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In Swedish media, there has been a heated debate regarding the school system. Since 1992, free schools, which are similar to voucher schools, have been permitted as a competitor to municipal schools. This was combined with a new grading system where knowledge based criteria were implemented as opposed to the previous normally distributed grading system. Due to Sweden’s lack of standardised and cen

De senaste årens teknologiska utveckling, med sociala medier i spetsen, har stöpt om samtidens medielandskap. En effekt av denna utveckling är att en ny direkthet skapats mellan offentlig person och gemene man. Detta nya förhållande innebär att offentliga personer numera både kan granskas och när skäl föreligger, bojkottas, av allmänheten. Fenomenet har kommit att benämnas som “cancel culture”. Fö

First, the thesis establishes that non-refoulement obligation is jus cogens norms. Before establishing the peremptoriness of the given legal norm, the account of the concept of jus cogens is proposed within which such elevation occurs. The argument suggests that jus cogens non-refoulement obligation complemented with the various conceptual and normative objections undermine the conceptual viabilit

Emotions play an important role in social work, including child welfare. Child welfare workers interact daily with clients in difficult life situations, in which strong, negative emotions are common. As a professional, a child welfare worker cannot express too many emotions, but is expected to show a calm and objective expression. This makes child welfare workers at risk to experience emotional st

Det här examensarbetet omfattar en uppdatering av hård- och mjukvara för en befintlig kartesisk portalrobot med tillhörande elskåp. Arbetet fokuseras huvudsakligen på att programmera en ny Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) för styrning och körning av roboten. För att möjliggöra körning i flera olika driftlägen implementeras ett nytt robotbibliotek. Examensarbetet undersöker även hur ett Human MaThis Bachelor thesis covers an update on hard- and software for an existent cartesian robot. The work is primarily focused on the programming of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for control and run of the robot. To enable different run modes an implementation of a new robotic library is established. This thesis also explores how a Human Machine Interface (HMI) can be implemented to achieve bo

2017 inkom 153 olika remissyttranden från bland annat Statens skolverk och Statens kulturråd, med förslag för hur transpersoner i Sverige kan få stärkt ställning och levnadsvillkor i Sverige (SOU 2017:92). Mot bakgrund av detta har denna studie för avsikt att kartlägga trans*+sångares och sånglärares uppfattningar om och upplevelser av hur de arbetar tillsammans i individuell sångundervisningen. S153 inquiries were made in 2017 by, among others, The National Agency for Education in Sweden and the Swedish Arts Council in regard to how to improve transgender people’s position and living conditions in Sweden (SOU 2017:92). The purpose of this study is to survey the observations and experiences of trans*+ singers and singing teachers in an educational environment, and how their roles coincide

The Refugee Act of 1980 was passed in the United States over 40 years ago. This increased the number of Southeast Asian refugees, such as the Hmong in resettling into the United States. These refugees were escaping the effects of the Vietnam War and the internal conflict of the Secret War in Laos. By examining the legal environment surrounding the resettlement and integration process, this study l

I och med Covid-19-pandemin fick alla gymnasieskolor i Sverige övergå till distansundervisning, vilket ledde till nya utmaningar för både lärare och elever. Syftet med denna studie är att öka kunskapen om elevers perspektiv på ensembleundervisningen på distans. Studien kommer undersöka vilka undervisningsmetoder skånska elever redogör att de har haft samt hur elevernas motivation har påverkats tilDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, all Swedish high schools had to shift their education to distance learning, which led to new challenges for both teachers and students. The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge about students’ perspective of distance ensemble education. This study will investigate which teaching methods students from Skåne report that they have encountered during their dista

This paper aims to study the relationship between inflation, stock returns and monetary policy. The basic conclusion is: through the single-equation analysis of the Fisher effect, it is concluded that there is a negative correlation between inflation and stock returns in China. By examining the relationship between stock returns, the real economy and monetary policy, we find that the expected chan

This paper examines the effect of peer group household income on happiness in three developed economies: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, where we define peer groups by age, gender, and education. Using the most recent panel waves from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we find comparable results from all three countries, namely a negative coef

