ensure the safety of the

Studiens syfte var att undersöka psykologers attityder till, erfarenheter och hantering av sexuell attraktion till klienter. Detta undersöktes genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem psykologer samt en internetbaserad enkät med 293 deltagare. Enkätstudiens resultat visade att majoriteten av deltagarna upplevt sexuell attraktion till åtminstonde en klient och vanligast var det bland deltagare soThe aim of this study was to examine psychologists' experiences of, attitudes towards and handling of sexual attraction towards clients. This was explored by semi-structured interviews with five psychologists and an online survey with 293 participants. According to the results of the survey, the majority had experienced sexual attraction to at least one client and it was most common among part

The aim of the study is to understand how social workers perceive causes and consequences of men who have been subjects of honor violence. Furthermore, the study aims to outline the inputs that the clients receive from the social services. The investigation was a series of semi structured interviews with social workers currently operating in the field of domestic violence. The output of the interv

Evidence in practice The aim of this study was to discover what professionals within alcohol- and drug abuse care think about alternative treating methods in comparison to evidence based care. Also, the aim was to discover if the professionals think differently about this matter depending of their professional role within the organization. To discover this, the study was based on four qualitative

Background:The research of social science tends in many cases lean towards an approach that focus on negatively influencing factors, rather than health promoting factors from a salutogenic perspective. In the field of criminology, this approach commonly investigates reasons behind criminal behavior instead of studying the salutogenic factors, i.e. reasons why people do not engage in a criminal lif

This thesis explores seven women’s resistance towards refugee hostile agendas in a Swedish municipality, Sjöbo, renowned for its anti-refugee sympathies. Departing from feminist sociology the thesis places emphasis on the interplay between gender and the field of the political by exploring how specific forms of privileged (white) femininity condition, regulate and shape women’s strategies towards

The current study examined factors that contribute to negative intergroup interactions. More specifically, the present study examines whether ethno-cultural empathy affects people’s beliefs and motivations regarding interactions with refugees/asylum seekers, hypothesizing that (1) internal motivation to respond without prejudice, rather than external motivation is a better ethno-cultural empathy p

En effektiv mjukvarulivscykel och korta iterationer är idag förutsättningar för mjukvaruutvecklande organisationer. DevOps är en uppsättning koncept som ämnar optimera mjukvarulivscykeln genom att strömlinjeforma både utvecklings- och leveransprocessen och således korta ner tiden till marknaden för mjukvaruförbättringar. I ett sådant klimat, där snabba och frekventa releaser prioriteras högt, kan

Title: Sustainable Fashion – practices, strategies, and meanings. Aim: To understand the practices and strategies of sustainable fashion consumers and the meanings that are being attached to the execution of sustainable fashion consumption. Methodology: This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired methodology to fulfill its aim. Based on a purposive sample 15 semi-structured interviews and 7

Är stallgödsling anpassad efter jordens fosforhalt en bra åtgärd för att motverka fosforläckage? Vattenmyndigheternas i Sverige har lagt fram ett förslag att förbjuda stallgödsling på åkermark, baserat på jordens fosforhalt, för att förhindra fosforläckage. Fosfor är ett viktigt näringsämne för jordbruksnäringen, men kan även orsaka skador i vattensystem. Resultatet visar att jordar med hög fosfoThe Swedish Water Authorities have proposed a measure to reduce phosphorus losses by restricting manure application on soils with high levels of plant available phosphorus. The aim of this thesis was to investigate if leaching of phosphorus will decrease if the measure is implemented, if the effect is restricted to soils with high phosphorus content and if other European countries have implemented

In Sweden, the number of private extracts from the criminal records registry has increased more than five times since 2003. This is largely due to employers’ request for applicants to submit their criminal record if they want to be considered for a job. This is a phenomenon that is intrusive in the applicants’ integrity and it has become a society level problem. The aim of this paper is to describ

Haloacid dehalogenase (HAD)-like hydrolases represent a vast superfamily characterised by their ability to form covalent enzyme-substrate intermediates facilitating the cleavage of C-Cl, C-P, or CO-P bonds. Within this work one member of this superfamily, HAD from Thermotoga neopolitana (HADTn) exhibiting a phosphatase (P-O bond cleavage) like activity was investigated in the context of altering t

Den informationsteknologiska utvecklingen är något utav både en frälsning och en förbannelse. Å ena sidan ser vi ett stort antal människor för vilka denna utveckling i många avseenden har underlättat deras vardag, å andra sidan ser vi hur upphovsmän och rättighetsinnehavare desperat söker att se efter sina skyddade verk och komma åt intrångsgörare. Genom informationsteknologins näst intill obegränThe development of information technology has had a two-fold effect and therefore it may be considered both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, we see a large number of people for whom this development has facilitated them to do more in terms of their everyday life, on the other, we see authors and rightholders desperately seeking to look after their protected works and target infringers. The

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of online spoof illustrations that are created in the aftermath of a reputational brand crisis. In a first step, characteristics of these illustrations are assessed and categorized. Subsequently, their impact on a brand’s reputation is investigated. Methodology: An exploratory sequential mixed method approach was applied, with initi

Genetiska algoritmer utgör en grupp sökalgoritmer som hämtar inspiration från evolutionära processer i biologiska sammanhang. Genom att låta populationer av enskilda datasekvenser, exempelvis strängar av ettor och nollor, representera olika lösningar till ett givet problem, och sedan successivt låta datasekvenserna utbyta information sinsemellan, samt att genom mutationer modifiera dem, är det möjGenetic algorithms are complex constructs often used as heuristic search methods in contexts ranging from combinatorial optimisation to in silico evolution. They draw inspiration from the principles of biological evolution by utilizing the concepts of mutation, reproduction and selection in order to improve a population of solutions. The solutions are often represented as abstract data sequences,

Då tidigare forskning visar en brist på överensstämmelse hos konsumenters attityder och beteende i förhållande till hållbar konsumtion (se Picket-Baker & Ozaki 2008), syftar denna studie till att undersöka existensen av detta påstådda attityd- och beteendegap, även kallat konsumtionshyckleri, på konsumenter i Sverige. Vidare bidrar studien till ytterligare kunskap kring detta konsumtionshyckle

Studiens primära syfte var att skapa en vidare förståelse av rösthörare och deras erfarenheter genom att med en kvalitativ metod närma sig deras position, beskriva hur den uttrycks i rösthörarnas eget berättande. Det sekundära syftet var att förstå rösthörarnas erfarenheter utifrån ett maktperspektiv. Den kvalitativa metoden bestod av intervjuer med nio rösthörare. Resultatet angav att rösthörandeThe primary purpose of this study was to broaden the understanding of voice hearers and their experience by using a qualitative method to approach their position to describe how it is expressed through the voice hearers own narrative. The secondary purpose was to understand the voice hearers experience from a position of power. The qualitative method was based on semi-structured interviews with ni