Purpose: To investigate the relationship between employees' empowerment and their emotional state at work. Methodology: Qualitative semi-structured interviews with ten former employees from different service organizations of the age of 24-28 with similar educational and different cultural background. Findings / Conclusion: Empowerment can help to successfully create emotional harmony for emplo

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Denna studie omfattar undersökningar av skogsskador, vattenflöden och höjdmodeller i Krkonose Nationalpark i norra Tjeckien. Nationalparken är belägen i ett område kallat Europas Svarta Triangel. Detta namn kommer av de kraftiga svaveldioxidutsläppen från stora kolkraftverk i Tyskland, Polen och Tjeckien under de senaste decennierna. Utsläppen har resulterat i eIn the 1970's, a widespread deterioration in forest health in Europe was observed, first for the European fir and, subsequently, also for many other tree species. Now a large portion of the forests in Europe is affected by forest decline to varying degrees. The first aim of the study is to investigate if forest damage and forest die-back have lead to a change in waterflow. The study area is t

Refusal to license is one of the main areas of tension between IPRs and Article 102 TFEU, dealing with the problematic but important question of whether it is an abuse for a dominant undertaking to refuse to allow others to use its protected rights. The European Courts have, in a number of cases, decided that the refusal to supply/license may amount to an abuse of a dominant position. The last cas

The thesis examines integration policy in Denmark in close linkage with the categories ―national identity‖, ―democracy‖ and ―welfare‖. The research interest is based on the assumption that all enumerated categories participate in framing integration policy and can be considered key factors in the analysis of the case of Denmark. ―National Identity‖ is presented in the theoretical discussion throug

Without light we would not be able to see anything. Our eyes react to the energy in the light and gives us the signals we need to percieve our surrondings. But there is not only one way to see; it depends as well on the eyes them selves, the surroundings of the observer and the consiousness of the observer to what it is he/she actually sees. I noticed that sharp sunlight has great effect on how we

Syftet var att beskriva arbetsterapeutens arbete med existentiella frågor i livets slutskede. Frågeställningarna som författarna hade var, Vilka existentiella frågor kommer man som arbetsterapeut i kontakt med i sitt arbete med patienter i livets slutskede och Hur kan man som arbetsterapeut arbeta med de frågor och behov som patienten har. Studien var kvalitativ och metoden som användes var semist

Arbetsterapeuter inom psykiatrin använder aktivitetsgrupper som ett terapeutiskt medel i behandling. Trots detta finns det inte mycket forskning inom detta ämne. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka aktivitetsgrupper inom psykiatriska enheter och dess inverkan, betydelse för klienterna samt deras vardag. Intervjuer har gjorts med 14 verksamma arbetsterapeuter inom psykiatrin som använt sig av

Denna randomiserade och replikerade studies syfte var att undersöka hälsoeffekter av 15 minuters daglig träning i medveten närvaro och tillämpad avslappning. Hälsoeffekterna mättes med skalor som skattar medveten närvaro, ohälsa, positiva och negativa affekter, livstillfredsställelse och välbefinnande. Undersökningen utfördes under 30 dagar med 234 deltagare i tre randomiserade grupper. Utan teoreThe purpose of this randomized and replicated study was to investigate the health effects of 15 minutes of daily training in mindfulness or applied relaxation. The health effects were measured by scales that assess mindfulness, health, positive and negative affects, life satisfaction and psychological wellbeing. The training period was 30 days and 234 persons participated in three randomly assigne

This paper deals with how the emerging strand of theorizing – systems of innovation – interprets the determinants of the rate and direction of the innovation process and its implications for policy measures therein. The immense impact technical change has had on economic growth in the past roughly 200 years has demanded an overdue attention since the second half of the twentieth century.And now a

Augustenborg storm water system has become well known for its incorporation of urban green spaces. Open storm water system was developed in late 1990s by disconnecting impervious surfaces from combined sewers as a result of flooding problem in the basements after heavy rain events. The open storm water management system consists of open channels and ponds, a small wetland, green infiltration areas

In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson depicts a fiery, independent and highly sexual protagonist in the character of Lisbeth Salander. While many readers fail to notice the subtle reference to Lisbeth’s natural red hair, this quality, along with Larsson’s admittance that his inspiration originated from Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking, situates Lisbeth in a long tradition of redhea

Faced with the increasing concern about the effect of greenhouse gases in global warming, Carbon Capture and Storage technologies are developed. Oxy-combustion is one of these techniques; it consists of separating the nitrogen from the air and using the O2 (diluted in CO2) as an oxidant so that the resulting flue gases are mainly composed by carbon dioxide and water vapour and the capture of CO2 c

The purpose of this essay is to examine the complex social and cultural practice of dowry, and violence related to dowry, in India. The dowry system may at first appear to be an old-fashioned and traditional institution that in face of modernization would slowly fade away. The economic and social changes in the Indian society after Independence in 1947, particularly since the economic reforms of 1

EU-domstolen har fastslagit, med anledning av SKF-målet, att det kan föreligga rätt till avdrag för ingående mervärdesskatt, för tjänster som faller utanför tillämpningsområdet för mervärdesskatt. Tjänsterna som bolaget införskaffade av en advokatfirma, bestod av bland annat avtalsskrivning och mötesförhandlingar med förvärvarna. Rättsfallet har ändrat tidigare rättspraxis och det är mot bakgrund A disposal of shares is exempted VAT within the act of the sixth VAT directive. The VAT directive is harmonized with the Swedish VAT law. Thus the case outcome affects the Swedish Vat law in which way the law is extended and applicable. The European Court of justice (ECJ) came to the conclusion in the SKF-case, C-29/08, that there might be a right to deduct VAT on services acquired to complete a d

Architecture always had a great significance in tourism. Admiring, understanding and learning about architecture as a part of education later became a trend in tourism. In the past decade, a new trend has been noticed that large number of tourists are attracted not only to the old architecture sites, but to the new architectural hotspots which was triggered after opening of Gehry’s Guggenheim Muse

Denna uppsats syftar till att belysa ett tidstypiskt fenomen, nämligen matbloggar och hur dessa kan skapa mening i vardagen för dem som bloggar. Vidare har jag även tittat på hur man väljer att framställa sig själv genom sin blogg och hur gränsdragningen ser ut mellan det privata och offentliga. Slutligen kommer jag även in på estetikens betydelse i en visuell miljö som bloggen. Mat och matlagnin

This paper empirically examines which tonal variations Swedish learners of Russian produce and the influence of first language in second language intonation. In Russian intonation is used to signal sentence type, e.g. to distinguish between declaratives and yes/no questions. In Swedish however, word order is mainly used for this purpose. There also exsists important phonetic diffrences between Rus

ERP systems have become vital strategic tools in today’s competitive business environment. Achieving successful results from IT initiatives has driven most companies to implement ERP systems in order to achieve strategic alignment between the company’s strategic goals and their business objectives. ERP system implementation involves huge costs, effort, time and resources which if not managed may l