The purpose of this preliminary study has been to put together a requirements analysis for methods that can be suitable for rescue action evaluation. A barrier analysis that describes the psychological as well as the practical obstacles has been the basis of the requirements analysis. By spending the autumn of 2005 at Malmö fire brigade and interviewing key persons at Malmö fire brigade the author

Denna studie behandlar Frankrikes utvisningar av romer under augusti 2010 och hur de förhåller sig till den Europeiska konventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna (Europakonventionen). Fokus läggs framförallt på Europakonventionens skydd mot utvisningar, rätten till rörelsefrihet, rätten till respekt för hem och förbudet mot diskriminering. Studien har ävenThis study deals with France's expulsion of Romanies during August 2010 and how they relate to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The focus is primarily on the European Convention’s protection against expulsion, the freedom of movement, the right to respect for home and the freedom from discrimination. The study has also resulted in a deeper ex

In the language of Japanese there is no equivalent of the word ”swearword” and thus the Japanese have no perception of what a swearword is, unless they have learnt it from other languages. While there are people claiming that swearwords do not exist in Japanese there are expressions and words that are similar to those of swearwords in other languages, even though they are quite few. This creates p

This paper investigates the exchange rate movements for EUR/USD, EUR/SEK and EUR/NOK using an OLS regression. Movements are tested against traditional and nontraditional explanatory variables for exchange rate movements. Traditional variables consists of current account, inflation, productivity and interest rate differentials while the nontraditional are equity returns and risk appetite. Results i

This thesis comprises a review of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System (FBP) with the aim to introduce its main structure, function, limitations and operational features to the Swedish wildland fire community. In short, FBP is a system with which simulations can be made to predict the behavior of wildland fires. FBP has many areas of application, among others as a decision support t

This report is dealing with row house fires and the variables that causes these fires. Statistics show that fires in row houses tend to have a greater risk of killing people and to spread across their homes compared to other kinds of residents. Several variables are examined through statistic analysis and case studies to get a picture of the most common causes of fires in row houses and what could

I media såväl som i mer forskningsbaserade sammanhang förs en debatt om huruvida barnen i Sverige mår sämre psykiskt idag. Denna studie närmade sig frågan utifrån aspekten självkänsla och utgick ifrån hypotesen att barns och ungdomars självkänsla hade försämrats år 2010 jämfört med år 1981-83. I studien deltog 235 pojkar och flickor från årskurs tre, fem och sju genom att fylla i självskattningsfThere is a debate going on in both media and research-based contexts concerning the mental health of children in Sweden and whether they feel worse today than they did before. This study examined this question with the aspect of self-esteem in focus and assumed that the self-esteem had declined in the year of 2010 compared to 1981-83. The participants were 235 boys and girls in third, fifth and se