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Vision Zero was introduced as an innovative traffic safety policy that has the eradication of mortality and severe injuries caused by traffic accidents as its final goal. The process of achieving that goal is through a set of measures, rules and regulations that change not only the way of thinking and acting of traffic members (and drivers, in particular), but also of car and road designers. Since

Förevarande uppsats behandlar det interimistiska förbudet i ett praktiskt perspektiv. Mer konkret uttryckt undersöks i vilken utsträckning det immaterialrättsliga interimistiska förbudet faktiskt används i det praktiska rättslivet, samt hur det interimistiska förbudet i praktiken fungerar som ett tvistemålssubstitut. Genom en kvantitativ analys av opublicerade immaterialrättsliga rättsfall har eThis thesis addresses the interlocutory injunction from a practical perspective. The subject of the thesis is the actual use of the interlocutory injunction and the injunction’s effect as a substitute for civil litigation in cases of intellectual property infringements. A number of aspects of the actual use of the interlocutory injunction have been established in an empiric study of unpublished c

How do museums relate to working in a culturally diverse society? The notion of increasing diversity as a result of social change and Sweden as a multicultural society is central to public discussions and cultural initiatives. The goal for museums is to reflect demografics of society in their visitor numbers, and a shift to increase awareness of needs and views of the museum audience. This increas

Capitulation is wisdom - not defeat! The aim of this study has been an attempt to clarify how parents of children with neuropsychiatric disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome and intellectual disability manage to cope in their everyday life despite the high levels of stress and long term strain it involves being a parent and a caretaker of such a child. We focused our study on the family as a

Information and Communications Technology is an increasing factor in the everyday life, whether this is private or public. In coherence with this, reports and research presents the contribution to effects in terms of pollution, such as greenhouse gas emissions and electronic waste. Current reports state that the agendas of enterprises, governments and societies increasingly include how to tackle e

The following paper discusses the ideological and aesthetic contexts discernible in the poetry of the Norwegian author Tor Ulven (1953–1995). Generally considered the major Norwegian poet to emerge after the Second World War, Tor Ulven was, in his own self-taught way, a “poeta doctus,” although his extensive knowledge – of European literary traditions, languages, philosophy, music and paintings –

Corporate social responsibility is a management concept originating from the Anglo-Saxon background and associated with the tradition of arm’s length relations between business and institutions in society. However, different institutional systems handle organizational innovations in dissimilar ways, and in the age of globalization, national institutions often interact with global ones. This study

I den här uppsatsen undersöks maskinöversättningstjänsten Google Translates förtjänster och begränsningar vid översättning till svenska. Detta görs genom att närstudera ett litet material av googleöversatt text till svenska från engelska och spanska och sedan med denna närstudie som grund laborera med onlinetjänsten för att belysa hur översättningarna kan variera beroende på form och kontext. Goog

Remarkable success of Japanese economy after WWII has been an intriguing topic for many researchers. In relation to the theory and previous research this study proposes a different explanatory model of Japanese growth after WWII. The model proposed here relies upon a contribution of two key features of the Japanese economy- subcontracting as a type of organizational form of conglomerates and indus

The aim of this explorative study using a phenomenological approach is to have a closer look at individual perceptions of the phenomenon of intercultural communication and how it is constituted within at a work place. Eventual communication difficulties based on different cultural origins, as well as forms of interaction and working conditions in the enterprises, will be analyzed as possible reaso

Confocal fluorescence microscopy is an optical imaging technique that has high resolution and can be used to detect individual fluorescing molecules. It is commonly used in biology, medicine and materials research. A confocal microscope system contains scanning mirrors, objective lens, laser and detector. The laser beam is directed by 2 scanning mirrors and it will be focused by an objective lens

As developed democracies experience a decrease in political engagement and a rise in the adoption of new communication technologies, new forms and models of citizen participation continue to emerge. This research paper has the objective of understanding how citizen participation is being affected by the widespread use of the Internet. In order to do so, a case study of the Americans Elect initiati

Previous research has shown that stereotype congruent information is related to more recognitionbias than stereotype incongruent information regarding the beautiful is good stereotype. The purpose of this study was to examine the memory effects of the beautiful is good- stereotype by using an experiment testing the implicit and explicit attitude and recognitionbias. In addition the experiment seek

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) has become popular in many research fields for the past two decades. NIRS technology uses near infrared light for measuring changes in the concentration of deoxygenated hemoglobin and oxygenated hemoglobin. Noninvasive near-infrared absorption measurements in tissue have many invaluable applications in the medical field. Today NIRS is a very attractive technique w

Uppsatsen behandlar Oscar Wildes The Picture of Dorian Gray ur ett queerfeministiskt perspektiv, med utgångspunkt i Eve Kosofsky Sedgwicks teorier om framför allt erotiska trianglar och homosociala relationer män emellan. Uppsatsen behandlar även hur "maskulinitet" och "femininitet" representeras i romanen och hur dessa representationer påverkar de tre huvudkaraktärernas hierar