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Background: In today’s consumption society, there is an endless amount of cosmetic brands to choose from. Moreover, the global consumption of cosmetics continues to increase, both among male and female consumers, and new cosmetic brands are constantly entering the marketplace. Despite this, little is known about the relationships between consumers and cosmetic brands (consumer-brand relationships)
Efforts of conservation create a conflict between the archaeological community and tourism industry. The following paper will discuss the tourism industry and the conflict between tourism goals and the conservation of archaeological material. The focus will be on open air museums and exploring the proposal that these open air museums are a valuable resource for archaeology to pursue alternative, i
The aim of this thesis was to explore how people with psychiatric disabilities experience interventions of supportive occupation, and how it affects their well-being, sense of meaningfulness, and participation in society. Since the thesis aimed to explore the individuals’ feelings and experiences, it was based on a qualitative methodological approach. Through semi-structured interviews, the contex
My thesis is about how to define the concept of the preschool library and in what way it differs from other reading promotion and language development activities in preschool. Furthermore, I investigate how the preschool could work with preschool libraries as a long-term and permanent solution in the reading promotion and language development assignment in preschool. The question of why the presch
Mentorskapet betraktas över lag som en positiv instans inom läraryrket, trots att det inte finns en helt enhetlig bild kring vad det egentligen innebär, dess effekter samt hur det skall organiseras. Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka mentorers uppfattningar kring mentorskap, samt relatera det till hur mentorskapet kan utformas för att på ett framgångsrikt sätt bidra till skolutvecklin
Samhället blir alltmer AI-baserat och till följd av denna vetenskap framkommer frågan kring etik upp. Studien siktar på att utforska utvecklingsmöjligheter hos verktyg Moral Machine som används för att undersöka människans åsikter kring AI-partiskhet. I linje med studiens syfte har brister hos verktyget identifierats och utifrån framställd forskningsfråga har undersökningen baserats på att se ifal
This study investigates the linkage between different democratic dimensions and economic growth. This field of study has been examined numerous times. However, the prior studies apply democracy as a united concept, as opposed to this study where the concept is categorized into four different variables. These variables are Representative Government, Impartial Administration, Civil Liberties and Jud
Title: Supporting the Cause: How Can Football Supporters Engage with a Club’s Brand Extensions Seminar Date: June 4th, 2020 Course: BUSN39: Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Peter Moane and Alessandro Solmi Supervisor: Ekaterini Drosou Thesis Purpose: This research aims at understanding what English supporters of football teams with a small fan base deem important in order to buy, engage
The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China and has become a public health emergency of international concern. Several countries have issued comprehensive social distancing policies responses to the pandemic. This study was performed in an attempt to understand the impact of a lockdown on COVID-19 cases through a case study in Scandinavia. A validated database was used to origi
The social services treatment and assessment play a major role in family law, and something that affects this is notions of parenthood. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine social workers descriptions of parenthood with a main focus on how they portray female and male caregivers. Five social workers from both small and large cities in Sweden, who work with child care investigations,
Föreliggande studie ämnade att undersöka hur attityd, subjektiv norm och upplevd beteendekontroll utifrån Theory of Planned Behavior, är relaterat till intentionen att vara aktiv i arbetsrelaterade digitala mötessammanhang. Den beroende variabeln, intention till att delta aktivt i digitala arbetsrelaterade mötessammanhang, samt de oberoende variablerna attityd, subjektiv norm samt upplevd beteendeThis study intended to examine how attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control, based on Theory of Planned Behavior, were related to the intention to participate in work-related digital meetings. The dependent variable, intention, and the independent variables attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control were measured through an internet survey. The survey resulted i
Small regional airports are known to be economically unsustainable. When the previous private owner of Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport announced their intention to shut the airport down, seven municipalities in northwestern Skåne decided to buy it. This has raised debate about whether municipalities should allocate resources to an economically and environmentally unsustainable business. The purpose
The aim of this study was to explore residential care home managers' view on parents' involvement in the treatment of their children and adolescents when placed in an out of home care facility. The empirical data was collected through semi-structured interviews with three managers of Swedish residential care homes for children and adolescents. For the analysis, Systems Theory was applied.
The primary purpose of this paper is to further build on research related to capability development in order to explore hindrances and benefits of internal capability development and external partnerships as ways to improve performance. The beverage industry is used as the focus context since the companies in this industry are increasingly responding to external trends and looking for ways to deve
För att svensk järnvägsinfrastruktur skall kunna vara konkurrenskraftig i jämförelse med mindre miljövänliga alternativ krävs kapacitetsutbyggnad och hastighetsökning av det svenska järnvägsnätet. Vid hastigheter över 200 km/h finns krav på att dynamiska analyser behöver utföras. För vissa brotyper, exempelvis samverkansbroar med ändskärmar, är det svårt att påvisa acceptabel vertikal accelerationFor Swedish railway infrastructure to be competitive compared to less environmentally friendly alternatives, capacity expansion and speed increase of the Swedish rail network are required. At speeds above 200 km/h, dynamic analyses are required by code. For some bridge types, such as composite bridges with end screens, there are difficulties in meeting the requirements for vertical acceleration in
Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka brasspedagogers metoder för att instruera tonproduktion och embouchure för yngre nybörjare samt vilka perspektiv som kan tillföras detta ämne från logopeder som spelar brassinstrument. Data samlades in genom två fokusgrupper, en med fyra erfarna brasspedagoger och en med två logopeder med erfarenhet av att spela brassinstrument. Resultatet visar på såväl eThe purpose of this study is to investigate the methods used by brass teachers to instruct tone production and embouchure to young beginners, as well as examine what perspective that could be added to this subject by brass playing speech therapists. Data was collected from two focus groups – one with four experienced brass teachers, and one with two speech therapists with experience from brass pla
Education is one of the key components in developing identity, personality and a sense of belonging in the time of peace. But when weaponized by the states as a tool of indoctrination, education becomes a highly effective instrument of war, contrary to the relevant rules prescribed by the international humanitarian and international human rights law. This weaponization of education was widely empl
A recurring argument in scholarly literature is that the EU is suffering from a democratic deficit in which its institutional legitimacy is being questioned by the public. To remedy this issue and gain public legitimacy, the EU has over the last 20 years developed a public communications approach to engage citizens in European affairs and to create a European public sphere. However, the EU has not