The question of what makes people start using drugs often arouses strong emotions. This is because it is closely linked to another question, namely what can be done to counteract it. Therefore the aim of this study was to examine the subjective experience of the development of substance abuse. The experiences came from people who defined themselves as former drug addicts. By listening to podcasts

The digital age we live in is in constant development and the public libraries have had to adjust to this change partly by providing ebooks, digital audio books and web pages with information for their users. Digital books keep gaining popularity among Swedish citizens. The Swedish Library Act states that in terms of language the public libraries shall pay extra attention to the five national mino

The thesis employs a number of tools originating from the field of Modern Portfolio Theory to assess the appropriate weight of Bitcoin in addition to several assets commonly found in the All-Weather Portfolio. Utilizing Sharpe Ratio optimization, the thesis compares two main portfolios to determine if the inclusion of Bitcoin can improve the performance and risk-return ratio of an optimized All We

Studien var en systematisk litteraturstudie med syftet att undersöka evidensen för anknytningsbaserad familjeterapi som behandlingsform vid depression och suicidalitet hos ungdomar utifrån behandlingseffektivitet och verksamma processer inom behandlingen. Nio artiklar granskades utifrån sin vetenskapliga kvalitet. Avseende evidensen för metodens behandlingseffektivitet konstaterades att flera äldrThis study was a literature review with the aim of examining the empirical evidence for attachment-based family therapy as a treatment for adeolescents with depression and suicidal ideation regarding both treatment efficacy as well as suggested change-driving processes. Nine articles were assessed for their scientific quility. Regarding the evidence for treatment efficacy older articles were found

Bakgrund: På intensivvårdsavdelningar (IVA) vårdas patienter som är allvarligt sjuka och sjuksköterskorna som arbetar på IVA är specialistutbildade för att kunna vårda och behandla i komplexa vårdsituationer. En allvarlig sjukdomsbild som behandlas på IVA är Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; ARDS. En del i behandlingen av måttlig och svår ARDS kan vara att vårda patienten i bukläge, med förhopp

The aim of this thesis is to widen the research field of archival law in relation to the new technological opportunities that have been created regarding personal information such as DNA. This is done by the study of the three most influential and popular biotechnical companies that are currently offering their services in Sweden. The material used to achieve this aim is GDPR and the privacy state

The purpose of this study is to explore how social workers relate to the increased interest in digitalization in social work. The study has focused on how digitalization affects the social workers 'professional role, how it affects the social workers' client meeting and what digitalization will look like in the future. I have used three different theories. Thomas Brante's theory of pro

Denna rapport är en utvärdering av brandskyddet med avseende på personsäkerheten i Lunds domkyrka. Lunds domkyrka uppfördes på 1100-talet och ligger i centrala Lund. I kyrkan hålls en mängd olika evenemang, vid stora evenemangen kan uppemot 950 personer vistas i kyrkan. Ett virtuellt platsbesök hölls med domkyrkokamrerare Mats Persson och Elisabet Nord som är ansvarig för vaktmästeriet den 25 marThe following report is an evaluation of human safety in Lund Cathedral with regards to a potential fire and evacuation. With the help of a virtual visit to the cathedral, pictures and statistics from The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), a general risk assessment was conducted in which possible fire- and evacuation scenarios were identified. A qualitative assessment of the probability and

Denna rapport har gjorts i syfte att utvärdera brandsäkerheten på Sonys kontorsbyggnad i Lund med fokus på personsäkerhet. Skador på egendom och miljö samt ekonomiska förluster behandlas därför inte. Byggnaden består av två huskroppar med sex plan som är sammanbundna med ett stort atrium. För tillfället bedriver Sony sin kontorsverksamhet i ena delen medan den andra delen står tom i väntan på nya The purpose of this report was to evaluate the building’s fire protection system and propose safety measures if personal safety cannot be achieved. An acceptable personal safety is considered to be achieved when every person is able to evacuate safely. To ensure a safe environment a scenario analysis was performed, where a number of possible fire scenarios were identified, of which three of thes